How to solve the Utility Room Breaker Box puzzle – Blue Prince

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In the realm of Blue Prince, I stumbled upon an intricate early puzzle hidden within the utility room – the breaker box. Solving this brainteaser not only grants immediate rewards, but also offers far-reaching benefits for my future endeavors.

How to solve the Utility Room Breaker Box puzzle in Blue Prince

Let’s discuss the versatile nature of this box first, as it offers many possibilities for use across various spaces, providing immediate or future benefits. The box is equipped with several switches and dials that you can manipulate, along with a central row of buttons serving as the primary challenge.

  • Keycard Entry System – You can turn off the systems that keep certain doors closed, removing the need to find a keycard.
  • Gymnasium – This will stop the Gymnasium from costing you five steps each time you enter it. 
  • Dark Room – After you find the Dark Room, you can return here to turn on the lights.
  • Garage – After you find the Garage, you can return here to get access to some closed doors. 
  • Cabinet – this is attached to a late-game secret

To crack the puzzle, follow this sequence of colors for the center lights: Grey, Blue, Green, White, Red, Purple. Keep in mind that each button press alters the color according to these guidelines, with the initial color being grey.

  • Pressing the light once will turn the lights green.
  • If a red light is next to a blue light, press the blue light to turn it purple.
  • You need five purple lights in a row to be able to turn the sixth light purple. This allows us to breach the rule above, which is important. 

Here’s my take: Alrighty! Let’s dive into the main part now. Remember, it might take a bit of patience to reach there. So, don’t rush, consider each action you perform carefully. In this scenario, we’ll consider the button on the left as our starting point, or Button 1, and the one on the right as our sixth button.

  • Press all buttons to turn them all green.
  • Click on the last button on the right to turn it blue.
  • Click the fifth button to turn it red.
  • Click on the blue button to make the red button purple. 
  • Now, click on the fifth button, which should be purple, to make it blue. At this point, the first four buttons should be green, the fifth button should be purple, and the sixth button should be grey, as shown below.

Now, we need to repeat the below process for a while.

  • Click on the purple button to turn it blue.
  • Click on the fourth button, the green one, to turn that red.
  • Click on the blue button to turn the red button purple.
  • Click on the purple button to turn it blue. Then, start the process again by clicking on the next green button, the third one, and keep going down the line until you get the below.

  • Now, click on that last blue button, the first one in the line, to have it swap places with the grey button. 
  • Click on the first button, which is now grey, TWICE to make it red.
  • Click on the blue button beside the first red one to make it purple. 
  • Double-click each grey to make it red, then click the blue beside it to make it purple. 
  • When you have just one grey left, click it three times to make it purple. You will now have a full row of purple buttons.

Now, the final steps, so be very careful here.

  • Click on the fourth button to make it white.
  • Click on the fifth button to make it blue.
  • Click on the sixth button four times to make it red.
  • Click on the fifth button to make the sixth button purple again. 
  • Click the fifth button twice to make it red. 
  • Click on the third button twice. 
  • Once the third button is grey and the second button has turned blue, click the third button once more. 
  • Click on the first button to make it grey.

Upon completion, a hidden door at the back will swing open, unveiling a handle. Give it a tug, and you’ll gain the lasting enhancement for the Gemstone Cavern – starting each day with two gems without having to solve the puzzle every time. While it’s not necessary to tackle the riddle during each playthrough, attempting to figure it out can help you leverage the switches’ effects until you discover alternative strategies for managing those specific rooms.

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2025-04-10 22:27