This is the Walkthrough and full guide for The Witness. Each area page is formatted so that the top of the page has a basic explanation of the area followed by puzzle hints, then the solutions.
This walkthrough is organized by areas found on the island, starting with the few you will come upon first.
The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix. So, this is a game full of ideas.
The following pages contain walkthroughs for The Witness in chronological order. Because none of the areas are named in The Witness, they will be referred to by the common community names that are devised around their landmarks. Click on a section below to see hints and -- if you'd like -- full puzzle solutions.
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The Witness is a broadsheet morning newspaper that’s published Monday to Friday in KwaZulu-Natal.Weekend Witness is a tabloid which appears on Saturdays and provides a mix of news, commentary, sport, personal finance, entertainment and a popular weekly property sales supplement. The digital editions are the exact replicas of The Witness and the Weekend Witness publications. ‘The Witness’ Exposes The Myths, Misconceptions Of Kitty Genovese’s Murder. A new documentary revisits Genovese’s 1964 murder and the 38 bystanders who allegedly did nothing to stop it. Critic John Powers says the film is “a useful moral corrective” to the popular narrative. The Witness Puzzle Solver (SPOILERS!) This is a tool for solving all of the non-environment puzzles in the video game The Witness.It provides an interface for inputting puzzles similar to the panels in the game.
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The Witness is an exploration game by Jonathan Blow. It is set on an unnamed and uninhabited island, and features a variety of observational and interactive puzzles. The game released January 26, 2016. Read More
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