Amnesia: The Dark Descent Walkthrough: Machine Room
Good job! You just got through another extremely scary situation! That Storage area is one place where a lot of people either quit because of fear or just stopped playing for a while.
Look around you. The castle is really transforming into something more sinister. The beautiful Back Hall is becoming another red organic matter world. It’s time to fix that Elevator and continue on in the game.
After exiting the Storage, just run straight and open the door on the other side. This leads to the Elevator and Machine Room. As you enter, you’ll get a flashback. It’s Daniel talking with Alexander about the wonders of the elevator.
To the left is the Machine Room and in front is the still non-functional Elevator. Let’s head left. Use the Machine Room Key on the Machine Room’s door. Enter it.o your left are stairs going down, and front is an open room. Move forward and go inside the room first. As you enter, to your left is a table with a note on it. Read it.
In the note, Daniel states that he snuck into Professor Herbert’s office and stole some references to the matter of the orb. He also learned that the geologist he talked to previously just died.
In the corner of the room are some boxes. There’s a tinderbox on top of one box, while another tinderbox is hidden behind the pipes.
On the wall is a machine with levers. They have roman numerals written at the top and bottom. Remember the clue that we got from one of the notes? It says “8 up, 8 down”. Let us solve the riddle of the Pressure machine.
Pressure Machine Solution:
At the top, here are the roman numerals: III, III, V, I, II, IV At the bottom, the roman numerals are: I, V, VI, V, II, II
The clue states that we need to have “8 up, 8 down”.
This is no problem, we simply find the numbers that add to 8 together so that there would be an 8 total above and below.
The answer is:
For the Top Part, Raise These Levers: III, III, no, no, II, no For the Bottom Part, Lower These Levers: no, no, VI, no, no, II
Good job! Now the flow is even and stable!
After solving the Pressure Machine problem, get out of the room and let’s make our way downstairs. On the floor below, you’ll find a room to the left. Enter it.
On the right corner of the room is a chest. Open it to get two tinderboxes. On the left side of the room is a table with a note. Read it. It just tells about how Daniel was sent a letter by Alexander offering protection.
Anyway, on the wall at the center is another machine, and beside it is a box with a note on top. Read the note. It’s just another memo about where the Rods were stored. Nothing important as we have all we need now.
Flow Machine Solution:
Get in front of the Flow Machine. You’ll see three different shapes above where you can insert the rods. Insert the following rods under these shapes:
Circle – Flow Cycle Rod
Triangle – Trinity Steam Rod
Square – Four Phase Amplitude Rod
The logic is easy. Cycle refers to the shape of circle. Trinity is formed by three of something, and a triangle is formed by connecting three points. Four Phase is the last and relates closely to the four points or sides that a square has.
Good job, another puzzle solved!
Now, before we exit, take the orange gear that sits on top of the box to the right of the Flow Machine. We’re going to need this for another puzzle on the floor below. Just carry the gear, go outside, then turn left, and throw it downstairs. Grab the nearby gear resting on a pipe just outside the Flow Machine room and throw it downstairs as well.
Go down the stairs and we’ll solve the next puzzle to get this Elevator running! Take the two gears you just threw and then throw them into the next room.
Power Room Solution:
As soon as you enter the room with the big machine, turn left. You’ll see a barrel and a box. Behind them is another orange gear hiding. Grab it and put it in the middle of the room with the two other gears you got.
Now that we’re done with that, look at the table with the candle. There’s a note there, read it. It just speaks about Daniel’s increasing fear. The people he talked to about the orb were all killed, and he knows that whatever it is, it wants him dead next. His only hope is Alexander.
Enter the next room. It has a lot of coal in there. Check the shelf on the right to get a tinderbox. In the corner of the room is a barrel of oil. Go ahead and replenish your supply.
On the ground, you’ll find some balls of coal. Grab three balls of coal and take it to the room with the large machine. Near the wall is a burner with a lever. Open the hatch and put in the three balls of coal. It will say that it is now full of coal. Close the hatch and pull the lever.
Next, on the other wall is a machine where it’s missing the wheels. Well you have the three orange wheels with you, so just grab the wheels and put them close to where they’ll fit and they’ll be attached automatically.
To the left from where you put the wheels on the machine is a lever, pull it. Good job! The Elevator is back in business!
Now make your way back up. The whole place will start to turn into red organic matter! Just keep running and then get out of the Machine Room! We’re now back in the Back Hall. No point sticking around! Everything’s turning bad, so just head straight for the Elevator to our left! Enter it and then pull the lever!
