Myst IV: Revelation Hints

What do I do in Dream?

• 1 of 29: Hmm... Dream isn't really what you expected, is it?  To begin with, you will be presented with a one or two colored blobs.  Click on them to continue to the main puzzle.
• 2 of 29: You will be assigned a task -- "to bring them to closer harmony with others, when all become as one."
• 3 of 29: There will be many different colored blobs of light.  When your cursor moves over the blobs, they change color.
• 4 of 29: To bring the colored blobs of light into closer harmony with the others, they will all need to be changed to the same color.
• 5 of 29: You'll have to choose the most harmonious color to change them to.
• 6 of 29: If you haven't yet moved from the area where you first began this puzzle, you will find one colored blob that won't change color -- it will remain white, no matter what you do.
• 7 of 29: Since one blob will always be white, it only makes sense that you'll have to change all the blobs to white.
• 8 of 29: As you move from blob to blob, you will notice them changing to different colors.  The color change happens in a fixed pattern.
  • What is the cycle of colors?
• 9 of 29: There are certain movements that will not cause a color change or that will cause a sudden change of several surrounding colors.
• 10 of 29: If you return to a blob that you just left (only change one other color, then immediately return), the blob will stay the same color for this turn. 
• 11 of 29: You will need to change the colors of at least two other blobs before you can return to the original blob and have it change normally.
• 12 of 29: Sometimes, this will be a handy way to move the cursor hand away from a certain area.  However, there are limits to when you can do this.
• 13 of 29: You can only safely pass through a colored blob once without changing any colors.  If you try it a second time (in a row), then several blobs will change color.  For Example:  If you change the color of blob "A", then move to blob "B"; then move back to blob "A" -- blob "A" stays the same color.  Now, if you moved to blob "C", then moved back to blob "A" again -- then *all* the blobs surrounding blob "A" would change color.
• 14 of 29: There is one other "gotcha" in this puzzle.  If you keep the hand cursor on a single blob for too long a stretch of time, without moving the cursor, then all the blobs surrounding it can change to a new color.
• 15 of 29: Because of the randomness of the color placement, it is impossible to present a step-by-step solution to this puzzle.  However, there are some suggestions that should make it easier.
• 16 of 29: Work in groups of three blobs at a time.  This is the minimum number of blobs that you can use, and have the colors change normally.
• 17 of 29: Try to get adjacent colors to white.  Working on the blobs one blob at a time, change them to white -- focusing on creating a group of white blobs.
• 18 of 29: Try not to leave a colored blob inside a bunch of white ones, or you will have to go back to change it and will need to change some blobs from white.
• 19 of 29: If it looks like one blob is getting surrounded by white ones, you will need to go back to it again.  When you do this, it may be necessary to change the color of one or more white blobs.  Don't be afraid to do this, if necessary.  Just work your way back out from the group of white blobs, changing the colors as you progress.
• 20 of 29: Work your way around the screen, moving up or down, in order to change all the colors.  The screen will scroll from side to side, and up and down -- as if you were inside a large sphere and the colored blobs were placed on the inside of the sphere.
• 21 of 29: At some point, you should end up with all white blobs, except for one or two.  At this point, it becomes a bit more difficult to change the last to blob(s) to white.
• 22 of 29: There are two ways to do the last blob(s).  The simplest way is to continue working your way through the blobs, searching for one special blob.  Remember the blob at the beginning?  There was one that would not change to any color -- it always stayed white.
• 23 of 29: Since the white one can be passed through as often as you wish, without adversely affecting the other blobs, you can use this characteristic to aid you in synchronizing the various colors.
• 24 of 29: There is another way to finish the puzzle if you can't find the white one (or you don't want to bother trying).  To do this second method, you will need to change some of the surrounding white blobs to red again. 
• 25 of 29: You'll have to select three white blobs to change to red.  If you only have one colored blob left to change, don't worry about which three white blobs you use, as long as they are touching the remaining colored blob.  If you have two blobs to change, try to select three white blobs that are adjacent (and accessible to) both of the colored blobs.
• 26 of 29: Okay, so you have three white blobs selected -- label them A, B, & C -- then label the two remaining colored blobs D and E (if you only have one colored blob left, label it D).  You will only change one colored blob at a time -- and we'll start with blob D (and ignore E, for now).  For the three white blobs, the blob labeled C should be the blob furthest away from D.  "A" should be adjacent to D, but a bit further from E, and B should be adjacent to D and E.
• 27 of 29: This is how you should move through the blobs -- A, B, C.  Does the color of the three blobs you just moved through match the color of D?  If not, then move through A, B, C again.  Repeat until A, B, C, and D are all the same color. 
• 28 of 29: When all four colors match, then you should move through the blobs like this -- D, A, B, C; and repeat this cycle until all four colors are white.
• 29 of 29: Immediately after changing all four colors to white, move on to E; and do the same thing.  Select three white colors to change (A, B, C) and move through all three until A, B, and C are the same color as E.  At this point, move through all four colors until all four colors are white.

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