One of the core frustrations for players is the never-ending puzzles to be solved to progress through the story. The Lithographic Stones puzzle in the Bindery of the Castle is no exception. Especially since it is one of the few that are different depending on which difficulty mode is being played.
The Lithographic Stone puzzle has two versions, one forAssisted/Standard difficulty mode and one forHardcore/Professional difficulty mode. The stones will be found in different spotsin the room for each version of the puzzle. However, the puzzles will be solved using the same method and have the same final solution.
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Once in the Bindery area of the Castle, head to the part of the room with a wall with four slots. One of the slots will already have a stone in place, and the other three will be empty. Therefore, solving this puzzle in will require locating the three other stones and placing them into the correct spots. All Lithographic Stones will be in the Bindery room, so Leon doesn’t need to stray far to find them. The locations of the Lithographic Stones for both versions of the puzzle are shown below.
Assisted/Standard Locations
Hardened/Professional Locations
With all the stones collected, solving the puzzle for both versions from this point on will be the same. Head over to the four wall slots and place all three stones in the remaining slots. Once they are placed, the only options are rotating the stone to flip it to the other side or swapping it with another stone’s slot. When looking at the puzzle's center, there will be a faded image next to each slot. The goal is to rotate and move the stones until they are matched with the correct image, as shown below.
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