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Experienced folks, please give me some hints!
Hey guys. I'm roughly 19h into this game and I'm at a point where I'm super stumped as to what puzzles I can even do right now. Here's a list of items I have collected so far and the areas I've been to (plus Twin Labyrinths and Temple of the Moon which I don't have the upgrade to be able to teleport to those places yet):
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=280990090
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=280990072
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=280990050

And some of the other stuff I've done that you can't tell from the items:
-Defeated the bosses in the Gate of Guidance, Mausoleum of the Giants, and Temple of the Sun
- Pulled the plug at the bottom of Spring in the Sky which made the water leak into the right part of Temple of the Sun
- I have not been able to defeat the miniboss in Twin Labyrinths yet. This is currently the only available goal I know of that I haven't been able to beat.
- The only item from the shops I've been to that I haven't bought yet is Space Capster II.

From what I've been able to gather the mirror seems to be the big item to try to get right now, as I think that's how you defeat the Spring in the Sky miniboss, but I have no idea where to get it. A guy in Spring in the Sky tells me it's inside a dark room, but I haven't been to any dark rooms yet.
Also, the griffon at Temple of the Sun is blocking a door but I have no idea if I need a special item to make him move. Nothing seems to do anything to him.

If you guys could be so kind as to either give me a hint on what rooms I should have the tools to solve puzzles in, or relevant messages that I might have overlooked that provide relevant clues to my current situation, I would really appreciate it. It should also go without saying but please avoid spoilers if possible.Thanks.
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KuroOneHalf Jul 7, 2014 @ 12:20pm 
Originally posted by GeminiSaint:
Luckily for you, it's very easy to find.
I must be missing something really obvious then. I could swear I've slapped just about every wall of that place and can't find a solution. ;u;
KuroOneHalf Jul 7, 2014 @ 12:31pm 
Wait whaaaat. The Nigoro games actually do things? I thought they were minigames that you could make playable later. Holy moly, what do all the other ones I already have do then? :o

ps: I got the software item. :p
Last edited by KuroOneHalf; Jul 7, 2014 @ 12:32pm
GeminiSaint Jul 7, 2014 @ 12:46pm 
Most Nigoro games don't do anything on their own, unless combined. When you see a pair of them flash, you've triggered a software combo. Try combining them in different ways and see if you can figure out what each combo does.
Traysandor Jul 7, 2014 @ 2:24pm 
One of the pieces of software that you can equip works on its own. While a hefty piece of software to run, you'll quickly find that it will have great benefit to you as you progress.. Most everything else has at least one software combinatoin that lets you unlock some neat features, like being able to summon a specific type of fairy, upgrading the map software, increasing damage to certain weapons... and a few other things.

In case you want a more in depth hint: Something on your laptop might be related to the reverse feild Holy Grail Tablets, like the one in the Temple of Moonlight that you probably scanned and couldn't figure out how to warp to.
Last edited by Traysandor; Jul 7, 2014 @ 2:44pm
GeminiSaint Jul 7, 2014 @ 5:23pm 
I'm pretty sure he already figured out Mirai.exe.
Dentorhedge Jul 8, 2014 @ 11:48am 
Here is what the Manual gives you for software combos

Glyph Reader- Made by a company in Tokyo

Xelpud Mailer- No narrowband problems with one-way emails

Yagoo Map Reader- Useless without map

Yagoo Map Street- Company purchased a satelite to make this, and now they are in the red!

TexTrax- Very shrewd. Better to have physical evidence.

Additional Text Memory- Save to your heart's content.

Snapshots- It does not replace the Glyph reader!

Guild- Made by the Shop Guild, and detects the shop owner's expectations!

Mantra- You cannot save earthly desires.

Enga Musica- Ancient Software

Beo LA-MULANA- A stone disc? It is impossible to eject.

Death Village- Guide a man through a haunted house!

Rose and Camellia- Noble women laying the smack-down... literally!

Lonely House Moving- Avoid dropping packages!

Capstar II- Navigate your ship through many planets!

Mekuri Master- Flip up some skirts!

Bounce Shot- Take out enemies with bouncing bullets!

Miracle Witch- Conjure magic to solve mysteries!

Future Development Company- Solve problems while developing an area!

LA-MULANA- You're playing it right now! (All other games can be played in flash in NIGORO's website)

Yagoo Map Reader+Yagoo Map Street = Display maps with more detailed information

TexTrax+Additional Text Memory = Expanded storage space of TexTrax

Enga Musica + ? = Listen to all of the tunes in the game!

Death Village + ? = Extend invincible time after you recieve damage

Rose and Camellia + ? = Strengthen main weapons accept whips

Mirical Witch + ? = The treasure fairy will surely appear when you touch a tiny light

Miracle Witch + ? = The key fairy will surely appear when you touch a tiny light

Miracle Witch + ? = The weapon fairy will surely appear when you touch a tiny light

Lonely House Moving + ? = For one time you may revive once killed!

? + ? = Shotens the time it takes for fairies to return

? + ? = Strengthens whips

? + ? = You may read the hidden developer's messages!

? = You may warp to alternate feilds

Please read the manual.
KuroOneHalf Jul 9, 2014 @ 7:05am 
Okay, I'm majorly stumped once again. I'm going to reiterate all the progress I've made and stuff/puzzles that I haven't figured out yet.

Here's my current items: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283512988
My current software: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283513006

And puzzles/oddities I'm stuck on:
- I have no idea if there's even a puzzle here http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255511
- How to get to those two top-left rooms in Inferno. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255533
- How to get this old butthead out of there so I can reach the room behind him. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255557
- I have no idea if this breakable plate is part of a puzzle either. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255608
- I also don't know if the button and gold chest here are a puzzle or not. The secrets horn rings when I press the button and it always resets to being closed when I re-enter the room so I'm thinking maybe there's something more to it, but nothing seems to work. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255593
- How to get behind these two walls. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255627
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255578
- How to get to the 4 top-right rooms in Chamber of Extinction.
- That red woman wall glyph and the chest in the room atop the entrance to Temple of Moonlight.
- The white flying miniboss at Twin Labyrinths which from what I accidentally overread is made much more tolerable with a specific time item I don't have.
- How to progress in the Eden maze. I found that destructible wall with a bunch of gold inside but that was about it.
- How to summon the dragon at Endless Corridor.

Could someone give me a hint on one or more of these? It's really frustrating to just hit walls for an hour and not even know if I was missing an item and it was all for nothing. :\

ps: I've explored the Tower of Ruin and I got the spear, but once again I haven't found more ways to progress.
Last edited by KuroOneHalf; Jul 9, 2014 @ 7:08am
GeminiSaint Jul 9, 2014 @ 7:35am 
Okay, let's see:

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
And puzzles/oddities I'm stuck on:
- I have no idea if there's even a puzzle here http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255511
No puzzle here, just an NPC behind one of the blocks.

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
How to get to those two top-left rooms in Inferno. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255533
Will be accessible much, much later, near the endgame.

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
- How to get this old butthead out of there so I can reach the room behind him. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255557
This will get resolved a little later.

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
- I have no idea if this breakable plate is part of a puzzle either. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255608
That's just a red herring. Looks like you already solved this puzzle.

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
- I also don't know if the button and gold chest here are a puzzle or not. The secrets horn rings when I press the button and it always resets to being closed when I re-enter the room so I'm thinking maybe there's something more to it, but nothing seems to work. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255593
It's just a boobytrap (on the WiiWare version there is an alternate pathway to the grail tablet right under that chest).

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
- How to get behind these two walls. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255627
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=283255578
First one: You drop from the room above. Hint: some weapons, such as the dagger, can hit the ground below Lemeza.
Second one: You enter that room from the right hand side (except you can't yet).

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
- How to get to the 4 top-right rooms in Chamber of Extinction.
- That red woman wall glyph and the chest in the room atop the entrance to Temple of Moonlight.
- The white flying miniboss at Twin Labyrinths which from what I accidentally overread is made much more tolerable with a specific time item I don't have.
- How to progress in the Eden maze. I found that destructible wall with a bunch of gold inside but that was about it.
- How to summon the dragon at Endless Corridor.
1) Not available until near the endgame.
2) You don't have the required item yet.
3) True, but it's still possible to defeat him if you persevere. Also, this may help:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx6ubn6p8CU
EDIT: well, this is beyond stupid. The forum's auto-censor is censoring the last two letters of the YouTube link, which breaks the embed! The code for this YouTube video is Mx6ubn6p8 plus a capital C and a capital U...
Still, no need to defeat him now.
4) So, the way forward is neither left nor right. Observe that one room very carefully. Like they say, one of these things is not like the others... Hint: look for a glowy thingy that suspiciously lacks animation. Also, this whole place has a running theme of "nothing is what it seems"
5) The answer lies at the bottom of the Gate of Illusion...

Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
- ps: I've explored the Tower of Ruin and I got the spear, but once again I haven't found more ways to progress.
The spear is good for hitting things that are below you, that you can't reach otherwise...

Heh, formatting this post was hard! :P
Last edited by GeminiSaint; Jul 9, 2014 @ 7:54am
KuroOneHalf Jul 9, 2014 @ 8:04am 
Whoa thanks a ton. Such a relief to know that a bunch of those aren't solvable yet (or even puzzles at all) so I can stop wasting my time on them. I wish the devs would have thrown us some more bones with this sort of stuff. :\
Rain Jul 9, 2014 @ 8:14am 
I put a few notes on the screenshots so this doesnt take a full page :)

The white flying miniboss at Twin Labyrinths is killable without the said item, but requires you to have a quite substancial health pool and a shield, also some software to make your weapon more powerful. Not to mention you don't really have to kill it unless you want to reach one of the guardians residing in twin labyrinths. Theres actually a pattern and once you figure it out the boss is killable with minimal health lost, i can make your life easier by revealing that a hit on the boss will interrupt his time stop ability if you havent figured that out yet by yourself, its quite obvious once you get a few tries on it:) I remember i killed it after studying his behaviour for at least an hour long session of deaths :)
Traysandor Jul 9, 2014 @ 8:31am 
The flying miniboss in the Twin Labyrinths, on the left hand side is Zu. He is arguably the hardest sub-boss in the entire game, and spams the Lamp of Time to freeze you in your tracks.

There's an extremely helpful item that you can use to battle back against this foe, but it is locked away until you find another item, one that requires climbing the Tower of the Gddess and reaching a seperate part of the Graveyard of the Giantrs (Which in turn means you rither have to Obliterate the next Guardian in line, or fumble around through the back door in the darkness ;)
KuroOneHalf Jul 9, 2014 @ 10:38am 
Alright, progressed a little more in Eden, but now stuck again. :p
I unlocked those stairs that go to the floor above but I see no way to make use of them now. I also tried going into the portals in a myriad of combinations but nothing seems to work so I assume the answer is once again sneakier than that, and likely different from last time.

And I don't think I've been to a Gate of Illusion yet. :o

If you guys have any other tips I'd greatly appreciate it. In the meantime I guess I'll go slap some more walls over at the Tower of Ruin. ;u;

Update: Just found the store that sells the snapshots software. Worth buying now? I usually use my own software to screenshot the entire game window (or the steam screenshot feature).
Update2: I got the Ankh jewel in Tower of Ruin.
Last edited by KuroOneHalf; Jul 9, 2014 @ 11:04am
Rain Jul 9, 2014 @ 10:51am 
Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
Alright, progressed a little more in Eden, but now stuck again. :p
I unlocked those stairs that go to the floor above but I see no way to make use of them now. I also tried going into the portals in a myriad of combinations but nothing seems to work so I assume the answer is once again sneakier than that, and likely different from last time.

And I don't think I've been to a Gate of Illusion yet. :o

If you guys have any other tips I'd greatly appreciate it. In the meantime I guess I'll go slap some more walls over at the Tower of Ruin. ;u;

Update: Just found the store that sells the snapshots software. Worth buying now? I usually use my own software to screenshot the entire game window (or the steam screenshot feature).

The snapshot software will be needed for future and will allow you to obtain other software aswel as progress in game in the last stages of it :)
GeminiSaint Jul 9, 2014 @ 11:26am 
Originally posted by Kuroonehalf:
Alright, progressed a little more in Eden, but now stuck again. :p
I unlocked those stairs that go to the floor above but I see no way to make use of them now. I also tried going into the portals in a myriad of combinations but nothing seems to work so I assume the answer is once again sneakier than that, and likely different from last time.

And I don't think I've been to a Gate of Illusion yet. :o
Gate of Illusion is the real name of the "Eden" area. You'll see that name once you get the map and/or scan the grail tablet.
Also, welcome to another of those riddles that have stumped hundreds, if not thousands of La-Mulana players all over the world! This is the (in)famous "search on bended knee for a single fallen item" puzzle. It's... tricky. I'm not sure how to help you with this one without outright giving you the answer, but I'll try. The secret lies in the "single fallen item" part. You have to realize that one certain object behaves in a particular way, unique to this place. But here's the straightforward answer should you need it. WARNING, SPOILERS!!!: Search for a vase that always drops 1 shuriken. Break it, stand where it was, and press down.

As for the snapshot software, it doesn't actually take snapshots of the screen. It does something else, and it's required to beat the game. You don't really have to buy it right now, though, because it doesn't have any immediate use at this point in the game.
Last edited by GeminiSaint; Jul 9, 2014 @ 11:42am
KuroOneHalf Jul 9, 2014 @ 12:11pm 
Oh wow, I don't know if I would have noticed that any time soon. ;___;
Though honestly, that is so obtuse that I'm not too worried that I spoiled it for myself.

The snapshot software sounded promising when I thought it might be the solution to either the Chamber of Extinction big glyph room or the red woman glyph in Temple of Moonlight, but alas, it does nothing. ;u;

Also, I got the pepper from the guy. Could you please just tell me if it's a unique face that I have to use it on or one that looks exactly like many others? It would greatly reduce the workload.
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