Solutions for the slab puzzles in Core of the Riddle, Forgotten Secrets, Legacy of the Ancients, Final Veil, and Heart of Mystery during the quest “Secrets of Creation”.
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Secrets of Creation Puzzle Solutions
Note: Credit goes to Advena
Core of the Riddle
Slabs are found at the Ravaged Long House.
Forgotten Secrets
Slabs are found at the Shrine of Sacrilege.
Legacy of the Ancients
Slabs are found at the Place of Execution.
Final Veil
Slabs are found in the Bone Hills.
Heart of Mystery
The containers are found in the Laughing Caves.
I discovered the Heart of Mystery on the world map before I found the Legacy and Final Veil. Sometime after, I completed the first 4 puzzles, but that part of the quest didn’t complete. I also got a notification to “solve the last puzzle” in the Heart, but I’m not sure when that objective appeared. Might’ve been before or after the last 4. I really hope it isn’t bugged out.
I also threw together a python script to try brute force solutions as well. Results:
– Total permutations: 34650
– # where the number of blue spaces in a row or column >= the number of empty spaces in the corresponding double slots: 3118 . Tried one, no luck
– # where the number of blue spaces in a row or column == the number of empty spaces in the corresponding double slots: 0
– # where the number of empty spaces in a row or column >= the number of empty spaces in the corresponding double slots: 59 . Tried one, no luck
– # where the number of empty spaces in a row or column == the number of empty spaces in the corresponding double slots: 0
– # where the surrounding double slots have corresponding non-overlapping blue pairs in the grid: 3 . Tried all 3, no luck
– # where the surrounding double slots have corresponding non-overlapping empty pairs in the grid: 0
After several hours I got tired of trying, and since this is the last quest, I decided to just skip it using the cheat mod. Here’s how:
1. Download the toy box mod from Nexus mods
2. Open the mod menu, go to the “search n’ pick” tab
3. Search for “GlobalPuzzle_AreshkaArena”. You want the one labeled simply as “Area”
4. Teleport there. Approach the creature inside. Make sure you’re on turn-based mode, because every time a party member approaches the creature it starts the dialog. I killed it.
5. Approach the new creature and talk. There appears to be a special option if you’ve collected and turned in all the elven notes for the storyteller.
6. Use the “quest editor” tab of the mod menu to complete the remaining quest steps, since breaking the game like this doesn’t seem to complete the log.
7. Exit via the portal you teleported to, leading back to the Heart. Continue on your journey, maybe submit a bug report to Owlcat
Moved on anyway, trying to solve the Heart. No luck there. I don’t see anything in the double slots surrounding the square puzzle area and I can’t interact with them, so let me know if something should be there and the quest is just bugged for me.
Finally, here are the 3 solutions mentioned previously. They seemed promsing, so maybe someone else can try with a save that maybe isn’t bugged
All oriented North (hotkey: F1), ‘O’ is blue, ‘_’ is yellow
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|_|O|O|_|_|_|O|
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|_|_|O|_|_|_|O|
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|_|_|_|O|O|_|_|
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|O|_|_|_|O|O|_|
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|O|_|_|_|O|O|_|
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|O|O|O|O|_|O|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|_|_|O|O|O|O|
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+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|_|O|O|_|_|_|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|_|_|O|_|_|_|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|_|_|O|O|_|_|_|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|_|_|_|O|O|_|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|_|_|_|O|O|_|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|O|O|O|_|O|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|_|_|O|O|O|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|_|O|_|_|_|O|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|_|_|O|_|_|_|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|_|_|O|O|_|_|_|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|_|_|_|O|O|_|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|_|_|_|O|O|_|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|O|O|O|_|O|O|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|O|_|_|O|O|O|O|
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Place of Execution
where is this?
You need to be in chapter 5 of the story to find it.