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Nancy Drew 17: Legend of the Crystal Skull Hints
How do I open this box with the weird drawings?
1 of 6: Try pushing some of the little buttons and see what happens.
2 of 6: Do any of the patterns that come up look familiar? Yes, they look a little like elements of the drawings -- but they're not complete, quite.
3 of 6: What you need to do is to make the four patterns that you see on the top of the box here. When you make exactly the same pattern as one of the four drawings, that drawing will turn over, and when you've done all four, the box will open.
4 of 6: One way to tackle this puzzle is to press each button and try to draw the pattern you see. This can be kind of hard, since the patterns pile up four at a time, but it can be done. Or --
5 of 6: -- you can just read on for the answers. Number the buttons from 1 to 18, starting at the top and going around clockwise, and press them in this order:
