How to solve 007 First Light Fireplace puzzle in the dining room

How to solve the Fireplace puzzle in 007 First Light — (Image credit: IO Interactive)

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Fireplace puzzle solution

James Bond finds the 007 First Light Fireplace puzzle, and a mysterious torn page from a book, while investigating the Dining Room in 007 First Light in pursuit of the blond man. The Fireplace itself has the option to press several buttons, all covered with animals, but the torn page itself only shows one creature. I'll explain how to solve the Dining Room and Fireplace puzzle below, and how to progress through the hotel.

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007 First Light Fireplace puzzle solution

The only clue to the Dining Room and Fireplace puzzle that you'll get is the Torn Book Page, and I'll admit that this is one of the slightly more esoteric puzzles in 007 First Light. The solution is to press the Lion, Goat, and Snake buttons on the Fireplace, which opens a secret doorway to the next area, but if you want to know why that's the case, I'll show you below.

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007 First Light Fireplace solution — (Image credit: IO Interactive)

See, while the torn page doesn't show any of those animals, it does show a mythical chimera, a fictitious animal hybrid made from... a lion, goat, and snake. There's also an optional clue earlier, when looking for the 007 First Light Laundry code, that you can find the book that the blond man tore the page out of, backstage behind the tournament screen. This is a book that seems to show the architecture of the hotel, leading to the assumption that there's something built there for you to find (hence the fireplace).

For more info on Bond's adventures, find out what's going on with the 007 First Light Painting or Poster choice you made earlier. Or, if you missed the chance to solve the puzzle of the 007 First Light manager's office safe code, there's still time to try it again!

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Joel Franey is a writer, journalist, podcaster and Very Tired Man with a BA from Brunel University, a Masters from Sussex University and a decade working in games journalism, often focused on guides coverage but also in reviews, features and news. His love of games is strongest when it comes to groundbreaking narratives like Disco Elysium, UnderTale and Baldur's Gate 3, as well as innovative or refined gameplay experiences like XCOM, Sifu, Arkham Asylum or Slay the Spire. He is a firm believer that the vast majority of games would be improved by adding a grappling hook, and if they already have one, they should probably add another just to be safe. You can find old work of his at Eurogamer, Gfinity, USgamer, SFX Magazine, RPS, Dicebreaker, VG247, and more.