How do I know when I've 100%'d the game?
I've been reading forums and I've seen multiple quotes that give different numbers for how many puzzles there are total, and this gets muddied a bit by the question of what actually counts as a puzzle.
It's really unclear to me how a person would know when they've completed/found everything the game has to offer in terms of puzzles and collectibles like audio/video recordings.
Is there an official count on the number of puzzles in the game in terms of what gets reported when you look at your save file? Are there other puzzles that aren't accounted for in the save file statistics? How many audio and visual recordings are there?
Best Answer
Your save file will be labelled with 523, +135, +6.
The lake next to the city is an indicator of your progress in the game. The lake itself is shaped like the island, and acts like a map. After completing every possible action in the game, all the lanterns will be lit (each one corresponding to a laser, except for the flickering one held by the statue, which is always lit); all the white and yellow flowers will blossom (I believe they correspond to the audio logs); the 6 fountains will spray high into the air (each one corresponds to an obelisk) and the clams underwater will be open (each one corresponds to a video log in the theatre below the windmill, except for one clam which corresponds with the secret ending).
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How do you check progress in a witness?
To see how many puzzles you've solved in The Witness, bring up the pause menu and click Load Game. You should see a number next to your current save. Depending on your progress, you may even see two or three numbers.How many puzzle in the witness?
The game includes around 650 puzzles, though the player is not required to solve them all to finish the game.What is the hardest puzzle in the witness?
10 Hardest Puzzles In The Witness, RankedHow long does it take to beat the witness?
When focusing on the main objectives, The Witness is about 17 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 41\xbd Hours to obtain 100% completion.More answers regarding how do I know when I've 100%'d the game?
Answer 2
An easier way is to go to the lake and see if the lamp has went out.
In my play, I solved everything except one last puzzle (so 522 +135 +6) and one last audio log (so one flower not blooming).
I first sought out the last puzzle and completed it, and went back to the lake and saw the lamp still flickering. Then I traced down the last audio log and played it for once. After returning to the lake, I found the lamp completely went out. The statue underneath it also changed to a new pose.
Therefore I conclude that the lamp is an indicator of 100% completion. It's arguably easier to check out than looking in the pause menu and counting every single flower in the lake.
Answer 3
The flickering light of the lady of the lake is NOT the indicator of solving 100% of the game. The light and pose can be switched everytime, off by dissolving the puzzle or turning off the switch at top of the mountanin peak, and one can only activate it by starting to drive with the angel-like cabin to regularly end the game. I have solved different numbers of puzzles for different states to figure this out. Me, too, has only the 522 puzzles found.
The 7 clamps stand for the 6 video codes plus the 1 light code to switch on the portal to the hotel, so for the corresponding locations of the pillars with treasure chests on it where the sheets with these code lie within.
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