The Zoo Murdoku Case Guide & Walkthrough Tips
The Zoo — Murdoku Expert Case Guide
A 16×16 zoo with enclosures, aviaries, and visitor paths. The variety of animal-themed zones creates a uniquely challenging layout.
- Difficulty
- Expert
- Grid Size
- 16 × 16
- Official Link
- Play on murdoku.com ->
- Printable PDF
- Print Murdoku PDF case sheet ->
Scene
Early morning at a sprawling city zoo, keepers beginning their daily rounds to feed the animals. Amid the hungry calls and rattling cage doors, someone in the primate section makes a grim discovery — the vet who was perfectly fine yesterday is now lying inside an unlocked enclosure.
Key Mechanic
Navigating diverse enclosure types, each with unique spatial properties, on a very large grid.
General Clues
- Everyone from Ivan to Vlad was a Zookeeper. Everyone else was a Visitor. Only Zookeepers could be in Habitats.
- Each Habitat had at least one Zookeeper in it.
Suspects & Clues
Every suspect card is shown below. Use these clues together with the grid constraints to deduce positions.
He was exactly one row north of Ivan.
He was in Concessions alone with a Visitor.
She was exactly one row north of Deborah.
She was in the Main Area.
She was beside a table. She was not sitting.
She was beside a chair.
He was sitting in a chair. He was alone.
He was alone.
He was beside an animal.
He was not in water, but he was beside water.
She was alone with Mara.
He was in water. He was not beside an animal.
She was in the 2nd column.
She was beside a tree.
He was beside a boulder.
The Victim. He was alone with the murderer.
How to Play & Walkthrough Tips
Open the official case and use the strategy tips from this guide to work through the clues. Remember: place suspects only when forced, respect row and column constraints, and find the murderer last.
Open Official Case -> View case hint