Any% Guide

# Tomahna

## Daytime

During the opening cutscene, take a photo when prompted by Yeesha, then proceed to forget about the camera.

After the cutscene ends and you're ejected from the gondola, open the door and walk through the room to encounter Atrus. When he asks you to look at the panel, look away twice - this skips straight to the explosion. Once Atrus leaves, open the lift and ride it down to the middle stop. Walk along the paths and through the first greenhouse - Yeesha will then call you. Walk to the second greenhouse where Yeesha will show you a gecko, and then take the right turn at the fork outside to reach the waterwheel control room. Pull the lever to prime the waterwheel, then zip back to Catherine's workshop, where Yeesha is examining a slide. After she leaves, examine the power box, and make the following moves (press the top row of buttons to select the source column, the bottom row to select the destination column, and the big button in the bottom right to make a move):

1. 1 -> 3
2. 1 -> 6
3. 3 -> 5
4. 5 -> 4
5. 4 -> 6

Return to the waterwheel control room and press the button to reactivate the waterwheel and turn on the power. Leave the control room.

## Nighttime

After the cutscene, climb up the collapsed bridge, and walk back through the greenhouses to the lift, which you can now take to the bottom level. Once there, leave the lift, and enter Atrus' bedroom. In true Myst fashion, enter the fireplace, press the round button to close the door, and press the square buttons in the following order:

![](https://i.imgur.com/ZzCEtQ3.png)

Leave the fireplace, and pull the lever to open the link chamber, then pull the lever inside to close it and unlock the linking books. Link to Spire.

# Spire

## Reaching the Far Palace

Leave the linking chamber, and walk all the way down to the plaza, then cross to the archway opposite, where there is a crystal in a rock housing. Examine the hollow tube to the right, and slide down it to the rockship dock. Climb up the ladder, open the door at the top, and continue up the ladder to the garden electromagnet. Open and power the console, then make the following moves with the slider:

1. Left
2. Right
3. Right

Return to the rockship station, and approach the dock electromagnet console. Open and power it, then make the following moves with the slider:

1. Right
2. Left
3. Right
4. Left
5. Right

Enter and activate the rockship.

## Powering the Throne

Exit the rockship at the far palace, and cross the walkways to the broken crystal tube, and climb down. Step over to the winch, click the fragment of rock stuck in the wheel, and pull the lever to release it. Return to the top of the palace, and cross to the conductor console. Open and power it, then make the following moves with the slider:

1. Right
2. Right
3. Left
4. Left
5. Right

Return to the rockship, and activate it again.

## The Bomb Factory

Exit the rockship, and zip back to the garden electromagnet. Open the console, and unpower it. Climb down the ladder, and turn left (as viewed from facing the ladder), heading towards Sirrus' workshop. Stop at the hollow tube, and jump down. Sit in the chair and press the blue button to lower the control panel, and when it powers up all the way, slide the blue knob down twice. Click the panel inscribed with three gears at the bottom of the console to reveal another blue button, and click it to descend to the tuning level. Set the gears as follows:

- Left - 3 notches
- Middle - 2 notches
- Right - 6 notches (there will be two gear teeth below the wheel's tooth)

Press the black button at the top left to go back up, and then set the following combinations on the cables:

1. 6 - 12 - 4
2. 3 - 1 - 7
3. 10 - 5 - 5
4. 12 - 12 - 12

For a faster solution, see the [optimisation guide](https://www.speedrun.com/myst_iv_revelation/guide/qqckw).

Press the blue button to raise the panel, and enter the bomb factory. Cross to the collection buckets, and slide it to the left. Turn around, and step up to the panel on the way back to the throne, and move the slider to the right, under the image of a chess piece. Return to the throne, press the blue button to lower the panel, and set all cables to 12. Press the button to raise the panel, and return to the bomb factory, where the lift has been cleared of debris. Hanging from the controls is a medallion - examine it, and pull the lever to open it. You will see 6 coloured circles like this:

![](https://i.imgur.com/Tv8yR62.png)

This combination is randomised, so make a note of it. Pull the lever to raise the lift, and then zip back to the linking chamber. Use the linking book to return to Tomahna.

# Tomahna

Pull the lever on the right to open the linking chamber, and then zip back to the outside of Atrus' bedroom. Turn around, and step past the lift to the swinging bridge. Pull the handle to swing the bridge, cross it to the kitchen, and repeat with the second control to reach Yeesha's bedroom. Enter and approach the bookshelf, pressing these books in order:

![](https://i.imgur.com/teK8YnA.png)

Climb down the ladder, cross the deck to the linking book, and link to Serenia.

# Serenia

## The Waterways

Exit the entry cave, and walk down the path. Just before the second bridge, turn left and approach the first waterway control. Pull the handle to the right. Go back to the main path, and continue onwards, turning left at the junction. Follow the path to the second waterway control.

Climb up the ladder, and slide the cart to the right. Step to the side of the cart, and pull the handle right. Step back out, slide the cart back to the left, and climb back down the ladder. Walk to the other end of the mechanism, and pull the handle down.

Continue along the path until you reach the plaza, and cross it after the cutscene. Follow the stone path straight all the way to the cutscene with Achenar. After the cutscene, pull the red lever on your left and descend the hatch that has opened behind you. Travel through the Life Stone chamber to the other side of the broken walkway, and descend the steps twice to the Old Memory Chamber zip node. Now zip back to the area just before the Achenar cutscene, and proceed to the final waterway control. Examine the serpent wrapped around the wheel, and click and drag from right to left four times across the bottom-right stripe:

![](https://i.imgur.com/AL7xI8B.png)

When the serpent unwinds to look at you, click on its nose, and it will fly away. Now turn the wheel to the left.

## The Old Memory Chamber

Zip back to the Old Memory Chamber, and continue to the harvester controls. Pull the following levers:

1. Right
2. Left

Then enter the door that has now opened. Walk down the passage to a wheel on the inner wall, and turn it to the right. Return to the controls, and pull the following levers:

1. Right
2. Right
3. Left
4. Right
5. Right
6. Left

Go back to the passage, and follow it all the way to the end. Examine the door, and press the button at the bottom to reveal the colour puzzle. The initial state will be randomised.

![](https://i.imgur.com/Ydj1gc6.png)

The solution to this puzzle requires that the inner 6 spots match the medallion in Spire, and each group of three are either red-green-blue or cyan-yellow-magenta. See this example solution, for the medallion given above in this guide:

![](https://i.imgur.com/ZR99Sxl.png)

Click the button at the bottom again to complete the puzzle. Note: if the puzzle is not solved, clicking the button will close the panel again, resetting the puzzle to a random starting point.

Once the door is open, walk down the passage, then climb up the ladder. Open the hatch, and walk around the old memory chamber and climb the stairs. Step to the other side of the console next to you, and pull the right lever. Turn around, sit in the chair, and look up at the stone above you.

# Dream

## Memory 1

Make this sequence of moves (each line gives the image to pick up from, and then the direction to turn to drop off each symbol):

1. Figurine -> Right
2. Chessboard -> Right -> Left -> Right -> Left
3. Chessboard -> Left -> Right
4. Crest -> Right -> Left -> Right
5. Book -> Right -> Right -> Left -> Right -> Left
6. Picture -> Left -> Left -> Left -> Right -> Left
7. Crest -> Right -> Left -> Right
8. Book -> Right -> Left -> Left

## Memory 2

Make this sequence of moves:

1. Globe -> Right -> Left
2. Chair -> Right -> Left -> Left
3. Globe -> Left -> Right
4. Life pod -> Left -> Left -> Right -> Right -> Right
5. Globe -> Left -> Right -> Right
6. Globe -> Right
7. Life pod -> Left -> Right -> Left

## Ending

Leave the chair.

Optimisation Tips and Tricks

# Camera Alignment

At many points throughout the run, you will lose camera control as the camera pans to a specific direction. This panning is incredibly slow, and time can be saved by manually moving the camera as close as possible to the direction it wants to go to *before* you lose camera control. There are too many of these moments to list them all with the precise directions you should look.

# Swooping

Swooping is a technique that allows you to turn the camera "during" a transition, by clicking while the camera is moving. This works because the camera has a velocity that is preserved through the transition. Swooping can be used to set up better camera angles after a transition, such as when you need to turn in the same direction multiple times. There is a similar technique that instead unlocks the cursor to click on a transition at the edge of the window.

# Setting The Musical Instrument in Spire

Since you don't need to stop on each setting for the corresponding lock to open, a fair bit of time can be saved by playing each cable in a particular order. Remember that 12 is the highest setting and 0 is the lowest setting, so you can reach them very quickly. It's also advisable to count the lights turning on and off to know how many notches each slider has moved. The order of settings is as follows:

1. Set cable 2 to 12
2. Set cable 1 to 6
3. Set cable 3 to 7 (1 notch above cable 1)
4. Set cable 1 to 3 (down 3 notches)
5. Set cable 2 to 0, then 5 (this is halfway between cables 1 and 3)
6. Set cable 3 to 5 (this is level with cable 2)
7. Set cable 1 to 12
8. Set cable 3 to 12
9. Set cable 2 to 12

A faster solution uses the following order:

1. 10 5 5
2. 12 12 12
3. 6 12 4
4. 3 1 7

and the cables should be set as follows:

1. Set cable 2 to 5
2. Set cable 3 to 5
3. Set cable 1 to 12
4. Set cable 2 to 12
5. Set cable 3 to 12, then 4
6. Set cable 1 to 3 (1 notch below cable 3)
7. Set cable 3 to 7
8. Set cable 2 to 0

# Cutscene Skipping

There are two main types of skippable cutscene in Revelation, those you can skip with spacebar, and those that don't prevent you from taking actions. These latter cutscenes aren't numerous, and skipping them instead of waiting them out saves a fair bit of time. The most significant ones are, in order:

1. The two elevator rides in Tomahna. These can be skipped by opening the menu and toggling one of the three immersive effects on or off in the graphics settings. It is important to turn on two of them before the run starts, so that you can turn one off in each elevator.
2. Opening the linking chamber in Tomahna. Looking down and left after pulling the lever just gives you access to the node behind you, and when you move there, the link chamber will be open, letting you walk in sooner than waiting for it would let you.
3. The rockship in Spire. This is very tricky to skip, as the game forces you to look at the rockship. However, you *can* still move the camera, and the hotspot to go down the ladder is active, so it is possible, with practice, to click the hotspot as the camera swings past it. If you miss it, you can also flail the camera back towards the hatch and try to click the hotspot. If you get it with either method, you can zip back to the dock control panel before the rockship cutscene would normally end.
4. The swinging bridge in Tomahna. This one can be done both times the bridge is swung, by stepping behind you after pulling the lever to swing the bridge. Much like the linking chamber, the bridge will be in place, letting you cross.
5. The harvester in Serenia. This can also be done after every pull of either lever. Simply step towards the right after pulling the lever, and then come back.

The final elevator ride in Spire can also be skipped, by pulling the handle up and then focussing the medallion before the cutscene starts. This allows you to zip directly back to the start of the Age. The trick also disables the cursor entirely, unless you take a picture while looking at the medallion.

# The Memory Puzzles

This is a minor optimisation, but instead of memorising which image to move to for each step, you can instead memorise which way to move the camera and how far (e.g. for the first memory puzzle, the first step involves moving from the chessboard to the figurine; this can instead be "one turn left"). The sequence of moves when framed this way is as follows:

## Memory 1

1. Left -> Grab -> Right
2. Grab -> Right -> Left -> Right -> Left
3. Grab -> Left -> Right
4. Right -> Grab -> Right -> Left -> Right
5. Grab -> Right -> Right -> Left -> Right -> Left
6. Grab -> Left -> Left -> Left -> Right -> Left
7. Right -> Grab -> Right -> Left -> Right
8. Grab -> Right -> Left -> Left

## Memory 2

In this puzzle, "turn around" can be done by turning either left or right two times.

1. Turn around -> Grab -> Right -> Left
2. Left -> Grab -> Right -> Left -> Left
3. Turn around -> Grab -> Left -> Right
4. Right -> Grab -> Left -> Left -> Right -> Right -> Right
5. Turn around -> Grab -> Left -> Right -> Right
6. Left -> Grab -> Right
7. Grab -> Left -> Right -> Left

# Other Optimisations

- the dialogue plays at different speeds in different languages, and German plays the fastest.
- the fuse box can be finished slightly faster by closing the lid before clicking the large button for the final time

KathTheDragon

Myst IV: Revelation

AllisonTowers

Strefan

Jaffra

Xbox

Macintosh

Myst

So I just accidentally learned of a way to skip the Tomahna elevator animation and probably some other panorama rides.

Exodust

RainingCanines

RadRingtail

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Any% Guide	KathTheDragon 4 years ago
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