Puzzle Solutions

Every Tenebris Somnia puzzle is listed here in the order you reach it, with the answer up front. Need the screenshots and the setup steps too? Each answer links to the part of the walkthrough that covers it.

What is the Aurisatio recipe?

Mix the developing chemical from the fridge in the bedroom's empty glass, add Julia's blood from the broken bathroom mirror, then hold it in the sunlight at the opened window. Full steps in Ivan's apartment.

How do you solve the TV puzzle?

Put both batteries in the remote on Ivan's studio table and press its button, then step on the floor tile matching each planet symbol the TV shows. We got Venus, Saturn, Mercury. TV puzzle solution.

How do you get the AS Films key under the door?

The key is stuck in the other side of the lock. Slide something under the door to catch it, push the key out with something pointy, then pull it back through. Second floor walkthrough.

How do you solve the Débora burning poster puzzle?

Assemble the Débora poster in the frame, rotating pieces until it fits, then burn it and take the Bathroom key from what's left. Second floor walkthrough.

How do you kill the invisible creature?

It can only be hit in darkness, so kill the lights before you shoot. Defeating it leads you to the red candle. Second floor walkthrough.

How do you solve the USB cable bottle sound puzzle?

Ring the bar bell to hear the target note, then add or remove liquid with the bottles and hit the glass with your Wrench until it sounds the same. Ring the bell again and the glass breaks. First floor walkthrough.

How do you charge Ivan's phone?

Combine the USB cable and USB Adapter into a USB Charger and use it at the wall outlet next to Ivan's phone. First floor walkthrough.

What is the projector room code?

5160, entered at the locked projector room door in the cultural center behind Door A. First floor walkthrough.

How do you solve the Plate with an X puzzle?

Put Black Tape on the upper-left plate of the dining table and set the Plate with an X in the empty spot right below it. The central double doors unlock. First floor walkthrough.

How do you solve the RCA cable green light puzzle?

Repair the cut cable in the equipment storage room, then switch off the green light. The wooden box with the RCA cable opens. Film school walkthrough.

How do you solve Ivan's camera crow puzzle?

Connect the RCA cable to the camera, then work through the scene: break the glass, bring the spirit to the grieving man, and cycle the camera until the crow brings the poppies. You get the copper seed. Film school walkthrough.

Where do you plant the copper seed?

In the green vase at the far end of the school's Floor 1 hallway. Take the copper poppies back to Ivan's camera scene. Film school walkthrough.

What is the black candle elevator code?

Light the black candle in the elevator, then press the floors in the order of the TV colors in the video library. In our run that was 1, 2, 0, 3, which opens Floor -1. Film school walkthrough.

How do you open the hanging skull door?

Play Canister 2 in the projector room, take the Cow Skull from the theater chest that opens, and hang it on the hook of the door past the dining room set. Film school walkthrough.

How do you turn the RCA cable from blue to yellow?

Switch the moon-and-sun setup to the sun. The cable turns yellow and works with the camera again. Julia's Desiderium walkthrough.

How do you break the spell on the apartment key?

Purify it with purified water, the same way you fixed the film can, then leave the key behind. Julia's memories come back and the old book becomes readable. Julia's Desiderium walkthrough.

Where is the Lead fly?

In the hands of Julia's statue in the screening room at the end of the dripping maze. Julia's Desiderium walkthrough.

How do you make Aurisatio the second time?

Put blood from Julia's cut hand in the Glass vase, add developed film, burn it in the oven, then expose it to sunlight. Aurifer walkthrough.

What is the Aurifer recipe?

Electricity first, then the mercury pool in Putrefactio, then moonlight, all applied to the Lapis Fictus knife from Ivan's red statue. Aurifer walkthrough.

How do you open Vitria's sealed door?

There is no key. Talk to Vitria and accept her spell, which lets a human cross the barrier. Final boss walkthrough.