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I'm in the Academy looking for the orbs but only have two of them.
I am standing near the large broken floor downstairs and above me are two big lighted steps floating in the air. Higher than those steps is a cage that is also lit. If an orb is inside the cage, how on earth do I get it? I cannot jump into it or close to it.

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A reoccurring theme will be to use your helmet to solve various puzzles to get to the orbs take your helmet on and off and you will see that the platforms leading up to the cage are all there

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Thanks. Can you state where the 5 orbs are, as far as which room areas? I have three of them but it can take hours just to find one orb, which is extra time I don't have right now smile

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Red:
appears on desk in room with 3 large pressure plates, 4th hidden, requires helmet.

Blue:
in large room with beds everywhere, wear helmet to walk into walled-off room to pull lever that spawns platforms up to orb high on wall.

Purple:
middle of academy, wear helmet and follow new ramp

Green:
in cage above broken floor/runes, wear helmet and jump platforms, always land on solid platforms that are always there when removing/putting on helmet, or platforms will vanish under your feet.

White:
appears on alter in hallway, solve colored torch puzzle along the hall leading to alter, equip helmet to see phantom torches next to real torches, match phantom torches to color of real torches.

I placed all the orbs on all the runes according to the clues, but nothing happened! What now?
Read all clues carefully.

Still don't know?
Most common mistake is mis-reading the clue about the mossrat

still dunno, spell it out for me.
[spoiler]The clue states mossrat goes on opposite of life, the opposite of life, is death.
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Excellent. Only problem is, I can never find the room with all the beds. I walked through it once when I first entered the Academy, but have never found it after that. smile

Any way to find the large room with the beds?

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how did you solve the puzzle?

I can't do it. I just need to solve it. Got 5 clues. 4 orbs

Im stuck quite bad

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Originally Posted by Laiv
how did you solve the puzzle?

I can't do it. I just need to solve it. Got 5 clues. 4 orbs

Im stuck quite bad


Well there are 5 clues because you need to place 5 orbs on 5 runes, so if you want to solve it you'll need to get the 5th orb

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Excellent. Only problem is, I can never find the room with all the beds. I walked through it once when I first entered the Academy, but have never found it after that. smile

Any way to find the large room with the beds?


The academy is basically a flight of stairs that lead up, then lead left and right. Take a right and down the hall, the only place you will end up is the room with the beds.

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Well this came at the perfect time but is till dont know which orb to palce on which rune. midn tellign which rune to put which orb.

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Well if you read the 5 clues you got, they pretty much tell you where each orb goes.

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Originally Posted by Nasuradin
Well if you read the 5 clues you got, they pretty much tell you where each orb goes.


you mean the 5 clue quests? well i only have 2 of those completled.. care to tell me anyways?

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The clues that appear on each item:

Halliwell's Pendant

"Shine across the shield of truth is what the Blue Moon does."


Zombie Jake's Ring
"Gold is what the Violet Blast craves most."


Gula's Book
"The Moss Rat is the opposite of life."


Engineer's Sword
"The Fire God resides in the snake's mind."


Maxos Bracelet

"The dark mountains are covered in White Snow."

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thanka a ton man!

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I know the question had been long answered - but please, I seem unable to discover the red orb. Is there any specific way how the plates should be stepped on (which should be first, second, ...)? If so, how should I step on them? I've been stuck on this issue for some time now and am ready for one big headdesk now :-/

EDIT: figured it out. No need for further reviving of the topic xD

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Thanks for this thread... they aren't that hard to find... but my eyes can't bear looking for the last blue one. AAAAHHH MY eyes!!!!! Everything is blurry still!!!!!

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