Riddles For Sphinx

[Anita Damelio]

Thereare many secrets to discover in Dragon's Dogma 2. Very few, however, can match this one in terms of creativity, as well as the level of frustration that you're likely to feel. Here's our Dragon's Dogma 2 Sphinx riddles and solutions guide to help you with A Game of Wits.

There are a total of 10 Sphinx riddles in Dragon's Dogma 2. Every puzzle that you solve nets you a reward from a chest. You can also obtain an even more enticing reward from the larger chest once you solve all the riddles.

For players on consoles (and PCs), you may also rest at an inn to force an autosave prior to attempting a riddle. Even if you're not using a backup save folder, you should still be able to load your save from when you last rested at an inn.

Once you get past the Ancient Battleground, you'll meet an NPC named Oskar. He has a quest called Tolled to Rest. Although completing it isn't required to solve the Sphinx's riddles in Dragon's Dogma 2, you might as well tackle the objective along the way.

Continue to the top of the ruins until you spot a lone Cyclops. Take it out and climb the ledges along the cliffside area. You'll find yourself at the Worldsend Cavern, which is a tunnel system that's filled with phantoms.

Upon exiting Worldsend Cavern, look to your right to see a series of ledges carved along the cliff. These lead you to the Mountain Shrine and the Sphinx's lair. We recommend placing a Portcrystal here. You're going to fast travel back to this area often, so you might as well save some time.

Riddle: "Our eyes are our allies, yet oft do they betray, for eyes tell lies, so I advise, and thence do lead astray. Yet how will your eyes advise you? Venture through yonder door and retrieve that which is of greatest value."

Solution: The Sphinx will open the cracked doorway for you. Inside is a vast tunnel system that's crawling with hobgoblins and even an Ogre. If you look above the entrance, you'll see a chest that has a Sealing Phial. This is what you should give the Sphinx. Note that there's another chest deeper in the chambers, but it's the incorrect item.

Solution: You need to bring the person with whom you have the highest affinity value with (as noted in our romance/affinity guide). For us, it was Ulrika. Although we had also romanced Wilhelmina in our playthrough, we received an achievement notifying us that we maxed out someone's affinity--and that was when we gave gifts to Ulrika. We did not even need to complete her quests.

Update: We've been told that carrying your main pawn and placing them on the dais should also work. We tested it and can confirm that it does, so there's no need to return to Melve or any other location to bring an NPC with high affinity.

Do take note that your main pawn will walk away from the dais, so try to plop them down just past the dais/in front of the Sphinx. Then, quickly talk to the Sphinx to "register" your main pawn as your answer to the riddle.

Riddle: "The parent knows the child, yet the reverse is far from true. The child knows not the parent; such is the parent's due. I am a lost child, for kinship do I yearn. So bring to me my parent, that I may learn."

Solution: This Dragon's Dogma 2 Sphinx riddle might stump a lot of folks because the solution isn't as obvious at first glance. Basically, you need to bring a Capcom-made pawn that has "Sphinx" as a moniker:

Solution: Initially, we thought that this Dragon's Dogma 2 Sphinx riddle required us to give the most expensive item we had in our inventory. However, any item will do. Basically, this riddle will just duplicate any item you give to the Sphinx. As such, we recommend choosing something that's really hard to find or expensive, such as a Portcrystal.

Riddle: "You know of Seeker's Tokens, I trust? Those keepsakes of a fondly remembered journey? Yet where it was that you found your first? Retrace your steps, if you can--you might make a new discovery."

For us, it was the one in a nest atop a small hill. The spot was just north of the campsite outside Melve. Upon going there, we found a Finder's Token. We then retrieved it and returned to the Sphinx.

Tip from DeerGodWye in the comments section: If you're having trouble looking for the first Seeker's Token that you obtained, then perhaps you can unlock the Trickster vocation. Its Detection augment causes Wakestones and Seeker's Tokens to flash, as well as emit a tapping sound effect.

After you're done with the first set of puzzles (whether you solved them all successfully or failed a few), the Sphinx will fly away. That means you need to find her next location. It's none other than the Frontier Shrine, which is due west of Checkpoint Rest Town.

Regardless of which path you took, you'll eventually arrive at a fog-covered area. There are ruins and collapsed pillars here. You can use melee attacks or spells to destroy the rocks that are blocking the way. Once the obstacles have been cleared, follow the narrow path to the south until you reach the Frontier Shrine.

Believe it or not, it's possible to ride on the back of the Sphinx, but you do need to be quick about it. When you're done with the fifth riddle and the Sphinx starts talking, jump up and press the "Grab" button to take hold of her. Then, move around her until you're on her nape (i.e. the back of her neck).

Because the Sphinx flies levelly for several minutes, you should be able to stand on her nape without expending stamina. Just watch out because she'll do a steep dive once she's about to enter a cave, which means you have to grab hold of her once more.

This is the fastest way to reach the Frontier Shrine. The only downside is that you won't be able to open the fifth chest--assuming you solved that riddle correctly--since you need to grab hold of the Sphinx before she flies off. You can always come back for it later.

Important: After reaching the Sphinx's second location for the Riddle of Reunion, it seems that we couldn't choose which riddle we'd tackle anymore (unlike the first part). There are four more riddles remaining, and she can give them to you in any order:

Solution: The solution to this Dragon's Dogma 2 Sphinx riddle can be a bit tricky. Basically, the Sphinx will show you an image of a tubby red-haired man wearing a white robe. There are two NPCs in the game world that look almost alike, but there are some distinctions. You can see these differences if you open the menu and select History -> NPC Logbook -> Vernworth. These are two characters that you need to check:

But wait: remember what we've done a few times when we solved Sphinx Riddles in Dragon's Dogma 2? We were bringing characters to her, and it's possible to do that with Ser Maurits as well. Simply fast travel to Bakbattahl and go to the marked location where you'll find Maurits. Carry him on your shoulders and teleport back to the shrine. When you drop him next to the amphora, this objective will still get completed normally.

Solution: Carry and place the correct number of statues on or near the dais (i.e. in front of the Sphinx). You should only place as many statues depending on the number of riddles that you guessed correctly.

Reward: Eternal Wakestone - Allows you to revive multiple NPCs at the same time, which is extremely useful in case a town got wiped out by Dragonsplague. This also nets you the Reaper's Scorn achievement when used.

Important: Lastly, you might be wondering what would happen if you just battle the Sphinx normally without using the Unmaking Arrow. Well, she'll still attempt to escape once her HP gets too low. You also won't be able to grab hold of her, and you probably won't be able to do enough DPS within the timeframe. She'll escape, and that's the last that you'll see of her.

To access Atlantis in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, you'll have to get four artefacts, one of which is in the paws of the fabled Sphinx. To get it safely, you'll need to answer three riddles correctly, picked from a random pool. Not to worry, we've got all the Sphinx's riddle answers in this handy guide below.

To answer the Sphinx's riddles in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, you'll have to complete the mandatory story quest Lore of the Sphinx, which starts after accessing Atlantis for the first time (which we've laid out for you here). Follow the quest until you use the medallion at night at the ruins, whereupon the Sphinx will reveal herself and ask you three riddles.

Answer any of the riddles wrong, or push in the wrong runes afterwards, and a cinematic will play that shows her chide you, then blast you with a beam of energy. This is an instant kill and will force you to restart the sequence.

No, you have to beat her in a test of riddles. The Sphinx is specifically there to test Kassandra's/Alexios' intellectual power, so she won't engage in a proper boss fight and instead has to be beaten through intelligence and wit.

Once you answer it correctly, you'll get the artefact itself, the "Riddle Me This" achievement, a Sphinx figurehead you can put on the Adrestia, and an epic rarity weapon called the Mace of the Sphinx.

Greece is indeed the word here at USG, where we've got plenty of Odyssey content to spare. Check out Mike's review of the game here, or see which of us put the game in our top ten of the year and how it placed here!

Now,solving those riddles has taken on a new urgency, for after more than 4,000years with only pyramids as neighbors, today, the Sphinx stares out at afast-food restaurant. Traffic, tourism and construction are trembling it apart.

NARRATOR: It's a full frontal urban assault. Before it'stoo late, two teams of scientists and builders are tackling the age-old riddlesof the Sphinx. They're immersing themselves in the world of ancient Egypt, aworld of pharaohs and pyramids, animal gods and mummies, sun worship and humansacrifice.

Itis here at Giza, home of the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids, where building bigreally booms. Around 2500 B.C., more than 4,000 years ago, the Giza Plateau isa desolate landscape. A visionary Pharaoh named Khufu constructs the GreatPyramid. He's followed by his son, and then his son's son, who build two morepyramids.

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