Laboratory

The Laboratory of Time is the area at the top of the Black Castle, responsible for the events leading up to Mystery of Shadows, and the main story. It is within the most prominent and centered building in the city. Upon being unlocked, several characters mention the Laboratory is surrounded by both Monsters and Anomalies that hindered progress prior. Many elements of the story and room itself hint to the study of time travel.

The player is shown to be looking at an angle into the large observatory room, faintly seeing out of the large roman numeral glass.

Ranks
Here's a table showing energy, experience and coins for each rank of the Laboratory. These will be different depending on a players rank.

Apple

 * On ring of Copernicus sphere hanging in front of clock window
 * Red apple on the tripod, like a tool (replace a planet)
 * On stairs
 * In railing near clock under display
 * Before the clock under display
 * Top of right screen bookshelves (green apple)
 * Center background, on Golden Wall "thing", right side (golden apple)

Astrologer

 * On the desk
 * Before the big clock window
 * In mirror, upper right
 * Little astrologer in front of big astrolabe
 * In the background, near clock under window

Bat

 * Barely visible silhouette on bottom of round window frame near VII (7 o'clock)Bat.JPG
 * Hanging from balustrade at right of stairs (near dome)
 * A silhouette on the floor near the table - to the left on the open book on the floor
 * Above astrolabe (flying, hard to see)
 * On pedestal of round table on top floor, near tripod
 * Hanging in the background, near clock under display (left of window)

Beaker

 * In front of big round window, on the floor to right of man, has brown cork
 * Beside leg of wooden table on upper floor
 * Sitting on small table in front of big window clock
 * On floor between clock table and dome table with planets
 * Retort flask in stuff on tripod, in front of round window

Bell

 * On upper railingBell.JPG
 * Hanging off the ceiling astrolabe
 * Front of table in lower left corner
 * On top of grandfather clock
 * Between the spindles of the front railing (very small)
 * Center background, on round golden wall "thing" (upper left corner)
 * Hanging from middle newel posts of stairway
 * Hanging from the planet sculpture in front of window under one the moons

Caduceus

 * On the Copernicus sphere hanging in front of clock window
 * On the desk
 * On the pedestal in front of the clock window, on the left side of the screen
 * Lead glass window, top center right of screen - in the 3rd quadrant
 * On stand of round table below lead glass window (beside grandfather clock)
 * Etched on curved side of bookshelf at center
 * Right Window

Candlstick

 * Over spindle on back railing
 * Far left at top of table
 * Table next to grandfather clock
 * On rightmost spine on top of tripod
 * Right edge of grandfather clock cabinet
 * Left side of globe at bottom right

Cane

 * In between the 3rd and 4th quadrant round window panes
 * Inside the ceiling astrolabe
 * Horizontal on the floor at top of the stairs
 * In front of grandfather clock
 * Upright in the corner between portal and bookshelf (center screen)
 * Bottom of the screen, on the fourth step
 * In the middle of the floor of the landing above the steps, below the dinosaur skeleton

Cat

 * Lying in round window behind tripod
 * On big astrolabe
 * On railroad near clock under display
 * On the display of clock (black afraid cat)
 * On the bookshelves near grandfather clock

Chest

 * Right side of big round window, on top of shelf unit
 * before the window clock, near bookshelves
 * On the desk, at left side of screen
 * On the floor, near pedestal with clock under display
 * Tiny chest on the front of big astrolabe

Cigarette Case

 * On floor in front of bottom step, open and empty, may be partially hidden by astrolabe
 * On the table
 * Bottom of the screen, on the fourth step (like a closed case with crosshatched pattern)
 * On the third shelf of cabinet
 * Bottom shelf of right bookcase
 * On the floor, at left of pedestal with clock under display

Crocodile

 * On the window, right background
 * On stair railing
 * inside big astrolabe at bottom right (lower right corner)
 * In mirror at top right
 * Above right side of wall design
 * Middle of the floor at the top of the stairs
 * Right edge of the clock window

Crow

 * Shadow behind the big clock window
 * On the tripod
 * On the half sphere before the clock under display
 * Top of the little astrolabe in the background

Cruet
Glass bottle with plug in it
 * On the third step (looks like a mini vase) - on the right of the step
 * On the top step (looks like a jar) - on the left of the step
 * On the globe on the right (looks like a jar)
 * On the big astrolabe
 * On the top shelf on the right side (looks like a jar) tall bottle with label
 * On shelf above tripod (gold bottle)
 * On wooden table left, bottom of screen, square jar with round top, with label

Crystal

 * On the third shelf from the bottom in the center background (red)
 * Among the stuff on top of the tripod (white, hard to see)
 * Under the tripod
 * On the big wooden table far left of screen
 * On the second step from the top of stairs

Dried Flowers

 * Hanging upside down from the round table under the window
 * Suspended from the ceiling astrolabe, top left of screen
 * Second lowest shelf of bookcase on the right side of the round window
 * On the ground, against the pedestal of the clock under display
 * Hanging from ceiling in corner between bookcase and wall design
 * In the picture, upper right of screen

Elephant

 * In railing
 * In big astrolabe

Eyeglasses

 * On book on left workbench
 * On left top right above the golden door medallion
 * on top of stairs
 * on lower left side of big astrolabe

Feather

 * Upper rim of astrolabe at lower right
 * Edge of second shelf in bookcase at far right
 * Inner line of astrolabe
 * Under the lip of the table on the left
 * On floor in front of bird skeleton
 * On sun, back wall, lower left
 * Top of curved board in front of big window

Funnel

 * On the floor, left of the top of the stairway
 * On top left of the small astrolabe mechanism in front of the big window clock
 * Left side of 4th shelf of curved bookcase right of large window
 * Top shelf under large frame on right of screen
 * On floor in front of tripod, half on the book

Ghost

 * Between clock under display and the big astrolabe


 * Before the big window clock
 * Little ghost on the desk
 * Near the desk, floating above tripod
 * Near right top of big astrolabe
 * Behind big astrolabe

Goblet

 * On the round table at left of tripod
 * On the desk (left of screen)
 * On the upper floor
 * On the shelves near big clock window
 * On stairs
 * On the big astrolabe
 * On the table with clock under display (cup behind display)
 * On the shelves at right of screen

Golden Nugget

 * On the desk
 * On stairs
 * In the bottom of shelves at the right of big clock window

Hat

 * Left side of screen on desk (difficult to see)
 * On the display above clock
 * Center screen, behind globe
 * On the top of big astrolabe
 * On the left, top of tripod before big clock
 * On the floor in front of the shelves to the right of clock window

Hourglass

 * Upright in framed picture on upper right - usually to the left of the crocodile if he is there and to the right of the dried flower is they are there.
 * Beside face of grandfather clock
 * Under the tripod on the right side
 * On the desk
 * On front of big astrolabe
 * On top of small round table in front of clock window
 * Standing on top of the shelves to the right of the clock window
 * Lying on side, lowest shelf by round glass window

Inkwell

 * On the third step
 * Under the large, round window, behind tripod
 * On top of grandfather clock
 * On top of tripod
 * Glass inkwell In the right scale of the instrument in front of the window
 * On desk, lower right hand corner
 * Below the big astrolabe to the right

Lamp

 * On floor in front of big round window on the right of it
 * Right of stair case, on the floor in front of grandfather clock
 * Sitting on round table with clock under display, to the left of grandfather clock
 * Top shelf to the right of big round window
 * On the desk

Map

 * Right side bottom corner
 * Under the railing, to the left of the tripod
 * Top left corner of the screen
 * On front of cabinet of grandfather clock

Magnifying Glass

 * On curved decorative board by window immediately left of bookcase/shelves
 * On leg of workbench
 * On the desk, at left of screen
 * On top of bookcase to the far right
 * On book at the feet of tripod at left
 * At the bottom of stairs, near railing

Microscope

 * Inside astrolabe left of picture frame
 * Between left table and stairs
 * Above stairs, next to cage

Pestle and Mortar

 * On the top of the clock, right side
 * At base of table, on floor, underneath right window
 * On shelf between clock window and golden portal (second from top)
 * Middle of third step from bottom
 * Left side of bottom step

Pipe

 * Bottom of picture at upper right
 * On side of bookshelf
 * In stairs
 * Top left of stairs next to microscope
 * in small astrolabe top left

Pyramid

 * Under tripod on lower level
 * On astrolabe
 * Under table with the half 'magic' sphere (center of screen)
 * On table towards lower left of screen
 * On Bookshelf, far right of screen
 * On stairs
 * On the golden portal
 * On bottom step next to the banister

Rapier
(Formerly Epee)
 * Center, right side of bookcase, left side of wall medallion
 * Along leg of left tripod
 * Vertical on front of grandfather clock
 * On left edge of stained glass window
 * On steps
 * On railing
 * In astrolabe
 * Diagonally across table top

Rosary

 * Hanging from tripod
 * Wrapped around brazier (fire pit) on left table
 * Lower right corner, base of astrolabe
 * On the table in the center, left of clock
 * On first step at bottom of stairs
 * In the pile top shelf right of the clock

Scale

 * Over the left side of the Grandfather clock, hanging from little astrolabe
 * Hanging from solar system
 * Under tripod next to landing on lower level
 * On desk on the left (back corner, almost out of screen)
 * Above sun on golden portal

Scroll

 * Second step at the bottom of the screen
 * Top shelf of bookcase next to big window
 * On the desk
 * At right of grandfather clock face
 * Tucked into big astrolabe at lower right
 * Upright against stone to left of long window

Sign of the Zodiac

 * Leo - Floor top of stairsGemini.JPG
 * Pisces - Covering face of grandfather clock by framed mirror
 * Gemini - On book cover lower left corner under table
 * Gemini - On shelf at lower left of clock window (hard to see)
 * Sagittarius - On book lower left corner
 * Sagittarius - center of transparent clock, top left of screen

Skull

 * Right side of screen, underneath table under window
 * On desk at far left
 * On third shelf of book case at right
 * On the railing behind the dome
 * Second step from bottom, next to railing
 * Center of the gold wall piece

Spyglass

 * Sticking out of the planet twirly in the right front of the big round windowSpyglass.JPG
 * one shelf up from Bottom shelf by the large window
 * On column between gold portal and small window
 * Sticking out of the globe astrolabe bottom right corner
 * Horizontal between bottom shelf and second shelf in bookcase right of the round window.
 * At feet of bird skeleton

Telephone

 * Bottom right corner, right of astrolabe on second shelf up . Hidden slightly behind white hairy thing.
 * Bottom right corner, in astrolabe
 * Half hidden by the half 'magic' sphere in the middle of screen
 * Top of stairs, on the floor
 * In cabinet at right rear, second shelf from bottom, in cobwebs

Wind Rose

 * On the bottom frame of the big astrolabe, bottom right corner
 * Etched in floor (near corner of railing center screen)
 * Grandfather clock face
 * Etched into glass in lower left of large clock window
 * On shelf at lower left of clock window (hard to see)

Zodiac Sign

 * Upper left, in the center of the big clock (Sagittarius)
 * Just below the open book on the top of the stair
 * Lead Glass Clock, just on the outside frame on the left - below quadrant 5
 * Bottom left of screen, on the bottom shelf of table
 * Face of grandfather clock

Silhouette Gallery
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