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Shadowgate Hints
How do I get past these gargoyles?
1 of 11: They don't seem alive unless you pass them.
2 of 11: You do know a little bit about gargoyles, do you not?
3 of 11: How they are only alive at night, and frozen during the day?
4 of 11: Creatures of darkness.
5 of 11: That can't function in light.
6 of 11: "To move the sun from far to near...
7 of 11: ...light is what the darkness fears."
8 of 11: INSTANTUM ILLUMINI.
9 of 11: Where is it, you say? I can hardly believe you didn't find it.
10 of 11: You nosey person who sniffs through people's drawers. This one is in the library.
11 of 11: This will disable the gargoyles long enough for you to slip through.
