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Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle Hints
How can I reforge the broken seal?
1 of 16: First, you need to get all three of the seal's pieces.
2 of 16: They're all called "artifact fragment," and it's hard to distinguish between them in these hints. Below, I number the hints for finding the artifact fragments in the order that it's easiest to find them. Also, I provide a picture of the fragments' silhouettes so that if you have one or more in inventory already, you can figure out the number I assign to the one(s) you've got.
3 of 16: Once you have them all, you need to figure out where and how you can reforge them into a single unbroken seal.
4 of 16: There are several clues in the game, most notably the Stone Row Rubbing and the black-and-white drawing in the secret box inside the St. Anneka's Well building.
5 of 16: The stone rubbing shows a light shining down on what must be the altar stone (because of the circular depression in it) through a hole in a nearby standing stone.
6 of 16: The drawing in the well's secret box shows a man holding something that shines a light through a standing stone's hole in the top picture, and a man is reaching out to a stone with a big handprint on it in the lower picture.
7 of 16: If you go to the altar stone area (NW of the archaeology camp) and examine the two standing stones there, you'll see that one of them has a hole near its top, and the other one has a handprint on it.
8 of 16: Also, get a close-up of the altar stone's circular depression.
9 of 16: Try putting your three artifact fragments into the depression.
10 of 16: They fit! Now you need to get that light-shining-through-the-stone-hole thing going.
11 of 16: If you examine the nearby stone's hole close up, you'll see that the moon is right "behind" it from that perspective.
12 of 16: You'll need to use something in the hole to focus the moon's light onto the altar stone's depression, as per the drawing of the man holding an item that emits light.
13 of 16: It should be fairly clear that you need a large, round Lens.
14 of 16: Once you have it, get a close-up of the standing stone's hole and then click on the lens in inventory to place it.
15 of 16: Now go over to the stone with the handprint on it and click on the handprint in the close-up view.
16 of 16: That'll magically fix the seal, and you can take it.
