The Hearty Heroes of Hauling sits at the north end of Order of the Sinking Star, a crystal-sliding course that stretches across several screens and three heroes with very different abilities. The first two screens pack in enough button-and-barrier rooms to keep you busy, and each room only opens when its teleporters light up. Clear every series in order, light the teleporters, and the overworld route forward unlocks.
Quick answer: Clear all three puzzle series on screen one to open the north overworld path, then finish screen two’s rooms and push the red crystal onto the blue button to open the route into Heroes 2: Monsters.
How the three heroes move crystals
Every solution below refers to a hero by colour instead of name, because colour is what matters when you are switching between them. Three abilities carry the whole north world.
- The red warrior (Valens) pushes the crystal in front of him one square in the direction he faces.
- The green scout (Tif) drags a crystal toward herself as she backs away.
- The purple scholar (Isidore) trades places with any crystal, or any other hero, in a straight line of sight.
Directions use a fixed shorthand. A plain direction such as “left” means one square. A direction with a count, like “left x3”, means that many squares. “All the way” means keep going until a wall or barrier stops you. In multi-hero rooms, switching control is what lets you hold pads, open gates, and line up swaps.
You can undo at any time. Try a move and reverse it if a crystal lands wrong, instead of restarting the whole room.
Screen 1: the three puzzle series
On the first screen the red hero handles the middle series, the green hero takes the right series, and the purple hero solves the left series. Finish all three to drop the barrier at the north end of the overworld, then walk north to screen two.
Middle series (red)
Puzzle 1: Push both crystals to the right to open the teleporter.
Puzzle 2: Push the first two crystals right x2, then send the right-hand one down into the next chamber. Push the bottom crystal there all the way down, then push the crystal to red’s left downward. Shift the three-crystal row left x2, take red up and all the way left to stand above a blue crystal, and push that crystal down. Push the two-crystal row left x2 to enter the final chamber, then shove the crystal off the teleporter by pushing it down.
Puzzle 3: Stand red to the right of the crystal and push left x4 so it lands on the yellow button and lowers the yellow barrier. Step onto the teleporter.
Puzzle 4: Push the crystal immediately right of red right x2 and down x3, setting it between the second and third yellow buttons. Push the middle crystal down x2 into the space between the first and second buttons. Push the right crystal right onto the right button, the middle crystal right onto the center button, then the left crystal down x2 onto the left button. The barrier drops and the teleporter opens.
Right series (green)
Puzzle 1: Pull both crystals left to reach the teleporter.
Puzzle 2: Pull the first crystal all the way left. Go around to its right side, then right x2 and down into chamber two, leaving the crystal there. Move right, up, right, up to shift the crystal blocking chamber three. Go left x2, down x2, right x5 to stand beneath the next crystal, then down x2 and left into the bottom-right chamber to drop it. Step onto the yellow button (down, right) and pull the pink crystal up onto it to lower the barrier. In the next chamber, stand beside the blue crystal on the left, pull it all the way right, then down. Finally, pull the pink crystal off the teleporter straight right and step on.
Puzzle 3: This whole route uses a single crystal. Keep green on the correct side and pull in this order: right, down, left x3, down x4, all the way left, all the way up, left, all the way down, right x4, all the way down, left, all the way right, left x4, all the way up, all the way right. Then stand left of the crystal and pull left x3, and go down to leave it on the button holding the barriers open. Head to the upper room, pass through the open barrier, and reach the teleporter.
Puzzle 4: From below the bottom-right crystal, pull it all the way down, then left onto the left button. From below the right crystal, pull it all the way down, then right onto the middle button. Route the last crystal with all the way right, down one, all the way right, left one, all the way down, then right onto the right button. Go up to the teleporter.
Left series (purple)
Puzzle 1: Swap purple past both crystals to reach the teleporter.
Puzzle 2: Stand purple beneath the crystal and press up to swap. Move up, right x4, down x2 to line up, then press left to swap. With purple, go up x2, all the way right, then down, right x3, down x4, and left x4 into the crystal’s column, and press up to swap. Guide purple right, up, right x3, down x4, then right to the wall in the crystal’s row and press left to swap. Take purple up x4, right x4, all the way down, then right onto the yellow button and press up to swap with the crystal. Go left to the teleporter.
Puzzle 3: Move purple to the green button in the bottom-left corner (left x3, down x5, left). Swap toward the teleporter room with right, up x2, right x2, then finish with down, left, up onto the teleporter.
Puzzle 4: Reach the left button (left, down x3, then right) and press up to swap with the crystal. Move to the middle button without swapping (left, down, right x2, down, right) and press left to push the crystal onto it. Move to the right of the left button (up, right, down) and press up to swap. Step onto the left button (left, down x2) and press right to seat the crystal. Move down, all the way left, all the way up, all the way right, down to sit one space right of the remaining crystal, then press left to swap. Without swapping, go down, right x2, down x2 to stand left of the right button and press up to swap. Step onto the right button (left, down, right x2, down x2), press left to seat the crystal, then head to the teleporter.
With all three series cleared, the route along the top of the overworld opens. Walk north to reach screen two.
Screen 2: two- and three-hero rooms
Screen two puts two or three heroes in the same rooms, so hero-to-hero swaps matter just as much as swapping with crystals. Finish the bottom series, the two single puzzles, and the left series to clear it.
Bottom series
Puzzle 1: Put red on the top button and purple on the bottom button. Control purple and press up to trade places with red. Send red to the bottom teleporter. Position purple above the upper teleporter, then press down twice to swap onto it.
Puzzle 2: Push the crystal right with red, then pull it all the way down with green. Push the second crystal onto the upper yellow button with red. Send green left, use red to push the first crystal down beside her, then have green pull it as far left as it goes. Move red into the alcove with green, take green as far right as possible and pull the crystal into the hallway. Move green up to release it, then push it right with red. Take green up and right to pull the crystal and clear the route, then push it up beside green with red. Have green pull it fully right and step left of the bottom button, then push it onto that button with red. Go to the teleporters.
Puzzle 3: Place green left of the upper crystal. Control purple and press right x2 to swap into the right corner. Pull the crystal left with green, then with purple press left to swap with it and go down x3 out of the corridor. Pull the crystal left x2 with green, switch to purple and press up to swap it into the button row. Move purple right to clear the path, then pull the crystal left x2 onto the left button with green. Move purple down to the left of the bottom crystal and press right to swap. Place green above the crystal, pull it up x2, then from its right pull it all the way right. Move purple above the right button, press down to swap with green, then left to swap with the crystal, and drag it onto the right button with green. Finally, place purple between the two teleporters, green to the left of the left crystal, control purple and press right to trade places with green, then move both heroes onto the teleporters.
Puzzle 4: Guide red into the alcove’s top-right corner where the button is. Put purple on the button and press right to trade places with the crystal. Move red to the left of purple, control purple and press left to swap with red, then move both heroes to the teleporters.
Bottom-right single puzzle
Move purple above its crystal and press down to swap. Move purple onto the left yellow button (left, up, left x2) and press right to seat the crystal. Without swapping, move purple up, left, then down onto the right yellow button. Have red shove its crystal up into the right yellow barrier’s position, and with green pull her crystal down x2 to the left yellow barrier’s position.
Move purple up off the button to reactivate the yellow barriers and destroy those crystals, then step back onto the button. Pull the remaining crystal fully left with green and move her down. Use red to push the crystal left so green can pull it down to the left yellow barrier position. Move purple off the button to destroy the last crystal, put him back on it so green and red can reach the top teleporters, then move purple to its own teleporter.
Reaching the top-right single puzzle
To reach the top-right single, guide a crystal through the overworld, swapping between cloaks at the openings as you go.
Top-right single puzzle
With green, pull the crystal to the far right, then move her all the way down. Move purple to the right of the crystal and press left to swap. Pull the crystal down x5 with green, then move her left. Control purple and press down to swap with the crystal, move purple down and press up to swap again, leaving the crystal on green’s right. Pull the crystal all the way left with green, then push it onto the yellow button with red to remove the barrier.
Move purple down to red’s row, press left to swap, then move purple up. Move green right, control purple and press down to swap with green so she reaches the teleporters without disturbing the crystal. Move red and purple to the teleporters.
Left series
Puzzle 1: Put purple on the left blue button, green in the middle, red on the right. Control purple and press up to swap with the crystal. Move green down out of the way. Use red to push the crystal onto the right button. Move red to the left button and green to the middle button. Control purple and press down to swap with red. Send red to the top-right teleporter, purple to a middle teleporter, and green to the last one.
Puzzle 2: Move purple all the way left and press down to swap with green. Pull the two crystals down into the teleporter row with green. Move green above purple, control purple and press up to swap. Move purple up to the left of the left crystal and press right to swap. Move purple between the left crystal and green, press down to swap. Move green right, control purple and press up to swap the crystal into the bottom-left cell. Move purple to the right of the right crystal without swapping (up, right x2, down x2, right x2, up), press left to swap, move between the right crystal and red, and press down to swap. Move red left, control purple and press up to swap the crystal into the bottom-right cell, then move all heroes to the teleporters.
Puzzle 3: Push red’s crystal onto the yellow button in the top-right of its cell, then stand red on the bottom-left button. Pull green’s crystal onto the yellow button on the left of her cell, then stand her on the top-right button. Swap purple’s crystal onto the bottom-right button (down, left, down, right x2, up) and stand on the top button. Control purple and press down to swap the crystal onto the button. Move purple to the left of green and press right to stand on the button, freeing green. Move green all the way down, then all the way up to bring a new crystal into her cell. Swap that crystal onto the top-right button with purple (down, left, up, right, down), then move purple and green out of the cell. Pull the remaining bottom crystal up to the teleporter row with green, two squares left of the left teleporter. Move purple to the left of that crystal, press right to swap, move into red’s cell stopping just above the yellow barrier’s position, and press down to swap the crystal into red’s cell. Push it onto the button red was standing on with red, freeing him, then move all three heroes to the teleporters.
Open the path to Heroes 2: Monsters
With screen two cleared, one overworld move stands between you and the next screen. Push the red crystal in the bottom-right corner of the overworld onto the blue button beside the left series. That drops the nearby blue barrier and opens the route into Heroes 2: Monsters, the third screen of the north world.
A room is complete when its teleporters light up and the heroes can step into them. On screen one, the sign of progress is the cleared path along the top of the overworld; on screen two, it is the lowered blue barrier. From there the north world continues through Heroes 2: Monsters and then Heroes 3: Bard, Druid, each on its own screen with its own crystal-and-button puzzles.
