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Ico Hints
How can Ico get to the idol doors?
1 of 13: If you look around the area that's available to you, you may find a few hints.
2 of 13: Go all the way to the far end of the wooden walkway, down a short ladder, and then climb into an opening in a small stone tower.
3 of 13: Notice the bombs here?
4 of 13: Maybe there's something you need to blow up.
5 of 13: As always, you need to light a stick (provided in the same room as the bombs) on a torch and then use your lit stick to light the bomb.
6 of 13: There's a torch not too far from the bombs -- go down the walkway and look on the platform where the path turns off to the right.
7 of 13: Your flame will go out if you try to venture too far from where you need to use the bomb -- that should give you another hint.
8 of 13: Notice the metal water tower that's just next to the platform with the torch.
9 of 13: That's what you need to blow up.
10 of 13: Go get a bomb, set it on the ground, light the bomb with a stick, and throw it at the tower.
11 of 13: If you aim right, the bomb should land in the tower and blow it up, knocking another walkway onto the platform, which you can now reach. It may take you a few tries, and remember to move as you're pressing CIRCLE to throw the bomb instead of dropping it.
12 of 13: Cross that new walkway to see what you can do here.
13 of 13: There's a chain not too far from the end of the walkway. Climb up the chain onto a platform, and then go down the ladder on the other side of the platform. Ico will now be next to the idol doors.
