Red Tower Puzzles in Big Walk

What Red Tower Unlocks

Red Tower is the first stop on the community-recommended route (Red → Green → Yellow → Blue). Clearing it opens the Map Room, which hands you the world map and compass — the most useful travel unlock on the island, because every later blorb hunt and tower approach is easier to plan with a map in hand. It also grants the Big View achievement.

The Five Blorb Puzzles

Like every tower, Red Tower asks for five blorbs collected from five small puzzles around its base. Each blorb puzzle is a self-contained co-op brain-teaser; together they teach the vocabulary the rest of the island builds on. The exact step-by-step solutions for each of the five are still being compiled by the community from 100% walkthrough videos — what's verified is the shape of each challenge and the mechanic it drills:

• Blorb 1 — a describe-and-relay opener: one player reads, another acts.
• Blorb 2 — a stacking / physics puzzle that introduces player-stacking.
• Blorb 3 — a split-viewpoint puzzle (different players see different info).
• Blorb 4 — a sync / timing puzzle.
• Blorb 5 — a combined challenge that gates the tower door.

Co-Op Mechanic: Describe & Relay

Red Tower is where Big Walk teaches its core verb: one player sees, another describes, a third acts. Get comfortable narrating what you see out loud — every later tower assumes you can do this without thinking. If speech is ever blocked, fall back on the laser pointer and agreed gestures.

Difficulty & Time

Red Tower is the easiest of the four and the fastest to clear, which is exactly why it's first. Budget roughly 20–40 minutes for all five blorbs if your group communicates well.

Co-Op Tips

• Assign a reader and an operator per puzzle so descriptions don't get muddled.
• Grab the Weather Balloon north of the towers first to raise your blorb capacity — you'll carry more per trip.
• Don't rush the door; let the Map Room unlock come to you as you solve.

What Comes After Red

With the map in hand, head to Green Tower for the chairlift — the only way up to the high country and the purple-challenge zone. See the full route on the Best Tower Order page, or browse every puzzle type from the Puzzle Index.