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Hell is Us Watcher's Nest puzzle solution

How to open the coffin in the Watcher's Nest in Vyssa Hills.

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Solving the Watcher's Nest puzzle in Hell is Us will help you progress on your journey through Hadea.

After finding your way into the Watcher's Nest in Hell is Us, you'll need to locate four Ceramic Flowers and figure out exactly where to place them to unlock a mysterious coffin. With multiple potential slots for them, and several clues dotted around the Nest, this will put your skills to the test.

On that note, here's the Hell is Us Watcher's Nest puzzle solution.

Need more help exploring Hadea? Check out our Hell is Us walkthrough and Good Deeds list.

Hell is Us Watcher's Nest puzzle solution

To solve the Watcher's Nest puzzle in Hell is Us you need to place the Ceramic Flowers in the right mechanisms to open Pentos' coffin. However, your first job is to actually find them!

How to find the Ceramic Flowers

To find the Ceramic Flowers you need to head into the Watcher's Nest and follow the path around to the main room with the desk and whiteboard in it. Put your back to the whiteboard and look around until you see another room opposite you with a large hole in the wall.

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Use the ladder in the hole to get down to the lower level and follow the path around until you come to the tomb. Walk over to the coffin in the center of the tomb and collect the Ceramic Flowers from the top of it.

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Where to place the Ceramic Flowers

You've got four Ceramic Flowers you need to place in order to solve the puzzle. The first one needs to be placed in the Warden of Grief symbol. This can be found two to the left of the plaque telling you when the Vigil was founded near the entrance of Watcher's Nest:

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One down, three to go. | Image credit: Eurogamer/Rogue Factor

The next place is very close to the manual save/travel back to APC area in the Nest. Walk up to the save point and then look at the wall directly behind it, you should see a book-like symbol on a shield here. Place the next Ceramic Flower here.

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You can always save if you want to, y'know, while you're here. | Image credit: Eurogamer/Rogue Factor

Next, head up to the area with the desks in it and then look right. You should see a blue curtain hanging from the wall here. Place the Ceramic Flower in the slot to the right of the curtain.

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Almost there... | Image credit: Eurogamer/Rogue Factor

Finally, head to the whiteboard and walk around to the left of it to get to the nook hidden behind it. Once you're in the nook, look left and use your Drone to scan the plaque here - it should say 'Algea'. Place the final Ceramic Flower here.

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Get behind the whiteboard and look at the wall to the left. | Image credit: Eurogamer/Rogue Factor

Once you've placed them all in the right slots, you should hear a rumbling sound. Head back down to the coffin and pull the lever to open it, this solves the puzzle and rewards you with the Blue Flower Scroll and the Mark of the Betrayed passive Relic.

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That's all for now! If you're looking for more Hell is Us help, check out our pages showing you how to complete the Victor's Vigil Good Deed, how to upgrade weapons, or our page showing you how to add Glyphs to weapons.

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