Get quick and convenient access to just the hints you need for Myst III: Exile, without staying on our website. Just download a free trial
version of our UHS Reader software and
a copy of these hints. You will get the
same gradual hints you see here -- unlike ordinary cheats or a
walkthrough that can spoil your game.
You can also buy the full version of the UHS Reader
for Windows or macOS. For just $14.95, you get full access to hints for
hundreds of games and 1 year of free updates. You can also search, decode, or print an entire
game's worth of hints at once.
Ask the Author
If you have questions about a puzzle that aren't answered
anywhere in these hints,
you may contact the author.
Myst III: Exile Hints
Where should I put the pegs?
1 of 13: First, make sure you know what the pegs do.
2 of 13: Notice that there are tracks above four of the six circles on each side.
3 of 13: If the ball is underneath one of these tracks when you reach a red peg, the ball will travel on the track and land on the corresponding circle on the opposite side.
4 of 13: But also remember that only half of the circles on each side are closed -- the other half open straight into the ocean.
5 of 13: Well, actually, the circle at 10 o'clock on the right ring has a set of tracks under it. You want to end up here eventually, but you can't just go straight there, because the hole that would get you there on the first pass is plugged.
6 of 13: That means you need to go from ring to ring.
7 of 13: There are only two places where closed circles line up with each other on the rings. (There are four tracks, but two lead to the water.)
8 of 13: Once you've placed the first peg, there's only one place you can put the second peg. That's because, of the two closed circles underneath the tracks, one of those is the circle you just came from.
9 of 13: To start, you have to put a peg in the first hole you'll reach on the left wheel (at the 8-o'clock position) or the third one (at 12 o'clock).
10 of 13: If you tried putting a peg at 8 o'clock on the left wheel and then worked out the rest of the puzzle, you'd realize that solution is a dead-end.
11 of 13: So put the first peg in the left wheel at 12 o'clock.
12 of 13: That means the next peg has to go in the right wheel at 10 o'clock.
13 of 13: The final peg goes in the left wheel at 2 o'clock.
