Unofficial walkthrough
The Bibliophile Walkthrough
Stuck in Baltimore with a cursed libretto? Follow a chapter-by-chapter route through the 2014 Lovecraftian text adventure. Every command was replayed in the real game, including the traps other guides miss.
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Where to begin
Full walkthrough
Every command from the first look around your bookstore to the final throw, with the reasoning behind each step.
OpenHow to play
Where to get the game, how to run it, and the handful of verbs a text adventure expects from you.
OpenSpells guide
Mend Wound, Shrivel and Psychometry: when you learn each one and when casting it wastes a turn.
OpenSurvive the fights
Thugs, a cultist with a cane, a priest and a shambler. How to get through each without a restart.
OpenRecent pages
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The Bibliophile Full Walkthrough: Every Command, Chapters 1 to 10
The complete Bibliophile walkthrough in one page: every command from your bookstore to the final throw, replayed in the real game, with links to each chapter.
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How to Play The Bibliophile: Download, Run and First Commands
Where to get The Bibliophile for free, what you need to run it, and the commands a text adventure expects, from look and think to topics and undo.
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The Bibliophile Spells Guide: Mend Wound, Shrivel and Psychometry
How to learn and cast every spell in The Bibliophile, the exact commands to type and the turns where each spell saves you or wastes a move.
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The Bibliophile Survival Tips: Thugs, Priest, Cultist and Shambler FAQ
How to survive every dangerous moment in The Bibliophile: thugs, Silas, the priest's chamber and the shambler, plus fixes for inventory and password errors.
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The Bibliophile Walkthrough Corrections: Password, Spells and Inventory
Where a full replay of The Bibliophile disagrees with older walkthroughs: the laptop password spelling, singular spell names, inventory limits and combat timing.
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The Bibliophile: About the 2014 Lovecraftian Text Adventure
What The Bibliophile is, who made it, how it plays and whether it is worth your time: a free 2014 Lovecraftian interactive fiction set in Baltimore.
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The route, the spells and the places, organized so you can jump straight to where you are stuck.
The route
Ten chapters in four stages, from your bookstore to the museum under Baltimore.
- 1
Chapters 1-3: bookstore, library, keys, club, flashlight
- 2
Chapters 4-5: your first spell, the thugs and Dennison
- 3
Chapters 6-7: the well, the priest and the music school
- 4
Chapters 8-10: club, sewers, museum and the ending
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The three spells
What each spell does and the moments it saves your life.
Mend Wound
Heals you, but costs a turn
Shrivel
Turns enemies to dust or scares monsters off
Psychometry
Reads the history of objects
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Places
Maps and notes for every location in the story.
Peabody Library
Keys, basement, briefcase
Coffey's townhome
Two wandering thugs
Engineer's Club
The secret passage
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Fixes and corrections
Where our replay disagrees with other guides.
Password
kublakhan, with one a
Inventory
Open the satchel first
Combat
Mending a healthy hero wastes a turn
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Ready to finish the case?
Open the game in one window and this walkthrough in another. Each chapter page lists the exact commands and the places the game punishes mistakes.