Investigation thread · puzzle
Printing Plate B Location & Press Puzzle Solution
Find Plate C in the Church's Star-locked tomb, Plate A in the Empty House, and Plate B in the house north of the Fire Department after moving the crane claw; then solve the Printing Press grid.
Verified solution · Printing House
Plate B is beside the Fire Department; collect all three plates, then solve the press.
Printing Plate C is inside the Church graveyard's Star-locked tomb, Plate A is in the first bedroom of the Empty House reached over the crashed Printing House van, and Plate B is on the first-room desk in the house north of the Fire Department after the crane moves the whale. Return to the press with all three. For the evidenced starting board, press Bottom-left → Bottom-right → Center → Top-right → Center → Bottom-left, then Validate the gold pattern.
01 · Do this
Follow the route in order.
- 01
At the Church graveyard, use the Star Key on the Star-locked tomb (mausoleum) and take Printing Plate C inside.
- 02
On the route into the Printing House, follow the planks over the crashed Printing House van, climb the stairs through the open window into the Empty House, and take Printing Plate A from the first bedroom.
- 03
After fixing the crane and using its claw to move the whale, climb the exterior ladder into the house directly north of the Fire Department (the Academic's Apartment). Printing Plate B is on the desk in the first room.
- 04
Return to the Printing House secret room and insert Printing Plate A, Printing Plate B, and Printing Plate C. Confirm you are looking at the 3×3 grid; the fixed click route below assumes the starting board shown by the evidence.
- 05
Press the grid positions in this order: Bottom-left → Bottom-right → Center → Top-right → Center → Bottom-left. The second Center and Bottom-left are deliberate repeat presses.
- 06
Remember that each click flips the selected square and the adjacent plus-shaped cross, so the board changes around every press.
- 07
Select Validate or the equivalent confirm control after the six presses.
02 · Confirm
What success looks like.
- All nine squares form the complete gold pattern on the press grid.
- The printing press visibly comes down and prints the paper.
- Gold gives Cutter’s Sturdy Stock, a shotgun accessory that increases damage when you shoot an enemy in the back.
- Silver gives two Dream Essence instead.
03 · Boundaries
Before you retry.
- The fixed sequence is tied to the evidence's starting state after all three printing plates are inserted; it is not claimed to solve an arbitrary randomized or already-clicked board.
- Plate B becomes reachable only after the crane-claw route opens the house north of the Fire Department. If the exterior ladder or house route is still blocked, continue that objective before searching the Printing House again.
- The press breaks after one solution. Choose gold or silver before you Validate: this fixed six-press route documents the evidenced gold result; the sources confirm the silver reward but not a separate silver click order here.
- If your board starts differently, exit or reload the puzzle and confirm the three plates are inserted before retrying the six presses.
04 · Undo
If it does not trigger.
- If the pattern is not complete after the sixth press, do not Validate. Exit or reload the puzzle and return to the known starting state before trying the sequence again.
- If Validate rejects the grid, reload the previous puzzle state rather than inventing a new order; no files, mods, or save edits are required for this solution.
Evidence checked 2026-09-16
Sources checked for this route.
The Sinking City 2 full release · Printing House and Fire Department route · current search and Hotfix 1.0.2 notes checked 2026-09-16
- playerSteam player task thread ↗
The original task asks how to match the gold or silver target in the 3×3 grid after inserting Printing Plates A, B, and C; replies link the independent solution footage.
- referencePrinting Press gameplay guide ↗
Independent raw gameplay has timestamps for Plate C (00:00), Plate A (00:23), Plate B (00:56), and the press puzzle (01:52), showing the plate locations and completed printing feedback.
- referencePrinting House puzzle walkthrough ↗
A second independent video visually confirms the later Top-right, Center, and Bottom-left presses and the final gold pattern and paper-printing feedback.
- referenceGamesRadar Printing Press guide ↗
A current written walkthrough places Plate C in the Church's Star-locked tomb, Plate A in an apartment on the Printing House route, and Plate B in the Academic's Apartment next to the Fire Department after the claw moves the whale; it also confirms the gold/silver reward split and one-use press.
- reference100% collectible route ↗
A second current location guide gives the player-facing landmarks: Plate C is inside the Church graveyard mausoleum, Plate A is in the first bedroom of the Empty House reached over the crashed van, and Plate B is on the first-room desk in the house north of the Fire Department; it also lists Dream Essence x2 and Cutter's Sturdy Stock.
