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Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern Hints

What do I do with the fresco of the bison and hunters?

  • 1 of 14: You won't be able to do anything else with the bison and hunter fresco until a couple of other puzzles are solved.
  • 2 of 14: You won't be able to see the fresco until you've started a fire.
  • 3 of 14: Next, you will need to figure out what to do with the colored squares on the cave wall.
  • 4 of 14: Many of the cave frescoes throughout this game have magical properties.  This is one of those frescoes.  When you are done with the previous two puzzles, click on the fresco to interact with it.
  • 5 of 14: The goal, in this particular case, is to aid the hunters in killing the bison.
  • 6 of 14: If you click on the hunters, then the black bison, the hunt will be unsuccessful.
  • 7 of 14: Perhaps the spear by itself isn't powerful enough to kill the bison.
  • 8 of 14: You will need to build a more powerful weapon to be used on the bison.
  • 9 of 14: The hunter to the far left seems to have a slingshot.
  • 10 of 14: Perhaps it can be combined with a spear to make a more powerful weapon.
  • 11 of 14: Click on a spear (in the fresco) to pick it up and give it to the hunter on the far left (the one with the slingshot).
  • 12 of 14: Next, click on the black bison.
  • 13 of 14: The animation of the hunters killing the bison is a hint for Arok.  The hunters in the animation used a spearthrower.
  • 14 of 14: This is a clue that Arok also needs to use a spearthrower.