In Lies of P: Overture, Cipher Machines hold valuable secrets and lore and are scattered throughout the DLC. This guide will show you the exact locations of all Cipher Machines and provide step-by-step solutions so you don’t miss a thing.
Bloody Cipher Machine
Step 1: Defeat Two-Faced Overseer
You can obtain the Bloody Cipher Machine by defeating the Two-Faced Overseer.
Step 2: Send Tracker to the Hotel
After defeating the Two-Faced Overseer, talk to the Tracker and send him to the hotel. Go back to the Tracker at Eventide Hotel and ask him to decode the Bloody Cipher Machine.
Step 3: Collect Crocodile Necropsy Report
Head to the Hall of Adventure Stargazer and go up the stairs to the exhibition room on the left side. There you will find a crocodile display.
When you get close to the crocodile display, you’ll see a prompt to ‘Press the button”. Doing so will reward you with the Confession: Crocodile Necropsy Report.
Step 4: Solution – Finish Bloody Cipher Machine
Bring the report back to the Tracker and choose the first option, ‘Report on the Dark Secrets’. This will finish the Bloody Cipher Machine, and you’ll get a Whirlwind Amulet as your reward.
Corroded Cipher Machine
You can obtain the Corroded Cipher Machine by defeating the Bulldozer.
Once you’ve claimed the Corrupted Cipher, go back to the Tracker at Eventide Hotel and ask him to decode the Corrupted Cipher Machine. The Tracker will help decipher the Corroded Cipher Machine and point you toward a location known as the Ancient Ruin Excavation Site.
Starting from the Ancient Ruin Excavation Site, head down the slope to your left and descend the ladder nearby.
Once you reach the bottom, move left to find a non-functional robot. Just beside it, you’ll spot a weak-looking wall that can be destroyed.
Use any explosive item to break through the wall and uncover a hidden area. Inside, carefully explore the space and examine the skeleton to recover the Misfit’s Diary.
Take the diary back to the Tracker. Giving it to them completes this objective and rewards you with a special item: the Ancient Disk.
Frosted Cipher Machine
The Frosted Cipher Machine is obtained from a silver safe after defeating the elite enemy at the end of the Archon Fleet Shipwrecks, part of the main quest.
Next, defeat the Leader of the Bastards.
Then, go back to the Tracker at Eventide Hotel and ask him to decode the Frosted Cipher Machine.
Then, before moving on, buy the Giant’s Amulet from the merchant near the Archon Fleet Shipwrecks Stargazer.
Travel to the Krat Lighthouse Stargazer, head downstairs, and equip the amulet to reveal a hidden shaft. Inside, collect the Lighthouse Keeper’s Journal.
Return to the Tracker and give him the Lighthouse Keeper’s Journal. This objective rewards you with a special item: Famed Detective Coat & Hat.