[Strange Sculpture

A sculpture piece found inside the safe in the art class area.

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The Strange Sculpture is a quest item found inside the safe in the art class area. You'll need it shortly after picking it up to solve a nearby puzzle, so it's worth grabbing as soon as the safe is open rather than doubling back for it later. This guide covers where the safe is, the combination to open it, and what the sculpture is used for.

Where to Find the Strange Sculpture

The Strange Sculpture is stored inside the safe in the art class area. To reach it, you first need to input the safe's directional combination, which is given as right, left, right, up, down, down. Once the safe opens, the sculpture is one of the items inside — the walkthrough describes it as the middle left, middle right, and bottom left pieces [src-59f8d3957c]. Grab the Strange Sculpture from there; the same source notes you'll "use that in a second," meaning the item is needed for an upcoming step in the level rather than being a collectible you carry to the end [src-59f8d3957c].

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1. Enter the art class area. This is the room containing the safe and the related puzzle objects.
2. Enter the safe combination: right, left, right, up, down, down [src-59f8d3957c].
3. Take the Strange Sculpture from the safe — the middle left, middle right, and bottom left pieces [src-59f8d3957c].
4. Move on to the sculpture puzzle. The walkthrough immediately continues into a puzzle involving statues that must be rotated, and the sculpture you just collected is used there [src-59f8d3957c].
5. While you're in the area, don't miss the other pickups. The same room contains a newspaper for the level and spray cans; the walkthrough explicitly reminds you to grab both [src-59f8d3957c].

Using the Sculpture

The Strange Sculpture feeds directly into the statue-rotation puzzle that follows the safe. According to the walkthrough, the solution involves turning specific statues: click the first statue twice to turn it left, click the next one once to turn it right, click another twice to turn it left, and click another twice to turn it right [src-59f8d3957c]. The walkthrough also warns not to try placing the spray cans into the mechanism — a mistake the recorder made themselves [src-59f8d3957c]. Treat the sculpture as the correct insert for this puzzle and keep the spray cans for their own purpose.

Tips

• Do the safe first. Because the sculpture is consumed by the very next puzzle, opening the safe early avoids backtracking through the art class area.
• Double-check the combination order. The sequence is directional (right, left, right, up, down, down), not a number code — enter it as directional inputs [src-59f8d3957c].
• Sweep the room before leaving. The newspaper and spray cans are easy to walk past, and the walkthrough calls out both as missable pickups in this area [src-59f8d3957c].
• Expect some finickiness. The walkthrough notes that the statue inputs "can be finicky," so if a rotation doesn't register, re-click rather than assuming the solution is wrong [src-59f8d3957c].

Rewards

Completing the safe and the sculpture puzzle opens the way forward in the level. The walkthrough notes that unlocking locks like these feeds into the game's lock-opening achievements, which track at 10 and 30 unlocks and appear to count a broad range of puzzles, not just literal locks [src-59f8d3957c]. The newspaper you collect in the same room is the level's newspaper pickup [src-59f8d3957c].

Details

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A sculpture piece obtained from the safe.

Sources

• Escape Academy Walkthrough | ALL Achievements / Trophies
• Escape Academy - All Achievements/Trophies Walkthrough - 100% Puzzle Solution Guide (Xbox Game Pass)