Mountain gestures (telescope watch)
Also searched as: Mountain Gesture
The short answer
One player stays on the lookout and watches 5 separate platforms through a telescope; the other walks to each platform in turn and performs a gesture, and the watcher picks the matching card from their options. All 5 correct and it is done.
- Players
- 2 players
- Time
- 15-25 minutes
- Location
- Red tower lookout (a community name; the site has no verified coordinate - use the map locator and follow the red tower route)
- Reward
- 1 red tower control panel part (gourd) - the last one
What makes this one unusual: the person performing also needs binoculars - otherwise they cannot see the reference pose on their own platform.
Before you start
- 2 pairs of binoculars (one for the watcher, one for the performer) - both are needed, because the performer has to read the reference image; the gear list entry says they are scattered across the island, so there is no single place to fetch them
- The 5 platforms are spread out, so budget running time
Step-by-step 4 steps
- 1
Split the jobs
One player stays on the lookout and watches the 5 platforms through the telescope. The other physically goes to each platform to perform. The lookout is the high point just off the red tower; the site has no verified coordinate for it, so find it on the map locator along the red tower route.
- 2
Performer takes position and gestures
The performer uses binoculars to read the reference gesture on their platform, then reproduces it with arms and body so the watcher far away can make it out.
Faster: Make it big, slow, repeatable. Small movements are invisible through a long-range telescope.
Schematic: separated communication. One side can only look, the other can only act, and the channel between them is cut on purpose - orange barn, silent room, interrogation room and beach house all fit this model. - 3
Watcher picks the card
The watcher chooses the card in front of them that matches the gesture they saw.
- 4
Repeat 5 times
Once all 5 platforms are matched correctly, the last red tower control panel part is yours.
Where it goes wrong
These are the places players actually get stuck most often. Working through them in order usually finds the cause.
Other Red tower puzzles
After finishing: 1 red tower control panel part (gourd; with all 5 you can go up the tower and take the key).
More videos
Click a thumbnail to play it here, or click the title to open the original on YouTube.
Where this solution came from
games.gg and Sportskeeda agree on lookout plus telescope plus 5 platforms plus picking cards; games.gg additionally notes that the person standing on the platform needs binoculars. This site holds no URL for either outlet, so they are named here as unlinked community sources rather than cited with links.
Puzzles in this game are not assigned in a fixed order: each tower needs a set number of gourds and has more challenges around it than that, so you choose which ones to clear, in any order. That is why two guides list different puzzle line-ups for the same tower — neither is wrong. Unless a coordinate is credited to a named source it is a community measurement, and later versions can shift it; once you are in the area, trust the landmark over the number.