As players pursue the second Sol Seal inNine Sols, they will pass through a room that is home to five bells. Those objects are at the center of a puzzle, and while solving it is entirely optional, fans that take the time to address the bells will be rewarded with a nice item. Fortunately, it is not extremely difficult to solve the bell puzzle inNine Sols, and this guide is here to walk players through the process.
The solution to this puzzle is found in the Ancient Penglai Ballad, and players may be required to obtain that Key Item before they can address the bells in the Daybreak Tower. As such, this guide will primarily focus on detailing how to get and decipher the Ancient Penglai Ballad.
Nine Sols: Daybreak Tower Bell Puzzle Guide
The first step toward solving the Daybreak Tower bell puzzle is speaking with themysterious Solarianwho is standing just to the right of the bells. For full clarity, the bell room is on the left side of the Lake Yaochi Ruins, andindie video gamefans will receive theAncient Sheet Music Artifactat the end of the conversation.
With the Ancient Sheet Music in hand, players can use a Root Node to quickly return to theFour Seasons Pavilion. Here,Metroidvaniafans shouldgive the Artifact to Shuanshuanto trigger a short cutscene in which Yi asks Ruyi for some assistance.
As soon as that cutscene comes to an end, players should resume their exploration of the map and occasionally return to the Four Seasons Pavilion. Fans ofSoulslikeswho perform these return trips will eventually find Shuanshuan playing Yi’s flute in the hub area, and they should speak with him to hear a performance and receive theAncient Penglai Ballad Key Item.
The description of the Ancient Penglai Ballad begins with a series of five symbols, and they indicate the order in which the bells in the Daybreak Tower are to be hit. Indeed, each bell has one of the symbols from the document inscribed above or upon it, and players should begin by striking the bell that is marked with the Key Item’s left-most symbol and end by striking the bell that is marked with the Key Item’s right-most symbol.
Players must use a Charged Strike on the largest bell to make it ring.
A door at the top of the Daybreak Tower will open as soon as players hit the bell that corresponds to the final symbol in the Ancient Penglai Ballad, and they should use the rope from which the large bell hangs to climb to it. Beyond that door, fans ofhard video gameswill find a chest that holds Pipe Vial, a piece of equipment that increases the number of times the Yi’s Pipe can be used.
