Queen's Domain Tower of Knowledge: Gargoyles and Puzzles
Inside the Tower of Knowledge: the outside gargoyles, the numbered statues three and seven, the rotating staircase, the Storm Gem and the Forbidden Archives.
The tower as an area
The Tower of Knowledge is the third major area of Queen’s Domain. Its known route runs from the three beacons outside, through the numbered balcony, up to the Storm Gem and Wourha’s study, then down to the Forbidden Archives and the Necronomicon fight. There is no in-game map, so the compass and fast travel points are the main orientation tools.
Getting in: the three outside gargoyles
Three gargoyle beacons stand outside the tower and are lit with the Azure Torch (the route video calls it the Azur Torch). Lighting all three is what gets you inside. The route video crosses a broken bridge east to the tower, where the torch is taken from a gargoyle statue. It lights the first beacon at the top of a broken stairway past some skeletons, and the second north of the elevator above the first save point, beside a locked gate that cannot be opened yet. The third beacon is not shown being lit.
These outside beacons are not the same as the numbered gargoyles inside the tower. Confusing the two sets is the step most players get wrong.
Inside: the numbered balcony
A balcony inside the tower holds a row of numbered gargoyle statues. Light number 3 and number 7 only with the Azure Torch and leave the rest alone. Lighting a wrong one spawns a hostile gargoyle and a swarm of book bugs.
The passage those two gargoyles open leads up the tower toward Knowledge Keeper Wourha’s study and an upper fast travel point. The Storm Gem lies on the large staircase next to it, and picking it up pops the achievement “Recover the Storm Gem” with no fight required.
The rotating staircase
Past the gem the stairs appear to dead end. The way on runs underneath the big staircase:
- Look under the large staircase for a raised ledge you can reach with an airdash. It is easy to miss when viewed from above.
- Pull the lever down there. It rotates the staircase 180 degrees and opens a new route. If you cannot find the lever, picture the staircase turning halfway around and go to the spot where its bottom end would land.
- Take the elevator down from the central tower, which the rotated staircase makes reachable.
The Forbidden Archives Key
The dying soldier holds the key for the locked golden doors. Players place him behind a cage near candles and a wall of flesh, in the bookshelf room where you slot in books; he hands over the Forbidden Archives Key. Go back up and open the large golden doors near the Storm Gem, and the Forbidden Archives lead to the Necronomicon.
The Necronomicon and the reward path
Defeating the Necronomicon in the Tower of Knowledge unlocks the fourth trident key, which can then be purchased in the shop. The same fight earns duck figurines, and boss-earned duck figurines expand the shop’s inventory, so it is worth revisiting the shop afterwards.
Unconfirmed — The Necronomicon’s moveset, health values and phases are not published. The boss wiki records 100+ enemies, mini bosses and bosses combined, with no published boss names, health values or phase lists as of 2026-10-31.
Enemies recorded in the tower
The bestiary records a creature only after you kill one, and lists these as first encountered in the Tower of Knowledge.
| Creature | EXP | Life Points | Attack Power | Notes on resistances | Loot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book Bug | 102 | 40 | 24 | Resist Impact, Resist Pierce | Freshly Dried Herbs, Ancient Coin |
| Grand Book Bug | 245 | 140 | 31 | Resist Impact, Resist Pierce | Idinti Soap, Panacea |
| Cultic Book Bug | 231 | 30 | 25 | Resist Impact, Resist Pierce | Freshly Dried Herbs, Travel Crystal Fragment |
| Gargoyle Warrior | 321 | 185 | 28 | Resist Slash, Weak Pierce | Brawler’s Berries |
Unconfirmed — The bestiary’s Gargoyle Warrior matches the hostile gargoyle spawned by a wrong numbered statue, and the Book Bug entries match the swarm, but no source states this outright.
Sipeha statues below the tower
Two of the eight Sipeha statues sit below the Tower of Knowledge. Each is a seated stone figure with a seal revealed by the Mask of Second Sight, which must be equipped as an accessory, not just carried, or the seals stay invisible.
| Location | Route | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Black Witch boss room | Against the back wall among candles and vessels, in the underground prison below the tower. | Beat the boss. |
| Lower Tower of Knowledge alcove | Fall through the trapdoor under the tower, go right through the door you opened earlier, and take a secret wall to the fish egg area. The statue sits in a recessed alcove. | Find the secret wall. A boss fight waits behind a door on the way to the elevator below. |
What is not documented
Our sources do not publish the tower’s full layout, its other puzzles, or the Necronomicon’s full moveset. The route above is the documented path, not a map of every corridor.
The playable game is on Steam.