# ‘Those Before Us’ lens puzzle solution in Resonance A Plague Tale Legacy

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/those-before-us-lens-puzzle-solution-in-resonance-a-plague-tale-legacy/
- Published: 2026-08-27T16:01:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-08-27T16:46:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/resonance-a-plague-tale-legacy-chapter-3-lens-puzzle-solution/
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- Align two lenses with golden discs to open the first door.
- Chain lenses to reveal the first two minotaur paintings.
- Use Leni’s help with a broken lens to activate the elevator.

## Summary

The article explains how to complete the lens puzzles at the end of Chapter 3, “Those Before Us”, in *Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy*. Players must redirect beams of light through movable lenses to open a sealed door, reveal three minotaur paintings and activate an elevator, making it an early example of the game’s trial-based puzzle design.

The first puzzle is a tutorial: rotate the two lenses beside the door so each beam reaches its nearby golden disc. In the next room, activate the central gilded pillar, direct the right-hand lens to the far golden disc, then link the opposite lens to it and redirect the first beam through a third lens to another disc; finally, have Leni hold up the broken lens and aim the lens opposite the doorway at it to reveal the last painting and use the lift.

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