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How do I get this lever to open this gate?
1 of 10: Once again, don't use the lever until you adjust the nearby pillars.
2 of 10: Also once again, look above and behind each pillar to see the design that it needs to be rotated to.
3 of 10: But for the first time, you've got the problem of some of the pillars causing others to rotate when used.
4 of 10: Start by finding out which other pillars rotate when each pillar is used.
5 of 10: You'll learn that one of them rotates all three other pillars, one of them rotates two other pillars, one of them rotates one other pillar, and one of them doesn't rotate any other pillars.
6 of 10: So the thing to do is set the pillars in descending order according to the extra rotations they do.
7 of 10: First, set the pillar that rotates all three other pillars. (That's the one that's SE of the lever pedestal.)
8 of 10: Next, set the pillar that rotates two other pillars. (That's the NE one.)
9 of 10: Then set the pillar that rotates one other pillar (SW one), followed by the pillar that rotates no other pillars (NW one).
10 of 10: After you do that, the lever will open the gate.
