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This page was made to accompany the walkthrough video [https://forums.wesnoth.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=124329 Konrad2] made for the puzzles in the campaign Genesis. Only puzzles that hinder progression if unsolved are covered.
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This page was made to accompany the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg walkthrough video] [https://forums.wesnoth.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=124329 Konrad2] made for the puzzles in the campaign Genesis. Only puzzles that hinder progression if unsolved are covered.
  
=== S4 Crypt ===
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=== [https://youtu.be/jI_W8EXlwpg?t=132 S4 Crypt] ===
==== Puzzle 1 ====
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==== [https://youtu.be/jI_W8EXlwpg?t=132 Puzzle 1] ====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
<details>To bridge the chasm, one requires the element of stability. Binding life first demands the flesh - all energies require a conduit. '''Matter is the starting point''' that shelters all of creation and is the ''medium that allows life to grow and prosper''.<details>
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To bridge the chasm, one requires the element of stability. Binding life first demands the flesh - all energies require a conduit. '''Matter is the starting point''' that shelters all of creation and is the '''medium that allows life to grow and prosper'''.
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===== Hint 2 =====
 
===== Hint 2 =====
 
Activate the glyphs in order to spell out 'EARTH'.
 
Activate the glyphs in order to spell out 'EARTH'.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
North-west glyph, south glyph, south-east glyph, north-east glyph, south-west glyph.
 
North-west glyph, south glyph, south-east glyph, north-east glyph, south-west glyph.
==== Puzzle 2 ====
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==== [https://youtu.be/jI_W8EXlwpg?t=351 Puzzle 2] ====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
Beyond the flesh, what else is needed for life? The mind and soul? The essence? The bridge between the inanimate and the sentient is brought about by the aspects. Sentience is formed from the combination of the elements, but '''only special souls are possessed of essence itself'''.
 
Beyond the flesh, what else is needed for life? The mind and soul? The essence? The bridge between the inanimate and the sentient is brought about by the aspects. Sentience is formed from the combination of the elements, but '''only special souls are possessed of essence itself'''.
 
Esther: Looks like something '''related to us. Matching our 'essence'''', is that what it is?
 
Esther: Looks like something '''related to us. Matching our 'essence'''', is that what it is?
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===== Hint 2 =====
 
===== Hint 2 =====
 
Each of the Fae (Aryel, Yumi, Esther) represents an aspect of creation. Move them to one of the 6 hexes that represents their aspect.
 
Each of the Fae (Aryel, Yumi, Esther) represents an aspect of creation. Move them to one of the 6 hexes that represents their aspect.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Aryel - blood/life -> tree
 
Aryel - blood/life -> tree
 
Esther - fire -> fire
 
Esther - fire -> fire
 
Yumi -> shadow/darkness -> dark chasm
 
Yumi -> shadow/darkness -> dark chasm
=== S12 Iron Crescent ===
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=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=580s S12 Iron Crescent] ===
 
You are given text/information are supposed to move to the related objects (in order of them being mentioned).
 
You are given text/information are supposed to move to the related objects (in order of them being mentioned).
==== Puzzle 1 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=580s Puzzle 1] ====
 
===== Hint =====
 
===== Hint =====
 
'''They kept her locked in a small room''', in utter isolation. It was considered an act of kindness, given that it would have been much easier to just kill her.
 
'''They kept her locked in a small room''', in utter isolation. It was considered an act of kindness, given that it would have been much easier to just kill her.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Move to the key.
 
Move to the key.
==== Puzzle 2 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=630s Puzzle 2] ====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
'''Through the glassy pane, she could see a flower garden a little ways away.''' Their petals bloomed everlasting through sunlight and rain, fire and snow, bright colors illuminating the monochromatic limbo of her prison.
 
'''Through the glassy pane, she could see a flower garden a little ways away.''' Their petals bloomed everlasting through sunlight and rain, fire and snow, bright colors illuminating the monochromatic limbo of her prison.
 
'''Not too far off, there was a windmill where they milled bread''' to be served to the demon lord and the other inhabitants of his stronghold. This was also the only thing they ever gave to her to eat.
 
'''Not too far off, there was a windmill where they milled bread''' to be served to the demon lord and the other inhabitants of his stronghold. This was also the only thing they ever gave to her to eat.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Move to the flower, then to the grain (it somewhat looks like hay/wooden logs).
 
Move to the flower, then to the grain (it somewhat looks like hay/wooden logs).
==== Puzzle 3 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=700s Puzzle 3] ====
 
===== Hint =====
 
===== Hint =====
 
'''She prayed''' to the Guardians to set her free, but they could not, would not help her. She wept at the door, crying for her sisters to free her, but they '''turned a blind eye''' to her plight. Shunned and tormented by all, she could only '''wait as time went by''' in endless isolation.
 
'''She prayed''' to the Guardians to set her free, but they could not, would not help her. She wept at the door, crying for her sisters to free her, but they '''turned a blind eye''' to her plight. Shunned and tormented by all, she could only '''wait as time went by''' in endless isolation.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Move to the altar, the eye, then the hourglass.
 
Move to the altar, the eye, then the hourglass.
==== Puzzle 4 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=780s Puzzle 4] ====
 
===== Hint =====
 
===== Hint =====
 
Rise, rise and drive the '''spear of vengeance''' through their bodies. '''Raze your prison to the ground'''. I will grant you the power to do whatever you desire, as long as you pledge yourself to me. '''Listen to your heart'''. You can trust me.
 
Rise, rise and drive the '''spear of vengeance''' through their bodies. '''Raze your prison to the ground'''. I will grant you the power to do whatever you desire, as long as you pledge yourself to me. '''Listen to your heart'''. You can trust me.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Move to the spear, the brazier (representing fire), and then to the heart.
 
Move to the spear, the brazier (representing fire), and then to the heart.
==== Puzzle 5 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=930s Puzzle 5] ====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
Outside, in the sky, the moon irradiated its faded hue onto the ashen world below. It was a pale reflection of the golden warmth of day, '''a mirror casting its illusory glow into the night'''.
 
Outside, in the sky, the moon irradiated its faded hue onto the ashen world below. It was a pale reflection of the golden warmth of day, '''a mirror casting its illusory glow into the night'''.
 
Ivory light cascaded onto '''azure flowers, soft petals''' wilted slightly with the onset of snow. She clasped her hands around the charm adorning her neck - a cheap, metallic thing that had been '''the only trinket her sisters had given her''' - and murmured a quiet, mourning song.
 
Ivory light cascaded onto '''azure flowers, soft petals''' wilted slightly with the onset of snow. She clasped her hands around the charm adorning her neck - a cheap, metallic thing that had been '''the only trinket her sisters had given her''' - and murmured a quiet, mourning song.
 
'''You hold the key to your own fate'''. I shall not make the decision for you. I only ask that you look into yourself and find what you truly desire. You may loathe the idea of willingly selling yourself to me as a servant, but surely you don't believe that it can be worse than the state you are in now, hmm?
 
'''You hold the key to your own fate'''. I shall not make the decision for you. I only ask that you look into yourself and find what you truly desire. You may loathe the idea of willingly selling yourself to me as a servant, but surely you don't believe that it can be worse than the state you are in now, hmm?
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Move to the mirror, the flower, the trinket/amulett, and then the key.
 
Move to the mirror, the flower, the trinket/amulett, and then the key.
==== Puzzle 6 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1030s Puzzle 6] ====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
This time, you are supposed to spell out a word.
 
This time, you are supposed to spell out a word.
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===== Hint 2 =====
 
===== Hint 2 =====
 
She made up her mind. '''No matter the price,''' living like this wasn't worth living. Anything would have been better, she thought. Still, her hands trembled as she gripped the mirror.
 
She made up her mind. '''No matter the price,''' living like this wasn't worth living. Anything would have been better, she thought. Still, her hands trembled as she gripped the mirror.
 
Each glyph names a price she paid for her choice. Which price is missing? What was never said, what identifies her?
 
Each glyph names a price she paid for her choice. Which price is missing? What was never said, what identifies her?
 
Spell it out.
 
Spell it out.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Spell out 'NAME'.
 
Spell out 'NAME'.
=== S13 Silent Night ===
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=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1350s S13 Silent Night] ===
 
==== Hint 1 ====
 
==== Hint 1 ====
 
Hearing her pleas, it granted her wish. In a '''rising''' arpeggio of plucked strings, the '''climbing''' strum of the harp broke the eerie darkness. And, like a mirror, the spell was shattered.
 
Hearing her pleas, it granted her wish. In a '''rising''' arpeggio of plucked strings, the '''climbing''' strum of the harp broke the eerie darkness. And, like a mirror, the spell was shattered.
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==== Hint 2 ====
 
==== Hint 2 ====
 
Dark color = low note, bright color = high note
 
Dark color = low note, bright color = high note
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==== Solution ====
 
==== Solution ====
 
Trigger the crystals in order of dark/low to bright/high.
 
Trigger the crystals in order of dark/low to bright/high.
 
north-east, south-west, south-east, north-west, south, north
 
north-east, south-west, south-east, north-west, south, north
=== S15b Ashen Heart II ===
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Move Yumi to the deep water.
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=== S17 Twilight Vision ===
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=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1585s S15b Ashen Heart II] ===
==== Puzzle 1 ====
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Move Yumi into the deep water.
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=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1660s S17 Twilight Vision] ===
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1660s Puzzle 1] ====
 
"Huh, interesting. '''Looks like I need to make a fire here?'''"
 
"Huh, interesting. '''Looks like I need to make a fire here?'''"
 
You have a fireplace underwater. You can see lava, hay, and some flat/earth.  
 
You have a fireplace underwater. You can see lava, hay, and some flat/earth.  
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Pick up earth, move it to the fireplace, then hay, then the lava.
 
Pick up earth, move it to the fireplace, then hay, then the lava.
==== Puzzle 2 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1720s Puzzle 2] ====
 
"I think I need to '''bring that tree back to life'''."
 
"I think I need to '''bring that tree back to life'''."
 
The marked place is frozen over. You can see a dead tree, water, fire, blood.
 
The marked place is frozen over. You can see a dead tree, water, fire, blood.
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===== Hint =====
 
===== Hint =====
 
Blood represents life.
 
Blood represents life.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
Pick up the fire, and move it to the marked place. Then the tree, the water, the blood/life.
 
Pick up the fire, and move it to the marked place. Then the tree, the water, the blood/life.
==== Puzzle 3 ====
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1780s Puzzle 3] ====
 
"I wonder why the trees are all different around here."
 
"I wonder why the trees are all different around here."
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
===== Hint 1 =====
 
Some trees look healthier, some more dead.
 
Some trees look healthier, some more dead.
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===== Hint 2 =====
 
===== Hint 2 =====
 
Order them from healthiest, to dead.
 
Order them from healthiest, to dead.
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===== Solution =====
 
===== Solution =====
 
south, north, sout-east, north-east, south-west, north-west
 
south, north, sout-east, north-east, south-west, north-west
=== Ashen Heart III ===
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=== [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_W8EXlwpg&t=1950s Ashen Heart III] ===
 
==== Hint ====
 
==== Hint ====
 
"Her voice wept in a lonely melody. It started '''low''', in a muted tone, then '''rose''' to a brittle, crystalline note. She breathed and her song '''dropped, just a little lower''', before finally returning to its '''original tone'''. She hummed the four note sequence over and over, crying it out into the darkness."
 
"Her voice wept in a lonely melody. It started '''low''', in a muted tone, then '''rose''' to a brittle, crystalline note. She breathed and her song '''dropped, just a little lower''', before finally returning to its '''original tone'''. She hummed the four note sequence over and over, crying it out into the darkness."

Revision as of 12:02, 26 March 2023

This page was made to accompany the walkthrough video Konrad2 made for the puzzles in the campaign Genesis. Only puzzles that hinder progression if unsolved are covered.

S4 Crypt

Puzzle 1

Hint 1

To bridge the chasm, one requires the element of stability. Binding life first demands the flesh - all energies require a conduit. Matter is the starting point that shelters all of creation and is the medium that allows life to grow and prosper.

Hint 2

Activate the glyphs in order to spell out 'EARTH'.

Solution

North-west glyph, south glyph, south-east glyph, north-east glyph, south-west glyph.

Puzzle 2

Hint 1

Beyond the flesh, what else is needed for life? The mind and soul? The essence? The bridge between the inanimate and the sentient is brought about by the aspects. Sentience is formed from the combination of the elements, but only special souls are possessed of essence itself. Esther: Looks like something related to us. Matching our 'essence', is that what it is?

Hint 2

Each of the Fae (Aryel, Yumi, Esther) represents an aspect of creation. Move them to one of the 6 hexes that represents their aspect.

Solution

Aryel - blood/life -> tree Esther - fire -> fire Yumi -> shadow/darkness -> dark chasm


S12 Iron Crescent

You are given text/information are supposed to move to the related objects (in order of them being mentioned).

Puzzle 1

Hint

They kept her locked in a small room, in utter isolation. It was considered an act of kindness, given that it would have been much easier to just kill her.

Solution

Move to the key.

Puzzle 2

Hint 1

Through the glassy pane, she could see a flower garden a little ways away. Their petals bloomed everlasting through sunlight and rain, fire and snow, bright colors illuminating the monochromatic limbo of her prison. Not too far off, there was a windmill where they milled bread to be served to the demon lord and the other inhabitants of his stronghold. This was also the only thing they ever gave to her to eat.

Solution

Move to the flower, then to the grain (it somewhat looks like hay/wooden logs).

Puzzle 3

Hint

She prayed to the Guardians to set her free, but they could not, would not help her. She wept at the door, crying for her sisters to free her, but they turned a blind eye to her plight. Shunned and tormented by all, she could only wait as time went by in endless isolation.

Solution

Move to the altar, the eye, then the hourglass.

Puzzle 4

Hint

Rise, rise and drive the spear of vengeance through their bodies. Raze your prison to the ground. I will grant you the power to do whatever you desire, as long as you pledge yourself to me. Listen to your heart. You can trust me.

Solution

Move to the spear, the brazier (representing fire), and then to the heart.

Puzzle 5

Hint 1

Outside, in the sky, the moon irradiated its faded hue onto the ashen world below. It was a pale reflection of the golden warmth of day, a mirror casting its illusory glow into the night. Ivory light cascaded onto azure flowers, soft petals wilted slightly with the onset of snow. She clasped her hands around the charm adorning her neck - a cheap, metallic thing that had been the only trinket her sisters had given her - and murmured a quiet, mourning song. You hold the key to your own fate. I shall not make the decision for you. I only ask that you look into yourself and find what you truly desire. You may loathe the idea of willingly selling yourself to me as a servant, but surely you don't believe that it can be worse than the state you are in now, hmm?

Solution

Move to the mirror, the flower, the trinket/amulett, and then the key.

Puzzle 6

Hint 1

This time, you are supposed to spell out a word.

Hint 2

She made up her mind. No matter the price, living like this wasn't worth living. Anything would have been better, she thought. Still, her hands trembled as she gripped the mirror. Each glyph names a price she paid for her choice. Which price is missing? What was never said, what identifies her? Spell it out.

Solution

Spell out 'NAME'.


S13 Silent Night

Hint 1

Hearing her pleas, it granted her wish. In a rising arpeggio of plucked strings, the climbing strum of the harp broke the eerie darkness. And, like a mirror, the spell was shattered.

Hint 2

Dark color = low note, bright color = high note

Solution

Trigger the crystals in order of dark/low to bright/high. north-east, south-west, south-east, north-west, south, north


S15b Ashen Heart II

Move Yumi into the deep water.


S17 Twilight Vision

Puzzle 1

"Huh, interesting. Looks like I need to make a fire here?" You have a fireplace underwater. You can see lava, hay, and some flat/earth.

Solution

Pick up earth, move it to the fireplace, then hay, then the lava.

Puzzle 2

"I think I need to bring that tree back to life." The marked place is frozen over. You can see a dead tree, water, fire, blood.

Hint

Blood represents life.

Solution

Pick up the fire, and move it to the marked place. Then the tree, the water, the blood/life.

Puzzle 3

"I wonder why the trees are all different around here."

Hint 1

Some trees look healthier, some more dead.

Hint 2

Order them from healthiest, to dead.

Solution

south, north, sout-east, north-east, south-west, north-west


Ashen Heart III

Hint

"Her voice wept in a lonely melody. It started low, in a muted tone, then rose to a brittle, crystalline note. She breathed and her song dropped, just a little lower, before finally returning to its original tone. She hummed the four note sequence over and over, crying it out into the darkness." Check Hint 2 in silent night if you've forgotten about it.

Solution

right - dark, middle - bright, left - less bright, right - dark