While playing Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, you will come across the Water Wheel Puzzle that involves a giant water wheel and some pressure plates. This puzzle is part of the main quest, Lost in Mount Qaf, and it requires you to rotate the wheel and activate some levers to unlock a door to the Hyrcanian Forest. It’s mandatory to progress further but don’t worry, this challenge is not as hard as it looks, and we are here to guide you about how to solve the Water Wheel Puzzle in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.
What You Need to Know
Before we start the puzzle, here are some things you need to know:
- You need to stand on two pressure plates on the ground to make the water flow down.
- You need to jump on the poles attached to the wheel and use your blades to turn two handles or levers on the ceiling.
- You need to align the poles of the wheel with the levers on the wall.
- You need to pull down one lever on the wall to open a door.
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown Water Wheel Puzzle Solution
Once you walk into this room, you will see a massive wheel smack in the middle, with a couple of smaller cogwheels next to it on its right. Your goal is to get that water flowing to move these wheels and reach this metal handle up on the top right side of the wall.
First, you need to jump onto the bottom stick sticking out of the giant wheel. You’ll notice arrows pointing to the next stick on your left – that’s your cue on where to jump next. Once you jump onto this left stick, you will see there’s a metal handle on the wall to your left. Get onto it, and you’ll get a great view of two handles up on the ceiling above the wheel – one on the right and the other on the left.
From the handle, jump towards the ceiling lever and use to blade to turn the handle. You’ll see water gushing out like a mini waterfall from the wheel. Hop down and step on the pressure plate on the left. This gets the water flowing and the giant wheel turns a bit. Next, you gotta do your acrobat thing again – jump onto the next stick on the right side of the wheel. Use those blades again to turn the other handle up on the ceiling.
After that little workout, go over to the square switch on the right and let the water flow – this will turn the wheel even more. Think of the wheel like a clock. You’re aiming to get the sticks to the 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock positions. Might take a bit of stepping on and off the pressure plate to get it just right. As you fiddle with the pressure plate switches, both the giant wheel and the cogwheels start to move.
Now, grab the stick at the bottom, leap to the next one on the right, and then onto the stick on the smaller cogwheel. Jump to the other metal handle on the right end of the wall.
Pull it down, and the door opens. With that, the Water Wheel Puzzle in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown will be complete, and you’re treated to a cutscene. The door below which was closed before swings open, and you can head into the Hyrcanian Forest and the quest for Menolias continues.
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