How to get back to level 5 in Legends of Grimrock, once I’ve gone to level 6

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I've been tromping around on level 6 ("Trapped") for a while, looking for a way to get back to level 5.

I have more or less completed the level, since I can access the stairs down at the end of the Sequentis area, but I can't find a way back up.

I did find

a secret staircase in the Halls of Fire (in the long hallway with the fireball-shooting head) that led back up to level 5. However this leads me into a room containing two fire elementals that blocks me off from the rest of level 5.

In short, I can't seem to figure out how to get back to the main area of level 5 and above. I'm trying to kill some green slimes I passed up earlier.

Is it too late to go back, or is there something I'm missing?

Best Answer

Okay, I think I figured it out through trial and error and some experimentation with save files. Once you

step on the plate at the start of level 7,

the grate at the start of level 6 will raise and you can get back to the higher levels.

Notice that merely

visiting level 7 through the basement stairs or falling through pits

is not sufficient to raise the grate at the start of level 6.

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