Disdain yellow light puzzle solutions in Act 3

This circular yellow light puzzle in Scorn Act 3 is one of the hardest to solve in the entire game, and unfortunately there are two of them.

The good news is that the second is easier to solve after working out the unique mechanics involved while trying to solve the first. We’ll explain how they both work below, as well as what to do when you’ve solved these yellow light puzzles so you can complete Act 3 and move on to the next one.

If you ever encounter a bug or issue that halts your progress while exploring or entering these yellow light puzzle solutions in act 3 from Scorn, you can pause the game and reload from the start of the act, or quit and resume the game to access your last autosave.

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Scorn – Gameplay Walkthrough (with Doug Bradley).

Yellow light puzzle solution 1 in Scorn Act 3

On the same floor where you get the gun-shaped gun, you’ll come across the first circular yellow light puzzle in Scorn, and it might be a bit confusing to figure out how it works at first (it was definitely for me).

Your goal is to light up all the inner circles, but when you turn on one, the others may turn off. Some are also connected to each other, which means that when you spin it, it will spin others with it, wasting all the work you put into placing it correctly.

The first thing you need to know is that you are going to have to rotate the circle in the middle (the one with the long bar attached) to disconnect these circles from each other

. Rotate it until it points to one of the upper circular lights and you’ll see that the horizontal bar between them will break temporarily. Either of these top circle lights can now be rotated alone, or just the middle and one of the top circles together.

Each circle, whether lit or not, has two small nodes. Certain “bars” come out of these nodes to connect each circle together. So your real goal is to make the correct connection with these nodes and bars to illuminate all four circles at the same time.

The fastest way we found to solve this problem first yellow lights puzzle in Act 3 of Scorn is:

Point the long bar from the middle circle to the right circle to disconnect the two upper circles from each other.
Rotate the left circle until it lights up.
Point the long bar from the middle circle to the left circle this time.
Rotate the circle on the right until it lights up.
Direct the long bar from the middle circle to the right circle.
Rotate the right circle four times.
Direct the long bar from the middle circle to the left circle.
Rotate the right circle until it turns back on.
Point the long bar from the middle circle to the bottom circle.

All four circles should now light up and you can collect your reward from the vending machine on the right.

There is a checkpoint just before interacting with this first yellow light puzzle, so if you get stuck, we strongly recommend that you quit the game and then reload it to reset the puzzle and follow the exact instructions outlined there above to solve it.

This is what the finished light puzzle should look like:

Yellow light 2 puzzle solution in Scorn Act 3

Bring back the item you got from solving the first yellow light puzzle on the floor with the three holes of the alien device lined up next to each other and select the middle one.

A floor below will now be unlocked and you can take the same spherical elevator as before to reach it. On the other side of this floor is the second yellow lights puzzle, which has additional circles and lights, but the same node and bar logic still applies here.

Remember that you can use the circle in the middle to disconnect some of the linked circles so you can activate them alone or only two at a time.

Here’s the fastest way we’ve found to solve the second yellow lights puzzle in Act 3 of Scorn:

Point the long bar from the lower middle circle to the upper middle circle to disconnect the left and right circles from each other.
Rotate the left circle until it lights up.
Turn the top center circle until it lights up and the top center circle lights up.
Point the long bar from the lower middle circle to the right circle this time.
Rotate the right circle five times.
Point the lower mid-circle long bar toward the upper mid-circle gain to disconnect the left and right circles.
Rotate the circle on the right until it lights up.
Point the long bar from the lower middle circle to the lower circle.

As a reminder, there is a checkpoint just before interacting with this second yellow light puzzle, so if you get stuck, we strongly recommend that you quit the game and then reload to reset the puzzle and follow the exact instructions. described above to resolve.

This is what the finished light puzzle should look like:

Once solved, you can pick up the distributed item on the right and bring it back to the ground with the three holes in the alien device lined up next to each other. Insert this one on the right, then take the spherical elevator to the bottom, where you will then need to solve the crane puzzle in order to complete Act 3.

Crane puzzle solution in Scorn Act 3

Luckily, this crane puzzle in Act 3 isn’t as complicated as the circular light puzzles.

Once you’ve taken the spherical elevator to the back of the room, go around to the other side and interact with the panel near the mechanical claw.

He’ll grab the spherical lift you used with a crane and place it on that mechanical claw, triggering it to move along the tracks.

Follow the rails to the elevator with two alien devices on it and use the one higher up to grab the spherical elevator.

Once the crane grabs the elevator, head to the lower device and interact with it to raise the elevator, then go back to the upper device and move the spherical elevator to the right side of the elevator you’re standing on, on another mechanical claw.

Finally, use the alien panel in front of this claw to move it towards the back of the elevator, then go back up in the spherical elevator, which will take you to the next act.