Quick Answer
Fire the weight-adding substance onto your partner on the plate to open the route. In the We Were Here Tomorrow Particle Accelerator puzzle, a heavier partner supplies the pressure without both players physically standing on the plate. You also need to recover the substance as you continue through the obstacle.
The Particle accelerator two person plate and Particle accelerator heavy partner puzzle are two names for the same pressure plate obstacle.
You encounter this puzzle in the Particle Accelerator chapter. For this solution, you need a partner standing on the plate and the other player able to fire the substance that makes them heavier.
Why is it called the Particle accelerator two person plate or heavy partner puzzle?
Both names describe the same obstacle, but the heavy partner name points more directly to the solution.
- Particle accelerator two person plate: The pressure plate can make you think both players need to stand on it. That interpretation sends you looking for a way to bring your partner across, even though you cannot both reach it. You do not need both bodies on the plate; you need to make the player already there heavier.
- Particle accelerator heavy partner puzzle: This name describes what you actually do. One player stands on the plate while the other fires the weight-adding substance onto them. Your partner becomes heavier, supplying the pressure needed to open the route.
Treat the first name as a description of the problem you seem to face, and the second as a reminder of the action that solves it. You are changing your partner's weight rather than finding a way to squeeze both players into the same position.
How do you solve the Particle accelerator heavy partner puzzle?
Put your partner on the pressure plate, then fire the weight-adding substance onto their body.
Get your partner onto the plate
Have the player who can reach the pressure plate stand on it. If you are the player who cannot get across, your job is to apply the substance to your partner. You can help operate this obstacle without standing beside them.
Aim at your partner
Fire the substance onto the player standing on the plate. The important target is your partner's body. Applying it to them makes that player heavier, which is the change this solution needs.
Use the opened route
Once the heavier player supplies the pressure, the route opens and you can continue. Coordinate who is moving through and who is staying at the plate. The useful change is access through the obstacle, so direct your next move toward the route you have opened.
Recover the substance
Reclaim what you fired as you continue. Include recovery in your coordination instead of treating the application as the last action. Tell your partner when you are ready to move and when you are collecting it back.
Do both players need to stand on the Particle accelerator two person plate?
No. The solution uses a heavier player on the plate instead of requiring both players to stand there together.
If you have been trying to reunite before operating it, change which player does what: the player at the plate provides the body, and the other player provides the weight-adding shot. The fact that you cannot both reach the plate is compatible with this solution. You still cooperate, but each player contributes from their own position.
Do not turn this into a block-placement puzzle. An ordinary block cannot be brought into position in this situation, while firing the substance onto your partner supplies the needed change. The practical target is the player on the plate, rather than a block you are trying to carry there.
What should you do when you cannot move past the plate?
Switch from trying to reach the plate yourself to making the partner on it heavier.
It is easy to spend your effort looking for another interaction when one player cannot cross. Here, the useful interaction is between the players: one receives the shot and the other fires it. Ask your partner to stand on the plate, make the weight change, and coordinate movement through the opened route. Keep the recovery step in that conversation too.
This solution concerns the pressure plate and your partner's weight. If your obstacle involves symbols instead, follow the Particle Accelerator symbol terminal solution.
Continue with the Particle Accelerator crystal lasers puzzle when you need the next puzzle solution.