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Shadowgate Hints

How do I use the levers?

  • 1 of 7: They're not really controls. More of a combination lock.
  • 2 of 7: Did you see a combination somewhere?
  • 3 of 7: I hope you've been in the right tower.
  • 4 of 7: I just thought it was crack patterns, myself.
  • 5 of 7: It's written in the sphinx room.
  • 6 of 7: On the stairway.
  • 7 of 7: Move the levers so that that sequence appears. When the final combination has been entered, the canister-thing will rise, and you have your reward.