Kuros: General Information
Overview: You play Katya who awakens on a strange island with no memory of who she is or her past. Can you helper her rediscover herself?
Gameplay: This is a puzzle game, which means you will progress through the game solving different puzzles, finding objects, and solving clues.
Globe:Click the globe in the bottom, left corner to find out what your objectives are.
Hints:These are round items that come in different forms of orbs which do different things. They are hidden anywhere and sometimes appear after you solve an area. Before continuing, be sure to go back to previous areas. These may vary for each player - however, I have included screenshots of where I found mine.
- Scrying Orb - this can be used to solve a puzzle
- Chromatic Lens - reveals a random hidden item
Exit Points: Move your mouse cursor around the edges of the screen to find where you can exit an area.
Map Pieces: You must find an X amount of map pieces in order to advance, be sure to look everywhere for them. They may be hidden of you may have to solve a puzzle to get them.
Levels:
Wood Realm
Wood Glyphstone
- you can exit from any edge and go to wood shrine
Wood Shrine
- click on the bag
- four (4) silhouettes will appear
- find the items that match the silhouettes
- place the item(s) on top of their matching silhouette
- click the bag again
- exit right
Dead End
- collect eight (8) gems
- watch the light puzzle at left - make note of the colors
- click on the light puzzle at left
- now match the gems to the colors
- click the floor
rearrange
- the tiles to fix the mosaic
- take the map piece off the steps
- exit up stairs
Map
- rearrange the map pieces
- before continuing, go back and search the locations for orbs
Orb Locations
Ancient Barrow
- enter the barrow
Inside the Barrow
- collect the 8 pieces of statue
reassemble
- the statue at the head of the coffin
- click the wand in the dead man's hands
- find the objects
- click the green orb above the door
- left click your wand
- follow the tutorial
- exit outside
Ancient Barrow
- exit right
Map
Oracle's Hermatige
- collect the three (3) visible map pieces
- click the mechanism to the right
- match the picture to the smaller one beside it
- solve it and part of a bridge will appear
- repeat until you have solved three (3) puzzles
- collect the map piece
- click the door to the tree house
- find the items
- click the door and solve four (4) puzzles
- collect the two (2) map pieces now visible
- exit up
Ball Puzzle Solutions (click directly in front to the ball will show and arrow)
R = Right | L = Left | D = Down | U = Up
- Puzzle #1 - R, D, L, D, R, U, R, D
- Puzzle #2 - L, D, R, D, R, U, R, D, L, U, R, U, L, U
- Puzzle #3 - D, L, U, L, U, L, U, R, D, R, D, R
- Puzzle #4 - U, R, D, L, U, R, D, L, U, L, U, R, D
Oracles Treehouse
- pick up your wand
- collect the six (6) orbs and place them in the sconces - see screenshots
- collect the six (6) pieces of sheet music
- place a piece of sheet music on the organ
- when the ball(s) get near a key, hit it
- click the telescope
- find the objects
- use the key on the shutters
- click the window
- collect the map piece
- exit down twice
Map
- exit to wood glyphstone
Wood Glyphstone
- use your magic wand on the glyphstone five (5) times
Glyphstone Puzzle - you must use your magic wand to select a symbol from the gold circle and then click a blank spaces to complete the pattern (across).
Fire Realm
Fire Glyphstone
- collect the five (5) pieces of map
- exit left or right to the hall of brotherhood
Hall of Brotherhood
- find the five (5) map pieces
- exit down
Map
Hearth of Burning Power
- collect the four (4) closest hammers
- use the hammers on the lava spikes
- collect the five (5) map pieces
- collect the remaining six (6) hammers - one is hidden in the screenshot
- click the door
- find the objects by using the hammers on various lava mounds
- click the door
- go inside
Door Puzzle - rotate the mechanism until everything is horizontal
- Solution: L, L, L, L, R, R, L, L
Inside Hearth
- collect four (4) pieces of map
- collect nine (9) pieces of coal
- place the coal into the firepit
- click the chimney
- trace the five (5) symbols on the chimney with your magic wand
- click the anvil
- find the objects
- click the anvil again
- exit to hall of brotherhood - solve map first
Anvil Puzzle - this is just like the "whackt-the-mole" game; pick up the hammer and whack away at the red spots that appear until the bar fills up
Map
Hall of Brotherhood
- exit to ancient barrow
Ancient Barrow
- Mr. Oakbeard gives you mission
- find the items and return to Mr. Oakbeard
- exit to hall of brotherhood
Oakbeard's Mission
- find ten (10) seeds scattered throughout the woods
- find ten (10) flowers which are fond of the heat of the fire
- find ten (10) crystals which can be found anywhere - "if you look hard enough"
Locations
- Seeds: Oracles Hermatige - 3 | Ancient Barrow - 4 | Wood Shrine (Gate) - 3
- Crystals: Oracles Hermatige - 1 outside & 1 inside | Ancient Barrow - 1 outside & 1 inside | Wood Shrine - 1 | Fire Glyphstone - 2 | Hall of Brotherhood - 1 | Hearth of Burning Power - 1 outside & 1 inside
- Flowers: Fire Glyphstone - 3 | Hall of Brotherhood - 1 | Hearth of Burning Power - 4 outside & 2 inside
Hall of Brotherhood
- exit to the fire glyphstone
Fire Glyphstone
- use your magic wand on the glyphstone five (5) times
Glyphstone Puzzle - you must use your magic wand to select a symbol from the gold circle and then click a blank spaces to complete the pattern (down).
Water Realm
Water Glyphstone
- collect five (5) pieces of map
- exit to frozen obelisk
Frozen Obelisk
- collect the three (3) pieces of map on the beach
- click on the mechanism to the right
- find the objects
- pull the lever
- get some more ball puzzles - do NOT hit the green areas!
- cross the water and take the piece of map in the water
- use your scepter on the map piece in the ice
- take the bucket
- use the bucket on the water
- place it back were you found it
- take it out and apply it to the broken ice
- exit up
Ball Puzzle Solutions:
- Puzzle #1: L, U, R, D, L
- Puzzle #2: D, L, U, R, U, L, U, R, D
- Puzzle #3: R, D, R, U, R, D, R, U, L, D, R, D, L, D, L, U, R, D, R
- Puzzle #4: L, U, R, U, R, U, L, D, L, U, L
Ice Puzzle - place the shapes within the box so that they all fit.
Map
Farseer's Tower
- collect the five (5) pieces of map
- click on the wheel
- find the objects - they are all on the wheel
- use your scepter on the panel
- exit up
Pipe Puzzle - rotate the pipes so the water runs from top to bottom
Inside Farseer's Tower
- collect the four (4) pieces of map
- click on a telescope
- use the colored lens's to find the hidden glyph
- trace the glyphs on the base with your magic wand
- exit to water glyphstone
Lens Solutions: (Clockwise from Left)
- Telescope #1 - Front, Left: Yellow + Blue
- Telescope #2 - Back, Left: Yellow + Pink + Blue
- Telescope #3 - Back, Middle: Blue
- Telescope #4 - Back, Right: Pink
- Telescope #5 - Front, Right: Pink + Blue
Map
Water Glyphstone
- use your magic wand on the glyphstone five (5) times
Glyphstone Puzzle - you must use your magic wand to select a symbol from the gold circle and then click a blank spaces to complete the pattern (down).
Metal Realm
Metal Glyphstone
- exit to obsidian hold
Obsidian Hold
- use your scepter on the rock and get a scrying orb
- collect the three (3) pieces of map
- collect the six (6) lady of the lilies pieces
- reconstruct the statue on the base
- exit underneath the statue
Underneath the Statue
- find eight (8) gears
- click the machine at left
- click the pipes
- exit to obsidian hold
Gear Puzzle - place the gears (4 medium, 2 small, and 2 large) into the puzzle so they all touch.
Pipe Puzzle - rotate the pipes so the water runs from left to right
Obsidian Hold
- pick a silver lily - right side, near the middle
- give it to the guardian
- exit into obsidian hold
Inside Obsidian Hold
- click the crystals
- collect the eight (8) missing pieces
- place them on the correct guards
- exit to obsidian hold
Crystal Puzzle - use the mirrors (on the side) to rearrange the light beams so they go through all the crystals; you may not need to use all the mirrors
Crystal Puzzle Solutions: (see screenshots - clockwise from left)
Obsidian Hold
- exit to metal glyphstone
Map
Metal Glyphstone
- use your magic wand on the glyphstone five (5) times
Glyphstone Puzzle - you must use your magic wand to select a symbol from the gold circle and then click a blank spaces to complete the pattern.
Note: see first screenshot for the best way to solve this puzzle; the arrows show which way the pattern flows.
Aether Realm
Aether Glyphstone
- collect the five (5) pieces of map
- exit to wheel of time
Wheel of Time
- collect the five (5) pieces of map
- collect the chromatic lens
- click on the wheel of time
- click the wheel of time again
- make note of the time
- exit right
Wheel of Time Puzzle - swap the tiles and unscramble the symbols.
Spot the Differences Puzzle - you need to find the 9 differences between the two images; click the difference in the right picture and place in the correct spot in the left picture so they match.
Map
- exit to library of the old ones
Library of the Old Ones
- collect the five (5) pieces of map
- click on the purse
- find the items
- find the key
- visit the guardian and the farseer
- click the door
- place the keys in the "time" the wheel of time gave you
- exit into the library
Door Puzzle Solution:
- Blue Key = 8
- Green Key = 6
- Red Key = 2
Inside the Library
- collect the five (5) pieces of map
- starting with the top book, put them in the correct spots - if you aren't sure, simply click the 4 different shelves
- collect the five (5) punch cards
- place the punch cards in the machine
- exit to aether glyphstone
Punch Card Puzzle - this is just like the organ, punch the key directly underneath each ball as it drops.
Map
Aether Glyphstone
- use your magic wand on the glyphstone five (5) times
- exit to acropolis
Glyphstone Puzzle - you must use your magic wand to select a symbol from the gold circle and then click a blank spaces to complete the pattern.
Acropolis
Acropolis
- click the stones to see what needs collected - you can only collect enough for one stone at a time
- exit to the wood realm and collect eight (8) mushrooms
- exit to the fire realm and collect eight (8) carbon
- exit to the water realm and collect eight (8) crystals
- exit to the metal realm and collect eight (8) bars
- exit to the aether realm and collect eight (8) snowflakes
- click each stone to get a new glyphstone to solve (see screenshots below)
- click the large stone in the back and get yet another glyphstone - this is 4 in 1 and is the mirror image of the previous glyphstones
Locations
- Mushrooms: Wood Glyphstone = 2 | Wood Shrine = 1 sinkhole & 1 gate | Ancient Barrow = 2 | Oracle's Hermatige = 2
- Carbon: Fire Glyphstone = 2 | Hall of Brotherhood = 2 | Hearth of Burning Power = 2 outside & 2 inside
- Crystals: Water Glyphstone = 2 | Farseer's Tower = 2 outside & 2 inside | Frozen Obelisk = 2
- Bars: Metal Glyphstone = 2 | Obsidian = 2 outside & 2 under statue & 2 inside tower
- Snowflakes: Aether Glyphstone = 3 | Wheel of Time = 3 | Library = 2
Wood
Fire
Water
Metal
Aether
Final Glyphstone
THE END...?