Blue Princeis a fascinating game that ties classic puzzle sensibilities with the roguelike format. Tasked with solving seemingly impossible puzzles over the course of multiple days, a potential heir must outwit an ever-changing magical mansion, while taking copious amounts of notes. It’s the perfect mystique-heavy combo that helped propel other first-person puzzlers to the forefront, and now we’re experiencing the same moment forBlue Prince.
Whether you’re playing it onXbox Game Passor through yourPlayStation Plus Extra/Premium tiersubscription, there are plenty of puzzles to dig into. Surprisingly, like other genre staples,Blue Princehas a few permanent unlockables that you may earn for your save file, which will persist throughout each run. Completing these often challenging tasks early can be difficult, but they also greatly pay off because you’ll finish the core objective much sooner.
How To Unlock The Gemstone Cavern
You Can Do A Bit Of Legwork For The Solution Or Just Input It Yourself
If you want to discover the mystique of unlocking the Gemstone Cavern yourself,you’re able to either skip to the solution we have provided here or work your way through it on your own. If you go the latter route, you’ll need to draft the Mailroom and the Office rooms (this process is entirely up to chance and may take you multiple runs) and discover the clues within. This can be time-consuming and related to chance, so it’s entirely up to you whether or not you want to use our puzzle solution below.
The Mailroom will allow you to decode the Utility Closet light puzzle. The Office (access the mainframe with the code SWANSONG, obtained in the Security room by looking at the note on the wall with the magnifying glass item) will give you the direct solution to the Utility puzzle, which will open up the Gemstone Cavern. Either approach will help you on your quest to knock outevery trophy or achievement.
As with nearly every puzzle inBlue Prince, you may unlock one room, note down the solution, and do the same for the other room on a subsequent run. That way, you don’t need to unlock the Mailroom, Office, and Utility Closet rooms all in a single run. Considering how daunting it can be even to nail down one of those rooms in any given run,you’ll quickly learn how knowledge is the key indicator of progressing inBlue Prince.
How To Solve The Gemstone Cavern Puzzle
Once You Unlock the Gemstone Cavern, You’ll Get A Double Gem Bonus On Each Run
To fully unlock the Gemstone Cavern, you need to draft the Utility Closet, open the panel, and input the solution:Gray, Blue, Green, White, Red, Purple. The only problem is that you have to follow the Utility Closet panel puzzle rules, which requires loose steps to alter the colors of each button so that they all align perfectly in sequence. While there are several solutions to this puzzle, we have one below that you can follow step-by-step:
After the sequence is complete, the wall behind the Utility Box will rise and provide access to a switch. Flip it, and the Gemstone Cavern is unlocked permanently for subsequent runs. From now on, after this particular run, every future run will provide you with a two-gem starting bonus. This provides players with a massive leg up in the future,as you can draft rooms with a gem cost at the very start of the game,and have more control over how the mansion is built. The more permanent upgrades you amass, the easierBlue Princewill be.
You don’t need to actually enter the Gemstone Cavern to obtain the permanent gem bonus. If you do, you’ll discover a bit of extra lore for fun.
