> > > > > > > > My inventory list: leather briefcase, metal briefcase, ID card, Passcards (CQ60537,CQ30021 and CQ0001), employment papers, fire extinguisher, round pot, washcloth, light tube, supply room card, radio receiver, OSA card, pet snacks, small mirror, wrench, crowbar, ISO officer's cap, golden necklace, matches, business card, 4 nanoxite stones, mine access card, headset, crank, pickaxe, knife, gold key, ISO accident report, scrap of paper, Izacladia access card, vault key, dragon key, ISO energy gun, metal rod, military uniform, rock, tranquilizer spray and gun, 4 peryolithium shards, sleeping pills, iron key, sledgehammer, TSP manual, small key.
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> > > > > > > > Where to create TSP?..have 3 nanoxide stones and 4 pery. shards. > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Can't get into Kepler's office via animal attack area in arboretum. How?
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> > > > > > > > Do I need Verna's passcode and small key before these list above or after?
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> > > > > > > > Also need spoiler for sandstone caverns in order to get Verna's passcard and key. Email me at puzzlelvr57@aim.com.
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> > > > > > > > Thanks in advance!!
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> > > > > > > Anyone help me???
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> > > > > > Kepler's office: remember the lesser used entrance? How could going that way link up to the arboretum?
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> > > > > > For the sandstone caverns: first you have to get that last barrier open. If it's stuck, maybe a little force could fix it.
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> > > > > Yes I did open the last barrier by knocking down the pillar and used S, NE, W, SE, N, W, S, SW from white sandstone to black sandstone and then back up frm black to whtie and followed the hints page saying stay in white sandstone and will find Verna's pc and key but nothing.
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> > > > The pillar doesn't have anything to do with the barriers. Find the place where it says "You are at the third barrier across the central railway. The access door in the middle is shut." That's the one I'm talking about. You need to get that one open before you can solve the main sandstone puzzle, because otherwise the mine cart is blocked from going where you need it to go.
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> > > Ok gremlinn, I got to the 3rd barrier and rammed into it opened the door then bk to sandstones cavern and still can't find Verna's passcard and key..spoiler pls!
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> > Now note what happens if you jump from the mine cart just to the north of where you rammed the barrier -- now that the barrier's open, the cart's free to roll on through (and slowly spiral down to somewhere else). It's like the puzzle for getting to this area in the first place -- find the fastest way to get to where the cart will come out. I think you've already found the answer.
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> Hey thanks! Got Verna's card and key. Also got the quarter and in return got another nanoxide stone. Now guess need to return to mines for more search? or am I done with mines and go other places for rubber tubes? I know where to create TSP so no need to tell me. Still can't get into Kepler's office frm arboretum. Again thanks!

For now, the only tube you can get is one of the ones you may have seen in the OSM Tube. You probably noticed that if you take a rubber tube, you get trapped. But one of them can still be taken out because of an irregularity in one of the doors that you've dealt with.

Also, remember that Kepler's office has a direct connection to one of the OSM Tube sections. The arboretum does too. If you remember how far north the office area is relative to the arboretum, that will give you a hint for where to move inside the OSM Tube.

I *think* you're done with the mines, but I'm not totally sure. Anyway, focus on those other things for now.