How to solve the Indiana Jones Gold Path puzzle

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indy pulling chains to move hanging column into position
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The Indiana Jones Gold Path involves moving four hanging pillars to stoke some flames, and then you can forge the Gold Key of St. Peter in the Great Circle. Along with the Indiana Jones Silver Path, completing this puzzle will help you unlock the massive doors barring the way into the mysterious monastery. While this puzzle isn’t particularly complicated, it relies on you looking in just the right places to figure out what to move and where to climb, so here’s what you need to do complete the Gold Path with ease.

Indiana Jones Gold Path puzzle walkthrough

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Gold Path in secret monastery

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To complete the Gold Path puzzle in Indiana Jones, you need to move four hanging columns so that they’re each over a smouldering fire pit. Doing so causes the pit to erupt in flames, but the problem is two of the columns have hidden controls. Finding those controls is the real challenge in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, so let me guide you through the whole puzzle with this Gold Path walkthrough:

  1. Walk across the room towards the exit gate, then head left to go down a side route that has two sets of chains.
  2. Pull and adjust the first set of chains to move one of the four hanging columns until it is over the fire pit that smoke is pouring out of – this one is pretty much right in front of the chain, so you need to pull the column almost all the way over. A fire will ignite when it’s in the correct position, then you can let go of the chain.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indy pulling chains to move hanging column into position

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  1. Now walk around to the first column you moved and you’ll notice a wooden strut above it.
  2. Attach your whip to it, climb up, then swing across to the white paint strip on the nearby hanging column. Gina will then automatically move the column to take you to the other side of the room.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indy swinging to hanging column

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  1. Swing into the hole in the wall, then jump down the hole in the floor to access the other two sets of chains. While you’re doing this, Gina should automatically pull the column back into the correct position.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Indy preparing to jump off column

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  1. Adjust the two sets of chains to move the remaining two columns into position above their smouldering fire pits.
  2. Head towards the door blocking your way out of this area and use the chain to open it, letting you reach the main exit.
  3. Pull the big lever in front of the exit to complete the Gold Path puzzle and open the way to the Gold Path Forge.
  4. Ignite the forge by pulling the chain all the way down. A door will open that leads back into the room you started in.
  5. Go over to the mold that has molten gold flowing into it, then use the whip to yank the metal ring attacked to the stone above the mold. This releases water to cool the metal and let you pick up the Gold Key.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle forged gold key being cooled with water

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With the Gold Key in Indy’s hands, you can head down the steps and place it on the main doors into the secret monastery. If you’ve not yet done so, you now need to complete the Silver Path to forge the Silver Key, but if you have, the doors will open and you can begin looking for clues about what the secret order is really up to here in the Vatican.

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Will Sawyer
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