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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Hints
How can I get the door unlocked?
1 of 7: There are seven braziers in the room: one in the center under a small archway, three along the left side of the room, and three along the right side of the room. ("Left" and "right" as you're facing the exit door at the north end of the room.)
2 of 7: Your goal is to get all seven braziers lit at the same time. However, as you'll find out through experimentation, lighting (or unlighting) each brazier will toggle the lit status of two other braziers.
3 of 7: It's always the same two for each brazier, so the next step is to make a list of exactly which two other braziers are affected by lighting/unlighting each brazier.
4 of 7: Call the center brazier C, the ones on the left side of the room L1, L2, and L3 (going from south to north), and the ones on the right side of the room R1, R2, and R3 (south to north again).
5 of 7: That will yield the following list of affected braziers: