Just finished riven for the second time.
Marble puzzle riven.
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.
After solving the fire marble puzzle there are other ways to end the game.
Each puzzle requires a significant amount of time spent in detailed study of various clues provided in the game.
Marble puzzle solution once completed successfully this will restore the power to all the fire marble domes around riven.
Visit gehn an do not capture him and do not free catherine but go directly back and open the star fissure.
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 need to go back to his lab on crater island and get them.
Here it is by the way.
Visit gehn and capture him in the trap book and go back and open the star fissure without freeing catherine.
Since a most of riven s puzzles are based on the exploration of the world there are only a few direct solutions.
That said i noticed a design flaw in one part of the fire marble puzzle.
Mbraedley feb 2 14 at 14 15.
Here it is annotated.
These two core puzzles are the tombstone puzzle and the fire marble puzzle.
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.
A number of minor puzzles must be solved to access these clues.
There is a mistake in this diagram.
If not the marbles stay where they are and you need to try again.
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.
One of my favourites.
It is now time to leave the riven islands.
In riven two core puzzles need to be solved to complete the game.
And here is a view of the plaque from a few steps back with the catwalk retracted to match the diagram.
Marble puzzle solution once completed successfully this will restore the power to all the fire marble domes around riven.
Open the star fissure before visiting gehn or catherine.