The Descent

the level

> *In which there is nobody left to forgive us*
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In-game description of The Descent

**The Descent** is the ninth level, or chapter, in Ustwo's puzzle-adventure game Monument Valley. In this level, Ida is 'descending' deeper and deeper below ground until she reaches a graveyard and lays a red flower at one grave. Ida collects the double-pointed hat outfit in this chapter during Ustwo's fifth anniversary celebration.

## Walkthrough

**Part One**

* Walk up the steps and pick up the flower.

* Begin walking down the steps as more and more of the island is revealed.

* Twist the gear on the bottom of the structure until a staircase comes up from the floor next to the switch.

* Climb the steps and step on the switch (which turns the whole upper part of the structure).

* Climb down and walk up the stairs to the right, then across the bridge.

* Twist the gear so a platform with a ladder raises in front of Ida at the end of the bridge.

* Climb down, then twist the gear to push the platform down again, making a path (with another ladder at the end).

* Adjust the gear so the ladder at the end of the path lines up with the path.

* Climb down the ladder and walk across the path to come to the next ladder.

* Twist the gear until Totem rises from the water. Drag him over, then step on him.

* Drag him to the door. Go through.

**Part Two**

* Pull the handle from the wall to make a platform. Walk on it, then to the left and down the stairs.

* Go down the next set of stairs, then the ladder.

* Pull down the platform in front of Ida.

* Walk across it and come to the brownish stairs.

* Twist the gear once, which flips the whole platform in front of Ida. Climb down the stairs and walk to the patterned square at the end.

* Twist it once again, allowing Ida to climb the two staircases and step on the switch, which makes three more platforms appear.

* Walk to the patterned square again. Turn the gear so Ida can walk to the platforms that just appeared.

* Pull up the stairs in front of Ida. Walk down them.

* Climb down this ladder and the stairs.

* Twist the gear once, turning the platform in front of the stairs into one with a staircase.

* Go down the stairs and more is revealed...

**Part Three**

* Walk down all of the stairs.

* Hit all three switches here in any order to make a platform rise a little each time until Ida can step on it.

* Step on the switch on the newly-risen platform, which lowers it again.

* Descend all staircases until more is revealed.

* Twist the gear until all of the platforms and steps line up so Ida can walk down the stairs and to the end.

* The platform lowers and Ida is placed in front of a mirror (revealing a crow).

* Use the gear to lower the platform, using the mirror as a guide as to where to put it.

* Go down the ladder at the end. Ida will go all the way down by herself.

* If you'd like, speak with the Storyteller. Otherwise, continue down the stairs.

* The stairs will continue to fall. Walk forward each time.

* Walk forward and down the steps.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* When Ida is walking by the mirror, she sees a bird (her true form).

* This, along with Monument Valley (the first level), is one of the only two chapters where Sacred Geometry is not returned.
	+ Here, instead, a red flower is placed, and that is the icon shown in the level entry for this chapter in place of geometry.