you get acess to the dark basement after you defeat the meteor goons on the area, so you can get the item before or after Hardy, there should be a house with a kid .   There should be something like this ( this is actualy my notes to solve this puzzle ). XOX                    XXX XXX                     XOO XOX XOO X XXX XXO XXX OOX X XOO XOO OXX OXO X OXO XXX OOX XXX X XXX XOO XXX OXO X OXX XXO XOX XOX X XXX XOX XOX                   XXX