How To Unlock The Ancient Forest Temple In Luma Island

How To Unlock The Ancient Forest Temple In Luma Island

If you talk to the locals and the Talking Stones dotted around the land in Luma Island, you’ll find out some interesting facts about its history. Ancient civilizations used to inhabit the island, it was visited by pirates on multiple occasions, and it used to be home to magic creatures called Luma.



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You’ll need quite a few offerings if you want to get into the locked ruins on your farm.

Your first hint about this is usually the Ancient Farm Temple near your home, but it isn’t the only mysterious location you can visit and explore. Another massive temple sits by the entrance to the Forest, but you won’t get its doors open unless you unlock it with the Forgotten Tablets.


How To Get Forgotten Tablet A

Menu view with quests on the left and a map on the right with an orange star edited onto a location in the Forest in Luma Island.

After you repair the town bridge and gain access to the Forest, follow the path to the north, and you’ll quickly reach a mountainous area covered in ruins and a temple by the rock wall.

To open the temple, you’ll need three key items: Forgotten Tablet A, Forgotten Tablet B, and Forgotten Tablet C. For the first Forgotten Tablet, you have to find the Overgrown Forest Temple, which is located on the western side of the Forest.


Follow the path across the first gap and over to the canyon that separates the western and eastern sides of the Forest, then go down the path that wraps around the cliff.

Player character standing next to an unlit brazier in front of a temple in Luma Island.

At the end of the path, you’ll find the Overgrown Forest Temple, which has two Empty Offering Braziers on each side of the entrance archway.

If you’re visiting the temple at night,
Ghosts will spawn near the doorway
and along the path toward it, but they can easily be killed in a few hits with
an upgraded Whip
.

Each one needs three Forest Stones and one Forest Resin put into it, and as soon as both are lit up, the door to the Overgrown Forest Temple will open.


All Overgrown Forest Temple Puzzle Solutions

Room

Solution

Room 1

Exit through the doorway.


Has an Archaeologist Profession door that’s locked unless you have that profession’s quest line.


Has an Ancient Scale Door that needs one Pyrite and ten Rock Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, one Spider Web, four Iron Ore nodes, and some barrels and vases.

Room 2

Introduces a new trap: the rolling saw. Run past the saw once it passes and keep close to the wall, kill the Bat, and then run past the next one to the exit.


Has an Ancient Druidic Door which needs three Forest Wood, three Forest Resin, three Forest Flowers, and ten Nature Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, a few Forest Berries and Forest Mushrooms, and some barrels and vases.

Room 3

Exit through the doorway.


Has the Ancient Seafarer’s Door which needs three Barkfin and ten Water Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, one Spider Web, and some barrels and vases.


Has the Ancient Farmer’s Door which needs three Wheat, three Grapes, and ten Earth Spirits. Go over the bridge, break the Spider Web, then through the door to get to a room with a Purple Chest.

Room 4

Introduces the new trap: the wall saw. Run past both sets while they’re paused, then watch out for the falling rock trap tile by the doorway.

Room 5

Run past the set of three wall saws while keeping close to the right wall as soon as they disappear. Kill the two Bats at the bottom of the stairs, then grab the two chests and the Ancient Book.

Room 6

Go to the fire-breathing statue on the left and rotate it until it faces to the right, then walk past it and rotate the other statue until it faces upwards. Walk around to the other side, rotate the first fire-breathing statue so it faces to the right, then rotate the other so it faces the wall.


Has the Ancient Excavator’s Door, which needs five Spider Silk, five Bat Hides, and ten Lost Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, one Spider Web, and some barrels and vases.

Room 7

Wait until the sets of rolling saws move to the right, then run diagonally across, hugging the left wall until you reach the safe zone. Wait until the next set goes to the right, then go up to the next safe zone along the wall, then run to the door when they go to the left.


Watch out for the falling rock trap tiles near the middle of the area.

Room 8

Approach the bridge but wait and let the Bat near the middle fly over to you so you can kill it safely, then run past the three wall saws on each side once they’re paused.

Room 9

Grab Forgotten Tablet A from the ground, then go up the stairs and open the Orange Chest to get a Luma Egg and various materials.


How To Get Forgotten Tablet B

Menu view with quests on the left and a map on the right with an orange star edited onto a location in the northern part of the Forest in Luma Island.

To get to the second Forest Temple, you’ll need to gain access to the eastern side of the Forest. Go to the left side of the lake on the western side, and you’ll find an entrance to the Hidden Forest Caves at the edge of the water, near the path and a ruined building.

Head through it and the exit will put you on the other side of the river. From there, you can take the path back west and knock over the tree log so you have a permanent path between the two areas, but the temple you need is located at the northern end of the area.

Watch out for the new Leech Nest enemies as you follow the path towards the north, and you’ll come to a mountainous area with a lot of rocks and ruins around it, and a closed temple entrance.


Player character standing next to a pillar shooting a beam of light into the distance in Luma Island.

Like the other Forest temples,
Ghosts will spawn in the ruins and near the doorway
if you visit it at night.

To get this temple’s entrance open, you’ll need to locate the two gem-topped pillars on each side of the ruins and rotate them until a beam of light appears and points to the plate above the doorway.

When the two are in the correct position, the entrance to the Deserted Forest Temple will open up, and you’re free to go inside.

All Deserted Forest Temple Puzzle Solutions

Room

Solution

Room 1

Exit through the doorway.


Has an Ancient Seafarer’s Door which needs three Moss Darters and 25 Water Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, some barrels and vases, and a Spider Web.


Has an Archaeologist Profession door that’s locked unless you have that profession’s quest line.

Room 2

Introduces a new trap: spike floor panels. Wait until the spikes pass, then run behind them to the nearby safe zone. Avoid the falling rock trap spaces on the safe zones and follow the spikes to the left side of the room. Time it so you can whack the switch on the left with your whip as you go past, then go back around to the now-open exit.

Room 3

Introduces a new trap: rolling saws. Wait for the center saw to go back up, then follow long enough to lure the Bat to the safe zone so you can kill it. Run up the left or right side, dodging the falling rock trap spots, and swap paths if a saw approaches you until you reach the safe zone.

Room 4

Introduces a new enemy, the Toxic Mushroom, that releases an AOE poison cloud that does damage and makes you drop a few items. Kill it, then rotate both fire-breathing statues so their flames point upwards. Wait and follow the spikes as they go up until you reach the safe zone.


Contains the Ancient Scale Door behind the web, which needs one Bismuth and 25 Rock Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, four Iron Ores, one small Spider Web, and some barrels and vases.

Room 5

Introduces a lever-based puzzle, and they need to be hit in a particular order to drop all the rock walls:

  • Bottom Right.
  • Top Right.
  • Top Left.
  • Bottom Left.
  • Top Right.
  • Bottom Left.

Room 6

Kill the Toxic Mushroom, then grab the Ancient Book off the ground. Wait for the second row of spikes to disappear, then run to the center as the inner spikes disappear. Wait for the outer spikes to disappear, then run to the right to reach the safe zone.


Has an Ancient Farmer’s Door which needs 3 Blueberries, 3 Apples, and 25 Earth Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, a Spider Web, a few Forest Flowers, and some barrels and vases.


Contains an Ancient Woodcutter’s Door, which needs 4 Forest Wood, 4 Forest Resin, 4 Forest Mushroom, and 25 Nature Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, a few Forest Mushrooms and Berries, one Spider Web, and some barrels and vases.

Room 7

Head onto the right rectangle first, break the web, and pass by the saw trap once it’s out of the way. Go down and rotate the fire-breathing statue so it faces the pit, then return to the start. Go to the middle rectangle, run around the left side, then go around and rotate the fire-breathing statue so it faces the wall.


Return to the start, then go down the unblocked path and go north to the safe zone when the saws are away. Flip the switch, then grab the Blue Chest at the end, then go back to the now-open door at the start.


Watch out for the two wall saw traps near both staircases when moving around.

Room 8

Wait for the saw on either side to go up to the top and follow them to the safe zone on the wall. Wait for it to go down again, then cross over and quickly rotate the fire-breathing statue so it faces the wall. Go back to the start and repeat the process on the other side, then exit.


Watch out for the falling rock trap spots along the saw’s path.

Room 9

Lure the three Bats close to the entrance and kill them, then take out the Toxic Mushroom once you don’t have to worry about the Bats, and break the Spider Web blocking the exit door.

Room 10

Wait until the spikes are down, then run to the first safe zone on the right. Wait until you can run to the middle safe zone, grab the chest, and then wait, and run to the final safe zone. Kill the Bat near the exit door.

Room 11

Grab the Forgotten Tablet B off the ground, loot the barrels and vases, and then open the Orange Chest for another Luma Egg and various materials.


How To Get Forgotten Tablet C

Menu view with quests on the left and a map on the right with an orange star edited onto a location on the southeastern side of the Forest in Luma Island.

For the third temple, you’ll need to get to the eastern side of the Forest, and this is done by going through the Hidden Forest Cave, located on the left edge of the lake on the western side.

Follow the main path towards the east and cross the quicksand-filled zone using the rocks and floating wood platforms dotted through it until you reach an area with a cave entrance near where the quicksand ends.

Keep going east, then take the path going north once you see the Forest Shrine, then once you hit the cliff, follow the path southeast past several Toxic Mushrooms, and you’ll reach the third temple.


Like the others, you’ll have a small puzzle to complete to get the door open, and this time you’ll need to hit two switches within a certain amount of time.

Hit the switch next to the pillar and mushroom first, then run past the temple to the switch at the bottom of the hill, and hit it second to open the door to the Hidden Forest Temple.

All Hidden Forest Temple Puzzle Solutions

Room

Solution

Room 1

Go through the exit door.


Contains an Archaeologist Profession room.

Room 2

Run through the first spike floor when the spikes disappear, then for the second set, wait for the first group to appear. Follow the spikes across as they disappear, then exit through the door.

Room 3

Wait for the first rolling saw to go up, then cross over to the safe zone against the wall, and run up and around the corner once it goes back down.


At the second rolling saw section, wait for either side to go to the opposite end, then run down the open section to the other end, swapping if needed while avoiding the falling stone trap floor.


For the final rolling saw, wait for it to start going up, and follow it to the safe zone on the wall. Let it pass by you, then run across to the exit door and break the small Spider Web blocking it.

Room 4

Rotate both fire-breathing statues so that they face the pillar, then walk through to the next section. This part has five statues you need to rotate in a particular order to pass through:

  • Rotate the southern statue to the north.
  • Go around the path to the right, and rotate the eastern statue until its fire is facing the pit.
  • Rotate the northern statue two times until its fire is facing the pit.
  • Rotate the western statue to the west so that its fire is facing the pit.
  • Go back down and around to the now open path to the left, and follow it around to the fifth statue.
  • Make the fifth statue’s fire face the wall, then go back around and exit through the door.

Has an Ancient Farmer’s Door that needs three Strawberries, three Oranges, and 50 Earth Spirits. Inside is a Purple Chest, barrels and vases, and a Spider Web.

Room 5

Wait for the spikes to start going up along the path, and run behind it without stopping until you reach the other side of the room.


Watch out for the two falling rock traps located in front of the vases.

Room 6

Kill the three Bats flying next to the entrance, then go across the middle path to the other side, and avoid the falling rock traps near the exit.

Room 7

Stand near the left side of the room, destroy the Spider Web, and lure the Bat over so you can kill it while avoiding the wall saws. Once it’s dead, go down either set of stairs and over to the other side of the room.


Has an Ancient Excavator’s Door which needs five Spider Silk, five Bat Hides, five Forest Ectoplasms, and 50 Lost Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, two Spider Webs, and barrels to break.

Room 8

Run behind the spikes on the right side of the room as they disappear until you reach a Spider Web, then quickly swap to the left side and go to the safe zone. Avoid the falling rock traps, and exit through the door.


Has an Ancient Seafarer’s Door which needs three Ironjaw Pike and 50 Water Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, a Spider Web, barrels and vases, and some Forest Rocks.

Room 9

Cross over the invisible floor to the other side, grab the Ancient Book off the floor, avoid the two falling rock traps, and then exit through the door.


Has an Ancient Scale Door that needs one Crocoite and 50 Rock Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, four pieces of Iron Ore, a Spider Web, and barrels and vases.


Has an Ancient Druidic Door that needs five Forest Wood, five Forest Resin, five Forest Berries, and 50 Nature Spirits. Contains a Purple Chest, a Spider Web, barrels and vases, a few Forest Berries, and two Forest Mushrooms.

Room 10

Go to the left side of the room, break the Forest Rock so you can access the western statue, and turn it so it faces the pillar. Break the Spider Web blocking the left set of stairs, and follow the path around and up the stairs. Kill the Toxic Mushroom, then go around to the back of the next fire-breathing statue, and turn it so it faces the pillar.


Go back to where the Toxic Mushroom was, break the large Forest Rock so you can get to the other path, and go down the stairs. Go to the right side of the fire-breathing statue and turn it so it faces the pillar, then go down the hall and do the same for the next one.


Now go back to the right side of the room and around the corner without going back to the stairs. Follow the path down to one more fire-breathing statue, turn it so it faces the pillar, and then return to the entrance of the room. Now you can go down the previously blocked stairs, and get to the exit door.

Room 1 (Part 2)

Pick up Forgotten Tablet C off the floor, break all the barrels and vases, and open the Orange Chest to receive some loot and another Luma Egg.


How To Use The Forgotten Tablets

Player character holding the Ancient Grove Key after unlocking the Ancient Forest Temple in Luma Island.

When you have all three Forgotten Tablets in your possession, return to the large temple near the entrance to the Forest, and interact with the doorway to insert them.

Go inside the door once it’s unlocked, and you’ll find yourself in the Ancient Forest Temple. Go down the long stairway to the bottom of the temple, and the Ancient Grove Key will be sitting beneath the tree on the central platform, alongside two Purple Chests.

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