Sea of Stars: How To Solve Romaya's Secret Passage Puzzle

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Sea of Stars is an example of a classic JRPG with some modern features. In between fighting enemies and completing story quests, you can fish, play a local board game, or solve puzzles. Speaking of puzzles, some are easy, while others can confuse players, like Romaya’s Secret Passage, which is the key to getting the locked chest. So, read on to find out how to solve Romaya’s Secret Passage puzzle in Sea of Stars.

How To Reach Romaya’s Secret Passage

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As you travel the world in Sea of Stars, you will often find locked doors or chests in inaccessible places. But don’t worry, as you can find all the secrets after you get the appropriate abilities. For example, while exploring the Flooded Graveyard, you can find a small cave with a chest behind bars and three runes on the wall. You will need them for Romaya’s Secret Passage puzzle, so take a screenshot of them.

Then, move on through the story until you unlock the flight ability. After that, head northeast of Wraith Island and land on a small unnamed island. It will take you to Romaya’s Secret Passage.

Romaya’s Secret Passage Puzzle Explained

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Upon entering Romaya’s Secret Passage, you will find several pillars with runes similar to those you saw before. Next to each of them is a mechanism that you can turn using the wind gust ability to change the shape of the runes. In the center, there is another mechanism that changes the color of the runes.

So, to solve Romaya’s Secret Passage Puzzle in Sea of Stars, you must set up the runes in the same way as in the cave in the Flooded Graveyard. The runes are generated randomly, so each player will have different patterns. If you do everything right, you will open a cave passage that will take you to a room with a chest in the Flooded Graveyard. But now the chest will be unlocked so you can take Romaya’s Journal from it. You need this item to return Duke Aventry to his memories.

That’s all you need to know about how to solve Romaya’s Secret Passage Puzzle in Sea of Stars. This puzzle may seem confusing, but following our advice, you will solve it without any problems. In the meantime, please take a look at our guide on how to get a Golden Pelican Reservation in Sea of Stars.