Chapter Five: Aquez

Botanica Into the Unknown Walkthrough for chapter 5 Aquez features tons of helpful tips, advice, and a complete step-by-step guide to completing this beautiful hidden object adventure game.

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Chapter Five: Aquez

Aquex Entrance

  • Examine the pedastal
  • Pick up the LADDER RUNG
  • Note a lever is missing
  • Examine the water lily
  • Note the empty bulb cage
  • Enter the open door

 

Lab

  • Talk to Gustav
  • Pick up collectible
  • Examine the ladder
  • Place the LADDER RUNG and click on the ladder to lower it
  • Examine the machine

 

Piston Puzzle

  • The goal here is to get all the pistons into a position where all the lights are green
  • One way to do this is to place all the pistons at the top
  • Pull the blue bar down so you can see all of them
  • Pull the lever
  • Then move all the ones that did not light green down one and repeat
  • Unfortunately they do not stay lit so you'll have to use your memory a little bit

 

Gustav Story

  • Give Gustav the ROBOT PLATE
  • Click on pictures that match with Gustav's story
  • Receive the BLUE KEY CARD
  • Examine Gustav's portrait
  • Pick up Collectible

 

Gustav Study

  • Go through door
  • Examine Gustav's study
  • There is a sword that is locked onto the wall
  • Pick up collectibe
  • There is a container of solution missing a valve

 

Cabinet Puzzle

  • Examine the cabinet and find 10 differences

 

Cabinet

  • Pick up 2 EMPTY BOTTLES
  • Examine behind the picture frame
  • Pick up collectible on the open door
  • Return outside

 

Dock

  • Examine the right gate
  • Use the BLUE KEY CARD
  • Go through the gate to the dock
  • Pick up collectible
  • Talk to Harbormaster; the tortoise has lost her baby
  • Examine the shelf to the left
  • Match up the cards
  • You need to slide the wood piece right and left to expose all the cards
  • Some cards to be matched are hidden on both sides
  • Pick up the last RED KEY CARD
  • Examine the open flower; it has a light to make it bloom
  • Use an EMPTY BOTTLE on the flower to pick up a pollen sample
  • Examine the bamboo; you need something to cut it with.

 

Diving Bell

  • Go forward to the tortoise diving bell
  • Examine the lantern
  • Pick up the PALETTE KNIFE
  • Pick up collectible
  • Return to start point and examine the left gate
  • Use the RED CARD KEY and enter

 

Baby

  • Examine the machine to the left
  • Flip the switch below the light
  • Pick up the LIGHT BULB
  • Examine the tool locker; it is locked
  • Pick up collectible
  • Examine the baby tortoise to the right
  • The baby tortoise and LEVER are encrusted in moss
  • Use the PALETTE KNIFE on the orange bit of moss
  • Back up once
  • Examine the flower
  • Place the LIGHT BULB and click
  • Use the EMPTY BOTTLE on the now open flower

 

Bookshelf Hidden Object Game

  • Enter the study
  • Examine the bookshelf
  • Place the MOSS SAMPLE on the mat to the left
  • From left to right as you examine the books, five of them will pull out
  • Clicking on the left most one, reveals a judge's wig and top hat
  • Next book requires you to place the minibot pieces on the schematic to the left
  • Note the circle piece on the note
  • Next book exposes hand crank drill, drafting compass, and palette knife
  • Next one reveals the aqua moss entry
  • Last book reveals the 2 flowers
  • Receive a receipe book
  • Flip through the pages of the book
  • Click on the plant picture
  • Pick up the DISPLAY CASE KEY
  • Pick up collectible
     

Sword

  • Examine the sword
  • Use the DISPLAY CASE KEY
  • Pick up the SWORD
  • Return outside
  • Head right
  • Examine the bamboo
  • Use the SWORD
  • Pick up the VALVE
  • Return to the study
  • Examine the solution
  • Use the VALVE on the solution container
  • Click on it
  • Pick up the vial of solution and LOCKER KEY hidden behind it

 

Mixture Puzzle

  • Open the Botanist Kit
  • Place the colored mixtures with the lightest on the left
  • The container to the right will have the heaviest mixture drop to the bottom to help you sort
  • After filling it with 3 colors, click on the red dial and it will empty
  • Receive MOSS EATING ALGAE

 

Baby

  • Return outside and to the left
  • Examine the baby tortoise
  • Use the dropper to remove the moss
  • Pick up the LEVER
  • The baby tortoise will swim away
  • Examine the locker
  • Use the LOCKER KEY
  • Move items so you can pick up the GREASE

 

Grate

  • Back up once
  • Examine the pedastal
  • Place the LEVER
  • Examine the grate
  • Use the GREASE on the grate
  • Flip the LEVER now
  • Pick up the BABY TORTOISE

 

Diving Bell

  • Return to the right and the tortoise diving bell
  • Place the BABY TORTOISE on the mama
  • Examine the door
  • Place the RED AND BLUE KEYS CARDS on the puzzle lock
  • Place the shapes below onto the images above.
  • No flipping is needed

 

Destination

  • Enter the diving bell
  • Examine the Select Destination yellow circle
  • Cross out every square but the one that fits the criteria

 

Switches

  • Examine the center console
  • Slide the slider, flip the switch, or turn the dial in numerical order

 

Pipe Joint

  • Examine the wrecked machine
  • Pick up the PIPE JOINT
  • Examine the pile to the left of the machine

 

Underwater HOS

  • Clownfish:  Slide the kelp out of the way. 
  • Diving helmet:  Click on the helmet and then the ducky.  Pick up the face plate.
  • Pearl:  Slide the shell out of the way.
  • Receive 4 TENTACLES

 

Ornate Gate

  • Click on the green arrow on the steering device
  • Examine the ornate gate.
  • Place the TENTACLE PIECES
  • Examine the crystal

 

Robot Arm

  • Examine the robot arm controls
  • Flip the levers and then the green arrow
  • If the lines to the right turn red, then you flipped the proper switch
  • The 2nd control is the first section
  • The 4th controls the 2nd section
  • The 3rd controls the 3rd section
  • The 1st controls the 4th section

 

Crystal

  • Examine the compartment to the left
  • Pick up the SPORE
  • Watch cut scene

 

Cave

  • Pick up collectible
  • Examine the pipes directly ahead
  • Place the PIPE JOINT
     

Elevator Pipe

  • The puzzle requires you to turn the hexagonal pieces until the pipes are all connected.
  • Blue turns 5 and 6
  • Orange turns 2
  • Green turns 1, 6, and 8
  • Purples turns 5
  • Yellow turns 2, 3, and 7
  • Red turns 1 & 4
  • Press green until 8 is in place
  • Press yellow until 7 is in place
  • Press red until 4 is in place
  • Press blue until 6 is in place
  • If necessary press orange and purple to move 2 and 5
  • Enter the elevator
  • Watch cut scene to end chapter
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