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Batman: Arkham Knight - Riddle solutions, locations, guide, answers

Our guide to finding and solving every single one of the tricky Riddler riddlers that are sprinkled around the world of Batman: Arkham Knight.

You'll find special Riddles to solve throughout each of the game's main regions. To solve each one, you'll need to scan in the nearby building, item or feature that you believe corresponds to the particular Riddle. To scan the object simply hold Up on the control pad.

Every time you solve one of Arkham Knight's Riddles, you'll unlock an item from the Gotham City Story collection. Each one will give you a little more insight into the background of the game's many characters, and so are well worth tracking down if you want to unravel every last strand of the story

To get things started, here are all of the Riddle solutions you need for the Bleake Island section of the game.


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Bleake Island Riddle solutions

Bleak Island Riddle 1: "Bones stripped bare beneath a warning light, pay heed, seafarers, not to feel his bite."

Go to the lighthouse near Ace Chemicals and scan the bones inside.

Bleake Island Riddle 2: "I bet you weren't invited to this lavish do, I wonder how many went dressed up as you?"

Go in the clock tower, then head upstairs and into the offices. Scan the poster for the ball that's up on one of the walls.

Bleake Island Riddle 3: "An open house for bed and dinner, is this sanctuary run by saint or sinner?"

Go to Deacon's Mission which is just east of Kirk Langstrom's Laboratory and scan it.

Bleake Island Riddle 4: "Overgrown, abandoned, the inmates set free, madness could never be held in me."

Scan the distant remains of Arkham Asylum on the south-east shoreline.

Bleake Island Riddle 5: "She stands at our center that we may not weaken, a symbol of hope, a towering beacon."

Scan the massive Lady of Gotham statue off the southern coast.

Bleake Island Riddle 6: "Hope shines brightly in a city this dark, find the source of that signal and you'll soon hit your mark.

Go to the Bat Signal lamp on the southern section of this region. It's on top of the GCPD building.

Bleake Island Riddle 7: "Always looking for names to besmirch, where does this newsman conduct his research?"

Scan Jack Ryder's desk in the top-most room of the GCPD.

Bleake Island Riddle 8: "Joining your mission can come with a cost, this empty reminder shows just what she lost."

At the clock tower, but note that you'll need to have got hold of the Remote Hacking Device first.

Bleake Island Riddle 9: "A souvenir from a previous life, why hold with a hand when a hook will suffice?"

Enter the GCPD and scan the family photo near Aaron Cash.

Bleake Island Riddle 10: "A bat uses these to see at night, the doc's didn't work and his cure caused a fright."

Go to Kirk Langstrom's Laboratory, then scan the drawing on the wall.

Bleake Island Riddle 11:"Business is best when Bats need killing, a mercenary's life should receive top billing."

In the comms room that's positioned at the very top-left of the GCPD Lockup. Scan the photo on the wall.


- Alternatively, return to our main Batman: Arkham Knight walkthrough to find all of our game help.