The Second Chamber

Story quest in Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, set in a treasure-filled chamber reached after solving the Beach constellations puzzle. The room is built around a series of chest puzzles — the "Weight of Responsibility" scale combination, a club-symbol floor puzzle, and a coin-locked symbol chest —

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The Second Chamber is an essential story quest in Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School that players cannot miss during standard progression [src-aa17351cd6]. Located inside a treasure-filled chamber, this puzzle-heavy room requires careful item collection, scale measurements, and symbol alignment to unlock its secrets [src-0dc02cf791].

How to Complete

To successfully complete the quest, you must first gain entry to the chamber by solving the preceding Beach constellations puzzle [src-0dc02cf791]. Once inside, your main objectives involve gathering various royal and miscellaneous items, solving the "Weight of Responsibility" scale puzzle, aligning club floor symbols, unlocking the coin chest, and finally filling in the missing information on the central statue [src-0dc02cf791].

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

• Prerequisite Entry: Reach the chamber by placing the six mirrored number tiles (1–6) in order to open a doorway, wearing your special glasses to read Taurus, Cancer, and Leo in the sky, and selecting the bull, crab, and lion on the new door [src-0dc02cf791].
• Gather Item Pickups: Explore the room to collect necessary components. On the right-hand side, pick up the Tiara on the left [src-0dc02cf791]. On the opposite side of the room, pick up a Sword and a Pumpkin from the floor, an Apple from a shelf, a Scepter, and a Crown resting on top of a chest [src-0dc02cf791].
• The "Weight of Responsibility" Puzzle: Locate the locked chest bearing this title and examine the portrait of the king, which features a crown, a scepter, and two apples [src-0dc02cf791]. Use the room's scales to weigh each item individually and add their values together [src-0dc02cf791]. For example, with an apple weighing 220, the crown weighing 2000, and the scepter weighing 1000, the total comes to 3440 [src-0dc02cf791]. Enter this number into the combination lock to retrieve the Calendar and the Newspaper [src-0dc02cf791].
• Club Symbols Floor Puzzle: Examine the club symbols on the floor and note their exact positions [src-0dc02cf791]. Use the chest located on the left-hand side to move the clubs so they match those positions, yielding a Mysterious Coin and a Strongly Worded Letter [src-0dc02cf791].
• Coin-Locked Symbol Chest: Use the Mysterious Coin on the chest to the left and examine it [src-0dc02cf791]. Sort the symbols into their correct positions to open the chest, which contains a Meeting Invitation [src-0dc02cf791].
• The Central Statue Riddle: With all collected information and inventory items prepared, interact with the statue in the middle of the room [src-0dc02cf791]. Fill in the blanks based on the gathered context matching the riddle: "We'd run this academy for 35 years, but we were GROWING OLD. We feared that without us, the school would FALL APART. Alistair, being a man of SCIENCE was determined to find a solution. One night he invited us to meet him during THE BRAIN STORM. He said he had AN INVENTION that would change everything" [src-0dc02cf791]. Pull the lever once everything is inputted correctly to complete the chamber sequence and make your way back toward the dorm room [src-0dc02cf791].

Tips

• Make sure to thoroughly search both sides of the chamber for all item pickups before attempting the scale and chest puzzles, as you will need exact item values and inventory clues.
• Pay close attention to the visual placement of symbols on both the floor club puzzle and the coin-locked chest to avoid trial-and-error delays.

Rewards

Completing The Second Chamber advances the main story progression of Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, unlocking further narrative paths toward the dorm rooms and related achievements like Dark Tidings.

Details

type

Story quest

missable

Can't be missed (story progression)

prerequisite

Reached after the Beach room: place the six mirrored number tiles (1–6) in order to open a doorway, then use the special glasses to read Taurus, Cancer and Leo in the sky, and select the bull, crab and lion on the new door to proceed into The Second Chamber.

itemPickups

• Right-hand side: pick up the Tiara.
• Other side: Sword and Pumpkin from the floor, an Apple from a shelf, and a Scepter.
• On top of a chest: pick up a Crown.

puzzleWeightOfResponsibility

A locked chest reads "The Weight of Responsibility". The king's portrait shows a crown, a scepter and two apples — weigh each of those items on the scales and add them together. In the guide's run: apple = 220, crown = 2000, scepter = 1000, totaling 3440; enter that into the combination lock. The chest yields the Calendar and the Newspaper.

puzzleClubSymbols

Note the positions of the club symbols on the floor, then use the chest on the left-hand side to move the clubs into the matching positions. The chest yields a Mysterious Coin and a Strongly Worded Letter.

puzzleCoinChest

Use the Mysterious Coin on the chest to the left and examine it; sort the symbols into the correct positions (see walkthrough images). The chest yields a Meeting Invitation.

puzzleStatue

With all the information gathered in your inventory, fill in the information on the statue in the middle of the room. Riddle text: "We'd run this academy for 35 years, but we were GROWING OLD. We feared that without us, the school would FALL APART. Alistair, being a man of SCIENCE was determined to..."

Sources

• Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School walkthrough - Full guide and puzzle ...
• Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School - Achievement & Trophy Guide