These two core puzzles are the tombstone puzzle and the fire marble puzzle.
Riven fire marble puzzle solution.
Each puzzle requires a significant amount of time spent in detailed study of various clues provided in the game.
A number of minor puzzles must be solved to access these clues.
Going back in and up the stairs you will find another puzzle the underwater viewing chamber.
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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.
In riven two core puzzles need to be solved to complete the game.
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 and capture him in the trap book and go back and open the star fissure without freeing catherine.
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.
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.
The yellow symbol marks the color associated with the island you are on.
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.
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Others change randomly each time the game is played so they have to be discovered during gameplay.
If you are really stuck here is the solution.
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.
Pressing the lever on the right hand side will get the below illustration.
Solution by mike marcelais.
It is now time to leave the riven islands.
With our trap book back in our possession we move onward in our journey to reach gehn.
If not the marbles stay where they are and you need to try again.
These colors are then used to power the generator found on temple island which in turn powers up the fire marble.
Since a most of riven s puzzles are based on the exploration of the world there are only a few direct solutions.