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Originally posted by NobleNick:
More TotLM spoilers...
I've been collecting gems to open the portal. I have 5 (shouldn't I have 6?) flawed gems. Now, I know I was told how to fix the flawed gems, but have forgotten what I was told and who told it to me. The friendly werewolf isn't saying anything helpful on the subject, and is no help at all except to let me rest between mistakes. I have placed gems in the empty tables that are typically guarded by the Stone Nuisances, hoping for a state change, but to no avail. I finally went to the old alter in the pond and tried just putting the flawed Moonlight gem in the alter pocket named Night; but it spit the gem right back out (still flawed) and I got a nasty fight out of the deal. So, please spoil me: How do I fix the gems, and do they go where their names hint that they should go (e.g., Moonlight goes with night, etc.)?
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I had to check my notes for the complete details, but here goes. Each flawed gem is found in a chest near but not adjacent to one of the altars. Each of these gems needs to be put into the Chest of Seasons (located in area where all of the minotaurs appear). When you put the gem into this chest it will disappear and a flawless gem will then appear in one of the altars. It has been my experience that the stone nuisances WILL respawn when you re-enter each of the five altar areas so there is an optimum way to get thru this section so you traverse the areas in a bare minimum of trips.
It's been a while since I played this, but I think this is the right sequence:
1) Go thru the portal on the extreme north of the upper level (near where the spiders are) - this will drop you into another area with spiders in it. Kill the spiders and loot the chest for the flawed emerald. STOP and go no further as you don't want to fight the baddies near the altar yet.
Take the flawed emerald and go back out. find the entrance to the area with the chest of the four seasons. Take the flawed skydrop gem, kill the minotaurs and head SOUTH to the chest of the four seasons. Put the flawed emerald in the chest. Put the flawed skydrop gem into the chest. Now head NORTH at the junction and go to the Altar of Heaven(NW). Kill the bad guys (minotaurs and stone nuisances). Claim the Flawless Star Saphire from the Altar of Heaven. Leave this area and head back up.
Now enter another portal to the Altar of Day (SW). Kill the jackals and stone nuisances that are here and loot the chest for the flawed fire agate and reclaim the Flawless Sunstone from the chest. Head back to thru the portal and back to the portal to the chest of seasons. Put the flawed fire agate into the chest. Leave back thru the portal.
Head for the portal near the spiders (N) and enter. Go past the chest now and kill the stone nuisances here and reclaim the Flawless Diamond from the Altar of Earth. Leave.
Now head to the eastern part of the upper level near where you fought the bears. Enter the portal here and prepare to fight MORE bears. Head south and loot the chest for flawed moonbar, if possible without alerting the nuisances to the north. Leave and head back to the chest of seasons, put the flawed moonbar into the chest and head BACK to the bear portal and re-enter. Now head NORTH and kill the stone nuisances and reclaim the Flawless Moonstone. exit this area and head to the south east. Find the portal here and enter and THIS is where you fight the harpies!!! Head east on this level, grab the flawed pearl from the chest and exit - again without wakening the stone nuisances if at all possible. Head back to the chest of seasons, put the flawed pearl into the chest, and head BACK to the harpy portal. Go the altar of the Sea and claim your Flawless water star gem.
You should now have five flawless gems: Star Saphire, Sunstone, Moonstone, Diamond, and Waterstar gem.