Just finished riven for the second time.
Marble puzzle riven.
Each puzzle requires a significant amount of time spent in detailed study of various clues provided in the game.
Here it is by the way.
There is a mistake in this diagram.
That said i noticed a design flaw in one part of the fire marble puzzle.
Open any of the marble domes and enter the 5 d ni numbers you have obtained from gehn s book these are always different therefore if you have not obtained these you will need to go back to his lab on crater island and.
It is now time to leave the riven islands.
Open the star fissure before visiting gehn or catherine.
Visit gehn an do not capture him and do not free catherine but go directly back and open the star fissure.
Mbraedley feb 2 14 at 14 15.
After solving the fire marble puzzle there are other ways to end the game.
Visit gehn and capture him in the trap book and go back and open the star fissure without freeing catherine.
And here is a view of the plaque from a few steps back with the catwalk retracted to match the diagram.
On riven the number system and the letter system are based on the power of five so the six symbol colour system really stands out.
If you have solved the puzzle you should hear the system powering up the linking books and see the marbles ending back on the right.
A number of minor puzzles must be solved to access these clues.
Since a most of riven s puzzles are based on the exploration of the world there are only a few direct solutions.
If you are really stuck here is the solution.
Others change randomly each time the game is played so they have to be discovered during gameplay.
Marble puzzle solution once completed successfully this will restore the power to all the fire marble domes around riven.
Marble puzzle solution once completed successfully this will restore the power to all the fire marble domes around riven.
Here it is annotated.
One of my favourites.
If not the marbles stay where they are and you need to try again.
As to the marble puzzle the solution lies in the colour of the grand dome.