Duck Detective: The Secret Salamiis a short, charming game that is a cross between a point-and-click adventure and fill-in-the-blank detective title. In it, you will get to live out your quackiest ducktective dreams, investigating the case of the stolen salami as Eugene McQuacklin.

Begin your quest at home, contemplating all that life has given you. You are a recently divorced duck with a hankering for the warm comfort of a loaf of bread, and you need your next case to be a major success if you want to make rent.

A green notbook titled Deducktions. The Nest Egg is on the left, and three blanks are on the right.

The Nest Egg

ThoughThe Nest Eggis thefirst stepof the game, you will want to waddle through it with confidence.

Interact with everythingto get the hang of the game. Anything can be a clue, but what matters most isnoting your findingsin yourDeducktionsnotebook and solving the puzzle.

A detective duck is standing in a bedroom with an orange arrow pointing to an interaction bubble above a desk.

Interacting With Items

Begin byinteracting with everythingin the room. This will fill your notebook withcluesyou can use to fill out yourdeducktions puzzle.

Interactibles

For this first level, McQuacklin will announce when he isready to solvethe puzzle. This will happen right after youfinish interactingwith the sixth andfinal itemin the room.

Open your deducktions notebook andclick on a blankyou are ready to fill in.Select your choicefrom the drop-down. Once selected, move on to the next blank.

The green deducktions noteboook with arrows pointing out a blank and a dropdown menu.

If you are playing inStory Mode, you will find out which blanks arecorrect and incorrectonce you havefilled them all in.

The Final Answer

Thecorrect answerfor your first deducktion is:The Duck Detectivespent his/her last money onBreadforThe Duck Detective.

Although you are required to interact with everything, the items that offer the winning clues are the police badge on the filing cabinet and the loaf of bread on the bed.

The solved deducktion page for The Nest Egg level.

Once you fill out the correct sentence, Mr. McQuacklin will receive aphone callthat launches his next big investigation - the case of thestolen salami.Interact with the cellphoneon the desk to find out more and move on to the next level.