007 First Light: Fireplace animal puzzle solution in Pursue the Blond Man
When you’ve completed your basic and advanced training in 007 First Light, you need to show that you can stand on your own. That happens in the mission Pursue the Blond Man, where you need to solve a fireplace puzzle with different animals to open a secret door.
In Pursue the Blond Man, Bond is sent to a chess tournament held at the grandiose hotel, The Grand Carpathian Hotel in Slovakia.
You’ll soon find out that 007 is tracking a blond man, constantly disguising himself as hotel staff - starting as a porter, welcoming guests and carrying suitcases (that mysteriously get thrown away).
Pursuing The Blonde Man puzzle in 007 First Light
First, you need to find your way to the Blonde Man’s room, where you find important intel about the secretive man. The story then sends you to the laundry room, where Bond finds out that the target has switched outfits and is now roaming around the hotel in a chef’s uniform.
You get the glance of the chef carrying a serving cart into an elevator; you must follow him, straight into a big ballroom.
The serving cart is left in the middle, with a ripped-out page from an antique book on top.
Solve the animal puzzle
When inspecting the page, you find a clue on where to go next. The text says:
“A book torn from an antique book. The text is in Slovakian, but it appears to be a set of instructions for a hidden mechanism”.
- The hidden mechanism is a round ornament above the fireplace, where you have to enter three animals out of six to complete the puzzle.
- The instructions and hence the solution to the animal puzzle is basically to look at the logo on the antique book: A Lion with a goat’s head and a **snake’**s tail.
… And there you have the answer to the puzzle. Simply press the lion, goat, and snake, and the secret door mechanism will activate the hidden door.
