How can I enter the underground tunnels of Truart's mansion?

Bulgarian_Taffer on 6/2/2010 at 23:08

After chatting over skype with one of my friends he told me that there is a haunt underground, just under the mansion of Sheriff Truart.

I've played this mission for thousands of times, yet I can't find any tunnels there. Is my friend just kidding me or there's really such place?

jtr7 on 6/2/2010 at 23:18

Go into the Chapel. At the front of the room you will find a broadhead arrow. Fire it into the hammer-shaped hole in the wall, and a trap door will open.

Also, if you go below the fireplace in the dining room, you will see a tunnel that comes from that basement crypt.

I can't remember off the top of my head what is in the Haunted area other than a golden skull.

Also, don't forget the many walkthroughs available at The Circle for any such questions.

theBlackman on 6/2/2010 at 23:21

From the farside where you come in past the graveyard (through the hole in the wall) there is a hole UNDER THE PORCH.

Crawl under the porch and you end up in the basement. The "Ghoul" is there and when you discover it, you will get a "Found Secret". But... The actual entrance to the area is through the fireplace near the pond by the front door, off the area past the dining room.

There is a switch in the fireplace that will drop you into the secret room.

You friend is correct. I suspect that you raced through the game and did not fully inspect the grounds, or the areas adjacent to the front gate and houses you found there.

Many of the missions will have things that you miss if you try to "BEAT" the game instead of fully exploring every room, every outside area and, as in the case of the "Bank and trust", the alternate methods of entering a space or building.

In the case of the bank, you can get onto the roof and in the balcony doors by mantling onto the wall at the rear of the bank, going to the building and mantling onto the roof.

There are many of these alternate routes (the entry to Truarts as one example) and "things" and scenes you will miss if you don't think WWGD (what would Garrett do?)

jrt7 is basically on target, except that the haunt he mentions is not the one I think your friend mentioned.

There are two altogether. One is a HAUNT/SPECTRE the other is a Zombie/ghoul. :)

PS: SPOILERS jtr, SPOILERS. :)

The one mentioned by jtr is indicated by very subtle hints. As is often the case in some of the missions.
In the chapel you find a broadhead arrow hanging on the wall near the hammer. You should ask yourself WHY? Above and to the left of the Hammer symbol in the chapels is a Hammer-shaped hole in the wall up high.

Arrow/hole should help clue you. :)