How to solve the Sacred Archive time puzzles in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

The Sacred Archive puzzles in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown are some of the most challenging in the game, requiring you to use your smarts in order to earn the Clairvoyance power. What makes these four Secret Rooms a challenge is that each puzzle requires you to use multiple versions of your character, Sargon, to activate switches and use powers to grab the tablet at the end of each trial—all with a ticking clock.

This makes timing a tricky component, as you have to wait for previous Sargons to activate the platforms and walls necessary for your final Sargon to make their way to the prize. If you'd rather just have a solution straight away and head off to the Pit of Eternal Sands, here's what you need to do to solve each of the Sacred Archive puzzles.

The first room is an easy introduction to the puzzle concept of using three different Sargons to activate switches and get where you need to go. Simply activate the switches on the left and right walls using your first and second Sargons respectively, then send your third to grab the tablet. Here's that broken down step by step: This one is a bit harder and requires you to use the Shadow of the Simurgh ability with your first Sargon to create a warp point that your second Sargon can then use to get to the pressure plate at the top of the room and activate it before the time runs out.

Here's what you need to do step by step: This room is tricky since it requires you to perform multiple tasks with your first Sargon in order to open the way to the tablet at the top of the chamber. Here's what to do with each Sargon: This one is the hardest, since it combines using the Shadow of the Simurgh ability from the second puzzle while having a Sargon perform multiple tasks like in the third.

Here's each step: When you've completed all four secret rooms, the barriers blocking the central portal will disappear, so you can head inside and grab the Clairvoyance power. If you've also been to the Soma Tree and fought Kiana, you'll now be able to make your way into the Pit of Eternal Sands and continue the story..