Paliacontains quite a few temple ruins to investigate, and this new ruin you’ve discovered is the Fire Temple. Similar to the other temple ruins, you’ll have some puzzles to sort out, some treasure, and more pieces to the overall mystery concerning Palia’s past.

There is still a lot of mystery surrounding ancient humans in Palia. There are rumors about their demise and what caused it, and we see some of the results of those fears and rumors in the strict regulation of the use of “flow”. The Fire Temple contains a few more pieces of some of that history.

Palia avatar standing in front of the entrance to the Fire Temple for ‘A Catalyzing Caper’ quest.

Updated May 25, 2025 by Shannon Elkins:With the arrival of Palia on the Nintendo Switch, and an additional temple added, you may be interested in doing some previous temples. You can do whatever temples you want in any order if you complete the ‘Echoes of the Unknown’ quest.

Palia is currently in open beta, and the content is subject to change. We’ll update these articles as needed.

Palia picture of the first room after entering the Fire Temple.

How To Unlock A Catalyzing Caper Quest

To get access to A Catalyzing Caper you will need tocomplete the ‘Plumehound Pilgrimage’ quest. Once you turn in that quest, you willautomatically accept A Catalyzing Caper.In fact, the transition is so smooth you may not even realize you’re technically on a new quest.

Before you continue, it’s a good idea to ensure youhave quite a few empty spaces in your inventoryfor all the treasure you will find. you’re able to alwayscome back to the temple to get any treasure you may have missedthe first time if you don’t have enough empty inventory spots.

Palia avatar standing in the first room of the Fire Temple looking at an ancient tome on the ground. The tome is circled in orange to be more visible.

Meet Hassian At The Fire Temple

The first order of business for this quest is tomeet Hassian at the Fire Temple. You won’t see him outside the entrance;he and Sifuu will both be waiting for you once you enter the temple. Talk to Hassian and Sifuu to find out what’s going on and for hints to solve any of the puzzles.

Be on the lookout forancient tomesto get some lore information throughout the temple.

Palia Fire Temple picture showing the open door indicating the puzzle has been solved. Hints to solve the puzzle can be seen in the picture on the three arches.

Hassian will let you know that he isdepending on your ability to figure out how to get past the locked door.Ancient human technology is keeping the door sealed, butSifuu will give you hintsif you talk to her.

How To Solve The First Puzzle To Open The Door

The first Fire Temple puzzlerequires you touse your bow, so make sure youhave arrows in your inventory. The hangingfire bowls on either side of the walkway won’t be litwhen you first enter the area. The hint tells you tocheck out the archways overheadto get an idea of the proper rune order.

Puzzle Solution

Firearrows at the runes on the lampsin the proper order:

Next, there’s asmall hallway to pass throughto get to the next area. There’s nothing of note to find in the hallway.

Enter The Fire Temple’s Foyer

There is a stunning design when you get to the foyer. If you poke aroundyou’ll find a fewtreasure chestsin this area. If you follow the curvedwalkways to the right, the first set of steps will lead to a door.

When you get close enough tointeract with the door, it will simply indicate it’s a"mysterious chamber".There are no puzzles to solve,the door should openwhen you interact with it.

Palia Fire Temple picture collage showing the correct order to shoot the lamp runes, from left to right.

The foyer can be a little confusing since it looks like there are multiple doorways to access. This isn’t the case.

These are for decoration purposes only. You’llonly access two locations from the foyer.

Palia avatar standing in the entryway to the main foyer and second chamber of the Fire Temple.

How To Solve The Mysterious Chamber Puzzle

In the mysterious chamber, you’llfind a fire bowl on one side of the room and a phoenix statue on the other.

The door will be sealed, and you canread the inscription on the phoenix statuefor hints on how to solve the puzzle. If you get stuck,talk to Sifuu for help.

Palia Fire Temple with an avatar standing in front of a lit fire bowl and a text popup showing that the fire bowl can be interacted with.

You caninspect all the muralsyou see on the doors for some clues about the ruins. If you forget to check them out, you’ll also be able tosee and read them allonce you get back to the Fire Temple’s foyer.

How To Get Through The First Maze Room

The path to the rightwill lead to an ancient tomecalled Demanding without Meaning. Thepath on the left will lead you to a treasure chest, and another lit fire bowl.

Light the torch when you find the fire bowl,you’ll need it later.

Palia Fire Temple maze room entrance with avatar standing in the doorway.

You’ll encounter a series of climbing walls if youcontinue to travel through the maze from the left path.You’re nearing the end of this chamber, and you have acouple decisions as you progress with the climbing walls.

You canuse the long climbing wall to backtrackand access ahidden treasurechest, orcontinue to the endof the chamber.

Palia Fire Temple avatar standing in the doorway to another maze room.

Unlike many mazes, there arereasons to visit each portionof this maze. If you want themost direct solution,follow the steps below. You’ll miss out onsome treasure and an ancient tome, but nothing too serious.

You can alwayscome back to get the treasure later, or you can grab it on your way out if you prefer.

Palia Fire Temple secret room blocked by a rock that needs to be mined.

This part can be alittle disorientingbecause the next room looks very similar to the entrance you used before.Keep forging ahead, it’s definitely a different room.

How To Get Through The Second Maze Room

To the left, there is asmall area with a rock blocking your wayinto the secret room. You canuse your pickaxeto remove the rockand access the ancient tome in the room, titledExperiment Log.

Thepath on the right leads you to some treasure, so it’s easiest to pick that up first and thenuse the path on the leftto continue through the maze.

verify tofind the lit fire bowlbefore you use the climbing walls to get to the door at the end of the room.

You’ll come across atreasure chestwhen you reach a climbing wall, but then you’llneed to backtrackand try another route to get to the right side.The climbing wall you need is a little difficult to spot, so it can be easy to overlook at first.

Once you follow the sections of climbing walls to the top, there’s another sealed door.Interact with the brazierto light it and open the door. Use thepuzzle solution for the easiest way to the next door.

Now you’reready for the next room,where things are about to get a little more challenging.

How To Get Through The Lava Room

In this room,the floor really is lava.There will be atreasure chest immediately to the rightwhen you enter the room. It’son the ramp that leads into the lava.

If youfall into the lavait will put youback up onto the entrance platform,where you’ll be safe.

You’ll probablyneed touse your glidera little in this room to make sure you can cover enough distance with some of the jumps. This room is reminiscent of a parkour room, but theclimbing wall access makes it easier to navigate.

The path to travel is laid out nicely and isa straight line once you navigate the horizontal climbing walls.There isa small pillar to land onto get to the ramp in the distance.

It’s best toland on the pillar even if you think you can glide the entire distance, because if you attempt to glide all the way to the ramp,your avatar will automatically try to land on the pillarby closing their glider, and you’llend up in the lava.

There is a lit fire bowl halfway up the climbing wallonce you progress to the other side of the room. You’ll need tolight your torch before continuing to the doorway at the top. This time, there’s no door to unlock. Instead, there’s another small room.

You’vemade it through the lava room, hopefully unscathed.

How To Investigate The Room

The nextsmall room looks more like a hallwayand containsa mural at the opposite endof the room from where you entered, as well asan unlit brazieron a pillar.

When you light the brazier,you’ll hear a series of notes play, and the small unlit braziers along either side of the room will light up.

Before you leave the room,there’s an ancient tome on the other side of the brazieryou just lit entitledPieces Falling into Place.

Use your gliderto get back to the foyer. You’ll have togo back through each room, but leaving is much easier since it’s set up for you tojust glide through each room.

Hassian and Sifuu will be waiting for youat the entrance to the first Mysterious Chamber.Talk with Hassianto get the next step. The door in that room will lead you back to the foyer.

How To Solve The Brazier Puzzle To Reach The Final Chamber

When you meet with Hassian, he’sstanding in front of the door to the next objective. Entering this room won’t be as easy as entering the mysterious chamber. You’ll need to check out all the murals in the foyer andguess the proper order of the story.

Each mural hasa rune inscribed at the base of the mural.The runes correspond tofour braziers near the door,two on each side.

Shoot the runes with your bow in the proper orderof the story to unlock the door. There’s an ancient tome to the immediate left of one of the murals. It’sentitled Changing Times, and it’snext to the mural directly across from the main entrance.

Go through the door once it is unlocked, andproceed through the hallway.

How To Solve The Fire Temple Final Chamber Puzzle

Behind the door to the final chamber, you’ll see a hallway and a phoenix statue in the distance.Head to the statue and interactwith it to reada hint for the next puzzle.

There’s alarge platform surrounded by lavaand no obvious way to make it across.Tau is waiting for you on the platform.

Thehint from the phoenix statuetells you a leap of faith is required.

Tau has a discovery to share with you, and there’s alsoone more puzzle to complete. It’s a tile-moving puzzle to complete the picture.Interact with it to bring up the playable mini-game.

The Tile Puzzle Solution

First Row

Move the second tile from the left to the right by one space.

Move the second tile from the left up one space

Second Row

Move the first tile on the left to the right by one space.

Move the first tile on the left side down one space

Move the tile in the second place from the left to the left by one space.

Move the second tile from the left up by one space.

Move the first tile from the left to the right by one space.

Move all the tiles to the left by one space.

Once you arrange the tiles to complete the picture, you’ve completed the Fire Temple.Talk to Hassian to complete the quest, and you also have the option toask Hassian to teleport you outof the Fire Temple.

Completing the Fire Temple willunlock access to theTemple of the Flames vault bundle.