Navigating the lush and mysterious tropical environment in Call of the Sea presents players with an assortment of clever puzzles that test environmental awareness. During Chapter 2, titled The Everhart Expedition, adventurers encounter an elaborate mechanical totem arrangement that serves as a major progress milestone. Successfully decoding this specific environmental challenge requires meticulous exploration and careful recording of clues scattered across the abandoned camp site.
Locating the Four Scattered Totems
Before attempting to interact with the central puzzle device, you must thoroughly explore the campsite area to locate four distinct wooden statues. Two of these structures stand directly in front of the lower huts, while another sits across from them, and the final one rests quietly down the right-hand path near a solitary grave marker. Interacting with each landmark allows the main protagonist, Norah, to sketch their unique anatomical and stylistic designs directly into her journal for later comparison.
Skipping this initial observation phase will make the final mechanics incredibly confusing to solve without proper visual references. Each structure offers a single design element, such as specific eyes or mouths, that will be integrated into the grand mechanism located further up the hill.
Deciphering the Jigsaw Clue Order
After compiling all four sketches in the journal, ascend the pathway toward the main cabin situated on the upper level of the expedition site. Inside this hut, you will encounter a torn jigsaw puzzle resting on a desk that must be reassembled to reveal the correct sequence of icons. The completed layout establishes a chronological order of animals: the turtle, the octopus, the shark, and the manta ray.
This ordering system directly correlates each animal sign to one of the four individual statues you sketched earlier down by the beach huts. Understanding this specific symbolic relationship bridges the gap between your journal notes and the final mechanical adjustments required on the master totem.
Configuring the Master Totem Mechanism
Approach the large central totem inside Harry's room, which features four independently rotating vertical wheels that control specific segments of the statue. Based on the animal sequence solved previously, you must rotate each tier to pull a single characteristic from the corresponding smaller totems. The tiers adjust features from top to bottom, demanding that you carefully match the specific hair style, eyes, mouth, and arm configurations.
Align the top segment with the distinct three-spiked hair design observed on the turtle idol, followed by the crossed tentacles on the second level for the octopus. Finish the alignment by selecting the open eyes of the shark for the third section and the open mouth with teeth from the manta ray on the final tier.
Unlocking the Expedition Secret Room
When all four rotating components are placed into their correct vertical orientations, the heavy mechanical locks inside the cabin will automatically disengage. A hidden compartment built directly into the wall opens up immediately, revealing a vital quest item needed for the island ruins. Collecting this special stone object grants players the necessary tool to activate the camp elevator and successfully complete the chapter.
