Indiana Jones Great Circle DLC: Serpent Puzzle solution guide

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In the additional content for Indiana Jones titled “The Order of Giants” in “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,” one of the initial, complex riddles you’ll face is called the Serpent Puzzle. This is essentially a water-based conundrum that requires you to manipulate nodes on a 5×5 layout, controlling the flow of water around the grid to eventually find a solution for the puzzle.

Handily, the challenge is broken down into five distinct “parts” to make tackling it more manageable, but keep in mind that this doesn’t mean it will be simple to solve. To provide you with comprehensive guidance for The Order of Giant’s Serpent Puzzle, we’ve prepared a detailed walkthrough, which you can find below.

Serpent Puzzle explained – Order of Giants

Deep within the Vatican’s hidden chamber lies the enigma known as the Serpent Puzzle and the Water Serpent Fountain. Upon entering, you will notice a five-by-five grid on the floor. At what appears to be the highest point of the room, you will discover a solitary serpent basin with the Serpent Wrench protruding from it.

The aim is to make water stream into diverse outlets situated at the base of particular tanks located within the grid – these containers possess drainage outlets and are marked with a golden band. Once water is successfully directed into each one, the pathway to the subsequent chamber will be unveiled.

Start by guiding the water so it circulates around the grid, which will enable you to raise the four metal plates from the puzzle. This action divides the puzzle into distinct sections: prior to lifting the initial plate, and following the lifting of each subsequent plate.

Serpent Puzzle Step 1: Lifting the first plate

In this tutorial, let’s call the area where the Serpent Fountain’s spout originates as the “ceiling” or “top” side of the room, and the entry point as the “floor” or “bottom”. Don’t forget to grab a Serpent Wrench and prepare yourself for rotation.

If you peer at the top of the dishes, you’ll notice winding patterns that resemble a snake. By directing water towards the snake’s head on the plate, it will rise.

In the initial spin, guide the uppermost snake-shaped node, which is located directly over the point where water is descending, so that water moves from the center towards the top-right dish. This action should cause the first dish to rise.

Serpent Puzzle Step 2: Lifting the second plate

Connect the node immediately to the left of the starting point and angle the water flow upwards. Then, the node directly above that should guide water towards the right. This action will cause the second plate located at the bottom-right to rise. Ensure that the topmost square’s gold-ringed drain node receives the drained water.

Serpent Puzzle Step 3: Lifting the third plate

The upcoming plate to be moved is located at the top-left corner of the grid. To move the water there, let’s begin by redirecting the water from the basin right beside the source you previously used, but this time guide the water to flow downwards. Then, direct the water flow from the next basin below it towards the left side.

The upper left panel needs to rise now. If it doesn’t, make sure to inspect the basin located to the far left of the grid, next to the remaining two panels. Check if water is flowing upward from it.

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Serpent Puzzle Step 4: Lifting the fourth plate, platforming challenge

In the grid’s first row, located beside the gold basin at the upper-left corner, rotate the basin so it disperses water towards both directions (left and right) since it currently flows in three directions. Then, move to the far-left basin on the second row and make it discharge water downwards. This action aims to raise the fourth panel, but unfortunately, it’s jammed.

Instead, you should ascend the raised panels you’ve hoisted, as if navigating through a platform game, then leap to a damaged section of the serpent fountain. After that, follow the perimeter of the room while standing on top of the fountain, and retrieve a Serpent Wrench from the machinery using your whip.

Upon removal of the last panel, focus on filling each ornate basin edged with gold and equipped with a drain at its base. Don’t forget to include the basin situated at the top of the room where the Serpent Wrench was initially discovered – ensure that water is flowing into it as well.

Serpent Puzzle Step 5: Filling each gold basin

Turn the basin to the right of the source clockwise, causing the water to rise again. By doing so, you’ll successfully fill the golden basin located at the top right corner.

Above the origin, the basin should flow towards the left. Subsequently, the three-connected basin ought to flow upward and to the left, so as to fill the basin positioned at the top-left corner.

The basin in the bottom right should already be filled if you’ve been following these instructions.

First, let’s attend to the basin at the bottom-left corner. Turn the basin in the far-left middle row again so that water flows from top to right. Next, follow the water to the fourth basin on the fourth row from the top and have it flow downwards from the left. This will fill up the entire bottom row with water. Finally, rotate the last golden basin to receive water from below, completing the Serpent Room puzzle.

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2025-09-05 17:50