Photo on cliff
In Riven, after you have advanced to a decent point
in the game, go to the chamber where you first appeared in the
game. In that area, go to the edge of the cliff facing the holograph
room and the first transport. Look down the cliff and you will
see rocks and the water. In the upper-left side of the screen,
in the cliff, is a photograph of two "MYSTerious" children.
Those are Robyn Miller's children.
Jungle secrets
When you change to Disc 3 you should be at a point
where all the trees are cut down. Find the path that leads to
the gate. Open it and start to walk. As soon as you go under the
first tree, look to your left. You should see a giant dagger sticking
up out of the ground. Walk down and you will find another rolling
ball thing. Remember to note what the symbol is and what sound
it makes. Return to the path and start walking forwards again.
When you reach the two pathways, go right. As you walk down you
should see a giant fish head. Approach and inspect the head and
you will find nothing. However, back on the pathway you should
see two lamps. Go until all you can see is the top part. On the
very top there is a small disc. Push it and see what happens.
Human
Go to the 233rd Age (Gehn's house) after trapping Gehn
there. Go down the ladder to Gehn's bedroom. Go up to a sort of
round cage thing (the "holo-projector") and look in
the rocks in front of you through the window. There should be
a human there.
Gehn's face
After you break the lens at the end of the game, look
closely at Atrus. For a brief moment a face will appear. This
also happens at the start of Riven, when Atrus holds up the Linking
book to Riven. This was intentional, so that it felt like Gehn
was watching you from the very beginning.
Name written in rock
Go to the workshop island (Disc 1). After solving the
boiler puzzle, go to the small balcony that has the frog trap.
Climb down the ladder. At the bottom, face the ladder so that
you are one screen away from being directly at the ladder. In
the upper left corner is the word "Alex" written in
the rock.
The "deleted" book press
There was a book press on Crater Island (where Gehn
makes his books), by the ladder up to his "house" (which
was locked at the start). It was removed during the game's development,
but still can be found. Face the boiler controls and click in
the upper left hand corner, on the pump. You should now see an
angled picture of the nice view to the left of the boiler. Look
down towards the left side and you will see the upper part of
the book press. Another way to see it is to walk a bit back on
the catwalk and turn towards the boiler room. It is difficult
to find, but it is there. If you look up, you will also be able
to see it, just even more blurred.
Hidden faces
At the start of the game, leave Temple Island and then
return. Go to where you started. Next, go to the bottom of the
staircase and look down to the right. Two faces are in the top-left.
To find the other three, rotate the Gate Room (rotating room)
until you can enter from the passage under the gate. Go under
the gate, and immediately after you do that, on the right side
of the screen, you will see three faces. You will only see them
if you can enter the room from the place you are in.
For more hidden faces, step outside the cage where you start the
game. Turn left, and look up. One face is just to the left of
lower center, hidden in the rocks. The other is in the lower right
corner.
More hidden faces can be seen on Temple Island, after going under
the chained wood gate. The passage to Gateway room at other end
must be open. Look along the right side of the screen. The three
children's faces are Rand Miller's daughters.
Easter Eggs
Use the following steps to activate the Easter Eggs
in the game. Note: Click the places just once. You will know if
you have done so when the cursor disappears for a second.
At the start of the game, exit your cage, go towards the stairs,
turn right and look over the cliff. Click on the unconscious guy.
Go to Boiler Island. Enter Gehn's lab, find the little chest of
drawers where Gehn keeps bird's eggs. Click on the little orange
one.
Solve the Animal Stone puzzle on Jungle Island. Go to the Moiety
Age and in your prison, click on the little bowl on the table.
On Jungle Island, go to the submarine. Travel in it to the place
with the five switches. Look out of the window there and you will
see the sub, back on the cliff. Click on it.
Go to Survey Island by taking the Maglev from Boiler Island. Note:
You might have to turn the Maglev around and then get out. Go
to the room with a long handle. Pull it, and a lift will appear
from the floor. Do not go into the lift, but from where you are,
click on the little star on the top of the lift.
Finally, take the Maglev from Jungle Island to Temple Island,
or travel there by linking book. When you are next to the blue
button near the Maglev station, turn left. You will see a triangle
of light. If you look very closely, you will see the letters RAWA,
the nickname of one of the Riven programmers, Richard A. Watson.
Click on the letters to activate the remaining Easter Eggs in
the game, as follows
Lights on
Go to Temple Island, the island you started from. Go to the
room with the Whark statues and the temple itself. Make it so
you are looking at the room from the exit (where the Maglav is
found) There is a hidden switch in the left side, on one of the
pillars. Press it.
Wire-frame detail
Go to where you make the "sub" descend into the
water next to the village by the lagoon. Go three or four screens
toward the village (until you are looking down a ladder). Then,
turn right. You should see a wire-frame view of the lagoon.
Silly Putty
Go to the underwater viewing room on Plateau Island. Sit in
the chair and hit the button to face the window. Pull the left
hand lever and then look down at the view screen (the one used
to spy on Catherine). Finally, click on the small round, brown
bolt just off to the right of the view screen to view the Easter
Egg movie.
Singing Gehn
Go to Ghen's 233rd world (the one you go to using the Fire-Marble
Domes). Go to his bedroom and face the wall with the red tapestry
and the star on it. Click on the D'ni symbol for 5 in the exact
center of the star to see the Easter Egg movie.
Sky High
While you are on Jungle Island, go into the jungle. Take the
elevator up to the "second" floor of the jungle and
start walking up towards the control throne past the dome. Up
about the middle of the stairs leading to the control throne,
turn around and face the dome. To your left, down on the path
underneath, you can see some lights by the side of the road. Click
on the lamp farthest away from the dome to see the last Easter
Egg.
Easter Eggs (alternate)
This is an alternate and quicker way to unlock the
Easter Eggs. Follow these instructions exactly. If "click
an object" is stated, do not move forward and click it; click
it from where you are. If "back away" is stated, make
sure the hand is in the "move back" spot. Also, click
on the indicated target only once. If the pointer disappears quickly
and comes back, you did it correctly -- do not click it again.
1. Start a new game, and while you are still in the cage, save
the game in case you make a mistake. Do not save it after leaving
it.
2. Click on the handler from inside the cage.
3. Click on the handler to see a closer view.
4. Click the top of the handler once (only).
5. Move back.
6. Move right.
7. Move up (look up view)
8. Click on the star on the cage once.
9. Move right.
10. Move right.
11. Move right.
12. Move forward. (Click by cliff with "move forward"
hand)
13. Move forward (by cliff)
14. Look down cliff with "look down" hand.
15. Save your game here in case you make a mistake in the next
part, as it is complicated.
16. You will see the guard, "Cho", on the ground below
the cliff. Click these spots only once in order. If the pointer
disappears quickly, the spot is activated : The knife on the ground,
Cho's head, the holster on Cho's torso by his left arm (on the
screen, and not from Cho's point of view), Cho's right hand ,
Cho's foot, Cho's left hand, Cho's torso (where part of his uniform
has a stripe). Now all you have to do is click the name "RAWA"
by the mag-lev on Temple Island, a step mentioned before, and
you will have full access to the Easter Eggs mentioned earlier.
The sixth Spyder Easter Egg
After you have completed the Spyder easter egg hunt
and clicked on all five "hot-spots" (bird egg, wooden
bowl, submarine, star, and "RAWA") as described above,
you will have activated the Spyder Easter Eggs. The following
Easter Egg was left out in the list above. To get "dumped",
go to Crater/Boiler Island from jungle island on the logging cart.
Once you get there, climb up the ladder back to the cart and click
the bumper in front of the cart.
View ending sequence
Quickly tap [L2]x5, [R2]x2
when the Cyan screen appears when the game starts. Note: If using
the mouse, quickly click the "Left Mouse Button" five times,
then the "Right Mouse Button" two times. Select the good
or bad paths to view that ending.