This is a basic guide for the puzzles and levels of the game Shadow of Ether, it will help you to continue in the story but it will not solve the puzzles for you.
Level 1 outside the house
In this level, when you start you have to find the house where the archon is,
Once you find it you will need a key.
look around to find it, “explore”
then return to enter the house
Level 2 inside the house
first you collect everything on the table to your right explore the place and look for a way to go out to the interior patio
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once in the patio in front of you is a room, inside here is the first puzzle
the smile is the key to solve it,
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With the key found, go to the tool room, it will take you through some corridors that go to the cemetery, here you need the corpse to rest in peace, find a way to do it
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in this area of the cemetery there is a small easter egg
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When you leave the cemetery go to the box room and find the hidden key, take it to the reading room, there are three pillars where 3 objects go, one of each character in the family, take the key and go to the photo room
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here are 2 puzzles, one to continue the story and another for an easter egg that is marked on the sheet as a small egg,
To continue the story, take a photo of the correct box according to what the sheet says at the end “he is unique and hates light”
to advance in the easter egg, solve the puzzle “three hide in the shadows” if you do not find all the clues of this enigma advance in the story and maybe later you will find something.
It should be noted that the easter egg is not necessary to advance in the story, you can ignore it if you wish
Continuing with the main story you will be given a diary and a sheet that is the clue to find the second object, place the diary on one of the three pillars that are in the reading room in the correct order, the diary belongs to the mother
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look for the second clue which is the father’s object, the clue sheet is in the photo room.
Once placed in the three pillars, go to the last track that is the child’s object, look for it where the child played.
When you place the 3 objects on the 3 pillars, a hidden door will open, there is the last key on this level, the one for the kitchen, which is next to the living room, enter, find a way out and you will reach a room with candles,
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turn candles off.
This level ends here
Level 3 The Low Astral
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the first puzzle is this
the clue is the door in the photo, solve and continue
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Then you will find the child’s energy room, here you must place 3 candles and light them to purge the energy and advance in the game, find the candles and put in the little toy house
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then you will see yourself in a corridor with floating objects, a 4-digit code, and a clue, read the clue carefully and look for the code numbers
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then in the puzzle in the bedroom the arrow will give you a clue, solve the puzzle and get out,
You will find yourself in the room of the dolls, there is a camera for photos, solve the puzzle with the camera
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Go forward and you will reach the cursed corridors, where you will begin to hear a clock ticking, here you have to be quick because time is running out,
there are 4 photos with 4 times, find them and use your camera to see what happens,
find the code for the small white box, open it, take the key and get out as fast as you can,
go ahead and finish this level,
Level 4 the Dark and Deep Low Astral
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solve the maze and go down the ladder
You will reach the enigma of the 5 rooms, here the story of the murdered family is told, you will find a sheet in each room
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The first one is a mini enclosed forest, take a photo the same as it is in the photo of the tree, find what is necessary to do it and move on
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The second room is for games, find the code with the clues given to you and move on.
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Third quarter. be careful what you see
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Fourth quarter. Find the key to get out
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Fifth room, get out of there
go down to the depths of the astral
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deep in the astral there is a maze with an exit door and 5 candles distributed all over the place, first locate the exit door, then find the 5 candles and light them, get out of there as quickly as possible, be careful because you are not alone .
Level 5 The High Astral Plane and the Spiritual Guides
Level 6 Banishment of the Archon
First you will find yourself in a maze with worms, go ahead and get out of there.
then you will come to a house, the home of the archon
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In order to purge the energy you have to place candles in the elemental seals, there are 7 candles, some are already there and others you have to look for them in the house, “explore very well”
When you find them, go up to the attic to face him,
something goes wrong, look for the bathroom key and enter, there is a last seal that was missing, stronger and more powerful, light all the candles again, now 8 and be careful with what is around there, if you succeed the elemental disappears . look for it and find it
this is the end of this level,
Level 7 The End
go out the front door and finish the game.
when leaving there is still a mysterious cinematic at the end.
The game has a small easter egg and a larger one, these will not be announced until later when someone has been able to solve it
Thanks to alex_eapo3 for his great guide, all credit to his effort. you can also read the original guide from Steam Community. enjoy the game.