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All purple gourd puzzles and how to solve them in Big Walk
This guide from Polygon explains how to find and complete all seven "purple gourd" puzzles in the video game Big Walk, which are harder versions of standard "red gourd" puzzles used to unlock towers on the map. Players may stumble across these purple gourds unintentionally once they unlock the ski lift, though the outlet recommends tackling the trickier variants last, after mastering the original, simpler puzzles located elsewhere on the map.
All seven purple gourd puzzles are clustered in the southern section of the island, reachable either via the green tower and its chair lift or by walking along the southeastern coast. They mirror existing challenges — including timer, golf, button location, speaker, posing, obstacle course and symbol sign puzzles — but with tougher conditions, such as a 30-minute wait instead of five minutes for the timer puzzle, or carrying a heavy ball much further for the golf puzzle.
In short
- Big Walk has seven advanced "purple gourd" puzzles in its southern map area.
- They're tougher versions of standard puzzles, like longer timers and further walks.
- Guide recommends solving easier versions first before attempting these.
Explained simply
Big Walk is a video game set on an island where players explore and solve puzzles to unlock towers on the map. Red gourds mark the standard puzzles; purple gourds mark more difficult versions of familiar challenges.
The seven purple gourd puzzles are grouped in the island’s southern area. Players can reach them from the green tower by chair lift or by following the south-east coast on foot.
The puzzles include timed waits, golf, finding buttons and symbols, using speakers, posing and navigating an obstacle course. Their tougher requirements make the standard versions useful practice before attempting them.