[SPOILER] Solving the Riddle at the Cartel Hideout

[TotallyABot]

Okay, as already mentioned in the title, there will be a spoiler here in a moment, so be prepared.

In the room where the first golden mask is, which you have to get during the first event mission, there is a keyboard on the desk. When you enter the room for the first time, it will be right in front of you. On your right is a bookcase with 3 glowing artifacts in it. To the left, right and above the entrance door are screens.
When you press the keyboard, the screens in front of you light up and show 4 random artifacts (triangle, square or circle). On the right side of the desk there are 9 books on a shelf, each with a number from 1 to 9 printed on its spine.
You have only 1 chance to enter the correct number! If you fail, you have to reload the whole card!

First I give you 3 hints, then there is the complete solution:

Tip 1: If you reload the map and enter this room again, you will notice that the bookends have changed their distance to the artifacts. Try to find out why. But don't be fooled by the changing design!

Tip 2: When the bookends change rows, they will never move too far away from the artifact below them. Why?

Solution: The pass code consists of four digits. The numbers searched for are the corresponding indices of the bookends relative to their artifacts that the screens show (from left to right).
The artifact describes the column in which the number can be found. The distance from the bookend describes the LINE of the number.

Example: If there is a square on the far left of the screen, the number must be in the middle row of the keypad (because the square artifact is in the middle of the shelf).
If the bookend is 2 rows away from the artifact (1 empty row and then the bookend), this means that the number you are looking for would be in the second column in the second row
---> Number 5

What will the secret be? Nothig uch. Just a room full of money and some weapons and you'll complete the objective of solcin the riddles in that mansion.

[⎝⎝💚TOͥNͣNͫY💚⎠⎠]

lol I do not understand. Can you provide screenshots or make a guide on this.

[⎝⎝💚TOͥNͣNͫY💚⎠⎠]

nvm I got it. for those that do not know, the bookend is that curvy shaped object in the bookshelf. Another example is for the triangle, if the bookend is 3 rows away from the artifact which is the glowy thing. the number is 1. Seems the bookend tells you what number to press. if bookend is 2 rows away its the middle number and if they are next to each other its the last number.

[Marcie]

i still have no idea how to do this puzzle

[YaNoodleBoi]

Some one rephrase this

[Manbearpig]

https://holdtoreset.com/borderlands-3-revenge-of-the-cartels-puzzle-solution/

[[N7] The Lost Bellic]

https://www.reddit.com/r/borderlands3/comments/g6vk5e/solution_to_the_villa_ultravoilet_puzzle/

[Gargoyle Girl]

Each glowing shape on the shelf to the right of the numbered books represents a row in the list of numbers, from left to right. The first glowing shape on the left is the first column of numbers (1,3,7) the second is the second column (2,5,8) and the third is the last column (3,6,9).

What you need to do is picture that column of numbers *above* each glowing shape. The position of the bookmark above each glowing shape will give you the number that specific shape represents.

For example. If the first glowing shape on the left is a square, then imagine the 1, 3 and 7 above that glowing shape. There is a bookmark three shelves above the glowing square, matching up to the position of the number one in the column of numbers. Square = 1.

Do this for all remaining glowing shapes, then look at the screens on the wall. Put in the numbers you discovered for each shape on the shelves..

[Valky]

Originally posted by TotallyABot:

Okay, as already mentioned in the title, there will be a spoiler here in a moment, so be prepared.

In the room where the first golden mask is, which you have to get during the first event mission, there is a keyboard on the desk. When you enter the room for the first time, it will be right in front of you. On your right is a bookcase with 3 glowing artifacts in it. To the left, right and above the entrance door are screens.
When you press the keyboard, the screens in front of you light up and show 4 random artifacts (triangle, square or circle). On the right side of the desk there are 9 books on a shelf, each with a number from 1 to 9 printed on its spine.
You have only 1 chance to enter the correct number! If you fail, you have to reload the whole card!

First I give you 3 hints, then there is the complete solution:

Tip 1: If you reload the map and enter this room again, you will notice that the bookends have changed their distance to the artifacts. Try to find out why. But don't be fooled by the changing design!

Tip 2: When the bookends change rows, they will never move too far away from the artifact below them. Why?

Solution: The pass code consists of four digits. The numbers searched for are the corresponding indices of the bookends relative to their artifacts that the screens show (from left to right).
The artifact describes the column in which the number can be found. The distance from the bookend describes the LINE of the number.

Example: If there is a square on the far left of the screen, the number must be in the middle row of the keypad (because the square artifact is in the middle of the shelf).
If the bookend is 2 rows away from the artifact (1 empty row and then the bookend), this means that the number you are looking for would be in the second column in the second row
---> Number 5

What will the secret be? Nothig uch. Just a room full of money and some weapons and you'll complete the objective of solcin the riddles in that mansion.

Solved it on my first try, Gearbox is using 1% of their brainpower nowadays.

[TotallyABot]

Ah, sorry guys for not phrasing that properly. Thanks to Gargoyle Girl for explaining it a little clearer than i did :D

[Lord Of War]

Simplifying even more:

Numbers always will be in this order:
1 ~ ~
4 ~ 3
7 2 6
~ 5 9
~ 8 ~

In the bookshelf column find "empty space" with a figure => this will be your number.

Triangle with the figure in the top space? It's 1.
Cube with the figure in the mid space? It's 5.
Sphere with the figure in the last space? It's 9.

Say, on your puzzle monitors you have cube, sphere, sphere, triangle.
It will be 5, 9, 9, 1.

Figure's position is always random.