Bloodlust: Santa Monica

1. Introduction

Bloodlust: Santa Monica is a point-and-click adventure demake of Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. You can choose from seven vampires, each with unique skills, and acquire more by finding skill books throughout the game. Many puzzles offer multiple solutions, which will be covered in this guide. The walkthrough is structured by quests, so you can find the solution to the puzzle blocking your progress without revealing other content.

2. Walkthrough

First Steps

After the introductory cutscene, you're sent to Apartment 101 in Santa Monica. Jack guards the hallway door until you read the handwritten note left by Delacroix on your desk. After reading it, you're free to explore Santa Monica. First, visit Mercurius at the Santa Monica Suites on Main Street. Outside, you'll find a big dog tied to a streetlight. Visit Trip’s Pawnshop and politely ask for the big metal scissors on the counter. Use the scissors to cut the dog's leash, then enter the building and speak to Mercurius in the room to the right.

A Is For Astrolite

Mercurius asks you to retrieve astrolite from a house near Santa Monica Beach. The stairs to the beach are guarded by Alpha, who demands a toll of $200. You can find $200 in Apartment 101, or use persuasion or bribery to lower the toll.

Once on the beach, you'll encounter a locked metal gate. Use the lockpick from Apartment 101 to open it, or break the lock with a kick.

Kev guards the beach house door. Behind a bush is a power switch; turning it off leaves Kev in the dark. Use the distraction to take a crowbar and break the fence. Alternatively, use intimidation or seduction to enter.

Inside, talk to Dennis to get the astrolite. Before leaving, move the washing machine and unscrew the vent (using a screwdriver from Apartment 101) to find Mercurius’ money. Return both the astrolite and money to Mercurius.

The Pain of Being Mercurius

After your first meeting, Mercurius requests painkillers. In Apartment 101, grab the empty bottle of painkillers from the bathroom cabinet. Go to the hospital clinic and swap it with a full bottle from the tray. Alternatively, you can steal the full bottle. Return the painkillers to Mercurius.

Time Is Golden

Trip asks you to get rid of Miss Webster, an old lady who won't leave his shop. When you talk to her, she mentions she's looking for her late husband's golden watch. You can:

• Take a cheap watch from Apartment 101 and paint it gold using yellow paint from the parking lot.
• Intimidate Jimmy Johnson on Main Street to get his golden watch.
• Poison Miss Webster by adding laxatives, sleeping pills, or rat poison to the birthday cake at the bail bonds office.

Return to Trip for a billionaire dress as a reward.

Drug Trip

Trip asks you for weed for his special cigarettes. There's a jar of weed inside a cabinet in the beach house. Bring it to Trip in exchange for a reward.

Serve and Protect

Officer Carter at the apartment hallway asks for something to wake him up. Officer Chunk asks for something to eat. First, go to the beach house to get an empty coffee thermos. Then, head to the bail bonds office and use the coffee machine to fill the thermos with hot coffee. While there, grab a box of donuts. Give the donuts to Chunk and the hot coffee to Carter, and they'll let you into Apartment 102.

A Friend in Need

Claire asks you to get rid of Dennis, her pimp. You can:

• Take Kev’s baseball bat from the beach house or the katana from Carlton’s suite to threaten Dennis.
• Persuade, intimidate, or bribe Dennis.

Once Dennis is taken care of, report back to Claire.

Cumulative Art

Homeless Doug needs three bottles of vodka, which can be found:

1. In Mercurius' suite.
2. In the fridge at the bail bonds office.
3. At the Madhouse Club. Beg or steal it from the bartender.

Bring all three bottles to Doug on Main Street.

A Midnight Ride

Bullock needs a 9/16 wrench and a can of gas. You'll find a flyer for Plumber Bros in the bail bonds office. To call them, gather coins from the Diner’s tip jar or the arcade machine at the Madhouse (you can use a crowbar or kick it). Use the public phone at the Diner to call the Plumber Bros, and collect a 9/16 wrench from their van on Main Street.

To get gas, find an empty can in Apartment 102, and use a plastic funnel to siphon gas from the van near the beach house. Return both the wrench and gas to Bullock.

Gone With The Dawn

Elliot asks you to find his girlfriend, Lilly. Speak with Doris at the Diner to receive Lilly’s photo and car keys. Go to the parking lot and use the keys to open the red car trunk, or use lockpicking or a kick. Inside the trunk, you’ll find Lilly's diary. Return the diary and the photo to Elliot.

Food For Thought

Cooper asks you to find three philosophy books. You can find them:

1. In Santa Monica Suites. Give Roberta the bleach from Apartment 101 to clean the bloodstain, and she'll give you the book.
2. In Carlton's suite (after starting the quest Missing In Action). Use a crowbar, lockpicking, or kick to open the chest.
3. In the Madhouse office, near Juliette’s bed.

A Problem To Come

Rose wants you to get rid of Father Joachim, an exorcist sent by the Vatican. Go to the Diner and talk to him. Then, go to Apartment 102 to retrieve an old Bible, and get a pamphlet from the Doomsayer on Second Street. Combine the two to create an old diabolical Bible. Give this to Father Joachim, and he will leave the area. Report back to Rose.

All You Need is Blood

Jules, a half-vampire on Santa Monica Beach, asks you to find something to eat and a stake for protection. You can:

• Give him a blood bag from the fridge in Apartment 101.
• Give him the stake found in Apartment 102.

Once you provide both, Jules will be satisfied.

Missing In Action

Arthur Killpatrick at the bail bonds office asks you to find Carlton, his missing bounty hunter. Head to Santa Monica Suites #1 and discover Carlton’s body. Behind a picture on the wall, there's a safe. You can open it in one of two ways:

• Use a stethoscope from the doctor’s office to listen for the combination.
• Hack into the laptop in the office to obtain the code.

To enter the doctor’s office, switch the broken remote from Apartment 101 with Jay’s remote at the beach house. Use it to turn off the TV in the hospital clinic, making the patients leave.

Inside the safe, you’ll find Carlton’s note. Take it back to Killpatrick.

The Vampire's Kiss

The bartender at the Madhouse Club asks you to investigate the source of a new drug, Vampire's Kiss. Talk to the gothic girl to get a sample of the drug. Then, speak to the metal girl, who informs you that the pusher is the Doomsayer outside the club.

Confront the Doomsayer and force him to stop dealing the drug. Return to the bartender, and you'll be granted access to the Madhouse office.

The Feud

Mercurius asks you to end the feud between Tess and Bernard Thung. Complete the bartender’s quest at the Madhouse Club to gain access to the office, where both Tess and Juliette will give you tasks.

In this quest, you’ll need to navigate between Tess’s and Juliette’s conflicting requests, leading to a decision about siding with one of them or both. Deal with the Voermann dilemma to bring peace between Tess and Bernard.

Slash In The Dark

Juliette at the Madhouse office requests that you slash all the paintings in the Noir Gallery. You can enter the gallery by:

• Giving Mr. D the billionaire dress (see the Time Is Golden quest).
• Offering him the diamond ring from the safe in the beach house.
• Bribing Mr. D with money.

Once inside, get rid of the guests by tampering with the catering food. You can spike it with laxatives, sleeping pills, or rat poison. After the guests leave, use a knife (from the cook at the Diner) or the katana from Carlton’s suite to slash the paintings. Don't forget to grab the charity box on your way out. Report back to Juliette.

Ashes to Ashes

Tess at the Madhouse office asks you to remove supernatural evidence from Apartment 102. Inside, take the stake from the dead body. Move the ashtray on the desk to reveal a tiny key that unlocks the bottom drawer, where you'll find Marian's diary. Alternatively, you can lockpick the drawer. Return the diary to Tess.

The Voermann Dilemma

After completing both Slash In The Dark and Ashes to Ashes, Juliette and Tess will confront you with a decision. You must choose to either side with Juliette, Tess, or attempt to reconcile them both.

Missing Data

Bernard Thung asks you to retrieve a CD-ROM with sensitive data that has been stolen. The CD-ROM is located in the safe in Carlton’s suite (see the Missing in Action quest). Once you retrieve the CD-ROM, return it to Bernard.

Hack & Slash

After returning the CD-ROM, Bernard Thung requests that you hack all the computers in Santa Monica. You can either hack the computers yourself or find clues to guess the passwords. Once you’ve obtained all the passwords, return to Thung’s silo, input the stolen passwords into his computer, and reinstall the spyware. Report back to Thung for your reward.

Never Learning Too Much

Jack is looking for skill books to help with various abilities. Here’s where to find them:

• Bribe Skill Book: In the bail bonds office.
• Hack Skill Book: In the beach house. Talk to Jay to get it.
• Intimidate Skill Book: In the Madhouse Club.
• Kick Skill Book: In the Noir Gallery.
• Lockpicking Skill Book: In Apartment 102.
• Persuasion Skill Book: In Mercurius’ suite.
• Seduction Skill Book: In the Madhouse office.
• Steal Skill Book: In Carlton’s suite.