Batman Arkham City

Batman Arkham City

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Conundrum

Conundrum

Rescue the first hostage from Riddler

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How to unlock the Conundrum achievement in Batman Arkham City - Definitive Guide

After gaining the side mission Enigma Conundrum and netting
Batman: Arkham CityIQ TestThe IQ Test achievement in Batman: Arkham City worth 12 pointsSolve the first riddle


You need to proceed to the courthouse where a fight will ensue and you'll save a hostage, this is not the one intended for the achievement. Afterwards you'll receive your first radio frequency for the Enigma Box riddle which will unlock the location of the first hostage to save for the achievement in question.

Follow the marker for the Riddler Hostage side quest now and you'll find a ? symbol painted on the wall, *also a political assualt you can stop if you haven't yet*. press "A" on it and Batman will knock on the wall and open the path to the door. Once inside the first door turn around and there'll be a ? with a switch to hit with a batarang to open the door to the main room.

**If you've unlocked the line launcher you can skip over all the panels and Riddler makes a crack about you cheating**

Inside the main room the floor consists of electrified panels connected to the lit up ? marks on the walls, hit the corresponding ? with batarangs and progess along the safe path before time runs out to the next dead panel. Advance this way until you make it to the lift then glide to the platform with the hostage to free them. The hostage will give you another frequency with the next riddle for the Enigma box and your next hostage location (provided you have enough Riddler trophies found)
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21 Oct 2011 15:17

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buggy chievo? i got all i need for second hostage, but never got the chievo for the first one o_O
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By Phoenix C64 on 18 Nov 2011 19:29
Worked great thanks for posting!
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By HEATH 10 on 21 Aug 2019 21:26
After retrieving the Enigma Machine from the courthouse you receive a waypoint to follow to find the first of five riddle hostages. The room you end up in is electrified and you are required to hit the questions marks located on the walls of the room with your Batarang in the proper order to free the hostage.

Below is my video guide showing how the room can be solved.
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03 Nov 2011 06:26

Following the Riddler Hostage side quest follow the marker on the map to the area for the trial room once on the ground look for a "?" symbol painted on a wooden wall move towards the wall and hit "A" when prompted to knock down the wall and enter the trial room.
you will come to a room filled with electric pads on the floor, turn on detective mode look for the "?" symbols on the walls, throw a batarang at the "?" symbols to make the pads turn off follow the now un-electrified pads to the next safe pad rinse and repeat till you get to hostage
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19 Oct 2011 04:41

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I was going crazy because I couldn't find an entrance at the marker, and after some time I discovered that you had to press A at the question mark that is painted on the wall :').
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By NL WHooPwhOOp on 19 Oct 2011 16:19
Oh seriously? Thanks for the tips guys! Was driving me mad that I found the building but couldn't get it.
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By Monfrizzle on 19 Oct 2011 23:46
yea that was tricky thanks
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By fdhrecords on 20 Oct 2011 04:44
I only saw 2 switched that I could activate, the third raises the lift. I couldn't figure it out, so I just got real close to the lift and tumbled towards it. :P I was playing on Normal, you'll probably die if you were on hard.
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By Delta748 on 20 Oct 2011 08:08
the other switch is above the door at the start of the room were you entered if i remember correctly
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By Xantric on 20 Oct 2011 08:34
xantric, can you add what NL WHooPwhOOp said to the solution, because the hardest part of this was actually finding how to get in for me, i tried the doors, used detective vision on everything, even tried finding a way through wonder city... so itl be helpful if you included that in your solution, thanks you 2.
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By BloodMockngbird on 20 Oct 2011 23:59
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The first hostage will be marked on your map once you complete IQ Test, it’ll be south once you leave the church. There will be a wall marked with a green question mark. Curiously, you can’t blow it up with explosives, instead you must walk up to it and press . Batman will then break it down with bare fists, and you can enter this building.

Here, you must rescue a hostage using your gadgets. Once you enter, turn around and use your batarang to hit a question mark switch above the front door you came in. Enter the next room. This puzzle requires you to use the batarang to hit question mark switches, which will shut off electrocuting tiles that you’ll have to walk across.

Throw a batarang to the switch ahead of you, then run across the tiles it shuts off. The next switch is to your right after you sprint across the first tile set. Throw a batarang at the first switch again, which will activate the last set of tiles to an elevator. The final switch is to the left of the door you entered from, which will activate the elevator. Glide to the hostage to rescue them.

After the puzzle, you will receive the Enigma Machine, which will point you to your next hostage using the cryptographic sequence, which will become available once you solve 80 riddles (Mastermind). See Genius for the Riddler Challenges guide.

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You do not need to collect any Riddler Trophies for this hostage to be available.

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You do not need to collect any Riddler Trophies for this hostage to be available.

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You do not need to collect any Riddler Trophies for this hostage to be available.

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