Desktop Explorer final chapter
Desktop Explorer Guppy and ending walkthrough
Quick answers: Memory Lane is left → right → left → down → left → right → down. The Halibut-folder passwords are bigCatch, dontForget and anglerTrio. The final chess layout uses King B1, Knights B2/C2, Rooks C1/A3 and Pawn A2.
This guide begins after the Admin/Tower interlude and Max's closing investigation have advanced the story into Guppy's late-game sequence. The final chapter revisits the other profiles, changes familiar Desktop Explorer folders and returns to a transformed version of NextRooms.
Memory Lane directions
The animal signs translate into directions:
- Rabbit = left
- Skull = right
- Frog = down
Follow this route:
LEFT
RIGHT
LEFT
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
DOWNRevisit the three profiles
The late sequence asks Guppy to investigate changed versions of Halibut, Max and Admin. When Desktop Explorer asks for its recurring access password on these profiles, use guppy.
Halibut: What Is Left
| Folder | Password |
|---|---|
| Is Slowly | bigCatch |
| Fading | dontForget |
| Away | anglerTrio |
Max: Dive In
Use theseus on the Max route. The clue is tied to the maelstrom story file and the maze-like path into the changed Mall.
G-Admin chessboard solution
Before applying the normal layout, completion-focused players should unlock Power to the People: duplicate whitePawn.img until the folder contains exactly six white pawn files. Do not create a seventh.
For the story solution, transform and position the pieces as follows:
| Piece | Square |
|---|---|
| King | B1 |
| Knight | B2 |
| Knight | C2 |
| Rook | C1 |
| Rook | A3 |
| Pawn | A2 |
Keep the resulting blackPawn.img. It is used in the changed NextRooms sequence.
Changed NextRooms ship puzzle
The final Max route contains a four-step item chain. Complete it in this order.
1. Turn the pawn into a figurehead
At the sapphire mirror, open the NextRooms Inventory and drag blackPawn.img over the mirror. It becomes chessFigurehead.img.
2. Reveal the fishing lure
In the ship room, make sure the nearby recycle bin is still full. Open ship/mural.stp in Source Code view and put INANNA inside the <magicWord> tags. Save the file while the bin still contains its files. The successful interaction reveals fishingLure.img.
If the bin is already empty, the failed version can play without revealing the lure. Reload an earlier checkpoint or save if necessary.
3. Open the ship-tank chest
Attach both fishingLure.img and chessFigurehead.img to the sunken-ship tank. Open the chest to collect shipWheel.img.
4. Repair the helm
Place shipWheel.img on the broken ship's helm and use the wheel. This completes Guppy's Desktop Explorer route and unlocks Desktop Detective.
Finish the epilogue
- Read every highlighted Chronolog entry and finish Guppy's final writing prompt.
- Continue through the final conversation rather than closing the application when the desktop becomes unstable.
- Open WebSurfer when the ending link appears and follow it to complete the epilogue.
The final story achievement, Desktop Explorer, unlocks after the epilogue is completed.
Before leaving the ending
- Reopen Chronolog if Lore Master did not trigger after reading all 22 past-user entries.
- Reopen WebSurfer if its 31-address completion check did not trigger.
- Check the achievement guide before overwriting a late save, especially for the six-pawn secret.
- Current v1.0.41 patch notes mention fixes for installation, screensaver and Chronolog softlocks. Update and restart if a late sequence refuses to advance.
Related guides
- Admin recovery and Tower walkthrough
- Terminal commands and aliases
- All passwords and puzzle answers
- All achievements and missables