✦ Craft & Quest

Tenebris Somnia · TV remote and floor symbols

TV still showing static? Check both batteries and both floors

On this page
  1. Find the two batteries on Floor 2
  2. Take both batteries to the earlier apartment
  3. Read your TV before stepping on the symbols
  4. Sources and version

Use both Batteries on the remote in Ivan’s Floor 3 office, then return to the Floor 2 apartment for the symbol puzzle. The symbol order is randomized, so copy the sequence shown by your own TV.

Published October 20, 2026 · Full PC release · Puzzle spoilers for this section

Find the two batteries on Floor 2

Start with the Glove from the clothes rack in Ivan’s office, on the right beside the laptop desk. Carry it to the kitchen and use it while standing at the circuit breaker on the left.

After the power goes out and the washing machine stops, collect the first Battery. Then go to the bathroom and interact with the tub curtain to reveal the second one.

Tenebris Somnia Floor 2 bathroom with the tub curtain pulled aside
The second Battery is revealed by interacting with the tub curtain. Searching only the kitchen leaves the remote one battery short. Source: Unmutual’s demonstration linked by the developer, 1:55. Game © Andrés Borghi / Saibot Studios / New Blood Interactive. Select for the full image.

Take both batteries to the earlier apartment

  1. Leave the Floor 2 apartment and take the elevator to Floor 3.
  2. Enter the earlier version of Ivan’s apartment and go to his office.
  3. Stand at the remote on the desk and use a Battery from the inventory.
  4. Use the second Battery as well, then return to the Floor 2 apartment.
Julia at the office desk while the game says I need one more battery to make it work
The message explicitly says one more battery is needed. Use the other Battery at this same remote before going back downstairs. Source: Unmutual’s demonstration linked by the developer, 2:41. Game © Andrés Borghi / Saibot Studios / New Blood Interactive. Select for the full image.

Keep the two floors separate while checking the route. The remote preparation happens on Floor 3; the changed TV and floor-symbol input are in the Floor 2 apartment.

Read your TV before stepping on the symbols

Tenebris Somnia television showing a symbol above the marked floor tiles
Match the displayed shapes to the floor tiles. The symbol visible here is an example frame, not the start of a universal combination. Source: Developer’s Official Puzzle & Boss Guide. Game © Andrés Borghi / Saibot Studios / New Blood Interactive. Select for the full image.

Watch the displayed sequence and note the shapes in order. Locate the corresponding tiles before entering it, then press them quickly enough to unlock the door to the right of the TV. The developer does not publish a fixed number of seconds for this step.

If the TV remains static, return to the battery stage. If it displays symbols but the door remains closed, check your shape order and execution speed. Copying the video’s exact sequence can fail because the sequence is randomized.

A dark frame between symbols is not, by itself, a broken television. Follow the actual sequence shown during your attempt rather than treating a single paused screenshot as the whole clue.

Sources and version

Checked October 20, 2026 against the developer’s official guide, TV Remote Puzzle and its linked Unmutual video walkthrough. The official guide explicitly flags the symbol order as randomized. Screenshots are limited instructional excerpts from those sources, not our own playthrough. Official 1.0.1 patch notes.

More Tenebris Somnia puzzle solutions →