Vidal's Last Harvest

“Vidal's Last Harvest” is a Murdoku case from the Farm category: a board of 9×9, 8 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.

The Board

The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 9×9, rated Hard, with 8 rooms. Every person — 9 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7C8C9
R1TvSLBBW
R2CCCCCCR
R3TTCaCW
R4CSR
R5TrPlSh
R6TeMG
R7Tr
R8CoCoMPMCh
R9MCoMPMCh
Floor plan of “Vidal's Last Harvest”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.

Rooms

  • Yard (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Plant, Mud puddle, Grill
  • Garden (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Tree, Tent
  • Shed — 12 tiles: Wooden crate, Rubble
  • Farmhouse — 21 tiles: TV, Shelf, Lamp, Bed, Carpet, Table, Chair
  • Cowshed — 8 tiles: Cow, Mud puddle
  • Pigsty — 6 tiles: Mud puddle, Pig
  • Henhouse — 6 tiles: Mud puddle, Chicken
  • Field (outdoors) — 4 tiles: Shrub

Objects on the board

  • C Carpet (can be stood on)
  • M Mud puddle (can be stood on)
  • Co Cow (blocks the tile)
  • B Bed (can be stood on)
  • Ch Chicken (blocks the tile)
  • W Wooden crate (blocks the tile)
  • P Pig (blocks the tile)
  • R Rubble (blocks the tile)
  • S Shelf (blocks the tile)
  • T Table (blocks the tile)
  • Tr Tree (blocks the tile)
  • Ca Chair (can be stood on)
  • G Grill (blocks the tile)
  • L Lamp (blocks the tile)
  • Pl Plant (blocks the tile)
  • Sh Shrub (blocks the tile)
  • Te Tent (can be stood on)
  • Tv TV (blocks the tile)

The Suspects and Their Clues

Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.

Anna — a woman with blond hair

  • She was east of every suspect who had a bald head

Bella — a woman with brown hair and glasses

  • She and Dalia were neither both inside nor both outside

Cyrus — a man with red hair, a beard and glasses

  • He was beside a table

Dalia — a woman with grey hair

  • She was beside a plant

Edison — a man with blond hair

  • He was in column 1

Freya — a woman with black hair

  • She was beside a chicken

Grant — a man with a bald head and a beard

  • He was south of every suspect who had a beard

Hana — a woman with black hair

  • She was in the same column as a cow, in the same room

The victim, Vidal, is a man. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.

Clues About the Whole Scene

  • No room was empty.

How Hard It Really Is

Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
36
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
22
Reasoning the solve needs

How to Start — Without Spoilers

Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:

  • Anna: 59 possible tiles
  • Bella: 59 possible tiles
  • Cyrus: 3 possible tiles
  • Dalia: 2 possible tiles
  • Edison: 6 possible tiles
  • Freya: 3 possible tiles
  • Grant: 59 possible tiles
  • Hana: 3 possible tiles

The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:

  1. Anna is east of someone with a matching trait – impossible cells removed.
  2. Grant is south of someone with a matching trait – impossible cells removed.
  3. Edison: only column 1 possible – blocked for others.

That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.

This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.

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