You’re not brewing tea in Part 11 of our full Escape Academy walkthrough. One of the professors has planted a briefcase bomb in the quad. To save the school, you’ll need to crack open the bomb and defuse it. The quad area is packed with tents and vehicles to explore — all with chemical and military-lite puzzles. You’ll need all the information you can get to defuse the bomb, because one wrong move will set that sucker off.
More Escape Academy guides:
Introductions | Part 1 | Entrance Exam | Part 2 | Escape Artist | Part 3 | Under Pressure | Part 4 | The Breakout | Part 5 | Trial By Taste | Part 6 | Lab Rat | Part 7 | The Tea Kettle | Part 8 | The Rival Room | Part 9 | Where There’s Smoke | Part 10 | The Confrontation | Part 12 | What Lies Below | Part 13
Tea ‘N Tea | Part 11
Down on the Quad, you have 25:00 minutes to escape. You’ll have to defuse this situation before it explodes in your face.
Defuse The Bomb
- The bomb is in the center tent. We need two Keys to open the Briefcase Bomb and disarm it.
- The first [Key] is located in the Flower Van. Get inside by interacting with the open door and take the keys out of the ignition. That’s the first key down.
- The second [Key] is in the Police Van. Take the key out of the ignition.
- Enter the Blue Tent and collect the [Campus Police Keycard]. Use it on the Campus Police Vehicle to unlock the back door. Don’t miss the [Solvent] in the back.
- Past the Blue Tent, you’ll find a small wooden gardening area with a Blue Toolbox and a sign that says “NaNO” — use the Periodical Table in the Police Vehicle for a clue.
- BLUE TOOLBOX CODE: [1-1-7-8]
- Collect the [Russian / English Dictionary] and the [Flower Van Keycard].
- Unlock the back of the Flower Van to get the [RDX] and the [Map of the Quad] items. We’ll need those later.
- Find the Russian Crate near the Flower Van. Using the [Russian / English Dictionary] you’ll see that the title says “3 Red Bouquets”
- Using the Flower Van Map, select the squares where red flower bouquets are located.
- RUSSIAN CRATE SOLUTION: [4A – 6C – 2E]
- Unlock the crate and collect the [VHS Tape] and [Clippers].
- Next, let’s open the Locked Tea Case. It is located in the Blue Tent. Open the Briefcase Bomb with the [Keys] — one in the Flower Van, one in the Police Van — to find a clue.
- LOCKED TEA CASE CODE: [1-4-3]
- Collect the [Door Buster Recipe] and the [Plasticizer]. We now have everything needed to synthesize a chemical.
- Return to the Police Vehicle and use the Chemical Mixer. Use the [RDX], [Solvent] and [Plasticizer]. Now we just need to mix them correctly. Pin the [Door Buster Recipe] to your HUD to make this puzzle easier.
- CHEMICAL MIXER PUZZLE: [RDX: 60% – Solvent: 10% – Plasticizer: 30%]
- Collect the [Door Buster Bomb] after solving the Chemical Puzzle, and place on the back of the Truck Trailer. Inside, you’ll find an important clue for disarming the bomb.
- Swap to the slide that best resembles the bomb. The Briefcase Bomb has three charges, a C4 block on the left, and a timer pinned to the upper-left of the block.
- THE BRIEFCASE BOMB SOLUTION: The Briefcase Bomb is a multi-step puzzle you’ll have to solve. Each part requires a clue from a different part of the map.
- RIGHT BUTTONS: Press all the buttons shown in the screenshot below.
- LEFT SWITCHES: Flip the switches as described on [900 AM] on either of the vehicle radios. Here’s the inputs.
- SOLUTION: A-Up, B-Down, C-Down, D-Down, E-Up, F-Up
- NOTE: In the Flower Van, switch to the [900 AM] and listen to the song.
- SONG DIRECTIONS: Alpha. Up. Brave. Down. Charlie. Down. Delta. Down. Echo. Up. Foxtrot. Up.
- Flip the checkmark switch when you complete a puzzle to reveal the [Wires]. You need to figure out which [Wires] to cut with the [Clippers].
- Use the [VHS Tape] in the Blue Tent to get a Russian Video. Use the [Russian / English Dictionary] to read the writing.
- VHS TAPE TRANSLATION:
- Section 1: Red? No. Blue? No. Yellow? Yes!
- Section 2: Red? No. Yellow? No. Green? Yes!
- WIRE CUTTING PUZZLE: Cut the wires on each side with the [Clippers]. If you cut the wrong wire, you lose instantly. Make sure you select the right color!
- Left: Cut the [Yellow] Wire
- Right: Cut the [Green] Wire
- Press the big red button to fully disarm the bomb.