Inscryption: How to Solve the Grave Marker Puzzle

Inscryption is a three-act indie horror deck-building game in which players must battle and solve puzzles with cards that they collect to build various decks throughout each act. After defeating game-master Leshy in Act I and uncovering the New Game file, players will discover that he was only one of four powerful Scrybes that players must face in Inscryption’s second act as they uncover the mysteries of this cryptic RPG. To face Leshy and the other Scrybes, however, players must solve a series of puzzles in each area of the new map, including the grave marker puzzle in the land of the dead.

Players may recognize each of the Scrybes from Act I’s talking cards: the Stoat, the Stinkbug, and the Stunted Wolf, who are named P03, Grimora, and Magnificus. As they return to their former glory and are released from the cards that Leshy had trapped them in, players discover that each one is responsible for creating different types of cards in the game. Each one corresponds to one of the four-deck types that players must choose from at the beginning of this act, and this choice also determines which Scrybe they aim to replace after defeating all four.

Grimora is the Scrybe of the Dead, one of the first two Scrybes that players can challenge in this act, along with Leshy, Scrybe of Beasts, whose cabin returns from Act I. Players can choose to face either her or Leshy first. Once one of them is defeated, the broken bridge in the center of the world will be fixed, allowing players to face P03 and Magnificus. After that point, the remaining Scrybes can be challenged in any order. Grimora’s domain is in the bottom right corner of the world and is shaped like a skeletal hand with a mausoleum on its wrist.

Once players enter Grimora’s domain, they’ll find that she’s sealed away in a room behind three grave markers. However, these grave markers are missing their epitaphs, and it’s up to the player to find all 9 epitaph pieces and arrange them correctly to solve the puzzle to face Grimora. Some of the pieces can be found on the ground, but others must be claimed by defeating the three skeletons in the room. Not only are the skeletons the owners of these graves, but they will also talk a bit about how they died, which will give players a clue about the contents of the rest of their epitaph.

How To Challenge Grimora In Inscryption’s Act 2

Each of the three skeletons in Grimora’s realm in Act II of Inscryption corresponds to one of the gravestones that block players from facing Grimora. By defeating them and speaking to them, players can piece together their causes of death and figure out which epitaph pieces belong to which skeleton. After collecting and arranging all nine epitaph pieces in their correct spots on the grave markers, players will finally be able to challenge Grimora and beat one of Act II’s four bosses.

The left gravestone belongs to the skeleton blocking the well, named Kaycee Hobbes, and has a chunk of ice sticking out of her skull. She uses ice-themed Draugr cards as well, and she’ll give players the piece of an epitaph that says “Kaycee Hobbes 1970 – Winter 1992” when they beat her. Her gravestone is the one on the left, and the remaining two pieces of her epitaph read “Hit by a falling piece of ice” and “The defibrillator failed.” The first of these can be found in the left casket in the room in the top right corner, and players can fish the other from the well in the room behind Kaycee. Players can also fish a Drowned Soul card from this well if they click on it again. Kaycee Hobbes is a recurring character mentioned in every act of Inscryption and was apparently one of the developers of the mysterious game before her disappearance, which likely has some connection to the OLD_DATA that players learn about throughout this act.

The gravestone in the middle belongs to Sawyer Patel, who is the skeleton blocking the stairs near the entrance to the room. Sawyer’s main card is the Bonehound, and players will notice that this skeleton has a nasty bite mark on his skull, so it’s no surprise that a dog ate this poor guy. He’ll give players the epitaph that says “Sawer Patel 1702 – Fall 1778” when he’s defeated, and the epitaph that reads “Eaten by a hungry dog” can be found on the ground just to the left of him and goes in the second slot of his grave marker. The third of his epitaphs says, “Does not hold a grudge,” and can be found by the bottom wall of the room to the left of the main area.

The last of Grimora’s skeletons is named Royal Dominguez, a pirate skeleton wearing what appears to be an eyepatch that’s blocking the top right room with two caskets. He uses the Ghost Ship card and makes frequent references to citrus fruits, which hints that this pirate died of scurvy. His gravestone is the one on the right, and he’ll hand over the epitaph that says “Royal Dominguez 1589 – Spring 1632.” His cause of death, “Brought down by scurvy,” can be found at the bottom of the staircase behind Sawyer, where players can also find the casket of the Bone Lord. The final piece of the epitaph is in the room with the mirror north of the caskets behind Royal, which says, “There was no cure.”

After collecting all 9 pieces of epitaph and returning to the grave markers, players can arrange the pieces in the correct order on each headstone to solve the final puzzle. At this point, the grave markers will sink into the floor and allow players to enter the boss room and challenge Grimora. Once they defeat her, she’ll reward them with two Deathly card packs, and her stone will light up in the area where players started this act of Inscryption to indicate their victory.

Inscryption is available on PC.

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