Normal solution
Hints are given below when you expand the boxes.
| Spoiler: Hint 1 (the goal)
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| This level is about Beard manipulation. Your goal is to get upstairs here, but the staircase (just on the other side of that single tile of grass) is expertly blocked by that Beard on the long strip of land in the spike pit. You'll need to figure out how to keep him away from the stairs.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2 (progressively stronger nudges in the right direction)
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| In previous levels, you've kept Beards at bay by flinging past them. But flinging won't do much good here. There's no wall close enough to the stairs to catch you in time to run there before the Beard catches up. A different trick is required.
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| Spoiler: Hint 3
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| If you have dialogue on, you'll hear the Beard making quite a rude suggestion here. But he's actually unknowingly giving you a hint...
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| Spoiler: Hint 4
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| If you're stumped, it's a good idea to restore to Sacred Lawns and play with the Beards there, as well as with anything else you can find in that level.
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| Spoiler: Hint 5
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| When do the Beards NOT chase you?
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| Spoiler: Hint 6
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| The Beards want to punish people who have stepped on grass.
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| Spoiler: Hint 7
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| If you step on grass and then die, the Beards consider you to have served your punishment, and they will not chase you in your next life (until the next time you step on grass).
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| Spoiler: Hint 8
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| By the way, have you noticed that if there are multiple eggs in a level, you can change which one you spawn from by brushing past it? (You can play with this in Sacred Lawns too, and you may have also noticed it in Treachery Bridge.)
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| Spoiler: Hint 9
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| Have you noticed the second egg in Placement Chamber? The one that isn't trapped behind grass?
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| Spoiler: Hint 10
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| From the first egg in Placement Chamber, you can't beat the level - you're forced to step on grass and the Beard will block you. But what if you spawned somewhere where you didn't have to step on grass?
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| Spoiler: Hint 11 (full solution)
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| From the start, head to the northeast corner of the whole level and touch the egg (so that the name Emm is stamped on it). Move around so that the Beard ends up as far southwest as he can in the dead-end. Fall on the spikes so that you respawn at the northeastern egg. Walk up the stairs in the little corridor the Beard was guarding (the Beard should be far away, and won't wake up until you cross the little patch of grass) and exit the level.
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Present solution
| Spoiler: Hint 1 (present location)
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| The present can be found up the stairs from the exit, across a NOW bridge.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2
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| Explore the 3 chambers near the present. Each letter in NOW is guarded by a beard.
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| Spoiler: Hint 3
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| See hint 7 above.
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| Spoiler: Hint 4
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| Have a beard in an awkward position? Try dying and/or stepping on grass.
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| Spoiler: Hint 5
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| Make sure you touched the third egg so you are reborn up high.
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| Spoiler: Hint 6
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| Each beard has a slightly different challenge.
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| Spoiler: Hint 7
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| Don't cross the grass into the small chambers, drop down from above.
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| Spoiler: Hint 8 (solution)
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| Go up all the way and touch the egg near the top of the level.
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| Spoiler: Hint 9 (solution - east side - N)
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 When you go for the N, the Beard should be about here In the east chamber, if you walked across the grass, a beard walks back and forth following your movement. Even if you fling, you can't get past him or the fence. Touch grass, go to the west side of the chamber so the beard follows you west, then fling into the spikes, killing you instantly. Die repeatedly until you get back into the east chamber from above. Because you haven't touched any grass yet, the beard won't follow you. Drop down and push the N out the window.
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| Spoiler: Hint 10 (solution - center - W)
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 Tuck the Beard into this alcove to clear the path to free the W In the center chamber, if you walked across the grass, a beard keeps smashing the W block if you try to move it. If needed, touch grass, lure the beard east, then die repeatedly until you get back into the center chamber from above. Because you haven't touched any grass yet, the beard won't follow you. Drop down and push the W out the window.
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| Spoiler: Hint 11 (solution - west side - O)
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 Keep the O beard tucked into one of these dead ends This looks similar to the W setup but now the beard is actually blocking your way, you can't push the O. Touch grass then move west of the beard to get him to push the O west. Don't linger in the west or the beard will smash the O against the wall. So lure the beard east then fling to the spikes, and die repeatedly until you get back to the west chamber from above. Because you haven't touched any grass yet, the beard won't follow you. Drop down and push the O out the window.
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| Spoiler: Hint 12 (solution)
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 Place the NOW blocks in the corner (a nice simple block puzzle for once) Now that you've retrieved the NOW letters from the beards, push them together in the NW corner. Back up the stairs again and cross the bridge to the present.
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| Spoiler: Achievements
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There is 1 achievement available for this level:
- Stalemate: Die by having only repeating moves.
| Spoiler: Hint 1
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| There are various levels to get the Stalemate achievement but this is one possible one.
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| Spoiler: Hint 2
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| Try to get into the chamber with the W blockpad in it. Directly west of the W blockpad is a 2x2 grid of squares. If you can get into that 2x2 area with you on the north and a beard directly south of you, the beard can never kill you, but you can never get past it either. Move back and forth a few times and the game will reset you.
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| Spoiler: View squares
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There is 1 view square on this level:
- Near the present, showing an overview of the level.
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| Spoiler: Hanging men
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| There are 0 hanging men on this level.
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