How to complete the Seat of Eternity Canopic Jar puzzle in Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle seat of eternity mystery Indy holding falcon jar next to falcon artwork
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Completing the Indiana Jones Seat of Eternity mystery involves placing four Canopic Jars on the correct pedestals to open a sarcophagus. However, finding the jars is the main challenge as they're hidden all over the Seat of Eternity tomb complex, requiring you to use Indy's whip and some creative thinking to find them all. The sarcophagus doesn't offer spectacular rewards, but you will get a good number of Adventure Points out of this mystery, so here's what you need to do solve the Seat of Eternity Canopic Jar puzzle in Indiana Jones.

Indiana Jones Seat of Eternity puzzle solution

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle seat of eternity mystery pedestals labelled

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As mentioned, your main objective for figuring out the Seat of Eternity puzzle in Indiana Jones is to find four Canopic Jars and place them on the pedestals with artwork matching what appears on the head of the jar. Once you've found the four jars, place them on their pedestals in the way detailed in the image above: going left to right, Human, Falcon, Jackal, and Baboon.

As for finding them all, the Falcon Jar is nearly impossible to miss, but the other three are locked behind a mini-puzzle, so here’s how you get them all:

Indiana Jones Seat of Eternity Falcon Canopic Jar location

  1. Falcon Jar: Lying next to the sarcophagus on the floor.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle seat of eternity mystery falcon jar on the sand

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Indiana Jones Seat of Eternity Jackal Canopic Jar location

  1. Jackal Jar: Through the gate at the far end of the entrance corridor for this tomb complex. Use the whip on the metal ring and yank it to raise the gate, then grab the Jackal Canopic Jar on the floor. You must throw it across the pit to get it to the sarcophagus.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle seat of eternity mystery whip yanking gate ring to reach jackal jar

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Indiana Jones Seat of Eternity Human Canopic Jar location

  1. Human Jar: In the pit you had to swing over to reach the sarcophagus. Drop into the pit, grab the jar, then throw it out towards the sarcophagus. Now you can climb out using the whip, pick up the jar, and carry it over to the correct pedestal.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle seat of eternity mystery human jar in pit that Indy is swinging into with his whip

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Indiana Jones Seat of Eternity Baboon Canopic Jar location

  1. Baboon Jar: Through the destructible wall at the end of the main corridor. To destroy the wall, you can grab a metal rod in the pit when grabbing the Human Jar and throw it out. Climb out and then use the rod to smash the wall, revealing a dark corridor. Head all the way to the end to find the Baboon Canopic Jar.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle seat of eternity mystery baboon canopic jar at the end of a corridor through a destroyed wall

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Once you’ve placed each jar in the correct position, the sarcophagus will open to reveal one of the many Ancient Relics available in Gizeh. Collecting this gives you 80 Adventure Points and completes the Seat of Eternity Mystery, bagging you a further 225 Adventure Points - that's 305 points in total, which will nicely contribute to unlocking some useful books for Indy.

These sorts of puzzles are what makes this game great, as noted in our Indiana Jones and the Great Circle review, and are also what makes it one of the best adventure games.

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Will Sawyer
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Will Sawyer is a guides writer at 12DOVE who works with the rest of the guides team to give readers great information and advice on the best items, how to complete a particular challenge, or where to go in some of the biggest video games. Will joined the GameRadar+ team in August 2021 and has written about service titles, including Fortnite, Destiny 2, and Warzone, as well as some of the biggest releases like Halo Infinite, Elden Ring, and God of War Ragnarok.

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