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Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Hints

What do I do in the open area with the switch shown in a cut-scene?

  • 1 of 24: You're back in the past and right where you want to be.  This is the same room the Prince commented on as "right place, wrong time" when you arrived in the present.  Now that you're at the "right place, right time," it's time for you to fulfill your objective.
  • 2 of 24: You have to activate the tower.  The key is to turn the switch you saw in the cut-scene.
  • 3 of 24: Defeat the enemies in this area and explore a bit.  Look around carefully.
  • 4 of 24: There are a few important things here.  First, notice the grating on the ground covering small conduit.  You've seen this before.
  • 5 of 24: Next, notice the four pillars in the room.  Each of them has a long spout on it with a groove in it.
  • 6 of 24: Perhaps these could channel the water from the aqueduct.
  • 7 of 24: Finally, you'll see a switch in the center of the area.  Experiment with it.  For the remainder of this area, consider the switch you saw in the cut-scene to be located at 12:00 (because the cut-scene switch is shown at the 12:00 position from the landscape camera).
  • 8 of 24: There doesn't seem to be anything to do from the ground.  You have to get to higher ground.  Maybe the pillars can help.
  • 9 of 24: Check out the pillar to the top-left of the center switch (from the view of the landscape camera).  There's a block by it.  Maybe you could use it...but you can't run up the pillar as it is.
  • 10 of 24: From atop the pillar, walk onto the spout, which serves as a beam, then jump over towards a pole.  Grab onto it and climb up it.
  • 11 of 24: Look around and you should notice a ledge.  Jump to it.
  • 12 of 24: Scoot around the ledge and get off.  Run across the right wall and use the rope to get to the platform beyond it.
  • 13 of 24: You'll find another switch.  It should help you move on from here.
  • 14 of 24: You have to use the switch to move the pillars so that you can get to the roof of the structure at the bottom of the area.
  • 15 of 24: Using the short beam sticking out of the platform you're on, jump towards the nearby pillar.
  • 16 of 24: From the pillar, use the spout (long beam) to jump to the structure in front of it.
  • 17 of 24: Traverse this structure and jump to the pillar on the other side.  This should be the bottom-right pillar from the view of the center switch.
  • 18 of 24: From the bottom-right pillar, jump right to another nearby platform with a new switch.
  • 19 of 24: You have to use the switch to move the pillars so that you can get to the platform directly next to the switch shown in the cut-scene.
  • 20 of 24: Once the switch is situated, run across the right wall and use the rope to get to an area with a ledge on the other side.
  • 21 of 24: Hop on the ledge and scoot around the corner.  Where can you go from here?
  • 22 of 24: Jump to the pole behind you.  Use this to get to the top-right pillar.
  • 23 of 24: From the top-right pillar, use the spout to jump towards the platform it's facing (12:00).
  • 24 of 24: Roll under the gate and push the switch to get water flowing.