The Academy

The Academy

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Puzzle Guide
By palex00
Let's be honest - The Academy's Puzzles are often confusing. So to help you in your achievement hunt (or to make it less frustrating for you) I compiled this guide! It took me a couple of hours to make, so I'd very much appreciate like / awards :)
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Introduction
Hi, my name is palex00 and I'm an achievement addict and Professor Layton fan. This game has quite... weird and hard achievements regarding the sometimes whack puzzles, so I decided to make it easy for us all with guides! Starting off, here's a Puzzle Guide for all puzzles in the game. This is especially helpful for the "Solve without any hints" and "Solve with perfect marks"-achievements.

If you need more help, here's the discord server of the devs: https://discord.gg/wXadj3Q

If this guide gets some likes or rewards, I'll very likely make an achievement guide / Arbor News Paper Guide / Pine guide / Collectible Guide. (i'll probably make it regardless but please tell me if this guide has helped you, I don't even know if anyone will ever read this).


To find the puzzle you'rep laying right now, hit CTRL + F and then type in the name of the puzzle. Hover over the black bar to reveal the solution for the Normal Puzzle or the Additional Question.
Puzzle Solutions (Part 1)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin / Rat Problem
Solution: 1
Bonus: D

Hansel and Gretel / Intersections
Solution: 7
Bonus: 27

The Ugly Duckling / The Youngest
Solution: The top yellow duckling
Bonus: 4

The Frog Prince / Lily Pads
Solution: Choose the 3 lilypads in the middle that the frog will actually jump on
Bonus: The most top right lilypad with 4 lines

Rapunzel / Hair
Solution: 1 Minute
Bonus: Put it on the roof of the tower itself

Snow White / Seven Dwarfs
Solution: The third from left and the middle one
Bonus: The middle one and third from right

A Christmas Carol / Ribbons
Solution: 7
Bonus:

Bees and Bears / Intruders
Solution:
Bonus: NO

Alice in Wonderland / Roses
Solution: 3
Bonus: 2010

Three Little Pigs / Home
Solution: The Wooden House
Bonus: The Straw House

The Little Match Girl / Ignition
Solution: 3 Minutes
Bonus: 7

The Emperor's New Clothes / Payment
Solution: 15 and 21
Bonus: 9

Sleeping Beauty / Slumber
Solution: 50
Bonus: The apple tree outside the window

Clumsy Sandy / Book Subject
Solution: Music
Bonus: The top blue one

Unpacking / Suitcases
Solution: Top right
Bonus: Top left

Broken Pencil / Fragments
Solution: The middle top one
Bonus: 1

Odd Math / Operation
Solution: 140
Bonus: 2

Founding of Arbor / Arbor Academy
Solution: Foggy Swamp (the pin just left to it)
Bonus: Citadelia

Motor Blueprints / Pipes
Solution: B and A
Bonus: 4

Lockers / Locker Owner
Solution: Blue
Bonus: 27

Violin Painting / Orchestra
Solution: 5 minutes
Bonus: Left

Strange Events / Strange Photo
Solution: The bottom right blue flag that goes to the left
Bonus: 32

Animal Tracks / Animal Math
Solution: 2nd from left
Bonus: Right most

Suspects / Running Away
Solution: 2
Bonus: 3

Family Tree / Aetius
Solution:
Bonus:

Pyramid / Language
Solution: 65
Bonus:

Caves / Mushrooms
Solution: 4
Bonus: 28

Comic / Shapes
Solution: Rectangle
Bonus: Middle Left and Middle Right

Fog Machine / Switches
Solution: Top and bottom one
Bonus: 4

Paper Mix-Up / Papers
Solution: 6
Bonus: The one with the hearts in the bottom picture

Missing Books / Borrowed Book
Solution: Kei
Bonus:

Fog / Foggy Road
Solution: Top Right
Bonus: PROQILE

Ancient Language / Unknown Symbol
Solution: 9
Bonus: 10

Pendulum / Seismograph Readings
Solution: 1
Bonus: 12

Book Suggestion / Book Labels
Solution: 12
Bonus: The Green 10

Domino Puzzle / Chain
Solution: 9
Bonus: 2

Aftershocks / Centers
Solution: 5
Bonus: Bottom Left Corner

Clearing the Rubble / Buttons
Solution: Second from right, second from top
Bonus:

Radio / Waves
Solution: MAN
Bonus: 28

Middle Ages Arbor / Hallucination
Solution: Lightbulb in the left lantern
Bonus: The word on the right, second from Bottom. That literally looks like Abror.

Gears / Stuck
Solution:
Bonus:

Nuclear Disaster / Arbor Academy
Solution: Cave Helenia
Bonus: 9-15

The Flood / Safe From Water
Solution: 245776
Bonus: Arbor 13146

Cupcake Delight / Ingredients
Solution: The piece of paper the recipe is written on
Bonus: 1

First Aid / First Aid Kit
Solution: The right one
Bonus: Bob

Power Shortage / Switches
Solution: 2
Bonus: 30

Stolen Diary / Heist Planning
Solution: 7
Bonus: Bottom Right Lantern

Decoding / Decipher
Solution: 127
Bonus: 175

Aurora Arboralis / Forecast
Solution: 30/11
Bonus: 1100

Burial Records / Numbers
Solution: 2401
Bonus: Conor

Making Soup / Ingredients
Solution: D
Bonus: The one under the sink

Keys / Lock
Solution: F
Bonus: A

Photography Class / Camera
Solution: Top left
Bonus: Bottom Right

New Frog Species / Frogs
Solution: 1
Bonus: 0

Constellations / Identical
Solution:
Bonus: Cherries, Top Left

Music Notes / Music Notes
Solution:
Bonus: 3

Love Letter / Handwriting
Solution: 2
Bonus: 7/31

Puzzle Solutions (Part 2)
Circuit / Light Sources
Solution: 6
Bonus: 5

Blowtorch / Pipes
Solution: 32
Bonus: The matchbox

George's Riddle / Sequence
Solution: The "O", 2nd from right, 2nd from bottom
Bonus: 12

Secret Santa / Ornaments
Solution: Blue circle shaped
Bonus: Bob

Music Amplifier / Wires
Solution: 3
Bonus: 1

Old Book / Senses
Solution: 15
Bonus: I

Trains / Tickets
Solution: The 1st Class ticket, the 4$ ticket and the 9$ ticket
Bonus: 6

Police Badge / Paint
Solution: 1 Blue, 1 Yellow
Bonus: The one in the right triangle

Masked Dance / Numbered Mask
Solution: 0138
Bonus: 3

Plague Mask / Convenience
Solution: A
Bonus: A

Virus / Equation A
Solution: 3
Bonus: 2

Aimless Wanderers / Destination
Solution:
Bonus:

Mysterious Box / Pattern
Solution: The Picture with the 1
Bonus: 1

Arbor Watchers / Riots
Solution: 5
Bonus:

Transport / Travel Planning
Solution: 330$
Bonus: The Stop on the right side right after the mountain area

The Human Body / Accessories
Solution: 5
Bonus: 13

Mixed Wires / Rewiring
Solution: Bottom Right, Bottom Middle
Bonus: 5

Coffee / Cookies
Solution: Top Right
Bonus: Top Middle

Sewer Search / Sewer Covers
Solution: Bottom Right
Bonus: Middle One

Broken Stove / Gas Burners
Solution: The 2nd from left handle
Bonus: Pea Soup

Little Red Riding Hood / Grandma's Instructions
Solution: Bottom Left
Bonus: The moon-shaped clearing on the left side of the map

Arbor Tech / Bar Chart
Solution:
Bonus: 820

Mysterious Symbols / Strokes
Solution: The left-most one
Bonus: The left-most one, again

Martial Arts / Awareness
Solution:
Bonus:

Self Dense / Nim
Solution: 2 Diamonds
Bonus: The Red Hearts of 6 / 9

Papier Mache / Numbers
Solution: 4
Bonus: 3

Remedy / Chemicals
Solution: 2
Bonus: 5

The Secret Safe / Dial
Solution: 8
Bonus: 152

Messy Bookshelf / Finding Order
Solution: Bottom One
Bonus: 3

Board Game / Pawn
Solution:
Bonus: Left to Right

Tomb / Symbols
Solution: Leftmost
Bonus: Right-Most

Mowing Grass / Perimeter
Solution: 80
Bonus: 1

Arcade Machine / Highscore
Solution: 2457
Bonus: 1

Airplane Trails / Tic-Tac-Toe
Solution: O
Bonus: Put it on the top O

Irrigation / Liquid
Solution: The left watering can
Bonus: 0

Warehouse / Boxes
Solution: 15
Bonus: 7

Weird Statue / Triangles
Solution: Bottom Right-most one
Bonus: Right-One

Occult Symbols / Rotating Symbols
Solution: D
Bonus: CBDA

Schedule / Classes
Solution: NAT
Bonus: 10

Exam Results / Score
Solution: 90
Bonus: Sam & Maya

Packing / Packing
Solution: CDBA
Bonus: The Table
16 Comments
WolfGuy423 26 Feb @ 1:57pm 
this doesn't include answers for the Arbor daily newspapers.
SarahSavige 19 Sep, 2022 @ 7:23pm 
There are 8 of the graffiti things for the art attack achievement, check the french collectables guide for locations :))
palex00  [author] 15 Sep, 2022 @ 11:37am 
Hi Xav! sorry, no, I haven't touched the game since writing the guide, sorry :(
󠀡XaV 15 Sep, 2022 @ 2:40am 
Hi, have you figured out what the strange symbols are? I take photos of a few and they stop glowing, but some of them keep glowing even when taking their shot.
SarahSavige 21 Apr, 2022 @ 9:42pm 
how do you get 100 chocolates? I've played through twice and the second time only got 56 even with the extra chocolates from finding all the pinecones, if i restart will it accumulate? I checked every room every day
개굴이 23 Jan, 2022 @ 10:33pm 
thx guide !! exam results bonus answer is Ellis & Sam
kelann1027 26 Jul, 2021 @ 12:16pm 
I need help with the drawing picture. It says something like the wind is blowing form the right in the library. TY
JessieTheDork 8 Nov, 2020 @ 2:08am 
I am having sooo much trouble finding all the collectables, they give more story and extra puzzles can you help?
ExxoToxin 7 Aug, 2020 @ 8:08am 
ill send you images over discord
ExxoToxin 7 Aug, 2020 @ 8:07am 
maybe its a bug of some kind