Horizon Forbidden West: How to Solve the Isle of Spires Relic Ruins Puzzle

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Much like its predecessor, Horizon Forbidden West does an excellent job of guiding players through both main story missions and side quests. In fact, some may argue that the game holds the player's hand just a little too tightly at times, even when they're playing in explorer mode. This isn't a criticism that could ever be levied against the title's Relic Ruins puzzles though, particularly some of the later ones.

Horizon Forbidden West: How to Solve The Stillsands Relic Ruins Puzzle

Perhaps the most difficult puzzle of all in Horizon Forbidden West, the Isle of Spires Relic Ruins is spread out over multiple floors of multiple buildings and will require players to find a key and several Datapoints in order to get to the ornament. This guide will explain how to complete the puzzle and where exactly players will need to go in order to track down the key and door codes.

Upon their arrival at the Isle of Spires Relic Ruins, players should look for the key door and scan the nearby Datapoint using Aloy's Focus. This will reveal that to open the door they're going to need both a key and a seven-digit security code, the latter of which is broken up into two parts. Thankfully, the first part is fairly easy to come by, though players will need to do a little bit of leg work first.

Climbing up one of the mossy pillars nearby will reveal the location of a crate up above. Players will then need to use the Pullcaster to get onto the ledge next to it before taking a running jump to reach the grapple point on the opposite side of the building. From here, they can follow the path around and use the Pullcaster to drag the crate off the ledge from the end of the yellow beam. If it gets stuck (which it has a habit of doing), they should keep