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What do I do with the tanks on the table?

  • 1 of 8: The tanks, plus several items in your inventory, are used for replating the new statue of Pazuzu.  If you don't have a statue yet, go find it and return later.
  • 2 of 8: Follow the instructions in the book.
  • 3 of 8: First, place the sulphate in the left tank.
  • 4 of 8: Be careful when reading the instructions to differentiate between the zinc tile and the zinc plate.
  • 5 of 8: Place the zinc tile and the Pazuzu statue in the left tank.
  • 6 of 8: Place the copper plate and the zinc plate in the right tank.
  • 7 of 8: Make sure that the zinc objects are on opposite sides of their respective tanks (i.e.: the order should be -- from left to right -- either: Pazuzu, zinc tile, zinc plate, copper plate; or: zinc tile, Pazuzu, copper plate, zinc plate).
  • 8 of 8: Connect the copper wire to the inner and outer elements.  To connect the wire, use it well about the tanks -- trying to use it too close to the tanks won't work.