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All your investigations throughout the Vatican inIndiana Jones And The Great Circlelead toward uncovering the hidden Nephilim Order. Once you’re ready to take the final challenge in Italy, it’s time to head for the Fountain of Confession on the west side of Vatican City.
The Fountain hides one of the most intricate puzzles you’ll have encountered up to this point in the game, so it’s understandable if you need a little help. This guide details each step of the challenge so that you’re able to unlock the entrance to the secret monastery.
Where Is The Fountain Of Confession?
The easiest way to get to the Fountain of Confession is totake the west exit from the Belvedere Courtyards, the main plaza in Vatican City. You’ll find yourself near thecheckpoint with the troop inspectionsouth of the barracks where yourescued Sidney earlier.
You can’t start the Fountain puzzle until you’vemet Ginaand theGerman zeppelin has arrived in the Vatican, so there’s no need to rush here. You’ll encounter Gina after emerging from theTomb of the Warrior Giantunder the Tower of Nicholas the Fifth.
Go up the hill to the left of the inspection line,taking care to avoid being noticed by the captain.Follow the garden path, and you’ll see the Fountain of Confession looming in front of you. Don’t forget to take a picture of the Fountain itself, plus the inscriptions on either side of it.
How To Turn The Dragons At The Fountain Of Confession
Start bychecking the lockbox to the leftand taking theFountain Gate Keyinside. This will let you open the door to the left of the Fountain. Before you do, though,check the backs of the truck parked nearbyfor some extra money; you canuse a melee weapon like a hammerto smash the padlocks on the cash box.
Inside the Fountain,use your whipto climb and swing to the window by the roof. This will bring you to thedragon statues on the turrets above the inscriptions.
You need torotate the statues so that they are facing one another. Start byswinging across to the Dark Dragon Statue. Rotate its outstretched claw to activate a lever which you can use to turn the statue until it’s facing the center of the Fountain.,
Swing back to the Light Dragon Statue; its claw is missing. If you look over the edge of the construction scaffolding, you’ll see the claw below;climb down to pick it up and trigger a cutscene,after which you may climb back up to reattach it.
Once both statues are facing inward,three statues will appear at the center of the Fountain of Confession, letting you begin the next section of the puzzle.
Each new section of sculpture that gets revealed can bephotographed for bonus Adventure Points.
How To Solve The Baptism Puzzle At The Fountain Of Confession
Climb back down andhelp Gina push the lever that emerged from the Fountainall the way to the left. This will reveal a baptism scene that you need to interact with.
Start bypushing the child statue on the leftas far to the right as it will go; the child should belined up with the sconce behind it.
Next,use the whipto pull the chain above the priest statue on the right. This willfill the baptismal vessel with water.Push the priest statue to the left until thewater spills onto the child statue.
If done correctly, the mechanism will rotate back to the angel statues, andone will recede, indicating that you’ve made progress.Return to the main leverand push it to the right to start the next puzzle.
How To Solve The Ark Of Bulrushes Puzzle
The Ark of Bulrushes is the hardest of the puzzles in this challenge; while it’s simple in premise,a single mistake can force you to backtrack a lot. No doubt Indy’s had his fill of Arks by this point, too.
The boat starts partially in the puzzle; you need toreset the mechanism by using the whip to pull the left chainbefore you do anything else.
You canrotate the three wheelsby grabbing the stones and moving them, but theplanks in the groovescan cause multiple wheels to turn at once. The aim is toget both planks to fall safely into the crevasse at the bottom, while at the same time setting up a clear path across the center from left to right for the boat to travel.
Start bygetting one plank into the bottom crevasseand permanently out of the way. From there,get the other plank into the middle groove of the center diskso that it doesn’t overlap with any others, thenturn it sidewaysso that it won’t move while you’re getting the others into position.
Move the middle and outer disks so that theyform a “T"shape; once they’re in position,rotate the center diskto drop the plank, then move it to complete the T. If all goes well, you’ll have created a path for the boat.
Once the path is clear,use the whip to pull the right-hand chainand set the boat in motion. If the puzzle is set incorrectly and the boat gets stuck,pull the left chain againto reset it.
If the boat makes it to the right side, the angel statues will return, and the second one will recede.Push the center statue through the iron gateto open the way to the hidden monastery, and the dangers that lie within.
