Blood Ties

October 22, 2018 3:10 pm

You check your phone after running a few errands to see 1 missed call, and the voicemail indicator flashing. You listen to your message:

"Um, hey, it's me. It's Ian, I mean. I wanted to chat about our, um, project? If you could stop by the house, that would be good. So, yeah, call me back or come over or… something. Bye."

What follows is the sound of Ian not actually successfully hanging up, then several minutes of rustling and noises of him puttering about. You decide not to play phone tag and instead head over to Skelly Manor.

October 22, 2018, 7:09 pm by

This slider puzzle feels impossible. I've been at it for hours, even having checked the guides online and still don't get it. Got two pieces keep coming up on the bottom row reversed and seemingly no way to fix it.

October 22, 2018, 6:21 pm by

HENLO i am eternal harvester

kthxbye

October 22, 2018, 6:19 pm by

Goddamn this is confusing to read. Narration inside bubbles with speech, narration outside... just put the damn speech in the bubbles only!

October 22, 2018, 6:04 pm by

I f-verbing hate slide puzzles. Nonetheless, I managed to solve this one. Now, to get my pets to where they can fight that harvester...

October 22, 2018, 6:01 pm by

Loving this plot and LOVING the new challenger! So freaking cool!

October 22, 2018, 6:01 pm by

I'm glad I did the slider puzzle, I thought it was pretty easy? I'm good at sudoku, but I can't imagine how to do it without actual numbers, and doing it without paper and a pen is also hard.

October 22, 2018, 5:40 pm by

Ok, nevermind, once I realized that the three unmovable corner tiles were not glitchy and in fact not supposed to move xD, I solved it pretty fast.

October 22, 2018, 5:31 pm by

This is not that type of sudoku I expected. I should have chosen the other one :(.

October 22, 2018, 5:26 pm by

Wow first the weird annoying green gauge thing. Now star sudoku. Paired with the lag and 502s; I'm just gonna be clicking skip every day to keep my sanity. This plot is about as fun as root canal lol

October 22, 2018, 5:25 pm by

If you were affected by the Day 1 achievement glitch, go visit Shadowglen and you'll get it (if you earned it). :)

October 22, 2018, 5:18 pm by

Apparently I accidentally figured out how to stars.

October 22, 2018, 5:10 pm by

Might want to watch out if you're doing the Fragmentizer. Although you can't delete the item you get at the end, I nearly almost fragged mine in the Fragmentizer.

Anyway that can be fixed so we don't have that mishap until the end of the plot?

October 22, 2018, 5:09 pm by

Page 6 has a picture of how your star puzzle should end up. They are all the same. But it really is easy. Just need to get three stars in row and in each column. They do not have to be different stars.

October 22, 2018, 5:03 pm by

oh god I don't know how to stars

October 22, 2018, 4:57 pm by

Star Sudoku was such fun. Is the site Laggy for anyone else??? I am having such trouble loading each and every page. Or is it my computer???

October 22, 2018, 4:46 pm by

I regret everything. I wish I read the comments before picking my tomb because i'm stuck with sliding puzzles and those belong in hell

October 22, 2018, 4:45 pm by

- I’m curious to know if the answers divide us into teams, too... I don’t want to pick the “wrong” answer and get locked into a path that I end up wishing I could change. D: Or trapped in a dead end path.

I don’t expect (or want) plot spoilers, but I’d love to have a “Yes” or “No” on whether your answer locks you into a “team” or not.

October 22, 2018, 4:45 pm by

I am so happy there's plot this year. I'm terrible at puzzles but I don't even care, because plot!!1!!! <3

October 22, 2018, 4:34 pm by

Oh, I saw your post on the reliquary and loot, but somehow didn't register that it was yours. xD My bad, but congrats on solving the puzzle. 😊 I completely suck at these sliding puzzles and I always hated them. xD

You simply click on the tiles. 😊

October 22, 2018, 4:34 pm by

thanks for confirming it's a different reliquary for each tomb! hopefully i'll be able to complete my set without paying an arm and a leg once this is over, hah

October 22, 2018, 4:32 pm by

Click on one next to the empty slot. I had to screw around with it for a few minutes too, lol.

October 22, 2018, 4:30 pm by

Hi everyone! The achievements thing was not intentional! I just coded a fix. Sorry for the panic!

It may take a few minutes for the website to finish updating with the fix. But when it does finish, you can get your achievements by visiting the Shadowglen map.

October 22, 2018, 4:29 pm by

how do you make the tiles move?

October 22, 2018, 4:28 pm by

Thank you. I searched for help on that kind of puzzle and found a great youtube video and someone posted a finished picture and with both I could do it! Still, I can live a fine life not doing any more of the slider puzzles tyvm.

October 22, 2018, 4:27 pm by

I feel so dumb. I didn't realize choosing one or the other would select which puzzle you would be stuck doing, and I am NOT good at Suduko. :/ Ugh.

October 22, 2018, 4:27 pm by

Thank you!

I managed to finish it through trial-and-error though c:

October 22, 2018, 4:26 pm by

Here's a guide that I found extremely helpful for the sliding puzzle. 😊

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[link]http://www.kopf.com.br/kaplof/how-to-solve-any-slide-puzzle-regardless-of-its-size/[/link]

October 22, 2018, 4:24 pm by

Looks like different reliquaries but same battle challenger. is what I got for Godfrey.

October 22, 2018, 4:23 pm by

The Day 1 achievement issue is being fixed right now! Sorry about that, guys.

October 22, 2018, 4:22 pm by

are we all getting the same reliquary for day one, or different ones? i was uh, hoping to... collect all of... these dead people containers......... um

October 22, 2018, 4:22 pm by

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So there are two different Puzzles depending on the two brothers.

Are there more differences? Maybe different BC Challengers with different loot?

I (Star-Puzzle) got the Eternal Harvester which dropped

and after 5 wins.

I also got a

Any differences for the Spider-Puzzle-Guys?

October 22, 2018, 4:16 pm by

AMBROSE: STAR PUZZLE GODFREY: SLIDER PUZZLE

I'm lucky i like slider puzzles because my pea brain can't handle sudoku Q__Q

October 22, 2018, 4:09 pm by

So it sounds like there's a slider puzzle and a sudoku-like puzzle? Thank fuckin god I didn't get the slider then jesus christ

those things are actually made to torture and no enjoyment can be gained from their existence

October 22, 2018, 4:07 pm by

No one can tell me how to make the puzzle move? help?

October 22, 2018, 4:02 pm by

Thanks for the help so much! Got the puzzle solved!

October 22, 2018, 4:01 pm by

the fact that the spider puzzle starts over completely if you check it and are wrong and doesn't warn you that it will do that has depleted me of about 32% of my total lifeforce

October 22, 2018, 3:59 pm by

I hate to make decisions so I hate to choose and now I'm scared that if I choose A, I'll never be able to do B and maybe it's the wrong decision :( Are we divided into teams?? please help, I'm nervous, my anxiety is sky rocking now for a funny reason lol

October 22, 2018, 3:57 pm by

For those stuck on the slider: there’s slider puzzle guides online. It’s quite simple if you know which pieces go in the corners.

October 22, 2018, 3:53 pm by

Yeah, not happy. Stuck with spider puzzle instead of the star which I could do. Will never get the spider puzzle and don't want to be penalized for skipping because I can't do it. Seriously frustrated.

October 22, 2018, 3:50 pm by

How do you make the stars move??

October 22, 2018, 3:49 pm by

Did you seriously have to finish the first part of the plot before the newest update to get the achievement for doing part 1??? I was literally reading the last sentence when the new update was posted, so it went straight into the new part. I have the achievement for completing part 2 now, but not for part 1. I will be so flipping upset if that's the case. Btw, I chose Godfrey's tomb, not Ambrose, and I have no idea what star puzzle ya'll are talking about. I had a slider puzzle that was fairly easy.

October 22, 2018, 3:48 pm by

ok nvm got it

October 22, 2018, 3:46 pm by

I hate slider puzzles /cries ;_; otherwise, really pretty art haha n_n;

October 22, 2018, 3:45 pm by

for those lost;

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the riddle hint isn't a lie, or as confusing as it may first seem. stars are to be arranged in three. I would suggest to approach it much like one would sudoku.

October 22, 2018, 3:44 pm by

A sliding tile puzzle, huh...

I'll see you guys in six hours when I finish it.

October 22, 2018, 3:43 pm by

thanks to the people in the comments pointing out that it's sudoku. i was really, well, puzzled about the star puzzle until i realized that.

October 22, 2018, 3:42 pm by

star puzzle hints

You need to arrange the stars to that there are three in each row and column. The stars don't need to be next to one another, or of the same type of star. To make it easier, start with the top centre and/or the left centre squares. The squares on either side of those are fixed, so look for the movable squares can be used to make a set of three along those lines.

October 22, 2018, 3:41 pm by