Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A full playthrough of The Island of Doctor Morose and its good ending. Howard has a falling out with his friend Phillip when Morose picks him and not Howard, Howard sends letters that go unanswered, and stories of bad stuff happening on the island begin circulating so Howard decides to pay them a visit.
Well, in replaying I learned that you do need to find every note (except some of the rubbings that are found in the final area) plus all four collectibles. Otherwise, talking to Phillip after freeing him will have him move to the docks which will lock you out of the good ending. Basically, you need everything that allows you to open the B-X door to ensure the good ending (if it says "find more collectibles and notes" you're missing something). So this resulted in redoing some sections to backtrack appropriately for everything. As well, I cut out some aimless wandering trying to find the fourth antler (not realizing I walked by it initially!).
If you know what you're doing there's not too many dangerous segments unless you trigger a bunch of spiders, however once Morose becomes active he can instantly kill you and his spawning can be troublesome though even when he spawns by a door and immediately rushes you the game seems to be good at giving you an out. It's not always consistent if he'll pursue you into other rooms.
I recommend the lung-swelling goop from Knowhere for the first two upgrades just to run longer as nothing else really compares there.
Timestamps will be a bit finnicky to show all notes but I'll try to get it updated as time allows.
As I kept forgetting to show my cursor if you're trying to figure out the options for the mirror dialogue the inscription at 11:37 reveals what to say.
Overall, lovely adventure game, definitely recommend (with some quibbles about gameplay such as QoL stuff).
0:00 Intro Cutscene
3:58 Gameplay Begins
6:41 Lantern
7:55 Red Triangle
9:03 Statue Room
9:54 Getting the Statue
11:37 Important Inscription
11:57 Lighthouse and Ghost
13:40 Knowhere
16:11 The First Fuse
17:02 Sad Island
18:18 Mechanical Arm
19:21 Rubbing, Fuse #2, and Hand Monster
20:32 Getting the Slingshot
21:25 Getting the Key
21:54 Turning on the Lights & Block Puzzle
23:02 Opening the Front Door
24:40 Turning on the Manor Lights
27:54 Antler 1
28:02 Downstairs Event (Note to get by checking the closest door)
30:40 Antler 2
31:22 Bloody ID
33:12 Antler 3
33:31 Flowercomm
35:32 Antler 4
36:17 Tricemire with Clean ID
37:46 Phillip's Room
41:11 Meeting Nessie & Square Piece (barely visible in the bush after shooting Nessie)
41:32 Greenhouse Fuse
42:06 Trowel
42:35 Children's Book (for Knowhere)
45:54 Triangle Piece
47:25 Clayton
49:39 Raising the Bridge
50:14 Jigsaw Puzzle & L Piece
52:44 Poison Plant
53:12 Note in Nessie's Room (Far South by the Small Pool)
54:03 Fishing Rod
54:28 Lab Key
57:05 Red Stone
57:54 Angelique
1:00:02 Giant Spider
1:01:42 Note (by the Red Stone)
1:02:27 Helping Angelique (getting the Green Goop & Teapot)
1:04:41 Giving the Teapot to Knowhere
1:06:50 Getting the Moon Key
1:08:11 Note by Molten Men
1:08:42 Two Missed Notes in Nessie's Room
1:09:21 Missed Note in the Dark Lab
1:10:23 Bookshelf Puzzle
1:12:57 Table Key & Note
1:13:16 Finding Phillip
1:16:24 Ghost Conversation & Slingshot Upgrade
1:19:20 Door to the Depths
1:21:20 Final Conversation with Phillip
1:23:09 Dark Room Symbol
1:23:57 Mirror Symbol
1:25:57 Telescope, Flute, and Third Knowhere Upgrade
1:27:52 Flute Symbol
1:29:01 Chime Symbol
1:30:39 Placing the Relics
1:31:31 Great Old One Cutscene
1:32:43 Putting the Old One Back to Sleep
1:33:34 Ending
1:39:57 Credits
The Island of Doctor Morose can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/3788120/The_Island_of_Doctor_Morose
My Social Media Stuff:
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A full playthrough of The Island of Doctor Morose and its good ending. Howard has a falling out with his friend Phillip when Morose picks him and not Howard, Howard sends letters that go unanswered, and stories of bad stuff happening on the island begin circulating so Howard decides to pay them a visit.
Well, in replaying I learned that you do need to find every note (except some of the rubbings that are found in the final area) plus all four collectibles. Otherwise, talking to Phillip after freeing him will have him move to the docks which will lock you out of the good ending. Basically, you need everything that allows you to open the B-X door to ensure the good ending (if it says "find more collectibles and notes" you're missing something). So this resulted in redoing some sections to backtrack appropriately for everything. As well, I cut out some aimless wandering trying to find the fourth antler (not realizing I walked by it initially!).
If you know what you're doing there's not too many dangerous segments unless you trigger a bunch of spiders, however once Morose becomes active he can instantly kill you and his spawning can be troublesome though even when he spawns by a door and immediately rushes you the game seems to be good at giving you an out. It's not always consistent if he'll pursue you into other rooms.
I recommend the lung-swelling goop from Knowhere for the first two upgrades just to run longer as nothing else really compares there.
Timestamps will be a bit finnicky to show all notes but I'll try to get it updated as time allows.
As I kept forgetting to show my cursor if you're trying to figure out the options for the mirror dialogue the inscription at 11:37 reveals what to say.
Overall, lovely adventure game, definitely recommend (with some quibbles about gameplay such as QoL stuff).
0:00 Intro Cutscene
3:58 Gameplay Begins
6:41 Lantern
7:55 Red Triangle
9:03 Statue Room
9:54 Getting the Statue
11:37 Important Inscription
11:57 Lighthouse and Ghost
13:40 Knowhere
16:11 The First Fuse
17:02 Sad Island
18:18 Mechanical Arm
19:21 Rubbing, Fuse #2, and Hand Monster
20:32 Getting the Slingshot
21:25 Getting the Key
21:54 Turning on the Lights & Block Puzzle
23:02 Opening the Front Door
24:40 Turning on the Manor Lights
27:54 Antler 1
28:02 Downstairs Event (Note to get by checking the closest door)
30:40 Antler 2
31:22 Bloody ID
33:12 Antler 3
33:31 Flowercomm
35:32 Antler 4
36:17 Tricemire with Clean ID
37:46 Phillip's Room
41:11 Meeting Nessie & Square Piece (barely visible in the bush after shooting Nessie)
41:32 Greenhouse Fuse
42:06 Trowel
42:35 Children's Book (for Knowhere)
45:54 Triangle Piece
47:25 Clayton
49:39 Raising the Bridge
50:14 Jigsaw Puzzle & L Piece
52:44 Poison Plant
53:12 Note in Nessie's Room (Far South by the Small Pool)
54:03 Fishing Rod
54:28 Lab Key
57:05 Red Stone
57:54 Angelique
1:00:02 Giant Spider
1:01:42 Note (by the Red Stone)
1:02:27 Helping Angelique (getting the Green Goop & Teapot)
1:04:41 Giving the Teapot to Knowhere
1:06:50 Getting the Moon Key
1:08:11 Note by Molten Men
1:08:42 Two Missed Notes in Nessie's Room
1:09:21 Missed Note in the Dark Lab
1:10:23 Bookshelf Puzzle
1:12:57 Table Key & Note
1:13:16 Finding Phillip
1:16:24 Ghost Conversation & Slingshot Upgrade
1:19:20 Door to the Depths
1:21:20 Final Conversation with Phillip
1:23:09 Dark Room Symbol
1:23:57 Mirror Symbol
1:25:57 Telescope, Flute, and Third Knowhere Upgrade
1:27:52 Flute Symbol
1:29:01 Chime Symbol
1:30:39 Placing the Relics
1:31:31 Great Old One Cutscene
1:32:43 Putting the Old One Back to Sleep
1:33:34 Ending
1:39:57 Credits
The Island of Doctor Morose can be purchased at store.steampowered.com/app/3788120/The_Island_of_Doctor_Morose
My Social Media Stuff:
discord.gg/z6WhfmcYXu
twitter.com/CrankyTemplar
