One of the optional things you can complete in Chapter 1 of Life is Strange: Double Exposure involves the Abraxas Puzzle Box. It’s an easy little side task that’s easy to miss if you don’t know where to look.
Life is Strange: Double Exposure is filled with side tasks for Max to complete, and many of them aren’t required to progress. However, completing them anyway may or may not unlock additional content further down the line, so exploring every scene thoroughly is recommended.
How to find the Abraxas Puzzle Box in Life is Strange: Double Exposure
To find the Abraxas Puzzle Box, you’ll need to approach Reggie after heading to campus to meet with Yasmin, but before you enter the building itself. You can find Reggie sitting in the shelter just beyond the R.I.P. Graffiti Rock, which is close by when the cutscene with Amanda ends.
If you’ve already completed Chapter 1, don’t worry; you can go back to this specific point by opening the Main Menu, selecting “Chapter Select,” then “Chapter 1,” then “Back to School Blues.”
As you approach Reggie, you’ll automatically enter into a cutscene where you’ll see him throw a wooden box to the ground in frustration. After the cutscene ends, you can either pick up the box immediately or talk to Reggie. Talking to him will open a dialogue to talk about Safi and the previous events of the chapter.
After the discussion ends, interact with the box and select “Take” to spark another cutscene with Reggie, during which he’ll tell you that it’s an Abraxas Puzzle box and there are goodies inside, but only for those who are able to open it. It’s designed to test a key Abraxas virtue — the eye for detail.
How to solve the first layer of the Abraxas Puzzle Box in Life is Strange: Double Exposure
To solve the first layer of the Abraxas Puzzle Box, you’ll need to first inspect it thoroughly. Starting with rotating it in all directions to see what’s on each side. The side you need to worry about first, though, is the one with the Founder’s Statue:
Interact with this side, and Max will comment that it’s missing something — his second bird. This is your hint for which side you need to inspect next, so now you’ll need to find the side with a bird on it:
After interacting with the side that shows a bird, Max will notice that the center image is surrounded by Max, and ask Reggie for a lighter. Reggie will use his lighter to melt the wax, and the center image of the bird will fall out. When you’re looking at the Abraxas Puzzle Box again, rotate it until you can see the Founder’s Statue and the option to “Place bird.”
Do this, and then the box will open, only to reveal another slightly smaller box that will presumably need to be solved later on. Reggie will hand over the Puzzle Boz to you, and you’ll stash it away in your bag.
Published: Oct 20, 2024 10:30 am