Throne and Liberty: How to solve the Ornate Book puzzle (and open Wrought Iron Chest)

Modified Oct 21, 2024 00:03 IST

Throne and Liberty Ornate Book puzzle guide — Throne and Liberty's Ornate Book puzzle is confusing due to vague controls (Image via NCSoft)

You come across the Ornate Book puzzle nearing the very end of Throne and Liberty Chapter 1 Adventure Codex, i.e. its first main quest chain. This is found at the Lighthouse atop Spiral Cliffs at the edge of Windhill Shores, and the book contains the key that can unlock the Wrought Iron Chest right next to it. Due to the way this puzzle works, many Throne and Liberty beginners get stuck here. The game tries to guide you somewhat here, but leaves out key details about the controls.

On the plus side, all of the object-related puzzles in Throne and Liberty of this nature function the same way. If you go through this guide and learn how to solve the Ornate Book puzzle, you'll be all set for all the others.

How to solve the Ornate Book puzzle in Throne and Liberty

To unlock the Ornate Book puzzle, you first have to reach the end of Throne and Liberty's Adventure Codex: Chapter 1. The puzzle appears as the penultimate task of this Chapter, Janice's Advice.

Get to the upper floor of the Lighthouse to find the Wrought Iron Chest. Interacting with this tells you it's locked, and nudges you towards the Ornate Book. Now you get to the part that is most likely why you're here on this online guide: how do you solve this thing?

Throne and Liberty's Ornate book puzzle is all about learning the controls (Image via NCSoft)

To successfully interact with the puzzle, you have to hold the button (X for consoles, LMB for PC) when the cursor is on the interactive part, which turns it into a gear icon with a circle below it. For the Ornate Book puzzle, you have to do this with the petals of the flower at the center of the book's cover. Once the book opens, do the same with the key inside.

Do the same thing with the Ornate key (Image via NCsoft)

This key, as you can surmise, will open the Wrought Iron Chest. Afterwards, you can interact with the chair, and then with the ritual circle that appears in the middle of the room. This concludes the chapter with a cinematic - as is the case with all the other main quest chapters.

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Edited by Niladri Roy