Basic plan
-End of the game all happens on the left hand side of the map. The crypt is there (contains the ring), the sanctuary is there (deposit 5 crosses to get the scroll) and the spell book is on the left hand side of the starting area too.
So ideally, to be efficient, we want to solve everything (or as much as we can) on the right hand side before finishing up on the left to limit backtracking.
-The left hand area is blocked by the Ghoul, one of the big bosses. This is a double puzzle. You need to light up the graveyard by finding the lamp (it's in the manor fairly near to the starting point).
-You also need to find the holy water (also in the manor fairly near the starting point) and take it to a gravestone on the very very far right of the map.
-To get there you need some gold to pay the ferryman. The gold is in the graveyard as well. So we must visit the graveyard before slogging all the way to the right.
-To get there you also need to defeat another big boss, the Cannibal. This is done with a knife which is right next to the player start.
So it makes sense to solve the Ghoul puzzle first, everything we need is fairly close to the player start and once we're done, we will never need to go all the way to the right hand side of the map again. it also gives us access to the left hand side of the map which we need open to deposit all those crosses that will soon be filling up our inventory.
Therefore our first steps
1. Immediately grab the knife
2. Go and get the holy water
3. Go and get the lamp
4. Drop off the knife / holy water just before the graveyard because we need some inventory room.
5. Avoiding the Ghoul go and grab the gold from the graveyard.
6. Drop off the lamp next to the graveyard. We'll need it later to keep being able to see, but we don't need it now.
7. Bring the knife / water / gold alllll the way to the right.
8. On the way use the knife to kill the Cannibal (we now have an inventory slot free! can we make use of it?)
9. Pay the ferryman with the gold
10. Kill the ghoul by using the holy water on the gravestone.
We must also ponder whether there is anything useful we can do on the way to the far right section. Our inventory is full for most of the journey so there's limited value here but maybe we can move something into a more convenient location now to avoid a bit of backtracking later.
-End of the game all happens on the left hand side of the map. The crypt is there (contains the ring), the sanctuary is there (deposit 5 crosses to get the scroll) and the spell book is on the left hand side of the starting area too.
So ideally, to be efficient, we want to solve everything (or as much as we can) on the right hand side before finishing up on the left to limit backtracking.
-The left hand area is blocked by the Ghoul, one of the big bosses. This is a double puzzle. You need to light up the graveyard by finding the lamp (it's in the manor fairly near to the starting point).
-You also need to find the holy water (also in the manor fairly near the starting point) and take it to a gravestone on the very very far right of the map.
-To get there you need some gold to pay the ferryman. The gold is in the graveyard as well. So we must visit the graveyard before slogging all the way to the right.
-To get there you also need to defeat another big boss, the Cannibal. This is done with a knife which is right next to the player start.
So it makes sense to solve the Ghoul puzzle first, everything we need is fairly close to the player start and once we're done, we will never need to go all the way to the right hand side of the map again. it also gives us access to the left hand side of the map which we need open to deposit all those crosses that will soon be filling up our inventory.
Therefore our first steps
1. Immediately grab the knife
2. Go and get the holy water
3. Go and get the lamp
4. Drop off the knife / holy water just before the graveyard because we need some inventory room.
5. Avoiding the Ghoul go and grab the gold from the graveyard.
6. Drop off the lamp next to the graveyard. We'll need it later to keep being able to see, but we don't need it now.
7. Bring the knife / water / gold alllll the way to the right.
8. On the way use the knife to kill the Cannibal (we now have an inventory slot free! can we make use of it?)
9. Pay the ferryman with the gold
10. Kill the ghoul by using the holy water on the gravestone.
We must also ponder whether there is anything useful we can do on the way to the far right section. Our inventory is full for most of the journey so there's limited value here but maybe we can move something into a more convenient location now to avoid a bit of backtracking later.
Statistics: Posted by bob147 — Tue Jul 09, 2024 10:30 am