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The Stairs Puzzle (Exclusive)...3.091
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This puzzle is pretty hard to explain with words, so I am going to try my best
to explain it using ASCII art. There is one thing you need to know first and
that is if you go to the center of the room (in the middle of all the columns)
and put it into landscape view, you will see the room from up above. The
other thing you need to know is that you can rotate the stairs. I will
attempt to show you what the stairs should look like from that view.
For the first door the stairs should look like this:
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| 1 | | 2 |
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| 3 | | 4 |
|_____________ | |_____________ |
|______| |______|
After setting the stairs up like this you should be able to climb up to the
door using stairs 3 and 1. Once through the door, pull the switch...and holy
crap...more doors. Get back down the stairs and save if you would like.
Now get the stairs to look like this:
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| 1 | | 2 |
|_____________ | | _____________|
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______ _| |_
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| 3 | | 4 |
|_____________ | | _____________|
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Climb up stairs 3 and follow the ledge to stairs 1. Go through the doorway
and down the hallway. Jump between the walls to get to the top and continue
past the traps. Hit the switch on the prince's right and quckly jump the gap
and run to the lever. After pulling the lever run back through the still open
gate and jump over the gap again. If you mess up and get stuck, drop down and
follow the doorway in the room back to the stairs room. Run up the wall on
the left of the doorway you entered from to get to the ledge and then jump to
the next ledge. Go past the switch and pull the lever. Now go back to the
beginning of the room. Hit the switch again, run and pull the 1st lever
again. Continue on through the doorway. There is a chest in this room, but I
have yet to figure out how to get it. Get past the traps and take the ladder
down. Continue and drop to the stairs below, don't go through the doorway
because there is nothing there. You will be on stairs 2. Continue up stairs
2, drop down to stairs 4 and continue up. Go through the door and go down the
hallway. When you get to the edge, run along the right wall to the pole
(yes, it is possible to run along the right wall). Swing from pole to pole
and finally to a ledge. Take the ledge right and jump across to another
ledge. continue in the same direction, this will take you to the other side
of the hallway. Rotate the lever and watch the cutscene. You are almost
done. Go through the door and jump to the curtain to get down, save if you
want.
Now get the stairs to look like this:
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| |_____________ _____________| |
| 1 | 2 |
| _____________|_____________ |
|______| |______|
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______ _| |_
_____________| | | |_____________
| 3 | | 4 |
|_____________ | | _____________|
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Climb up stairs 1 and two and go through the door. At the end of the hallway,
jump between the walls to get to a ledge above. In the next room, drop down
below and kill the enemies. Now continuously jump between the wall and the
right column until you grab hold of the column (this is hard to get right, but
can be done). Climb the column up and jump towards the wall, you will grab a
ledge. Shimmy to the left and drop to the ledge below. Move to the left and
jump to the ledge above. Shimmy to the left and finally drop down on the
other side of the room. Continue down the next hallway killing any enemies
that attack. Be careful its easy to get turn around in here. When you
finally arrive at the doorway with a gap behind it, run along the wall and
jump to the ledge. Jump up to the crevice and shimmy all the way to the right
side. Drop down to the crevice below, shimmy more to the right and pull
yourself up on to the ledge. Continue down the hallway and pull the lever, go
through the door and take the stairs down. Follow the ledge all the way to
the right end and take the curtain down. Save if you would like to.
The 4th and final configuration of the stairs should look like this:
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| 1 | | 2 |
|_____________ | | _____________|
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| 3 | 4 |
| _____________|_____________ |
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Climb up stairs 1 and go through the hole in the wall. Go down the ladder and
jump to the next while avoiding the trap. Roll to get to the back left corner
of the next room (you have to roll because there is a short ledge blocking
you). Jump to the ledge above you (be sure to JUMP without pushing any
directions). Move to the left, jump to the ledge above and then jump up to
the next ledge. Jump up another ledge and finally jump to the top. Like
before, hit the switch to pass through the gates and to the door in this area.
Go down the hallway avoiding the sword traps. climb down the ladder and then
go through the doorway. Drop to stairs 2. Continue up and down the connected
stairs and finally through the last doorway. Congratulations, you defeated
one of the puzzles that gives everyone the most trouble.
Continue down the hallway, avoid the swords and jump up to the "pole switch."
This opens the shortcut past this puzzle. Take the curtains down and continue
to the left.
