Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened – How to Solve ‘Why Barnes is Acting so Strangely?’ Puzzle

Puzzles are one of the main aspects of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened. Players will get to solve many different puzzles on the basis of the evidence. So, it is important that players get all of the evidence before solving the puzzles. One of the puzzles that players will get to solve in the first chapter of the game is ‘Why Barnes is Acting so Strangely?’

In this guide, we’ll tell you how to solve the ‘Why Barnes is Acting so Strangely?’ puzzle in Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened.

Why Barnes is Acting so Strangely – Puzzle Solution

In order to solve the “Why Barnes is Acting so Strangely?” puzzle, you must gather the following pieces of evidence.

• Dead Flowers on Display
• Cactus in a Cracked Pot
• Mrs. Flemming on Mr. Barnes

The ‘Dead Flowers on Display’ evidence can be gathered from Book from Barnes Shop. After solving the ‘Who Ruined the Strand’ puzzle, you will get to Barnes Book Shop. Make sure to investigate the place to get the evidence. The ‘Cactus in a Cracked Pot’ evidence can be gathered at Florist across the street from Barnes Book Shop. Investigate the cactus flower to get the evidence.

The ‘Mrs. Flemming on Mr. Barnes’ evidence can only be gathered by investigating Mrs. Flemming. You will have to ask her questions and provide her with the evidence to get information on Mr. Barnes. Once you have all of the information and pieces of evidence, you will be able to solve the ‘Why Barnes is Acting so Strangely?’ puzzle.

Go to the Mind Palace in the menu and select the “Why is Barnes acting so strangely?” puzzle. Interlink the following pieces of evidence with the Black Circles to solve the puzzle.

• Dead Flowers on Display
• Cactus in a Cracked Pot
• Mrs. Flemming on Mr. Barnes

Once you have interlinked the evidence, you will solve the puzzle and you will get the “Mr. Barnes is in love with Mrs. Flemming” evidence.