Upward Migration

Upward Migration
Identifier:	South 2-3
Area:	Verdant Canyon
Puzzle Type:	Main
Previous Puzzle:	Spiderweb
Next Puzzle:	Lateral Thinking

Upward Migration is the third main puzzle in the Verdant Canyon area of The Talos Principle 2.

Puzzle elements

• Blue door
• Connector
• Emitter
• Gravshifter
• Receiver

Overview

When you enter the puzzle, you find yourself in a large room with many nooks. All four corners of the room have some gravity surfaces on the top corners; some have them vertically, and some have both horizontal and vertical surfaces.

• The front left nook has an area that is blocked off by a blue door, and has the progress wheel and a red receiver behind it.
• The front right nook has a connector
• The rear left nook has another connector
• The rear right nook has a red emitter pointed backwards.
• Near the rear right nook, in the middle of a giant plus-shaped concrete wall, is a gravshifter.

Hints

A basic hint:

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Since the name of the puzzle is Upward Migration, you will have to migrate some equipment upwards in order to solve the puzzle.

If your equipment is stuck upstairs:

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You can enter the gravity well yourself and retrieve the equipment.

If you're struggling to get started:

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Notice that you have two connectors, a single emitter and a single receiver. Try experimenting with routing the laser.

If you're wondering how to perform the upward migration:

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There are two corners with horizontal gravity surfaces, use those. Then move the equipment further.