Hail to the Rainbow Walkthrough Guide

Hail to the Rainbow is a story-driven first-person adventure with elements of horror and shooter mechanics. To survive, you'll need to solve challenging puzzles, look for consumables, and monitor your health level. In this guide, we’ll cover all key points in the walkthrough, the locations of important items and consumables, how to solve all puzzles, and where to find codes for the red safes.

After the opening cutscene, you’ll find yourself in a museum on the second floor. Go down to the first floor and enter the ticket office, where you’ll find a magnetic key hidden in a drawer. Go back up to the second floor and turn right into the corridor. Nearby, there will be a door with a magnetic lock, which you can now open. Go through the room and head down the stairs.

In the next dark corridor, you’ll find two rooms. In one, there’s a box you can’t open yet. In the other, there’s a red safe. The code for the safe 1-9-8-5 can be heard later, when you restore the electricity and activate the projector on the museum’s second floor. As a reward, you’ll get an iron coin, which will come in handy later.

Continue down the corridor, past the picture of a person. In the adjacent room, there’s a trapdoor that you need to open with a wrench (by default, the 2 key). Interact with the lock and move your mouse left and right until the mechanism opens, then jump down. Turn left and enter the red door. Here, pick up food, parts, and a capacitor. Now you can connect to electrical devices and interact with them, using up your battery charge.

A little further ahead, on the left side, is an electrical panel. Connect to it and activate the mechanism three times. To do this, turn the handle and press LMB when the red light flashes brightly. There’s food in the cabinet nearby. Go up the stairs and pick up food from the shelf along the way, and across from it, grab a spare battery. Move along the right wall to the restroom, where you’ll find a winch handle in the sink.

To open the locked door, take the wrench in your hands and press the action button. Then, in rhythm, move your mouse back and forth until the wooden plank breaks. Go up to the second floor and enter the small room with the projector. Activate it to get the Enlightenment achievement and learn the code for the red safe.

Return to the room with the safe and enter the adjacent room. Using the capacitor, you can now open the lock. To do this, activate the mechanism and press the action button when the squares are next to each other. You don’t have to do this in one go. As a reward, you’ll get a battery.

Once you’ve finished exploring, go to the winch on the second floor, opposite the exit, and install the handle you found earlier. Rotate the mouse clockwise until the mechanism works, then exit to the street. Turn left and follow the path into the cave.

After the cutscene, you can check the messages on the computer to unlock the News from the Past achievement. Explore the bunker and pick up all the consumables. Reach the improvised workshop, where you’ll find a disassembled mechanism. To repair it, pick up a component with LMB and insert it into the correct place. The cover goes on the body, the handle on the lower part (to install it, you’ll need to hold the point in the designated area for a while). Then rotate the device to install the switch and antenna on the top. Once assembled, take the detector sample for exchange and go to your room. Examine the tablet on the table and go to sleep.

Move through the linear level, opening doors and following the mysterious figure. Once you wake up, leave the room and open the valve on the left to get outside. Turn right and follow the path to the signposts. You need to go right again, toward the tower. Climb to the very top, open the red chest, take its contents, and place the assembled detector. After the cutscene, pick up the car parts again and return to the garage.

There will be ice on the gate, which you can break with the wrench. Enter the garage and turn on the light by flipping the switch on the wall. Study the to-do list on the workbench, then start the repairs. Approach the front of the car and interact with the engine. In the far left part, you’ll get items that you need to install in the right places. The large device should be placed on the round platform on the left side. The four spark plugs should be placed on the right in the small holes.

Lower the hood and go to the right rear wheel. Install it, secure it with bolts, then remove the jack, just to the right of the wheel. After that, get in the car. On the right, there’s a red switch, which is activated after the third press. Shift into first gear and drive out of the garage to the signposts. From there, continue further to the right. Climb the stairs and park the car by the barrier. From here, you’ll have to go on foot. Reach the nearest red car, open the door, and take the navigator near the steering wheel. There’s a battery in the nearby guardhouse. Return back to the bunker.

A new dream will begin, in which Ignat will be called home. Go straight up to the third floor using the stairs. The next day, you’ll be introduced to a drone, which will come in handy a bit later. It has no charge, so you can try it out right away. The drone can fly up to 40 meters from the controller. Get in the car and visit the tower. There will be some food in the box. Return to the signposts and at the fork, turn left toward the barrier. Get out of the car to open the mechanism, then follow the road until a cutscene starts.

Enter the building; behind the counter, you’ll find the book "1984," which is the code for the safe in the next room. Inside the safe, there’s an audio cassette that adds new music to the radio. After exploring the gas station, return to the car and continue following the "Junkyard" signs. Once you arrive, get out to explore the area. Run past the radioactive barrels and the flag. By activating the mechanism on the lift, you can jump to the next platform, where you need to pick up the quest item chain and a battery, and in the fridge, some extra food.

Turn the car around and head right, bypassing the destroyed pipes. Drive along the road until you reach the relay station. Park nose-first at the closed gate and attach the chain, securing it to the door and the tow hook under the right headlight. After opening the gate, continue on foot toward the tunnel illuminated by one of the lamps. To open the grate, equip the wrench and interact with the wooden plank, rhythmically moving your mouse back and forth.

Once inside and down the stairs, there will be a box on the left containing an iron coin. Open the panel to the right of the monitor and turn on the mechanism. The character will also pick up a decoder. Interact with the computer and select the Console — Calls sections. Next, you need to enter the code 5-6-6-0, which can be seen using the drone by flying to the top and looking at one of the dishes.

A mini-game will start, where you need to correctly press four symbols that are encrypted in the picture. The input order is shown on the right side of the monitor. Study all the records, then return home. Interact with the table, using the mouse wheel to change the item. Select the magnetic key and connect the decoder to it. Explore the bunker again, then break the power to the speaker. Afterward, check the cameras and approach the exit. A cutscene will begin, after which Ignat will leave through another door.

Carefully move forward, trying not to fall into the holes. You’ll be attacked by Samodelkins, which you can break with a few hits from the wrench. However, there are no useful items in this room, so it’s easier to just run further and climb the stairs. On the ledge, there’s another Samodelkin, which you can bypass from the other side and climb even higher. Once outside, follow the path until you reach the car.