Welcome to part 4 of our walkthrough for The Occultist.
Alan Rebels finally makes it out of the Godstone Orphanage after piecing the statue back together. But as he walks out, a giant clown’s head looms over the distance, faintly visible in thick fog.
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Table of contents
The Tarot Riddle & Arms Matching Puzzle
Head toward the circus and enter through the giant clown’s mouth.
You’ll spot the gate to The Main Event tent straight ahead. But it’s locked. You need the Golden Ticket to enter.
Head into the tent on your right. It’s pretty much empty, apart from a Tarot Card Witch on the side.
Interact with the Tarot Card Witch. She’ll ask you three riddles. You have to choose the correct Tarot Card for your answer. The answers are as follows:
- First Riddle: The Hierophant
- Second Riddle: The Tower
- Third Riddle: The Death
The Tarot Card Witch will hand you the Red Ticket for answering all three riddles. Pick it up.
You’ll hear a sound. Turn around. Pick up the Arm from the giant spider that fell from the ceiling.
Exit the tent and use the Red Ticket to enter through the gate on the other side.
Take a quick look around the room. You’ll spot several automatons in the area, each of them with a name.
On the other side of the room, the Death automaton is guarding the exit.
To unlock the exit, you have to attach the correct arm to each automaton. You’ve already got the first Arm from the giant spider in the Tarot Card tent. Interact with the automatons in the following order:
- Devil
- Magician
- Justice
- Priestess
If you manage to insert the arm in the correct positions, the Death automaton will power down, lowering its scythe. You can now push it from the right to move it away and exit the tent.
Head out of the tent. You’ll spot the Main Event Ticket Booth and the Camels Race Booth outside.
To play the Camels Race, you need to find a missing item.
For the Main Event Ticket, on the other hand, you need to gather four Tokens.
Reaching the Main Circus Area
From the Main Event Ticket Booth area, turn right and head through the fence. Enter through the broken ship’s hull and follow the path.
You’ll have to climb down a ladder on the other side.
Keep moving forward along the wooden boards. Just before the stairs, use Vera Visio to reveal a bunch of bottles.
As you’re about to go up the stairs, you’ll trigger a cutscene where Newfish’s Specter talks to Alan. He’ll tell you that Tommy is playing at the circus and that you should join him. He’ll also give you some more information about Rowan, the giant monster that attacked you as you were escaping the Hospital.
After the conversation, continue up the stairs. You’ll reach a platform with wooden beams on either side. The left beam leads to the Green Gate. But you’ll need the Green Ticket to use it.
So head across the wooden beam on the right. Make sure to keep your balance, or you’ll fall into the water.
On the other side, continue walking forward and to the left toward the gate. Press the red button on the control panel with the wheel.
This will drop a wooden beam from a crane behind you so you can access the far side of the area. Use the bridge to cross over.
You can spot another control panel on your right, but you can’t reach it directly. Use Caecus Corvus and aim the raven at the switch to press the red button.
Turn left and walk across the wooden beam that fell while maintaining balance to enter the main area of the circus.
As you reach the other side, you’ll meet Tommy’s Specter.
How to Get the Blue Token
Getting Cotton Candy for Tommy
After the conversation with Tommy’s Specter, he hands you a Candy Stick and sits down on the floor. Take a quick look around. You’ll spot a Carousel (merry-go-round) nearby. Head toward it.
Use Tempus Fugit to rotate the Carousel to the left. You’ll see a section that doesn’t have a horse.
Go up and pick up the Engine Part from the barrel.
Back out of the Carousel and look down to spot a light bulb strip on the floor. Follow it.
You’ll eventually notice a Lemonade Stand on the far-right corner of the area. Head toward it.
On the right side of the Lemonade Stand, there’s a bench under a poster. You’ll find the Sugar here in a container. Pick it up.
There’s also a ladder right next to the bench. Use it to head down.
Walk toward the bed with the skeleton. There’s a box right next to it that contains the Fuse. Take it.
Then head past the bed to the far end of the section. Take the Engine Part that’s on the foldable table.
Use the ladder to return to the circus area. Follow the light strip back toward Tommy. You’ll spot a Restaurant on the right.
Head inside and crawl through the opening on the right to get into the shop. Go to the back of the shop, through the back door, to spot a Cotton Candy Machine.
Insert the two Engine Parts at the bottom; the bigger part first, then the smaller one. Place the Sugar next. Finally, use the Candy Stick with the machine to get Cotton Candy.
Return to Tommy with the Cotton Candy and talk to him. He’ll tell you about how Gabriel cursed the island. You’ll also learn that Rowan, the monstrous creature, is looking for his heart. At the end of the conversation, he hands you the Blue Ticket.
Restoring the Power in the Circus
After talking to Tommy and getting your hands on the Blue Ticket, follow the light bulb strips once again. This time, head all the way to the end. You’ll spot a giant devil head with a gate through the mouth.
Use the Blue Ticket to go inside the gate.
Go down the stairs and follow the path. You’ll spot an opening in the fence at the end of the passage that you can squeeze through.
Just before the opening, there’s a gate on the left that leads to The Freak Show tent. We don’t have the right ticket to go in yet, but remember this place.
Squeeze through the hole in the fence. There’s a Fuse Box on the pole in front of you. Just above the Fuse Box, there’s a Necklace hanging on the electrical wire (marked in the image above). You can collect it using the Caecus Corvus.
Interact with the Fuse Box and insert the Fuse. This powers up the circus.
Walk back out through the Blue Ticket gate. But be careful, as there will be animatronics in the area this time around. These are the same ones you faced back in the Orphanage. So you shouldn’t have too much trouble handling them.
Winning the Hammer Game
Return to where you talked to Tommy and head left toward the structure with the signs.
Use Vera Visio to reveal a Toy Hammer. Pick it up.
Follow the path past the structure, and at the fork, go right. You’ll spot the Hammer Game on your left.
Now that the circus has power, you can play the hammer game. Press the prompt button when the indicator is at the highlighted section to hit the bell with full power.
You’ll get the Blue Token if you manage to hit the bell perfectly.
How to Get the Red Token
Return to the Blue Ticket gate and turn left. You should see the Balloon House booth nearby. Note all the balloons floating nearby.
Use Caecus Corvus to pop the balloon tied to the wooden pole in the center to get the Red Token.
How to Get the Green Token
After restoring the power, you’ll note that the Carousel near Tommy is activated. Get to the spot where you found the Engine Part and ride it to the other side.
You’ll be able to get out to a new area of the circus. Continue forward and crawl under the beam up ahead to get to the other side.
You’ll reach an open area with the Shooting Gallery booth straight ahead.
Head to the Shooting Gallery and interact with the button to begin the game.
It’s a simple one, but it might take you a couple of attempts. All you have to do is guide the Caecus Corvus raven to the bullseye past the moving pillars.
Make sure you control the speed of the raven to avoid getting hit by the pillars. If you manage to hit the bullseye, you’ll get the Green Token.
How to Get the Yellow Token
Similar to the Blue Token, you need to complete a series of steps to get the Yellow Token. You must restore the power in the circus before you can complete the tasks.
Obtaining the Yellow Ticket
Turn right after picking up the Green Token to spot a raven sitting on a wooden beam. You’ll also see a hanging clown on the Ferris Wheel.
The Yellow Ticket can be found on the clown. You’ll have to use Caecus Corvus to get it.
Obtaining the Green Ticket
Once you’ve got the Yellow Ticket, turn toward the Shooting Gallery. You’ll see a tent on the left, past the booth.
Head to the tent and you’ll spot a caged cart with the name BORNE. This is important.
From here, you can turn right to spot a path that leads to a ritual symbol on the ground. You’ll find an Altar if you go forward and turn right that you can light up.
Return to the main area of the circus and follow the light bulb until you spot a booth with a combination lock on the door. We’ve marked it on the image above.
Interact with the lock on the door and enter the name BORNE to open it. You’ll find the Green Ticket inside.
Winning the Freak Show Game
Head back to The Freak Show tent behind the Blue Ticket Gate. You can enter now that you’ve got the Yellow Ticket.
Head inside the tent to reach an area filled with hanging animatronics.
You’ll see a lone animatronic inside the pit at the center.
Head left along the upper path till you see an animatronic up ahead. Go near it. It’ll blow up and destroy a chain.
There are three more chains on the platform that you’re standing on. You’ll have to bait the animatronic that keeps spawning here to run toward you and blow up each chain.
Once all the chains are destroyed, a cage will fall into the center pit and blow up the animatronic. You’ll also spot an item on the ground.
Send your raven using Caecus Corvus to pick up the Game Piece.
Winning the Camels Race
With the Game Piece recovered, you can now play the Camels Race. But you need to find a way to get back to the booth. This is why you needed the Green Ticket.
Head back to where you spoke with Tommy and take the left path, making your way to where you found the Toy Hammer. From here, you need to take the left path past the Clown House booth.
You’ll reach the gate with the green light that you saw when you entered this area. Use the Green Ticket to go through the gate.
Cross the beam and go down the stairs. This will trigger another conversation with Newfish. He’ll tell you about an old motorboat docked at the lower part of the circus that you can use to escape.
After the conversation, return to the Camels Race Booth and use the Game Piece to start the game.
This one is pretty easy to beat. Simply press the button that matches the color of the rotating dice. For example, in the image above, you have to press the purple button.
Keep pressing the matching buttons to win the Camels Race game and obtain the Yellow Token.
The Main Event
With all four Tokens in your hand, you can now get the ticket for the Main Event. Interact with the Ticket Booth on the right.
You need to insert the four tokens in the correct slots in order to get the ticket. There’s only one right answer, so all you have to do is try out the different combinations.
The correct order from left to right is: Red | Green | Yellow | Blue. If you place the Tokens in the correct order, you’ll get the Golden Ticket.
Head to the Main Event Gate at the entrance of the zone and use the Golden Ticket to head inside.
As you enter, you’ll see a cage fly up to the ceiling, out of your reach. Head to the center of the arena to trigger a cutscene.
Rowan jumps into the arena, and you must defeat him to move on.
How to Defeat Rowan
The fight against Rowan is split into two phases. For the first phase, he’ll mostly chase you around and charge at you from a distance.
Looking around, you can notice three pillars with a bullseye symbol around the arena.
Stand in front of these pillars and get out of the way as Rowan charges at you so that he bumps into them.
You have to repeat this a total of three times to trigger the second phase. It doesn’t matter which pillar you use as long as Rowan falls off three times.
During the second phase, Rowan whips out a giant mace that he will use to swing at you. On top of that, animatronics will keep running at you, exploding after a short delay.
Thankfully, the boss’s attacks have poor tracking, and if you stand behind him, he won’t be able to hit you. Bait the animatronics to explode near Rowan three times to defeat the boss.
Escaping the Circus
Once Rowan is down, the cage you saw earlier will descend back to the arena. Interact with it to pick up the Heart.
The curtain behind the cage will open at this point.
Follow the path straight ahead to spot the old motorboat that Newfish told you about. Interact with it to sail off.
This concludes the fourth part of our walkthrough for The Occultist. For more interesting articles related to indie games, check out the links below:
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Muhit Rahman lives off two things: gaming marathons and endless cups of tea. He writes guides, reviews, and occasionally forgets that real life doesn’t come with checkpoints. His favorite genres are Soulslike and Metroidvania, with Dark Souls III, Hollow Knight, and Dota 2 forever holding top spots on his all-time list.
