North door:
"A wooden sign reads: As the winds blow, the seasons change, and only at the end of all can the doors be opened."
East door:
"A silver sign reads: As the winds blow, the seasons change, and only at the end of all can the doors be opened."
South door:
"A copper sign reads: As the winds blow, the seasons change, and only at the end of all can the doors be opened."
West door:
"A lapis sign reads: As the winds blow, the seasons change, and only at the end of all can the doors be opened."
It's easy to find the the correct solution by using trial and error, which requires at most 3+2+1=6 failed tries in this case. The correct solution is that the player should open north (wood), east (silver), west (lapis) and south (copper) door one by one in order, whose initials spell "NEWS".
But why?
The word "news" seems to have nothing to do with the puzzle.
There are some forum topics about this matter:
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/41610-m ... n/61730951
https://www.gog.com/forum/might_and_mag ... ions/page2
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?di ... jmd&page=3
http://addictedgamewise.com/might-and-m ... le-of-baa/
But no one has come up with a good answer.
The tip "the seasons change" and the four materials of the signs are likely to be the key of this puzzle, I have a seemingly reasonable solution:
Normally we put the four seasons in this order: spring, summer, autumn and winter:
- Spring is where little plants (wood) start growing
- Summer usually links to sea and the blue color (lapis)
- Autumn is considered yellow - golden - red (which may resemble copper color)
- Winter is white (which may resemble silver)
But it's not the correct answer.
So any idea?
It's been almost 20 years since MM6's release. If it appears no one has solved the puzzle, then there's a problem with the puzzle itself, maybe the game developers mistook the order, maybe wood-lapis-copper-silver is the correct answer.