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Myst III: Exile Hints
I'm stuck near the start of the age. Where should I go?
1 of 12: First, you want to make sure that you've found the linking book. You don't need to return to J'Nanin, but finding the book is still part of solving this puzzle.
2 of 12: Take a look at the yellow plant next to the linking book.
3 of 12: Notice that you can look through it and change where the plant is pointing.
4 of 12: Keep looking around, and you should see a glare in the middle of your view eventually. (If you don't see the glare, make sure you've found the linking book -- the same steps that reveal the book also make the light shine on the yellow plant.)
5 of 12: Hmm ... seems like this is a sunflower.
6 of 12: Or at least a flower that focuses the rays of the sun.
7 of 12: Look for something interesting that you can focus on.
8 of 12: Point the flower down at the path that you took to get here.
9 of 12: As you're looking at the path, there is a giant ball toward the right side. Focus on this.
10 of 12: The sun's rays will start to heat the ball.
11 of 12: If you leave the sun there long enough, the ball will explode, causing another living staircase to activate.
