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Sanitarium Hints

What opens the door to the Temple of Water?

  • 1 of 11: The carvings on the side of the temple control the door.  Push them in the correct order.
  • 2 of 11: This temple was visited on a regular basis by one of the villagers.
  • 3 of 11: Talk to the fisherman, Tepictoc, after you have looked at the carvings.
  • 4 of 11: His reply gives you little information.  Would someone else know about the carvings?
  • 5 of 11: Talk to the fisherman's wife.
  • 6 of 11: Translate what she tells you in symbols.
  • 7 of 11: "When God's eye is high above," is the Sun up high.  Press that one first.
  • 8 of 11: The next part of the sentence is easy: "spear the water quickly,"
  • 9 of 11: You should be able to figure out the rest.  The exact order is contained in the next hints.
  • 10 of 11: Press the carved panels in this order...
  • 11 of 11: Sun, Spear, Water, Fish, Basket, Fisherman