Escape Academy The Confrontation Walkthrough Guide

A guide on how to complete The Confrontation level in Escape Academy.

Escape Academy The Confrontation cover

The Confrontation is a level in Escape Academy where the player and Gillian decide to take matters into their own hands and investigate the new Headmaster Eel suspicious behavior and questionable decisions.

In this guide, we will be walking you through The Confrontation level by showing you what to look for and how to solve the puzzles.

How to unlock The Confrontation level in Escape Academy

The Confrontation level can be unlocked after clearing the Tea ‘N Tea and Where There’s Smoke levels.

After having a word with Eel, Gillian talks to you about confronting him about his questionable ways of running the Academy. You both decide to visit Eel at his office, but you discover the place in ruined condition.

Move the power within the batteries

Power Supply

As you enter the office, head to where the secret door was and you’ll see that it has been replaced by a metal door with a digital display showing power levels. between three batteries.

The objective of this puzzle is to put just enough power to the middle battery by redistributing the power within the three batteries.

To solve this, you will have to push the buttons in this order:

  1. Left to Center battery: Right
  2. Right to Left battery: Left
  3. Center to Right battery: Right
  4. Right to Left battery: Left
  5. Left to Center battery: Right
  6. Right to Left battery: Left
  7. Center to Right battery: Right
Major plot twist

Power Down

Once you’ve opened the door, you and Gillian will discover that the Eel that you have rescued from the prison was a robot all along. It is holding something in his hand, but its hand is clenched, so you need to unplug the wire from the wall socket to power it down. You’ll then be able to grab the thing from its hand which turns out to be a Strange Keycard.

Insert the keycard on the panel near the fireplace to reveal a hidden elevator behind the fireplace. The level concludes as you step into the elevator.


If you like this guide, be sure to check out our other Escape Academy articles:

Check out this video by Professor Smooth showing how to solve The Confrontation level:

Staff Writer