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    • Storm Valley Springs


      Help! I have committed my life to getting past the Storm Valley springs.
      Alas, I cannot do it (sob). Burnum, in a post below, says it's easy, but just
      casually says to "get past the ziridium brine." OK. I've managed to get TO
      the ziridium brine, and even got into it once, but I can't get past it.

      Burnum! Anyone! Help!

      (Many thanks to all the clearly marvelous people who are addicted to this most
      marvelous of all games.)

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      Originally posted by Shady Character:
      **Help! I have committed my life to getting past the Storm Valley springs.
      Alas, I cannot do it (sob). Burnum, in a post below, says it's easy, but just
      casually says to "get past the ziridium brine." OK. I've managed to get TO
      the ziridium brine, and even got into it once, but I can't get past it.
      **

      I feel your pain. I never did get past the ziridium (not for lack of trying), and would love to know what kind of voodoo it takes. By using the last spring to help catapult me high into the air I can get close but never enough.

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      Originally posted by Cloaked Habnabit:
      **I feel your pain. I never did get past the ziridium (not for lack of trying), and would love to know what kind of voodoo it takes. By using the last spring to help catapult me high into the air I can get close but never enough.
      **

      Thanks for your sympathy! Actually, I'm making real progress, and I think I'll get
      this done soon! I'm really learning how to use the springs. Once I finally get to
      the rez necklace, I'll tell you all how I did it. (I allllllmost made it three
      times tonight!)

      Burnum's suggestion of running at the springs helps a lot--but his (her?) solution
      isn't completely working
      for me. I'm learning never to jump! Run into the springs, or walk into them, and
      you do get a little bit of control.

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      Originally posted by Cloaked Habnabit:
      **I feel your pain. I never did get past the ziridium (not for lack of trying), and would love to know what kind of voodoo it takes. By using the last spring to help catapult me high into the air I can get close but never enough.
      **

      I did it. In order to get past the springs, you must remember two things:

      1. Never press the "jump" button.
      2. Patience is a virtue.

      Now, from the beginning:

      1. Get to the first ledge. Run off the ledge, starting from about the middle of the ledge. You will land between the springs one and two.

      2. Now, you can either let the wind push you left, then run into the next spring.
      If you choose that, you will be propelled high into the air but FORWARD. You will
      land just before the last spring before the ziridium brine. OR, you can just walk
      into the spring. That will propell you high, but forward, and you'll land between
      the next set of springs. Then just walk into the next one to get to the last spring
      before the brine.

      3. This time, you have to run. Again, let the wind push you as far left as possible,
      then RUN into the last spring. Sometimes, not always, that will get you past the
      ziridium brine onto the next ledge. Don't worry about trying to get the xichrons
      above the brine--you'll get those accidentally.

      4. Now, walk into the next spring. You'll land between the next two springs. Then
      keep walking into each spring until you get to the last spring.

      5. Now you have to act fast, because there isn't much space here, and if the wind
      pushes you back you'll wind up back on the first ledge again. Once you land,
      establish control, then RUN into the last spring. It will propel you onto the
      ledge with the rez necklace.

      I went back over the springs to get to the ground again. That last ledge is
      pretty close to spikes and monsters, and you don't want to waste all
      the effort.

      This will take some practice--you'll have to learn how to get back in control when
      you land between each spring. But once you learn how to use the springs instead
      of fighting against them, you'll succeed.

      One note: I'm playing with an iShock. It really does give you more control. I
      don't know if this can be done with the keyboard.

      Hope this helps!

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      Originally posted by Shady Character:
      **I did it. In order to get past the springs, you must remember two things:

      1. Never press the "jump" button.
      **

      OK so that was embarrassingly easy. Here I am wasting my energy jumping, when all I had to do was "stroll" over and pick up the rez necklace. Did it immediately. Thanks Shady!

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      Originally posted by Cloaked Habnabit:
      **OK so that was embarrassingly easy. Here I am wasting my energy jumping, when all I had to do was "stroll" over and pick up the rez necklace. Did it immediately. Thanks Shady!
      **

      Glad my method worked for somebody else! Only took me two weeks to figure it out!
      (Although I must admit, that Burnum really figured it out first.)

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