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The Witness |OT|

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hydrophilic attack

Member
Remembrance said:
I guess I should have said
the thicket of trees or the thick patch of trees. I consider the "front" to be the side facing inland.

Try this:
There is something intriguing you can see from the sawmill's back wall windows.
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Thanks! I got it!

Can't believe I didn't see that area earlier. Now I just stumbled into it thanks to your help. I could have sworn I looked around there before, but yet I didn't find the path so I guess I never did look there.
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Remembrance said:
I guess I should have said
the thicket of trees or the thick patch of trees. I consider the "front" to be the side facing inland.

Try this:
There is something intriguing you can see from the sawmill's back wall windows.



Honestly,
it took me a few visits to notice all the paths in that twisting and turning cave.
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I've just gone through it again (both caves), and I'm sure I looked in every nook and cranny. There's nothing. Well, there's a mausoleum-looking thing, but I'm guessing I have to complete the challenge to get that open. The only things near it are a few unsolvable panels that can't even be activated.
 
R

Remembrance

Member
RoadHazard said:
I've just gone through it again (both caves), and I'm sure I looked in every nook and cranny. There's nothing. Well, there's a mausoleum-looking thing, but I'm guessing I have to complete the challenge to get that open. The only things near it are a few unsolvable panels that can't even be activated.
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You can keep going past the mausoleum panels. Then if you think you hit the end, still keep going.
 
RoadHazard

RoadHazard

Gold Member
Remembrance said:
On the way, you should find a box with a piece of paper in it.

Find the panel that matches it.
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Yeah, that I've found, and I've been wondering about that.
The only panel I can remember that has that pattern is the one that opened the gate in the tutorial area. Tried it there, did nothing. So I guess it's off to search the entire island for another one! Yay.
 
R

Remembrance

Member
RoadHazard said:
Yeah, that I've found, and I've been wondering about that.
The only panel I can remember that has that pattern is the one that opened the gate in the tutorial area. Tried it there, did nothing. So I guess it's off to search the entire island for another one! Yay.
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That's the one. There are no tricks, just solve the paper puzzle on it.
 
G

GeeTeeCee

Member
Okay, so I did the first
sound
puzzle in the
jungle
, but while I grasp the rule of the area, I have absolutely no idea how to translate the clues
I'm hearing
into a line on each puzzle board. I got lucky with the first one because of how simple it was:
one high chirp and one low equals up then down
. I hate
sound
puzzles.
 
A

Auctopus

Member
Uber just redesigned their logo...

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T

TyrantGuardian

Member
GeeTeeCee said:
Okay, so I did the first
sound
puzzle in the
jungle
, but while I grasp the rule of the area, I have absolutely no idea how to translate the clues
I'm hearing
into a line on each puzzle board. I got lucky with the first one because of how simple it was:
one high chirp and one low equals up then down
. I hate
sound
puzzles.
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There are three different notes in total.
 
W

Wasp

Member
The swamp area does a poor job of explaining the harder tetromino puzzles. I'm stuck on this easy looking puzzle to open a gate (not in swamp area).

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUVytbWYAEg8ZI.jpg

What am I missing? Someone give me some hints please.

Also I'm stumped on this
perspective based
puzzle inside a temple. I don't know if I'm supposed to be
avoiding or following the branches
but neither seems to work. Hint please.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUVw-yWEAAuGyB.jpg
 
R

roytheone

Member
Wasp said:
The swamp area does a poor job of explaining the harder tetromino puzzles. I'm stuck on this easy looking puzzle to open a gate (not in swamp area).

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUVytbWYAEg8ZI.jpg

What am I missing? Someone give me some hints please.

Also I'm stumped on this
perspective based
puzzle inside a temple. I don't know if I'm supposed to be
avoiding or following the branches
but neither seems to work. Hint please.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUVw-yWEAAuGyB.jpg
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How far are you in the swamp? There are some advanced mechanics about the tetris puzzles it teaches you later.
 
B

Bowlie

Banned
Wasp said:
Also I'm stumped on this
perspective based
puzzle inside a temple. I don't know if I'm supposed to be
avoiding or following the branches
but neither seems to work. Hint please.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUVw-yWEAAuGyB.jpg
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These branches were supposed to tell you where to draw the line, but it looks like they're not telling you the full path in this one, like there's something missing. Wonder what happened...
 
G

GhaleonEB

Member
Wasp said:
The swamp area does a poor job of explaining the harder tetromino puzzles. I'm stuck on this easy looking puzzle to open a gate (not in swamp area).

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUVytbWYAEg8ZI.jpg

What am I missing? Someone give me some hints please.

Also I'm stumped on this
perspective based
puzzle inside a temple. I don't know if I'm supposed to be
avoiding or following the branches
but neither seems to work. Hint please.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaUVw-yWEAAuGyB.jpg
Click to expand...

Hah. I was stuck at that gate for three days, and had a near-meltdown in this thread due to my not understanding one of the tetris block rules. With increasingly specific hints, in order:

The pieces have to remain in the same orientation as the icon. The one on the right is flipped.

It's impossible to trace the shape on the right, on the right. So do it on the left.

You can move shapes around under the outline you draw, so long as 1) all icons are covered within the profile of the shapes, and 2) you combine the pieces into one contiguous block.

Very specific hint/solution:
Move the block on the left, to the right, and vice versa. The pieces are now touching and covering both block symbols. Trace the merged shape.

Understanding this mechanic is the thing to know about the tetris blocks, and IMO it's something the game does not do a great job of teaching.
 
H

Henkka

Banned
I've been essentially stuck for days now, I feel like I've only got dead ends.

I can't solve the final puzzle in the tree tops. I can't solve the final puzzle in the autumn forest. I don't understand the red line puzzles in the eastern temple, even though I've solved two of them. I really liked tetris puzzles, and others that had clear rules. Some of these final puzzles feel like they make up new rules for no reason, it's gimmicky.

Really don't want to look up answers, either. :/
 
vpance

vpance

Member
Got kind of bored of the game. Activated 7 lasers, did half the town puzzles, did a few +, haven't bothered exploring the mountain much. Is the payoff to keep going even worth it?
 
K

kvothe

Member
Okay, I'm at what I think may be the last main puzzle of the game and I'm very frustrated. I have a solution that should work but just doesn't and I have no clue why.

I'm talking about the puzzle at the bottom of the interior of the mountain. It's a 5x5 blue room and you select 4 different shapes within it and then solve the puzzle symmetrically, as there are two lines going at once. The shapes I selected are the three in a row(X), the L shape pointing left (Y), the short L shape, upside down pointing right (Z), and the short L-shape pointing left (V). I have arranged them in this pattern:

..V
VVY
ZZY
ZYY
XXX

Can someone explain to me why this doesn't work as a solution? Do the shapes have to be enclosed on three sides by the line?

Thanks in advance.


Edit:

vpance said:
Got kind of bored of the game. Activated 7 lasers, did half the town puzzles, did a few +, haven't bothered exploring the mountain much. Is the payoff to keep going even worth it?
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If you're playing this for some kind of "payoff," and aren't getting anything out of it, I think you're probably wasting your time. Seems like most of the enjoyment of this game comes from the act of discovering the different kinds of puzzles.
 
R

Remembrance

Member
kvothe said:
Can someone explain to me why this doesn't work as a solution? Do the shapes have to be enclosed on three sides by the line?

Thanks in advance.
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When your L-shape flashes red when the solution is rejected, notice that the shape flashing red is...

...upright.

vpance said:
Got kind of bored of the game. Activated 7 lasers, did half the town puzzles, did a few +, haven't bothered exploring the mountain much. Is the payoff to keep going even worth it?
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There are a few surprises left in store. But you need to activate all lasers.
 
H

hydrophilic attack

Member
Man, I'm having trouble with the puzzle on the sunken ship. The other
sound-based puzzles I found really easy, but this one has me stumped. The only sound I hear that has three different pitches is the drip-drop sounds, which go from high pitch to medium pitch to low pitch, which would correspond to small dot to medium dot to large dot. Since there are three medium dots, and two each of the other ones that means I would have to think of the sound pattern as repeating and go in the order is middle>large>small>middle>large>small>middle But I don't think that's possible. So, I guess I shouldn't be listening to the drops? The dots are in three colours so I guess I should try to hear three different sequences of sound corresponding to dots of the three different colours?
Am I at all on the right track here?
 
R

Remembrance

Member
hydrophilic attack said:
Man, I'm having trouble with the puzzle on the sunken ship. The other
sound-based puzzles I found really easy, but this one has me stumped. The only sound I hear that has three different pitches is the drip-drop sounds, which go from high pitch to medium pitch to low pitch, which would correspond to small dot to medium dot to large dot. Since there are three medium dots, and two each of the other ones that means I would have to think of the sound pattern as repeating and go in the order is middle>large>small>middle>large>small>middle But I don't think that's possible. So, I guess I shouldn't be listening to the drops? The dots are in three colours so I guess I should try to hear three different sequences of sound corresponding to dots of the three different colours?
Am I at all on the right track here?
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You need to simplify your assumptions a bit.

Where else have you seen colored dots? What did they mean there?

What other sequence of sound could there be?
 
K

kvothe

Member
Remembrance said:
The longer 4.

Think of it this way:
what shapes have you told the larger panel to look for?
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Ahhhhhh, thank you. I knew I couldn't have been smarter than the game.

I didn't realize that just because the L-shape was tilted in the puzzle within the puzzle, it didn't act the same in the larger puzzle.
 
H

hydrophilic attack

Member
Remembrance said:
You need to simplify your assumptions a bit.

Where else have you seen colored dots? What did they mean there?

What other sequence of sound could there be?
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Hm,
the only place I can think of with dots of different colours was symmetry. But I'm not sure how those rules would work with three different colours.
 
K

Kaiken

Banned
hydrophilic attack said:
Man, I'm having trouble with the puzzle on the sunken ship. The other
sound-based puzzles I found really easy, but this one has me stumped. The only sound I hear that has three different pitches is the drip-drop sounds, which go from high pitch to medium pitch to low pitch, which would correspond to small dot to medium dot to large dot. Since there are three medium dots, and two each of the other ones that means I would have to think of the sound pattern as repeating and go in the order is middle>large>small>middle>large>small>middle But I don't think that's possible. So, I guess I shouldn't be listening to the drops? The dots are in three colours so I guess I should try to hear three different sequences of sound corresponding to dots of the three different colours?
Am I at all on the right track here?
Click to expand...

hydrophilic attack said:
Hm,
the only place I can think of with dots of different colours was symmetry. But I'm not sure how those rules would work with three different colours.
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You're on the right track. Keep your ears open.
 
F

Firebrand

Member
Remembrance said:
The other line is the metal creaking noises, which are the orange dots.
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Damn, I totally
blocked that out as background noise. Well done, Blow & co. :)

Guess I shouldn't have looked at some other spoilers in here, I thought I had mostly loose puzzles left but some things here I haven't really seen at all.

Quite enjoyed the game, but yeah, the world feels very sterile, to the point where it sometimes feel like I'm just in a 3D viewer with a map file loaded.
Love all the little
hidden paths
. "What Zelda could learn from the The Witness" /ign
 
T

Trojan

Member
Yehaaaw! After about 5 hrs and many failed attempts, I finally
beat that goddamn Challenge. I rage quit so hard twice that I actually deleted the game from my PS4. Glad I finally perserved for the Platinum.

What a great game though.
 
M

MegaSackman

Member
Trojan said:
Yehaaaw! After about 5 hrs and many failed attempts, I finally
beat that goddamn Challenge. I rage quit so hard twice that I actually deleted the game from my PS4. Glad I finally perserved for the Platinum.

What a great game though.
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Nicely done, the challenge was amazing for me, took me as much time as you or maybe more.
 
B

B-Man

Member
I got my
8th
laser up!
should i activate all the lasers before
heading to the mountain (i assume this where i've to go)
, or just get it over with and go there ?
I don't want any spoilers, just a simple do it all or go to what i assume is end game.

Edit: Also i see alot of people getting puzzles number, then another + number, what does this number represent ? all i see in my loading screen is just the puzzles number.
 
P

Peltz

Member
Just want to say, I'm not reading anyone's posts because I'm currently playing this game on full media blackout....

But WOW. What a game! I'm floored by how great it is. This is one of the most statisfying open world exploration games I've ever played.

I want to spend more time with it before I succinctly sum up why I feel this way.

But, unlike other games like Metroid or Zelda where you traverse the environment upgrade the avatar to progress, in this game, you only upgrade your perspective and the way your mind works to unlock secrets. Rather than strengthening your videogame character, you're strengthening your way of looking at the world to see truths.

I'm not sure what to make of the game's deeper meanings. I'm only 5 or 10 hours in or so... But I very much feel what the game is going for. It's really resonating with me and scratching an itch that few games ever have.
 
M

MegaSackman

Member
B-Man said:
I got my
8th
laser up!
should i activate all the lasers before
heading to the mountain (i assume this where i've to go)
, or just get it over with and go there ?
I don't want any spoilers, just a simple do it all or go to what i assume is end game.
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I did that and I'm satisfied with my decision so, in my opinion, yes you should activate the rest.
 
M

Mindlog

Member
B-Man said:
I got my
8th
laser up!
should i activate all the lasers before
heading to the mountain (i assume this where i've to go)
, or just get it over with and go there ?
I don't want any spoilers, just a simple do it all or go to what i assume is end game.

Edit: Also i see alot of people getting puzzles number, then another + number, what does this number represent ? all i see in my loading screen is just the puzzles number.
Click to expand...
Don't worry about those numbers.
As far as choosing what to do next (no spoilers really, but just in case)
It's totally up to you. You are never locked out of progressing. However, activating all the lasers does have an effect.
Peltz said:
But I very much feel what the game is going for. It's really resonating with me and scratching an itch that few games ever have.
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All agreed. Reminds me of Kerbal Space Program. No real story there either, but learning the toolset is its own reward.
 
B

B-Man

Member
Mindlog said:
Don't worry about those numbers.
As far as choosing what to do next (no spoilers really, but just in case)
It's totally up to you. You are never locked out of progressing. However, activating all the lasers does have an effect.
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That's what i wanted to know, thank you

MegaSackman said:
I did that and I'm satisfied with my decision so, in my opinion, yes you should activate the rest.
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seems like I'm going for it too, the problem now is that i almost have no clue where the remaining areas are at, makes me kind of wish there was a way of tracking unsolved puzzles
 
M

MegaSackman

Member
B-Man said:
That's what i wanted to know, thank you



seems like I'm going for it too, the problem now is that i almost have no clue where the remaining areas are at, makes me kind of wish there was a way of tracking unsolved puzzles
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Well... actually...
your boat has something like that.
 
M

mulac

Member
Made it!
Spent every possible second on this game since grabbing it last week.

I've reached endgame and got all the lasers + endgame trophy. Now aiming for the platinum...however for some reason I can't access the
puzzle under the box at the top of the mountain

Here, you can see its not finish-able as blocked...
http://i.imgur.com/GprfGRFm.jpg

Did I miss something?? How to access this...?
 
P

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
I got the platinum last night, took about 2 hours to clear the last bit...though I'm not sure how I feel about that.

For the Challenge - I took a video of it here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqnxCV1xIls

As I've seen said, luck really does play a role, as this was probably the sloppiest I've done so it kinda sucks it ends up making it. Previous times I blew through the opening and had a bastard pillar puzzle that stumped for for multiple minutes alone, while here I got super lucky because I TOTALLY botched the maze and the color separation right before this.

Some key parts that stand out to me are the third panel (b/w seperation, I got one of the easiest patterns I've ever seen so not wasting time there is a big save) and especially the tetris panel which was a total joke. I've had to totally reset the challenge on this panel sometimes if the lines are all seperated and the shapes are hard to get together. Going from something like that to just straight up cutting the panel in half is kind of hilarious.

I know the one puzzle actually shows the layout for the maze but even that is sometimes super simple with both dots nearby. On this one I got flustered and forgot what it looked like and had to fumble around.

All in all I feel like it's a miracle I pulled that off in the above, but it also doesn't feel as satisfying as it could have since previous attempts were so much smoother.
 
D

Dominator

Member
About a week later and I still can't do the challenge. I will continue trying a few times a day until I get it. It must happen at some point.
 
Fermbiz

Fermbiz

Gold Member
Not asking for help but damn I'm stuck...

I figured out this puzzle and crossed over but can't cross back.

19cVPbP.jpg


And I'm feeling dumb because I think this is the only way out and I cant solve it!

B6YC8nq.jpg


Sigh... Gonna keep trying. Hopefully I won't resort to looking up how to solve it.
 
M

Mistle

Member
^^^you can move the platform back. think of the shapes the platform makes in the real (game) world, that's your solution.
 
N

Neverfade

Member
Fermbiz said:
Not asking for help but damn I'm stuck...

I figured out this puzzle and crossed over but can't cross back.
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Do it in reverse

Fermbiz said:
And I'm feeling dumb because I think this is the only way out and I cant solve it!

Sigh... Gonna keep trying. Hopefully I won't resort to looking up how to solve it.
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Its pretty easy, give it a moment to breath. Bet you hit it pretty quickly with fresh eyes :)
 
Hoho for breakfast

Hoho for breakfast

Member
I've seen quite a few posts talking about that yellow bridge area and getting stuck. Can you actually get stuck to the point your game is over or what? I'm at that area now and I'm scared to death I've gone somewhere or done something and won't be able to go back. I'm also on the other side of that door without having done the puzzle. Hopefully I haven't screwed myself.
 
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