Cube Escape: Paradox – Chapter 2 Complete Walkthrough Guide

Cube Escape: Paradox
By: Rusty Lake


Cube Escape: Paradox is the latest addition to the Rusty Lake franchise of quirky room escape games. It’s the tenth Cube Escape game and thirteenth Rusty Lake game. It can be tricky, so this walkthrough guide should help you if you get stuck. Feel free to ask for extra help in the comments section.

Walkthrough:

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Achievements | Alternate Endings | Other Games

You can watch my video for Chapter 2 or continue on for my step-by-step guide.

106. In the mental health guide, it tells you to give the hand behind the curtain the egg. So remove your brain and do so. Then tap the curtain a few times to reveal a man holding a wooden cube.

107. Try to take the cube and he says he can’t think. So use the knife to cut open his head and place the present mind inside. He’ll turn into Mr. Owl! He says:

“Dale, we meet again. Finding your corrupted soul is the final test.”

Take the cube from him.

108. Tap his head. He’ll turn back into a human. Place the mind of the past in his head and he’ll turn into…I forgot his name. He says:

“Once I was a man like you. But the lake helped me (a great sacrifice was needed) to become something else.

Take the iron cube.

109. Tap his head. He turns back into the first man. Place the future brain in his head. He turns into…a fish. And says:

“My time is limited, Dale.
I need a successor, the ruler of the lake.
Dale, continue your journey and face your corrupted soul.”

Take the glass cube from him.

110. Now you have all three cubes. Make sure to put them in the right way. It goes wood, glass, iron. Then, when you open the cabinet to get the blue vial, there’s some tiny print in there. Use the magnifying glass to read it. It says TV 726. You can’t use the TV at the moment, but do it in a fresh game to get a Steam achievement.

111. Go to the mirror and drink the blue vial. You’ll turn into the corrupted soul! Tap a few times and the whole room will change.

112. Go around the room and find the moth on each side. Tap it to reveal an image. When you get to the door, the moth turns into a key. Pick it up and use it to unlock the door. Go through.

113. Follow the arrows on the trees to your own dead body. Pick up the map to see where you are.

114. Once again, make your way to the X. Meet Mr. Crow. He’ll say, “You know what to do.” Take the knife from him.

115. Walk around more to find this man running around. Try following him.

116. If you follow him to one of the X’s from the Chapter 1 map, you find yourself standing there next to a rock with another map. Tap on him and he says, “Please embrace your corrupted soul.”

117. Follow the rock map to this spot and pick up the corrupted statue. The dots on the tree are actually a map! The arrow on the branch to the right is the goal.

118. Follow the tree map to another corrupted statue and Dale’s body hanging from a tree.

119. When you leave this screen, you’ll be able to spot a deer man running to the left. Follow him to the headless deer. Keep following him to the deer-headed man. He says, “I know you have made your choice. Use your corrupted soul.” Take the corrupted statue from him.

120. There’s a little bonus Easter egg here. If you go to this spot on the map, you’ll see the movie version of Dale and he says, “We are all trapped.” If you’re playing on Steam, you might get an achievement for this.

121. Keep going to the wall. Place all three corrupted statues on it to unlock the door. Go through.

122. Now you’re standing behind Laura with a knife in your hand. You have no choice but to kill her!

123. Pick up the black cube to complete the chapter!

That’s not all, though! See my achievements guide to learn how to unlock all the achievements and two alternate endings.

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This Post Has 70 Comments

  1. Nick

    The last set is in the numerical order of flags color. The first one being the green one.
    By the way great work. Your walkthroughs are really helpful. Keep it up.

    1. AppUnwrapper

      Yeah I figured it out shortly after I wrote that. 🙂

      And thanks!

  2. Name

    In the rabbit hands game, the hands in the pocket and in the shirt are pointing what hand do you have to touch

  3. A nonny mouse

    Page 6 is broken

  4. Pearl

    Half the time when I get to the globe-brain the bubbles won’t move at all.

    1. Name

      I tried doing the globe puzzle but its not working. I have taken out the brain. Should I use it or…?

  5. Ana

    Harvey won’t show when I play the song… don’t know what to do :/

      1. Brittany

        I’ve tried every brain, restarting the music every time.. Harvey wont show for me either! 🙁

        1. Empty head

          Pull out the brain and Rewind the HarveyΓÇÖs song. Then youΓÇÖll see Harvey on the window.

      2. Dana

        Tried that. Did not help…

    1. Brittany

      I had the same problem! I played the tape backwards and he came!

    2. Blaine

      Playing it forward makes him leave, backward makes him come back

    3. I g

      It wasn’t working for me either. I rewinded the tape and then pressed play again and surprisingly it worked, so maybe try that ?

    4. Ham

      I had the same issue, I had to play and then stop the tape right after for it to work. Also try rewinding it.

    5. Jen

      IΓÇÖve played the song in all three times, then with ΓÇ£no brain.ΓÇ¥ Still no Harvey.

    6. Christine

      Try rewinding the tape

    7. yeen

      they didnt mention that youΓÇÖre supposed to play it backwards

    8. Sanket Mali

      Play the tape in rewind mode

    9. PPAP

      Play the song backwards

    10. Jmiska

      Play song in reverse!

    11. Mandy

      Play the song backwards… I had a hard time with this one too. I guess forwards makes him fly off and backwards makes him return.

  6. I just want the bird to show up

    why tf wont harvey wont show up. Switched brains and still nothing

    1. Yasumani

      Empty head. Pull out the brain and Rewind the Harvey’s song. Then you’ll see Harvey on the window.

  7. Mornsy

    I have the egg to the hand and nothing goes happened. If I click on the red drape, iΓÇÖm zoomed back to the hand asking for something again. Is this a big or I am missing something?

  8. Lauren Blue

    How do I get the cup to make coffee

    1. AppUnwrapper

      DoesnΓÇÖt he give it to you?

    2. Justine Prudhomme

      I had the same problem !

  9. CANDACE

    I planted the coffee and poured water on them and NOTHING HAPPENED. I Have used almost all the water in the jars. still nothing. Please help. I have been pre-registered and waiting for this game forever and want to play it so much!

    1. AppUnwrapper

      That never happened to me. Sounds like a bug. 🙁
      You could contact the developer and ask them or restart the chapter and hope it works then.

    2. Veronica

      Did you try clicking the tree? It worked for me.

  10. Chris

    Out of interest the words on the walls used for the box puzzle translate from Hindi to:

    Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ╬ô├▓├¡Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ╬ô├╗├ªΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö¼┬╜Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ╬ô├▓┬óΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö¼ΓöÉ – Present
    Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö£├íΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£├ªΓö£├ºΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ – Past
    Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö¼├¡Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ╬ô├▓├¡Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ╬ô├▓├╗Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ╬ô├╢├ëΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö¼Γòù – Expected (Future?)

    I can’t work out the last one on the right!

    1. Maja

      Google translates the one on the right, Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö¼┬╝Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£├ªΓö£┬╝Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ╬ô├╗├ªΓò¼ΓûÆΓö£├ªΓö£┬║Γò¼ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆΓö£ΓûÆ, to “phantom”.

    2. Surjit

      Pret means corrupted soul

  11. Eleanor

    When I tapped on the window the corrupted statue disappeared and I didnΓÇÖt get it. I tried with every brain and I still canΓÇÖt get it.

  12. Mollyrose

    I keep trying to color in the door and it wonΓò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö£├╗t work. I have the same problem on my iPad and my iPhone….what do I do?

    1. AppUnwrapper

      Sounds like a bug. You should contact the developer.

  13. Mollyrose

    Every time I try to color in the door it wonΓÇÖt accept my coloring. Same problem on my iPad. What do I do?

  14. Şebnem Zont

    Can’t set the clock to 3:00

  15. Emcantdoit

    I worked so hard without a walkthrough and then I got to the part when you have to set the TV to 207. It stays black. Nothing happens. I have tried everything. 🙁

  16. Amber

    Ever figure out what the 3 empty squares that are found on several different pictures in both games are for? It’s driving me crazy trying to figure it out lol!

    1. AppUnwrapper

      I was wondering that, too. I figured itΓò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö£├╗s an Easter egg if you manage to put them together somehow. But no idea, sorry. 🙁

  17. Amanda

    I solved the symbols box correctly, but it wonΓÇÖt open. Am I missing something? I even reset the game and did it again. Nothing.

    1. Gia

      Have you made sure the symbols are centered in the squares? It happened to me once and realized if I clicked on each symbol, they would align. That solved the issue for me.

    2. Chex

      There are two different type of triangles, one with a line and one with a dot. Make sure you’re using the right one.

  18. Vic

    The red curtain has already fallen but I didn’t get the owl statue yet, and also haven’t even found the egg. Do I have to restart it?

    1. Matt uren

      Same for me so cant go any further

    2. Gerlinde

      You need an empty mind.

  19. Laura

    I can’t get the bulb on chapter 2 and I don’t know what to do, I’ve already reset once

  20. N0n4w3

    The bird food doesnt appears!!!

  21. Polly

    My red drape where the hand appears is on the floor, so I can’t give it the egg. Did I miss a step? Thanks new player and I love your videos

    1. Polly

      Ahaaa figured it out! Had to take my brain out first

  22. Clara

    I canΓò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö£├╗t get the puzzle piece from the hand… I go back to the present and the red sheet is on the floor. I canΓò¼├┤Γö£├ºΓö£├╗t give the letter to the hand in exchange for the game piece 🙁

    1. Sage Bloom

      Same I can’t even pick up the letter ╬ô├½├¡Γò₧├åΓö£ΓöÉΓö£├Ñ╬ô├½├¡Γò₧├åΓö£ΓöÉ╬ô├⌐┬║

      1. hungvipbcsok

        to pickup the letter you need to burn the seal with cigar. And you go back to present by taking the brain out, not using the brain of present.

  23. Shshsg

    Where did you get the sugar cube?

    1. Rmbrmbrmb

      Help I’m searching for it too
      WHERE IS IT???:(((

  24. Alex

    Ok, thank you for explaining the clock puzzle. I HATE that solution, because it doesn’t follow the logic most of the Rusty Lake puzzles follow. I thought the health guide book was simply trying to show that the window shape was the clue for solving the clock. And the deer, well I guess I didn’t figure out that part of it, but it said the past is never dead so I figured it had something to do with the past mind, which was not the case. Arrows on the notebook, or maybe an “=” sign or something that made it more clear that the room layout correlates to the clock would have helped. BUT the clock isn’t like a combo lock, there are only a 12×12 combos in this game, so I ended up brute forcing my way through that one. Not proud of it, and it took a lot away from my enjoyment of the game to do that, but I was messing around and got one on accident. Tried really hard to figure it out AFTER I had the combos, and it still made no sense to me. Was the only puzzle in this game I didn’t solve properly, but I’m still glad I didn’t have to go to a walkthrough til after. The 8 antlers and 4 squares on the door kept making me think those numbers had something to do with it. Oh well…

  25. Beni

    It bugs me to use the walkthrough but sometimes I just don’t know how to move on 🙂

  26. Dee

    The brain part is ridiculously hard. I feel like I wasted my money. I really want to like this series, but who thinks of this?

  27. Amanda

    Não consigo derrubar os bixos do cérebro.

  28. Resa

    I cant give the Letter to the Hand because the birdcage disappeared somehow. What can I do?

  29. Jul

    nice

  30. Confused

    Where tf did you guys get the cup in chapter 2???????? IΓÇÖm so confused like a second ago there wasnΓÇÖt a cup and then there was

  31. Sharon

    I seem to have some pieces of the film missing so I can’t complete this?

    1. melanie

      Same! Did you manage to fix it??

  32. Lauren

    Having trouble not bc i sealed the owl envelope with the cigar first then my cigar is gone… not i dong have the cigar to light the coffee…

  33. Brain

    I can’t move the bubbles int he head to shoot down the bugs what should I do

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