Examine bones left in the hood | Day 2 Alpha Polaris Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Return to the station and head to the lab. Talk to Al and then open the hood and take bones out of it. Rune will place them automatically on the table next to the hide.

Zoom in the bones: cleansed humerus (1) and cleansed femur (2). On femur you'll notice deep cut (at the bottom) and calcination (at the top).

Examine the hide also and markings you can find on it. Beginning from the top: arc symbol (1), cartouche symbols (2), decomposed surface (3), two markings (4) and muddled symbols (5).

Go and talk to Nova about your findings - she is in the kitchen. She will give you an article on cannibalism in these regions.

You can find it in Rune's notebook (Articles bookmark). Click text with LMB - it will be zoomed in so you are able to read it. Take closer look at symbols in lower part of the article and their description.

A sequence of three marks to the left (1) is translated as: "Good hunting grounds in the west fells".

A sequence of three marks below (2) is translated as: "Good fishing grounds in the sea beyond two mountains".

Word which is repeated in both descriptions is "good". There is also repeated symbol - the third one - so it means reach hunting grounds. Moreover it looks like a bow with an arrow.

The first symbol in the second sequence looks like two rocks and since it says about something that is beyond two mountains, it must define direction.

So the second symbol in this sequence defines sea in this case.

Now get back to the first sequence. If the first symbol indicates the direction, in this case it means west. Since the second symbol defines the place, in the first sequence in means fells.

The third major symbol (3) in the article is the symbol of man (to the right).

Go to the lab and again take a look at the hide, specifically three cartouche symbols. After you click on each of them (LMB) you will be able to enter its meaning.

Two sequences of three symbols from the article are a clue to decipher the first two cartouche symbols on the hide.

Symbol no 1 (on the left) looks like a semi-circle above a line. It is very similar to the symbol from first sequence from the article. It meant the west. So the inverse symbol on the hide undoubtedly means EAST. Enter then this word and click: Suggest.

Symbol no 2 (on the right) looks like a half of sea symbol (a line and "plus" characters meaning fish), but there is additionally rock above a line, same as one of two rocks from the article. And a rock in sea means an island - so enter word ISLAND and click: Suggest.

Now third symbol is left (on the top). It looks like three men (as seen in the article). In the case of ancient nations it means of course TRIBE. So enter this word and click: Suggest.