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The main campaign ofSayonara Wild Heartsis incredibly short, with players able to play through the game’s 23 main stages in around sixty minutes, give or take. They’ll be able to unlock a few additional game modes by completing thispopular Annapurna Interactive gameonce and getting all gold ranks, but there’s also a bit of side content in the form of Zodiac Riddles.
Zodiac Riddles require players to decipher cryptic clues and then complete a set of special tasks, with each one tied to a different Trophy or Achievement. Some of these riddles are fairly easy to solve, but others will likely leave players scratching their heads. For those latter occasions, theseSayonara Wild HeartsZodiac Riddle solutions should come in handy.
Solution
Aries(Side A)
There is no place for me on the podium of a starway
Achieved “No Rank!” in “Clair de Lune”
I was consecutively in a hurry in ten different places
Used skip cutscene in ten different songs in a row
I find squares in every corner of the world
Collected all the square coins
I took a dozen quick breaks
Paused the game twelve times quickly
Gemini(Side A)
A magician made three of my wishes come true where one became two
Used the skip magician three times in “Hearts & Swords”
Gemini(Side B)
You only live once yet I risked my life ten times
Got ten “Risky!” in “Yolo Arcade”
Cancer(Side A)
Twenty times I risk my life without failing where a diabolical trinity appear
Got twenty “Risky!” in “Doki Doki Rush without failing
Cancer(Side B)
Reborn in a daydream my secret is in the left eye four times
Passed through the left eye of the smiley shaped obstacle in “Reverie” four times
Leo(Side A)
Three are the times goldenly I began again
Achieved gold rank in “Begin Again” three times in a row
Leo(Side B)
Up is down and down is up where I slid twenty-five times
Got twenty-five “Slide!” in “Transonic Gravity
With the smallest of efforts I knock out
Dealt a KO! with only one button push
Virgo(Side B)
I heard her sing goodbye before my journey to the sky began
Listened to the entire song on the title screen and then played “Hearts & Swords”
Small blood pumps are cursed among snaps and claps
Did not collect any small hearts in “Parallel Universes”
Just from here I traveled ten years back in time
Spun the zodiac wheel backward ten cycles
Like a worthless chariot I drift in the night
Got no points in “Night Drift”
In a devilish fight I am only good
Got only “Good!” on the prompts in “Fighting Hearts”
Sagittarius(Side A)
From a golden sun to a silvery star I go to a tower of bronze
Achieved gold rank in “Inside” then silver rank in “Heartbreak V” and lastly bronze rank in “Heartbreak III”
Inside I spin a thousand and eighty degrees
Got three “Spinny!” in “Inside”
I am the perfect emperor
Got “Perfect!” on every prompt in “Forest Ghost”
Capricornus(Side B)
My secret is a majority of squares where all music play
Collected more than half of the square coins in “Album Arcade”
Aquarius(Side A)
With the card of the solitary one I appear oppositely forty times
Warp teleported forty times in “Heartbreak IV”
With only one attempt I stand on the podium
Achieved a rank in “Yolo Arcade”
Pisces(Side A)
In the flat space I slip between two bullets quadruple times
Squeezed between two spaceship bullets four times in “The World We Knew”
Pisces(Side B)
Happiness is a quintet of squares where one journey ends
Got all the square coins in one run of “Wild Hearts Never Die”
How to Solve the First Aries Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
To solve the first Aries riddle, players will need to complete the “Clair de Lune” stage with a score of less than 5,000.
How to Solve the Second Aries Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Players can solve the second Aries riddle by using the skip cutscene option in ten different stages in a row. To do so, they’ll just need to start a stage, pause and skip the cutscene, and then quit and repeat this process in nine other stages.
How to Solve the First Taurus Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Every stage inSayonara Wild Heartshas between two and five square coins scattered throughout them. To solve the first Taurus riddle, players will need to find all 68 square coins. They can keep track of which ones they’ve collected already using the indicator above the “Your Score” section in the bottom right-hand corner of the stage select screen. In many cases, players can crash immediately after missing one to get another go at it, although this isn’t always possible.
How to Solve the Second Taurus Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
During any stage, pausing and unpausing the game twelve times in quick succession will solve the second Taurus riddle.
How to Solve the First Gemini Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
If players repeatedly die during the same section of a stage, they’ll be offered the chance to skip it. To solve the first Gemini riddle, players will need to skip three sections during a single run of the “Hearts & Swords” stage. It’s a good idea to confirm that the option to skip is enabled in the settings menu before getting started, as some players may have disabled it earlier on.
How to Solve the Second Gemini Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Players can solve the second Gemini riddle by getting ten near misses without dying in the “YOLO Arcade” game mode, which is unlocked by getting a gold rank on every stage.
How to Solve the First Cancer Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
To solve the first Cancer riddle, players will need to get twenty near misses without crashing in the “Doki Doki Rush” stage. It’s best not to try and combine this with Gemini B, as it’s much easier to accomplish in the regular stage select mode.
How to Solve the Second Cancer Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Towards the end of the “Reverie” stage, players will come across some face-shaped obstacles. Passing through the left eye of these four times will solve the second Cancer riddle. If they like, they can crash immediately after passing through the first one they come to and repeat the process three more times.
How to Solve the First Leo Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Players will need to get a gold rank on the “Begin Again” stage three times in a row to solve the first Leo riddle.
How to Solve the Second Leo Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Those hoping to solve the second Leo riddle will need to get 25 “Slide!” bonuses in a single run of “Transonic Gravity”. To do this, they’ll need to keep moving from one side of the screen to the other.
How to Solve the First Virgo Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
In certain stages, players will need to knock out a boss enemy by spamming the action button. To solve the first Virgo riddle, they should completely ignore the initial spamming section and only press the button once for the actual knockout part. They’ll know when the time is right, as the screen will switch to black and white.
How to Solve the Second Virgo Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
To solve the second Virgo riddle, players should listen to the song on the title screen until the demo cutscene plays out. Once it does, they’ll need to go to the stage selecti screen and begin a run of “Hearts & Swords”.
How to Solve the First Libra Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Players can solve the first Libra riddle by completing a run of “Parallel Universes” without collecting a single small heart. To do so, they’ll need to pay close attention not only to the universe that they’re in presently, but also to the one that they’re about to be snapped into.
How to Solve the Second Libra Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
To solve the second Libra riddle, players should go to the Zodiac Riddles screen and spin the wheel anticlockwise for ten full cycles. Basically, they’ll just want to hold their finger on the left button until the riddle is marked as solved.
How to Solve the First Scorpius Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Players who want to solve the first Scorpius riddle will need to complete the “Night Run” stage without getting a single point. This is particularly tricky, as as well as dodging obstacles and hearts, players will need to make sure that they don’t get too close to any obstacles nor move the car too quickly from side to side, as doing so will reward them with unwanted drift and “Risky!” bonuses.
How to Solve the Second Scorpius Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
To solve the second Scorpius riddle, players will need to complete the “Fighting Hearts” stage while getting “Good!” on every QTE.
How to Solve the First Sagittarius Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Solving the first Sagittarius riddle requires players to get a gold rank on the “Inside” stage, a silver rank on the “Heartbreak V” stage” and a bronze rank on “Heartbreak III” one after the other. After getting the first gold rank, this is actually relatively simple, as players will just need to make sure that they don’t go over 34,999 points in “Heartbreak V” or 4,999 points in “Heartbreak III”.
How to Solve the Second Sagittarius Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
To solve the second Sagittarius riddle, players will need to get three consecutive “Spinny!” bonuses while playing on the “Inside” stage. To get a spinny bonus, they’ll need to perform a full 360-degree spin in one of the tunnel sections, so for Sagittarius B, they’ll just need to hold left or right until the riddle is marked as solved.
How to Solve the First Capricornus Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Those hoping to solve the first Capricornus riddle will need to get a perfect score on every QTE in the “Forest Ghost” stage.
How to Solve the Second Capricornus Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Players can solve the second Capricornus riddle by getting 34 square coins or more in a single run of Album Arcade. As in a regular playthrough, they can usually just crash and try again if they miss one, although this won’t work if they pass a checkpoint before crashing.
How to Solve the First Aquarius Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Around halfway through the “Heartbreak IV” stage, players will gain the ability to “Teleport” from one side of the screen to the other by passing through the left or right side of the screen. Doing this forty times in a single run will solve the first Aquarius riddle.
How to Solve the Second Aquarius Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
Players can solve the second Aquarius riddle by achieving any rank in “YOLO Arcade” mode. They won’t need to fully complete it, but they will need to achieve a score of 250,000 or higher.
How to Solve the First Pisces Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
In the “The World We Knew” stage, players will encounter enemies that fire projectiles at them. To solve the first Pisces riddle, they’ll need to fly between two of these projectiles four times in a single run. They can do this at any point in the stage, although it’s best to attempt it with the enemies that shoot directly down, as their projectiles are much easier to dodge.
How to Solve the Second Pisces Riddle in Sayonara Wildhearts
To solve the second Pisces riddle, players will need to get all five square coins in a single run of “Wild Hearts Never Die”. It helps to play through the course once beforehand to get an idea of where they all are, although players can still crash and respawn if they miss one, so as long as they keep their eyes open and their wits about them, this shouldn’t be too much of a challenge.
