Headmaster Solange wants you to climb a clock tower and ring the bell at the top. That Rings A Bell features an assortment of lunar puzzles, and if you’re spacing out in confusion in Escape Academy 2, this guide has a full walkthrough and solutions for every puzzle.
Like the flooding escape room from the first game, the key to That Rings A Bell is all about ascension. Going up the floors until you reach the top, and your deduction skills are tested in Escape Academy 2.
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That Rings A Bell Walkthrough & Answers in Escape Academy 2
The devs put 25 minutes on the clock, and you can easily burn through this time with a couple of the puzzles here. There’s a decent bit of running around required, and the final couple of puzzles, in particular, can put you in jeopardy.
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Here’s my full walkthrough for you.
Get The Rope
- A long yellow rope is wrapped up and locked behind a multicolored padlock.
- The five-number code is tied to the hanging, colored stars on the floor’s ceiling.
- You must work out how many points are on each star:
- Blue: 4
- Purple: 7
- Red: 6
- Yellow: 5
- Green: 8
- Go up to the padlock and enter 4, 7, 6, 5, 8 to unlock rope access.
Rope Shape & Animal
- The switch allowing access to the next floor needs a five-letter code.
- To the right of it are sequential symbols from top to bottom.
- You need to connect the yellow rope to each of these exact symbols in order.
- Be careful, some of them have near-identical copies.
- Once you’ve connected them all, look into the telescope at the back of the room.
- Cross-reference the rope pattern with the eight animal tiles around the room.
- You should see the rope pattern matches the one on the camel.
- Enter CAMEL into the lock.
- Climb the ladder.
Gears Puzzle
- Three gears are hidden on this floor.
- You can find the Small Gear underneath the New Moon symbol.
- The Large Gear is located to the right of the locked chest featuring five clock faces.
- A Medium Gear is sneakily hidden behind the elevator.
- Place all three gears into the gear setup on the wall near the elevator.
- Inspect the wall.
- Rotate the gears until the arrow lines match up.
- Opposite the gear wall, behind another wall, is a big gear with a directional lock.
- Press on the lock, and input the following directions:
- Right.
- Down.
- Up.
- Left.
- Right.
- Down.
Locked Chest With Clocks
- Behind the chest are arrows pointing up.
- Climb up the boxes and platforms.
- Take the Cipher Table from the statue’s hand.
- Go back to the chest’s lock.
- Using the sheet to work out what each letter is:
- Clock 1: 9:30 = L
- Clock 2: 12:45 = U
- Clock 3: 6:45 = N
- Clock 4: 3:00 = A
- Clock 5: 9:15 = R
- Enter LUNAR into the chest’s lock and grab the Moonlight.
Phases of the Moon
- You’ll have noticed on this floor purple drawings of the moon at different stages during its cycle.
- Go to the elevator.
- Next to it is a locked lever; it says: From New to Full.
- Find all seven moon icons on the floor in order from New Moon to Full Moon.
- Here’s what each letter of every sequential symbol gives:
- New Moon: E
- Waning Crescent: C
- (Slightly fuller) Waning Crescent: L
- Half Moon: I
- Waning Gibbous: P
- (Slightly fuller) Waning Gibbous: S
- Full Moon: E
- Enter ECLIPSE into the elevator’s lock.
Asteroid Puzzle
- Climb the ladder you unlocked after completing the gear puzzle.
- There’s a telescope showing you five objects overlapping each other.
- In the room is also a sort of diorama, with five asteroids you can switch around.
- The asteroids need to be in the order they are from bottom to top in the telescope.
- Start with the Square at the bottom, and go from there.
- Here’s the final pattern from left to right on the movable machine:
- Square
- Hexagon
- Circle
- Triangle
- Pentagon
- Take the Shears.
Cut The Rope & Seasons
- Ride the elevator to the top.
- Cut the rope with the Shears.
- Take the elevator back down.
- Climb the clock ladder.
- There’s a four-sided box with each side representing a different time of day.
- You need to use the four big clocks around the room to determine which time of day the image is, and which season.
- Then, each clock has the sun on a different layer, and that’s where it needs to be on the picture.
- Here’s how it should look:
- SUNSET: Sun on the second innermost circle, at the start of the day.
- AFTERNOON: Sun on the second outermost circle, at the second part of the day.
- NOON: Sun on the innermost circle, in the middle of the day.
- SUNRISE: Sun on the second innermost circle, at the end of the day.
- Pick up the Lens.
Dial Song Puzzle
- Put the Lens on the clock face featuring Roman numerals.
- Look where it says Ring the Bells 9795639.
- You simply need to move the clock hand clockwise and counterclockwise until it’s over the numbers in order.
- Each one gives a letter, and these will be used to play a song using the bells.
- This is the order, and the letters they give:
- 9 = A
- 7= C
- 9= A
- 5= E
- 6= D
- 3= G
- 9= A
- It should play a delightful little melody, dropping the bell.
- Ring it to complete the escape room!
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