Buried Secrets quest? *Solved*

[GetBeaned]

Right, I've been stuck under the temple for over 20 minutes now (excluding clearing it out) looking for the tips to opening the door with the bells. I searched on Google (avoiding obvious "right these bells in this order" answers) and one page told me to scout and find the "Hollow book" and a key.

So for ages I've scouted the entire temple looking for this "Hollow book" and key and I can't find either. I've found the "Book of Verses", but I can't find any other clues. It also says I should've picked up a "Scouting item", which I don't recall actually doing. I remember talking to the spirit, but not recieving anything.

Any help?

[Vertigo Assassin]

Both the first and last bell are the same if that helps

[Kyso4ek]

Do you want us to give you the right combination? Its annoying when you dont know it i know )))

[Mansen]

The book of verses if half of what you need for a reasonably fast deduction - If you've already searched the rooms, you have a note from an acolyte. I suggest you read it.

Additionally there's more than one way to get that door open. What usually goes into a doorlock? Search the rooms "closely" if you'd rather give up on the bell puzzle.

[Miz]

There should be some notes and hints around that level. From those notes I found out some combinations that does -not- work and parts of the correct one. The rest I just guessed at. If I recall correctly, most of these hints are from corpses and tables in that dungeon that shouldn't be hard to find.

[Kyso4ek]

just tell us if you need the exact answer im not sure if you want spoiler

[GetBeaned]

Hmm, I re-read all the notes I had and unlocked the door. Can anyone else confirm they found a key? I swear I've scouted the whole place and I still haven't found it.

Oh well. At least I can progress.

[GetBeaned]

Originally posted by Max Damage:

just tell us if you need the exact answer im not sure if you want spoiler

Nah, it's fine, man. Thanks anyway.

[Skeena]

The note tells you that you need to hit the large bell second. It is only a 3 or 4 bell combo, just experiment.

[Ranfle]

I found the key, but I had very high mechanics. Maybe your mechanics skill is just too low?

[Ranfle]

It was in one of smaller rooms on the west

[GetBeaned]

Originally posted by Ranfle:

It was in one of smaller rooms on the west

Yeah, that's where the site said it would be. Odd, never found it.

I am still pretty early into the game, so it could be to do with what you said.

[Flo]

All the clues and answer:
Note tells you the big bell is 2nd
A spirit tells you the right bell is 1st and last
By deduction the 3rd bell is left
Right, middle, left, right

Only stupid immersion-breaking thing is that your character magically knows he needs to ring 4 bells, because the puzzle resets after 4.

Maybe you already found the key, check your stash in quest items. Or you need a high perception.

[Arancil]

Originally posted by Nyaru:

All the clues and answer:
Note tells you the big bell is 2nd
A spirit tells you the right bell is 1st and last
By deduction the 3rd bell is left
Right, middle, left, right

Only stupid immersion-breaking thing is that your character magically knows he needs to ring 4 bells, because the puzzle resets after 4.

Maybe you already found the key, check your stash in quest items. Or you need a high perception.

It seems perception doesn't matter when looking for hidden items, only mechanics.

[Heimdall]

IDK Arancil, I've gone to places on second playthroughs where I know a secret item is with a low perception char and needed to send in more people to discover it (standing right on top of the throne for example before finding 'it' whatever that means) ;)

I didn't feel they broke immersion with the 4 bells thing, you were hearing the mechanism misfire making awful and painful noise after bells were rung suggesting that the tumblers didn't hit move they way they were ment to so to me I didn't feel like it wasn't covered in a way I could 'get into the feel' of the puzzel.

[malfunction]

check your quest journal. read notes you find. pay attention. lol, soz. I wondered about this one too for a bit, then checked the journal and I had documented half the answer from the vision, then second time I read the note instead of stashing it/ so paying attention helps!