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I see some idol doors in the next room, but how can we reach them?
  • 1 of 10: If you look around the room, you should see all kind of ledges and chains and other goodies.  The trick is following them to make the right path to the exit.
  • 2 of 10: Start by heading back outside the same way you went outside to drop the second box down from the upper ledge to the bottom level of the graveyard.
  • 3 of 10: Now, when you're back in the graveyard, look around.
  • 4 of 10: If you turn to Ico's right (screen left) as you're first entering that upper ledge, you'll find another door back into the room with the two idol doors. It's at the back of the screen there.
  • 5 of 10: The door will lead you to a raised walkway, which you can take until you reach a narrow ledge at the end.
  • 6 of 10: Keep going up from here.
  • 7 of 10: Jump onto the ledge, and then look for a ladder above you in the middle of the ledge.
  • 8 of 10: As you climb onto the ladder, a chain should be directly behind you.
  • 9 of 10: Ico might be able to make that jump.
  • 10 of 10: Just climb to the top of the ladder and press TRIANGLE to jump off.  Ico will do the necessary flip to grab onto the chain, raising the floor near the idol doors you're trying to reach.