Anyone got any ideas about the unactivated statues spread all over eastern locations?

[Dr.Doctor]

Has anyone been noticing a lot of weird statues? Stuff like this . I ended up going around the local area and this is how many I found (with the amount of stickers referencing how many "dots" the statue has. Anyone got any clue what these are about?

[Louis Lev Nikov]

I use pencil for dots.

[Chobin (18+)]

If you go back to the room where you got the animal flute, you'll notice that the notes correspond to different numbers, starting with the rightmost note being 1 and going clockwise until the top right note is 8.

Maybe go to these statues in order (1 dot, 2 dots, etc.) and play the corresponding note? Right for one dot, bottom right for two dots, etc. That's all I've got. I honestly haven't even been paying attention to them, but I'll be on the lookout now.

[Unlearning]

Try connecting the dots, as it were.

[it's a gabe]

I hadn't seen them yet. What I did see were columns on the area with the dogs with symbols that match the ones we can stamp the map with. So far I found the skull, the heart, and the diamond (or whatever that is to the right of the skull). No idea what this means.

[it's a gabe]

Originally posted by it's a gabe:

I hadn't seen them yet. What I did see were columns on the area with the dogs with symbols that match the ones we can stamp the map with. So far I found the skull, the heart, and the diamond (or whatever that is to the right of the skull). No idea what this means.

Just found a question mark in the first room where multiple porcupines appear.

[it's a gabe]

OK, so. I just noticed that we're talking about the same thing. I went East and noticed two more columns with symbols and dots. I then went back to the dog area to see what dots each column had, and ended up finding an extra one.

There are two heart columns, one with one dot and the other with two. The skull column has one dot, same as the diamond column.

Originally posted by Unlearning:

Try connecting the dots, as it were.

Is this the solution or are you just suggesting connecting them somehow? If so, how? On the map?

[AegisXOR]

Oh man, yeah, we can literally pencil on the minimap. I bet if you can make lines out of it there's something.

[it's a gabe]

I can't imagine what that would be. Unless we need to locate all columns. Funny enough, heart 1 and 2 are right next to each other while 4 is on the other side of the map. I also found a column with the second to last symbol with five dots under it, which surprised me somewhat as so far the highest number of dots I've seen was four.

I just hope I'm not the only one working on this This seems to be one of those things the community should work on together, if it hadn't already been solved by the content creators and reviewers.

[Nomaki]

Originally posted by it's a gabe:

I just hope I'm not the only one working on this :kyoko_DGR: This seems to be one of those things the community should work on together, if it hadn't already been solved by the content creators and reviewers.

I came here looking for these meta puzzles Jason referenced in his Bloomberg piece, and this is it!

I'm gonna be looking tonight for these, and seeing if the arrows on the wall of the little glass room in the big zig zag ghost mouse room have any significance

[it's a gabe]

Originally posted by Nomaki:

Originally posted by it's a gabe:

I just hope I'm not the only one working on this This seems to be one of those things the community should work on together, if it hadn't already been solved by the content creators and reviewers.

I came here looking for these meta puzzles Jason referenced in his Bloomberg piece, and this is it!

I'm gonna be looking tonight for these, and seeing if the arrows on the wall of the little glass room in the big zig zag ghost mouse room have any significance

Those arrows do have a purpose. I suggest you make a note of them or take a photo for future reference.

[it's a gabe]

I've found heart columns 1, 2, 3, and 4. No idea if there's a 5th. Linking them on the map looks like a Z with a really long leg, but that's it. I also found chest columns 2 and 5 side by side in the same room. Numbers 1 and 4 are in rooms near the 2 and 5. No 3 so far.

Edit: Found chest 3 😂 It's right before the first encounter with the seahorse boss. This puts all five chest columns next to each other. Linking them together on the map looks like... a G or a 6. I'm not sure how this matters, though, seeing as drawing a line between the heart columns overlaps with one skull column and one 'dots' (second to last symbol) column.

[it's a gabe]

OK, I just figured something out. No idea if it matters, but it's a coincidence.

We have to collect 64 eggs for the peacock. Interestingly, we can also place a total of 64 markers on the map. And then, those columns all have symbols that match the ones we can stamp the map with.