Pokey I used the speed potion to get through the banging doors.

Moondancer look for the circle of light coloured sand by the grave and click on it.

Anne, I tried several times and was finally able to do it. I wasn't running far enough, I guess. Going the other direction, I needed to start in the right place to make it work.

Moondancer there should be locations marked on your quest map that show you the different graves to dig. They are scattered around the island and are hard to find and you just click on the ground in front of the marker and if you have the right grave your character will dig as long as you have a shovel in inventory.

I'm done. The big boss has been defeated.

I loved the game and can't wait for the next in the series.

Oh well done Pokey.

Not there yet, but so far really enjoyed the game.
I hear the final fight is harder than all the Gothic ones.

Done the graves! Thanks. What stumped me about that very first grave, was that the soil didn't look any different on that one - it was just a grassy spot. The others all looked like they had loose earth where you had to dig.

By now I've given the Inquisitor what he needed to open the outer door, and now busy struggling with the big gate... Fun!

Congrats, Pokey! Are you going to replay any of it?

Moondancer, no, I don't replay games. Now that I am done, I'm missing it. I might go find a few more hero's crowns and see if there is any area I missed, but otherwise, I'm done.

You have a lot of fun ahead of you.

Pokey What's next?

Anne, Moondancer

Looney, I don't see any new games that look interesting. I am about halfway through Far Cry 2 and was enjoying it, so will get back to it. Maybe some Thief fan missions for a change too. I would love to see another RPG as good as Risen.

Oops! While looking for the Titan armour, should one take your busts with you, or can you leave them behind?

Btw, Pokey, have you had a look at Borderlands and Prototype yet?

Help! Please help..

I'm in the tomb behind the waterfall East of the Don's tomb, the one with all the lava and the scorpions and warcrickets and asbeasts and so on. I managed to get the one bust out of it's cell, called the "King's bust", by using telekineses. (The cell door is open, but if you remove the bust, the door closes.)

Problem is that I have no idea where to look for the second bust, and /or also no idea how to open the cell with the lizardman in it. (I'm thinking the bust must be in there)

PS: (It's the room with the spikes in the middle)

EDIT: Yay! Finally got the Titan shield.. Gee - what a maze to get there!

It's probably a bit late now, but once you're done using the busts as needed in their temples (and you've collected everything you need from the temple), I suggest leaving them behind rather than bringing them to other temples. The game lets you take most of them back, and some of the doors even stay open when you do so. But all the busts have similar names and similar icons, so once you get a bunch of them in your inventory you may start to forget which ones you need to use in a given tomb.

Thanks, Demosthenes, I'd rather leave them then.

I've now got the hammer, the shield and the greaves. I'm now in that tomb just below the monastery and above the farm with Severian.

I've disabled two magic barriers in here, and jumped over some lava and up some steps where there is a door that requires a bust.

I've finecombed the rather smallish caves areas for any trace of a bust, but no luck.

Any suggestions, anyone, please?


EDIT: Sorry, no..- the door requiring the bust is on the other side, not through the entrance where one had to jump over the lava. Anyway, none of the lizardmen nor the skeleton on the lava side had anything useful on them.

I think this is the one with the bust up above the door.

Oh, Pokey, what can I say... You're the best!

Thank you thank you thank you!

Just wanted to say that I finished the game yesterday. I was disappointed by it being over so suddenly... somehow it felt like I still had a lot to do, and I never got a chance to try out my grand new armour in the world!

The final boss battle took me quite a while to figure out... and then boom! suddenly the game was over.

I have been feeling rather empty, without playing my Risen, I must say. Maybe I was expecting something closer to the length of Gothic 2, if not quite Gothic 3.

I got this game about a week ago and have been playing since then. I'm currently in the harbor area collecting quests. Question: On my quest map I get red and/or green dots. What do the colors mean?

The green dots are the quest givers you need to return to. The red dots are the characters you need to see. If you hover your curser over them, they will be identified.

Thanks, Pokey. I was confused because in some cases I have talked to all green and red dot people but seem to be going nowhere in that quest. Seems I'm missing something.

Right now I am trying to do as many quests as possible without committing to a faction in Harbor Town. Sas anyone jumped the wall to exit the town? Have you been able to get back in a second time?

I never did leave the town until I finished all the quests but then, unless you just want to try it, it is not necessary. Once you're allowed to leave the town, either as a member of the order or bandit camp, you can come and go as you please and complete any previous quests you have pending.

I played it through joining the bandits and then once again joining the order and found that by joining the Don you miss almost half the quests in Chapter 1. That's probably why most people have recommended not joining the Don.

I jumped off the wall over the main gate. Make sure you have plenty of health. I lost about half. I assume you will have to pay to get in again. I decided to go back to the save before I jumped. If you have pickpocket 2, you can steal a key to get out.

If you keep talking to people, the quests usually work out. Which one are you having trouble with?

Another good reason not to join the Don:

if you do, you can't learn magic.

Re jumping out of Harbour town: Your jump will fare better if you have the acrobatics skill. You get a ring that gives you the skiill, from one of the NPC's in town (Sorry, can't remember which one though).

Once you hit the ground, sneak immediately, or the Order recruits will attack you. You can try to sneak past, (if you have sneak skill) which I tried, but they spotted me after a while and I had to run for it.

You can simply return again via the back gate by paying the guard there, a 100 gold.

That's strange. I jumped the wall but it was a group of recruits who chased me.

I had a very strange adventure: I explored near the shore and a HUGE sea creature rose out of the water and swallowed me. Then it spat me out and I woke up on the shore again without any damage.

It is recruits near the main gate.

Your strange adventure sounds interesting. Which shore was it. I need to investigate since I've never heard of it.

There was something similar in Gothic 2, I
believe.

Edit...tried it. That was interesting. Also, he can't swim.

It was the shore nearest the western gates to Harbor Town. It happened when I went to close to the deep water. Maybe it is the game's way of putting you back into the game. They do say that deep water is dangerous. Should try it out again on another beach.