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Cydonia Hints
How do I solve the Tholus Plug Puzzle?
1 of 10: The Tholus Plug Puzzle is a purple, blue and gold mosaic that is missing some pieces.
2 of 10: Get the missing "plugs" by solving the Planets Puzzle.
3 of 10: Insert the metal teeth in a particular order to solve the puzzle and claim your prize.
4 of 10: On Level 2, did you scan the wall of symbols?
5 of 10: The translation can be read in your Suit Computer Decryption node. More than one page of the Transcript can be read by clicking on the forward button on the right of the screen.
6 of 10: "Plant" the metal teeth into the mosaic from the largest to the smallest planet.
7 of 10: Jupiter is obviously the largest planet. It is the planet of Matter.
8 of 10: Use the transcription to determine the order for the other planet symbols.
9 of 10: The game will not let you insert them in the wrong order.
10 of 10: This drawing of the Alien Planetary Symbols shows the order in which to insert them.
