by In this puzzle guide to A Plague Tale: Requiem you will learn:
- Where to find the windmills
- How to solve the windmill puzzle
- How to get the hidden melee weapon
Amicia’s arsenal is significantly increased in A Plague Tale: Requiem . With knives and a crossbow you get deadly weapons at hand in the course of the action-adventure. If you solve the windmill puzzle, you will be rewarded with an additional weapon that you would otherwise miss.
A Plague Tale: Requiem – Where to find the windmills
In Chapter 9 “Tales and Revelations” you get to know the Count and his wife on their island. After showing Amicia and Hugo their property, you can stay with them. The next day, the siblings explore the island and meet Sophia again.
Outside the Manor, run down the street until Hugo notices a bird statue . The real task in this chapter is to follow the bird statutes along the way. In order to solve the windmill puzzle, you have to make a small detour.
Follow the road until you come across a bridge. Shortly thereafter, stone stairs lead to some rocks on the right and behind them you can see four huge windmills.
Where can I find the secret smuggler hideout?
Behind the windmills, a hill leads to several unnatural stone arches . Run through and turn right. There you will see a ladder that leads to a secret tunnel. At the end you will reach a rock face with a picture of a windmill scrawled on it.
In which order do I have to switch the windmills?
In order for the rock wall in the cave to open and for you to be able to enter the secret smuggler’s hideout, you have to turn on the windmills in a certain order . If you stand in front of the mills, the two on the left must rotate and the two on the right must stand still. In order to activate or stop the respective mechanism in the windmills, you have to break into the mills.
Entering Windmills: How do I get inside?
Windmill number 1: Turn off
Three out of four windmills are locked and cannot be easily entered through the main entrance. Only the door of the first windmill is open . Go inside, run up the stairs and you will reach the big switch that turns the windmill on and off.
Windmill number 2: Turn off
Go to the next windmill. A rope is attached to a peg at the back . Pull on it and the stack of crates at the windmill will collapse. You can climb into the window via the last remaining box and control the mechanism inside. In the window to the left are some pieces that you need to upgrade gear in A Plague Tale: Requiem.
Windmill number 3: Switch on
Go behind the wooden fence by the third windmill and push the cart aside . A hole in the outer wall becomes free. Send Hugo through and he’ll unlock the door for you. Climb onto the pedestal and you will reach the lever.
Windmill number 4: Switch on
There is wooden scaffolding at the last windmill. Underneath you will find a chest with crafting material. Then go around the fence and crawl through the cart . Hurls a rock through the window onto the chain that locks the door. Now you come in and can operate the last lever.
How do I get the armguard?
If you have switched the windmills as described above, the stone gate in the cave will open . Amicia will comment that she heard a strange noise. Go back into the cave. After the stone gate, a long staircase leads down. Follow the footbridge and you will reach a treasure chamber.
Inside are two hidden chests, each containing eleven pieces and some sulfur. Between the chests is a barrel with the armguard on top . Amicia will automatically equip it once you pick it up. Using the armguard, Amicia will recover from attacks faster if a soldier catches you and attacks you.
