Witcher 2 – Gargoyle Contract – Puzzle Rooms Chapter 3

The Gargoyle Contract quest, Chapter 3

Gargoyle Contract – Puzzle Rooms – Runes of Power / Signs

There are 3 rooms guarded by Gargoyles, and sometimes inside the room 1 huge stone guardian.

rune-map

Each room has on chest protected in red lightning with four magical signs/ runes you have to extingusih in the correct order.

chest-red-flames

There is a book – if you click on it that gives you a clue in the order of doing this correctly.

rune-clue

The clue varies each time, but all the clues break down into four types of runes.

The runes signify these things:

Runes of Power
Animal   rune4
  
Timerune3
Skyrune1
Artrune2

 

The clue will by poem like and give you clues to which order to extinguish the runes.

Example 1:
A doe’s shadow
The moon quietly moans 
It is Autumn already
Solution: animal sky art time
 
Example 2:
Three field mice
Dance in a circle at dusk
Stars are like grain
Solution: animal art time sky
 
Example 3:
Glittering fish 
Dying on a fresco
Struck by lightning
Solution: animal time art sky
 
Example 4:
On the dark sky 
The beauty of a falcon’s flight 
Faster and faster
Solution: sky art animal time
 
Example 5:
Divertimento!
Clouds are like bees 
When bells ring
Solution: art sky animal time
 
Example 6:
Behold the Comet
It is like a wolf in times of scarceness
An evil lullaby
Solution: sky animal time art