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SWDP / Late game

AUX room pipe puzzle: direction & line order

Follow the painted markings, identify the start of each line and align all three sequences.

Source review: 26 Sep 2026Reference-based · not playtested
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Before you start

  • Obtain the AUX Key through the control-room sequence.
  • In the AUX room, retrieve the floppy disk from the cabinet and read it on the computer.
Give me a small hint

The symbols show lever orientation. The white marks identify a line; painted arrows tell you which way to read it.

Reveal the full solution Puzzle spoilers

Match vertical and horizontal positions in arrow order.

FACE THE CABINET WALLLines 1 & 2

Start at the lower and middle arrows.

FACE THE OPPOSITE WALLLine 3

Start above line 2’s indicator.

Follow the painted arrows from each start point.

LINE 1
LINE 2
LINE 3
Original orientation schematic; not to scale. | = vertical lever; _ = horizontal lever. Read each line in its own painted-arrow direction.

Step by step

  1. For line 1, start by the lower arrow on the cabinet wall. Follow only pipes marked with one white stroke.
  2. For line 2, start by the middle arrow on that same wall. Follow pipes marked with two strokes.
  3. Line 3 starts on the opposite wall, above line 2’s indicator. Follow the three-stroke markings.
  4. Apply each sequence below in its painted-arrow direction. A vertical bar means vertical; a dash means horizontal.
  5. Check for three green indicators, then return to the control room.

How you know it worked

Each correctly set line changes its indicator to green.

Next move

Resume the remote-system commands in the control room.

Still stuck? Puzzle spoilers
  • Do not read the room as three straight horizontal rows: follow the painted pipe markings.
  • Line 3 begins on the opposite wall. Starting all three at the cabinet produces the wrong order.

Sources & limitations

Cross-referenced from published guides. We have not independently played this sequence or verified every game version. No video timestamps are claimed.

  1. PC Gamer — Auxiliary linesElie Gould · First-person account with line-by-line explanation
  2. Respec — Remote systems controlHayes Madsen · Console and auxiliary-line explanation; disputed IDs excluded
  3. Prodigygamers — Puzzle solutionsProdigygamers · Cross-reference for combinations and AUX patterns

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