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VIII. Westminster Abbey (3 Secrets)
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This level looks kind of intimidating, but its really not that bad. First
thing you need to do is turn and look at the directory to get an idea of
where you will be going. Go behind the directory first, towards the front
doors of Westminster Abbey and look towards the statue on the left for the
glowing symbol that indicates a secret. Examine that area to find the
**GOLD COIN**. That is the only secret out in this main area, so we'll pick
up the other two on our way through the level.
Check the directory and find your way to "Newton's Tomb". As soon as you
enter this room, you will get a hint about electricuting the patrolling
guard. Do as suggested and shove the light into the puddle of water, but
do it fairly quickly as the guard will eventually walk out of the puddle and
then you'll have to kick his butt as you normally would. Go straight across
the room to the opposite side and look on the wall for the glowing symbol
of secrets. Examine that area to get the **SUN SPHERE**. (Just started and
already you got 2 secrets!)
Now walk over to Newton's Tomb and examine it thoroughly. When it has been
completely examined and you are staring at it wondering what to do, use the
PRIORY RING in the little hole next to the Sun, and you will be able to take
the sun off the tomb and add it to your inventory. (That Priory Ring is handy
as hell) Listen to them babble for a bit and head out of this room back to
the main area.
Use the directory if you need to, but you want to go to "Chaucer's Tomb".
Examine this tomb and note the characters from Canterberry Tales across the
top of the tomb. You will need to know one of them to solve this puzzle.
Examine down near the bottom of the tomb and find the slider puzzle with the
shield engraving in the middle. Place the Sun Orb on the shield engraving to
activate the slider puzzle. It's pretty easy to solve as you have to get
the letters to spell out "PARDONER" clockwise around the puzzle starting from
the top left square. Simply slide the "D" into the center and the rest of the
letters will slide right into place so you can slide the "D" right where it
is supposed to be and the puzzle will be solved. You will be presented with
the LARGE RING for your efforts.
Now that you have completed that, lets save you some running around and grab
a nearby item that you will need later. You are standing next to where
Shakespeare's Memorial should be, but there is a sign saying that it is
being renovated. Right next to that area you will find a "Workman's Cabinet".
Examine the cabinet and you will find and old coat inside. Slide the coat
to the side and you will get a BRUSH added to your inventory. Now if you know
the way, head to "The Cloister". Check the directory if you don't know how
to get there.
When you enter the Cloister, creep straight ahead and there will be a gaurd in
front of you. Look a little to the left and Langdon will proclaim that maybe
he can untie the light on the ceiling and it will drop on the guard. Do just
that and grab the large bandage that you find there as well. Continue down
that hall and enter the "Restoration Hall" on your left near the end.
There are 3 guards in this hallway. Try to take them out with stealth
attacks by turning on the light switches you can find on either side of the
hallway, otherwise if all 3 guards come after you, you are unlikely to beat
them. The third guard is near the end of this "L" shaped hallway near a
closet with a closed door. Enter the closet and find a large bandage and a
light switch. Flip the switch and a guard will walk out of the Restoration
room at the end of the hall. Run out and take care of him before he wakes
up any of the bodies you've left laying around the hall. When the guards are
all sleeping peacefully, enter the Restoration room at the end of the hall.
Just inside the door to the right is a pallet that you can examine. Search
it and find BOLT CUTTERS inside one of the boxes. Look to the other side of
the door you came in and look for two boxes covered with blue cloths right
next to each other. Walk around them until you get the cue to "examine" and
you will be rewarded with **DA VINCI'S CODEX ARUNDEL**. You can't do
anything else in this room at the moment, but go and examine Shakespeare's
Statue before you leave if you feel like it. Head back out of the Restoration
Hall to the Cloister and back towards the door you came in, but instead of
leaving, turn to your left and go down the previously unexplored hallway.
There will be 1 guard wandering around down here, so just take him out in
whatever way you like best, and proceed all the way to the end of the hall to
find a padlocked door. Use the BOLT CUTTERS to unlock the door and enter this
closet.
The closet is dark, so examine the pallet just inside the door and slide a
box to the side to reveal the light switch and turn on the lights. Search
under the workbench until you find MARBLE CLEANER. You are done in here, so
go aaaaaaaaall the way back to the Restoration Room where Shakespeare's Statue
was. When you get there, there will be a single guard wandering around the
room. He's pretty easy to creep up on and take out with a stealth attack.
Do that and go over and examine Shakespeare's Statue. Go in your inventory
and combine the MARBLE CLEANER and the BRUSH. Use the resulting soapy brush
on the scroll on the statue and reveal the quote. Note the word that
Shakespeare is pointing to, "TEMPLES". Now examine Shakespeare's finger and
place the LARGE RING on it. A drawer will slide out and you will be rewarded
with a HAND CRANK.
You are done here, so you are going to head all the way back to the main area
of Westminster Abbey. You will encounter 1 guard on the way back in the hall
in the Cloister, so take him out on the way.
When you are back in the main area, head over to King Henry III's Tomb if you
know the way, check the directory if you don't.
Examine King Henry's Tomb and you will find a hole into which you can insert
the HAND CRANK. The word Shakespeare was pointing to is your clue, so crank
the letters around until it says "TEMPLES". Your efforts will reward you with
the KING SYMBOL.
Now turn around and examine the scaffold behind you. Examine the two wheels
with locks on them and unlock them. Now you can push the scaffold to the side
to reveal the door to Saint John's Chapel. Use the BOLT CUTTERS to unlock
this gate and enter Saint John's Chapel.
In here, search through the box on the floor and once you've emptied it,
you'll find a first aid kit. Now go examine Baron Hunsden's Tomb in this
room. Put the KING SYMBOL in the empty space that you find. Use the clue
to figure out the sequence in which to push the buttons you now have in front
of you or just read the sequence I have provided for you here because the clue
you have is terribly confusing. Push the buttons in this order:
QUEEN
BARON
KNIGHT
SOLDIER
You will be presented with the UNUSUAL CYLINDER. A guard has now entered the
room and you will have to induce his coma so you can get out of here. When
you have made it back out to the main area of Westminster Abbey, you need to
head back to the very first room you explored in this level, Newton's Tomb.
When you enter Newton's Tomb again, there will once more be a guard wandering
around in here, but electrocuting him is not presented as an option this time,
so you'll just have to kick his butt. Once that is done, examine the tomb
once again. In your inventory, combine the UNUSUAL CYLINDER and the SUN ORB.
Place the resulting object (SUN ORB CYLINDER) in the Sun Orb Cavity on the
tomb. A drawer will slide open to reveal a torn scroll. Take the torn
scroll you already have in your inventory (I don't know how it got there
either) and place it in the empty space below the torn scroll you just found.
Now you will have a scrambled up picture to assemble. Generally speaking, the
top and bottom row of the picture should be fairly easy to identify, so put
that together first and assemble the rest of the picture. There isn't really
a "way" to do this puzzle, you just have to use your eyes until it is put
together correctly.
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After getting asked repeatedly, I solved this picture down to one final
move and took a picture of it. In the picture you see, all that needs to be
done is the top left block needs to be moved down 1 space and the puzzle is
solved. The picture is not great, but it gets the point across.
The pictures is at: http://www.northsearesearch.com/files/payenspuzzle.jpg
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Once it is done, the word you need to solve the fourth and final Cryptex,
"PAYENS".
Instead of getting to solve the Cryptex though, you'll be subjected to a very
longwinded cutscene in which you find out that Teabing has screwed you over.
During this long oration from Teabing, you will be presented with different
things for Sophie to say to Teabing to distract him so that Langdon has some
time to solve the Cryptex.
The first response you need to use is:
"I thought you told us only the worthy can find the grail"
You will then switch to Langdon and the Cryptex. You need to rotate it as
quickly as possible to say "PAYENS". You will probably not get to finish
the first time, so get as far as you can until you are returned to the cut-
scene.
The next time you need to respond, use:
"You are the one responsible for my grandfather's murder"
You will now return to the Cryptex to pick up where you left off. I managed
to get the Cryptex finished during this turn, so I just returned to the cut-
scene to let it finish out the level, but if you need one more go at it, you
will be given another opportunity to respond to Teabing.
This response will be:
"You are no better than the church"
Beyond this, I don't know if you are given any more chances because I got it
after the third response the first time I played through and after the second
response the second time I played through. If you find any more, feel free to
e mail me with what they are and I will add them to the walkthrough with
credit given to you.
You have now completed "Westminster Abbey" and it's time to move on to the
last level of the game.
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