Spoilers: this guide reveals Tower puzzle solutions; the Archives boss section stays collapsed.
The Tower combines an outdoor entrance puzzle, an indoor statue puzzle, a library quest and the route to the Forbidden Archives. Use this overview to identify your next objective; the linked guides cover individual solutions in detail.
Opening the entrance
Reveal the reported entrance
Community walkthroughs report that three outdoor gargoyle beacons must be lit with the Azure Torch to open the Tower. The Tower guide places them around the Isle of Neasied and the Obmuer Temple exit route. These outdoor beacons are separate from the numbered statues inside. For the approach, see progression and the area overview.
Tower route
Reveal the route and statue solution
Output Lag’s walkthrough, reporting verification on patch 1.01.02, describes the following route. Its account is a community guide; GuideWiki has not playtested the sequence.
- Enter and explore the lower rooms. A trap floor drops into the basement; the guide reports a lever route back up.
- On the numbered balcony, light gargoyles III and VII with the Azure Torch. The guide says incorrect choices provoke enemies. This is a different puzzle from the three exterior beacons.
- Climb through the opened passage to the Wing Altar and Wourha’s study. The guide places the Storm Gem on the large staircase nearby.
- Reach the switch below the gem platform and rotate the staircase. Follow the repositioned route to an elevator and speak to Budaen for the Forbidden Archives Key.
- Return to the golden doors near the gem, use the key and proceed through the Archives to the Necronomicon.
Output Lag and a second route guide agree on the statue pair and the key route, but their underlying sources may overlap. Save and prepare before the Archives; the source describes a demanding enemy sequence.
Wourha and the missing books
Reveal the research and library objectives
The walkthrough places Knowledge Keeper Wourha beside the upper Wing Altar. She handles creature research; a community account connects a book reward to reporting bestiary discoveries. The precise reward threshold is not established here. Use the bestiary guide to track that separate objective.
The library’s Missing Books task is distinct from the balcony statues and the Archives key. The guide reports that returning six books opens Rare Artifact Storage; it does not require the collection to proceed through the main tower route. For the shelf mapping and reported locations see book puzzles, including the separate divine-book puzzle.
Forbidden Archives and after
Reveal the boss and exit
Output Lag reports that Budaen’s key opens the doors near the Storm Gem and that the Necronomicon is the Archives boss. Its account says the Acid Vial acquired afterward lets thrown daggers clear fleshy barriers, including the route near Budaen toward Deimpo Mausoleum. For combat and rewards see the Necronomicon guide.
Related achievements
The Steam achievement list includes A Lifetime’s Work for Wourha’s research and Sparkling Clean for cleaning the Tower. Achievement objectives do not by themselves establish an exact route or reward threshold.