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Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Star-Crossed Lovers riddle solution and where to find the Alkidas Fort tablet

How to find and solve the Ainigmata Ostraka.

Star-Crossed Lovers is the name of the Ainigmata Ostraka puzzle found in the Alkidas Fort area.

Here on this page we'll run you through both where to find the Alkidas Forttablet, as well as the Star-Crossed Lovers riddle solution.

If you're looking for more like this, meanwhile, you can of course cycle back to our main Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ainigmata Ostraka locations and puzzles hub, or browse our big list of all Assassin's Creed Odyssey tomb solutions and locations, too.

Alkidas Fort tablet location and Star-Crossed Lovers riddle solution

This stone tablet is located in the Alkidas Fort, which can be found in the east of the Petrified Valley. It's inside a room to the west of the compound.

Alkidas Fort tablet location

Riddle clue: My lover lived in the Petrified Valley and I, in the Ancient Pearl. To Eresos I had to go in order to see my girl. But there was a sonorous crack halfway through, and blue was what I reaped. The wooden behemoth groaned and creaked, and at the bottom of the river, we began to sleep.


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Star-Crossed Lovers riddle solution

This riddle can be solved by visiting the mouth mouth of the river between Petrified Valley and Ancient Pearl on the island of Lesbos (you'll know you're in the right place because there's a shark-based alpha animal challenge in the main part of the river).

There will be a broken wooden bridge next to a boat. Dive into the water and you'll find some broken pots, and your reward: boosted Crit Damage while Full Health.

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