Step by Step Guide: Tomb of Magellan

Here is a step by step guide on how to beat my Escape Simulator map: Tomb of Magellan.
Offering both hints and the solution for each puzzle, along with a video walk through of a completion.
This is my first workshop map so I'd appreciate feedback and ratings to help me improve!

Starting room

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Full Video Runthrough of the room

(Thanks to Silentforcepower for the guide)

Opening the gate:

In the Grotto section of the starting area is a wooden gate with a shelf next to it with 6 blue circles.
Hint 1: There are 6 shells in the first zone, might be worth looking into.
Hint 2: The message that was in the bottle by the campfire has interesting markings
Solution. The shells each contain letters painted inside of their openings. On the note by the campfire the word Island has shell drawings on either side of it. Arrange the shells on the blue circles to spell Island.

Skeleton Chess:

In the Grotto section of the starting area is a skeleton Pirate seated at a chess board.
Hint 1: There are 3 slots for pieces missing from the board, the goal is to checkmate him and it is your turn first.
Hint 2. What's a pirates favorite drink?
Solution: The Knight is located in the pool near the waterfall. The rook is inside of the rum bottle, inspect it and drag the cork up to reveal him. The bishop is sitting on the top of the signpost in the center.
Place them from left to right on the open slots in that order, finish out the game.


The Treasure You Seek:

In the center of the Grotto is this sign.
Hint 1: The signpost points to an X in the sand.
Hint 2: The spade is marked as a key item
Solution: Use the spade on the X in the sand to dig up the treasure.




The Four Medallions:

Hint 1: One Medallion was already in place when you found it, on the logs under the treasure you seek sign.
Hint 2: Take another look at that welcome note you found in the bottle
Solution: place the medallions in order of height matching the heights of their symbols in the opening note. Sun, Gem, Key, Anchor.

Place the missing spear back by the others to enter the next zone.

Magellan's Home

Word Wheel:

On the dock by the dingy is a word wheel puzzle.
Hint 1: The puzzle is to create 5 words at once matching the theme of Magellan's circumnavigation
Hint 2: The Second letters are correct when the middle word starts with S P
Solution: Ocean, Brine, Spice, World, Abyss.


Alphabet Bookcase:

By the bedroom door is a bookcase full of alphabetically arranged books, pull out the books to make a password that is in alphabetical order.
Hint 1: The M volume changes your cursor when hovered over.
Hint 2: The missing piece from the front page is the password.
Solution: The password is Deity


Tetris Block Cabinet:


On the Porch of Magellan's home is a wood block cabinet.
Hint 1: The plus sign or Cross block isn't marked key, and the solution uses only 1 of each key block.
Hint 2: 3 blocks are hidden in the area.
Solution: One missing block is under the cabinet, the other 2 are in Magellans bedroom, one under the portrait the other on his bookshelf.









Treasure map:

Hint 1: The map is of the island before Magellan arrived, none of the things he built are on it.
Hint 2: Magellan's lair is to the north of the starting zone on this map.
Solution: use the spade on the patch of sand surrounded by rocks next to the bomb, sword, and cannon.

Magellan's Bedroom

Nautical Bookshelf:

Hint 1: On the porch there is a plant with shelves and a Boat Inspection book.
Hint 2: The front of the boat has 4 symbols. The bookcase has 3 sliding stacks and an empty slot at the bottom.
Solution: Set the books to Moon, Teardrop, Diamond. Then place the Treasure island book that contained the map into the bottom slot.

Baha Skull:

In Magellan's room is a shine to his favorite band.
Hint 1: The parts of the coconut are named differently.
Hint 2: There is a key lime locked in the tetris cabinet
Solution: Inspect the coconut base, from the item list drag the key lime into the center, then drag the coconut lid. Place the finished coconut base in the bowl.

Magellan's Tomb

Magellan's Masterpieces:
Hanging on the tomb walls is a collection of Magellan's best art.
Hint 1: Only Masterpieces belong on these walls, There are 3 found outside of the tomb.
Hint 2: The info plaques have dates that generally line up with how old Magellan is in the picture. Along with info of who gifted it to him.

Solution:
First painting is found by the X in starting zone, over the wooden fence. Second painting is over the dresser through the door in Magellan's bedroom. Third painting is buried, see the Treasure island book in last section.

Spider Maze:

In the middle of Magellan's Tomb
Hint 1: Drag the fly onto the gold patch then press the button when the light turns green.
Hint 2: Dragging follows your cursor, so try and place your character ahead and drag past for higher speed.
Solution: To bypass the puzzle take the nails on the left side of the tomb, and the skeleton hand on the right side and place both in the Chandelier

Guardian Table:


Find the Guardian Statues using the compass.
Note: If the compass starts playing multiple sounds or isn't functioning correctly you can bypass the puzzle by walking toward the glass case, clicking the skull while spamming crouch.
Hint 1: The sound is stereo so turn while listening to pinpoint the direction.
Hint 2: The Direction on the compass matches the slot the statue goes in, C for Cat, D for Dragon, G for Gryphon, and H for human.
Solution. After playing the C sound, the Cat can be found inside of a hollow rock in the starting zone. Place in NW and press the first button. The Dragon is in the Grotto in the fenced off section that required the shell puzzle, place in NE. The Human is on a rock under the dock closest to the ladder into the tomb, place in SW and press the 3rd button. The Gryphon is the reward for the Boat bookcase puzzle in Magellan's room place in SE table slot and press 4th button.

Flip Anchor Table:

In the Tomb on the right hand side.
Hint 1: Press the buttons at the base to try and get all pieces of the anchor facing up.
you can bypass the puzzle by walking toward the glass case, clicking the skull while spamming crouch


Skull Grid Puzzle:


Past the wall of Spears in Magellan's tomb.
Hint 1: The backside of the welcome note contains a clue.
Hint 2: Your goal is to make it so each colored section is equal to 13.
Solution: From top to bottom, left to right place the skulls 3, -3, 2, 4.

Grab the Study key, leave the tomb, and enter the door on Magellan's porch.

Magellan's Study.

The Scale Cabinet.

In the Study with a note on the cabinet.
Hint 1: Inside the center cabinet is a blue book containing 2 hints.
Hint 2: The answer is IN the stars.
Solution: While zoomed into the telescope grab Jupiter and place it on the scale.



The Star Puzzle.

In the middle of the study.
Hint 1: There is an empty space on the wall for the painting of the victoria that you found in the Tomb.
Hint 2: The stars on chains change the stars in the telescope, match them to the sky in the painting.
Solution. The stars heights need to be set to 2, 1, 3, 0, 4, 0, 3, 1, 2. With the first star being the one closest to the painting of the Trinidad.


The Ships Fates.

Hanging on the walls of the Study.
Hint 1: The History of sailing M book contains the story of the five ships. Use their fates to solve each paintings puzzle.
Hint 2: There is a card above the roman numeral lock, explaining the rules.
First solution: Roman numeral lock password is XLIV, the death count of the Concepcion.
Hint for step 2: The Ship in a bottle. Place the sunken ship in a bottle by the ship matching its fate.
Hint for step 3: The Flag of Spain. Drag the flag of spain next to the ship that returned.
Hint for step 4: The Boat marker.
The fate of the San Antonio is where you place the marker.


Chest of the Trinidad:

Locked in the study under a ships painting
Hint 1: The Trinidad portrait is important to the key.
Hint 2: The symbols are combinations of 2 letters.
Solution: On the nameplate of the Trinidad painting drag the letters of its name to create the symbols. Enter them clockwise starting from north.

With all 3 Vault keys you can head back into the tomb to claim your prize.
Make sure you have all remaining Key items with you to have all endings as options.

Thanks for playing! This is my first escape room and I put a lot of effort into making it as best I could. Hopefully you enjoyed it, if you did and could leave a rating or favorite on the workshop page I would appreciate it.

All Endings

Spoiler, this contains the ending text for all possible ends. This section is for those who want to see all possible outcomes without replaying the level.

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An Honest End

A Watery End

A Cursed End (All Versions)

Curses

Merlins Hand.













Gold of Cortes








Dragon Eggs











Friends Made Along the Way.














200 Billion Dollars













Antique Lamp









England













Dodge Ram Truck

[lorenawendy39]

We played it together with my boyfriend and it was a lot of fun! However, we had problems with the telescope and the stars. I don't know if it was some bug/error from playing with two players, but it was glitchy and I saw too many white dots, making it impossible to complete without the Walkthrough. The order of the stars was also confusing, and without the answer, we would never have figured it out. We struggled a lot to solve it.

Also, the part with the chest of La Trinidad was super hidden! That was interesting.

We both liked it, but those two things frustrated us. Excellent game, it's clear that the creator put a lot of effort and dedication into it. We liked it because it challenged us and made us think in several scenes. We also liked the theme.

[Popo 434]

@Iceheart sorry to hear about that. I think it might be an issue with the box above not thinking its left the trigger zone on top of it.

Placing the box back and removing it again might work, but the puzzle can also be bypassed in the tomb itself by crouching and spam clicking the skull through the glass.

I'll see if I can figure out how to fix it, but as a co op bug that can be tricky to test.

[Iceheart]

played together with a friend and we couldn't open the box with the compass inside it, maybe a bug when playing with two or more players. I haven't tried playing it solo yet so can't confirm if it works solo

[Popo 434]

Updated the map so the bypass now will just lift the spears out of the way instead of the walls around the end point.

[Popo 434]

@Grace it didn't lift the wall around the endpoint? I'll look into it.

[Grace]

bypassing the maze didnt work for us