Chapter 5 First Symbol: Platform Sequence

Start with the 5-symbol sequence

Dots → Squid → Dots → Flower → Squid is the opening sequence. It gets you through the first stretch, not the whole room. Continue using the remaining platform route, collect the backward-P symbol, and enter it at the pedestal outside this passage in the trial hub.

Look for platforms marked with dots, squid, or flowers behind the hub’s square/checkerboard-marked passage. This is Chapter 5’s first-symbol route, separate from the second-symbol statue rooms and third-symbol central pillar.

Reach the marked platforms and reunite with Leni

If you have not reached the trial hub yet, interact with the early Chapter 5 receptacle to upgrade the sphere. Stand in the light and align its green, red, and blue beams with the matching door gems. Continue through the ruins to the hub and activate its central receptacle to reveal the passages and their pedestals.

1. Take the passage with the square/checkerboard-like marking. Descend the steps, cross the broken walkway, and open the door with Leni.
2. When the gate separates you, take the available platform route. Avoid the spike trap on the early platforms; this is before the main symbol sequence.
3. At ground level, climb back toward the raised walkway to reunite with Leni. Go through the broken wooden gate, take either staircase, cross the gap, and defeat the soldiers.
4. Inspect the 5 circular floor plates before the marked platforms. They give the opening symbol order.

This task uses observation and jumping. You do not need to project colored beams onto the symbol platforms.

Follow the full route across the room

Match both the visible symbol and the next platform’s position. “Dots,” “Squid,” and “Flower” are descriptive labels for the drawings.

1. First stretch: use the first-row platform with dots on its top and side. Jump to Squid on the right, Dots on the left, Flower on the left, then Squid on the right.
2. Toward the ledge: jump to Dots ahead, then Squid on the left. Climb the ledge and shimmy right along it. The Scarab Amulet is on this ledge route if you want the collectible.
3. Final stretch: drop to Dots below, then jump to Flower ahead, Squid ahead, and Dots on the left. From there, reach the far side.

The remaining platforms are not a simple endless repeat of the first 5 symbols. If a jump triggers spikes, check which stretch you are on before restarting the opening pattern.

Collect the symbol and enter it at the correct pedestal

After reaching the far side, interact with the receptacle to reveal the symbol resembling a backward P. Merely crossing the platforms does not collect it.

Take the zipline on the right and deal with the soldiers below. Climb the steps and open the upper door to return to the hub. Set the pedestal beside the square/checkerboard-marked passage to the backward-P symbol you found.

Your completion check is the discovered symbol entered at that passage’s pedestal. The route continues through the passage marked by a circle with projecting lines toward the second symbol. The numbered symbol labels follow the walkthrough’s route order.

Sources and limits

The platform route and return to the hub are supported by IGN’s Chapter 5 walkthrough, “Find the First Symbol” and the Chapter 5 section of Richard Seagrave’s GameSpew walkthrough, published August 27, 2026. This guide uses their symbol-order route, not a hop-count interpretation.

This is a written-source reconstruction, not an in-house gameplay test or a full collectible sweep. For other landmarks, return to puzzles by location.