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Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy – How to Find the Final Symbol in Chapter 5

The spike-tile trial hides the last symbol behind one safe pattern, and here is the exact route across.

The spike-tile trial hides the last symbol behind one safe pattern, and here is the exact route across.

Chapter 5 of Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy locks a giant door in the Central Temple behind four symbols. Each symbol sits at the end of its own trial, and one of those trials drops you into a courtyard of deadly spike tiles. Stepping on the wrong tile impales Sophia instantly, so the whole thing comes down to memorizing which platforms are safe and jumping only on those.

Quick answer: The safe tile order is Dots → Squid → Dots → Flower → Squid. Take the door marked with the squares and dots symbol, cross the spike tiles following that pattern, then interact with the pedestal on the far side to claim the symbol.

Chapter 5 objective prompt to find a symbol while Sophia explores the temple ruins
The Chapter 5 objective sends you into the ruins to track down each of the four symbols. Image credit: Focus Entertainment

The quest text calls this the last symbol, but the four trials can be cleared in any order. If you have already placed the other three, this one finishes the puzzle and opens the door. If not, you can still do it first and slot it in later.


Take the squares and dots door

Back in the room with the four doors and pedestals, look above each doorway for its symbol. The trial that leads to this spike-tile puzzle is the one marked with squares and dots.

Head through the squares and dots door and work with Leni to force it open.
Sophia pulls a tall lever next to a glowing green doorway inside the trial
Leni helps operate the mechanism so the trial door opens. Image credit: Focus Entertainment / GamesDusk
A trap separates you from Leni shortly after. Do not panic. Jump across the broken platforms until you regroup with her. There is a charm for Sophia to grab nearby along the way.
Climb to the top of the area, where a group of enemies is already failing to solve the puzzle. Take them out. Clearing them gives you a clean view of the symbol pattern painted on the ground.
Sophia strikes a shield-carrying soldier with her sword in a rocky stream
Enemies guard the approach to the trial, so clear them before reading the floor pattern. Image credit: Focus Entertainment

The safe spike-tile pattern

The symbols marked on the floor before the platforms show the order you must follow. Sophia also records the same sequence in her Book, so you can check it if you lose track. The safe order is Dots, then Squid, then Dots, then Flower, then Squid.

Leni studies the patterned stone tiles in the rooftop ruins to read the safe route
The floor pattern spells out which symbols are safe to land on. Image credit: Focus Entertainment

The platforms sit in four columns, and any wrong tile triggers the spikes. Follow this exact path to reach the far side:

  • Jump onto Dots.
  • Turn right and jump to Squid.
  • Hop forward to Dots.
  • Go left to the Flower.
  • Jump forward twice, to Squid and then Dots.
  • Hop left to Squid, then return to the Dots.
  • Jump forward to the Flower.
  • Look right and cross to the Squid platform sitting diagonally.
  • Hop to the Dots directly in front of you.

Tip: The Squid symbol also appears as a Kraken in the in-game Book, so treat those two names as the same tile if you are cross-checking.


Claim the symbol and place it

The safe path leads Sophia and Leni to the mechanism at the end of the room. Insert the sphere key to reveal the symbol.
Sophia approaches a large circular metal mechanism at the end of a ruined platform
The mechanism at the far side reveals the symbol once the sphere is inserted. Image credit: Focus Entertainment
Sophia notes the symbol in her Book automatically, so you cannot forget it. Push forward and fight the group of enemies that appears before you head back.
Return to the room with the four doors, rotate the dial on the matching pedestal, and enter the symbol you just collected.
Image credit: Focus Entertainment

You know it worked when the pedestal accepts the symbol and a latch on the giant door releases. Enter a wrong symbol and a spike trap springs up from the floor, so double-check the dial against your Book before confirming. Once all four symbols are set, the door fully unlocks and the chapter moves into its next sequence.