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How to unlock the Wailing Tower on the Isle of the Damned
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How to solve the Wailing Tower Puzzle in Witchfire
The Welling Tower stands in the middle of the island of the damned, the first map you start on Witchfire. The monstrous structure hides a terrifying secret, a multi-level tomb that stretches deep beneath the Isle of the Damned. Manage to reach the last floor, and you'll have the opportunity to unlock the Prophet, one of the game's familiars (bosses), and the Rotweaver weapon.
However, reaching the prophet is not so easy. To advance you must first prove your worth by solving the Wailing Tower puzzle Witchfire. It's a multi-stage puzzle that requires you to reach certain milestones before returning to the Wailing Tower in typical rogue-lite progression fashion. Here's what you do.

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How to unlock the Wailing Tower on the Isle of the Damned
The entrance to the Wailing Tower will initially be locked behind a red, magical barrier. If you reach the door, a defensive mechanism will trigger endless waves of enemies to spawn. The only way to disable the security barrier and lock the Wailing Tower in Witchfire who is Find the Scepter of St. Albert.
Rogue-lite progress
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You are not forced to enter the Wailing Tower on your first campaign. Level up a few times to get stronger by clearing out all the enemies on the Island of the Damned before returning to the Hermitorium.
Interact with the statue on the right to put St. Albert's Scepter in your hand, and then clear the wave of enemies to open the door. You'll also have the option to spend your volatile Witchfire Crystals to instantly clear all enemies in the area. Be quick to hit the on-screen button prompt after interacting with the statue before the enemies get to you.
St. Albert's Scepter Place
May be the scepter of St. Albert Looted from a corpse dressed in yellow which spans a large area overlooking the gates of the Welling Tower, or the northeastern part of the map. Its location, however, changes for each player. In the image above, St. Albert's scepter is perched on the side of a cliff. Witchfire. Another place is near the stairs, when you turn left after coming up the steep path from the north.
It's unclear whether you have to do anything to spawn St. Albert's Scepter
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St. Albert's Scepter must be looted and used only once.
Even after death, the door remains open
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How to solve the Wailing Tower Puzzle in Witchfire
You'll find seven braziers around a skeleton sarcophagus inside the Wailing Tower. you should Activate the flame in the correct order Solve the Wailing Tower puzzle and open the entrance to the floor below. However, there are some things that must be done beforehand Witchfire.
Don't forget to pick up the Firebreath Spell and the Scarlet Coast Chart after entering the Welling Tower. The former unlocks a free original spell. The latter unlocks the second map
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Unlock seven shrines
There are seven shrines known as “Ceremonial Obelisks”, scattered across the northwestern part of the island. You must interact with each obelisk to unlock it on the map Witchfire. Their locations are shown in the image above.
Details of each ceremonial obelisk Contains hints about correct order In which fire must be active within the wailing tower. Since the temples only need to be unlocked once, and in any order, you can read all their details from the map by hovering your cursor over each obelisk icon.

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Upgrade to Gnosis 2
Gnosis is a separate leveling system, tied to difficulty, that determines what content you can access. The The flaming braziers in the Welling Tower are locked behind Gnosis 2So you have to upgrade your Gnosis level twice from the Hermitorium before solving the island of damnation puzzle.
The Gnosis upgrade is permanent. You are to clear the Scarlet Coast, defeat its boss and then return to the Wailing Tower. This gives you enough time to become stronger by unlocking and upgrading the best weapons
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Return to the Wailing Tower and activate the fires
The skeleton in the middle is like the combination lock of a sarcophagus safe. It will rotate in the direction of the fire you activate like a dial.
Open your map and read the text on the first ceremonial obelisk (they are all numbered) and match it with the name of one of the braziers. Do this for all seven flames to reveal a flight of stairs that will take you deeper into the cursed island.
The Wailing Tower puzzle solution is as follows:
- Embrace the cleansing fire
- Commune with the spirits
- Reach beyond reality
- Conquer the inner demons
- Complete rites of passage
- Become a covenant of darkness
- Eclipse Madness