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Zork III: The Dungeon Master Hints

How do I get the royal jewels?

  • 1 of 18: Try what you will, but there's no way to open that cage.
  • 2 of 18: If only you could get to the jewels before they went into the cage.
  • 3 of 18: Well, you can.
  • 4 of 18: Have you looked at the machines in the Technology Museum?
  • 5 of 18: The gold machine is the key.
  • 6 of 18: Read the plaque near the jewels to find out when the cage was installed.
  • 7 of 18: The cage was installed in 777.
  • 8 of 18: You want to travel to 776.
  • 9 of 18: Now, you're faced with the problem of getting out of the Technology Museum.
  • 10 of 18: Just wait until the guards leave, and then walk out the door to the main part of the museum.
  • 11 of 18: Unfortunately, you have no key to open the stone door into the display of the jewels.
  • 12 of 18: Too bad that you can't be on the other side of the door.
  • 13 of 18: Again, thanks to the time machine, you can.
  • 14 of 18: The time machine isn't really all that heavy.
  • 15 of 18: You can't pick it up, but you can at least push it.
  • 16 of 18: Push it into the Jewel Room.  (If a robot comes by to move the machine back, just try again -- the robot is just a random event.)
  • 17 of 18: Now, use the time machine here, and you'll be taken back to the Jewel Room of 776.
  • 18 of 18: It should be easy to take the jewels.  But the problem is that you lose your inventory when you use the machine.  Read the following hint if you need help in getting them back safely.