Old Clockworks

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“Before it was abandoned, this place produced the finest timepieces ever made. But years of neglect have turned it into a favorite haunt for ghosts. So it wasn't surprising when the Parascope detected a Dark Moon piece inside of the Old Clockworks!”

— Professor E. Gadd, Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Old Clockworks
Mansion information
Greater location	Eastern canyon of Evershade Valley
Ghosts and other species	Greenies, Gold Greenies, Mummies, Strong Greenies, Slammers, Strong Slammers, Hiders, Strong Hider, Gobber, Creepers, Sneakers, Strong Sneaker, spiders, beetles, Robombs, bats, 5 Boos (ComBooter, Bootine, Boodonkulous, JamBoolaya and Boony Raboot), Bomb Brothers, Fright Knight, Blue Pimpernel, Spookumber, Spooky Spook, Dreadonfly, Horrorca, Bad-minton, Awelligator, Poltergeists, Ancient Poltergeist, The Three Sisters, Overset Possessor

The Old Clockworks is the third mansion Luigi travels to in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon. It is the location of the fourth Dark Moon piece, guarded by the Overset Possessor, who hides ontop the clock tower. Located in a canyon, it has a desert and mechanical theme. Several puzzles here are based around time and clocks.

Appearance

A large mechanical clock factory situated on the edge of a canyon, the Old Clockworks like E. Gadd states, used to produce the best and finest timepieces ever made. It is the oldest of the Evershade Valley mansions as it is the ghost's favourite haunt. The entire factory was built ontop of an ancient archeological dig site, unbeknownst to the builders. Because the factory is located in a dusty canyon, there is large amounts of sand everywhere, burying alot of its equipment. All the rooms are littered with iron machinery, various tools, clock pieces and the like. There is a railway that runs past the front of the factory, starting in the Roundhouse, and then going past the Clockworks Court and beyond. The eastern basement levels are more industrial, being the heart of the factory with most of the largest machines and gears being located down here, but this area contains several bottomless pits.

The western underground section however, is very different. During the construction of the basement levels of the clockworks, the builders came across an ancient archeological dig site hidden behind a wall in the Roundhouse Pit. Interested, they dug down until they found an ancient Tomb, containing an Egyptian styled sarcophagus. The large amount of equipment, jackets, clothes and crates left behind implies that something happened within the factory which caused it to be shut down and abandoned. While non-canon, in the Beta version, E. Gadd implies to Luigi during the intro to A Timely Entrance that the clockworks was shut down for more horrific and disturbing reasons.

Dark Moon Quest

After defeating the Harsh Possessor and collecting the third Dark Moon piece, E. Gadd claims that the fourth Dark Moon piece is at the top of the tower. However, the pieces for the Clock Tower Gate are stolen, so Luigi is tasked to find the missing pieces. Luigi also finds a yellow Toad, who attempts to collect a ruby but ends up falling. The two Boos behind him save him before trapping him into a painting. Luigi collects a special compass to access the ruins underneath to find the clock hands. As he finds the minute hand, it is stolen by the Ancient Poltergeist. As Luigi captures him and retrieves the hand, the hour hand was stolen by three Greenies, then the Polterpup. After collecting the hour hand, Luigi finds the rotor in possession of a Sneaker with strange marks all over its body. Luigi also frees the yellow Toad from his painting. After reclaiming the rotor, Luigi gains access through the gate to reach the top of the tower, confronting the Overset Possessor in a twelve-round ghost-catching gauntlet in order to retrieve the fourth Dark Moon piece. After this, however, ghosts swarm the clock tower once more, but are eventually all captured by Luigi once again.

Missions

Old Clockworks
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In Luigi's Mansion Arcade

The Old Clockworks' appearance in Luigi's Mansion Arcade.

The Old Clockworks serves as the second location in Luigi's Mansion Arcade. The difficulty here is classified as "Normal". As Luigi comes here, a Slammer steals the gear to open the front doorway. As Luigi gives chase, he finds a Gobber attacking Luigi on the roof, but ignores it and continues to hunt down the Slammer. As Luigi progresses through the tower, he and E. Gadd notice the ghosts have gotten stronger. Luigi then finds a key carried by a Bomb Brother themed variant. Luigi gives chase, eventually retrieving the key. Luigi opens the door, only to find the Gobber from the roof. Many other ghosts try to stop him, but are not match for Luigi. Luigi reaches the top of the tower to come face-to-face with The Three Sisters.

Bosses

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

• Ancient Poltergeist (miniboss, fought in "Roundhouse Brawl")
• Overset Possessor (fought in "Showtime")

Luigi's Mansion Arcade

• A Gobber (miniboss, fought in the Gear Chamber)
• The Three Sisters (fought on the Belfry Clock)

Collectible items

• Special compass
• Balls of ribbon in the Warehouse that can be unraveled by a machine, containing items. One of these holds a Key.
• Clock Hands (minute and hour hands)
• Clock rotor
• 13 rubies

Rooms

NOTE: Rooms making an appearance in Luigi's Mansion Arcade are marked with an "*".

First Floor

(Ground Floor in British English localizations)

• Clockworks Court*
• Warehouse*
• Roundhouse
• Canyon Stairs (Ravine Stairs in British English localizations)
• Workshop
• Clock Tower Gate
• Movements
• Cargo Room
• Service Elevator (Service Lift in British English localizations)
• Gear Chamber
• Storage Room

Second Floor

(First floor in British English localizations)

• Warehouse*
• Clockmaker's Chambers (Clockmaker's Room in British English localizations)
• Roundhouse
• Transportation Hall* (erroneously named Gear Chamber in Luigi's Mansion Arcade)
• Finishing Room
• Container Yard
• Kiln Room
• Drafting Office
• Clock Tower Gate
• Movements
• Belfry
• Cargo Room

Third Floor

(Second floor in British English localizations)

• Belfry Clock*

Basement 1

• Storm Cellar
• Canyon Hall (Ravine Passage in British English localizations)
• Canyon Narrows (Ravine Narrows in British English localizations)
• Roundhouse Pit
• Pit Slide
• Canyon Stairs
• Synchronization Room (Synchronisation Lab in British English localizations)
• Synchro Gantry
• Maintenance Hub
• Crank Room
• Service Elevator
• Gear Chamber
• Storage Room

Basement 2

• Pit Slide
• Quarry
• Antechamber
• Tomb

Gem locations

Shape	Image	Available missions	Room	How to get
Round		All except C-5 and Boss	Clockworks Court	Go far right and use the Dark-Light on the tool box containing a gem.
Triangle		All except C-5 and Boss	Warehouse	Use the Dark-Light to reveal a green barrel on the boxes. Use the machine in the room to reveal the gem.
Baguette		All except C-5	Clock Tower Gate	In the top-left corner of the room, use the Dark-Light on a tool box containing a gem.
Football		All except C-1, C-5 and C-Boss	Storm Cellar	Suck up the sheet in the bottom-left, and use the Dark-Light on the painting.
Drop		All excent C-1, C-5 and Boss	Canyon Stairs	There is a ruby stuck in a web. Simply vacuum up the web.
Pebble		All but C-1, C-5 and Boss	Quarry	Pull the mine cart so that Luigi can go into the tunnel behind it. This will lead to several Golden Bat, and the gem.
Rhombus		C-3	Clockmaker's Chambers	Suck up the rug to find a gear. Use the gear to turn the clock to 9:00, which will wake up the Greenie holding a ruby. Defeat it to get the gem.
Star		C-3, C-4 and Bonus	(Upper) Roundhouse	Walk along the rightmost beam, on the balcony of the Roundhouse. walk around the corner to find a chest with a gem.
Octagon		C-3, C-4 and Bonus	(Lower) Roundhouse	From the stairs leading to the (Upper) Roundhouse continue going left into a secret area with a gem.
Oval		C-5	Gear Chamber	Go across the boxes on the right side of the bottom part of the room, revealing a bridge along the way. Go into the hidden door and complete the challenge to get a gem.
Spindle		C-5 and Bonus	Maintenance Hub	Use the hipline to fall into the bottom of the room. Reveal a chest in front of the giant gear. The gem is inside.
Coffin		C-5	Service Elevator	After getting Toad, launch him towards the screen. He'll collect some Gold Bars as well as the ruby.
Mushroom		Boss and Bonus	Movements	Walk to the window on the left and vacuum for a gem.

Boo locations

Mission	Image	Name	Quote	Name reference	HP	Room	How to reveal
A Timely Entrance		ComBooter	"ComBooter says 01100010 01101111 01101111!"		30	Warehouse	Use the machine on the left side of the room on the Red Barrel from the right side of the room.
Underground Expedition		Bootine (Booillon in British English localizations)	"Boo ha ha! I'm Bootine...with extra gravy!" British English: "Boo ha ha! I'm Booillon. Shall I let you stew a bit or pulverise you now?"		30	Quarry	Reveal the bridge at the top of the room, where the two rock paths are.
Roundhouse Brawl		Boodonkulous	"Boodonkulous is in the building! My name makes no sense..."		30	Kiln Room	Capture all the ghosts in the room.
Play Catch		JamBoolaya	"Don't you dare call me Gumboo! My name be JamBoolaya!"		30	Clock Tower Gate	Uncover the lantern to the right of the giant clock gate. on the cracked brick wall.
Piece at Last		Boony Raboot	"Boo! You found me! Nobody hare except Boony Raboot!"		30	Crank Room	In the alcove to the left with the two large gears, in the lower left of the room will be a hidden chest. Check it for a Boo.

In-game descriptions

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

"This factory once produced the world's finest clocks and time-measurement devices. Your watch probably comes from here, and you don't even know it!"

Luigi's Mansion Arcade

"This factory is full of strong ghosts. Be careful in there, sonny!"

Trivia

• The Old Clockworks has introduced strengthened ghosts in both of its appearances. In Dark Moon, the Strong Sneaker are introduced. In Arcade, Strong Greenies, Strong Slammers and Strong Hiders were introduced.

Music

Old Clockworks - Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon

Clockwork Ruins - Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon

Gallery

Silhouette of the Old Clockworks.