TL;DR
- This puzzle appears after you fight a group of soldiers in Chapter 4.
- You need to set two stone pedestals to their matching symbols.
- Use the Sphere’s Light Revelation ability and follow the glowing blue lines through the maze.
- Left pedestal = O symbol. Right pedestal = I symbol.
- Once solved, enemies storm the room — be ready to fight a Brute.
Where You Find This Puzzle in Chapter 4
The Symbols Pedestal Maze Puzzle in Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Chapter 4 shows up after you clear a group of soldiers blocking a doorway. Once they’re down, go through the door and you’ll walk into a room with two stone pedestal mechanisms and four symbols on the surrounding walls. This is what most players are calling the “maze puzzle” — and for good reason. The glowing lines you need to follow don’t go straight. They twist through a small maze pattern on the floor, making them much harder to trace than the first symbol puzzle you solved earlier in the chapter.
If you’re still getting familiar with how the chapter works overall, our Chapter 4 puzzles guide covers every single puzzle in order from start to finish. And if you’re still figuring out how the Sphere’s Light Revelation ability works, the beginner’s guide breaks it all down clearly.
What You Need Before You Start
To solve this puzzle, you need the Light Revelation ability unlocked on Sophia’s Sphere. This happens earlier in Chapter 4 when Sophia inserts a small reflector into the Sphere. After that, standing inside a beam of light and holding R1 on PlayStation or RB on Xbox will cause the Sphere to project glowing blue lines onto the floor around you.
These lines are what you follow to solve every symbol puzzle in the chapter — including this one. Without them, the four symbols on the walls mean nothing because you won’t know which pedestal connects to which one.
How the Maze Puzzle Works
Walk up to one of the two stone pedestals and stand inside the nearby light source. Hold R1 / RB to activate Light Revelation. You’ll see a glowing blue line appear on the floor, starting from the pedestal’s base. The trick is that this line doesn’t go in a straight path to the symbol. It curves and weaves through the floor space between the pedestals — almost like a maze.
You need to physically walk and follow the line step by step, keeping the Sphere active. The lines only appear in a small radius around you, so you can’t see the whole path at once. Move slowly, keep the light going, and trace the line until it reaches a symbol on the wall or pillar.
Do this for both pedestals. Each one connects to a different symbol, and you need to rotate the pedestal dial until it shows the matching symbol. Only then will the door open.
Symbols Pedestal Maze Puzzle Solution
Here are the correct answers for both pedestals:
- Left pedestal: Set it to the O symbol (a circular or oval shape).
- Right pedestal: Set it to the I symbol (a straight vertical line shape, sometimes described as an “I” or “T” depending on how the dial is rotated).
Once both pedestals show the correct symbols, the door unlocks. Fire lines will light up along the walls to confirm you got it right.
But don’t walk through yet. A group of enemies immediately storms the room. One of them is a Brute-level enemy, which hits hard and takes more hits to put down. If you want to handle this fight without getting overwhelmed, check our guide on fighting Minotaur creatures and our full breakdown of when to fight vs. when to sneak in Resonance.
Step-by-Step Walkthrough for the Maze Puzzle
Step 1 — Enter the Room
After beating the soldiers in the hallway, head through the door into the pedestal room. You’ll see two stone mechanisms and four symbols spread across the walls. This is the puzzle room.
Step 2 — Activate Light Revelation
Stand inside the beam of light in the room. Hold R1 (PlayStation) or RB (Xbox) to make the Sphere shine its light. Blue glowing lines will appear on the floor near your feet.
Step 3 — Follow the Line from the Left Pedestal
Start at the left pedestal. Activate Light Revelation and slowly walk, tracing the blue line across the floor. It will curve through the maze pattern and eventually lead to a symbol on the wall. That symbol is the O.
Step 4 — Set the Left Pedestal to O
Go back to the left pedestal. Place the Sphere into it and rotate the dial until the O symbol is showing at the top. This locks in the left side of the puzzle.
Step 5 — Follow the Line from the Right Pedestal
Now move to the right pedestal. Activate Light Revelation again and follow its blue line through the floor. This path will lead to the I symbol.
Step 6 — Set the Right Pedestal to I
Return to the right pedestal and rotate its dial to show the I symbol. The puzzle is now solved, and the door will open.
Step 7 — Defeat the Enemies
Before you can move through the door, a group of enemies rushes in. One of them is a Brute. Clear them all out first. You’ll earn a Resonance Point automatically after the fight. Then continue forward into the dark passage.
Tips for Reading the Maze Lines
The lines from the pedestals are faint and move only with you. Here are a few things that help:
- Walk slowly. If you move too fast, you’ll step past the line and lose it.
- Keep the button held down. The light only shows when you’re actively holding R1 / RB. Let go and the lines disappear.
- Start right at the base of the pedestal. The line starts from the slot where the Sphere sits. Begin there and don’t move until you see where the line goes first.
- Look at the floor directly ahead of you. The radius is small, so you’re reading just a few tiles at a time. That’s normal.
- If you lose the line, go back to the pedestal and start again. You won’t break anything by retracing.
What Comes After the Maze Puzzle
After you defeat the enemies and pass through the door, you enter a dark passage that leads to the spike trap section — arguably the most stressful part of Chapter 4. This section uses the same Light Revelation mechanic but now you’re navigating deadly floor tiles instead of a simple maze. Step on the wrong tile and spikes shoot up instantly, killing Sophia.
You’ll need to memorize the safe path by following the blue line, then cross from memory when the light cuts out. If you want a full walkthrough for that part, our guide on how to safely cross spike traps in Chapter 4 has everything laid out step by step.
After the spike traps, you’ll reach the Minotaur room — the biggest puzzle in the chapter. It involves mirrors, light beams, and the giant bull-head structure at the center of the arena. Our guide on the Minotaur room symbols puzzle covers that in detail.
Is the Maze Puzzle the Same for Everyone?
Yes. The symbols in this puzzle are fixed — they don’t randomize between playthroughs. The left pedestal always connects to the O symbol and the right pedestal always connects to the I symbol. The only part that trips people up is physically tracing the maze lines through the floor. Once you know the correct symbols, you can just go straight to the dials and set them without following the lines at all.
This is also why the puzzle design in Chapter 4 is considered such a step up from earlier chapters. Instead of just “find the symbol,” you now have to actively read the environment to connect clues. If you want a deeper look at how this fits into the game’s overall design, our breakdown of the dual timeline mechanic and our piece on the historical settings of Ancient Minoa give a lot of context for why the game builds puzzles this way.
How This Puzzle Fits Into Chapter 4 Overall
Chapter 4 — titled From Hell It Rose — is the game’s first truly puzzle-heavy chapter. By the time you reach the maze pedestal puzzle, you’ve already completed the first three-pedestal symbol puzzle and the mirror light-beam puzzle. The maze puzzle is the third major challenge, and it sits roughly at the midpoint of the chapter.
After this puzzle and the spike traps, you’ll hit the Minotaur arena, which wraps up the chapter’s trial. If you want to see how all of it fits together — including collectibles — our full chapters list and collectibles guide maps out every chapter from start to finish. And to know how much total game you still have left, our page on how long Resonance A Plague Tale Legacy is breaks down average completion times by playstyle.
Final Answer — Quick Reference
- Left pedestal: O symbol
- Right pedestal: I symbol
- How to find them: Hold R1 / RB at the light source, follow the blue maze lines from each pedestal to its matching symbol
- After the puzzle: Fight incoming enemies including a Brute, earn a Resonance Point, then move into the spike trap section
The maze pedestal puzzle isn’t the hardest thing in Chapter 4, but it’s the one most players get stuck on because the lines curl in unexpected directions. Now that you know the answers, you can get through it fast and save your energy for the spike traps and Minotaur fight ahead. Good luck on Minotaur Island.
For more help with the game, check out the official Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy page from Focus Entertainment, or grab the game on Steam, PlayStation, or Xbox.
