Chapter 7 Death It Sowed — Puzzle Solutions & Walkthrough

Stuck on a Chapter 7 puzzle? The answers: the skull door opens by pressing rightmost skull → 2nd from right → leftmost → 2nd from left (shine the orb at the door first); the gate puzzle takes the back crank then the middle crank, then Splitting Light from the podium; the light puzzle ends on green = centre mirror / red = left mirror / blue = right mirror.

Chapter 7 Death It Sowed crosses a massive battlefield into the Black Temple. There are 3 puzzles, 32 collectibles and one chapter achievement. Chapter 8 Resonance has no collectibles, so it's folded into this chapter's progress.

Collectible Overview

Type	Count	Details
Blade	1	Khopesh
Artefact	4	Tarot Card / Kill Onyx / Stained Mosaic / Kouros Puppet
Charm	5	Bead #4 / Arm Band #4 / Pierced Coin #3 / Bracelet #4 / Trinket #3
Resonance Points	22	—

Route (5 sub-chapters)

Back to Leni — follow the dirt path to a huge pit of ruins and water. Grapnel along the ledge, descend into the pit with a second hook (grab the Resonance Point just before it) and enter the bone chamber. Solve the two-crank gate puzzle (below), then defeat the soldier beyond.
The whole damn army — the beach battlefield, the collectible-dense stretch. Keep right into the ruins, clear the soldiers, grapnel the door and crawl under the gap for a Resonance Point. Drop into the hole and follow the underground passage out; skip the dead-end stairs and keep left past the ruined minotaur's head. Two soldiers guard the temple doors. Along the way: the Tarot Card, Bead #4, Kill Onyx, the Khopesh (white-pillar area) and Arm Band #4.
A stage of skulls — the Black Temple. Solve the skull door, then the light puzzle. Before entering, go right by the cliff edge down a narrow path for the Stained Mosaic. Inside: the room of suspended jars, then the circular room.
The arena — a circular room with no collectibles. Kick enemies into the central pit (grapple/kick); save the armoured mace brute for last.
Its ruins — the waterway. After the big drop, slide under the broken gate, swing two grapnels and jump right for Pierced Coin #3; before the zipline, turn right onto the wooden platform for the Kouros Puppet; after the zipline, climb and turn left for Trinket #3. Up the debris ramp, jump the gap platforms to the twisted tree.

Puzzle Solutions

Gate Puzzle (Back to Leni, bone chamber)

The gate has no light on it at first — two cranks fix that:

Use the crank at the back of the room (behind the rocks) to move its lens so the beam passes through the lens directly in front of the door.
Use the crank in the middle of the room to line the second lens up with the lens above the door — the light lands on the podium.
Stand on the podium and use the Sphere's Splitting Light.
Align the three coloured beams with the gemstones on the door. The gate opens.

Black Temple Skull Door

Shine the orb at the door to reveal green-dot hints, then press the skulls in the revealed order:

Right-most skull → 2nd from right → left-most → 2nd from left

A wrong press resets the sequence — just press again.

Black Temple Light Puzzle

Defeat the first enemy group in the circular room. Stand in the light on the right and shine the orb at the wall to reveal a blue-icon skull — interact with it to move the light source.
Kill the soldiers who burst in (including the archer).
Repeat on the left pedestal to reveal a second skull.
Interact with the pedestal by the doors twice — the second interaction moves the mirror near the hole (left of the green gem) to the centre.
Stand on the floor plate and switch to coloured beams: green = centre mirror (hits the gem below) / red = left mirror / blue = right mirror.
Platforms rise — jump and drop into the central hole, grapple down, slide under the broken metal gate, and catch yourself with a midair grapple.

Stuck? The Usual Culprits

Skull door won't open: pressing skulls by feel without shining the door first. Shine → read the green dots → press in order.
Gate puzzle: the back crank is easy to miss — it's behind the rocks at the back of the room, not near the door.
Light puzzle: interacting with the pedestal only once. The mirror only moves to the centre on the second interaction, and you must stand on the floor plate before switching beams.

Blade Location

Khopesh: in the battlefield's white-pillar area, by the skull in the back-left corner — stand on the metal plate and align the three light colors to open the door. Technique "Deep Bleed": the final hit of a combo deals damage over time, a boss-fight workhorse.

Artefact Locations

Tarot Card (Present): top-right corner of the beach, interact with the corpse.
Kill Onyx (Past): after the underground section, turn right around the corner, crouch past the rock, in front of the grate behind the ruins.
Stained Mosaic (Past): turn right at the hilltop temple entrance.
Kouros Puppet (Past): in the waterway, when you should turn left to the zipline, first turn right onto the wooden platform.

Charm Locations

Bead #4: the beach, in the crate by the second boat.
Arm Band #4: after the double-grapnel gap, take the right path down to the beach, clear the enemies, check the corner crate.
Pierced Coin #3: after dropping down the big hole, slide past the door, swing 2 grapnels, then jump right.
Bracelet #4: immediately up the next staircase, on the left.
Trinket #3: after the zipline, climb the platform and turn left to the crate.

Chapter Achievement

Death It Sowed (complete Chapter 7)

Chapter Checklist

FAQ

Q: What is the Chapter 7 skull door press order? A: Shine the orb at the Black Temple door to reveal green-dot hints, then press: right-most skull → 2nd from right → left-most → 2nd from left. A wrong press resets the sequence.

Q: How do you solve the Death It Sowed light puzzle? A: Stand in the light on the right and shine the wall to reveal a blue-icon skull; repeat on the left pedestal for a second skull; interact with the pedestal by the doors twice so the mirror moves to the centre; then stand on the floor plate and align green = centre mirror, red = left mirror, blue = right mirror. Platforms rise and you drop into the central hole.

Q: How many collectibles are in Chapter 7 Death It Sowed? A: 32 — 1 blade (Khopesh), 4 artefacts, 5 charms and 22 Resonance Points. None are missable; Chapter 8 has no collectibles of its own.