Walkthrough | Forest in The Witness The Witness Guide

Last update: 06 March 2019

This chapter focuses on the Forest, one of the locations in The Witness. Here, you will find general information about the puzzles and the locations of various objects. Check Puzzle solutions to get solutions for the puzzles found in this area.

Forest neighbors the quarry. The direct entrance is blocked, so you will have to take the way around. Go to the quarry main entrance, cross the bridge to the other side of the river and go left. After a while, you will reach a door locked with a panel. Along your path, you will also notice a number of deactivated panels.

All of the puzzles in this location utilize the shadows. The first set teaches you the rules. Lead the beam and stay away from shaded areas. All of the puzzles have been connected with colorful wires, so you should not lose your way.

Only a half of the third panel is visible. To see the other half, you need to open the entrance. To spare yourself running around; stand behind the panel, face the door and open it. The pointer may turn a bit inaccurate, due to the distance, but apart from that you should be fine.

Solving the third puzzle opens the entrance to the quarry.

In the next set of puzzles, additional stripes appear. Do not worry about them, these are here to confuse you. Lead the beams in the same way as if they were not here. Apart from that, it may turn out that solution is easier than it seems. After several puzzles, you open another door.

After you solve the red puzzles, the area will be divided into two smaller ones - blue and violet. First, solve the blue ones, because they are much easier. This time, you need to follow the shadow cast on the panel.

Violet panels are a bit more difficult. Some of the solutions will be visible on the panel itself. The rest of the solutions can be found in nearby objects - metal plates, trees, stones and so on.

Some puzzles will also require proper positioning. Sometimes, you can find hints quite far away from the panel itself.

Other times, you find the solution on the rock next to the puzzle.

After you solve both sets of puzzles, follow the wire into the small building. If you have solved all of the puzzles, both wings of the gate will be open and they reveal the solution. If not, only one of the wings will be open. The last puzzle is quite annoying because it requires you to lead the beam over lit and shaded portions, in turns. Solving the puzzle requires you to lead the line over two lit and three shaded fragments. After you solve the puzzle, another laser will be activated.