Part 2 will appear a few feet away after you solve the pillar puzzle.
Part 1: Examine the pillar. It is actually a puzzle.
Part 2 is easy to solve correctly. So, what next?
You'll have to solve the floor puzzle INCORRECTLY, causing the incorrect path to turn yellow. (Not as easy as it sounds.)
Then, before the yellow path fades away, trace from the circle of flowers, down to the puzzle on the floor, through the path you just made, and up the trail of flowers on the left. Piece of cake!
Complete spoiler:
Part 1: The pillar puzzle involves triangles. If you don't know how to solve these, the "tutorial puzzles" for the triangle rules can be found on loose panels scattered throughout the island.
Roll over each black area below for hints.
Each new hint gives away more than the previous one.
Map
Town Obelisk
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Intro
Definitely more of a challenge than most environmental puzzles, and very cool to figure out.
There are 3 parts to this puzzle, which must be solved in sequence. (You must solve Part 1 before you can solve Parts 2 or 3, and so on.)
And Part 1 can't be completed until you have information that you'll get late in the game.
It is not underground.
Start your search at the starting area.
The 3 parts are all within a few feet of each other, but at first, you can only see Part 1.
Part 1: If you've reached (or nearly reached) the game's ending, you may notice things in the starting area that you previously overlooked.
Part 1: That pillar looks familiar. Didn't you solve some puzzles that look similar to this?
Part 3 involves flowers.
Part 3: Yellow flowers... lined up with a yellow panel puzzle.
Location:
Hints:
Part 3: Even after you find the starting circle, there's still no way to connect it to the end point, which is to your left.
Back to Part 2: If you solve the floor puzzle, it'll turn a light bluish color which doesn't seem to help... that is, if you solve it correctly.
Parts 2 & 3: You now have everything you need to piece this one together. If you still need help, the final steps are listed below.
Roll over each black area below for hints.
Each new hint gives away more than the previous one.
THE WITNESS - ENVIRONMENTAL PUZZLE HINT GUIDE