You will find 8 rotating stone cubes on the east side of Bourou Village in Watatsumi Island at the location shown below. You can solve this puzzle three times to get 2 Exquisite Chests and 1 Precious Chest. You have to solve the puzzle and relogin for the puzzle to reset so that you can solve it again. In this article, first I will explain how to solve the puzzle then show the solution for all three puzzles.
Sudoku Puzzle Explained
You will find research notes near the Ruin machine explaining the puzzle. All the 8 blocks has a numerical value based on the direction it is facing and on whether it has a slate at it’s top or not.
Blocks that are facing North will have a value of 1, East will have a value of 2, West will have a value of 3, and west will have a value of 4. The direction of the blocks can be changed by attacking them.
Block with floating stone slate at its top will have an additional value of 4. The picture below shows what cubes with and without slate look like. The glowing symbol doesn’t mean anything.
The sole empty position has a value of ‘9’ as per the notes. The 8 cubes and 1 empty position make this a nine-slotted puzzle. The nine slots are in a form of a 3×3 grid as shown in the picture below. You have to make the sum of the numbers along the horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines the same to solve this puzzle. This is a Sudoku puzzle and the solution is shown below. the number with yellow font shows the value of the empty slots and the white font shows the values for the cubes.
Sudoku Puzzle 1
The image shown above is for the first puzzle. Values for each slot are shown in the picture below. You can get the solution by hitting the cubes as shown in the picture below. Hit the cube on the first column of the top row once. Hit the cube on the second column of the second row thrice. Hit the cube on the second column of the third row thrice. Hit the cube on the third column of the third row twice. On solving the puzzle you will get an exquisite chest.
Sudoku Puzzle 2
After solving the first puzzle, log out and then log in for the puzzle to reset. The locations of the cube will change. Values for each slot are shown in the picture below. Hit the cubes number of times as shown in the picture below to solve the puzzle and get an exquisite chest.
Sudoku Puzzle 3
After solving the previous puzzle, log out and then log in for the puzzle to reset. The locations of the cube will change. Values for each slot are shown in the picture below. Hit the cubes number of times as shown in the picture below to solve the puzzle and get a precious chest.
