Hell is Us Arcas Spire Door Puzzle Guide

This guide will tell you how to solve the Hell is Us Arcas Spire door puzzle by gaining access to the tower in Senedra and opening the six cages by pressing the correct pressure plates.

Hell is Us Arcas Spire Door Puzzle Solution

You might not have been back to Senedra Forest on the map since the start of the game, but it's time to return — you're going to head into that massive tower. You've since learned its name, and this guide will tell you the Hell is Us Arcas Spire Door Puzzle solution so you can reach the top.

Opening the Arcas Spire Front Door

You can open the Arcas Spire Front Door by using the Sword of the Blood Queen which is found in her tomb in Marastan. You'll have to travel up to the Blood Queen Statue to get the clues, open up the cemetery, and collect the three Tablet pieces to gain access to the queen's tomb.

Through Your Suffering

You'll have to make quite a climb to make your way up to the tower. Soon, you'll encounter a locked door with no immediately obvious way of opening it. It has a tablet in front of it with a golden bust of the queen. The tablet says:

"Through your suffering, the way to your true final moment shall be opened."

Look down at the ground and you'll see a golden square on the floor with holes in it; this is a pressure plate that will pop up spikes and injure you when you stand on it for too long. Stand on the golden plate before the door for a short time. Spikes will pop up and injure you, and the door will open.

The Six Levers in Cages

The next room has six levers locked in cages and a staircase in the middle. A door with a flame symbol above it sits at the top of the stairs.

There are multiple floors in this room, each of which has its own devices and clues. Let's break them down real quick.

First Floor Clues and Pressure Plates

• Six levers in cages with the following symbols:
  • Moon
  • Tower
  • Fire
  • Eye of Sedris
  • Twin Snakes
  • Skull
• A door with a moon symbol above it
• A door with an eye symbol above it

Second Floor Clues and Pressure Plates

• A door with a flame symbol above it
• The following clues on tablets:
  • "Where her ever majestic carven likeness stands, the path is revealed to those who heed."
  • "The cage, graven with the Tower sigil, shall stir and rise when any of the pressure plates A1, B4, and D1 feel the weight of blood and pain."
  • "The cave, graven with the Skull sigil, shall stir and rise when any of the pressure plates B1, B2, and F1 feel the weight of blood and pain."
• The following spiked pressure plates:
  • A1
  • A4
  • B4
  • B2
  • B1 (accessed via climbing a ladder down from the third floor)

Third Floor Clues and Pressure Plates

• The following clues on tablets:
  • "The cage, graven with the Eye of Sethris sigil, shall stir and rise when any of the pressure plates C3, C4, and E4 feel the weight of blood and pain." (Northeastern staircase)
  • "Each pressure plate, when burdened with agony, shall also unbar the two cells that stand on both its sides."
  • "The cage, graven with the Twin-Headed Serpent sigil, shall stir and rise when any of the pressure plates E1, E3, and F4 feel the weight of blood and pain."
  • "Each pressure plate where the numeral four is etched, calls forth the opening of all prison cells within its section. There are six separate sections."
• The following spiked pressure plates:
  • C1
  • C3
  • C4
  • D4
  • D3
  • D1

Fourth Floor Clues and Pressure Plates

• Large doors with three blank symbols above them
• The following clues on tablets:
  • "The cage, graven with the Fire sigil, shall stir and rise when any of the pressure plates A4, D4, and F2 feel the weight of blood and pain."
  • "The cave, graven with the Moon sigil, shall stir and rise when any of the pressure plates C1, D3, and F3 feel the weight of blood and pain."
• The following spiked pressure plates:
  • E1
  • E3
  • E4
  • F4
  • F3
  • F2
  • F1

Opening the Doors

First, you need to know that hitting any of the pressure plates to open doors will only raise the cages above the levers for around 30 seconds or so; once you raise a cage, you should immediately run toward it. You should know the fastest way to get to the lever from the pressure plate you trigger before activating it.

You'll also take around 2,500–3,000 Endurance in damage each time you hit a pressure plate, so make sure you have healing items or a healing Glyph to hand before attempting this puzzle.

With that said, start by triggering pressure plate C1 on the third floor. This will open up one cell next to it, but ignore the enemy for now; run downstairs to pull the lever to unlock the moon door. The moon door has a Greatsword of Terror inside of it.

Next, go back up to the third floor and activate pressure plate C3 on the third floor. Run downstairs to pull the lever and head into the room with the eye symbol; this will get you the Glyph - Nightfade - Enhanced.

With that door open, trigger the A4 pressure plate on the second floor. While we'd like to avoid any plate that has a "4" in it for fear of opening multiple cells, the only valid pressure plate without a 4 is all the way on the fourth floor and that's much too far of a distance to reliably run.

Trigger plate A4 and pull the flame lever. This will get you the "Marked Map of Hydea" Research Item. It's probably a good idea to clear out the enemies you unleashed on the floor above just to be safe.

The side doors are done; now it's time to pull the other three levers. These final three levers will open the large doors on the fourth floor.

First, head up to the northeastern side of the fourth floor. Trigger pressure plate E1 and book it down to the first floor to pull the Twin Snakes lever.

Next, go to pressure plate D1 on the southwestern side of the third floor. This will open the cage above the Tower lever.

Finally, go up to the second floor and trigger pressure plate B2 to open up the cage above the Skull lever. Pull it, and this will activate the third and final symbol for the door on the fourth floor, opening up access to the roof.

There are some consumable items you can get by opening up cells on the other floors, but there is really only one other critical item you'll want to get. Go up to the third floor and go into the cell to the right of pressure plate C3. Inside this cell is a ladder; climb upstairs and you'll be able to reach the Defensive Gear "Signet Ring of Terror - Confidence."

With that all done, head upstairs to the fourth floor on the southwestern side and go through the large door on the fourth floor.. You'll have to kill some enemies, collapse a Timeloop, and fight a boss, but you'll ultimately get one of the four Keystones you need to unlock the door in the Lymbic Forge.

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