The Circle of Friends mission in Crime Scene Cleaner is the fourth mission of Act 2 and takes place in a huge mansion complex with multiple connected areas, hidden passages, collectibles, and keys. From the Delivery Area and Town Square to the Wine Cellar and Crimson Shrine, there is a lot to clean and even more to uncover.
In this guide, you’ll find a full walkthrough for every area in Circle of Friends, including where to find all evidence, bodies, secrets, mysterious keys, and cassette collectibles. Follow along to complete every objective and clear the entire mission without missing anything.
Circle of Friends – Mission Details
“This is it, Mr. Kovalsky. We finally found the guy who was behind Dave, Lars, and dozens of other sick bastards across the state: the very respected Senator Holden. Lars led us straight to Holden’s enormous mansion, so we paid him and his friends a visit. And they had no idea what was coming!”
People count: 14 – Location Size: 4
“Holden’s 100 million mansion hosted many parties and was frequently visited by the uber-rich. Nobody said a word about what went on back there. But if these walls could talk, they probably wouldn’t stop screaming.”
Circle of Friends Key Mission Steps:
1 – Find 11 People:
-> In the Delivery Area, at the Town Square, at the Garage, at the Employee Quarters, in the Service Area, at Holden’s Mansion, on the First Floor, at the Golden Terrace, in the Wine Cellar, and at the Crimson Shrine.
2 – Collect Evidence:
-> In the Delivery Area, at the Town Square, at the Garage, at the Employee Quarters, in the Service Area, at Holden’s Mansion, on the First Floor, at the Golden Terrace, in the Wine Cellar, and at the Crimson Shrine.
3 – Move Furniture back to their places:
-> In the Delivery Area, at the Town Square, at the Garage, at the Employee Quarters, in the Service Area, at Holden’s Mansion, on the First Floor, at the Golden Terrace, and in the Wine Cellar.
4 – Steal valuables:
-> At the Town Square, at the Garage, at the Employee Quarters, at Holden’s Mansion, on the First Floor, at the Golden Terrace, and in the Wine Cellar.
5 – Find the Collectible Cassette at the Garage.
6 – Find the Secret & the Collectible Cassette at Holden’s Mansion.
7 – Find the Coffin and Collectible Cassette Secret.
8 – Find the Collectible Cassette at the Golden Terrace.
9 – Find the Secret in the Wine Cellar.
10 – Find the Hidden Memories Key
11 – Find the Hidden Memories Secret Door.
12 – Find the Mysterious Key No. 1
13 – Find the Mysterious Key No. 2
14 – Find the Mysterious Key No. 3
15 – Open the Mysterious Gate in the Wine Cellar.
16 – Pick up all the garbage and mop all the floors, walls, and ceilings. Then, pack all the garbage at the exit.
Related Guides:
Things Left Behind
Amber Alert
Secluded Retreat
Town Too Small
More at the Crime Scene Cleaner Hub
1 – Delivery Area
The Delivery Area at the start is where your truck is parked. It’s a tiny courtyard with an orange tree in the center. There is a staircase with a door at the top. It is locked from the other side. So the only way forward is through the gate on the ground floor.
Enter and go through the sliding door to the right to find a water tap for the cleaning bucket.
In the Delivery Area, there is a locked gate with a body on the other side. This gate can be opened from the back of the Service Area.
In the back end of the first Delivery Area room is a locked steel door with a window. It’s the door to the Wine Cellar.
The path to the right of the Delivery Area, past the water tap, leads to the Town Square.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Delivery Area:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 1x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 1x furniture back to its place.
Body 1 of 14
Someone is hiding in the dumpster just around the corner.
Evidence
Walkie-Talkie:
A Walkie-Talkie is on the floor, in the first area just after the entrance gate.
Move Furniture
1x Stool
Near where it was, against the wall.
2 – Town Square
The Town Square is the second area to be reached, coming from the Delivery Area. It has a round, tall fountain in the center. The area is in disarray with a lot of dirt and broken furniture.
A staircase at the back of the Town Square leads down to the Wine Cellar.
An unlocked wooden door leads to the Smoke-Free Zone.
Between the door to the Smoke-Free Zone and the staircase to the Wine Cellar is a locked metal door with a window. It leads to the Garage.
Find the backyard with the dumpsters, where you can destroy boards in front of the crawlspace to get into the garage.
To clean the top area of the Town Square, go through the upstairs window of the Garage. And cross the Employee Quarters balcony to the Town Square upper ledges.
Use the ledges to reach the Service Area window straight ahead.
You can also reach the Employee Quarters and the Service Area by going left.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Town Square:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 2x evidence.
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 10x furniture back to its place.
Body 2 of 14
Someone is leaning against a table right at the Town Square entrance when coming from the Delivery Area.
Body 3 of 14
Another person is hiding behind a broken table and a barrel, near an unlocked wooden door with a window, which leads to the Smoke-Free Zone.
Body 4 of 14
Someone managed to reach the top of the fountain.
Evidence 1 of 2
Lars’s Phone:
A phone is lying on the rim of the fountain basin.
Evidence 2 of 2
Grappling Hook:
There is a rope going from the Town Square to the upper floor of the Garage. Enter the garage and retrieve the grappling hook from the top-floor window.
Move Furniture
1x Square, Wooden Table
Slides back into place.
3x Chair with Red Cushion
Back around the two tables.
1x Floor Tile
Slides back into place.
1x Small, Round Table
Slides back into place.
2x Wooden Stool
Around the small, round table.
2x Wooden Stool
Around the table with the tablecloth.
1x Wooden Stool
To the table near the Smoke-Free Zone Door.
Furniture For Another Area
1x Wooden Chair
Near the Smoke-Free Zone Door.
-> Goes to: Employee Quarters.
Steal
Glasses:
The fountain statue is wearing them.
2x 100$
On the table.
1x Pocketwatch
On the table.
4 – Garage
The Garage can be accessed from the Town Square. There is a locked metal door that you can open once inside.
To get inside, go to the Town Square’s backyard, where the dumpsters are. There is a barred crawlspace. Remove the boards and crawl into the garage.
There is a water tap in the back of the garage.
Upstairs is a door that leads to the Corridor. It leads to the Service Area and Holden’s Mansion. The door to the Service Area is blocked. Reach it from the Town Square.
Also upstairs, open the window to climb to the Town Square roofs.
Cross the Town Square, over the roofs, to reach the Employee Quarters.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Garage:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 1x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 9x furniture back to its place.
Body 5 of 14
A person is sitting in the red car.
Evidence
Pistol:
The gun is on the floor near the victim and the open red car door.
Move Furniture
2x Yellow Barrel
In front of the metal door, it moves back into place.
1x Red, Metal Trolley Shelf
Moves back into place.
1x Red Car
Moves back into place.
1x Wooden Board
Covering the crawlspace entrance.
4x Tires
Building a stack.
1x Metal Rack
Moves back into place.
Steal
100$
Behind a tool on the workbench.
Collectible Cassette
On the table in the water tap room.
Bueno Malne Ft. Matiku – Guess/Gas
5 – Employee Quarters
Exit the top floor window of the Garage to reach the Town Square roofs.
Here you can cross over to the Employee Quarters.
The area has two rooms. There is a water tap in the washing machine area at the back. Also, Windows can be opened to dispose of trash in the Delivery Area.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Employee Quarters:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 3x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 8x furniture back to its place.
Body 6 of 14
A woman is sitting on the balcony.
Evidence 1
Rifle:
The rifle is with the victim on the balcony.
Evidence 2
Bolt:
There is also something in her eye…
Evidence 3
Delivery Problems:
On top of the furniture next to the arcade.
Move Furniture
1x Wooden Coffee Table
Slides back into place.
3x Wooden Chair
Around the wooden coffee table.
1x Round Wooden Table
Slides back into place.
Table Lamp:
On top of the round wooden table.
1x Wooden Chair (present)
To the round wooden table
1x Wooden Chair
-> From Town Square.
1x Metal Rack
At the end of the room. Moves back into place.
Steal
Also see: Wine Cellar Key location.
100$:
Inside the book on the balcony.
100$:
Inside, on the arcade.
3x 100$
On the floor, near the carpet.
1x Pocket Watch
On the outside windowsill overlooking the Delivery Area.
1x 100$
In one of the lockers near the TV.
Hidden Memories Key
On the Employee Quarters’ balcony, climb over the blue railing and go to the back.
Here is the Hidden Memories Key with some valuable items inside a bird’s nest. It opens the red door on the First Floor.
Steal:
1x Brouch, 2x Ring, 3x Lottery Ticket
6 – Service Area
Exit the top floor window of the Garage to reach the Town Square roofs.
Here, you can cross over to the Employee Quarters and use the ledges to reach the Service Area window, where you can climb inside.
Turn left after you climb in to reach the storage area at the back with a water tap for the bucket. Follow the winding staircase down to the gate that leads to the Delivery Area. Open it to get access to your truck.
Back in the kitchen, note that there is a service elevator that goes down to the Wine Cellar.
The main Service Area entrance leads to the corridor, which connects to the Garage and Holden’s Mansion.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Service Area:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 2x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 14x furniture back to its place.
Body 7 of 14
Head left after the window, to the back of the Service Area storage. A winding staircase leads back to the gate to the Delivery area. Here, at the base of the stairs, is a victim.
Evidence 1
Chef’s Hat with Kunai:
Go towards the back storage area. There is a cook’s hat attached to the wall with a kunai.
Evidence 2
Grappling Hook:
There is another one of those Grappling Hooks by the window.
Move Furniture
1x Metal Rack
At the far back storage area. Moves back into place.
1x Square Table
Right underneath the Chef’s hat with a Kunai.
1x Metal Cart
Near the door to the Corridor. Moves back into its place.
1x Tray Rack
By the main entrance. Moves back into place.
6x Trays
Into the Tray Rack.
2x Deep Pots
Both of them are in the kitchen area. Go up to the hanger.
2x Pans
One of them is on the cooker, the other one with Body 7/14.
7 – Holden’s Mansion
Holden’s Mansion can be accessed either through the upstairs door at the Garage or through the main entrance of the Service Area.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for Holden’s Mansion:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 1x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 13x furniture back to its place.
Body 8 of 14
A woman is lying on the floor in the big dining room, at the base of the staircase to the First Floor.
Body 9 of 14
Another person is in the same dining room, but sitting at the table.
Evidence
Bolt:
The bolt is in the eye of the victim sitting at the dining table.
Move Furniture
2x Painting
Behind the piano. Move back into place.
1x Dinner Table
Remove everything, then slides back into place.q
8x Dining Chairs
Around the dinner table.
1x Green Couch Chair
By the fire. Slides back into place.
1x Coffee Table
Slides back into place.
1x Grandfather Clock
Slides back into place.
2x Pans
One of them is on the cooker, the other one with Body 7/14.
1x Green Couch Chair
Back to the coffee table by the entrance.
Furniture For Another Area
1x Chair
At the base of the staircase.
-> Goes to: First Floor.
Steal
100$:
In the drawer unit at the back. In the small corridor.
1x Ring:
In the same drawer unit.
Secret & Cassette Collectible
At the back of the dining area is a corridor that dead-ends. There are three paintings you can interact with.
-> Redish-brown Skull & Goblet with Decoration
-> Holden with Glasses
-> The brighter, yellowish spear
This will open a passage.
The Cassette Collectible is on one of the benches.
EON Society – Red Temple
Things to steal:
100$
On the first bench to the right.
Horse Statue:
On the drawer unit.
Pocket Watch & Ring:
Behind the Cassette
3x 100$
On the bench at the far end.
Cash Stash:
In the chest behind the end bench.
8 – First Floor
Head upstairs from Holden’s Mansion/Dining Room to find the First Floor.
The First Floor is a Mezzanine, looking down to the dining room below. There are a couple of rooms here as well. A bedroom with a study has an exit to the Golden Terrace, where the nearest water tap is.
The study also has access to the service elevator serving the Service Area and the Wine Cellar.
There is also a bathroom on this floor with a tap for the cleaning bucket.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the First Floor:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 3x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 23x furniture back to its place.
Body 10 of 14
There is someone hiding in one of the coffins.
Evidence 1
Phone:
On the mezzanine corridor.
Evidence 2
Naginata Spear:
On the coffin with the victim.
Evidence 3
Sai:
There is a staircase going to the upper First Floor area. Here, on the floor, is the Sai.
Move Furniture
1x Chair
To the round table by the stairs.
-> From Holden’s Mansion Dining Room.
1x Table with books
Close to the staircase going up to the next floor.
1x Bookshelf
Where the wine mess is. Moves back to its place.
1x Drawer Unit
Near Golden Terrace exit. Moves back to place.
1x Head Sculpture
On top of the drawer unit.
2x Green Chair
Back to the desk in the study.
1x Green Chair
In the middle of the study by the pillar.
1x Coffee Table
Slides back to its place
1x Grandfather Clock
Slides back to its place.
1x Painting
By the service elevator. Goes back to the wall.
1x Couch
In the coffin room. Slides back to its place.
1x Small, long table
In the coffin room. Slides back to its place.
1x Plant Pot
On top of the small, long table.
1x Animal Skull
On top of the small, long table.
1x Guitar
Back to the speaker.
1x Staning Lamp
In the top-floor room. Slides back to its place.
1x Desk
Slides back to its place.
1x Table Lamp
Onto the desk
1x Chair
To the desk.
1x Globe
Onto the desk.
1x Coffee Table
Slides back to its place.
1x Shield
Back to the wall with the sword.
1x Sword
From the study, where the Golden Terrace exit is.
Furniture For Another Area
1x Sword
Lodged into the floor in the study, where the Golden Terrace exit is.
-> Goes to: Top Floor Room on the First Floor
Steal
2×100$:
On the coffee table in the bedroom.
1x Horse Statue
Above the head sculpture near the Golden Terrace exit.
1x Statue
In the coffin room. The box under the TV.
Money Stash:
In the coffin room. The box under the TV.
1x Skull
On the desk in the coffin room.
100$:
In the bookshelf of the coffin room.
1x Small Drugs:
In the bookshelf of the coffin room.
1x Brooch
Top floor in the drawer unit near the Hidden Memories Door.
2x 100$
Under the desk in the top-floor room.
1x Vase
In the top-floor room, on top of some books.
100$
In one of the chests of the upstairs room.
Wine Cellar Key – Mysterious Key No. 2
On the desk in the Coffin Room.
Secret – Hidden Memories
Head up the stairs to reach the top floor of the First Floor area. Here is a red door that requires the Hidden Memories Key. You can find it in the Employee Quarters area.
Steal:
4x Horse Statue (one in the trunk below)
1x Pocketwatch
1x Brooch (in the trunk)
3x Ring (in the trunk)
Money Stash in the safe.
Secret – Duck Coffin Cassette Collectible
In the coffin room, there is a locked coffin with a duck on top. Find 5 ducks and hit them to open it. They will disappear once you’ve hit them. Hit the one on top of the coffin!
The second duck is on the shelf opposite the locked coffin.
The third is inside the trunk by the entrance.
The fourth is in the bookshelf
The last is in the desk.
Now the coffin is unlocked, and the Cassette Collectible is yours.
One Minute Lover – Dying on a Date
Also, steal 5x lottery tickets.
9 – Golden Terrace
The Golden Terrace can be accessed from the First Floor’s bedroom/study. There is a water tank tap here for the cleaning bucket.
Look for a staircase leading down to the Delivery Area door.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Golden Terrace:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 2x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 2x furniture back to its place.
Body 11 of 14
Someone’s having a BBQ on the Golden Terrace.
Evidence 1
Clients List:
This is on the first floor of the study but counts towards the Golden Terrace. The room with the Golden Terrace exit.
Evidence 2
Pistol:
There is a gun on the floor near the BBQ.
Move Furniture
1x Bench
In the BBQ area.
1x Round Table
Back to the sunbed.
Steal
1x Vase
Inside a wooden box near the door that goes to the Delivery Area.
Wine Cellar Key – Mysterious Key No. 3
The key is underneath the victim at the BBQ area.
Cassette Collectible
Is by the center greenhouse on the table. There is a hatch nearby that leads to the Employee Quarters.
P.G.N. – Crumbs Collector
10 – Wine Cellar
To reach the Wine Cellar, look for stairs that go down at the Town Square. I picked it last, because you will need three keys in there.
Hint:
While you clean, don’t neglect cleaning all those cobwebs! It will reveal the Secret!
There is a tap for the cleaning bucket near the back.
Open the metal door at the back of the Wine Cellar to get faster access to the Delivery Area.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Wine Cellar:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 2x evidence
3 – Get rid of the trash.
4 – Move 8x furniture back to its place.
Body 12 of 14
There is a woman on the floor between the service elevator and the door that needs three keys. She carries Mysterious Key No.1
Body 13 of 14
There is a woman at the far back of the Wine Cellar, carrying a rifle.
Evidence 1
Rifle:
One of the two victims carries a rifle.
Evidence 2
Kunai:
There is also a Kunai.
Move Furniture
1x Candlestick
In the first room. Slides back into place.
6x Stool
In the first room. They go to the small tables.
1x Big Barrel
Slides back into place.
Steal
100$
First room, on the counter
1x Pocketwatch
First room, on one of the tables.
1x Pocketwatch
On the workbench near the service elevator.
Wine Cellar Key – Mysterious Key No. 1
One of the two victims in the Wine Cellar is carrying this key.
Secret
Clean the Cobwebs in the Wine Cellar to find a brick near three stacked barrels, opposite the water tap.
Interact with the brick to open the secret passage by the nearby stairs. Listen to the recording on the desk.
Steal:
100$
In the overhead cupboard
Dollar Bundle:
In the overhead cupboard
Dollar bundles:
On the counter.
3-Key Wine Cellar Gate
Now you can open the Wine Cellar Gate with the three keys.
Just a quick reminder, where the keys are:
-> In the Wine Cellar, carried by a victim.
-> On the First Floor Desk
-> At the Golden Terrace, underneath the victim.
11 – Crimson Shrine
You’ve found the three keys and opened the mysterious gate in the Wine Cellar! Follow the corridor down to the main room.
Checklist
Here is the initial checklist for the Crimson Shrine:
1 – Wipe all of the blood.
2 – Collect 1x evidence
Body 14 of 14
The last victim is the sacrifice on the Crimson Shrine.
Evidence
Recording of Senator and Big Jim:
The evidence is in the backroom.
About Crime Scene Cleaner
Release: August 14, 2024
Developer: President Studio
Publisher: President Studio, Playway S.A.
Crime Scene Cleaner is available on Steam


























































































