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Last update:21 September 2018

Gears are one of the puzzles available inThe Bard’s Tale IV.

The majority of them are encountered at the beginning of the game.

Tips

Move a gear in a line by clicking on it with LMB.

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A gear stops when it hits another one or when it reaches the end of the line.

Trap

Trap gears are constantly on a move.

To stop a trap you have to jam a trap gear.

PC

Normal

This gear has a diamond-shaped rune.

It doesn’t turn.

It can’t activate a gear by itself.

PC

Drive

This gear sets others in motion.

Has a rune that depicts Ouroboros.

Connected

Two gears connected with a bar.

PC

The one on the left is static, the gear on the right moves in a circle.

Solutions

The first gears puzzle appears duringBad reputationmain quest.

This one is very simple.

PC

Push one gear to solve it.

The next one is a little bit more challenging:

This quest has only one gears puzzle.

Its solution can be found below:

This quest also features only one gears puzzle.

PC

This quest is full of challenging gears puzzles.

Some of them open doors while others stop traps.

There are a few tricky ones, too.

PlayStation

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Xbox

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