Fountain Lever Puzzle

Is there any way to solve the fountain lever puzzle other than attempting the 64 odd possible combinations?

Look carefully, watch the steam.

Nothing I did seemed to make any noticeable difference to the steam coming from 2 levers, or the winch. Perhaps my eyesight is dimming with age!!

Here is the solution

I just tried every logically possibble combination and somehow managed it in the end when I was about to give up.

Finally it worked using your help, thanks, I don't have hours to waste at my age!!

Then you better stop playing video games Corwin!

Originally Posted by Corwin
Finally it worked using your help, thanks, I don't have hours to waste at my age!!

I didn't figure it out either, couldn't find any hints so I went brute force (luckily, I got it in attempt 20/64 I think)

Haha, I didn't know there were clues.. I always go brute force with these lever riddles. Just have to count in binary from 1 to 2^number of levers and you are set. No thinking involved, just time.

Yes, but at say 1 minute a lever, that's an hour of my life I would never get back!! At my age, those hours become precious!!

I *knew* there must be some pattern, but I didn't see it either! I just kept trying until I got it right… well, good to know anyway.

Originally Posted by Corwin
Yes, but at say 1 minute a lever, that's an hour of my life I would never get back!! At my age, those hours become precious!!

**starts to wonder how old the good man is….**

Originally Posted by Alrik Fassbauer
I just tried every logically possibble combination and somehow managed it in the end when I was about to give up.

That is exactly what worked for me - I was about to hit the forums when my combo suddenly worked - I was so frustrated at the time, I have no idea what the real solution was to the puzzle.

Originally Posted by Corwin
Yes, but at say 1 minute a lever, that's an hour of my life I would never get back!! At my age, those hours become precious!!

One minute to do 3 clicks? Woa then you are certainly very very old!

I also didn't found the trick and applied the brutal search, I'm old too but I click very fast so it didn't take long!

Ah, but after the clicks you have the animation and then the conversation, so it takes about a minute per try!!

You don't need wait the animation, it's 3 clicks, well in fact 4 if you reset a lever and that's quite fast, one minute is very very long. I made a quick try and it's about 6 attempt in 30 seconds so let say 10 in one minute.

For the trick given here, the more funny is that I looked like crazy knowing there's a visual hint and just quote nothing until I read the spoil!

EDIT: And if I'm not wrong there's 2 power 5 possible combination, so 32. It's in Dungeon Lords, you had in a dugeon 4 switches, I search hours where was the hint, like a message somewhere in the dungeon, I knew brutal force wasn't long but I was trying to solve the puzzle, when I read you had to use the brutal force since then I'm quite mixed in front of those sort of stuff. :-)

Originally Posted by Dasale
[…]when I read you had to use the brutal force […]

Now that's excellent game design! David Bradley is a legend indeed

Well well, anyway for the Drakensang trick I couldn't complain against David as despite I know for sure there was a visual hint, I couldn't find it.