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| Myst III: Exile |
| The Perfect Place To Plan Revenge |
| FAQ/Walkthrough |
| Written By: crb72588 |
| Copyright: 2004 By: crb72588 |
| Version: 0.71 |
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| Table Of Contents |
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1. Introduction
A. Version History
B. Writers Notes
C. Gameplay Disclaimer
2. The Game
A. The Plot
B. Commands and Controls
3. The Characters
A. Atrus
B. Sirrus & Achenar
C. Saavedro
D. Catherine
4. Tomahna
A. Atrus' Study
B. Attack of Saavedro
C. The Journal
5. J'Nanin
A. First Day of Class
B. To Saavedro's House We Go
C. Breaking and Entering
D. Going Up
E. A Birds Eye View
F. A Barrel of Fun
6. Amateria
A. Arrival in a New Age
B. A Balancing Act
C. All Pegged Up
D. The Trick to the Track
E. The Final Puzzle
7. J'Nanin
G. A Bridged Age
8. Edanna
A. Flowers, Everywhere
9. J'Nanin
H. At the Poles
10. Voltaic
A. A Powerful Age
B. The Sounds Of Nature
C. The Magnet Puzzle
D. Raising The Temperature
E. Opening the Way
F. The Airship
11. J'Nanin
I. One Last Thing...
12. Narayan
A. The Last Age
13. Saavedro's Journal
14. Atrus' Journal
93.5.25
93.5.26
93.6.1
93.6.5
93.6.6
93.10.17
93.10.24
93.10.25
93.10.28
15. Appendices
A. Contact Me
B. Sites With Permission

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| 1. Introduction |
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A. Version History
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Version 0.25 : Introduction and Characters completed. Walkthrough through
beginning of J'Nanin completed.
Version 0.40 : Revised prior version, made walkthrough more detailed. Done
up to Amateria. Added Atrus' journal.
Version 0.55 : Amateria completed, and J'Nanin (Sec. 7) updated to take you
into Edanna.
Version 0.70 : Edanna NOT completed. In it's place, Voltaic has been completed.
The next update will take you through Edanna and into Narayan.
Sorry for the delay in finishing Voltaic.
Version 0.71 : I fixed an error (with my own page) on the sites with permission
section. Fixed grammar and spelling errors, added a little to
the table of contents, added the header for Saavedro's Journal.
Version 0.80 : Edanna finished. (NOT POSTED)
Version 0.90 : Narayan Finished. (NOT POSTED)
Version 1.00 : Saavedro's Journal, in as close to entirety as I know. (NOT
POSTED)

B. Writer's Notes
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This Walkthrough, and all text contained within is the intellectual property of
crb72588. Personal, non-profit, use is permitted, however, placing this on a
web site (without permission), selling, or otherwise plagiarizing this text is
against every Copyright law in the States, and is strictly prohibited. For
everyone that didn't understand that, all I said was ask me permission to use
this on a web site, and don't make a profit off of this.

Alright, this should be a helpful Walkthrough/FAQ. I tried to be as detailed as
I could when writing this. However, this is a chance that I made a mistake, or
did not explain a task or entire Age clearly enough. If you need clarification,
please ask me to help. I don't take kindly to people ordering me around.

The last thing I have to say is good luck. Myst III: Exile is definitely a hard
game to play, but I thought that it was easy to pick up on after I tried some
parts a few times.

Please note: Distances are measured in clicks, the distance that one click of
the mouse takes you.

Again, please note: Any text in the sections on Atrus' and Saavedro's journals
comes directly from the game, and is trademarked and copyrighted to it's
respective owners. You may use the content of those two sections ONLY, without
my permission. I do not own the copyrights to them, so therefore I cannot keep
them to myself. However, I do ask that you give me credit for taking the time
to get all the text correct. A simple "Transcribed By: crb72588" will do.

C. Gameplay Disclaimer
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DO NOT touch anything in any Age, unless you are told to do so. If a certain
puzzle is to be solved in a certain number of clicks, then clicking on it will
mess up the order of clicks. This walkthrough takes you through the entire game
as though you are incapable of moving on your own. If you have already clicked
around and messed up several puzzles, then you can email me (see the Contact Me
section) and ask how to solve a puzzle. I will then include a different, and
more complicated way to solve the puzzles in an update, but for now, I am
assuming that you have followed all my instructions in the order given, and
that you are to lazy to mess with anything else.

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| 2. The Game |
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A. The Plot
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Your sons, Atrus. Do you know what your sons have done? They have destroyed
Narayan, my home, destroyed by your carelessness. You don't care about Narayan,
but you will. Just wait, Atrus, you will care. I'll make you care! You'll see
the pain and suffering I went through! You'll see how terrible your sons are,
how terrible you are! Just you wait. Just you wait. You'll take your class.
You'll see what your sons did, and what you haven't done right. You will never
be the same. Saavedro will make you pay...

B. Commands and Controls
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| Control | Function |
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| Move Mouse/Numpad | Rotate view |
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| Left Click/Spacebar/Enter | Interact with objects |
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| Right Click/Caps Lock | Unlock cursor |
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| Shift | Temporarily unlock cursor |
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| Ctl+O | Open a game |
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| Ctl+S | Save a game |
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| Ctl+Q | Quit a game |
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| Ctl+G | Option menu |
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| Esc | Game menu |
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| 3. The Characters |
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A. Atrus
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Writer of Ages. He puts into words the composition of worlds, and because of
that writing, the worlds are created. He had two sons, Sirrus and Achenar. His
current occupation is the restoration of an age, and the writing of Releeshahn,
an age created to replace the ruined age of D'ni, which harbored the D'ni
people, of which he is a part.

B. Sirrus & Achenar
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Atrus' sons, who have a passion for destruction, and no appreciation of the
Ages that their father so painstakingly wrote into existence. They were
banished into separate in-escapable Ages in Myst, and have not been heard of
since - until now. Their past evils are being revealed, and that which they
have wronged are being made right again.

C. Saavedro
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A crazed man, he walks about talking to himself, and wants to kill Atrus, and
his family for what they did to his Age, Narayan. He is always one step ahead
of you, and will be until you can stop him, back in his home world. (This is
not a spoiler, if you couldn't guess that you would end up in Narayan, then
you are not thinking very well. You just had to look at the Table of Contents.)

D. Catherine
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Atrus' wife, that's about all the importance she has. She simply exists.

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| 4. Tomahna |
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A. Atrus' Study
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You start the game in looking out over a canyon-type area. After you look
around for a few seconds, a voice sounds from behind you. You lose control over
the game, and you turn around to see where the voice came from. It was
Catherine, holding her newborn child. She welcomes you to her home, and invites
you into Atrus' study. Apparently he's waiting for you, but is away taking care
of a few tasks (changing the locks on all the doors). It's the door straight
ahead.

B. Attack of Saavedro
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Once you're inside, the game begins, but you have a chance to look around for
a little bit first. There is nothing of real importance on his desk, however,
you must click on the linking book next to the desk, and open it to have the
cutscene, begin. You can look at whatever you want, but if you don't look at
the (ruined) linking book, you cannot start the game. After you do that look
to your left, you will see a pedestal. Go to it, and click on it to look
at it. A cutscene with Atrus will take place, but that's not what's important.
After a few seconds of chatting with Atrus, a haggard man (Saavedro) will
appear, (he used a linking book to get here) he will break into the pedestal,
(which you now know contains Releeshahn) and he will take the book. Before you
or Atrus can stop him, he uses another linking book, and disappears, dropping
the book. Atrus then gives you a task, follow Saavedro, and save Releeshahn.
Click on the linking book and you will be taken to J'Nanin.

C. The Journal
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Before you leave to follow Saavedro, you were given a journal of Atrus'
detailing the reconstruction and writing processes he has been going through.
You do not need to read it immediately. But it will be crucial near the end,
and will be helpful for developing the plot, and for getting you through the
game. I would suggest taking the time to read it. I will include a section that
has the text of the book, in case you need to refer to it while reading this.

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| 5. J'Nanin |
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