This puzzle was formerly sold by Crafty Puzzles and is retained as a free reference item. It is no longer available to purchase from this website.
Original Crafty Puzzles photographs
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Try a hint before revealing the answer
Open one hint at a time to preserve some of the challenge.
Hint 1
Study the identification photograph and separate pieces with matching notch patterns.
Hint 2
Look for the key piece: it is often the only piece that can move slightly when the puzzle is complete.
Hint 3
Keep the partly assembled puzzle loose until the final locking piece is fitted.
How to use the preserved instructions
Lay the pieces out in the same orientation as the component key. Work through the numbered stages in order and keep the assembly loose until the final locking movement.
Externally verified identification: Ancient Key WG-968
SiamMandalay documents Ancient Key, product code WG-968, as a 7-piece polycube whose pieces use pins and holes to interlock. That independently supports the name, seven-piece count and pinned-polycube mechanism of the archived Crafty Puzzles puzzle.
The external record verifies identification and terminology. The preserved Crafty Puzzles diagram remains the solution source shown on this page.
Complete Ancient Key solution
The original Crafty Puzzles instruction diagram is preserved below.
Reveal the Ancient Key solution diagram
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Source and verification
- Archive source
- Original Crafty Puzzles archive material
- Information checked
- 13 June 2026
- Verification status
- Archive-preserved; not independently physically tested
- Page status
- Original Crafty Puzzles URL preserved
- Rights handling
- Legacy Crafty Puzzles archive material — This material was present on the historic Crafty Puzzles website supplied by the site owner. Individual legacy asset rights have not been independently re-verified, so it should not be reused elsewhere without separate permission. Read the site-wide policy
