Sites of ancient Vatican relics in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Ancient relics are items you’ll find while exploring the Vatican in Indiana Jones and the Big Circle. There are 10 in total and can be found as part of the Vatican’s recurring event. Opening of “Riddles of the Ancients”.
The main Vatican storyline takes you past most of the ancient relics, and almost all of them are underground. You won’t be able to contact all of them at once. You’ll have to progress a bit through the main story – “The Stolen Cat Mummy” – to collect them all.
Our Indiana Jones and the Big Circle the guide will show you where to find all the ancient relics in the Vatican.
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You will be able to find this ancient relic soon after you begin exploring the Vatican. Use the Giant’s Pendant to open the secret passage in Library conservation workshop. Downstairs, you and Father Antonio will find a room with notes about strange inscriptions.
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Check on exit the desk closest to the (previously locked) door find the first Ancient Relic.
After solving the Sacred Wounds puzzle in the Underworld, you will explore Tomb of the Giant Warrior – and then the fascists (literally) crash the party. At the beginning of your escape you will find the next ancient relic.
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Follow the only path you have until you reach the point you need to go down from. If you fall all the way, you’ll fall into the water – we’ll do that in a second. Instead, hold the left trigger and slide down the whip as far as possible.
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Ahead of you will be a small tunnel in the wall. Swing back and forth to gain speed and jump into the tunnel. You will find an Ancient Relic. on the ground, a little further.
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Turn away from Ancient Relic 2 and jump into the water below you. For this part you will have to swim a lot. Once you get out, you’ll start running into the Blackshirts again – that’s where you’ll find Ancient Relic 3.
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Once you start hearing them, you will enter a room with a fallen pillar. Look on the right side for an opening you can go through. Eliminate both fascists patrolling there – you’ll need their (lit) torches to do this.
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To the right of the place where you destroyed the Nazis, there is another gap in the wall. However, this rain pours water and will extinguish your torch. Instead, follow the wall on the left.
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Go through the door at the end of the room and then take the next two to the right. You will come to a wall with a hole in it. Hold the left trigger and then pull the right trigger to throw a (lit) torch through the hole.
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Return to the first hole in the wall and go through – a torch will be waiting for you. Use it to burn down the wooden barrier at the back of the room.
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You will find the next ancient relic. on the altar (?) ahead of you.
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A little later, during your escape from the ground, you will find yourself on the second floor of a large room and will find a chandelier on which you can pump yourself. Make your way through it and take out the Blackshirts waiting on the other side. Turn right and head to the southwest corner.
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You will have to destroy the muscular fascist in the next room. Check the floor for an antique bust you can pick up.
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Take it to the pedestal on the lower level behind where the fascist was. Interact with the pedestal to place an ancient bust on it. It will be open the gate on the left with the next ancient relic behind her.
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Once you have Ancient Relic 4, pick up the Antique Bust and take it to the left. You will find another pedestal that will open the exit.
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Go through and follow the path until you reach a dead end that you will have to get out of. Go up to the first level. Instead of going through the passage (which is technically the exit), turn around and go up to the second point above you.
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Go upstairs and go right. You will pass by a photographable statue of Nike.
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From there, go right to find a burial chamber. Go inside to find the next ancient relic.
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Return to the points you climbed to. Go down one level and go through the passage you should have gone through the first time.
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Go through the bend on the right and climb through the low gap. Next Ancient Relic in the corridor on the other side.
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You will pass an empty pedestal on the left. Go past it and turn left at the first possible turn. Around the corner you will find an antique bust on a pedestal.
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On the right side of the floor you will find another antique bust. Pick it up and take it back to the first (empty) pedestal. This will open the gate on the left.
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Come on in. Take the heavy candlestick and break the fragile wall to your right. Go through and take the old bust from the pedestal that we saw earlier.
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Take it back to the new pedestal and place it. It will be open another gate with the next ancient relic behind her.
Once you find the first four strange inscriptions for Father Antonio, you will receive “The Secret of the Giants” field work. As you tour the Vatican, take photos of the remaining six inscriptions to complete it.
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Once you do this, return to Father Antonio’s office in the library and place the photos on his bulletin board. He will drop the next Ancient Relic. on his desk for you.
After you solve the Confession Fountain puzzle, you will return to the Underworld and spend Trials of the Augur.
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After falling through the hatch, you will go up again and meet Gina. Your first task is to jump over some pillars past the swinging blades.
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After the first pair of paddles you will come to a wide area. On the left side, jump into the (oily) water below you. The next ancient relic will be on a broken pole right in front of you.
You can go back up the same way you came down.
As you explore Path of the Golden Dragon – room with four hanging columns – you will pass the next Ancient Relic.
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Just before you reach the pillared room (you’ll return here on the way out), notice the small hole in the wall to the left.
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Go through and grab the antique bust on your right. Place it on the pedestal on the left and you will hear a pop.
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Back in the main room, stick to the left wall to find the door you just opened. You will find an Ancient Relic. on a shelf near the right wall.
Ancient relic 10 location
After you have learned the Path of the Silver Dragon and the Path of the Golden Dragon, you will achieve Secret Monastery. From there you continue Scriptorium and ultimately achieve Treasury of Esoteric Artifacts.
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When you enter, go to the locked door along the left wall. When you try this, Gina will come over and open the lock for you.
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Go through the door and to the right. You will find the last Ancient Relic. along the wall.