Karma: Curse of the 12 Caves
Game Details: Fantasy, 1995
Links: Moby Games
Walkthrough Updated: 7/29/2024
Suggested Listening: Wild Hearts Meet (Ash 25)
Entrance
The Cryptic Gate
Step forward and click on the doors to receive your guide, who will turn into a lotus flower. Open the doors and go through, then continue forward through the archway. Step forward again, then turn right and examine the door here - pay attention to the positions of the items here. Back out and now go to the opposite door. Click on the wall here to see the Goddess of Sewing and Embroidery embedded within a gate.
Hover over the very top of the image to see the tip of your cursor turns green. Click here to highlight a segment and notice the number 25 at the bottom left. You must click on adjacent segments to draw the outline of the Goddess, ending back where you started at the top. Click on the gate to open it and head through.
The Coded Portal
Step forward again, then click to view the chamber from above. There are 6 Buddha statues around the edge, facing in different directions. There are 6 numbers indicated by dots in the middle of the puzzle. You must imagine each Buddha sitting in the middle of the puzzle, and work out which number would be in front of them, then set the abacus in front of each Buddha to that value:
You can view the in-game help to see how to set values for an abacus. Once you are done, you will end up proceeding to the lower level. Go through the dark archway and you will see the large stone door close behind you. You will end up looking at a large statue. You can now look around the room to see gates heading off in various directions. Each gate leads to a different cave.
There are two chambers within each cave - you can access the front chambers of the caves in any order, but you cannot access the rear chambers until you have collected various items by solving the puzzles in the front chambers. You will therefore not end up completing the puzzles in the order shown below (which is clockwise order around the room).
Cave of Water
Floating Pairs
Pay attention when the images on the tiles are revealed, then click on matching tiles. The solution to this puzzle is random with each game.
Once you succeed, you will receive a bell.
Turtles of Ruby and Emerald
From the starting position indicated below, you need to switch the positions of the ruby and emerald turtles:
From the starting position, make these groups of moves (effectively moving all the turtles in a gradual clockwise direction):
- Move 1 to 4, 3 to 6, 5 to 8, 7 to 2
- Move 2 to 5, 4 to 7, 6 to 1, 8 to 3
- Move 3 to 6, 5 to 8, 7 to 2, 1 to 4
- Move 4 to 7, 6 to 1, 8 to 3, 2 to 5
Once you succeed, you will receive a magic bow.
Cave of Wood
Rage of the Eyeless Dragons
You need to click on the edges of the plate to tilt it, making the 3 pearls roll around. The aim is to get the 3 pearls into the correct holes:
- Red Pearl: Top hole
- Green Pearl: Left hole
- Blue Pearl: Right hole
Once you succeed, you will receive a diamond pestle.
Soaring Dragons
You must move the 4 colored rings to the right post, bearing in mind that "darker" colors must not be stacked on "lighter" colors. Move the rings in this order:
- Yellow to middle
- Blue to right, yellow to right
- Silver to middle, yellow to left, blue to middle, yellow to middle
- Red to right, yellow to right, blue to left, yellow to left, silver to right, yellow to middle, blue to right, yellow to right
Once you succeed, you will receive a magic cauldron.
Cave of Wind
Rhythms in the Wind
When you start the puzzle you will hear the sound effects for a series of instruments - pay attention to the sounds and which musician is making them. Now you need to listen to another sequence without visual clues and click on the musicians in the correct order. Repeat this several times to clear the gargoyle faces. The solution to this puzzle is random with each game.
Once you succeed, you will receive a conch horn.
The Three Pearls of Buddha
For this challenge you just need to guide the 3 pearls across to the open mouth on the right. Get the pearls to rise up by positioning the bellows directly beneath them, and move the bellows away to let them gradually fall back down.
Once you succeed, you will receive a copper coin.
Cave of Earth
Sun and Moon
In this game, you must move the sun and moon pieces around to remove the others, by jumping over them. You must end with a single sun piece remaining. This is the starting position:
Make following series of moves:
- Move the sun at A3 down
- Move the sun at F8 left
- Move the moon at C2 right
- Move the moon at D1 right
- Move the moon at G6 up
- Move the sun at F2 up, right, up, right, down, left, down
- Move the moon at F3 right
- Move the sun at H4 up, right, up, right
Once you succeed, you will receive a divine pearl.
The Last Pedestal of Buddha
This is a sliding block puzzle where you need to get the large square to the very bottom. Note that other blocks cannot go down into the bottom area. This is the starting position:
From this position, make these moves:
- Green left, yellow down, blue right, green down
- Yellow right, green up, green left, yellow down
- Blue left twice, green up and right, green up twice
- Yellow right, green right and down, blue down
- Green left twice, green left twice, yellow up, yellow up
- Green right twice, green right twice, blue down
- Green down and left, yellow left, yellow left
- Yellow down twice, red right
From this second position, make these moves:
- Yellow right, green up twice, green up twice, yellow left
- Yellow down twice, red left, yellow up twice, yellow right
- Green up twice, green left and up, blue right twice
- Yellow down, yellow down, green left twice, red down
- Green right twice, green up and right, green up twice
- Yellow up twice, yellow left, green left and down
- Red down, green down and left, yellow left, yellow up twice
- Red right, green down twice, green down, green right
From this third position, make these moves:
- Yellow up, yellow up, green left, green down, red left
- Yellow down twice, yellow right, green right, green right
- Yellow right, yellow up twice, red left
- Green down twice, green down twice, yellow left
- Yellow up twice, green right and up, blue up
- Green right twice, green right twice, red down
- Green left twice, green left twice, blue up
- Green up and right, red right
Once you succeed, you will receive a golden chisel.
Cave of Fire
Oil Pipes
You need to create a path leading from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner by clicking on the squares indicated below:
Once you succeed, you will receive a fiery wheel.
The Magic Rope
You must place your black rope segments to join the left and right edges of the playing area before your opponent can place green rope segments to join the top and bottom edges.
Once you succeed, you will receive a silver hammer.
Cave of Metal
The Red Pearl and the Golden Frog
You must guide the red ball from the top down to the golden frog at the bottom-left:
Once you succeed, you will receive a battle axe.
The Arrows of Noor
In this arcade mini-game, you must aim your arrow at the advancing enemies. Some will be red and some gold once they are hit - to destroy them you need to hit one red and one gold. Keep doing this until all enemies are destroyed.
Once you succeed, you will receive a lotus flower.
Return of the Six Treasures
Back in the main chamber, go to the door opposite the large statue. Insert the 6 treasures from the right of your inventory in the following positions:
- Top-Left: Lotus flower
- Middle-Left: Silver hammer
- Bottom-Left: Golden chisel
- Top-Right: Magic bow
- Middle-Right: Magic cauldron
- Bottom-Right: Copper coin
Approach and open the chest to see the final animation.