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Myst V: End of Ages Hints

How do I bring heat to the lake?

  • 1 of 12: The "them" refers to the Bahro.
  • 2 of 12: Whom you can command via the slates, if only you had a suitable symbol to draw for them.
  • 3 of 12: That symbol was back close to the ladder.
  • 4 of 12: Look on the wall just above the ladder to find it.  It's the one showing a single small circle, with three lines radiating upward toward an arc at the top.
  • 5 of 12: When you draw this on the slate correctly, drop the slate on the ground, and step back.  The screen will flash white -- indicating something has changed.
  • 6 of 12: Specifically, steam seems to be coming out of the ground.  It will stop eventually, but you can always use your slate again to get the Bahro to provide more heat for you.
  • 7 of 12: If only you could direct it to the lake.
  • 8 of 12: Notice all those pipes running towards the lake?
  • 9 of 12: Each of them eventually seem to run to the structures around this area that have handles on them.  (There are a total of 6 of these structures -- 2 in one group on the left, 1 in the middle, and 3 more together on the right.)
  • 10 of 12: Pull the handles to the right on any one of these structures.  You should see now steam coming out of the building -- as long as the steam effect created by the Bahro is still running.  This indicates that you're providing heat to the lake.
  • 11 of 12: You want to get as much heat to the lake as you can.
  • 12 of 12: You need to pull all 6 of the levers to the right, on each of the buildings.  When you do this, the smaller (red- and blue-coded) levers near the lake will "pop up" so that you can use them.