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MYST Hints

These hints are divided into three sections.  The first
section provides general hints to help you better
understand Myst and to improve play.  The second
section contains additional help, and guides you
through Myst and the different Ages.  As a last resort,
the third section contains the actual answers to the
various Myst puzzles.


General Hints

Most devices on the island have been put there for a
purpose.  If you see a switch, flip it.  If you see a
button, press it.  Take note of what happens.  Did
something change on the screen?  Did you hear anything?
Usually this triggers an event somewhere else on the
island.

Several devices require a combination of symbols,
letters, or numbers to be entered in.  If you have not
discovered the combination, donAt waste your time
guessing!  Find the combinations first!

Maps to each Age can be found in the Library.  You may
want to copy them down in your Myst journal before
transporting.

You can hold only one red or blue page at a time.
Clicking on a new page will cause the page you are
holding to return to its original location.  Similarly,
only one red or blue page can be returned to Myst at a
time.  You may have to revisit Ages to get additional
pages.

It is impossible to get permanently trapped, there is
always a way out.

Remember to save your game.  You may want to use
multiple saves, especially towards the end, as there is
no telling what might happen!


Discover Myst

Find the note from Atrus, and go to the chamber by the
dock.  Use the Dimensional Imager to discover what
Marker Switches look like.   Travel around the island
and count the number of marker switches.  Enter that
number into the dimensional imager to receive the
message from Atrus.  (You may listen to the message as
often as you like.)

Explore the Library

Red and Blue Books - Place the pages in the books to
receive messages.  (Click again on the book to replay
messages.)

Paintings - The left painting opens a secret passageway
to the observatory tower, the right painting opens the
door to the outside.

A Bookcase - Most of the books have been destroyed,
save for a few which are still legible.  Each book
describes a different age which the author has created.
Write down any information that you feel will be
valuable later on.

Island Map - This controls the observatory tower
rotation.  The marker switches allow the island
structures to become visible on the map.

The access keys to each age can be found in the
Observatory Tower.  Click on the observatory icon until
the rotation line turns red.  The red line will lock
onto structures that contain transport books to
different Ages.

Observatory Tower

Click on the bookcase picture to open a secret
passageway to the tower.  Inside you will find two
ladders marked by book and key icons.  Climb the book
ladder to view the structure that contains the
transport book.  Climb the key ladder to find the
access key for that Age.


From Myst to the Selenitic Age

The access key is a voltage number.  To open the
Spaceship, the proper voltage must be generated by the
Power Station.

Inside the power station is a panel that controls ten
generators.  Click on each one and mark down the
voltage that is generated.  By pressing the right
combination of buttons, the voltages will add up to the
target voltage.

If too much power is generated, one of two circuit
breakers will trip, causing the right gauge to fall to
zero.   You must then go outside to check which breaker
tower has the thrown switch.  There is a tower just
outside the power station, and one close to the ship.
The switch will be DOWN if the breaker is thrown.  Push
the switch UP to reset.

Go inside the spaceship and play the keyboard notes
according to the sequence found in the Selenitic Age
book.  Listen to each tone and match it with the tuner
sliders on the opposite end of the ship.  Click on the
animation to be transported to the Selenitic Age.

Selenitic Age

You will first discover an elevator.  To gain access,
you must enter the proper combination of sounds into
the activation panel.

There are five transmission antennas and one receiving
station on the island.  At each antenna you will hear
distinct sounds.  The red buttons activate microphones
that will transmit these sounds to the receiving
station.  Take note of the symbols that illuminate at
each station.
You may come across a red or blue page.  Click on the
page to pick it up, but remember, only one page can be
brought back to Myst at a time!

After all five antennas have been activated, go through
the wind tunnel to the receiving station.  Here, you
must aim each camera at the transmission antennas.
When done, press the _ button.  This will give you the
proper order of sounds to enter into the elevator
activation panel.

Take the elevator to the MazeRunner vehicle and get in.
The speaker panel sounds indicate which direction to
take.  Combinations of sounds indicate in-between
directions (Northeast, for example).  If you get lost,
the Backtrack button will move you back towards the
correct path.

At the end of the tunnel is a book that will transport
you back to the Myst Library.  Once inside, place the
red or blue page into its corresponding book and listen
to the message.


From Myst to the Stoneship Age

The access keys are dates which must be entered into
the Planetarium Star Plotter.  Turn out the lights,
enter the dates, and copy down the constellation
formations.  Go to the library, look up the
constellations in the Stoneship book, and find the
symbols associated with each constellation.

Now go to the fountain just outside the library.  Click
on the marker pillars that display the constellation
symbols you have found.  (They are green when ON and
red when OFF.)  The ship model will rise in the
fountain, as will the ship at the dock.  Inside the
ship at the dock is a book that will transport you to
the Stoneship Age.

Stoneship Age

At the umbrella crowAs-nest are three buttons that pump
water from different areas on the ship/island.

Pump water out of the lighthouse.  You will find a key
bolted to the floor and a chest down below.  Drain the
water from the chest and close the spigot.  Pump water
back into the lighthouse.  The chest will now be
floating close enough to the key to open.  Inside the
chest is another key which will unlock the trap door to
the lighthouse tower.

Once inside, you will find a generator with a battery
pack.  Crank the generator until the light bar
indicates ofullo.  This will give you ten minutes to
explore the island/ship.

Take the elevated wooden path to the telescope and look
around.  You will see a flashing beacon (but only if
the generator is fired up).  Take note of the compass
degree of the beacon.

Pump water out of the Stoneship tunnels.  Look for the
red and blue pages in each of the brothersA rooms.
(You may also find a half page.)

Hidden in the tunnels is a secret passageway that leads
to a giant compass.  The compass activates the lights
in the shipAs aft.  Push the button that corresponds to
the degree angle of the flashing beacon.  If you press
the wrong one, the lights will go out, and you will
have to recharge the generator again.

Pump water from the shipAs aft.  Downstairs is a book
that will transport you back to Myst.


From Myst to the Mechanical Age

Go to the Clock Tower on the opposite end of island
from the Library.  Use the wheels to set the time to
the observatory clue.  The large wheel advances the
minutes hand, the small wheel advances the hour hand.

Once inside the clock tower, use the levers to set the
combination to the observatory clue.  Pull and release
the left lever to rotate the bottom two gears.  If you
pull and hold the lever down, both gears will turn
once, but only the middle gear will continue to turn.
The right lever operates the same way for the top two
gears.  On the far right is a lever that resets the
puzzle.

When completed, go the giant gears near the dock.
Inside the gear is the book that will transport you to
the Mechanical Age.

Mechanical Age

You will first discover a metal platform.  To gain
access, you must enter the proper combination of
symbols into its activation panel.

The center of this island is a mechanical fortress
which can rotate on its axis.  To get to the other
islands, you must rotate the fortress using the
controls inside.  Practice with the Fortress Rotation
Simulator in AchenarAs room to get your timing right.

In-between the two brothers' rooms is a passageway.
Press the red button to lower the staircase to the
elevator control panel.  Use the handle to align the
circles until there is an opening (circles will turn
red).  Go back up and raise the staircase.  Enter the
elevator and press the UP button.  When the door opens,
press the middle button and step outside.

Use the controls to rotate the fortress.  Go outside
and search the islands for clues that will help you get
back to Myst.  Remember to bring back a red or blue
page!


From Myst to the Channelwood Age

Go to the Cabin on the island.  Enter the combination
into the safe as found in the observatory clue.  Use
the matches to light the pilot on the furnace.
Position your cursor in the middle of the wheel (until
it turns clockwise green) and click to crank up the
furnace.  This powers the tree elevator and will bring
it to above ground level.  Wait until you can no longer
hear the elevator moving upward.  Now turn the furnace
off  (counter-clockwise red) until the fire goes out.
Quickly go outside and turn back towards the cabin.
Move to the right of the cabin in-between the two large
trees.  You will see a giant tree with an elevator
moving downward.  When the elevator reaches ground
level, click to move inside.  Wait for the elevator to
take you to the Channelwood transport book.

Channelwood Age

Here you must channel water to power up various devices
on the island.  Go inside the Windmill to the water
tank.  Click on the nozzle to open the pipe
(counter-clockwise), and head back towards the trees.
You should now hear water flowing through the pipe.

There is a junction box at the first fork that controls
the flow of water; (the yellow dots indicate
direction).  Channel water to the elevator on the
right.  Step inside, close the door, and move up to the
second floor.

Here, you must search for a red lever that opens the
door to the wooden staircase.  A map to this level can
be found in the Channelwood book in the Library.  Once
open, the elevator from the first to second level is no
longer needed, so you can use that water to power
another device.

Channel water to the elevator at the top of the stairs,
and take the elevator to the third level.  Look for the
red and blue pages.  (You may also find a half page.)

Travel back to water level, and channel water to the
motor on the far left.  This will activate a water
bridge.  Cross the bridge and head to the right.  To
power the elevator found here, you must complete the
section of missing pipe.  Turn the crank to extend the
pipe.  Go back and channel water through this pipe to
the elevator.  This will bring you to a book that will
take you back to Myst.


From Myst to Dunny

Place your last page in the red or blue book and listen
to the message.  If you have placed enough pages into
either book, you will be instructed to enter the
correct pattern into the fireplace vault.

MYST Answers

Number of Marker Switches     8

Selenitic Age

Observatory clue    59 volts
Power station generators Left row: one and three
               Right row: three and four
Receiving Station   Water     153.4
               Volcano   130.3
               Clock     55.6
               Tones     15.0
               Wind 212.2
Elevator sound sequence  Tones, Water, Wind, Volcano,
Clock
MazeRunner Controls      North = bell sound (bing)
               West = bird type sound (twrr)
               East = air brake sound
               South = bell clank
MazeRunner Path     N, W, N, E, E, S, S, W, SW, W, NW, NE,
N, SE

Stoneship Age

Observatory clue         Oct. 11, 1984  10:04 a.m.
               Jan. 17, 1207  5:46 a.m.
               Nov. 23, 9791  6:57 p.m.
Pillar switches          Leaf, Snake, Insect
Water pump switches Left pumps out book room
               Middle pumps out Stoneship tunnels
               Right pumps out the lighthouse
Compass        Press button at 135 degrees, (12th button
               clockwise from the North).

Mechanical Age

Observatory clue    2:40 and 2-2-1
Symbol  Code        First Symbol   Horseshoe
               Second Symbol  Triangle Rectangle
Triangle
               Third Symbol   Circle over Three
Triangles
               Last Symbol    Half Circle

Channelwood Age

Safe combination    724

Dunny

Access to the vault can be achieved easily if the
simple instructions are followed.  First, locate each
of the Marker Switches on the island.  Turn every one
of these switches to the oono position.  Then go to the
dock and turn the Marker Switch there to the ooffo
position.

Either Sirrus or Achenar will give you the key to the
vault.  If not, you need to return more pages to them!