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Shadowgate Hints
How do I use the gems for the lake?
1 of 10: Well, there must be some place you would need a gem.
2 of 10: Try looking around a bit for a place that would receive a gem.
3 of 10: Try the room that's two rooms left of the lake room.
4 of 10: The cold one.
5 of 10: See that slot?
6 of 10: A gem might fit there.
7 of 10: They all fit.
8 of 10: But only one does anything.
9 of 10: The white one.
10 of 10: PUT THE WHITE GEM IN THE SLOT IN THE ROOM TWO ROOMS LEFT OF THE LAKE.
