Chapter 8: A Race Against Time
Wondering how to complete Chapter 8 in Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective? Things don’t slow down in this chapter; if you thought the stakes couldn’t get any higher, you were wrong. With only minutes to save Jowd, players must set up a truly precise series of events in order to keep him from permanently joining them in the Ghost World.
With such little time to work with, players need to pay careful attention to other characters and be willing to experiment in order to find the correct path. If this chapter has players stumped, we’re here to help point them in the right direction.
Start by using the Prison’s internal phone lines to reach Special Detention. In the left-hand room, there are two guards, while a third guard in the right-hand room is trying to fix the generator but can’t find the wrench that he needs in the dark.
Go to the light in the ceiling above the guard looking for the wrench, and pop in and out of the Ghost World until a water drop begins to form to the right. Possess the drop and ride it to the floor. From there, players can reach the toolbox on the table and open it to help the guard find the wrench.
When the lights come back on, players can ride the grounding sphere of the generator and catch a droplet on its way down to make their way back to the left.
Listen to the guards, then go back into the room on the right. Activate the power manipulator, then pull the lever in the execution chamber. The guard repairing the chair will be thrown back, giving players a chance to possess his wrench before he goes back to work.
Wait in the wrench until water droplets fall from above, and use them to reach the electric chair’s headpiece. Jiggle it so that it breaks off, causing the other guard to throw players (and the wrench) into the cart behind him. From there, rock the cart to rearrange the junk inside, giving players a path to the morgue.
On the way to Jowd’s body, players will gain access to the morgue phone, letting them return here easily from other places in the Prison.
After watching Jowd’s botched execution, possess the phone in the morgue while the guard calls up to Bailey in the office. Remember that when players are in the past, they can only use phone lines that are currently in use.
Bailey is standing in the office with the exit door nearby, but this is a one-way trip for our hero. Instead, players should go through the door that leads to the Prison Courtyard.
Use the manipulator to raise the gate, then go through it and return to Special Detention. The guard at the desk will be surprised to see players, but they can use the phone to get his attention.
Return to the morgue and use the newly opened ventilation shaft to make your way back to the right side of the generator room.
Possess the guard checking on the generator, then use the manipulator to turn off the power. This will also cause the lights to go out, but players can take advantage of the grounding sphere of the generator to catch a droplet on its way down.
Ride the droplet to the top of the room, then use the lever to raise the table with Jowd’s body on it.
Exit the generator room on the right, then use the guard’s body to push the cart with the wrench inside into the morgue.
Use the wrench to unlatch the morgue gate, then go through it to reach the exit door.
There’s nothing left to do but watch Ail lose his cool and try to kill Jowd once and for all. No matter what happens, players will be able to put things right in the next chapter.
