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Wizardry seriesWizardry 7 - "Crystal Runes" puzzle issues (SPOILERS?)(13 posts)(13 posts)
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Posted June 20, 2013
Greetings,

I managed to get to this point in the game. It wasn't without great difficulty, however. There have been many laughs and many tears. Lately, however, it has been just tears.

I'm at the pentagram where you unlock the entrance to the Tomb of the Astral Dominae, the final dungeon. The puzzle, however, I cannot seem to solve, no matter how hard I try and no matter how many guides I consult.

I have the crystal map. I have, and am wearing, the Locket of the Tomb. I've determined the rune activation order from reading the ?CRYSTAL? map in my inventory. However, every time I push the runes and step on the pentagram, nothing happens. The wall to the left of me doesn't open like it is supposed to.

I have been to a few different websites toting a few different sequence orders.
1. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Star, Egg, Sun
2. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Sun. Star, Egg
3. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Star, Egg (order seems... incomplete, but okay.)

I have repeated this puzzle probably two dozen times, and much to my frustration, I can't seem to solve it. Is it possible that I'm doing something wrong? Are any of these the proper order? I'm pretty confident it's #1, because that's what I gathered from looking at the ?CRYSTAL? map, but #1, along with #2 and #3 doesn't seem to work.

Is there a special item I need to trigger the pentagram to open the secret passage to my left? A certain event that needs to be completed that I might have missed? If all else fails, is there some sort of work around for this god-forsaken puzzle? I'd hate to cheat to get passed it, but at this point, and after investing so much of my time in to this truly wonderful, albeit difficult game, I'd be willing to try anything at this point.

So close, yet so far. Any solutions/bits of wisdom for someone to offer a poor, helpless soul? ;<

EDIT: It might be helpful to let you good people know that I'm running Wizardry 7 DOS, NOT Wizardry 7 GOLD.
Post edited June 20, 2013 by Mahglazzies
Posted June 20, 2013
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Mahglazzies: Greetings,

I managed to get to this point in the game. It wasn't without great difficulty, however. There have been many laughs and many tears. Lately, however, it has been just tears.

I'm at the pentagram where you unlock the entrance to the Tomb of the Astral Dominae, the final dungeon. The puzzle, however, I cannot seem to solve, no matter how hard I try and no matter how many guides I consult.

I have the crystal map. I have, and am wearing, the Locket of the Tomb. I've determined the rune activation order from reading the ?CRYSTAL? map in my inventory. However, every time I push the runes and step on the pentagram, nothing happens. The wall to the left of me doesn't open like it is supposed to.

I have been to a few different websites toting a few different sequence orders.
1. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Star, Egg, Sun
2. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Sun. Star, Egg
3. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Star, Egg (order seems... incomplete, but okay.)

I have repeated this puzzle probably two dozen times, and much to my frustration, I can't seem to solve it. Is it possible that I'm doing something wrong? Are any of these the proper order? I'm pretty confident it's #1, because that's what I gathered from looking at the ?CRYSTAL? map, but #1, along with #2 and #3 doesn't seem to work.

Is there a special item I need to trigger the pentagram to open the secret passage to my left? A certain event that needs to be completed that I might have missed? If all else fails, is there some sort of work around for this god-forsaken puzzle? I'd hate to cheat to get passed it, but at this point, and after investing so much of my time in to this truly wonderful, albeit difficult game, I'd be willing to try anything at this point.

So close, yet so far. Any solutions/bits of wisdom for someone to offer a poor, helpless soul? ;<

EDIT: It might be helpful to let you good people know that I'm running Wizardry 7 DOS, NOT Wizardry 7 GOLD.
Try Pyramid, Cross, Serpent and Dragon, Wand, Skull, Gate and Star. That should be the order if I read where you are correctly.
Posted June 20, 2013
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Mahglazzies: Greetings,

I managed to get to this point in the game. It wasn't without great difficulty, however. There have been many laughs and many tears. Lately, however, it has been just tears.

I'm at the pentagram where you unlock the entrance to the Tomb of the Astral Dominae, the final dungeon. The puzzle, however, I cannot seem to solve, no matter how hard I try and no matter how many guides I consult.

I have the crystal map. I have, and am wearing, the Locket of the Tomb. I've determined the rune activation order from reading the ?CRYSTAL? map in my inventory. However, every time I push the runes and step on the pentagram, nothing happens. The wall to the left of me doesn't open like it is supposed to.

I have been to a few different websites toting a few different sequence orders.
1. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Star, Egg, Sun
2. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Sun. Star, Egg
3. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Star, Egg (order seems... incomplete, but okay.)

I have repeated this puzzle probably two dozen times, and much to my frustration, I can't seem to solve it. Is it possible that I'm doing something wrong? Are any of these the proper order? I'm pretty confident it's #1, because that's what I gathered from looking at the ?CRYSTAL? map, but #1, along with #2 and #3 doesn't seem to work.

Is there a special item I need to trigger the pentagram to open the secret passage to my left? A certain event that needs to be completed that I might have missed? If all else fails, is there some sort of work around for this god-forsaken puzzle? I'd hate to cheat to get passed it, but at this point, and after investing so much of my time in to this truly wonderful, albeit difficult game, I'd be willing to try anything at this point.

So close, yet so far. Any solutions/bits of wisdom for someone to offer a poor, helpless soul? ;<

EDIT: It might be helpful to let you good people know that I'm running Wizardry 7 DOS, NOT Wizardry 7 GOLD.
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drake2509: Try Pyramid, Cross, Serpent and Dragon, Wand, Skull, Gate and Star. That should be the order if I read where you are correctly.
Close! You're referring to one of the tests at Sky City. That is the panel at the base of the statue. This puzzle is just a little further, in The Hall of the Past, at the entrance to the Tomb of Astrael Dominae.

Thanks for the response though! Hopefully the solution will come to me soon. :)
Posted July 03, 2013
There's no one solution to this part of the game, it's trial-and-error.
Posted January 08, 2014
Greetings,

have you ever solved this problem? I ran into the exact same damn shit in my actual game. Maybe that is some kind of bug in this GoG version? Did anyone out there solve the Crystal puzzle IN THIS DOS-VERSION?

I know from memory that your first sequence is definately correct. I solved this game before, altough in the original non-craked version from 1992.

At least, if you use any false sequence, a passage to the other side would open which brings you back out. But in this game no passages opens up, no matter what i do. Very strange!
Posted January 19, 2014
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MadOverlord: Greetings,

have you ever solved this problem? I ran into the exact same damn shit in my actual game. Maybe that is some kind of bug in this GoG version? Did anyone out there solve the Crystal puzzle IN THIS DOS-VERSION?
Yes, but it was not the GOG version. And IIRC I had to consult a walkthrough.
Post edited January 19, 2014 by PetrusOctavianus
Posted March 01, 2014
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MadOverlord: Greetings,

have you ever solved this problem? I ran into the exact same damn shit in my actual game. Maybe that is some kind of bug in this GoG version? Did anyone out there solve the Crystal puzzle IN THIS DOS-VERSION?

I know from memory that your first sequence is definately correct. I solved this game before, altough in the original non-craked version from 1992.

At least, if you use any false sequence, a passage to the other side would open which brings you back out. But in this game no passages opens up, no matter what i do. Very strange!
1. Dragon, Tower, Moon, Cross, Skull, Star, Egg, and Sun.
2. If it's not working it means you haven't met Vi Domina in Forbidden Zone(New City). Meet Her.
Posted December 20, 2015
Bumping an old thread because I've got the same problem.

I'm at the point with the 8 runes you have to push in order, according to the Crystal map.

I'm sure I'm using the right order. I'm wearing the locket of the tomb. I've read the Crystal map. I've met Vi Domina and freed her from her cell and gotten her device and so on. I've tried a dozen times and I'm doing everything right according to all the walk-throughs I consulted.

I'm using Wizardry Gold, so I'm dismayed to see that the OP was using the DOS version, because then it sounds like even switching to DOS won't fix it....

Any ideas?
Posted December 20, 2015
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deschena: Any ideas?
I think your problem may be that you're pushing all 8 runes. There are 8 runes in the room, but the solution (which spells DOMINAE) is seven runes. From the *CRYSTAL* Map:

D for Dragon
O for Tower (obelisk)
M for Moon
I for Cross
N for Skull (night)
A for Star (astral)
E for Egg

Then step on the pentagram. Sun is totally unused in this puzzle, and if you've pressed Sun at any point, you've done it incorrectly. Hopefully this helps.
Posted December 21, 2015
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deschena: Any ideas?
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bevinator: I think your problem may be that you're pushing all 8 runes. There are 8 runes in the room, but the solution (which spells DOMINAE) is seven runes. From the *CRYSTAL* Map:

D for Dragon
O for Tower (obelisk)
M for Moon
I for Cross
N for Skull (night)
A for Star (astral)
E for Egg

Then step on the pentagram. Sun is totally unused in this puzzle, and if you've pressed Sun at any point, you've done it incorrectly. Hopefully this helps.
That was it! Huzzah!! Thank you!

It is very strange that both walkthroughs I consulted--both of which have been otherwise quite reliable--said to press "Sun" at the end. I wonder if the solution changed at some point with a later version of the game?
Posted August 07, 2017
Is there a flag that I could be missing? I'm getting the same error and the above does not fix it. I've tried all combinations of the crystal, and I get nothing when I step onto the pentagram. I'm playing the DOS version, but I have also tried in GOLD by converting my savefile.

I have the CRYSTAL map, as well as all maps except FOOL. I have met with Vi in the Forbidden Zone and have her device. I have the Locket and the Globe Ring. I'm basically ready for the end, but I can't get the pentagram to do a thing in either version.

EDIT: I finally got it to work in GOLD using DOMINAE as above. I had to load a save from outside the crystal teleport (change the DBS extension to SGM if converting from DOS). I do believe the DOS version may be bugged, since I went through the same exact process and nothing happened.
Post edited August 07, 2017 by zelmes
Posted October 10, 2017
A THIRD solution from me: I had the same problem as everyone else here. One time a door on the wrong side opened. Other times no door opened.

1. When you go outside of the dungeon this puzzle and doors are resetted.

2. Even the official cluebook says to add 'sun' to the combination, but for me it was (as above) DOMINAE without 'sun'.

3. The cluebook says "use the 'Locket of tomb' in Sky City" or something. Even a walkthrough said to use it so you can get a certain ending.

4. I went back and used the 'Locket of tomb' in the spaceship and then IT WORKED!

It's not a bug, it's cryptic stuff like everything in the game. Maybe they took it out in GOLD who knows.

IN short again: Use the Locket of tomb in the spaceship then it works
Post edited October 10, 2017 by Bettwurst
Posted April 03, 2018
I tried this for ages doing everything recommended above (I have the DOS version). Then I tried leaving the room and coming back and it worked!
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