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The '''Wooded Plateau''', commonly known as '''East 2,''' is a heavily forested plateau in the mountainous eastern part of the island. Supports a large deer population.  
The '''Wooded Plateau''', commonly known as '''East 2,''' is a heavily forested plateau in the mountainous eastern part of the island. Supports a large deer population.  
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Latest revision as of 15:03, 16 June 2024

Wooded Plateau
Short name: East 2
Area Type: Regular
Previous Story Area: Grasslands Ring
Next Story Area: Eastern Wetlands
Detailed map of the area
Aerial view

The Wooded Plateau, commonly known as East 2, is a heavily forested plateau in the mountainous eastern part of the island. Supports a large deer population.

Ordinarily this is the second area the user would visit. The cluster tower of this area looks like an imposing castle.

The area introduces the player to a new tool, the Driller.

Acquiring Schematic_108 in the Lost Lab is required to progress to Eastern Wetlands.

Puzzles

Main Puzzles

  1. Quantum Tunneling
  2. Mutual Aid
  3. Backup
  4. Placement
  5. Duet
  6. Passage
  7. Eye of the Needle
  8. Seesaw

Lost Puzzles

Gold Puzzle

Tetromino bridge

Section 1

[ solution ]

Section 2

[ solution ]

Star monuments

Pandora Monument

Location of the Pandora Monument

Solution

[ basic hint ]
You need a green laser beam to activate Pandora’s box, but there’s no one near, maybe there’s something else?
[ detailed hint ]
Find a connector nearby and follow where it leads. You’ll need to use another connector to link the monument.
[ solution step by step ]

Sphinx Monument

Location of the Sphinx Monument

Solution

[ basic hint ]
The plaque shows four numbers. They are puzzle numbers.
[ detailed hint ]
Maybe it’s not so much about the puzzles, but their actual numbers. Is there anything different?
[ solution ]
All the number signs in this area have a switch on the back. Turn on the switches in puzzles 2, 4, 7 and 8, in any order.
A switch on the back of E2-2 turned on.

Prometheus Sparks

[ location of the first spark ]
Following the path across the pond, turn left before going through the Pandora Monument. You will arrive at a flower-shaped statue; the spark is next to it.
[ location of the second spark ]
All the way to the cliffs in the north, near Backup, you will find the spark on a small protruding geometric concrete ledge.

Lost Lab

The entrance to the lost laboratory is located north of the Pandora monument, on a nearby cliff wall. In it you can find the terminals LOS-1 and LOS-2. You can also see an inverter test unit alternating incoming red and blue beams with their outgoing blue and red beams, respectively.

Lost lab - Entrance
Lost lab - Inverter test unit
Lost lab - Gravity well projection

Documents and audio logs

LOS-1

LOS-1

LOS-2

LOS-2

LOS_EXT-1

LOS_EXT-1

LOS_EXT-2

LOS_EXT-2

E2-05

E2-05

Straton of Stageira

[ location ]
You can find Straton sitting on a small pedestal by following the cliff south, to the right of the Bridge Gate.

Ancient Human Artifacts

Radiator

[ location ]
Stand with your back on the gold puzzle entrance, facing north. The radiator is embedded on the base of a small rocky hill.

Tank

[ location ]
You can find it among the trees on the cliff overlooking Keeping Connections. You can easily reach it by walking west from the E2-05 terminal.

Anomaly

[ object and location ]
People grieving. Located near the tank Human Artifact.

Easter Eggs

[ object and location ]
Broken drone. Located off the edge of the western ridge near the southern Lost Puzzle.
[ object and location ]
Hatchet. Located behind the Gold Puzzle.
[ object and location ]
Sock and shoe. From the entrace to Puzzle #7, go right and continue west through the forest. When you reach the cliff wall, turn north and run a short distance until you see a low cliff. Scramble up the rocks and hug the edge until you find the patch of green grass. Continue following the edge of the cliff down the slope.
[ object and location ]
Fireworks. From the entrace to Puzzle #7, go right and continue west through the forest. When you reach the cliff wall, turn north and run a short distance until you see a low cliff. Continue forward until you reach another wall, and then turn to face the tower.
[ object and location ]
Paintings. Located TODO.