ivory sanctum codes

[w.f.schepel]

I found two notes with codes, but there are supposed to be more. I can't find them. Google tells me the answer to the puzzles, but what I really want to do is find the notes! Been all over the place, thrice, and they just don't seem to be there. Had a few weird moments where purple hiding spots showed up, but I couldn't click them.

Help would be appreciated.

[Winger]

Can't help much with the codes but those weird purple hiding spots aren't containers, they are buttons. Usually, when you find all of those hidden buttons in a room and press them, they either reveal a chest or open a door.

[w.f.schepel]

Originally posted by Winger:

Can't help much with the codes but those weird purple hiding spots aren't containers, they are buttons. Usually, when you find all of those hidden buttons in a room and press them, they either reveal a chest or open a door.

No, I mean hiding spots. Book shaped in a book shelf, stone in a wall - the round ones and a skull or two open up hidden rooms. Typical about the weird ones is that they disappear right after I found them.

[アンジェル]

I remember three notes... One note I could not find and solved it by guessing. I shall check it next time when I get back to Ivory Sanctum. Unfortunately I usually sell those notes I do not need anymore.

[w.f.schepel]

Originally posted by アンジェル:

I remember three notes... One note I could not find and solved it by guessing. I shall check it next time when I get back to Ivory Sanctum. Unfortunately I usually sell those notes I do not need anymore.

I got two notes

1) on the body of a cultist near the main hall
2) in the room next to Jerribeth's room

[Aradon]

I believe there was a note by the place where the cultists stashed all their relics, with the glowing light you could use to reduce corruption. But not 100% sure. There was definitely one at the end of a hallway behind a perception check hidden door though. It's in the same room as a vampire coffin, and I think it's titled 'Cryptic Note' and modifies one of the other combinations.

[Rahxef]

Here is what I found:

1) Mysterious Note , in a chest behind a wall (west of the map in a corridor just north of the entrance) opened by interacting on buttons close to it.
It says: “The layman and the wiseman perceive different things in the same symbols. Seek out precious knowledge where others blindly pass it by. Three change places with four. Turn the star to nothing, and behold a star in the darkness – but a different one.”

2) Coded Note in the room to the north (the one next to Jerribeth’s room), uncovered with a perception check.
It says: “Crumpled, soiled sheet of paper that has lain in the pocket of some forgetful cultist for a long time. Several shapes are drawn on the page: a triangle, an upside-down five-pointed star, squares, and circles.”

3) Bloodstained Coded Note dropped by a Shadow Demon’s Votary, on a room east of the map (where you first encounter Xanthir).
It says: “Crumpled, blood-soaked sheet of paper, on which it is just possible to make out the words: “…chamber, …Lord.” Below there were four symbols, but only the first two can still be seen: a six-pointed star and a triangle.”

4) Cryptic Note found in the south corridor in boxes next to a shining zone you can cleanse.
It says: “There is no body, no weight, no scent, no sound. Five transparent fingers squeeze the tree. A group of six came before, grasping at its treasure. Only half of them left the place alive.”

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Rahxef:

Here is what I found:

1) Mysterious Note , in a chest behind a wall (west of the map in a corridor just north of the entrance) opened by interacting on buttons close to it.
It says: “The layman and the wiseman perceive different things in the same symbols. Seek out precious knowledge where others blindly pass it by. Three change places with four. Turn the star to nothing, and behold a star in the darkness – but a different one.”

2) Coded Note in the room to the north (the one next to Jerribeth’s room), uncovered with a perception check.
It says: “Crumpled, soiled sheet of paper that has lain in the pocket of some forgetful cultist for a long time. Several shapes are drawn on the page: a triangle, an upside-down five-pointed star, squares, and circles.”

3) Bloodstained Coded Note dropped by a Shadow Demon’s Votary, on a room east of the map (where you first encounter Xander).
It says: “Crumpled, blood-soaked sheet of paper, on which it is just possible to make out the words: “…chamber, …Lord.” Below there were four symbols, but only the first two can still be seen: a six-pointed star and a triangle.”

4) Cryptic Note found in the south corridor in boxes next to a shining zone you can cleanse.
It says: “There is no body, no weight, no scent, no sound. Five transparent fingers squeeze the tree. A group of six came before, grasping at its treasure. Only half of them left the place alive.”

Oh... I never made the connection with the cryptic note being related to the stuff.

Originally posted by w.f.schepel:

Originally posted by アンジェル:

I remember three notes... One note I could not find and solved it by guessing. I shall check it next time when I get back to Ivory Sanctum. Unfortunately I usually sell those notes I do not need anymore.

I got two notes

1) on the body of a cultist near the main hall
2) in the room next to Jerribeth's room

Check Rahxef comment. I just can say one note more than those I found with the dhampir? At least that is how I remember it.

[w.f.schepel]

Originally posted by Rahxef:

Here is what I found:

1) Mysterious Note , in a chest behind a wall (west of the map in a corridor just north of the entrance) opened by interacting on buttons close to it.
It says: “The layman and the wiseman perceive different things in the same symbols. Seek out precious knowledge where others blindly pass it by. Three change places with four. Turn the star to nothing, and behold a star in the darkness – but a different one.”

2) Coded Note in the room to the north (the one next to Jerribeth’s room), uncovered with a perception check.
It says: “Crumpled, soiled sheet of paper that has lain in the pocket of some forgetful cultist for a long time. Several shapes are drawn on the page: a triangle, an upside-down five-pointed star, squares, and circles.”

3) Bloodstained Coded Note dropped by a Shadow Demon’s Votary, on a room east of the map (where you first encounter Xander).
It says: “Crumpled, blood-soaked sheet of paper, on which it is just possible to make out the words: “…chamber, …Lord.” Below there were four symbols, but only the first two can still be seen: a six-pointed star and a triangle.”

4) Cryptic Note found in the south corridor in boxes next to a shining zone you can cleanse.
It says: “There is no body, no weight, no scent, no sound. Five transparent fingers squeeze the tree. A group of six came before, grasping at its treasure. Only half of them left the place alive.”

I found all of these, but numbers 1 & 4 make no sense whatsoever to me. I didn't even link them to the puzzles. :/

[Rahxef]

Originally posted by w.f.schepel:

I found all of these, but numbers 1 & 4 make no sense whatsoever to me. I didn't even link them to the puzzles. :/

I managed to understand nº4:
There is no body, no weight, no scent, no sound --> 0 (circle)
Five transparent fingers --> 5 (pentagon)
A group of six came before --> 6 (hexagon)
Only half of them left the place alive. --> 6/2 = 3 (triangle)

I'm trying now to make sense of the nº1, I'll drop a comment if I find anything.

[w.f.schepel]

Originally posted by Rahxef:

Originally posted by w.f.schepel:

I found all of these, but numbers 1 & 4 make no sense whatsoever to me. I didn't even link them to the puzzles. :/

I managed to understand nº4:
There is no body, no weight, no scent, no sound --> 0 (circle)
Five transparent fingers --> 5 (pentagon)
A group of six came before --> 6 (hexagon)
Only half of them left the place alive. --> 6/2 = 3 (triangle)

I'm trying now to make sense of the nº1, I'll drop a comment if I find anything.

Smart! :-)

[Aradon]

The Mysterious note is referring to the elements of another clue, for the puzzle nearby. It's an alternate solution to the same set of buttons. I can give you the answer directly, if you'd like, but that should be enough to point you in the right direction.

[Rahxef]

Originally posted by Aradon:

The Mysterious note is referring to the elements of another clue, for the puzzle nearby. It's an alternate solution to the same set of buttons. I can give you the answer directly, if you'd like, but that should be enough to point you in the right direction.

I see it now! Thank you!

[rumpelstiltskin]

where's the code for the central room (with a baphomet statue) though? i found the same 4 notes and applied them in various places, but none seems to be related to it. all guides, of course, simply provide the code without explanations.

[forkofspite]

Originally posted by rumpelstiltskin:

where's the code for the central room (with a baphomet statue) though? i found the same 4 notes and applied them in various places, but none seems to be related to it. all guides, of course, simply provide the code without explanations.

The Bloodstained Coded Note (#3 as labeled by Rahxef above) is for the central room. However, it only gives the first two symbols. From there, I never found a way to know the rest of the combination, but there are only six possibilities.

[rumpelstiltskin]

Originally posted by forkofspite:

Originally posted by rumpelstiltskin:

where's the code for the central room (with a baphomet statue) though? i found the same 4 notes and applied them in various places, but none seems to be related to it. all guides, of course, simply provide the code without explanations.

The Bloodstained Coded Note (#3 as labeled by Rahxef above) is for the central room. However, it only gives the first two symbols. From there, I never found a way to know the rest of the combination, but there are only six possibilities.

ah, ok, i thought #3 was just an extra hint for #4 actually (since i read it as the last symbols were 6 and 3, not the first). still though, the note says the symbols are "6 and 3", but the solution is apparently 3654, so how is one supposed to guess that the order is flipped? just by trying all 6 combos with 63xx and having them fail? i mean, wouldn't be surprising for an owlcat puzzle, but still, a pretty dîck move.