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The Sinking City 2 Holloway Manor walkthrough
Quick answer: Holloway Manor is a separate 90-minute to two-hour investigation. Explore the mansion, use family notes to solve the Seance Table, return three heirlooms to the Museum, open the optional safe with 1890, pursue Ezra and defeat the Shadow. Completion unlocks the Bucking Bronco revolver for the main game.
How to start Holloway Manor
Install The Holloway Manor DLC, then launch its separate adventure from the game's main menu. It is self-contained, so you can play it before or after finishing the campaign. Completing it makes its revolver and ammunition available in main-game runs.
If the entry is missing, confirm the DLC is installed and enabled for the same platform account that owns the base game.
Holloway Manor route at a glance
- Start The Holloway Manor from its separate main-menu entry and speak to Ezra Holloway.
- Enter the manor, reach the Living Room and investigate the Secret Passage.
- Use the portrait route to enter the Museum and fetch the Medallion.
- Return the Medallion to Ezra, then recover the family heirlooms requested by the Museum route.
- Return the Cane, Mirror and Pistol to their Museum displays as the manor opens new paths.
- Pursue Ezra through the lower manor, cave and shrine route.
- Defeat the Shadow to stop the curse and finish the side mission.
The manor behaves like a puzzle box: returning an heirloom changes what can be reached next. When a corridor appears exhausted, revisit the Museum displays and the portrait route rather than searching the same locked door for a key.
Seance Table and candle puzzle
The Seance Table is a date puzzle, not a second four-digit lock. Editorial walkthroughs report the required year as 1750 — Catherine Holloway's death year.
- Collect Catherine's photograph from the Museum family-portrait shelf.
- Take two Occult Candles from the E.R.C. crate in Archives B.
- Take the other two candles from the Boiler Room. The boiler key is in the upstairs guest bathroom near the Parlor after you return the Mirror.
- In the old utility room, place the photograph in the center, then set the candles from smallest to largest.
- Light them in that same size order on I, VII, V, O — the roman-numeral reading of 1750.
If the table does not accept the arrangement, the usual blocker is a missing candle or portrait, not a randomized solution. Price and edition details stay on the Holloway Manor DLC page.
Holloway Manor safe code: 1890
The decorated four-wheel safe encountered on the Living Room route opens with 1890. Set the wheels left to right to 1–8–9–0, then use Unlock. Launch-build footage shows shotgun ammo inside; this is an optional supply safe rather than the main DLC progression gate.
Video: Seance Table and safe
The Seance Table segment starts at 39:00; the successful 1890 safe input starts at 45:04. The video is embedded rather than copied or re-hosted.
Museum heirlooms
The objective chain names three display items: the Cane, Mirror and Pistol. Return each item to the matching Museum display. The mission updates after one, two and three heirlooms, so check the objective text after every return.
The portrait passage is the main connection between the manor and Museum route. If an item seems to lead nowhere, return through the portrait and inspect the newly completed display before continuing.
Rewards for completing the DLC
- Bucking Bronco revolver
- Kane's Hefty Barrel attachment
- Kane's Wrapped Grip attachment
- Revolver ammunition recipe
These are gameplay rewards, unlike the cosmetic/resource items in the Arkham Field Kit. For price and edition comparisons, see the DLC guide.
How long does Holloway Manor take?
Frogwares describes it as a roughly two-hour side mission. Launch playthrough reports commonly fall around 90 minutes to two hours, depending on how long you spend searching the manor and solving the optional ritual investigation.
Holloway Manor walkthrough FAQ
Is Holloway Manor part of the main The Sinking City 2 walkthrough?
No. It is a separate story DLC launched from its own main-menu entry. Completing it unlocks the Bucking Bronco revolver for the campaign.
What is the Holloway Manor safe code?
1890, entered left to right as 1-8-9-0.
What is the Holloway Manor Seance Table solution?
Editorial walkthroughs report Catherine Holloway died in 1750. Place her portrait, then light candles smallest to largest on I, VII, V and O.
Rewards and premise verified against the official Xbox DLC listing and Steam store. Safe 1890 and the Seance Table sequence were checked against the embedded launch-build video, then cross-read with KosGuides and NerdsChalk for the 1750 / I–VII–V–O candle report. Reviewed September 19, 2026.