Age of Oracles: Tara's Journey - A Walkthrough Guide
 
Age of Oracles: Tara's Journey - A Walkthrough Guide
WARNING: This walkthrough contains spoilers that will solve the adventure puzzles at the end of each chapter in Age of Oracles: Tara's Journey.
We list all the hit areas at the start of the puzzle, as well as the beginning inventory items. If you are still stuck on a level, you can read through the step-by-step instructions provided to solve the level.
 
Chapter 1: Tara
 
Tara
 
Hit areas:  peacock, card, inkwell, shovel
Inventory item:  compass arrow
  • Click the peacock to collect the quill.
  • Use the quill with the inkwell.
  • Use the quill with ink on the card.
  • Use the compass arrow with the compass.
  • Click shovel to collect it.
  • Move compass around the screen until it spins. It will spin when over the right patch of grass.
  • Click to mark the spot.
  • Use shovel to dig on the X.
  • Click buried cards to solve puzzle.
 
Chapter 2: The Magician
 
Magician
 
Hit areas:  candlelabra, chest, mirror, magician
Inventory item:  mirror, match
  • Use match on the candles. Room will brighten.
  • Use mirror on broken mirror on wall. You can see the bookshelf reflected.
  • Find magic book on the bookshelf. Click to open it.
  • Retrieve key from book.
  • Use key to open chest.
  • Give wand to magician.
 
Chapter 3: The High Priestess
 
High Priestess
 
Hit areas:  fires (3), Priestess, column drawer, loose brick, moon, mosaic tile
Inventory item:  mortar & pestle, chisel, tweezers
  • Use the chisel on the moon to collect moon dust.
  • Use the mortar and pestle on the loose brick to collect iron dust.
  • Use the tweezers on the Priestess's cloak to collect a thread.
  • Click the mosaic tile to reveal a key for adding the collected elements to the fire.
  • Add thread to left-most fire; moon dust to middle fire; iron dust to right most fire.
  • Combination will be revealed: 5-3-9.
  • Click drawer to maximize combination dial. Click numbers until they read: 5-3-9.
 
Chapter 4: The Empress
 
The Empress
 
Hit areas:  dirt, broken waterpump, loose stone (2), flower pots, shovel
Inventory item:  crowbar, bucket, shears
  • Use shears on shovel to free it from vines.
  • Use crowbar on loose stones(2). Click to retrieve seed packet. Click to retrieve pump handle.
  • Add pump handle to broken waterpump.
  • Use bucket with waterpump to fill bucket.
  • Use shovel on dirt to collect dirt.
  • Add dirt to the flower pots.
  • Add seeds to the flower pots.
  • Add water to the flower pots.
 
Chapter 5: The Emperor
 
The Emperor
 
Hit areas:  lions (2), window, crown key, chandelier, panel
Inventory item:  four gems
  • Click the window to open it. The banner will blow revealing a lever.
  • Click to collect the lever.
  • Place lever in left lion's mouth. Panel will open.
  • Click the right lion's tail. Lion's mouth will open.
  • Click to collect the gear in lion's mouth.
  • Add gear to mechanism. Chandelier will lower.
  • Click crown. Add gems in order: red, blue, green, purple.
 
Chapter 6: The Learned Man
 
The Learned Man
 
Hit areas:  panels on wall (4)
Inventory item:  colored orbs (4)
  • Match glyph in orb to glyph in center of the corresponding panel.
  • Puzzle will open.
Learned Man Puzzles
  • Solve all four puzzles to complete the level.
 
Chapter 7: The Lovers
 
Lovers
 
Hit areas:  lovers, branches
Inventory item:  hammer, shears, basket
  • Use shears to cut down branches letting in sunlight.
  • Use basket to collect flowers.
  • Click on stack of boards to collect them.
  • Place boards on tree. Use hammer to nail them down.
  • Click bird. Bird will fly down and loosen the girl's ribbon.
  • Click to collect ribbon. Garlands will be added to inventory.
  • Place garlands on the lovers' heads.
 
Chapter 8: The Chariot
 
Chariot
 
Hit areas:  wheel, branch tied with rope, stuck swing, rock, sign post
Inventory item:  knife, saw
  • Click to collect rock.
  • Click to collect wheel.
  • Use saw to cut axle from sign post.
  • Use rock to knock down swing.
  • Use knife to cut swing from rope.
  • Use saw to cut off branch tied to rope. Chariot will rise.
  • Add axle to chariot. Add wheel to axle.
 
Chapter 9: Strength
 
Strength
 
Hit areas:  clumps of grass (3), weaving machine, lion
Inventory item:  scythe
  • Use scythe to collect clumps of grass (3).
  • Add clumps of grass to the weaving machine one at a time.
  • Play weaving game by turning the pipes to complete the path:
Strength Puzzle
  • Play weaving game three times.
  • Three strips of woven grass will form into leash.
  • Place leash on lion.
 
Chapter 10: The Hermit
 
Hermit
 
Hit areas:  hermit, torches (2), avalanche (2)
Inventory item:  match, hammer
  • Use match to light the right most torch.
  • Use hammer to break rocks in avalanche.
  • Click on broken rocks to zoom in. Complete puzzle.
Hermit Puzzle
  • Do this twice.
 
Chapter 11: Wheel of Fortune
 
Wheel of Fortune
 
Hit areas:  wheat, water wheel, wheel of fortune, grainery door, bird cage, bakery door
Inventory item:  scythe, oil can
  • Use the scythe to collect wheat.
  • Use oil can on stuck water wheel. Wheel will spin.
  • Place wheat in the grainery. Receive bag of flour.
  • Place flour in the bakery. Receive muffin.
  • Place muffin in birdcage. Bird will fly in and drop key.
  • Collect key. Use key to unlock wheel of fortune.
 
Chapter 12: Justice
 
Justice
 
Hit areas:  crystal in rock, Judge, vines, grinding wheel, broken water clock, puddle, clock dial
Inventory item:  bell, shears
  • Click to retrieve clock dial. Add dial to broken water clock.
  • Add bell to broken water clock.
  • Place water clock under the dripping water.
  • Judge will wake. Click Judge to retrieve hammer.
  • Use hammer on crystal deposit. Receive rough crystal.
  • Place rough crystal on grinding wheel to grind it to size.
  • Use shears on vines.
  • Add cut crystal to map.
 
Chapter 13: Hanged Man
 
Hanged Man
 
Hit areas:  elephant ottoman, well pulley, mask, vine trunk, gargoyle
Inventory item:  ball, club, coin
  • Give the ball to the elephant ottoman. It will roll in front of the mask.
  • Place the coin in the mask's mouth. It's tongue will make a step.
  • Click the pulley to retrieve water from the well.
  • Use the bucket of water to water the vine.
  • The vine will bloom and make a ladder.
  • Use the club to bonk the gargoyle on the head. It will fall off the beam.
 
Chapter 14: Transition
 
Transition
 
Hit areas:  missing window pieces (4); mosaics in front of statues (4)
Inventory item:  wand, cup, coin, sword
  • Place the inventory items in their respective mosaic (clockwise): sword, coin, cup, wand.
  • Stain-glass pieces will be added to inventory.
  • Turn dials to determine the proper order for fixing the windows: Coin (1), sword (2), wand (3), cup (4).
  • Put stain glass pieces back in order to solve puzzle.
 
Chapter 15: Temperance
 
Temperance
 
Hit areas:  beehive, bucket, fountain rocks (4)
Inventory item:  wheat, berries, honey dipper, acorn
  • Use honey dipper on the beehive to retrieve some honey.
  • Place food on proper rock for each animal:
  • ~ Honey on largest rock for bear;
    ~ Acorn on second rock for squirrel;
    ~ Berries on third rock for raccoon;
    ~ Wheat on smallest rock for mouse.
 
Chapter 16: Indulgence
 
Indulgence
 
Hit areas:  puzzle box (3); door lock, Emperor shackles; Empress shackles
Inventory item:  gems
  • Use gems to open the puzzle boxes (3) and start minigame.
  • Place gems in the holes to reveal the combination.
  • Check means the right stone is in the right spot.
  • Question mark means the the stone is used, but it is in the wrong spot.
  • X means the stone is not used to unlock the box.
Indulgence Puzzle
  • Solve all three puzzle boxes to retrieve the three keys: Emperor, Empress, and Door.
  • Use the proper key on the Emperor, Empress and Door.
 
Chapter 17: The Tower
 
Tower
 
Hit areas:  goose, raven, falcon, hummingbird, Empress
Inventory item:  golden egg, skull, gauntlet, flower
  • Give the Empress an inventory item, then click on the correct bird to collect some feathers:
  • ~ Golden egg - click the goose.
    ~ Skull - click the raven.
    ~ Gauntlet - click the falcon.
    ~ Flower - click the hummingbird.
  • The feathers will form wings once all are collected.
 
Chapter 18: The Star
 
Star
 
Hit areas:  stuck crystal, frozen lake, Empress
Inventory item:  broken wand, sword, cup
  • Use the sword to dislodge the stuck crystal.
  • Use wand to collect crystal. Wand will be fixed.
  • Use fixed wand to melt ice in pond.
  • Collect water using your cup.
  • Give full cup to the Empress. She will present you with a coin.
  • Click to collect coin.
  • Place coin in knot in tree.
 
Chapter 19: The Moon
 
Moon
 
Hit areas:  locked cabinet; sleeping cat; sleeping dog, mouse, mousetrap, apple basket, tied awning, key, jerky jar, candelabra, missing moon
Inventory item:  ball, wheat, knife
  • Use knife to cut rope on awning. Piece of moon will fall. Click moon piece to collect it.
  • Use wheat to trigger mousetrap. Mouse will run to cheese. Cat will stand up revealing moon piece.
  • Click moon piece to collect it.
  • Throw ball at apple basket. Basket will topple revealing moon piece. Click moon piece to collect it.
  • Click candelabra to retrieve candle. Use candle to melt wax on jerky jar. Click open jar to collect jerky.
  • Give jerky to dog. He will wake up revealing moon piece. Click moon piece to collect it.
  • Find key in scene (on table next to cat). Use key to unlock the cabinet. Click moon piece to collect it.
  • Place all moon pieces in the hole in the frieze.
 
Chapter 20: The Sun
 
Sun
 
Hit areas:  broken carosel horse, rope, saddle, horseshoe, rock in fountain
Inventory item:  knife
  • Use knife to cut mane and tale from rope.
  • Click to collect saddle.
  • Click to collect horseshoe.
  • Click to remove rock. Fountain will run. Eye will be on top of fountain.
  • Click to collect eye.
  • Place all inventory items on the broken horse. It will come to life.
 
Chapter 21: Judgment
 
Judgment
 
Hit areas:  broken catapult, log, tree stump, rocks (2), beehive, portcullis, drawbridge
Inventory item:  saw, hand mirror
  • Use saw to cut catapult arm from log.
  • Use saw to cut wheels from tree stump.
  • Add wheels to catapult. It will move into position.
  • Add catapult arm to to catapult.
  • Click to collect both rocks.
  • Add rocks, one at a time to fixed catapult. Drawbridge will lower.
  • Click to collect beehive.
  • Add beehive to catapult.
  • Use mirror to reflect sun and catch beehive on fire.
  • Fire will burn down portcullis.
 
Chapter 22: World
 
World
 
Hit areas:  cauldron, leaves, golden bough, chimes, pots (2), tapestry chime key, statue, lion molds (2), wand
Inventory item:  match, hammer, shears
  • Find tapestry with chime key. Click chimes in order: red, green, green, blue, red.
  • It will rain making magic tree grow. Click to collect coin. Coin will be added to the shield.
  • Click to collect wand. Use wand to make statue disappear.
  • Click to collect cup behind statue. Cup will be added to the shield.
  • Click wand leaning against statue. Wand will be added to shield.
  • Use hammer to break left pot revealing sword.
  • Click sword to add it to the shield.
  • Use shears to trim leaves. Leaves will fall revealing star pieces.
  • Click to collect star pieces (5). Star pieces will be added to shield.
  • Click to collect fallen leaves (2 bunches).
  • Place leaves under cauldron.
  • Use match to light leaves.
  • Click to collect golden bough.
  • Add bough to cauldron. It will melt and turn to gold.
  • Click to collect cauldron.
  • Pour melted gold into both lion molds. Click to collect lions. They will be added to the shield.
 
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