The story ofIndiana Jones and the Great Circletakes Indiana Jones far from home. Before you even fully grasp the game mechanics, you find yourself in the Vatican—a place where religious and historical elements blend seamlessly. Here, after meeting Indy’s friendly acquaintance Antonio, you’ll soon need to acquire a camera.
This camera is a key item that you’ll use throughout the game. Moreover, in a vast location like the Vatican, there are numerous spots that need to be photographed. If you’re having trouble finding them, we’ve put together this guide just for you.
All Vatican Photo Locations
When you first arrive in the Vatican, you will meet Antonio, and after finding the secret passage, you will need tolocate the inscriptions. After heading to the post office and meeting Ernesto, he will be reluctant togive you the camera, but you can purchase it from him for 379 Lira. This will allow you to start taking photos.
A photo icon will appear in thetop left corner in locations where you can take a picture.Additionally, the photos you take will earn you Adventure Points, which allow you to unlock new skills.
Field Note
Description
The first photo you may take is actually Ernesto,the person you bought the camerafrom. Start by taking his picture.
Leave the room where Ernesto isand exit through the main door of the post office. Then, if youturn left, you will see a street where soldiers are stationed. Behind the soldiers, you will find the cobblestone workers.
After exiting through the main door of the post office, turn right and walk down the street.Turn rightat the spot where the military vehicle is located. If youpass through the alley to the rightof the worker putting up posters on the wall, you willreach a small garden-like area.From here, go left, and you willsee Sister Valeria working behind a wooden window.After speaking with her, you’re able to take her photo.
Return to the post officeand go inside.Exit through the windowat the back of the building. Here, you will see a soldier walking with a dog; previously, entering this area was prohibited before accessing the post office. However, you may now freely walk around this street.Climb onto the low-rise buildingdirectly across from the window you exited and look back at the post office. You willsee workers painting the upper walls of the post office.Take their photo. You won’t be able to capture the right angle unless you climb onto the roof.
Strange Inscription
This photo location is one of the spots marked on your map after obtaining the camera.Head to the Belvedere Courtyardarea on the map. Here, you willsee a fountain.You need to take a photo of the strange inscription on the fountain. This is one of the Strange Inscriptions you need to bring to Antonio.
After taking a photo of the fountain,use the large gate to the eastto pass to the other side. From here, turn left andopen the iron-barred gate.In the garden,go under the scaffolding,and you will see a fountain-like structure. Take a photo of it to obtain one of the Strange Inscriptions needed for the main quest.
In the garden where this Strange Inscription is located, you willsee a priest feeding the birds; don’t forget to take his photo as well.
Climb onto the scaffoldingin the same garden, and you will see workers painting the walls on the rooftop.Keep the workers to your leftand walk across the roof. Move forward a bit and jump down from the left side. Here, you willsee someone having coffee, allowing you to capture the Coffee Break photo.
Return to the fountain in the Belvedere Courtyard area.Approach the large fascist posterto the south of this area. Take a photo of it from a distance and add it to your notes.
Strange Inscription (3/10)
Climb to the top of the scaffoldingbehind the fascist poster in Belvedere Courtyard, and you willreach a balcony-like area.If youturn right, you will see another fountain with a Strange Inscription that you may photograph.
After taking a photo of the Strange Inscription,look down at the courtyardwhere the fountain is located and take a photo of it as well. This will add it to your notes.
Strange Inscription (4/10)
After taking a photo of the previous Strange Inscription, turn your back to it and walk straight ahead along this balcony-like area. Once you knock out the soldier,climb up the scaffoldingnext to the area where he occasionally sits. This will lead you to a balcony—enter through the window, and you’llfind yourself in a museum-like room.Exit through the other window and look to your right. Use your whip toclimb up to the wooden platform above.Here, you will find another Strange Inscription on the rooftop and can take its photo.
If you only want to progress the main quest, these four Inscription photos will be enough, but there are a total of ten in the game.
Return to the museum-like roomyou passed through to get the previous Strange Inscription.Use the small iron doorin this room, and you will be able totake a photo of one of the statues inside.
A Strange Inscription (5/10)
Open the other door in the previous statue room to reach an area with stairs;go all the way down to the lowest floor.Open the small wooden door, walk straight ahead, and you’ll enter a room filled with boxes. If you open the door on the left, you willreach the Excavation Site area.This is a restricted zone with many hostile enemies, so be cautious.
If you turn left immediately after entering this area, you willfind another Strange Inscription in the corner.After collecting this one, progress through the main story to obtain the remaining Strange Inscriptions.
After obtaining the previous Strange Inscription, leave the Excavation Site andre-enter the Apostolic Palace building.Move to the right andreach the large room with stairs; you can take a photo of the ceiling here.
Return to the Apostolic Libraryby passing through Belvedere Courtyard. After entering through the north gate, go up the stairs, and you willsee a priest in a red robe trying to adjust a painting.Take his photo.
Next,go to the top of the stairs in the Apostolic Library.Here, you will see some workers repairing the light bulbs on the wall. You need totake a photo of the female worker on the right.
After taking a photo of the female worker, go down one floor and enter the library room.Here, you willfind nuns studying—take their photo.
Then, go up to thesecond floor of the library room.From the spotnext to the standing nun, take a photo of the lower floor.
After returning to Antonio’s room, you’re able to take his photo. Additionally, you can show him the Strange Inscriptions to progress the main quest.
Moreover, by bringing Antonio’s photo to the two nuns conversing on the lowest floor of this building, you can complete the Secret Interaction.
Clue
After the main quest requires you toenter the Tower of Nicholas V, take a photo of themural behind the altarwhere you need to pour the wine.
After solving the mural puzzle and descending the stairs toward the Underworld area, follow the dark tunnels. At the end of the tunnel, you willreach a large room where you will find a massive mural of Jesus Christ.Take a photo of it.
To theright of the Sacred Wounds Muralyou just photographed, there will be another mural. This is another depiction of Jesus Christ, titled Walking on Water. Take a photo of this mural as well.
This time, take a photo of the Jesus Christ mural to theleft of the Sacred Wounds Mural,which has levers on it. This mural is called Holy Chalice.
Enter the room to theleft of the Holy Chalice mural.Once you step inside, the iron-barred door will close behind you. Here, you will be able to take a photo of another Jesus Christ mural, titled Body of Christ.
Pass through the openingnext to the brazier in the room where you got trapped, and you will enter a room with a soldier statue. Take a photo of this statue as well.
After solving the puzzle with the switches depicting Jesus Christ, you willenter an area resembling a Necropolis.Here, there will be a large columned room, and you will find a key from a skeleton in this area.Jump to the base of the column, and you will be able to take a photo of the Jerusalem Cross.
Leave the large columned room andhead south,then you will need to turn east down a corridor. There will be a pit here. Throw your torch across the pit to the other side and use your whip to grab the plank above, allowing you tocross to the other side. Then,use the torch to light the wooden wall on your right.This will reveal a hidden room. Inside, you will find a faint fresco—take a photo of it.
After crossing to the other side of the pit, use the key to unlock the iron gate.In the southern part of the room, you will see a knight’s sarcophagus. Take a photo of it to add Tomb of Warrior Giant to your notes.
After interacting with the Giant Warrior’s tomb, a long cutscene will play, and Indy will find himself in the Lower Necropolis.After jumping into the waterand swimming through an underwater passage toreach a large room, you will see a sculpture of Oceanus on the wall. Since you may’t take a photo while in the water,climb onto the platform opposite the sculpture, then take a photo of it.
After reaching the large area in Necropolis where the fascists are stationed, you will eventually approach the exit. Near the exit gate, in an areawhere a single soldier is sitting on guard, you will find an Antique Bust needed to open the gate. Place it on a pillar, and the gate will open, leading you into a dark area. Once inside,look to the left wall—there will be a crack at the bottom.Pass through it to reach a chamber, where you will find the Lover’s Tomb sculpture.
After taking a photo of the previous sculpture, continue toward the exit. You willsee two planks above.First, use your whip to latch onto the lower one and climb onto it. Then,use your whip again to reach the higher plank.In the room you arrive at, you will find a statue resembling an angel—this is Goddess Nike. Don’t forget to take a photo of it.
After emerging from the underground, you will need to follow the lockpicking nun Gina. This will lead you back to Excavation Land. If you haven’t already, make sure to collect the Strange Inscription in this area. Then, as youcontinue following the nun, you willarrive at a chapel filled with many nuns.Don’t forget to take a photo of the Chapel Altar.
After meeting and talking with Gina,while still on the balcony,take a photo of the massive airship you saw in the cutscene.
Strange Inscription (6/10)
Without leaving the balcony,use the zipline.After landing,crouch and move through the hole beneath the fence.Below, you’ll encounter several fascists with underwears. After dealing with them, you’ll find another Strange Inscription in this area.
Go to the area where you found the Strange Inscription,stand across from the entrance of the green Washing Tent, and take a picture of it.
After talking to Antonio, your main objective will be updated to go to the Fountain of Confession. When you arrive, don’t forget to take a picture of the fountain.
To get a clue, take a picture of the tower inscription to theleft of the Fountain of Confession.
To get a clue, take a picture of the tower inscription to theright of the Fountain of Confession.
Strange Inscription (7/10)
Take the Fountain of Confession to your left andclimb the stairs next to the military vehicle.This will lead you to another Strange Inscription.
Turn your back to the Fountain of Confession, go down the stairs, andturn rightto descend the ramp. When youreach the soldiers, take the door to your left that leads to Belvedere Courtyard and continue straight ahead. When you look to your right, you’llsee a door covered in ivy.If yougo down from here, you’ll find the Underground Boxing Ring. Take a picture of the ring.
Leave the Boxing Ringand head out to the street, continuing straight south.Enter through the door to the left of the vehiclenext to the direction sign. Continue straight, and when youreach the stairs, turn right.Go up the stairs again and turn right, entering a building under restoration with workers inside. Here, hold onto the balcony above andclimb onto the construction scaffoldat the edge. Then, take a picture of the workers cleaning in front of the window.
Strange Inscription (8/10)
If you haven’t done so already, now is the perfect time to complete the ‘A Savage Discovery’ side quest. If you have obtained the Black Shirt uniform, use it to rescue Sidney. Then,find Giuseppe at the Excavation Site, defeat him, andtake the Cellar Key.Once you have the Cellar Key,head to the lower part of the post office buildingwhere you’ll find a door with the number three on it. Use the Cellar Key to open it. Inside the room, you’ll find another Strange Inscription.
Teacher and Apprentice
After completing the Savage Discovery side quest,take a photo of the Professor and his apprentice at the Apostolic Library.
Enter the Tower of Nicholas V,climb to the second floorwith your whip, andtake a photo of the large stacked boxesin the middle.
In ‘The Mad Priest’ side quest,speak to Sister Catherinein the Sistine Chapel, thentake the Sewers key from her.Head down to the Sewersfrom below the Tower of Nicholas V. When you first enter, you will see a fascist sitting. Take a photo of the Sewer Bridge in the area where he is located from a distance.
Strange Inscription (9/10)
When youreach the top of the climbing course in the Sewers, you will find one of the Strange Inscriptions.
When youarrive at the Apostolic Palace, you will find a warehouse-like room where the Diary required for ‘The Mad Priest’ quest is located.Stand in the middle of the roomand take a photo of the Stolen Artifacts.
Climb to the highest floor of the Apostolic Palaceand you willfind a room with green walls.In this room, there will be a Dragon Statue. Take a photo of it as well.
Exit the room with the Dragon Statuein the Apostolic Palace, turn left, and you willsee a soldier standing between two statues.Exit through the window across from him and take a photo of the Vatican Excavation below.
Go to Sister Catherine, where you received the Mad Priest quest, and take her photo.
You should take a photo of theillustrations on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, where Sister Catherine is located.
Take the ‘A Nun in Trouble’ side quest from Gina. When heading to meet Gina, now that you have the Blackshirt Uniform,enter the area surrounded by fences to the north of Belvedere Courtyard, where fascists are present. Alternatively, you’re able to also squeeze through the boxes to the left of this area to reach it. Normally, the soldier standing there won’t allow you to enter. In this area, you can take a photo of the Ornate Door.
A Strange Inscription (10/10)
While doing the ‘A Nun in Trouble’ side quest, you willreach a garden-like area called the Museum Wing.Here, you will find one of the Strange Inscriptionson the wall at the top of the stairs.
While completing the ‘A Nun in Trouble’ quest, you willenter an area in the museum with two men.In this room,in front of two statues and a vase, you will find Roman muralson the floor. Take a photo of them.
In the ‘A Nun in Trouble’ side quest, while searching with Gina for five clues, you willnotice blood stains on the wall next to a tilted painting.This is one of the clues you need to find.
After finding all five clues with Gina, you need to proceed andtake a photo of the blood stain on the floor. This is required to complete the side quest.
After completing the ‘A Nun in Trouble’ side quest and rescuing Giuliana,take the pickaxefrom the corner of the room where you saved her andbreak the wall.This will reveal a corridor filled with skeletons. You can now take a photo of the Secret Room.
Return to the main quest and go back to the Fountain of Confession.After solving the dragon puzzlehere, the fountain will turn, allowing you to take a photo of the fountain gate with three statues.
After turning the handle with Gina, the entrance with three statues will rotate, revealing other statues. Take a photo of them to obtain Baptism.
After solving the Baptism puzzle, turn the switch at the base of the fountain again, and the Baptism scene will rotate, revealing the Ark of Bulrushes puzzle. Take a photo of it as well.
After solving all the Fountain puzzles, you will descend underground. Once yougo down the stairs, pull the switch, and the flames will activate. You will see three statues here; take a photo of the Trials of Augur.
After Indy falls down, climb up through the swamp-like corridor. You willreach a room with guillotines hanging in the air.After climbing up, take a photo of them.
After passing the Pendulum Trap chamber, you willreach the Monastery Courtyard.Take a photo of the Ornate Gate here.
If youclimb the stairs opposite the Ornamented Gate, you will find the Courtyard Plaque. Take a photo of it as well.
After activating the switch next to the Courtyard Plaque, you will be able togo to the section behind the shield-bearing dragon.There, you will find the Silver Plaque. Don’t forget to take a photo of it.
After completing the Silver Path challengeand escaping the fire trap, you will reach the forge. Take a photo of it to obtain the Silver Path Forge.
After completing the Silver Path, you mustenter the Gold Path.Here, take a photo of the Gold Plaque at the beginning of the puzzle.
After completing the Gold Path Challenge, you will arrive at a Forge similar to the one in the Silver Path. Be sure to take a photo of it.
After placing the Silver Key and Gold Keyon the main door, you will arrive at the Secret Monastery. The first thing to do istake a photo of the impressive Metatron Statue here.
After using the Giant’s Pendant and arriving at the Treasure Chamber, you can also take a photo here.
