Swimming with the Fishes Murdoku Case Guide & Walkthrough Tips
Swimming with the Fishes — Murdoku Hard Case Guide
An aquarium and waterfront setting on an 11×9 grid. Water features create natural barriers and unique adjacency rules.
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Grid Size
- 11 × 9
- Official Link
- Play on murdoku.com ->
- Printable PDF
- Print Murdoku PDF case sheet ->
Scene
The city aquarium after closing hours, massive glass tanks glowing an eerie blue in the darkness. The night security guard does one last round — at the bottom of the shark tunnel, what they see silhouetted against the glass isn't marine life. It's someone who will never surface again.
Key Mechanic
Working with water barriers that modify adjacency and movement between zones.
General Clues
- One of the boats is entirelyinside the two empty columns.
Suspects & Clues
Every suspect card is shown below. Use these clues together with the grid constraints to deduce positions.
Color guide: Red = female Blue = male
He was on a boat.
There was a woman beside a crate in his room.
She was on a boat. She was east of Antony
She was in the Fish Market.
She was sitting in a chair.
He was on Dock A or B.
He was beside a crate.
He was beside a shelf.
The Victim. She is in the last remaining position.
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 ->Case Hint
Do not jump to the solved board yet. Try a few more deductions first; if you are stuck, use this hidden case hint to check the final placement.
