Walkthrough | Monastery in The Witness The Witness Guide

Last update: 06 March 2019

This chapter focuses on the Monastery, one of the locations in The Witness. Here, you will find general information about the puzzles and the locations of various objects. Check Puzzle solutions to get solutions for the puzzles found in this area.

You will find the monastery near the Town, opposite the entrance to the castle. There are two entrances to it. One of them is blocked and you will find the second one on the other side.

To get inside, you have to open the door. Use the panels on the left and also on the right to do it. The panels don't contain any puzzles, you just need to activate them.

The key to solve the puzzles here is the environment. There is an object near every panel that will give you a hint. It will be either a branch, or a wooden wall.

To unlock hints for the first set of puzzles, you have to use the panel under the tree. Depending on where you start and where you end the line, other covers will be pulled up or took off. You have to pull up the ones through which you can see the panels located outside.

Position yourself in such a way so that you have the panel and the tree carved in the wall in front of you. You will see the solution. Use the same strategy for the other two puzzles.

When outside, you can open the other gate to the Monastery.

After solving three puzzles outside, head back to the building. Stand in front of the first panel in such a place so that the branch is blocking your view. You should be able to see the solution. The remaining three puzzles should be solved the same way. If you don't see the solution right away, move a little. You need to look at some of the panels from an angle or from some distance.

After solving all four puzzles, go outside. Follow the line and activate the laser.