Hell Is Us Ancient Mechanism puzzle solution and how to unlock locked door near APC

An easy puzzle that requires some extra work!

Hritwik Raj
4 Min Read

Whether you are looking to unlock the locked door near the wounded soldier and the APC or are looking for details on where to find a Medkit or are unable to solve the Ancient Ruin Pickaxe puzzle in Hell Is Us, I’ve got you covered with this guide.

At the very beginning of the game, when you talk to the Elderly Farmer in the basement of the dilapidated house, he will tell you about soldiers and an APC that you can use to reach Jova Village.

He asks you to follow the path north of his location and follow the windchimes to reach the APC’s location.

When you do that, you arrive at the APC’s location with a wounded soldier nearby sitting right next to a strange locked door with a flame-like symbol.

In this guide, I explain where you can find a Medkit and how you can give it to a wounded soldier.

I also go over how you can solve an Ancient Mechanism puzzle and unlock the locked door. So keep reading!

How to unlock the locked door near the APC in Hell Is Us

You can unlock the locked door with symbols near the wounded soldier OMSIF-0451 by solving the nearby Ancient Mechanism puzzle.

How to solve the Ancient Mechanism puzzle in Hell Is Us

To solve the Ancient Mechanism puzzle, first, you must obtain the Ancient Mechanism from OMSIF-0451.

Talk to OMSIF-0451 and ask him about the APC key.

He will tell you that the Sergeant has the key and will also tell you about a Medkit location.

Now, from OMSIF-0451 location, take the path on the left side.

Follow the trees with the X mark.

You will eventually arrive at a campsite.

Interact with the item near the boxes and you will find a Medkit.

Head back to OMSIF-0451 and use the Trade option.

Give him the Medkit to obtain the Ancient Mechanism from him.

Once you have it, use the ladder next to him to climb up to delipidated structure.

Head inside and interact with the mechanism.

Place the Ancient Mechanism to bring up three rotatable pillars with symbols.

Now, you must move the mechanisms clockwise or anti-clockwise to match the symbols on the nearby slate.

Head to the next room and you will find the correct order.

The last symbol is a Pickaxe that you can find on the other side of the wall.

So to solve the Ancient Mechanism puzzle, change the first mechanism to the flame-like symbol.

Change the second mechanism to the eye-like symbol.

Finally, the third one to the Pickaxe symbol.

Once done, the screen will shake and the locked door will open up.

That concludes my guide on how to unlock the locked door near APC and solve the Ancient Mechanism puzzle in Hell Is Us. If the article helped, please consider buying me a Coffee to help me create more content. You can also share the guide with your friends or leave a comment.

TAGGED:
Share This Article
Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply

Discover more from The Based Otaku

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading