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Machinarium Hints

How can I repair the lift once it has fuel from the kitchen?

  • 1 of 7: See that red knob?
  • 2 of 7: Pull it.
  • 3 of 7: Now that the engine's going, we need to solve the puzzle on the panel.
  • 4 of 7: The goal here is to do as the little indication at the bottom of the panel says: switch the red and grey pegs.
  • 5 of 7: This means that the two red pegs should be in the top left and top right corners, and the two grey pegs should be in the lower corners.
  • 6 of 7: It's very easy to do -- just shift them around the points of the stars in a circle until you've got it.
  • 7 of 7: When you have, you can use the up or down arrows on the resulting piece of metal that folds out to travel up or down.