Moss: The Forgotten Relic Book 2: Beat Tylan and Solve Mirror Puzzles

The clean route through Moss: The Forgotten Relic Book 2‘s final stretch is to set each mirror path with the Reader before moving Quill, use the Charged Chakram to handle devices that cannot be reached directly, and treat Tylan’s bell-and-barrier sequence as a timing puzzle rather than a damage race. The biggest trap is rushing after a barrier opens: secure Quill’s position first, then take the short opening.

What You Need Before Entering the Throne Route

The throne, tower, and mirror sections expect you to combine Quill’s movement with Reader control quickly. Make sure you are comfortable switching attention between Quill’s footing and the object you are moving; the final rooms punish trying to solve both at the same instant.

• Sword Dash: Use it to clear the gaps that open once a mirror route is aligned and to reach distant levers.
• Charged Chakram: Throw it at a device, leave it embedded when necessary, then recall it to strike from the opposite direction or through a blocked line.
• Reader environmental control: Grab, pull, and rotate the room’s movable pieces while Quill remains on a safe platform.
• Hammer-trap timing: The late puzzles reuse the weight, switch, and timing logic established in the Foundry. Wait for the hammer movement to finish before committing Quill to the next pressure plate or route.

Keep Quill out of a trap’s travel path before you activate it. The Reader can manipulate the puzzle safely from a distance; Quill does not need to stand beside every device for the room to progress.

Throne Room Route: Set the Room Before You Move Quill

The throne-room travel is where the ending starts asking for clean routing. Do not dash into the first visible opening. First, use the Reader to inspect the room’s active mechanisms, locate the next stable landing area, and identify which lever, mirror, or device creates the route forward.

1. Leave Quill on solid ground while you inspect the full room with the Reader.
2. Identify the next platform, lever, or mirror device that advances the path.
3. Move or rotate the environmental object until the route is safe and visible.
4. Use the Charged Chakram if the target sits behind an obstacle or on the far side of the room.
5. Only then move Quill across, using Sword Dash for the gap that the puzzle has opened.

This order matters because the throne route blends traversal and puzzle control. If Quill is already standing on a narrow platform when you begin rotating the room, you have less time to react to a changed gravity path or a moving trap.

How to Solve the Mirror Gravity Rooms

The mirror rooms work best when you treat the mirrors as route builders. Their purpose is to change the room into a layout Quill can cross, not to give you a shortcut while you are still standing in the wrong place.

1. Find Quill’s Safe Landing Before Rotating Anything

Look for the platform or wall section Quill will use after the mirror changes the room’s gravity route. Park her on a stable surface that remains safe during the adjustment. This prevents the common mistake of solving the mirror correctly but leaving Quill stranded away from the new path.

2. Use the Reader to Rotate and Stabilize the Route

Manipulate the mirror or related puzzle object until the next ledge, lever, or passage becomes reachable. Watch the full route rather than only the nearest platform. A mirror position can create a valid first jump while leaving no safe follow-up, especially when a Sword Dash gap sits beyond it.

3. Use the Chakram for Reverse-Side Devices

The Charged Chakram is the answer when a switch is protected by a wall, placed behind a barrier, or needs to be struck from the far side. Throw it into position, let it remain where it needs to be, and recall it when the return path is the useful hit. The recall is part of the puzzle interaction, so do not immediately pull the Chakram back after every throw.

4. Resolve Hammer Traps One Action at a Time

Hammer-style traps add a timing layer to the mirror logic. Set the mirror route first, then activate the trap or pressure-plate sequence, then move Quill once the hammer has completed its motion. Trying to reposition the mirror, manage the trap, and dash with Quill at the same time is where these rooms become needlessly messy.

If a route looks correct but still feels impossible, check whether the remaining interaction is meant to be reached by Chakram rather than by Quill. The final puzzle rooms frequently separate the place Quill can stand from the device that must be hit.

Tylan Boss Strategy: Bells First, Barrier Opening Second

Tylan is the final Arcane threat, and the encounter is built around staged arena interactions. Keep your focus on the current bell timing and barrier window. The arena only gives you brief, controlled chances to advance, so chasing Tylan while the room is still unsafe wastes the opening you need.

Phase Routine: Stabilize, Time the Bell, Use the Opening

1. Stabilize Quill’s position. Start each phase from clear ground with room to evade rather than from the edge of a hazard or trap lane.
2. Track the active bell. Watch for the moment the bell interaction becomes available instead of activating it early.
3. Commit to the bell timing. A missed bell sequence costs more than a delayed attempt, so wait for the clean window.
4. Use the barrier break immediately. Once the arena opens, move Quill through the available lane and complete the current objective before the window closes.
5. Reset for the next phase. Return Quill to safe footing and use the Reader to check the next bell, barrier, or trap arrangement before pressing forward.

The key is to separate survival from progress. During Tylan’s attacks, prioritize dodging and keeping Quill in a workable part of the arena. During a bell or barrier opening, commit fully to the required interaction. Mixing those jobs usually leaves Quill caught in the open with no clean route back.

What to Do Between Tylan’s Phases

The space between phases is where the fight becomes manageable. Do not spend that time forcing extra attacks. Use it to reorient the Reader, find the next bell’s position, and make sure Quill is not standing where the next barrier or hammer-style trap will cut off her escape.

• Move Quill to a stable part of the arena before looking for the next interaction.
• Check where the next barrier will create a usable lane instead of assuming the old route remains open.
• Keep the Chakram ready for a distant device or a target that needs to be struck on recall.
• Give the Reader a clear view of bells, barriers, and moving traps before the next attack sequence begins.
• Use Sword Dash to cross a confirmed opening, not as a blind escape tool into an unscouted section of the arena.

Quill’s movement and the Reader’s control are both required here. If you focus entirely on Tylan, you miss the arena state. If you focus entirely on the devices, Quill gets clipped while waiting. The safer rhythm is to place Quill first, adjust the arena second, then act on the next bell window.

Late-Game Mistakes That Waste Attempts

Rotating a Mirror While Quill Has No Safe Footing

Mirror gravity puzzles are much easier when Quill waits on a stable platform while the Reader changes the route. Set the room, confirm the landing, then move.

Recalling the Chakram Too Soon

When a puzzle places a device beyond a wall or on a reverse angle, the Chakram may need to stay embedded before the recall becomes useful. Treat its outgoing throw and return flight as separate puzzle actions.

Using Sword Dash Before the Puzzle Is Fully Set

Sword Dash closes the gap once the mirror route is ready. Dashing before the next platform, lever, or gravity route has been established creates an awkward recovery position and makes the next Reader interaction harder to manage.

Forcing Tylan’s Barrier Window

A barrier opening is a short opportunity, not a reason to abandon positioning. If Quill cannot reach the opening cleanly, reset her footing and prepare for the next bell sequence rather than running into an active trap line.

Once the throne route is handled in this order-safe platform, Reader adjustment, Chakram device hit, then Quill’s dash-the mirror rooms stop feeling like separate obstacles and lead cleanly into Tylan’s staged bell-and-barrier finish.