Purple Gourd Puzzles & True Ending

The seven purple gourd puzzles are Big Walk's post-game layer, a set of hard co-op challenges that only appear after the main journey is over. They lean heavily on communication and coordination - from dragging a golf ball across the whole island to matching sounds in a room where one player cannot talk. Each solved challenge hands you a purple gourd (also called a purple Blorb), and finishing all seven counts toward full completion and the true ending.

How to unlock and reach them

The purple challenges unlock after you complete the main ending (Big Goodbye) and finish the black sphere puzzle. Once that is done, the challenge locations appear as purple markers on the large map. To reach the area, take the chairlift toward the far eastern side of the island, step off at the ridge station, and look to the right of the station for a purple tunnel - all seven challenges sit past that tunnel on the eastern ridge.

These are built for a team. Bring at least one partner you can talk to clearly, and agree on hand signals or gestures before you start, since several challenges block spoken communication for one player.

All seven purple puzzles

1. Wait 30 Minutes House

Enter the house, lock yourself inside, and a 30-minute timer starts - just like the earlier 5-minute version but much longer. You do not need to do anything during the wait; players can leave and come back. When the full 30 minutes pass, the challenge completes automatically. It is the easiest of the seven.

2. Golf (Heavy Object)

The golf hole sits on the challenge ridge with no ball nearby. An arrow points back toward the central island because you must bring a golf ball all the way from the Red section's golf course. With two players, hand the ball back and forth like a conveyor belt, get it aboard the chairlift carefully, ride east, and sink it in the hole.

3. Many Lights Everywhere

A two-room communication puzzle. One player enters the room with the lightbulb and a communication button; the other takes the room full of yellow button panels. Split the wall buttons into 16 numbered zones, use light flashes to send the zone number first, then relative positions such as clock faces to pin down the exact button.

4. 9 Speakers But You Can't Talk

The toughest of the seven. Nine speakers play music inside the room and normal voice communication is blocked. Arrange the orange speaker boxes into a fixed layout, assign each a number, and build a signaling system - taps on the glass window or agreed hand gestures - so the listener can direct the placing player.

5. 9 Symbols But You Can't Talk

Works like the speaker challenge but uses visual symbols instead of sounds, which makes it much friendlier. Take all nine symbol plates off the rack, assign a number to each, and use the same position-based gesture system to match the active symbol on the wall panel.

6. 36 Drawings

Describing visual detail accurately is the whole game. Pull all 36 squares off the rack and spread them out, then be extremely specific when describing each drawing - solid shapes versus outlines, exact petal counts, whether a block is filled in, and what sits above or below. Revisit only the answers you were unsure about if you miss the green indicator.

7. Platforming, But Do It Fast

A timed version of a platforming route from the main game. Climb the red, green, and yellow tiered platforms while managing an egg timer. Remove equipped backpacks first - they can catch in narrow gaps. Throw the timer forward, use your partner's boost at the three ascending steps, and keep every jump purposeful to beat the clock.

The true ending

Clearing all seven purple gourds feeds into the full-completion path. Once every purple challenge and every remaining normal puzzle is done, the final key rises near the start of the island, opening the hidden room and the Big Game true ending. If the key has not appeared, at least one puzzle or delivery is still outstanding, so return to cleanup rather than searching doors around the beginning.