So How Close Am I to Actually Reaching Room 46?

[carllyngholm]

So, a couple of runs back I finally made it to the Antechamber and then the Basement via the elevator in the foundation. I figured out the puzzle with the Pallet Jacks and made my way to the Underground, where I encountered the Underground Lake and the giant Gear Puzzle. Despite getting my hopes up that I was going to reach 46 that run, that didn't happen. I was kind of operating under the assumption that once I entered the Antechamber that would more or less be the end of it, but apparently this is not the case.

Apparently the conceit of this game is that reaching 46 is only the ostensible goal, and then "the real game begins" (or whatever) Or at the very least, there are several puzzles that remain after reaching that room. As of now, the only thing I want to do for sure is reach Room 46, so I'm just wondering how close I actually got. So without being too specific or "spoilery" can anyone give me a general idea based on what I described in the beginning of my post? Thanks.

[Jaqalyte]

You were close!
What you're looking for is on the other side of the giant gear. (You then have to get back to the antechamber to enter Room 46, obviously.)

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

You're pretty close by that point. The only advice I will give is you should try to draft rooms you haven't seen before, even if they don't immediately seem advantageous. There could always be another clue, puzzle, or solution hiding in them.

[Gorlom[Swe]]

You are close, but It sounds like you need to do another thing before trying the elevator again. Depending on if you think you can solve the giant gears or not.

That other thing can feel very lenghty or not depending on different circumstances.

[BlackRaidho]

Pretty close, keep trying :)
You know that once you reach room 46, you made something like 10% of the game ? ;)

[Draco18s]

If you can't access the giant gear from two positions, you will need to do something about the minecart in order to solve the gear puzzle. There may be an alternative, but it was something I discovered afterwards and can't backwards my way to know if you can do it without the minecart being moved.

But as a few people have pointed out, room 46 is just the beginning. As an example, there's an item inside room 46, a clue about another puzzle (as well as one item for it), as well as the solution-board for a third.

[Gorlom[Swe]]

Originally posted by Draco18s:

Draco, carllyingholm is specifically asking for "without spoilers". I understand wanting to share, but could you at least spoilertagg it if you can't contain yourself?