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A Plague Tale: Requiem – How To Solve The Planet Puzzle

The planet puzzle in A Plague Tale: Requiem

This guide explains how to solve the planet puzzle in A Plague Tale: Requiem.

A Plague Tale: Requiem is the much-anticipated sequel to 2019’s A Plague Tale: Innocence. The game is available on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It continues the tragic but inspiring tale of Amicia and Hugo de Rune.

A Plague Tale: Requiem picks up six months after the first game and follows the siblings’ battle against the Inquisition and black plague infected rats.

At the start of the game, things seem to be much improved for Amicia, Hugo, their mother Beatrice, and friend Luca. Before long, the brother and sister duo encounter a group of mysterious and murderous men on a farm. This sets off a brutal chain of events.

Requiem improves on the first game in a few important ways. Not only does it look better, but it also has expanded combat options, improved stealth, an intuitive automatic progression system, and larger areas.

As with the first game, Requiem is packed full of puzzles to solve – often in tense life or death situations.

As a result, the game requires you to engage your brain every step of the way. It is crucial to think your way around most situations in the game.

A Plague Tale: Requiem How To Solve The Planet Puzzle - Jupiter and Mars
Jupiter and Mars.

After you have made your way to Vaudin’s tower, you will encounter the planet puzzle.

It involves organising four bells in a specific order to gain access to the tower.

While the game does give a brief explanation, it does leave things a little blurry.

Let’s go over how to solve the planet puzzle in A Plague Tale: Requiem

How To Solve The Planet Puzzle in A Plague Tale: Requiem

The game doesn’t give you a specific point of reference in how to organise the bells. So, you need to listen carefully to Luca’s instructions.

Once you have solved the puzzle, you can go up the tower and meet Vaudin.

How To Solve The Planet Puzzle in A Plague Tale: Requiem - Venus and Mercury
Venus and Mercury.

This is how to solve the planet puzzle in A Plague Tale: Requiem: Use your sling to fire rocks at the bells to turn them to the correct order of planets. The correct order from left to right is Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury. Jupiter is the Z or 3 like symbol, Mars is the 0 symbol, Venus is a circle with a line going down, and Mercury is similar but overlaps at the top.

Players who know anything about space or the Solar System will immediately recognise that this is not the correct order of planets.

However, this is because Requiem is set in the 14th Century when the geocentric model was the dominant model of the cosmos.

Did you find this A Plague Tale: Requiem guide on how to solve the planet puzzle useful? Let us know in the comment section below and don’t forget to check out our other gaming articles…

Sam Harby

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