Open the star fissure before visiting gehn or catherine.
Riven fire marble puzzle solution.
Each of the shapes found on this puzzle represents the yellow symbol on each of the fire marble domes that was found on each of the islands.
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.
After solving the fire marble puzzle there are other ways to end the game.
Others change randomly each time the game is played so they have to be discovered during gameplay.
With our trap book back in our possession we move onward in our journey to reach gehn.
If you are really stuck here is the solution.
The yellow symbol marks the color associated with the island you are on.
In riven two core puzzles need to be solved to complete the game.
A fire marble dome also known as a rotating dome is a rotating circular dome found on each island in riven each dome has several d ni symbols representing colors on it with one being of a yellow color.
Marble puzzle solution once completed successfully this will restore the power to all the fire marble domes around riven.
These two core puzzles are the tombstone puzzle and the fire marble puzzle.
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.
It is now time to leave the riven islands.
Version 1 1 november 1997.
Thanks to andrew becker for helping with the image maps julie pickhardt for help with the html and erik gos tom mueller and ron opperman for extra tips and corrections.
Pressing the lever on the right hand side will get the below illustration.
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.
A number of minor puzzles must be solved to access these clues.
Solution by mike marcelais.
If not the marbles stay where they are and you need to try again.
We finally solve the much talked about but so far unseen fire marble puzzle and power up the book domes so that next time we can finally pay a visit to gehn.
Going back in and up the stairs you will find another puzzle the underwater viewing chamber.
