Timburr Puzzle Strategy guide (4X4 Rotation)

[FairFamily]

Ok, the timbur puzzle. If you are interesting into getting Samson's ace and the mascot from Agate Circus you need to solve a puzzle. Not a simple sliding or swapping puzzle but a rotation puzzle. In this puzzle the tiles are in the right place but not are not in the right rotation. It is your job to rotate them back so from this:

to this:

Not so difficult? Here's the catch: if your rotate a tile all its adjacent tiles are rotated as well. This means you are rotating 3-5 tiles every turn making the puzzle a lot harder. To make it worse the puzzle is randomized and therefore is every case different. However in this guide I will provide the solution to solve the Timburr puzzle and all 4X4 Rotation puzzles (like in Insurgenc). 

 

STEP 1: FIX THE TOP ROW

 

The first step is to put each tile in order by rotating the tile below it. As an example to fix the tile with the gree border you rotate the tile below. Because the tile below is chosen any other tiles in the first row are not disturbed.

So the first row of your puzzle should look like this:

 

 

STEP 2: FIX THE SECOND ROW

 

In this step the secod row is fixed. Just like in the previous step, only tiles of the third row should be used. This way the first row is not disturbed.

So first and second row of your puzzle should look this:

 

 

STEP 3: FIX THE THIRD ROW

 

Same as before fix the thrid row by rotating the tiles in the last row.

So the first three rows should be like this:

 

Step 4: CHOOSE YOUR CASE

 

Now if you are lucky you get the solved puzzle. Good job, rng favored you. If not, you have your work cut out for you. This is why the puzzle is stupid, the randomizing process can make this puzzle either in a very easy puzzle to a ridicously difficult puzzle to crack. So for those who are unlucky you could soft reset for a better puzzle or you can continue this guide. After the first three steps you can get to 4 possible outcomes including the finished puzzle. So for the 3 remaining patterns I will post how many times you have to rotate each tile to get to the solution.

 

CASE 1: 4 TILES WRONG

Solution

Spoiler

 2 1 0 2
 1 1 1 2
 0 0 0 3
 3 3 0 3

 

CASE 2: 2 CORNER TILES WRONG

Solution

Spoiler

 1 1 2 0
 2 0 1 2
 1 0 3 1
 1 0 3 2

 

CASE 3: 2 BORDER TILES WRONG

Solution

Spoiler

 2 3 1 3
 3 2 1 0
 1 3 0 0
 1 2 0 0

 

STEP 5: ENJOY YOUR TIMBURR

 

So yeah that's how you do the Timburr puzzle and any 4 X 4 rotation puzzle. If you find any new cases for the fourth step of this puzzle please either PM me or post a message her. I tested the puzzles a lot of times and only the 4 patterns show up. Also feedback on this guide is welcomed.

[-IR-]

You sir deserve a cold beer! Thank you!

[ShiningKami]

You, my friend, are a god among men. This solution worked perfectly. Thank you!

[Beau]

what does the 2 3 1 3 mean on the border tiles missing?

[Beau]

What do all of the numbers mean, like 2313 in the borders missing only section?

[Aphelli]

These numbers indicate the number of times you should rotate the tiles of the picture, based on their position. For instance, the top-left corner should be rotated twice, the tile immediately right should be rotated three times, the next one, only once, etc. 

[Beau]

Ok, thank you. I've got all of the tiles correct except for the bottom right tile in the fiery caverns, and it is killing me trying to figure it out. This is the one that I just opened to. Can you help me out?

[Aphelli]

The solution below assumes that clicking on a tile makes it rotate counter-clockwise, as well as every tile that shares a side with said tile. If all the rotations are instead clock-wise, replace the ones with threes. If the rotations are not the same for the tile and the adjacent tiles – just tell me and I’ll try to figure something else out. Same if more tiles get rotated (for instance, the top left tile also rotates the top-left “center tile”). 

 

Spoiler

1020

0001

0000

0001

 

Just checking – you do know that what you just did goes against a few points of internet etiquette, right? 

[Beau]

Yep, I know. Thank you for the help though. I really appreciate it.

[Ace1pilot]

Can someone please help me solve  the concelder  puzzle  have all of the puzzle pieces  in the correct order except  for the last square  on the bottom left and I just can't seem  to find the last correct solution  please I really could use some help.

[Beau]

Can someone help me out with this puzzle? It's the Fiery Caverns puzzle. It rotates the squares clockwise, not counter-clockwise

[Aphelli]

On 7/16/2023 at 12:37 AM, Ace1pilot said:

Can someone please help me solve  the concelder  puzzle  have all of the puzzle pieces  in the correct order except  for the last square  on the bottom left and I just can't seem  to find the last correct solution  please I really could use some help.

 

Sorry to answer so late (I stumbled on this by chance -- had you created a proper thread, it might have been noticed much earlier)! I hope that you were able to come up with a solution on your own.

If not, try this out (U means "give this tile a half-turn", O means "do not rotate this tile").

 

Spoiler

O U U O

U O U U

U U O U

O U U O

 

 

@Beau I can (assuming that there is a solution), so technically the answer to your question is "yes".

I will not help you here, however, because this is the wrong place to ask the question, you know it and yet you're still doing it.