Climb the statue | Chapter 1 - Berlin, Germany Secret Files 3 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Take a closer look at St. Peter's statue - its base is too smooth for your heroine to climb up. You have to create a sort of extend, so the girl would be able to climb the statue.
To do so, get the robe hanging on the column to the right (behind benches). Nina will also get a metal clothes hanger into get inventory.
Use this hanger to pull out the nail from the column to the left (next to the burning shelves).
Use the nail to scrap dry mortar from the joint in the wall under the arcade, left to the statue. The joint will become wider (you can also do this by using the hanger - one of 13 achievements available in the game you'll get for solving problems in this location in several ways).
Now you need something to lean against the joint and statue's base, creating extend. It is best to use a burning plank from the shelf to the left but first you have to extinguish it.
Now the baptismal font can be used, especially water inside it. So use the chalice standing on the font (collect it first) to get some water.
Then, in this tedious way (watering fire with water from the chalice) extinguish the burning bookshelf. You can also soak the robe or the mop (before you use it to burn the tapestry) in the baptismal font.
Now take the shelf from the book shelf and place it in the enlarged joint next to the statue. After that climb the statue (click LMB on it).
A window informing you about possibility of choosing puzzle difficulty level will appear (for people who like challenges and an easier variant - if you decide to choose higher difficulty level throughout entire game you'll get an achievement).
The task is to click on arrows which indicate deflection of the statue, so it leans back and forth until Nina will be able to jump to the hole on the wall to the right. So start clicking on the arrows alternatively (best to start with the left one) in such way: when the statue is in the maximum deflection in one direction and stops for a second, click the arrow indicating the opposite direction. After few tilts of the statue, Nina will manage to grab the wall.
If you complete this puzzle without Nina's hints, you'll get an achievement.