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Shorefront / Arrival

Restore power to Zoe’s house

Find the prepaid power card, use the electricity meter and turn on the computer.

Source review: 26 Sep 2026Reference-based · not playtested
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Before you start

  • Find Zoe’s house using the CRTV route clue.
  • Collect the flashlight and upstairs batteries; combine them.
Give me a small hint

The meter needs credit before the master switch will help. Inspect the instructions near it.

Reveal the full solution Puzzle spoilers

Card → A: Card Credit → B → Master switch

01Insert card
02A: Card Credit
03Press B
04Master switch
Reference diagram · not an in-game screenshot.

Step by step

  1. Inspect the meter and its instructions in the crawlspace beneath the stairs.
  2. Go to Peters Newsagent. Enter from the back and collect the prepaid electricity card.
  3. Return to the meter, insert the card and press A until Card Credit appears.
  4. Press B to transfer credit, then use the master power switch.
  5. Go to the computer and read the relevant email for the organ box.

How you know it worked

Power returns and the computer can be used.

Next move

Use the email with the Organ Transplant Card to open the kitchen box.

Still stuck? Puzzle spoilers
  • Inserting the card is not the final step: apply credit before switching on the power.
  • Look for the named upstairs battery item; published descriptions differ on which left-hand room contains it.

Sources & limitations

Cross-referenced from published guides. We have not independently played this sequence or verified every game version. No video timestamps are claimed.

  1. GamesRadar+ — Organ box and electricityLeon Hurley · Author describes revisiting the puzzle in New Game+
  2. All Things How — Electricity meterAll Things How · Secondary cross-reference, not treated as an independent playtest
  3. TechWiser — Arrival puzzlesKohinoor · Cross-reference for early-game item and clue order
Editorial note: source disagreement

Exact upstairs room containing batteries

Omitted room number: sources disagree; retained only upstairs location and item identity.

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