Episode 1

Artifact Seekers Tropical Island Walkthrough

Follow the search for the sacred elephant figurine from the beach and fishing hut to the village, underground mechanisms and the painted cave. This guide groups the route by recognizable locations, keeps clue-dependent puzzles separate, and includes the confirmed bonus-star activities and secret location.

How to read this guide

Actions are grouped by location. Puzzle clues that come from earlier scenes are labeled instead of being replaced with an unverified universal answer. Starting layouts can vary; when they do, follow the method rather than copying a single board.

Main Walkthrough

01

Beach and Fishing Hut

Build the machete and clear the path inland.

  1. Talk to the man on the beach and inspect the nearby poster. Pick up the knife and both bundles of netting before moving toward the hut.
  2. Use the knife on the shells beside the path. Take the bolts and the shell-shaped amulet from inside.
  3. Speak with the fisherman at the hut. When the conversation ends, take the key he gives you.
  4. Use the fisherman's key on the chest in the boat. Move every diamond tile onto a pink plate to open the inner compartment.
  5. Read the note in the chest, then take the handle and wire cutters.
  6. Cut the restraint across the hut door with the wire cutters. Enter and take the shovel.
  7. Dig at the marked sand beside the hut. Cut the exposed netting to recover the glass eye, then dig again for the loose blade.
  8. Select the blade in inventory, add the handle and bolts, and tighten the assembly with the knife. You now have the machete needed to clear the inland path.
Puzzle solution

Boat Chest Diamond Puzzle

How to solve it

  1. Move each diamond tile onto a pink plate.
  2. Plan around occupied plates so the last tile still has a clear route.
  3. The second compartment opens when every pink plate is covered.
Puzzle solution

Glass Eye Matching Puzzle

How to solve it

  1. Place the glass eye in the forehead socket on the figure.
  2. Reveal tiles and remove matching symbol pairs.
  3. Continue until the board is clear; collect the dolphin figurine and nearby morphing object before leaving.
02

Crocodile Path and Village Entrance

Feed the crocodile and open the water crossing.

  1. Cut the vines with the machete, then cut open the hanging backpack.
  2. Take the casket and recipe book; place the shell amulet in the casket to obtain a key.
  3. Use the key on the buried chest. Take the tongs and crowbar.
  4. Pry open the heavy lid to get the decoration and the first crocodile head. Attach the head to its matching statue.
  5. Play the marked bells in the same order as the symbols seen earlier. Take the mechanism part from the opened drawer.
  6. Remove the fish from the bowl with the tongs and feed it to the crocodile so you can pass safely.
  7. Speak with the woman, enter the building and collect the flask, banana and dry manure.
  8. Fit the missing mechanism part and group each colored square into its marked corner. Take the second crocodile head.
  9. Attach both heads to the pillar. Set the bands to teardrop, star, triangle and moon, from top to bottom, to raise the stepping stones.
Puzzle solution

Marked Bell Melody

The melody is clue-dependent: copy the marked sequence shown earlier in the episode.

How to solve it

  1. Insert the recovered mechanism part.
  2. Press the bells in the same marked order as the earlier visual clue.
Puzzle solution

Crocodile Pillar Symbols

Fixed solution
Quick solution

From top to bottom: teardrop, star, triangle, moon.

How to solve it

  1. Attach the two crocodile heads.
  2. Rotate the four pillar bands to show teardrop, star, triangle and moon in that order.
03

Village House and Well

Mix the spices, restore the fountain and open the weighted gate.

  1. Cut the pillow to find the bird figurine and open the lantern to take the oil.
  2. Move the carpet, insert the mosaic piece from the spice cabinet and solve the lotus board for the first ruby.
  3. Take the rope, then recover the bucket and key from the well.
  4. Give the banana to the monkey for one weight; use the bucket and brush at the water for the second weight.
  5. Fit the valve and reproduce the flower clue on the taps to restore the water.
  6. Use the well key on the flask cabinet and sort the colored sand into matching flasks.
  7. Place both weights, remove the locking rods, then balance the bells on the green line.
Puzzle solution

Spice Cabinet Sequence

Use the order printed in the recipe book; it is the puzzle's in-game clue.

How to solve it

  1. Open the recipe book.
  2. Close the spice drawers in the recipe's order.
  3. Take the mosaic piece.
Puzzle solution

Lotus Slide Puzzle

How to solve it

  1. Insert the mosaic piece under the carpet.
  2. Slide each lotus into its matching recessed outline.
  3. Remember that a flower travels to the end of its open row or column in one move.
Puzzle solution

Colored Sand Flasks

How to solve it

  1. Move only the top sand layer between flasks.
  2. Build full flasks containing a single color.
  3. Leave a spare flask available until the final groups are formed.
04

Bridge and Pulley Maze

Restore the laser panel and rebuild the bridge mechanism.

  1. Place the bird figurine in the stone panel and align its rays with every etched line to receive the lens.
  2. Cut open the bag to take the pickaxe.
  3. Search the maze for all eight pulleys; check behind movable obstacles before exiting a branch.
  4. Install the pulleys according to the skeleton-well drawing and route the belt around them.
  5. Break the cracked rock with the pickaxe, take the handle and use it to raise the bridge.
Puzzle solution

Bird Figurine Laser Puzzle

How to solve it

  1. Insert the bird figurine.
  2. Reposition the blue rays so they cover all lines drawn behind the pieces.
  3. Correctly aligned rays change color; finish every line to obtain the lens.
Puzzle solution

Eight Pulley Maze

How to solve it

  1. Collect all eight pulleys before touching the final mechanism.
  2. Use the diagram found by the skeleton as the routing clue.
  3. Seat every pulley, then thread the belt continuously around the marked path.
05

Bonus Puzzles and Extra Stars

Use the collected Dolphin figurines, worms and pungis on their optional five-stage boards.

  1. Return each Dolphin figurine to the Dolphin bonus box and complete all five tile layouts.
  2. Place the collected worms at the water board and guide the fish into the net through all five levels.
  3. Insert the collected pungis at their bonus panel and route the red beam through every required opening.
  4. Finish every level in a set before leaving so its extra-star reward is registered.
Puzzle solution

Dolphin Figurine Bonus

How to solve it

  1. Collect the Dolphin figurines while following the main route.
  2. Insert them into the bonus box.
  3. Complete all five tile-arrangement levels to earn the star.
Puzzle solution

Worm and Water Lily Bonus

How to solve it

  1. Insert the collected worms at the water board.
  2. Use stones to shift lilies and obstacles.
  3. Guide the fish into the net on all five boards.
Puzzle solution

Pungi Laser Bonus

How to solve it

  1. Insert the collected pungis.
  2. Rotate the routing pieces so the red beam crosses every opening.
  3. Clear all five stages to receive the extra star.
06

Painted Cave and Secret Entrance

Prepare the pigments and open the wall behind the cave painting.

  1. Collect the crucible, torch, ladder, sieve, bowls and brush around the cave area.
  2. Sift the ashes to uncover the animal figurines.
  3. Fill the bowls with pigment, add the lantern oil and mix with the brush.
  4. Place the animal figurines by the mural and paint the animals using the figurines as the key.
  5. Paint the monkey blue; paint the bison and crocodile purple.
  6. Take the emerald after the wall opens and operate the ruby mechanism to reveal the secret entrance.
Puzzle solution

Cave Painting Colors

Fixed solution
Quick solution

Monkey: blue. Bison: purple. Crocodile: purple.

How to solve it

  1. Prepare the pigments with oil.
  2. Place the recovered figurines as the color reference.
  3. Apply blue to the monkey and purple to both the bison and crocodile.
Puzzle solution

Ruby Mechanism Sequence

Fixed solution
Quick solution

Left ×2, Right ×2, Left ×1, Right ×1.

How to solve it

  1. Insert both rubies.
  2. Press left twice, right twice, left once and right once.
07

Temple Finale and Golden Lotus

Finish the recipe, cast the lotus and claim the elephant figurine.

  1. Use the key from the rock crack to open the chicken cage and take the egg.
  2. Add the egg and black pepper to the active recipe.
  3. Light the torch, use it in the rock hollow and take the second ruby and amulet.
  4. Put the amulet in the casket and complete the timed colored-ball board to obtain the bracer.
  5. Fit the bracer on the animal statue, collect the purple berries and finish the solvent recipe.
  6. Clean the wall with solvent and the brush, then set the statue's arms and head to receive the second bas-relief.
  7. Insert both bas-reliefs and arrange the colored tokens on matching blades; take the map and casting mold.
  8. Mine the gold, light the stove with manure and the torch, and melt the gold in the crucible.
  9. Pour the metal into the mold, cool it with water, then set the emerald in the golden lotus.
  10. Place the completed lotus in the final statue and add the lens to reveal the elephant artifact.
Puzzle solution

Timed Colored-Ball Puzzle

How to solve it

  1. Open the casket with the second amulet.
  2. Use the tongs to place blue and yellow balls in fields of the same color.
  3. Finish before the two-minute timer expires to earn the bonus star.
Puzzle solution

Bas-Relief Color Blades

How to solve it

  1. Insert both bas-reliefs.
  2. Rotate and place every token onto the blade with the matching color.
  3. Take the map and mold from the opened compartment.
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Confirmed Star Locations

These are the star opportunities independently identified in the available Episode 1 material.

1

Statue star

Collect the visible red star beneath the opened crocodile-statue lid.

2

Colored-corner bonus

Finish the 3×3 colored-corner mechanism within its bonus condition.

3

Weighted-gate star

Collect it in the chamber opened after the rod and balance-bell puzzles.

4

Dolphin bonus star

Place the collected dolphin figurines and clear all five bonus boards.

5

Water-lily bonus star

Use the collected worms and clear all five fish-and-lily boards.

6

Pungi bonus star

Use the collected pungis and complete the five laser-routing boards.

7

Secret-location star

Open the hidden cave location and finish its shape-lock route.

8

Timed casket star

Complete the blue-and-yellow ball puzzle before the timer expires.

9

Final artifact star

Finish the golden lotus and lens mechanism at the elephant statue.

This list does not claim an unverified total. Missing an extra star? Send the location and we will verify it before adding it.

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Secret Location

Open the painted-cave wall, complete the ruby sequence and collect the key, candle, cloth, lever and dried meat inside.

  1. Give the dried meat to the crayfish and take the triangle.
  2. Fit and pull the lever to lower the chandelier; unlock it with the candlestick key.
  3. Stretch the cloth over the frame and coat it with candle wax to make a sieve.
  4. Use the sieve in the water to recover the mosaic, then solve the matching pattern board.
  5. Use the recovered square with the circle and triangle pieces to open the final compartment and take the star.

100% Completion Checklist

This checklist covers only objectives confirmed for this guide; it does not invent collectible totals.

  • Sacred elephant figurine recovered
  • Main route from the beach to the temple completed
  • Dolphin, worm and pungi five-stage bonus puzzles completed
  • Secret location opened and cleared
  • Nine independently confirmed star opportunities collected

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