The Assassin's Creed Mirage Serpent's Nest book puzzle is a brain teaser that takes place in the Palace of the Green Dome. Although you'll have to hunt down your quarry, you have to take note of the descriptions just to solve this brain teaser.
Our guide discusses the solution to this puzzle, which allows you to enter a secret chamber. Likewise, please be reminded that this article contains spoilers.
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How to solve the Serpent's Nest Book puzzle in Assassin's Creed Mirage
To solve the Assassin's Creed Mirage Serpent's Nest book puzzle, you have to place the tomes in the correct order based on a poem. This whole segment occurs in the final mission in the Round City district of Baghdad, where you'll need to take out Qabiha, the Head of the Order of the Ancients.
Upon reaching the second floor of the Palace of the Green Dome, you'll gain access to a library. There's a tome that you need to read, and it contains clues that help unlock Qabiha's secret chamber.
Book puzzle clues
Read the book near the steps to discover these passages:
Rage as the ocean, I'll sweeten your storms.
Scorch as the desert, I'll bathe in your heart.
Strike as the cobra, but plunge in my breast.
Soar as the dove, but alight in my nest.
Where you go, there I'll go.
Where you rest, there I'll rest.
Key words in the poem refer to the colours of tomes: ocean/blue, desert/yellow, cobra/black, and dove/white.
Book puzzle solution
To solve the Assassin's Creed Mirage book puzzle, you'll want to go up the steps and gather the tomes. You'll also notice diagrams on the top walls just across from you, drawings that refer to the key words in the poem.
In any case, you should place the books in the following order from right to left (i.e. from the steps going to the other side of the corridor):
- Blue book
- Yellow book
- Black book
- White book
If you did it right, the two shelves will part, revealing the entrance to Qabiha's secret chamber. That's all there is to it for the Assassin's Creed Mirage Serpent's Nest book puzzle. After this, there's a short chase, followed by a cutscene that determines Qabiha's fate.
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