Faraway: Director's CutFaraway: Director's Cut

AKA Faraway: Puzzle Adventure

Game Details:  Puzzle, 2021

Links:  Moby Games, Steam, Adventure Gamers

Walkthrough Updated:  9/19/2023

Suggested Listening:  Give Up Now (Ash 25)

Faraway: Director's Cut is a first-person puzzle adventure game, originally released on mobile platforms as Faraway: Puzzle Escape. You are exploring an ancient desert civilization, solving puzzles and finding letters left behind by your missing father. There are 10 Steam Achievements, all documented in the walkthrough below. The series continues with Faraway: Jungle Escape.

Levels 1-4

Level 1

Take a photograph (1/20) Tourist.

Go straight ahead to the door and drag it down to open it. Go through and turn left, then drag the handle here to the left. Turn to the right and pick up the handle from the floor, then insert it on the wall and drag it to the right. Cross over the bridge and look just to the right to find a letter (1/3). Break a pot (1/3) near the note, and another pot (2/3) near the base of the opposite pillar. Follow the narrow path behind this one and go up and around to the right to find the final pot (3/3) to break Clumsy.

Go back out through the door again and keep going straight until you hit the rock wall. Turn right and look at the nearest stone to find another letter (2/3). Now head through the door once more, cross the bridge, and look at the pattern on the left wall. Approach the panel on the right wall and create this pattern:

Go through the next door and up the ladder. Pick up the tile from the ground, then go back down the ladder. Look at the panel on the wall and create the pattern from the tile you just picked up:

Turn around and take the final letter (3/3) from the secret panel Secret Note. Go up the ladder again and insert the tile into the portal, then go through First Steps.

Level 2

Take a photograph (2/20). Step forward and notice the 4 symbols on the doors - these correspond to the 4 pillars with sliding handles. Go over to the far left and break 2 pots (2/6), then slide the handle to the second position from the bottom. Go over to the far right and break another pot (3/6), then slide the handle to the second position from the bottom. Come back to the door and slide the left handle to the second position from the top, then slide the right handle to the middle position.

Go forward through the door and pick up the ladder. Go to the panel on the back wall and take the golden knob, looking at the pattern that is revealed. Now head up the stairs. Put the ladder over the gap, then continue to the top. Look on the ground beneath the small plant to find a letter (1/3). Just to the right break another 2 pots (5/6). Approach the panel on the wall and create this pattern (by clicking on the red tiles indicated on the smaller image):

Go through the open and break the final pot (6/6), then put the knob on the holder to open the next door. Go through and pick up the tile from the pedestal. Come back out to the panel and look up. Knock down the small rock from above so you can take another letter (2/3). Head all the way back to where you started this level. Now you need to adjust those 4 pillars to match the tile you just picked up. Set the far left and far right pillars with their handles to the very bottom, and the ones on either side of the doors to the very top. Go all the way back to the pedestal where you got the tile, and you can now take the final letter (3/3) from an opened alcove. Back out of here, then insert the tile into the portal and go through.

Level 3

Take a photograph (3/20). Turn left and go over to a small separate building with steps out the front. Head inside and take the golden knob from the pedestal, as well as a letter (1/3) from the floor. Leave this building and go slightly left to find some steps with two holders at the top. Break the pot (1/5) on the steps here. Put a golden knob on one of the holders, then take another knob from the opened cabinet on the wall. Repeat this with the other holder, and take the knobs back from the holders (you will now have 3 of them).

Put 2 knobs on the holders in front of the large door, then go through. Pick up another golden knob from the ground on the right. Turn around and go to the other end of this platform to find the next letter (2/3). Now open the panel on the ground in the section that juts out towards the water. Insert your 2 golden knobs as follows:

Now head over the new platforms. Slide the 2 sliders outwards on either side of the door, then go through. Break 2 pots (3/5) and collect another golden knob. Return to the control panel and now place knobs like this:

Walk over the new platforms. Enter the small building and break another 2 pots (5/5), then take the next golden knob. Return to the control panel and arrange the knobs like this:

A small stone will rise up to the right, where you can find the final letter (3/3). Take back all of the golden knobs. Head out through the large door and take the other 2 knobs from the holders here (you will now have 6 of them). Turn left and go over to another small building. Inside, attach your 6 knobs to the raised control panel. Take the tile from below, then retrieve 5 of the golden knobs.

As you leave this building, look to the right to see a fallen pillar. Head up this and up to the top rock platform you can reach. Head towards the tall dark rock and you will be able to walk into it. Move the tiny rock on the ground here and pick up a key piece (1/8).

Return to the large door and place 2 of them on the holders to open the door again. Go through the large door and place the knobs like this at the control panel:

Go forward and up the large the staircase. Insert the tile into the portal and go through.

Level 4

Take a photograph (4/20). Go straight ahead over the narrow fallen pillar and grab the golden knob. Go back to where you started, then head up the sloped pillars to reach a large platform with a hemispherical structure in the middle. Break 4 pots (4/6), then read the letter (1/3) on the ground. Activate the device by dragging the slider around its base. Now go around behind the device and drag the top around so the laser is focused on the red sensor above the door ahead.

Go through this door and look at the panel on the right. Set the 5 levers according to the arrows on this panel (down, up, down, down, up). Take the golden knob from inside the recess that opens.

Go back to the hemisphere and rotate it 90 degrees left, pointing at another red sensor that opens a bridge. Go over the bridge to collect the next golden knob. Return to the hemisphere again and turn it back to the right, aiming at the sensor half way between the others. Go up the slopes and over the new bridge. Break 2 pots (6/6) and pick up the next letter (2/3).

Return down the slopes and down some more to the right, picking up another golden knob. At the bottom of this area, attach your 4 golden knobs to the holders, then pick up the tile. Go back to the hemisphere and aim it at a sensor above the one on the left - target this quickly as it will start to move. Once you are successful, aim it at the sensor below. Go over the lower bridge and collect the final letter (3/3).

Aim the laser at the angled sensor again, then go up to the top section. Insert the tile into the portal and go through.

Levels 5-8

Level 5

Take a photograph (5/20). In this first small area, read the letter (1/3), break a pot (1/3) and pick up a golden knob. Examine the controls to the left of the laser beams - rotate the tiles so all the paths connect, and the laser beams will be deactivated.

Go through to the next area. Break 2 pots (3/3), then put the golden knob on the holder. Take out the tile, then retrieve the knob again. Examine the controls to the left of the laser beams, and rotate them again to all paths connect.

Go through the next archway and up the stairs. Rotate the segments on the pillars so the patterns are all continuous from top to bottom - this will activate both lasers. Go up the stairs on the right and look beneath a rock for the next letter (2/3). Now you need to aim the lasers at pairs of opposite symbols from around the circle over the portal - each time you are successful, another laser beam will appear up there. Once all 4 are present, a holder will rise up. Put your golden knob here to extend a bridge.

Aim both lasers at the top symbol on the right, and a new alcove will open near the portal. Go here and take the final letter (3/3). Now approach the portal, insert the tile and head through.

Level 6

Take a photograph (6/20). Go forward through the passage until you reach an open area. Pick up a golden knob from a rock on the left, then look around to the far right to find a key piece (2/8). Now head up the short steps and break 2 pots (2/9). Look at the red paths on the wall ahead, and recreate them on the panel:

Go over the bridge into a small central chamber. Break 2 pots (4/9) and grab another golden knob from the stairs straight ahead. Now go up the stairs to the left. In a small alcove on the right, break another pot (5/9), pick up a golden knob, and press button I on the wall. Head outside to break another pot (6/9), then go back inside and down to the small central chamber.

Press button II, which is on the wall to the left of the small set of stairs. Now head over to the right and climb up the ladder. Grab another golden knob from the ledge here, then look across at the tower, noting the 3 symbols. Now cross the bridge. Break the pot on the left, then go around to the back of this tower and press button III. Climb up the ladder in the tower, then look across at the next tower and take note of the pattern displayed here.

Return back down both ladders to reach the small central chamber. Press button IIII on the wall here. Go up the opposite steps and along the platform to the right to approach 3 levers. Pull these to show the 3 symbols you saw on the first tower up the ladders:

  • triangle pointing right
  • pentagon
  • triangle pointing left

Head back through the small central chamber and out the opposite door, which is now open. Cross the small bridge and break 2 pots (8/9), then pick up another golden knob and read the letter (1/3). Pull down the cover and take note of another pattern. Return to the small central chamber.

Go up the small set of stairs and place your 5 golden knobs on the control panel here to match the pattern you just saw:

This will extend a bridge up at the top of the ladders. Now rearrange the golden knobs into the following pattern from the top of the tower:

Collect the tile from the opposite corner of this room. Go up the stairs to the right of where you found the tile, and move the dark stone on the right wall to reveal the next letter (2/3). Now head back out to the panel from near the start of the level and set it to the following pattern from the tile:

Go back to where you found the tile, and take the final letter (3/3). Head up both ladders and across the bridge at the top. Go around to the right and break the pot (9/9). Keep going around, then insert the tile in the portal and head through.

Level 7

Take a photograph (7/20). Break the pot (1/9), then look at the 2 pillars on the right, noting the bars at the bottom and the symbols around the middle. Pull the switch down behind the pillars, then cross the new bridge. Pick up the letter (1/3) from the left, and break 2 pots (3/9) on the right. Go up behind the 3 pillars and take the pickaxe, then head out to the balcony behind and break 2 pots (5/9). Take note of the bars and symbols on the wall here.

Return to the 3 pillars. Rotate the segments of the middle pillar so the pattern is continuous from top to bottom. Press the buttons on 1 of the other pillars, following the path from top to bottom. Press the buttons in the same order on the other pillar (the paths are largely missing). The next bridge will now be complete, so head across.

Go up the steps on the left and break a pot (6/9). Stand on the pillar here and use your pickaxe on the next pillar to knock it down. Walk down over this and look beneath a small rock to find the next letter (2/3). Explore around the edge of the water down here to find the key piece (3/8) and break a pot (7/9).

Go up the opposite steps and use your pickaxe on the panel so you can take the tile. Now go behind the 2 pillars and break another 2 pots (9/9). Note the bars and symbols on the walls here. Now you need to go back to the first pair of pillars and adjust them as follows:

  • Pillar III: Triangle
  • Pillar II: Square
  • Pillar IIII: Pentagon
  • Pillar I: Circle

Go through the opened door. Use your pickaxe on the stone corner at the base of the portal and pick up the final letter (3/3). Now use your tile on the portal and head through.

Level 8

Take a photograph (8/20). Approach the large door. Go to the controls on the right and break away the pieces of the front cover. Slide all of the bars inwards on the right, then drag the left bar from the bottom up to the middle, and finally to the top. Go over to the left controls and pull down the golden loop to reveal another set of controls.

Now on both sets of controls, drag the left lever to the bottom and make sure the bottom right lever is pushed in. Approach the large door and rotate the 4 dials so the symbols match those shown in the middle - the door will open and you can go through.

Break 7 pots (7/13) on the main floor here. Look at the cabinet on the right. Set the controls just to the left (left lever to the middle, middle right lever pushed in). Go back outside and adjust the controls on the right (left lever to the top, top right lever pushed in). Now you can take the lever to comes out from the side of this cabinet.

Examine the cabinet on the left side of the room. Set the controls just to the right (left lever to the middle, middle right lever pushed in). Go back outside and adjust the controls on the left (left lever to the middle, middle right lever pushed in). Enter the alcove on the left and pick up the gold plate. Put this into the machine on the left, then press the button and take the gold diamond.

Break 2 pots (9/13) in the alcove on the left, and read the letter (2/3) in one of these. Drag open the door here and climb up the ladder. Read another letter (1/3) and place the gold diamond in the top of the sliding device. Drag the sliding device so it is in line with the small red target.

Climb back down the ladder and break 2 pots (11/13) in the alcove on the right. Move both handles on the walls here to open the door, then climb up this ladder and break another 2 pots (13/13). Go to the stand in the corner of this tower and drag the 4 yellow covers over the 4 red squares - this will activate a laser. Go over and push the lever behind the laser until it rises up to the height of the gold diamond opposite.

Climb back and go up the other ladder . Drag the sliding device and rotate the diamond until the reflected laser hits the large red target. Climb down and go up the other ladder again. Take the tile from the back of the large red target. Climb down once more.

Now you need to adjust the settings on the 4 sets of controls downstairs. Set them all with the left lever to the top and the top-right lever pushed in. Go to the left machine inside and take the final letter (3/3).

Head up the central stairs. Put the tile in the portal and head through.

Levels 9-12

Level 9

Take a photograph (9/20). Go along the corridor to an open area and break 3 pots (3/13). To the left of this area, there are 3 fixed dials on the left wall, each with 2 symbols. Turn around to see 6 dials that can be rotated. Spin these to show the same arrangement of symbols:

  • Top Left: Triangle at the bottom
  • Bottom Left: Square at the top
  • Top Middle: Pentagon at the bottom
  • Bottom Middle: Triangle at the top
  • Top Right: Circle at the bottom
  • Bottom Right: Pentagon at the top

After the door opens, go through and take the golden knob. Back in the main room, look at the pattern on the far wall (a line and 3 triangles). Find the panel on the wall that allows for selection of 3 symbols, and change them as follows:

  • Top: Vertical line
  • Middle: Single triangle
  • Bottom: Two triangles

Go through the new doorway and break 3 pots (6/13). Return to the main area and attach the golden knob to the main door, then go through to a large room. Read the letter (1/3) on a rock in the middle of the floor. Enter the room on the right and break 2 pots (8/13), then climb up the ladder. Break another pot (9/13), then press buttons on the panel so you can see the ladders across the other side of the room all facing you. Climb further up the ladder and break another pot (10/13), then press more buttons to rotate the remaining ladders. Climb all the way down and cross the room.

Climb up the first 2 rotated ladders, then break a pot (11/13). Climb up 2 more rotated ladders, then look in the sides of the pillars to find the next letter (2/3). Climb up 1 more rotated ladder, then look around the sides of the pillars to find a key piece (4/8). Climb the remaining ladder to reach the top of this tower. Break another pot (12/13) and take the tile. Climb all the way back down to the ground.

Climb the right stairs and turn the dials for puzzle I as follows:

  • Yellow: Single square at the top
  • Red: Concentric squares at the bottom

Next climb the left stairs and break another pot (13/13), then turn the dials for puzzle II as follows:

  • Yellow: Four L-shapes at the top
  • Red: Single circle at the bottom

The door at the top of the central stairs will now be open. While you are here, set the dials on both puzzles as follows:

  • Yellow: Paired J-shapes at the top
  • Red: Paired J-shapes at the bottom

Head back out to the first room and look in the alcove where you found the golden knob. Collect the final letter (3/3). Now go up the central stairs and to the end of the path. Insert the tile into the portal, then head through Junior Explorer.

Level 10

Take a photograph (10/20). Go around to the end of the corridor, breaking 2 pots (2/7) and collecting a golden knob. Come back along the corridor and look at the rotating control - this shows one narrow bar, one wide bar, and two narrow bars. You must press the button in a pattern that matches this:

  • Quick, Slow, Quick, Quick

Head through the door and enter a side room on the right. Break another 2 pots (4/7) and pick up a golden bar. Examine the next rotating control - open this one by pressing the button as follows:

  • Quick, Quick, Slow, Quick

Go through this door and break another pot (5/7). Look at the box here. Press in one key and take note of the pattern shown. Press in the other key and take note again. Press in both keys and take note once more. Place your golden knob on the handle just around the corner (this enables a laser), then examine the rotating control. Open the left door by pressing the button as follows:

  • Quick, Slow, Slow, Quick

Now use the controls again and press the button like this to open the right door:

  • Slow, Quick, Quick, Quick, Slow

Go through the right door and break 2 pots (7/7). Now return back to the starting corridor and go to the first keypad (with the symbols above showing the right key depressed). Copy the pattern from the box:

Head through the door and grab the letter (1/3). Drag open the next door, then go around to another keypad, entering this pattern:

Continue through the next door and climb up the ladder. Pull the reflector up to its highest point. Climb back down, then make your way back to the door you recently pulled down. Pull it back up again and the lasers will make a golden rod fall to the ground. Pull the door down again and go back towards the ladder so you can pick up the golden rod.

Head back to the two doors you opened with one rotating control. Through the left door, put the golden rod on the ground between the two pillars, and rest the golden bar on top of it, then use it to knock the tile down. Go through the right door and pick up the fallen tile. As you come back out past where you used the golden knob earlier, look behind a rock in the corner to find the next letter (2/3).

Return to first corridor again. Go to the second keypad (with the symbols above showing the left key is depressed). Press the buttons as follows:

Head through to see the portal. Insert the tile in the portal. Now press the tile itself according to the pattern you see on it:

  • Slow, slow, quick, quick, quick, slow, slow

Take the final letter (3/3) from an opened alcove, then go through the portal.

Level 11

Take a photograph (11/20). Break the pot (1/10) on the ground behind you. Also take note of the broken plaque that shows 4 symbols and the number II. There are 4 numbered towers in this area, as well as a separate final tower. Look around behind the towers to find paired symbols on the back of two of them, as well as an intact plaque showing 4 symbols and the number I. Go all the way down to the water behind the final tower and look on the rocks in the water to find a key piece (5/8).

Go to tower I and enter the 4 symbols from the intact plaque behind tower IIII. Head inside, then climb up the ladder to reach the top of the tower. Break another pot (2/10). Take note of the plaque showing 4 symbols and the number III (note that this plaque is rotated 180 degrees). Lift up the laser source so it activates. Now climb back down the ladder and go outside.

Go across to tower III and break the pot (3/10), then enter the 4 symbols from the intact plaque on top of tower I. Climb up the ladder to reach the top. Break another 2 pots (5/10). Pick up the tile and rotate the golden prism to deflect the laser to the next tower. Take note of the pair of symbols here. Walk along the wall behind this tower and pick up the letter (1/3). Head back down to the ground.

Go to tower II and break the pot (6/10), then enter the 4 symbols from the broken plaque. Head inside and up the ladder. Break 2 pots (8/10). Take note of another pair of symbols up here. Click on these and the plaque will slide away so you can read another letter (2/3). Now climb back down.

Now head over to tower IIII. Break a pot (9/10) just to the left. You should have found 4 pairs of symbols - use this to put tower the code to enter this tower. Climb the ladder to reach the top and break a pot (10/10). Rotate the golden prism to deflect the laser to the opposite tower. Climb back down.

Climb up the ladder inside tower II again. Rotate the golden prism to deflect the laser to the top of the final tower and its door will open. Head back down to the ground.

Now go to each tower and change all 4 symbols to the capital T shape (as seen on the tile). Take the final letter (3/3) from the hidden alcove at the base of the final tower. Climb up the ladder inside. Put the tile into the portal, then go through.

Level 12

Take a photograph (12/20). In this area there is a central tower with 6 blades coming off the sides, and there are 2 smaller buildings to the sides. Go over to the right building first. Head inside and break a pot (1/10). Take a red button from the shelf on the left. Now pump the piston in the floor up and down until you can grab the golden knob.

Go back outside. Walk around the central tower to find another red button. Break another pot (2/10) near the door to the tower. Attach the golden knob to the door and it will open. Inside, break 3 pots (5/10). Pick up a golden arch and 2 red buttons. Attach the golden arch to a metal spike in the ground, then pump the piston to lift it up. Move the lever that is revealed, and a small cabinet will open. Retrieve the golden arch.

Go over to the cabinet and push the handle up to ride an elevator all the way to the top. Break 2 pots (7/10). Notice the other handle, piston and display with 3 wires entering it. Slowly ride the elevator down and adjust the connectors on the ends of the wires to point to the correct number of spots (the top right connector should point at 4, bottom left at 3, bottom right at 2) - this will open another cabinet at the top. Go back up.

Attach the golden arch to the large metal spike at the top, then use the piston to lift up the control box - while it is elevated, quickly use the handle on the wall multiple times - the control box will come down to your level. Now go to the cabinet that opened earlier. Take the red button. Rotate the hexagonal tiles to create a continuous pattern, and the blades on the tower will start rotating.

Head back down and outside, then enter the other side building. Break the pot (8/10), then climb the ladder. Break another 2 pots (10/10). Take the red button from the wall. Now look at the panel where you will insert the buttons. Watch the blades on the tower and insert the buttons in order (starting from the gold symbol on the left). Take the golden knob once the panel below opens.

Return to the central tower and head up to the top. Attach the golden knob to the control box. Take the tile and read the letter (1/3). Ride the elevator half way down and press on the dark brick so you can get the next letter (2/3). Now go back to all 3 pistons and make sure they are in the raised position. Ride the elevator back to the top of the central tower and take the final letter (3/3).

Insert the tile into the portal and head through.

Levels 13-16

Level 13

Take a photograph (13/20). Break 2 pots (2/14). Look at the large door ahead, which has 4 symbols above it. Adjust the 4 dials on the doors to match these symbols, and the doors will open. Go through and break a pot (3/14) to the left. Now examine the puzzle on the right wall - you need to click on green squares (moving as a knight in chess) until you can click on the square with the red dot:

1
2

Head over to the new puzzle and solve it with the same technique, this time aiming for the red dot and then the black dot:

6
2
4
5
1
3

Cross the bridge and break another 2 pots (5/14), then go around behind the wall. Rotate the pieces to completely uncover the red shape. Go back around to the front of the wall and press the button to descend on an elevator platform.

Go down the steps at the bottom. Head over towards the left and break a pot (6/14), then take note of the 3 pillars with symbols, which are connected to plaques on the wall (I, II, III). Go down the other end of the hallway and break 3 pots (9/14) then read the letter (1/3). Now use the controls here to adjust the 3 pillars to match the ones at the other end of the hall (taking care to see which pillar is associated with each numbered plaque on the wall). For each pillar:

  • Use the bottom lever to bring the pillar right down
  • Change the symbol on this level of the pillar by pressing the button
  • Raise the pillar if needed to work on the next level

Once all 3 pillars are correct, the bottom latches of the main door will pull back. Go towards this door then head left. Go to the area beneath the raised platform to find 3 sarcophagi. Break the pot (10/14) on the floor, and search behind them to find a key piece (6/8). Open the left sarcophagus and break 2 pots (12/14) inside it, also taking the next letter (2/3). Open the middle sarcophagus and take the tile. Open the right sarcophagus and take the golden cube.

Now head up the stairs here and break another pot (13/14). Go to the puzzle and solve it by clicking on green squares to reach the red dot (this one is more complex, involving backtracking):

3,7,9
5,11
8
1
4,6,10
2
12
13

Go to the other end of the corridor and head up the stairs. Break a pot (14/14), then use your golden cube on the puzzle and solve it the same way as the previous puzzles:

3
1
4
2

Return out to the previous corridor, with the adjustable pillars. Pull the levers in this order:

  1. Bottom middle
  2. Top middle
  3. Bottom right
  4. Top right
  5. Top left
  6. Bottom left

Now head to the other end of the corridor and take the final letter (3/3).

Level 14

Take a photograph (14/20). Go forward beneath the arch and turn left, then go up the stairs ahead. Break a pot (1/11) and take the pickaxe from the wall. Take note of the 4 plaques, each with a number at the bottom and a square grid above.

Turn around and go up the opposite set of stairs. Break another pot (2/11) and look at the controls here, which have 3 rotating symbols and a button beneath.

Turn around and go further along the main path, then go up the stairs on the left. Press on the buttons around the pillar here to recreate the information from the 4 plaques (noting that the order around the sides is I, III, II, IIII):

Once the top opens, take the tile from inside. Turn around and go up the opposite set of stairs. Break 2 pots (4/11), then use your pickaxe on the broken wall and pull down the handle that is revealed. Return to the main path and go up the next stairs. Find a control panel just to the right, which has the symbol I. Back near the start of the level you will have seen a platform marked I with some waving levers. You need to indicate the waving pattern on this control panel:

  • I: >>, O

Cross the bridge and notice the waving pattern on the II platform, then climb the ladder. At the top, notice the waving pattern on the III platform and break a pot (5/11). Enter the building to the right and break another pot (6/11). Climb up the ladder inside and break 2 pots (8/11), then pull the handle up to open the window. Note the scene outside (with a triangle symbol beneath the window). Climb down and go back outside.

Head through the rocks and break a pot (9/11) near a panel of controls, then continue and over a narrow bridge, so you can pick up a letter (1/3). Break another pot (10/11) and notice the waving pattern on the IIII platform. Continue over another narrow bridge to reach another building, then climb up the ladder inside. Break a pot (11/11), then open the window and note the scene outside (with a square symbol beneath the window). Return back over the first bridge. Approach the controls and enter the waving patterns you have seen:

  • II: <<, <
  • III: >, ><
  • IIII: <<, O

Look behind these controls to find the next letter (2/3). Now climb back down the ladder to reach the ground level. Go back to the controls with 3 rotating symbols and select the symbols as follows (based on what you see from here for the circle, and what you saw through the windows):

  • Square: Narrow vertical bar
  • Circle: Top half of a circle
  • Triangle: U-shape

Go across to the 4-sided pillar with buttons and press the buttons to create this pattern:

Go up the opposite stairs and take the final letter (3/3). Now you can approach the portal. Insert the tile and go through.

Level 15

Take a photograph (15/20). Break a pot (1/12) from the starting landing, then climb the first stairs and break another pot (2/12). Grab the golden triangle from the central alcove, then continue further up the stairs. Break another 4 pots (6/12) from around the large covered floor. There are 4 huge pillars set up on staircases on the corners of this area, each with a number near the top.

Go to the base of tower I and break a pot (7/12). Press the button at the base of tower I according to the rotating pattern:

  • Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Slow

Go to the base of tower IIII and break another pot (8/12). Pick up another triangle, then press the button here according to the pattern:

  • Quick, Quick, Slow, Quick

Proceed to tower II to get the next triangle, then press the button as follows:

  • Quick, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow

Go and get the triangle from the base of tower III. Press the button according to the pattern wrapped around the base of the tower:

  • Quick, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow, Quick

Now go up the smaller set of stairs and take the final triangle. Look at the red circle on the stand here, and notice the same red circle and shape at the top of each tower. Use the relative positions of these shapes and the numbers on the towers to insert the triangles in the correct locations:

4
2
5
1
3

Now the cover will open. Go all the way down to the bottom of the stairs and pick up the letter (1/3). Break the pot (9/12), then notice the light covers on the walls - when you move them, light beams will shine through to the opposite plaque. Swing these 4 light covers so light beams end up going through at the same time:

Now you can take the tile. Make your way back up the stairs, noting the numbered boxes on the walls and the set of scales near the top. Go back up to the surface and search the plant behind tower I to find the next letter (2/3). Go back to the triangles and rearrange them based on the clue from the tile:

1
3
5
4
2

Pick up all of the triangles now. Go over to tower IIII and take the final letter (3/3). Return down the stairs to the scales on the wall. You need to insert triangles to balance the scales, and there are a series of similar puzzles as you work your way down:

3
=
1
+
2
2
+
3
=
1
+
4
2
=
3
-
1
4
-
2
=
3
-
1
-
4
=
-
3
+
1
-
2

When you reach the bottom level again, look up and you can just break the 3 pots (12/12) above the portal. Insert the tile in the portal and head through.

Level 16

Take a photograph (16/20). Explore the far right corner of this large open area to find a letter (1/3) leaning on a flat rock, then return to where you started. Coming along the central path, you can break 4 pots (4/27), then at the base of the large staircase you can break 2 pots (6/27) on the left and another pot (7/27) on the right. There are also another 2 pots (9/27) on a side path to the left from the main path.

Return along the main path to a control panel with 3 poles. Step out to the left onto a small round island a break another pot (10/27). Walk over a small bridge to a second island, where there are 2 poles you can raise up. Looking at the 2 large poles behind them, you need to copy the layout:

  • Drag the left pole up to see 2 yellow markers
  • Drag the right pole up to see 1 yellow marker

Walk over the new bridge and break another pot (11/27). Examine the puzzle here - just click on the tiles to stop them rotating, in order to create a path from the top red marker to the bottom red marker:

Now take out the lever. Return to the first small island and attach this to the pillar, then drag it down. Go over the new bridge and solve 2 more tile puzzles:

Return to the main path and go up the first flight of steps. Break a pot (12/27) just to the right. Enter the first small building to the right and pick up 2 puzzle pieces. Continue to the next small building, where you can break 4 pots (16/27) and collect a key piece (7/8). Go back past the steps and continue to the left side. Break another 2 pots (18/27). Enter the first small building and break another pot (19/27), then insert your two puzzle pieces and stop them rotating when they line up with the red lines. Now adjust the 3 poles to also line up, and you will see a bridge extend outside. Go into the next small building to break another 2 pots (21/27).

Go back down to the ground and head over the new bridge, which is just to the right of the control panel. Break 3 pots (24/27), then continue to the island on the left and solve a tile puzzle:

Take the golden ball. Go over to the other accessible island and solve a puzzle where several of the tiles don't hold their position for very long:

Take the golden cup, and another bridge will extend. Go over this new bridge and solve another similar puzzle:

Take the iron bar. Return to the control panel on the main path. Insert the iron bar, golden cup and golden ball to create a new pole that you can raise up. Looking at the large pillars in the background, you need to copy the layout:

  • Drag the first pole up to see 2 yellow markers
  • Drag the second pole up to see 1 yellow markers
  • Drag the third pole up to see 2 yellow markers
  • Drag the fourth pole up to see 3 yellow markers

From here, go left and you will be able to reach the final small island. Break the pot (25/27) and take the tile. Look under the corner of a rock on this small island to find the next letter (2/3). Return to the control panel and copy the layout from the tile:

  • Drag the first pole up to see 3 yellow markers
  • Drag the second pole up to see 2 yellow markers
  • Drag the third pole up to see 1 yellow markers
  • Push the fourth pole all the way down

Go to the main staircase and take the final letter (3/3) from a recess just right of the base of the stairs. Climb all the way to the top level and break 2 pots (27/27). Now approach the portal. Insert the tile and head through.

Levels 17-18

Level 17

Take a photograph (17/20). Head towards the large building, but its main door is closed. Go around to the left of the building and find a knight move puzzle to solve:

9
12
8
11
6
3
5
1
10
7
4
2

Return to the front of the building and solve the new puzzle just to the left of the main door:

8
6,10
1
15
4
17
11
7,9
12,14
5
2
16
3
13

Next head around to the right of the building and find the next puzzle to solve:

6
1
8
3
5
7
2
9
4

Return to the front of the building and solve another puzzle just to the right of the main door:

18
15
1,3,7
20
11
4,6
9,13,19
16
14
17
21
2,8
5
10,12

Now you can head through the door. Search just over to the right of the next area to find a letter (1/3). Look at the machine on the right. Press down the key at the top-left, then quickly press the buttons on the right when the green light at the same level on the left is active - this will open a panel at the bottom. Repeat this with the similar machine on the left (each light now is associated with 2 buttons to press, but you should only press the top-left and bottom-right buttons). This will open another panel at the bottom.

Go to the next puzzle in the far right of this area, this time pressing the right, left and left buttons going from top to bottom. Finally, go to the last puzzle in the far left of the area, and press the middle, right, right and middle buttons going from top to bottom, revealing one more panel. Now the small central pillars will be active. You just need to press the 4 buttons on them in the order indicated by the panels. If you are facing the closed door ahead, press them in this order:

  1. Far right
  2. Near right
  3. Far left
  4. Near left

Go through the door and walk over the floor ahead - most of the panels will break when you walk on them. Look beneath the second broken panel on the left and pick up the tile. Now pull down the door ahead and enter the next room.

Rotate the prisms to guide the laser beams to the two sensors on the wall, and the next door will open. Before heading through, break the 2 pots (2/2) near the entrance to this room, and read the next letter (2/3) beneath some rubble in the middle of the room. Now turn one of the prisms to shoot a laser beam back out through the entrance door to a sensor far in the distance. Head out the side door and around to one of the solved puzzles on the outside of the main building to find the final letter (3/3). Now head back inside to the portal. Insert the tile and go through.

Level 18

Take a photograph (18/20). Break 2 pots (2/9) in the right side of the first small courtyard, then go through to a larger open area. Break another 2 pots (4/9) in the raised area ahead, which has a closed door. Explore over to the left and break a pot (5/9), then adjust the laser - point it at the left of the path and trace around to reach the red square. Cross the open area to the other side and break another pot (6/9), then use the laser here to trace the path from the right, down to the orange square, then around to the red square. Head through the opened door.

Break 2 pots (8/9), then look in the sand on the floor to the right to find a letter (1/3). Explore further over to the right of this room. Here you need to move the light covers on both sides of the central device, so that light beams hit the sensors on the side walls. You need both sides to be swinging at the same time, so will have to be quick:

Now you can take 2 keys from the bottom of the device. Head to the other side of the room to find a similar puzzle. This time you need to create a series of 3 patterns, one after the other:

Drag the key that is revealed to the far left. Go over to the doors and insert the two keys between them. Drag both keys all the way down, then take out the tile. Before going further, head back out through the previous doorway and down the steps. Look beneath a rock on the ground to find the next letter (2/3).

Now go back to where you found the tile, and drag both keys up to the middle markers so the two doors open. Go through and around to the right to find a key piece (8/8), then around to the left to break a pot (9/9). Now approach the right laser and navigate from the right to the left. Move this laser to the second panel, but you will be blocked by a door. Go over to the other laser and complete the first path, then on the second panel, stop on the first gold tile. Return to the other laser and progress further, then go back to the left laser, and keep going until both have reached their target.

Once the first door opens, focus both lasers on the large targets and the second door will open. Go through and read the final letter (3/3). Insert the tile into the portal, then head through.

Level 19

Start this level from the main menu by clicking on the first completed key at the base of the portal (you must have collected key pieces 1-4) Secret Level.

Take a photograph (19/20). Look into the narrow passage between the rocks and pick up a golden pentagon. Pull the door down, then insert the pentagon into the cube and it will transform. Now you need to press the buttons to guide the small marker around the cube to the target:

  • Circle
  • Triangle
  • Circle
  • Triangle

Go through the door and break 2 pots (2/3), then head up the ramp to the left and collect a letter (1/3). Examine the next cube and press the buttons to guide the small marker again:

  • Circle
  • Triangle
  • Circle
  • Triangle

Pick up the golden hexagon. Go through the door, then across the open area where you can pull down another door. Enter this room and break a pot (3/3), then read the next letter (2/3). Insert the hexagon into the floor, then solve another cube:

  • Circle
  • Circle
  • Circle
  • Circle

Take the tile. Head back through the previous room and down the ramp. Click on the fuse for the dynamite to explode the rocks, then read the final letter (3/3). Now head back up the ramp and through the room. Approach the portal and insert the tile, then go through.

Level 20

Start this level from the main menu by clicking on the second completed key at the base of the portal (you must have collected key pieces 5-8).

Take a photograph (20/20) Been There Done That. Break 2 pots (2/14), then look at the closed door. Drag the bottom part of the symbol up, then the smaller part from the right over towards the left, and the door will open. Go over the bridge and break another 2 pots (4/14), then read the letter (1/3) on the central device.

Rotate the device until you are facing one of the taller towers. Cross the bridge and go up the ladder, then solve a puzzle where you need to drag markers so both end up on the yellow squares. Take the shape from below the puzzle. Go back to the central device and use this to enter the other taller tower, repeating the process to get a second shape.

Return to the central device and rotate so you can enter a shorter building with opened doors. Cross over to this building. Enter the room on the right and break 9 pots (13/14), then take the next letter (2/3). Go into the opposite room and solve another sliding puzzle to get a third shape. Now enter the final room here. Insert your 3 shapes so you can drag the markers to the yellow target. Take the tile.

Return to the central device and rotate to the final building. Before going there, head back up past where you started. Go to the very top of the stairs to find the last letter (3/3). There is an achievement if you have collected all letters in all 20 levels Librarian.

Now go back down and enter the last building. Go into the room on the right, where you find a circle you can rotate to allow you to drag in 4 shapes from the outside. Turn around and enter the opposite room. Break another pot (14/14). There is an achievement if you have broken all pots in all 20 levels Master of Destruction. Now rotate the square so you can drag in 3 shapes from the outside.

Go through the final door to find the portal. Insert the tile, then head through Master Explorer.