Quetzalcoatl Statue Artifact — Where It Hides in Huatulco

◇ Step-by-step pickup

1. 1

   Open Huatulco from the destination wheel.

   Huatulco unlocks after Loch Ness. It's the game's puzzle level, so expect block-and-pressure-plate doors rather than a straight descent. Clear the opening pickups (first messages, boat blueprint, first money chest) before the puzzle doors become the main route.

2. 2

   Solve the southwest, then southeast pressure plates.

   Push each block fully onto its plate — covering it, not just touching the edge — to open the first two doors. Huatulco reuses similar-looking rooms, so check which door actually opens after each push.

3. 3

   Push the block straight down onto the south plate.

   The straight-south door is the one that leads to the first major artifact pocket. Don't shove the block sideways here unless a later room specifically asks for the west plate.

4. 4

   Enter the opened pocket — the Quetzalcoatl Statue is your first artifact.

   This is the room frames 2 and 3 above are showing. Among the pickup icons, the statue is the artifact-tagged one. There's no fight and no scaling — touch it with the hook and the pickup banks. MrLeLedg catches it at 1:52 in the walkthrough.

5. 5

   Ignore the money chest at 2:33 for now.

   There's a money chest just past the statue. It's worth grabbing, but it is not an artifact — don't mistake it for a second collectable. The next true artifact, the Rubber Ball, is deeper in the middle route at 3:19.

6. 6

   Resurface or push on to the middle chain.

   With the statue banked, you can continue toward the Red Switch, the west plate, and the dense Rubber Ball → Aztec Sun Stone → Shark Tooth chain. Track artifacts from here — Huatulco splits them across three route sections.