Magnifying Glass
The Magnifying Glass is a special item in Blue Prince. Commonly found in rooms used for reading or working, the Magnifying Glass makes fine text and images in documents easier to read, in some cases revealing hidden details.
How to obtain
This item can be found in the following locations.
[Studio Addition: Classroom]
[Found Floorplan: Conservatory]
[Upgrade Spoiler: Spare Foyer]
With unusually high luck, this item can also be found in the following rooms.
This item can be purchased from the following shops.
- Commissary — 4
This item can also be obtained from the following sources.
- Packages from the Mail Room
- [Garage Spoiler] The trunk of the car in the Garage, after the Upgrade Disk has already been used
- [Satellite Dish Spoiler] The "gain 1 random item" experimental effect
[Datamined Information] On Day 1, the Magnifying Glass is removed from the global spawn pool, unless Veteran Mode is activated. (If it is activated mid-day, it gets readded to the spawn pool.)
Usage
While inspecting any document while holding the Magnifying Glass, it will appear to the side of the screen. The Magnifying Glass can be dragged around the screen physically, magnifying whatever lies behind the glass.
For many documents, the Magnifying Glass is able to reveal text and other details which are difficult or impossible to read ordinarily. This may be because the original text is blurred or displayed in too low a resolution to read, or because it has been obscured or written in a poor contrast to the background. In these cases, the Magnifying Glass alters the magnified version of the document in order to make it easily legible.
In addition to reading, some documents or items may only be interacted with when viewed through the Magnifying Glass.
List of special Magnifying Glass uses
Spoilers Within
This section contains spoilers for various puzzles and documents.
- Inspecting any stamp with the Magnifying Glass will cause it to be permanently logged on the Stamp Collection page the Mount Holly Scrapbook in the Library. Logging a stamp for the first time also adds the title "Stamp Collection" to the scrapbook, along with an icon of the Magnifying Glass. The icon is accompanied by text that requires the Magnifying Glass to read, clarifying that stamps can be added to the scrapbook by inspecting them this way.
- A note in the Nook can be magnified, revealing the basic rules to Dartboard Puzzle on one side of the book and some vague musings about the Antechamber on the other.
- A model safe in the Drafting Studio can only be interacted with while using the Magnifying Glass.
- The note in Security that explains the memo system can be magnified to reveal an additional qualifier for red memos, which is that they are only lies if they are not handwritten.
- The staff notice found in Security, the Commissary and [Upgrade Spoiler: the Break Room] has a scribbled out password for the terminal network, which appears legible under a Magnifying Glass.
- A document found in the Laboratory that describes the temperature experiments performed on the Freezer can be magnified to reveal a note clarifying that the "complete thaw" does not affect the cooler.
- A note found in the Mail Room stating that Denny Revane is no longer employed at Mt. Holly can be magnified, revealing a hidden message pondering whether they ever proved that Denny was stealing the Baron's mail.
- Inspecting the stamp on the envelope from Simon's father in the Mail Room after opening it shows a different version of the envelope with a basic, simpler stamp, likely due to a bug.
Spoilers Within
This section contains spoilers for the Workshop.
The Magnifying Glass can be used as a component in one contraption in the Workshop:
- Magnifying Glass + Metal Detector = Burning Glass
The Burning Glass has a completely different effect to either of its components, and can no longer be used to inspect documents. It never prevents the Magnifying Glass from being obtainable on subsequent days if it is carried through by the Moon Pendant or stored in Coat Check.