Opening route • Documented challenge set

Beach Puzzles & Drawbridge

Follow the documented opening challenge set, turn its rewards into a processed key, and cross the Drawbridge with every reported method hidden until you choose it.

4 documented puzzle cardsKey-processing trailDrawbridge route
A chain of Big Walk players hanging beneath a yellow crane
Official press-kit screenshot • © House House / Panic

Quick route

Opening rewards become one bridge key.

Solve Beach challengesFill the Beach panelTake the released keyFollow processing arrowsOpen the Drawbridge

This is the documented opening progression shape. After the Drawbridge, colored facility routes become broadly nonlinear.

Four documented challenges

Keep two people together for each role split.

Stacking • TimingReported 3520, 1280

Crane

S0 • Location and puzzle type only

Accessibility: the host can enable challenge skipping.

Observation • Split rolesReported 3510, 1195

Spyglass

S0 • Location and puzzle type only

Accessibility: the host can enable challenge skipping.

Symbols • SeparationReported 3660, 1295

Blue House

S0 • Location and puzzle type only

Accessibility: the host can enable challenge skipping.

Signals • TimingReported 3650, 1220

Green Scaffolding

S0 • Location and puzzle type only

Accessibility: the host can enable challenge skipping.

After the panel

Process the key without inventing a turn-by-turn map.

  1. 1Insert the opening rewards into the Beach control panel until its visible slots are complete.
  2. 2Take the key released by the completed panel.
  3. 3Follow the large directional arrows toward the next processing point.
  4. 4Carry the key through each processing station the arrows identify.
  5. 5Bring the processed key to the Drawbridge control and use it there.

Failure recovery

Reset the object, not the whole plan.

  • Dropped reward: return to the challenge’s completion area and search along the carry path before restarting.
  • Missed timing window: leave both players at their controls, agree on one signal, and retry immediately.
  • Lost key route: backtrack to the last cutter and find its outbound arrow instead of roaming the beach.
  • Accessibility: the host can enable challenge skipping; use it deliberately if a motor, hearing, or visual barrier blocks progress.

2 / 3 / 4+ worlds

The idea stays stable; the workload can change.

Official guidance confirms that the host selects a 2-player, 3-player, or 4+ world version. Buttons, targets, or scores may adapt, so follow visible meters and active controls rather than a fixed count from another group’s video.

Bridge open?

Choose a recommended colored route.

Open the Red Tower route

Search Big Walk guides

Try “Easter Egg Hunt”, “how long”, “Blue Tower”, or “backpack”.

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