The Descent

In which there is nobody left to forgive us

In-game description of the level

The Descent is the ninth chapter, in Ustwo's puzzle-adventure game Monument Valley. In this level, Ida is descending deeper and deeper below ground until she reaches a graveyard and lays a red flower at one grave.

Walkthrough[]

Part One

Walk up the steps and pick up the flower.
Begin walking down the steps as more and more of the island is revealed.
Twist the gear on the bottom of the structure until a staircase comes up from the floor next to the switch.
Climb the steps and step on the switch (which turns the whole upper part of the structure).
Climb down and walk up the stairs to the right, then across the bridge.
Twist the gear so a platform with a ladder raises in front of Ida at the end of the bridge.
Climb down, then twist the gear to push the platform down again, making a path (with another ladder at the end).
Adjust the gear so the ladder at the end of the path lines up with the path.
Climb down the ladder and walk across the path to come to the next ladder.
Twist the gear until Totem rises from the water. Drag him over, then step on him.
Drag him to the door. Go through.

Part Two

Pull the handle from the wall to make a platform. Walk on it, then to the left and down the stairs.
Go down the next set of stairs, then the ladder.
Pull down the platform in front of Ida.
Walk across it and come to the brownish stairs.
Twist the gear once, which flips the whole platform in front of Ida. Climb down the stairs and walk to the patterned square at the end.
Twist it once again, allowing Ida to climb the two staircases and step on the switch, which makes three more platforms appear.
Walk to the patterned square again. Turn the gear so Ida can walk to the platforms that just appeared.
Pull up the stairs in front of Ida. Walk down them.
Climb down this ladder and the stairs.
Twist the gear once, turning the platform in front of the stairs into one with a staircase.
Go down the stairs and more is revealed...

Part Three

Walk down all of the stairs.
Hit all three switches here in any order to make a platform rise a little each time until Ida can step on it.
Step on the switch on the newly-risen platform, which lowers it again.
Descend all staircases until more is revealed.
Twist the gear until all of the platforms and steps line up so Ida can walk down the stairs and to the end.
The platform lowers and Ida is placed in front of a mirror (revealing a crow).
Use the gear to lower the platform, using the mirror as a guide as to where to put it.
Go down the ladder at the end. Ida will go all the way down by herself.
If you'd like, speak with the Storyteller. Otherwise, continue down the stairs.
The stairs will continue to fall. Walk forward each time.
Walk forward and down the steps.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

When Ida is walking by the mirror, she sees a bird (her true form).
This, along with Monument Valley (the first level), is one of the only two chapters where Sacred Geometry is not returned.
- Here, instead, a red flower is placed, and that is the icon shown in the level entry for this chapter in place of geometry.
Ida was able to collect an outfit with a double-pointed hat in this chapter during Ustwo's fifth-anniversary celebration.