Baba Yaga DLC - Rope Works Puzzle

Stand next to the winch facing the 2 dangling platforms on the far side of the pool.

Shoot a rope arrow into the large spool above the 2 platforms in order to attach this spool to the winch.

Now use your axe to crank the winch as far as it will go. This raises the platform on the right and lowers the one on the left.

Once you release the axe handle, the spool will start to unwind, and the platforms will gradually move back to their original positions. So quickly move to the rope-wrapped post just to the right of the winch, wait until the platform on the right is just a little higher than the one on the left, and then shoot another rope arrow into the spool to hold the platforms in place.

If they descend too far, just crank the winch and try again. When you've anchored the line to the post, the first rope line falls away automatically, but that's OK.

Go around to the far left corner of the pool (there are arrows here if you need them), and then jump across the raised platforms to the ledge on the far right.

You'll find more arrows leaning against the wall behind a second winch. Before doing anything with that, jump up onto the stone wall that juts out beside the winch. Go around behind the wall to find a document (12/21), The Gulag Burns from Nadia's Grandfather's Journal (Russian).

Climb back down to the second winch. Stand beside it and shoot a rope arrow into the second spool directly across the pool from here. This will allow you to raise the third platform, next to the spool, but don't bother doing that yet.

Dive into the pool and climb out on the ledge where you started. Press the Melee button to cut the rope anchoring the platforms to the post. (NOTE: If you have not yet unlocked the Combat Knife, you can just skip this step.)

Then run another rope line from the first winch to the large spool above the 2 platforms, just as you did before.

Crank the winch again to move the platforms.

Move back to the post on the right, wait for the platforms to move so the one on the left is slightly higher than the one on the right, and then shoot a rope arrow into the large spool to anchor the platforms in place.

Now climb onto the wooden ledge that juts out into the pool.

Jump from there to the rope line anchored to the second winch and climb the line to the ledge on the right.

Now crank the second winch to raise the third platform, on the far side of the room. When you've cranked it as high as it will go...

...release the handle and run for the third platform before it can sink back down. Start by jumping down to the nearer of the first 2 platforms. Jump from there to the next platform, then to the corner ledge.

When you pull up onto this ledge, you can shave off a few seconds by taking a running jump to the foot of the stairs below on the left. From there, jump onto the third platform, immediately jump forward toward the painted stone wall...

...and then scramble onto the ledge above.

If you don't make it the first time, climb back up to the second winch, crank up the third platform, and try again.