Hell is Us: Solve the Ancient Mechanism Pillars Puzzle Guide

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Use the Hell is Us: Solve the Ancient Mechanism Pillars Puzzle Guide if you’re stuck with one of the early puzzles in the game.

Hell is Us is third-person action-adventure game that aims to “return to the roots of adventure games” by getting players to rely on their instincts rather than way points and map markers. It’s ambitious and quite rewarding to make progress and discover stuff off the beaten path.

There’s a whole host of puzzles, mysteries and strange items to be found in the world of Hadea, where Hell is Us is set. Not to mention weird looking enemies too!

With that in mind, we’ve pulled together some guides which we hope are helpful. Please note that these won’t necessarily be step-by-step walkthroughs, but things to look out for to help solve the mystery.

Hell is Us: Solve the Ancient Mechanism Pillars Puzzle Guide

The first puzzle main puzzle is a pretty easy one, but it’s easy to overthink these things. So here’s a guide if you need it.

You’ll have to solve this puzzle as part of your main objecitves. It takes places in the early area, Senedra Forest. You’ll come across an wounded soldier NPC who asks you to get him a medkit. If you do, he’ll help you progress.

Head into the forest to find the medkit, it’s in a camp, under a tent in an area where a light and generator are set up. It’s pretty easy to find.

Once you’ve found the medkit, head back to the soldier. In return for helping him, he will give you a key item, the ‘Ancient Mechanism’.

Head up the ladder behind the soldier NPC to reach some ruins. Head round and you’ll find a small structure to interact with. Add the Ancient Mechanism and three pillars will appear out of the ground.

To solve the puzzle you’ll need to align the pillars to the right symbols. Thankfully, the game is being generous here and does give you the solution, more or less. Head to the right of the area with the pillars, and look up, you’ll spot the first two pillar symbols.

The first one is an arched shape that looks to be on fire (see the image). The second is the eye with the cross in the middle.

But what of the third one? You’ll notice that there’s a gap in structure in the image above. If you walk around to the other side, you’ll spot the symbol for the third pillar has fallen off the wall. However, if you’re like me, you can solve it pretty easily if you have the first two. Just cycle the third pillar until it unlocks.

The third pillar is the curved T-shape.