The Indiana Jones Fountain of Confession dragon statue puzzle has a simple solution in the Great Circle, but its cryptic clues and legwork can be a little daunting. It starts with working out how to get to two dragon statues, one which has a missing claw needed to use it, adding another complication to this Indiana Jones and the Great Circle conundrum.
After that, it’s all about making sense of the light and dark clues relating to the statues themselves, but if you’re stuck figuring these out, I’ve explained the entire process behind solving the first of several Fountain of Confession puzzles below.
Indiana Jones Fountain of Confession dragon statue puzzle solution
Towards the end of the Vatican questline, Indy must figure out how to reveal the secret entrance to a monastery within the Fountain of Confession, which is done by rotating two dragon statues on top of the fountain’s pillars so that they face each other. On each of these pillars, you’ll also spot some photo opportunities tied to the inscriptions, which actually provide clues that hint at the solution and are an easy way to get some Adventure Points for any Indiana Jones Books.
To solve the Indiana Jones Fountain of Confession puzzle the clues indicate you have to turn the dragons in the following directions:
- A light-scale dragon turned to the dark and saw his hoard unveiled = make the light dragon statue face the dark one
- A dark beast looked upon the light, and the den of dragons opened = make the dark dragon statue face the light one
However, there’s a lot more to this puzzle than just rotating the statues, so here’s a step-by-step walkthrough on how to rotate the dragon statues in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle:
- Open the fascist rations chest in front of the steps to the left of the fountain and take the Fountain Gate Key inside.
- From the chest, turn right and open the gate surrounded by scaffolding using this key.
- Using Indy’s whip, climb up and then swing across to the upper level. Now you can hop out the window to get onto one of the pillars flanking the fountain, where you’ll find the light dragon statue.
- Using the whip and the pole sticking out the wall swing across to the dark dragon statue on the other side of the Fountain of Confession.
- Twist the dark statue’s raised claw to reveal a handle you can then use to rotate the entire statue. Rotate it so that it is facing the light statue.
- Swing back across to the light dragon statue and you’ll notice the claw you need is missing. Look over the edge of the pillar where all the scaffolding is, and you’ll spot the missing claw below. After collecting it a cutscene plays in which Gina causes Indiana Jones to fall off the platform, so wait for that to play out then climb back up to the light dragon statue.
- Attach and twist the claw, then use the revealed handle to rotate the statue to face the dark dragon. You’ll know if you’ve lined it all up right and solved the puzzle as Gina will say “incredible!”
- Get back down to ground level and use Indy’s whip to pull on the main dragon statue in the fountain itself to finally solve this puzzle.
With that all done you’ve solved the Indiana Jones Fountain of Confession dragon statue puzzle only to reveal… more puzzles. Before you can properly enter this mythical monastery for real, you have to complete two challenges - the Indiana Jones baptism and Ark of Bulrushes puzzle, which aren’t too complicated and thankfully don’t require any extra keys or climbing around.
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