[Professor's Necklace

A necklace belonging to the professor, featuring the letters KZ and a heart, found in the greenhouse.

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The Professor's Necklace is an accessory item found in the greenhouse during Escape Academy's third episode, "Bust a Move." It is a distinctive piece of jewelry bearing the letters KZ and a heart, and it plays a role in the puzzle involving the lock that references "true love." This guide covers how the necklace is obtained and how its markings are used to solve the associated lock.

Overview

The Professor's Necklace is a half-necklace — a fragment of a larger piece — discovered while digging in the greenhouse area. Its engraved letters and heart symbol are the key clues for a combination lock tied to the "true love" theme. Because only half of the necklace is found at this location, players should expect the other half to be relevant elsewhere [src-eca7cb7683].

How to Obtain the Necklace

1. Get the shovel. Before you can dig, you need the shovel in your inventory. The shovel is used for digging in the greenhouse soil [src-eca7cb7683].
2. Locate the dig spot. Head to the greenhouse and find the spot where you can dig. Note that a nearby hole may already be empty — the narrator in the source material repeatedly confirms the hole is empty and that planting seeds there is not possible [src-eca7cb7683].
3. Dig up the seed first (optional context). Digging yields the "Serenity" seed before or alongside other finds. The seed is a separate item from the necklace, so don't confuse the two [src-eca7cb7683].
4. Collect the Professor's Necklace. Among the dug-up items you will find the Professor's Necklace, described in-game as "KZ professor's necklace" [src-eca7cb7683].

Reading the Clue

Examine the necklace closely. It shows the letters K and Z along with a heart symbol [src-eca7cb7683]. According to the source's reasoning, the letters appear to form "half" of a pair, and the heart indicates a connection to the lock that references true love [src-eca7cb7683]. The working theory in the source is that K and Z will serve as the bottom two letters in that lock's combination [src-eca7cb7683].

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1. Pick up the shovel so you can dig in the greenhouse [src-eca7cb7683].
2. Dig at the greenhouse dig spot to retrieve the Serenity seed and the Professor's Necklace [src-eca7cb7683].
3. Open your inventory and inspect the necklace to confirm the KZ letters and heart engraving [src-eca7cb7683].
4. Keep the necklace on hand — it is the clue for the "true love" lock, with K and Z likely forming the bottom two letters of the solution [src-eca7cb7683].
5. Continue exploring: the source notes you still need to find the other half of the necklace, and that getting into the house is a next objective [src-eca7cb7683].

Tips

• Don't try to plant at the empty hole. The source explicitly confirms the hole is empty and cannot be used for planting — the seeds need a different location [src-eca7cb7683].
• Treat KZ + heart as a partial answer. The necklace is only half of the pair, so the lock referencing true love likely requires the matching half before the full combination is known [src-eca7cb7683].
• Watch for bee hazards. The source mentions a rhyme about whacking swarming bees with a shovel to make them "stinging mad" — keep the shovel handy in the greenhouse area [src-eca7cb7683].
• Expect flower and tile puzzles nearby. The greenhouse also contains a flower-evolution pattern puzzle and missing tiles, so the necklace is one piece of a larger set of greenhouse objectives [src-eca7cb7683].

Rewards and Follow-Up

Collecting the Professor's Necklace gives you the clue needed to work on the true-love lock, with K and Z as the probable bottom two letters [src-eca7cb7683]. The item also signals that a second half exists and must be found, tying into the broader goal of gaining entry to the house [src-eca7cb7683]. Keep the necklace in your inventory until you locate its counterpart so you can complete the combination.

Details

type

accessory

Sources

• The Escape Academy | Episode 3 | Bust a Move