How do you synchronize the clocks in the Haunted House on Poptropica?

Answer 1

You have to make the clocks strike midnight at the same time, then you will get a lantern. You can fill it up at the kerosene barrel in the basement (next to the steps).

In Detail

In the third floor bedroom (left) there are two clocks on the mantelpiece. They are spinning separately, and every time one of them hits midnight (both hands straight up), a skeleton springs out. According to the ghostly telephone in the room, the "light" will be revealed when the two clocks strike midnight at the SAME time.

("Darkness fills the grave. Find our light when midnight strikes twice.")

To get this to happen, you have to speed up one of the clocks by clicking on it, and then (if the midnights don't happen at about the same time) click on the other to speed it up. The problem is that the clocks continue to spin faster for awhile after you click, so timing the midnights is difficult. The best chance for success is to let one spin slowly, and when it gets close enough to 12 midnight, race the other one to catch it.

This is time-consuming but eventually the clocks hit 12 closely enough and they stop, revealing the LANTERN in the fireplace below. (Although you have the lantern, you still need to go to the basement to add kerosene to it.)

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The clocks must both strike "midnight" (both hands up, 12 o'clock) at the same time, so that the skulls pop up at nearly exactly the same time.

The closer the cursor is to either of the clocks, the faster it goes. Time the spinning hands by speeding up one or both clocks. When they cross twelve o'clock at the same time, the Lantern will appear in the fireplace.

Answer 2

You speed up one or both clocks to get them to strike midnight (both hands straight up) at more or less exactly the same time. Holding the mouse cursor over one clock temporarily speeds it up.

In Detail

In the third floor bedroom (left) there are two clocks on the mantelpiece. They are spinning separately, and every time one of them hits midnight (both hands straight up), a skeleton springs out. According to the ghostly telephone in the room, the "light" will be revealed when the two clocks strike midnight at the SAME time. ("Darkness fills the grave. Find our light when midnight strikes twice.")

To get this to happen, you have to speed up one of the clocks by clicking on it, and then (if the midnights don't happen at about the same time) click on the other to speed it up. The problem is that the clocks continue to spin faster for awhile after you click, so timing the midnights is difficult. The best chance for success is to let one spin slowly, and when it gets close enough to 12 midnight, race the other one to catch it.

This is time-consuming but eventually the clocks hit 12 closely enough and they stop, revealing the LANTERN in the fireplace below. (Although you have the lantern, you still need to go to the basement to add kerosene to it.)

Answer 3

You have to get both clocks to midnight (12 o'clock) at the same time, so that both skulls pop up at about the same time.

Placing your mouse cursor over either of the clocks will speed that one up until you move it away. Then they will go back to spinning at the same rate. So you can get both clocks to have close to the same time, and as one nears 12 o'clock, you can speed the other one up to catch it. It should not take very many tries.

When both skulls pop up simultaneously, the Lantern appears in the fireplace. You can get fuel from the kerosene barrel under the basement stairs.

Answer 4

Which ever one you r closest to goes faster

Answer 5

Click each one to make it go faster or slower.

Answer 6

When you put your mouse on one clock, it goes a little faster. (I finished that island!)

-Jewel946

Answer 7

Get the oil can from the trader in Dusty Gulch and oil the gears in the middle. Ignore the ones at the edges.