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Players who explore the library on the first floor ofLorelei and the Laser Eyes' hotel may come across a book called “S.C. Bolt’s Number Puzzles Volume 1.” This book contains 20 puzzles, and fans can open the hotel’s shortcuts by entering their solutions into the associated locks. This is easier said than done, though, as some of the shortcut puzzles inLorelei and the Laser Eyesare quite tricky, and this guide is here to help players that may be struggling to solve them.
While the solutions to the shortcut puzzles are always the same, the order in which they appear in S.C. Bolt’s Number Puzzles Volume 1 is randomized. That is why this guide does not focus on the puzzles' numbers, and it instead uses the questions that appear at the bottom of theseLorelei and the Laser Eyespuzzlesto identify them.
Which Number is Hidden Behind the Question Mark?
Solution:Look at the number of the puzzle that immediately precedes this puzzle and the number of the puzzle that follows it. The solution is the number that falls between those two numbers.
Can You Find the Hidden Number?
Code:3
Solution:This is the only hidden number that is not upside down or backwards, and it can be found in the bottom-right quadrant.
Which Number is Hidden Behind the Black Bar? (14916…)
Code:25
Solution:The number sequence starts at 1² (1), goes to 2² (4), goes to 3² (9), and continues in that fashion. The black bar covers 5² (25).
What Number Did the Strange Man Mean?
Code:7
Solution:A clock’s hour hand travels 210° when moving from a vertical position (0°) to 7.
What Number Should Go in the Last Shape?
Code:67
Solution:The first number corresponds to the number of sides that the black shape has. The second number corresponds to the number of sides that the white shape has.
What Number Should Go in the Bottom Shape?
Code:64
Solution:When both black dots are within the shape, a vertical line is pushed against the left side of the right character. When no black dots are within the shape, that line is pushed against the right side of the left character. When the top dot is within the shape and the bottom dot is outside, the bottom half of the line is pushed left (creating a 6), and the top half of the line is pushed right (creating a 4).
Which Number is Hidden in the Underlined Sentence?
Code:44
Solution:The number of dots that appear in a grouping of letters and punctuation give it a value. The first grouping of letters has 4 dots on top, while the second grouping has 1 dot on top and 3 acting as punctuation (1 + 3 = 4).
Which Number is Hidden Behind the Black Bar? (North, South, East, West)
Code:60
Solution:When the minute hand of a clock is straight up (North), it is at 0 minutes. When the minute hand of a clock is straight down (South), it is at 30 minutes. This method gives East a value of 15 and West a value of 45, which equal 60 when added.
Which Number is Hidden Behind the Black Bar? (Renate, Lorenzo, Lorelei, Renzo)
Code:81
Solution:Looking atLORENZOandLORELEImakes it clear that L = 12. Players can then confirm, viaLORENZO, that O = 15. Players can then confirm, viaRENATE, that R = 18, as it must be a two-digit number to fill the black bar associated withRENZO. This givesRENZOa value of 1815, and indeed 81 is the number that is covered.
Which Number is the Symbol to the Right?
Code:74
Solution:There are two positions within the symbol where digits can be created by tracing the black and gray lines that are present. One of those positions includes the second, third, and fourth vertical lines (and the spaces between them), while the other includes the sixth, seventh, and eighth vertical lines (and the spaces between them). The only digits that can be created by tracing lines in those positions are seven and four.
What is the Least Amount of Turns Needed to Reach the X?
Code:42
Solution:Fans ofpuzzle gameswho count the turns in all the possible solutions to this maze will find that 42 is the lowest amount that is required.
What Was the Code?
Code:32
Solution:Geranium has an atomic number of 32, XXXII is 32 when represented as Roman numerals, and most adults have 32 teeth.
How Many Coins Do I Have?
Code:24
Solution:x = total coins | coins in left hand = ½ total coins (½x) | coins in right hand = ½ coins in left hand (¼x) | total coins = coins in left hand (½x) + coins in right hand (¼x) + coins in hat (6) | x = ¾x + 6 | ¼x = 6 | x = 24
Which Number is Hidden Behind the Black Bar? (East Door in Octagon-Shaped Room)
Code:90
Solution:The top side (N) of the octagon is assigned a value of 0, and the top-right (NE) side is assigned a value of 45. Fans ofmystery gameswho move clockwise through the sides of the octagon, and continue going up in increments of 45, will find that they hit 270 at the left (W) side and 315 at the top-left (NW) side. This process reveals that the right side (E) has a value of 90.
What is Y Minus X?
Code:78
Solution:The values in the enclosed groups equal 100 when added. This means that y = 100, x = 22, and y - x = 78.
Which Number is Hidden Behind the Black Bar? (V + L = 135)
Solution:“L” is a right angle, which is 90°. While this is all that fans ofindie gamesneed to know to solve this puzzle, “V” has an angle of 45°, and indeed 45 + 90 = 135.
What is ⯀⯀◆ Minus ⯀◆⯀ Plus ◆⯀?
Solution:The goal with this puzzle is to find values that will make each four-digit number double the four-digit number that is immediately above. This occurs when ◆ = 2 and ⯀ = 4, as 2048 is double 1024, 4096 is double 2048, and 8192 is double 4096. Players can then plug 2’s and 4’s into the equation to reach 42.
What is X Plus Y Plus Z?
Code:8
Solution:The pips on the top of the first two dice in each row always look identical, which means that the first die has been rotated 180° to create the second die. This realization makes it possible to know exactly how many pips are on every face of the die, regardless of its position, and players will discover that x = 2, y= 1, and z = 5.
What is X Plus Y?
Code: 30
Solution:Players should pretend that the lines are a clock’s minute hand, and the associated numbers are minute values that they point to with an arrow on either end. This means that x = 0, as a minute hand pointing up is equal to 0 minutes, and y = 30, as a minute hand pointing down is equal to 30 minutes.
Which Number is Hidden Behind the Black Bar? (1691, 1961, 1881, XX09)
Solution:These are all strobogrammatic number, which means that they remain the same when they are turned upside down. Fans ofgames with a unique art stylecan turn the final entry into a strobogrammatic number by replacing the black bar with 60, as 6009 remains the same when it is rotated 180°.
