The Emperor[edit]
This crossword puzzle is for the birds. Find all 26 to unlock The Farmer.
The Empress[edit]
This is an anagram puzzle - solve all 12 anagrams of 4 letter words to proceed.
On the left, the words are: Miss, Twig, Idea and Root. On the right, they are: Weep, Your, Hair, Area, Worm, Iron, Lard and Soup.
The Star[edit]
An intersting way to do an anagram is to make it a pentomino puzzle.
This one spells mystical chant, as used in The Stream.
The High Priestess[edit]
Click on the numbers in descending order. In the scattered set of buttons, the necessary one will always be on top regardless of any distortion that appears.
In the Macintosh version, you can hold down the mouse button. This helps reveal which button to click next one, since the target will have less distortion than any other drawn button.
Once there are 33 buttons left, they will start jumping around, and the target won't always be visible. It will be easier if you focus on one region or point and click when the target button appears. As always, slower computers are better.
You will not be able to proceed unless you have the first key to the book of Thoth. This can be obtained by first solving The Magician, and proceeding to Three Ships. The next screens require solving the other keys of Thoth; if you don't know what they are, they may be retrieved from The Humbug (from The moon), Justice, and The Hermit.
Once you claimed the book of Thoth, you will be sent to The Sentry.
The Sentry[edit]
Use the clues shown in the image to fill the letters.
On the boat, you should see two words. Whichever extra letter is in the left appears in the associated letter box. The result should be "Do not try to stop us" as stated in The Boat.
The Knight of Swords[edit]
This is a cryptogram puzzle, with the clue that WOCX FLHDU = GRIM TALES
Using this clue alone makes some words recognizable enough that you can solve them directly.
The text is decoded as "I bring a message from your knight he tells of an attack by eight magical wands".
The Chant[edit]
This is a cryptogram puzzle, but there is no clue.
First, aim for the two single-letter words. The top-left is likely A, and the middle is likely I. You can place "and" before "I", and the word "the" above "and".
Once you placed those key words, the rest of the words should become clear. The text should decode to "A giant wheel stood near the pyramids and I was three mystical words one atop the other", as shown in The Dream.
The Dream[edit]
This is the most difficult button puzzle.
Starting with "HAG", construct a full phrease with the following buttons:
- Reverses the string
- Reverses the string
- Prepends "N", appends "TEGNA".
- Prepends "OSEGN"
- Prepends "HE S", appends "G"
- Prepends "HISE", appends "TI"
- Replaces all "G"s with "NU".
- Replaces all "E"s with spaces.
It may be easier playing with only the middle four buttons first, to see which one may fit most. Once you have an idea on which may be the first button, include the first two string reveral buttons (remembering that "G" and "E" are fill-ins for other characters with buttons 7 and 8).
The combination 62743185 provides the phrase "He sang this haunting song" for The Nightmare
The Nightmare[edit]
Only a metapuzzle clue is here.
The Queen of Swords[edit]
This is a 3x3 word puzle, with a "W" in the middle. Most likely, awe and Owe would be the middle words.
The three words are Raw, Owe and Bee, and in the other direction, they are Rob, Awe, and Wee. This leads to The Sword
The Sword[edit]
The Sword is only a clue for the metapuzzle.
The Boat[edit]
This is a series of anagram puzzles.
The words are:
- Ditch, Empty, Roast
- Fight, Wreck, Utter
- Throw, Trick, Tarot
- Siege, Knife
- Rough, Cross, Chase
- Worry, Yield
- Leech, Torso, Slate
- Crack, Crass
- Wrong, Greed
- Chaos, Nudge, Chain
- Crisp, Entry, Penny
- Alibi, Arise
- Aroma, Avoid
- Ounce, Range
- Align, Idiot
- Despair
Despair[edit]
Click on the buttons in order to reveal the hidden word.
The best way to solve this is to click on all buttons, and see which one give a better view of the 3-letter word. You should end up with "PUS", which leads you to the Dead Warrior.
The Dead Warrior[edit]
The word found here is required for the metapuzzle.
Justice[edit]
You need to make 25 pieces appear, and can reset the puzzle by clicking the center button.
At each step, look at which pieces contain a dot. Click on all of those before reviewing the board again.
Completing this puzzle reveals the 3rd key of Thoth, and allows you to reach #The Page of Swords.
The Page of Swords[edit]
No puzzle is found here, aside from a metapuzzle clue.