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REAH Hints
The Wooden Chest Puzzle
1 of 10: Inside the hut next to the island woman is a wooden chest that has a combination lock with symbols instead of numbers.
2 of 10: You won't be able to enter the hut until you've spoken to the island woman.
3 of 10: There's also a skeleton inside the hut.
4 of 10: The skeleton is clutching a piece of paper on which you will see 4 symbols.
5 of 10: These symbols are the combination to the lock.
6 of 10: They are not necessarily in the right order.
7 of 10: The symbols on the chest can be rotated up or down. Each time you rotate a particular symbol, another one also moves.
8 of 10: The following hint gives the correct sequence to open the chest.
9 of 10: 2nd from left: 3 rolls downwards (green symbol). Extreme right: 3 rolls upwards (blue symbol). Extreme left: 5 rolls upwards (grey symbol). NOTE: wait for symbols to stop spinning after each roll
10 of 10: You find a golden skull inside the chest.