This Hell is Us Mysteries Guide explains how Mysteries work, tells you where to find Mysteries, and gives you the clues you need to solve them.
How Hell is Us Mysteries Work
Hell is Us Mysteries are another class of side quest, albeit with a twist; these side quests often (but not always) lead to caches of useful items that will aid you in your adventure. A Mystery can be a simple as a locked door or as complex as a multi-stage quest that will take you to several Locations on the map.
Unlike Good Deeds, Mysteries cannot be failed as far as we can tell. Some of the Mysteries, however, are a little more difficult to solve on your own.
Read on for a list of all of the Mysteries we've found, where to find them, and how to solve them!
Hell is Us Mysteries List
| Mystery | Location | Specific Direction | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascetic Vows | |||
| Blackmailed | Lethe | Explore the National Library. | "Find a note concerning blackmail in the library that takes you to the Ministry of Cultural Primacy. Open the trunk of the blue ministry car in the parking garage lower level, obtaining a lymbic rod for the door. Open the Ecstasy Lymbic Door in the Lymbic Forge to complete it. The room behind it has a Timeloop Guardian (could be the last one you need to defeat). This contains: Glyph - Recoil - Enhanced, Twin Axes of Rage lvl 10 grade 3, and the ""Bowl of Ash"" Research Item." |
| Caddell Family Treasure | Senedra Forest | In the starting area before the APC | Start by interacting with either of the two yellow stone piles to get the treasure hunt hints. Find the red pile on a ledge in the area before you find the APC, then blue pile of stones on a ledge near the OMSIF camp. |
| Emergency Stash | Senedra Forest | ||
| Enlightenment | Acasa Marshes | Find the item Notebook - Symbol Research on a corpse in the Acasa Marshes. on the wooden path to the OMSIF camp. Can interact with symbols before then |
The door is located in the underground tunnels, best accessed by using the gated door on the edge of Jova, near Cpt. Vaas' lookout instead of the well entrance. Each icon has a pair of torches that need to have the correct sconce be activated (light up when moved). The correct image is listed in the notebook; they can be done in any order.
The Room contains: Polearm of Ecstasy lvl 10 grade 3, The Crucible of Fire (Passive relic), Twin Axes of Grief lvl 10 grade 3. |
| Eternity | Vyssa Hills | In the Watcher's Nest, computer in the room before you go down into the tomb areas | Find the Cryptic Maxim note on a corpse in the mines to get the numbers for the password: 241244. |
| Family First | Jeljin | Vaahn Jehan memorial | Rotate the combination lock to the following symbols from top to bottom: Crown, Flower, Lion, and Sheep. |
| Great Responsibility | Auriga Museum | Pick up the Iron Crown in the B4 Supply Room | Open the door in the Auriga Museum lobby. |
| Hideout | Talju | Find where Agatha and Tania stayed in Talju - the apartment across the pharmacy. Use the last digits of Agatha's ID (found on her corpse in Vyssa Hills) as the code - 34911 | Open the safe to get Recording - Agatha's Diary and Idol of Rage - Contempt. |
| History Lesson | Talju | Find the letter from the National Library concerning Caspian's locker | Go to Lethe - National Library to find the storage locker in the trash near the guardhouse. Open it using Lukhan's last 5 digits of his id to get the Wooden Mask. |
| Ill-Gotten Gains | Marastan | In the tunnels | Find the Chapel key in the soldiers' tunnel hideout. Access the locked door in the underground area under the cemetery by facing all the eagle statues to the east. |
| Lax Security | Auriga Museum | B3 orange office room computer - Research Department 3.350 | Read the safe message on the central PC. Go to the safe in the B-1 Observation Room and input the code 77777. It contains: Amine Prism - Theta, Amine Prism - Rho, and Module - Distract - Elite. |
| Locked Down | Marastan | In the Marastan Woods | Pick up the newspaper off the corpse in the small ruins near the APC (not the large ones along the river). Follow the road in the opposite direction to the guard/gate house. Access computer with code made of circle numbers 4132 |
| Lost Keys | Lake Cynon | Interact with the Bulletin Board in front of the picnic area at the start of Lake Cynon. | Find the Key - Algae in the Lake Cynon reservoir. Opens the locked chest in Somo's shop in Marastan |
| Lucky Break | Vyssa Hills | The chest in the small ruins on the high ground to the West of the road where you first enter Vyssa Hills with your APC. | Obtain the Key - Rusted by going into the mines West of the Weeping Knight statue. Head into the mine, take the first left, and then take the next left at the stone marked "Baccata was here," which is before the minecart track ends. You'll find the key on a skeleton holding a mining pick. Contains Lymbic Polearm and the Flower Medallion Research Item. |
| Lymbic Chest - Acasa, Eastern Ruins | Acasa Marshes | NE of Jova, near a bit a ruins to the N of the Vigil training ground | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest - Acasa, Vitalis' Basement | Acasa Marshes | Vitalis' basement (house across from the blacksmith shop; requires rescuing Victor Gaz first.) | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest - Jeljin, Archaeology Camp | Jeljin | Archaeology camp on a truck | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest - Lake Cynon, Reservoir | Lake Cynon | Bottom of the reservoir before heading into the ruins, opposite the ruin entrance | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest - Lymbic Forge, Dormitory | Lake Cynon | Lymbic Forge ruins | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest - Lymbic Forge, Waterfall | Auriga Museum | Chest is in the Lymbic Forge in Lake Cynon behind a waterfall between two giant water wheels on the lower left side of the keystone room from where the anvils are when walking from the water sluice entrance | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
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Lymbic Chest - Temple of the Fallen |
Plains of Mist | After the Gorge of Our Sacrament test room | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest - Vyssa Hills, Fort | Vyssa Hills | In the Moon ruins accessed through the mine shafts/snake tunnels. Obtain the key near the second Ali note (at the main gate for the Moon ruins) follow the rat symbols through the tunnels until you're near her camp. Climb the last ladder before her camp | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest- Lymbic Forge, Hall | Lake Cynon | Lymbic Forge ruins | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Chest- Marastan, Ruins | Marastan | Wooded ruins of the Raveta Estate by the river. | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Door - Acasa, Western Monument | Acasa Marshes | NW of Jova in a room under the monument | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Door - Lymbic Forge | Lake Cynon | Lymbic Forge ruins at the bottom of the sluice area in the room before the lift down to the tomb | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Lymbic Door - Senedra, Hilltop | Senedra Forest | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. | |
| Lymbic Door - Senedra, Underground | Senedra Forest | In the locked room in the trenches with the couple | See our Lymbic Rods Guide for details. |
| Martial Lineage | Acasa Marshes | Pick up the Training Ground letter from Vitalis' car | |
| Observation Outpost 08 | Acasa Marshes | Camp NE of Jova | |
| Overgrown | Plains of Mist | ||
| Pilgrimage | Vyssa Hills | Francis' Church area near the Timeloop | Locked chest - find the Twin-Headed Serpent key (Key - Barrel) in the Plains of Mist exterior area. Contains Tuning Stone - Steady x1, Glyph - Lymbic Slivers - Enhanced x1 |
| Righteous Protection | Senedra Forest | Pick up the Key - Brass in Arcas Spire |
"Opens the chest down the left path when descending back down the tower from the top (right path is a dead end) Contains: |
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Secrets of the Ram |
Senedra Forest | In the temple past the APC | Head through the temple past the APC. You'll eventually encounter a door with two round symbols on either side. Continue progressing forward and you'll find the Ram's Head Medallion - Viridian in the rooms ahead. You'll soon exit the temple into some trenches; the Ram's Head Medallion - Crimson can be found on a dead body on a path south of the trenches. Backtrack to the door and open it up; you'll have to immediately fight one enemy and then you can loot the room for the Glyph - Recoil. |
| Supply Chain | Talju | In the Pharmacy | Triggered when find the item Diary - Crazy Week. Get into the Pharmacy safe by using the digits on the clock - 9-10-1-2 |
| Suspicious Activity | Lethe | National Library | Find the employee note at the reception area in Embry. The locked staff room on the 2nd floor is opened with 5055 and there's a locker inside containing a note and car keys. Open the red and blue SUV trunk found in the parking lot. This contains: Cap - Ecstasy and the Pottery Fragment Research Item. |
| The Captain's Office | Acasa Marshes | Speak with the drunk soldier behind Vitali's house | Bring him Bottle of Mead - Full from Lake Cynon after the Abbot moves there to obtain the spare key to Vaas' office. Climb to the attic and carefully drop down to the back door. Unlock it with Key - Jova Office to complete. Vaas' Office Contains: Recording - Vaas' Plan, Cap - Sabinian, Collar of Grief - Bargaining, and Prison Manifest. |
| The Conspiracy | Lethe - National Library | The password-protected computer on the second floor of the library |
Can start anywhere by picking up a cryptic clue sticky note. There are 6 total. Alternatively, pick up the Conspiracy letter on the picnic table at the beginning area of Lake Cynon near the bulletin board. The notes are:
Code is 731596 (Spells Yankel)" |
| The Hermit | Acasa Marshes | Speak with the man along the cliff line on the way to Pathom Abbey entrance | Retrieve a Zoom Lens from Talju, bring it back to him. Wait and then return again for more of his research findings. Look at the new photos, which reveals the pattern for the puzzle near his house (to the south in front of the carved pillar with a face in the cliff). Go there, move the 4 stones to open a compartment. U = W, Bow&arrow = N, Blades = E, Scratches = S. Open the chest to get a Tuning Stone - Steady, and Glyph - Feed on Feat- Enhanced (Terror), Glyph - Perfect Guard - Enhanced (Neutral), Aarlon's Last Stand (Passive Relic) |
| The Protector | Acasa Marshes | Pathem Abbey |
Triggers when pick up Golden Clover item (most likely a key) after collapsing the Timeloop. Bring to the Jova Cemetery and place in the larger obelisk to reveal a compartment at the bottom. Contains: Scroll - Eulogy and The Bloodseeker passive relic. |
| Whistleblowers | Auriga Museum | Pick up the Key - Auriga Locker on B3 in large blue room - Drone Workshop |
Go to the locker room on B3 - first room you can enter on the floor, open locker to get Note - Cold Feet. Head to the PC on B2 on the desk in the hallway beyond the red door label Maintenance Supply Room. The Code is the OMSIF Team number in Lethe, Senendra, Acasa Marshes in that Order. Code 051108 - numbers found on Deployment Orders or from conversations/outpost number PC Disappears after the first time you visit (Dr. Balaam most likely takes it with him when he leaves) - need to complete while there |
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