How to solve the gear symbol puzzle in Enigma of Fear

As you seek your father within The secret of fearYou'll enter the creepy stretch mansion, where you'll come across your first major roadblock in the form of an advanced lock puzzle. The puzzle will really test your patience and detective instincts and will demand a sharp eye and a keen mind.

Cracking an advanced lock may seem difficult, but a true sleuth knows the devil is in the details. The mansion holds all the clues you need, and it's extremely satisfying to arrive at the desired solution if you methodically unravel its mysteries instead of resorting to random guesses.

How does Advanced Lock Puzzle work?

Found in Advanced Lock Storage room on first floor of stretch mansionto the far left. If you Get out your UV torch After entering the castle, Hidden splash marks on the floor Takes you straight to it.

Beware of blood zombies
Hidden in the hallways and rooms of the mansion. These can be blind creatures
They were dealt with quietly behind their backs
and
Pressing the interaction key
When inspired.

Once there, you'll find a A mechanical lock has three discs, each with eight symbols. To crack the lock, you will need Choose the correct symbol on each disc to create a unique pattern. The key to solving this is upstairsAnd this is given by the main clue Roll-up map in storage room exposed to UV light.

Storage room is also a house
radio
giving you
Talk to Agatha and Samuel
For useful insights. The main objects are tied to the terrible secrets of the Strache family
Instant helpful feedback from your colleagues
. Also, you can
Check in with Loopy, your loyal dog, in this room for a morale boost
in the midst of panic.

Where are the advanced lock puzzle clues?

The map in the storage room is your starting point. highlights four rooms Stretch family members and Three clocks upstairs. This too Marks the altar room on the first floorbut That is irrelevant for now.

Sketches in the master bedroom

Along with this, STart with master bedroom in Bottom-left corner of upper floor. going there, The alarm clock will stopWarning of blood zombies in the vicinity. Deal with any threats before entering the roomand Ready to face each other inside.

There will be a bunch of stuff lying around, but none as important A series of sketches on the desk near the door. Ignore the roll-up page — it's just a blueprint for an advanced lock — but Switch on your UV torch to reveal hidden drawings On three sheets of paper.

These sketches Draw clocks and symbolswith phrases “Dawn Time” and “Rise of the Unhaunted” It is written on them. One of these will be on the page A big question mark in invisible ink on a grandfather clock.

The same grandfather clock can be found in the hallway, and Interacting with it under UV light reveals the symbols — like those in Advanced Lock — next to their respective numbers.

This alludes to the mechanism of the lock: Each disc represents hours, minutes, and secondsWhile Symbols are associated with numbers. is the last piece to solve the puzzle Determining the exact timing of the Unhaunted One rose.

Diary, clock, and alarm clock

After that, you want Go to Yuri's bedroom in Bottom-right corner of upper floor. Just out of the room, you will Find the crumpled paper. Check and confirm it to find out more details The rise of the Unhaunted Forest is linked to a vision experienced by a member of the Stretch family.

To learn more about this vision, go inside Yuri's bedroom and Turn on your UV flashlight and read his diary on the table. It reveals that The hallway alarm clock rings at night at a certain time, Tiana, prompting her mother to play music in her room. During one such program V. Yuri experienced a visionand Excitement made him drop his beloved watch.

who Time this Darshan rightYou may want to investigate the following:

• Alarm clock
• Yuri's broken watch
• Music room

You will find Look in the drawer of the toy castleAnd you'll notice that The second hand is always stuck to XI (11).. this gives 11 as second input for the lock. If you go back to where The alarm clock is in the hallway And tinker with it, you'll learn that It rings exactly at 4 o'clockProviding four as hour input.

Vinyl discs in Thiana's music room

The music room holds the last clueBut its door is blocked. To access it, first Enter Goliath's room next door Break down the wall marked “Like Music”. Using your crowbar Make a small path In the music room. The opening for Mia is very narrow, however Switching to Lupi will allow you to squeeze.

like loopy, Avoid the ghosts that dwell withinAs the will is very close Send the dog running in terror. instead, Focus on moving the chair blocking Thiana's door. After opening the door, Back to MiaEnter the room, and you'll find the ghost is now gone.

inside, Check out the Memoria Timorese music sheet Near the piano under UV light. The familiar clockwork sketch next to the title will give another key detail. Closer, you will Find three vinyl discs scattered on the floor.

A disk, near the wardrobe in the bottom-right cornerShares the same title as the sheet music. Ignore the “13 minutes” written on it, though Inspecting it with your UV torch will be Open the clock hands pointing to 3with Next to it is engraved the Roman numeral III. That's your minute input for the lock.

How to solve advanced lock puzzles

After collecting numbers 4, 3 and 11 Match them with their symbols by revisiting grandfather clocks. The The number 4 corresponds to the hexagon, 3 in a concentric circleand 11 in a circle with a downward pointing triangle.

Return to the storage room and Pick these symbols in the lock in the correct order. Once you do that, The lock will finally click open.

this Provides access to basement from the other side. Inside, you will Face two blood zombies. Defeat them and Unlock the shortcut on the far end of the basement. after that, Exit through the bottomJune Goes into the hallway and, finally, A room covered in cryptic writing.

In the center of the room, you will Find another bloody zombie resting on one side A piece of paper. Dispatch the enemy and Examine the paper using UV light.

When you interact with paper,
The screen will intentionally error
So no need to worry.

The paper reveals The next three symbols You will need it Enter the sigil screenJune Always appears after selecting “Start” from the Start menu. By doing this Takes you back in time who Events before Mia arrives at the Stretch mansion. This time, you will Play as VerityMia's father, and you will have to Same way back You take on the same eerie room in the mansion's basement as Mia.