Shattered Quadrant Step-by-Step

An efficient easy to follow step-by-step guide to beating Shattered Quadrant with as little jumping around as possible

Introduction

First of all you MUST activate all the monoliths in the chapters. If you are missing one then you need to go back and find it. I won't be telling you how or where to find them here. You can make some progress if you're missing some, but you can't beat it, and then you will screw up the order of the guide. So do yourself a favour and make sure you have all the monoliths activated. You can check your steam achievements to see if you've activated them all

Guide usage:

Simpy follow each section in order.
Each section will have a list of either:
An item or ticket to pick up. (The name of the item or ticket will be listed)
Or an action to perform

(P) means through a karmic portal in that room; anything indented after the (P) means it is in the area through the portal.
(P1), (P2) etc. Means the first or second portal in that room (going from left to right)
(T) means through a transporter or teleporter in that room

Example section:

Architect's study room
(P) Laser junction :: horizontal node
⠀⠀⠀Use Plasma vial
⠀⠀⠀(P) Use Weight stone

So in this area you can find the ticket "Architect's study room", and then go through a portal to find the ticket "Laser junction :: horizontal node", and then in the same area you must use the Plasma vial, and then you will find another portal in this room where you must use the Weight stone

Make sense? Good. Now on with the guide:

Explorer's Home Unit

Murtaugh's observatory unit
Makeshift Arc Breaker
Ancient Section Side Aisle
Human-machine data sharing interface
Pre-shift transit station
Stone waterfall

Murtaugh's observatory unit:

Number station

Number station

Weight stone
The cellar

Ancient section side aisle

Right side of the rift

Pre-shift transit station

Weight stone
Use Weight stone
Plasma vial

Right side of the rift

Architect's study room
(P) Laser junction :: horizontal node
⠀⠀⠀Use plasma vial
⠀⠀⠀(P) Use Weight stone

Laser junction :: horizontal node

Pre-shift basement variant
Turn on the 2 lasers

Pre-shift basement variant

Reception hall spatial loop
Flip the 3 switches
(T) Brass hatch with triumph inscription on the wall
⠀⠀⠀Flip the switch to drop the ladder
Go up the newly dropped ladder and flip the fourth switch
Sigil (round)

Brass hatch with triumph inscription on the wall

Karmic manipulation museum unit

Karmic manipulation museum unit

Mixing console settings

Pre-shift transit station

Roman church crypt
(P1) Prison Unit
⠀⠀⠀⠀Hit the switch
(P3) _root surveillance station
(P5) Karma-luminescent cave paintings
(P6) Defense system interface
⠀⠀⠀⠀Use the mixing console settings to enter the code
⠀⠀⠀⠀Tilted gravity anomaly

Defense system interface

Turbine blade
(P) Glowing pyramid

Glowing pyramid

Pyramid Key
The arcade
Pre-shift lighthouse ruins variant

The arcade

Blank surveillance data disc (x10)
Makeshift Arc Breaker
Use disc

Go to the following locations and use the discs there:

Right side of the rift (P)
Number station

The cellar

Dead end
Hallway caught in spatial anomaly
Stone plate

Dead end

Copper plate

Reception hall spatial loop

Stabiliser fluid vial

Pre-shift basement variant

Use disc
User Stabiliser fluid vial
(P) Insert stone plate
⠀⠀⠀Sigil (triangle)

Architect's study room

Ship's brig
Valve

Tilted Gravity Anomaly

The duality of unknown outcome
(P) Use the Makeshift arc breaker

The duality of unknown outcome

Use the disc
(P) Hit the switch

Karma-luminescent cave paintings

Airplane wreck caught in spatial anomaly
(P1) Insert Sigil (round)
(P2) Hit the switch
⠀⠀⠀(P) Candle

Roman church crypt

Place candle
Use disc

Karma-luminescent cave paintings

(P2P) Turn switch on cat statue

Human-machine data sharing interface

Engine-proxy
(P) Asylum loop

Engine Proxy

Use disc

_root surveillance station

Karma vial
Energy transition

Stone waterfall

Use Karma vial
Ouroboros ruins

Prison Unit

Hit the switch
Cube loop

Pre-shift lighthouse ruins variant

Energy crystalline shard

Asylum Loop

Valve

Murtaugh's observatory unit

(P) Cathedral ruins
⠀⠀⠀Lever handle
⠀⠀⠀Use Lever handle
⠀⠀⠀(P) Use turbine blade

Stone waterfall

(P) Laser junction infiltration system(
⠀⠀⠀(T) Mathematical museum unit
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Left side of the rift
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Karmic vessel

Airplane wreck caught in spatial anomaly

Use disc

Cathedral ruins

Surveillance station

Surveillance station

Use disc

Laser junction infiltration system

Use disc

_root surveillance system

Brig key

Ship's Brig

Use key
(P) Use Sigil (triangle)
⠀⠀⠀(P2) Activate laser
⠀⠀⠀(P1) Stabiliser fluid vial
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀(P) Micro loop experiment

Left side of the rift

Activate laser
Use Stabiliser fluid vial
(P) Use Energy crystalline shard
⠀⠀⠀Flip the switch
⠀⠀⠀Brass Tongue

Energy transition

Stabiliser fluid vial

Pre-shift transit station

(P4) Tile C
⠀⠀⠀⠀Use Stabiliser fluid vial
(P5) (P) Use Pyramid key
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Shutter switch

The arcade

Use valve
Brass tongue
Use shutter switch
(P) Ancient section right aisle

Ancient section right aisle

Use Brass tongue

Ancient section side aisle

Use Brass tongue

Ouroboros ruins

Use Copper plate
(P) Chalk

Pre-shift transit station

(P2) Hindi temple aisle
(P5) Use Chalk, and hit switch to infuse it with karma

Hindi temple aisle

Iron triumph loop
Lever handle

Ouroboros ruins

(P) Use Karmic Chalk
⠀⠀⠀(P1) Grab Weight Companion stone (optional)
⠀⠀⠀(P2) Use Lever handle
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀(P) Go up to see the code needed to break the pipes
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Tile A
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Use Karmic vessel on the water
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Karmic water

Laser junction infiltration system

Cube password packet

Architect's study room

(T) Use Karmic water
⠀⠀⠀(P) Use Cube password packet
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Tile B

Iron triumph loop

Use valve

Brass hatch with triumph inscription on wall

(P) Use Makeshift arc breaker

Pre-shift transit station

(P3) (P) Tile D

Ouroboros ruins

Ouroboros ruins
(P) Insert Tile A, Tile B, Tile C, and Tile D
⠀⠀⠀Hit the switch and enter the portal

[Kenefactor]

Those two black triangles on the Glowing Pyramid, man... I didn't like the secrets hidden "behind" things in The Root Ch 5 either. Fantastic walkthrough!

[The Grey Angel]

Why is this guide all over the internet on multiple websites copy and pasted when it's REALLY BAD.

>Glowing pyramid
>Pyramid Key
>The arcade
>Pre-shift lighthouse ruins variant

What the hell does this mean? I'm at Glowing Pyramid and all I found was the Pyramid Key. I can't find any other tickets and I have no idea what this tuning knob puzzle is about. What is with the absolute lack of details?

[saucepAndy]

Thank you so much for this thread! Overall, this guide helped me figure out two things:

1. I need to collect all the monoliths (and discover which monolith numbers correspond with which game)

2. The fact that the glowing pyramid is hiding two rooms! I wonder how common it is for people to get stuck on this part. I saw a guy on youtube also get stuck with this.

[Jebo]

@Xaviar.smg

Literally just press ctrl+F "tilted gravity anomaly" on this GUIDE, you know this is why it's called a GUIDE...

[Cyanice]

@Beck the Author I assume you're stuck in the brown maze-like room that keeps looping? The ticket is in one of the Monoliths that you needed to activate before starting. I believe that one can be found in Chapter 3. There are other guides you can use to find all the Monoliths.

[Beck the Author]

Where it says: Right side of the rift Architect’s study room (P) Laser junction :: horizontal node Use plasma vial (P) Use Weight stone - I cannot find the “Laser junction :: horizontal node” ticket anywhere. I’ve been at it for hours. This is where I am blocked. Game might have changed?

[Ballistic Banana]

amazing guide, i probably wouldn't have been able to complete it without it, god damn it is a labyrinth even with the guide lol (that punchcard page at the end especially)

[Cyanice]

That place is tricky to navigate. I believe it's right one screen and down one screen

[Xaviar.smg]

where's the card in the tilted gravity anomaly?