Welcome, good friends! Give me one poor request:

Take Your Time
Before you spoil the story for yourself,
don't be afraid to jump into the game!
Nothing you do will make the game less fun.
Important information will return.
You'll learn yourself on Sunday afternoon...
There’s a divinity that shapes our ends...

Follow Your Leads
Open your Journal often; time will pause.
If you have many leads, you're doing great!
Find one that looks intriguing, and chase it!
Just follow people fitting to your lead.
The leads with many notes deserve a stamp;
so follow them to get back in the game.

Shoot Your Shot
Don't be afraid to boldly risk or choose.
Feel free to speed up time to find events.
Find where the action is and follow it.
Get into major mischief if you like!
And if you've found you've run out of ideas,
perhaps there are a few, herein, for you:

Sneaking out of the castle (via blackmail!)
1 Go to the guard's quarters
2 Wait until Thursday 2200 then listen to the conversation
3 Go to the front gate near the well in The Grounds (top of Northwest area)
4 If the door is locked, wait until the guard comes back
5 Leave through the gate

Sneaking into your stepmom's room (with social engineering!)
1 Try and enter Gertrude's chambers (Second floor, middle area)
2 Tell Brit that "The queen's chambers are locked"
3 Tell Hamlet that "Brit wants to meet Hamlet"
4 Talk to Brit
5 Go to the Queen's plants (Near Gertrude's chamber)
6 Open Gertrude's chamber door

Getting on a boat (by plotting a murder!)
1 Find out "The ship plot fails" after Hamlet comes back alive Sunday 0700
2 [Start a new timeline]
3 Tell Claudius "The ship plot fails" before Saturday 1100
4 Be at the docks before Saturday 1145

Faking someone's death
1 Tell Guildenstern that 'The ship plot fails' ASAP
2 Tell Hamlet, Claudius, Bernardo, Irma, Brit, and Rosencrantz that 'Guildenstern is dead' before Friday 1700
3 Be in the graveyard by Friday 1700

Communing with spirits
1 Ask Laertes "What's wrong with Hamlet?" before Thursday 1045
2 {Polonius dies, Hamlet dies}
3 Go to the castle walls (to the southeast, up some stairs)
4 Wait until Saturday 2400

Discovering the king's secrets
1 Be in the Chapel on Friday 1945 for the secret: {"Claudius killed king Hamlet"}
2 Be in the Guard's quarters on Saturday 1400 and listen in
3 Wait until Saturday 1500 and check Bernardo's belongings {"Gertrude's sister is dead"}
4 Be in the Great Hall on Saturday 2100 and listen in {"The king's poison cache"}

...the one wherein your dad is killed...
1 Do not tell anyone about "My father's murder" before Saturday 0300

...the one wherein your stepmom is killed...
1 Tell Gertrude about "A Ghost in Elsinore" (learned from Hamlet) before Sunday 0100
2 Wait until 0200
- or -
Prerequisites: [Discover the King's secrets]
1 Tell Gertrude that "Gertrude's sister is dead" at any time before Sunday 0100

...the one wherein your stepdad is killed...
Prerequisites: [Discover the King's secrets]
1 Tell Gertrude about "The king's poison cache" ASAP
2 Wait until Gertrude confronts Claudius

...the one wherein your ex is killed...
1 Ask Laertes "What's wrong with Hamlet?" before Thursday 1045
- or -
1 [Get on a boat]
2 Tell Grace of the "Mutiny"
- or -
2 Make friends with Grace (By listening in on 3 pirate conversations)
3 Tell Rosie or Guilda of the "Mutiny", but not Grace

...the one wherein Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead...
1 Wait until Sunday 0700
- or -
1 [Get on a boat]
2 Wait until the Mutiny on Sunday 0500 to save a whole hour or two!

Catching your friend in the act
1 [Sneak out of the castle]
2 Be in the city streets by Friday 0100
3 Watch the performance

Romancing the throne
Prerequisites: [Discover the king's secrets]
1 Tell Gertrude "Gertrude's sister is dead" ASAP
2 Be in the Chapel by 0700 the next day and listen in
3 Agree to sit with Claudius
4 At 2200 agree to visit Claudius
5 Agree to Claudius's request

Romancing the bar-stool
1 [Sneak out of the castle]
2 Notice the thugs extorting Othello
3 Tell Bernardo about the "Barkeep in trouble" before Friday 2100
4 Talk to Othello until he invites you back
5 Get back to the bar before midnight every day
6 Agree to Othello's request

Romancing the helm
1 [Get on a boat]
2 Get boarded LOL! (Wait until Saturday 1600)
3 Overhear 3 conversations between pirates, (astern, bow, amidships)
4 Enter the captain's quarters and talk to Grace
5 Agree to Grace's request

Get it, girl!
Prerequisites: [Sneak out of the castle], [Discover the King's secrets]
1 Tell Bernardo about the "Barkeep in trouble" before Friday 2100
2 [Romance the throne]
3 Ask Othello about his "Long lost adventures"
- or -
3 Get to the bar during the drinking game
4 DON'T meet Claudius the next night at 2200
5 Meet Othello at 2400

Use your enemy's power against them
1 [Sneak out of the castle]
2 Ask Horatio about "Lady Brockenhuus"
3 Ask Gertrude about "Lady Brockenhuus"
4 Get linen from the dresser in Ophelia's Room
5 Get coal, eggs from the castle kitchen
6 Get the letters from the well
7 Give Brit these gifts (happens automatically)
8 Ignore Brit's plea and go to the bar anyway
9 Wait until Brit decides to show up, to find out about: {"Fortinbras’ hideout"}

Just this once, everybody lives!
Prerequisites: [Sneak into your stepmom's room], [find a timeline wherein your stepmom is killed], [find a timeline wherein your dad is killed], [Use your enemy's power against them], [Discover the King's secrets]
1 Tell your father about "My father's murder" ASAP
2 Tell your father about "The king's poison cache" ASAP
3 Read the note on Polonius’ desk for the hearsay: {"A missing lute"}
4 Ask Hamlet about "A missing lute" ASAP
5 Tell Bernardo about "My father's murder" ASAP
6 Tell Bernardo about "Fortinbras’ hideout" ASAP
7 Tell Laertes about "Lady Brockenhuus" before Thursday 1045
8 Wait until Thursday 1800
9 Tell Bernardo about "A missing lute"
10 Extra credit: [Get on a boat] and befriend Grace, then tell Rosie/Guildy (and Grace!) about the "Mutiny"

Sacrifice STRUGGLE for RELIEF
The very first ending. You die.
1 Just play the game until Ophelia dies

Sacrifice PERMANENCE for PASSION
Run away with the barkeep.
1 [Romance the bar-stool]
2 Choose to run away with Othello on Sunday morning

Sacrifice PRESTIGE for FAMILY
Run away with your family.
1 Tell Laertes that Brit is a spy on Thursday
2 Have Quince perform a play based on "My father's murder"
- or -
2 Tell your father to burn the King's Secret Notes
3 Have Claudius/Gertrude/Hamlet try to confront your father

Sacrifice PREDICTABILITY for ADVENTURE
Run away with a pirate.
1 [Romance the helm]
2 Tell Grace about the "Mutiny" before Sunday 0500
3 Choose to stay on the boat with Grace

Sacrifice INNOCENCE for POWER
Take the throne with a naughty step-uncle.
1 [Romance the throne] and meet the king each night
2 Choose to get betrothed to the king

Sacrifice FAMILY for LEGACY
Take the throne with your ex.
1 [find a timeline wherein your stepdad is killed]
2 Get Brit arrested in the first two days
3 Meanwhile, renew your relationship with Hamlet
4 Ask Horatio, Brit, and/or Polonius about "Making a King"
5 Be in the Great Hall at the end of Sunday

Sacrifice REALITY for JOY
Tell the truth to live in fiction.
1 Tell everyone you are "Frozen in Time"
2 Wait until they take you away

Sacrifice EVERYONE for MYSELF
In which Ophelia survives...
1 Wait in the Great Hall until Sunday 1200

Sacrifice RESPONSIBILITY for INDULGENCE
In which Guildy survives...
1 [Fake someone's death]
2 Attend the funeral and the party afterward
3 ???
4 Profit

Sacrifice INDEPENDENCE for PEACE
In which Hamlet survives...
1 [find a timeline wherein your stepdad is killed]
2 Get Brit arrested in the first two days
3 Don't romance Hamlet
4 Ask Horatio, Brit, and/or Polonius about "Making a King"
5 Be in the Great Hall at the end of the day on Sunday

Review your fates
1 Open the book
2 Choose a fate
3 Choose to restart time

Resign to a fate
1 Open the book
2 Choose a fate
3 Accept it

Exeunt All
1 Resign to a fate
2 Accept it
3 Return to Elsinore
4 Do this for 3 more fates to unlock the Exeunt All option.

Sacrifice CHOICE for REVENGE
1 ... [TODO] (something about fire...)

Author's note: Personally, I get into mischief by not being all the way done with a game before I start writing my guides. That way, we can sort of experience the game together! (Does Quince remind anyone else of Q from Star Trek TNG?)

For instance, as of this writing, I still haven't found a timeline wherein Guildenstern dies by herself, and so I'm not done with the book, haven't burned the book, and haven't unlocked the Exeunt All option, despite knowing about all of that. Rest assured, that information may likely be added by the time of your viewing, but if not, you may be in a unique position to help me out. Maybe we'll even trade notes and help each other out. That would be swell!

In any event, Elsinore is just a great game, isn't it? I found out about it through Outer Wilds, a space exploration game with a very similar twist. If you haven't heard of it, by all means, take my advice and grab it as soon as you can. It is AMAZING.

ANYWAY, Good luck in your time loops and this above all — to thine own self be true!