How to solve the Remnant 2 clock puzzle — the Clockwork Pinion, the correct time, the Broken Timepiece reward and the Time Lapse mod.
Remnant 2 Clock Puzzle — How to Solve the Clock Tower and Get the Time Lapse Mod
The Remnant 2 clock puzzle is a two-part quest across Losomn: climb the Hewdas Clock tower in Morrow Parish to note the time it displays, travel to the Lemark District and set the clockmaker's wall clock to match, collect the Clockwork Pinion, then return to the tower, slot the gear in and crank the handle — which drops the Broken Timepiece, the crafting material for the Time Lapse weapon mod. The commonly cited solution is the fixed time 7:12 on the tower's 8-hour clock face, but the foolproof method is simply matching whatever the tower shows, since the hands never change between playthroughs. Here's the full walkthrough, the exact numbers, and every reward.
Official resources: Steam store page · Remnant 2 Wiki (The Clock Tower Event) · IGN Remnant II Wiki · Gunfire Games
Where the Clock Puzzle Is
The puzzle lives in Losomn and involves two areas that may appear in the same world roll:
- The Hewdas Clock tower — a dungeon in Morrow Parish (the same tileset family as the Nightweaver storyline area). The tower has a checkpoint named "Hewdas Clock" outside.
- The Lemark District — a small side area with a clockmaker's workshop full of clocks, where the actual puzzle device sits above the workbench.
Because Losomn's world generation is randomized, there's no guarantee the event spawns on your first roll — if the Lemark District doesn't appear, reroll Losomn in Adventure Mode (the Fextralife wiki flags this as a randomly generated Event).
Step-by-Step Solution
- Reach the top of the Hewdas Clock tower. The elevator is dead, so climb the interior ledges, ladders and scaffolding past the Fae enemies (watch the Seraph Archers). Near the top there's a chest with the Timekeeper's Jewel ring and a relic fragment — grab it.
- Power the elevator. Flip the switch next to the chest, then ride the elevator back down.
- Read the tower's time. Outside, look at the big clock face and memorize the hand positions.
- Travel to the Lemark District. Find the clockmaker's shop (the building stuffed with clocks) and interact with the wall clock above the workbench. A note nearby tells you to "look to the tower."
- Set the clock to match the tower. The correct setting is fixed across playthroughs — the commonly cited solution is 7:12 (start at 00:00, move the short hour hand right 7 times, then the long minute hand right 12 times).
- Collect the Clockwork Pinion. The clock opens and drops the gear item.
- Return to the Hewdas Clock tower. Ride the elevator up, insert the Clockwork Pinion into the mechanism and turn the handle — the clock restarts and a material falls from the clock face: the Broken Timepiece.
Fextralife's wiki states the time "appears to always be the same: 7:12" and explains that Losomn clocks divide into 8 hours instead of 12 — so the hand positions read like 11:17 on a 12-hour clock, which is why some guides quote different numbers. PCGamesN, for instance, describes "the small hand resting on the eighth large circle and the big hand resting on the tenth small circle." If a guide's numbers don't match yours, don't fight it: just re-check the tower's actual hands and match those — the tower is always the source of truth and never changes between runs.
The Rewards: Time Lapse Mod and Friends
- Broken Timepiece → take it to Ava in Ward 13 and she crafts the Time Lapse weapon mod: creates a 6-meter blast that freezes standard enemies for 7 seconds; dealing damage breaks the freeze but applies slow for the rest of the duration. It's the game's only time-stop mod and a strong crowd-control pick for any build.
- Timekeeper's Jewel — the ring in the chest at the top of the tower (grabbed during step 1).
- Timekeeper's Forfeit — the Clockwork Pinion can additionally be exchanged at Spark in Ward 13 with 50x Mythril Alloy for this item (per the wiki.gg item page) — a second use for the gear if you want to farm a duplicate run.
Per the Remnant 2 Wiki's Clock Tower Event page: "you have to input the time the Clock Tower is displaying on a clock found on Lemark District. This time appears to always be the same: 7:12. (Note: Because clocks in Losomn are divided into 8 hours instead of 12, the position of the hands roughly appears the same as 11:17 would on a 12-hour clock.)"
More Puzzles in the Same Spirit
Remnant 2's puzzle design is heavily about "read the room and replicate a pattern," and the clock puzzle shares DNA with the biggest ones in the game:
- The Water Harp (music puzzle) in Yaesha's Forbidden Grove — an 8-row peg music box; the main song solution is 5, skip, 4, skip, 3, 4, 1, skip, and the secret song after beating the Corrupted Ravager yields the Bolt Driver handgun.
- The Cathedral of Omens in Yaesha — the three-diagram shadow puzzle (Calamity, Blood Moon, Hope) that rewards the Sagittarius bow; see our full Cathedral of Omens guide.
Both are rolled randomly like the clock event — if you don't get them on a run, reroll in Adventure Mode.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you solve the clock puzzle in Remnant 2?
Climb the Hewdas Clock tower in Morrow Parish, note the clock's time, set the clockmaker's clock in Lemark District to match, grab the Clockwork Pinion, return and insert it, then turn the handle to get the Broken Timepiece.
What time do you set the clock to in Remnant 2?
The commonly cited fixed solution is 7:12 on the tower's 8-hour clock (start at 00:00, hour hand 7 right, minute hand 12 right). Guides quote slightly different numbers because Losomn clocks read like an 11:17 on a 12-hour dial — matching the tower's actual hands is always correct.
Where is the Clockwork Pinion in Remnant 2?
In the clockmaker's shop in the Lemark District (Losomn). Set the wall clock to the tower's time and the secret compartment drops the gear.
What does the Broken Timepiece do in Remnant 2?
It's a crafting material — give it to Ava in Ward 13 to get the Time Lapse weapon mod (6m blast that freezes standard enemies for 7 seconds).
Is the Remnant 2 clock puzzle random?
The event itself is randomly generated in Losomn — it may not spawn on your first roll (reroll in Adventure Mode). But the time the tower shows is fixed across playthroughs.
Where is the clock tower in Remnant 2?
The Hewdas Clock tower is in Losomn's Morrow Parish area, with a checkpoint named "Hewdas Clock"; the Lemark District clockmaker's shop is the second half of the puzzle.
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