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Which Iron Maiden to step inside in You Will Die Here Tonight
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How to open the padlock to the Iron Maidens in You Will Die Here Tonight

Probably should leave this locked.

Retro puzzlers are timeless classics that are still being produced and still keep the audience coming back. However, the padlock to the Iron Maidens in You Will Die Here Tonight may have you scratching your head.

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Password to the Iron Maiden padlock

How to open the padlock to the iron maidens in You Will Die Here Tonight
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If you’re stuck staring at the Iron Maiden switch and unable to figure out the code, then never fear. The code is 4596 from left to right. This code will allow you to unlock the padlock and use the switch in You Will Die Here Tonight. Once you have pulled the switch, you will have access to the level and be faced with a whole new puzzle.

Where to find the clues for the padlock

If you want to know how the Iron Maidens padlock puzzle is solved, head back down the corridor to the alchemy lab. In this room, you will find a book on a table containing a riddle you must solve. The riddle reads: “Four sisters stood round where the cauldron doth cook, the table, the bottles, the tools, the book, to choose who would sacrifice…”

How to open the padlock to the iron maidens in You Will Die Here Tonight
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The riddle is the clue to the Iron Maidens’ padlock. As you look around the room, you can interact with various items around the room. Unsurprisingly, there is a bookcase, a table of things, a tool rack, and bottles. When you look at them, each one has a number associated with them. So, jot this number down. 

The riddle tells you in which order to put the various numbers in You Will Die Here Tonight. The numbers are now in the order you need them to unlock the padlock to the Iron Maidens. Finally, head back to the room with the torture devices and simply enter them into the lock. It isn’t the most simple of puzzles in the game — but one I took great pleasure in solving.

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Leo Gillick
Leo is a Freelance Writer for PC Invasion. He has a degree in English Literature and Film Studies and more hours buried into videogames than he cares to admit. He has worked extensively in the Videogame and Travel writing industry but, as they say, get a job doing something you love and you'll never work a day in your life. He uses his writing as a means to support indefinite global travel with the current five year plan seeing him through Latin America.