Master Detective Archives: Rain Code is the latest game from Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka and Too Kyo Games, and it will put your mind to the test in much the same way. As in Danganronpa, collecting evidence in Rain Code is relatively linear and straightforward, so you probably won’t need much help there, but things get tricky once you delve into the game’s signature Mystery Labyrinths.
Much like Danganronpa’s elaborate trials, Mystery Labyrinths task you with presenting evidence and countering contradictions in a series of minigames, with a life bar being depleting if you make mistakes. You’ll also be awarded a ranking at the end of each labyrinth, up to SS, if provide all the right answers without any mistakes or lose too much health. That’s no easy task, unless you follow along with our handy guide, which provides all the Mystery Labyrinth answers for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Chapter 3 – No Longer a Detective. Scroll on for your cheat sheet…
Warning: There’s really no way to a guide for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code without SPOILERS, so proceed with caution.
Mystery Labyrinth Basics
Don’t worry, there isn’t really any chance of getting lost in the Mystery Labyrinth. They’re just a series of Danganronpa-style minigames, which task you with using logic and providing the right answers to progress. There will be a number of moments in each Mystery Labyrinth where you have to pick the right path or choose a multiple choice answer under a time limit, but the main meat is found in certain reoccurring minigames, specifically Reasoning Deathmatches, Shinigami Puzzles, and the final Deduction Denouement that wraps up each Labyrinth. Here’s how they work:
Reasoning Deathmatches – These are the main challenge you’ll face in Mystery Labyrinths. An opponent will hurl various statements at you, which you’ll literally have to avoid by dodging left, right, jumping, or ducking. When you see a bright red statement, you may be able to counter it by equipping the correct piece of evidence (or “Solution Key”) and slashing it with your sword. Usually if you correctly counter 1 or 2 statements, you’ll defeat your Reasoning Deathmatch opponent and can move on.
Shinigami Puzzles – Here you simply have to select letters rotating around Shinigami’s barrel in order to spell out a key phrase.
God Shinigami Rush – A simple action-based minigame. Shinigami will have to deflect iron balls, break through walls, and leap over obstacles in order to finally break down the culprit’s defenses. You’ll also have to answer a few multiple choice questions under a time limit.
Deduction Denouement – In this final part of the Mystery Labyrinth, you have to place key pieces of evidence in chronological order in the pages of a manga-style comic book in order to accurately recreate the events of the case.
So, with that established, here are your solutions for Master Detective Archives: Rain Code Chapter 3 – No Longer a Detective:
Reasoning Death Match 1
- Load up the Security Camera Footage Solution Key and slash “Confess to shooting Shachi on the hideout’s roof.”
Quiz Time 1
- “What murder weapon was used in this case?” Answer: Shachi’s gun
Reasoning Death Match 2
- Load up the Parallel Gunshot Wound Solution Key and slash “You shot from the roof of the building next door.”
Quiz Time 2
- Question 1 – “Was it suicide or homicide?” Answer: Homicide
- Question 2 – “What is the reasoning behind it being a homicide?” Answer: The gun
Shinigami Puzzle 1
Reasoning Death Match 3
- Load up the Shachi is Left-Handed Solution Key and slash “Shachi shot himself with the gun with his dominant hand.”
Quiz Time 3
- “Where did the culprit shoot the victim from?” Answer: The roof of the hideout
Follow the Culprit’s Escape Route
You’re back at the crime scene and have to figure out how the culprit managed to get away without anybody noticing them.
- Interact with all the floating pink face points of interest on the roof.
- Choose a memory to be recreated – “When the rooftop was first entered.”
- Interact with the rooftop edge point of interest opposite the door labeled “Look Down.”
Reasoning Death Match 4
- Round 1 – Repel “No one could’ve left that roof” (no need for a Solution Key).
- Round 2 – Load up the Drain Solution Key and slash “There’s simply no place to run.”
- Round 3 – “They dove into the drain” (no need for a Solution Key).
Quiz Time 4
- Question 1 – “Who was capable of committing the crime?” Answer: A Resistance leader
- Question 2 – “What would be necessary for the culprit to commit the crime?” Answer: Be good at swimming.
- Question 3 – “Who killed Shachi?” Answer: Icardi
Reasoning Death Match 5
- Round 1 – Load up the Margulaw’s Alibi Solution Key and slash “Margulaw shot Shachi on the roof.”
- Round 2 – Load up the Shachi’s Gun Designed By Iruka Solution Key and slash “And made it look like suicide.”
- Round 3 – Load up the Servan’s Traumatic Experience Solution Key and slash “Then escaped through the drain.”
Quiz Time 5
- Question 1 – “What was the purpose of the bombing?” Answer: Diversion.
- Question 2 – “What was the culprit doing during the diversion?” Answer: Flooded Marunomon District.
God Shinigami Rush
- Load up the Marunomon District Safe Solution Key in response to “We were in a noble battle to end the disparity between the rich and poor!”
Deduction Denouement
Here’s the order your should place the images in the Deduction Denouement graphic novel…
1 – Surveillance camera
2 – Phone booth
3 – Shachi’s gun
4 – Shachi’s right hand
5 – Opened drain
6 – Submerge
7 – Icardi
And there you go! Chapter 3 is actually one of the more straightforward cases in the game, but there were still a few tricky leaps of logic to be made.
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code is available now on Nintendo Switch. You can check out guides for other chapters of the game here. Here’s Wccftech’s full review of the game.
