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Uru: Ages Beyond Myst Hints

What can I do with the hanging buckets at one end of the metal walkway?

  • 1 of 20: If you look just before the end of the walkway, right before you go down a small set of stairs, you might notice something that can help you.
  • 2 of 20: There's a lever that you can push or pull here.
  • 3 of 20: And when you pull the lever toward you, you may hear a set of clicking sounds for a few seconds.  (Push it away and then pull it again if the lever's already toward you.)
  • 4 of 20: If nothing else happens after the clicking stops, you may have another puzzle to solve elsewhere in this age.
  • 5 of 20: Specifically, you need to restore power to the system that controls the buckets.
  • 6 of 20: After you've done that, try pulling the lever again, and you should notice that the buckets start to move after a bit.
  • 7 of 20: I wonder where those buckets end up.
  • 8 of 20: With a little bit of good luck and a bit more good timing, you should be able to find out.
  • 9 of 20: Take a look at the walkway down by where you first saw the bucket.
  • 10 of 20: Specifically, take a look at the railing there.
  • 11 of 20: Notice that it's a little bit bent out of shape here -- buckled toward the buckets, specifically.
  • 12 of 20: You might be able to climb into a bucket from here.
  • 13 of 20: But it's probably not safe for you to try to jump into a moving bucket.
  • 14 of 20: You can stop the buckets if they're still moving by pushing back on the lever at the top of the stairs.
  • 15 of 20: Remember that you have a few seconds before the system starts up after you pull the lever toward you.
  • 16 of 20: Now, once you've managed to stop a bucket just at the edge of the railing -- read the previous question if you're still haven't done that --"all" that you need to do now is start the system again and climb in a bucket in time.
  • 17 of 20: Pull the lever toward you, and then run (hold the SHIFT key while moving) toward the bucket.
  • 18 of 20: Once you are within reach, turn to face the railing and the bucket, and jump over the railing by moving forward and pressing SPACE.  Beyond that, this puzzle is just a matter of timing and speed -- you just have to keep trying it until you can get to the bucket quickly enough.  Once you're successful, you should be taken to a room at the top of one of the buildings, where the bucket will open and dump you out onto the floor.
  • 19 of 20: If you think that you're stuck in this room, you're not.
  • 20 of 20: There's an elevator here that will take you back to the main part of the cavern where you first arrived.