Witcher 2 – Gargoyle Contract – Puzzle Rooms Chapter 3
The Gargoyle Contract quest, Chapter 3
Gargoyle Contract – Puzzle Rooms – Runes of Power / Signs
There are 3 rooms guarded by Gargoyles, and sometimes inside the room 1 huge stone guardian.

Each room has on chest protected in red lightning with four magical signs/ runes you have to extingusih in the correct order.

There is a book – if you click on it that gives you a clue in the order of doing this correctly.

The clue varies each time, but all the clues break down into four types of runes.
The runes signify these things:
| Runes of Power | |
| Animal | ![]() |
| Time | ![]() |
| Sky | ![]() |
| Art | ![]() |
The clue will by poem like and give you clues to which order to extinguish the runes.
| Example 1: |
| A doe’s shadow The moon quietly moans It is Autumn already |
| Solution: animal sky art time |
| Example 2: |
| Three field mice Dance in a circle at dusk Stars are like grain |
| Solution: animal art time sky |
| Example 3: |
| Glittering fish Dying on a fresco Struck by lightning |
| Solution: animal time art sky |
| Example 4: |
| On the dark sky The beauty of a falcon’s flight Faster and faster |
| Solution: sky art animal time |
| Example 5: |
| Divertimento! Clouds are like bees When bells ring |
| Solution: art sky animal time |
| Example 6: |
| Behold the Comet |
| It is like a wolf in times of scarceness |
| An evil lullaby |
| Solution: sky animal time art |



