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***                         Anachronox (PC CD-Rom)                         ***
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***                FAQ v0.50 by mps247 (mps247@hotmail.com)                ***
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***                        Start Date: 15 July 2001                        ***
***                       Finish Date: 7 August 2001                       ***
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Table Of Contents.
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1. Revision History.
2. Introduction.
3. Walkthrough.
3.1 The Bricks.
3.1.1  Rowdy's Bar.
3.1.2  Fountain Spiral Area.
3.1.3  Whackmaster Jack's Temple Of Beating.
3.1.4  Casinox Area.
***3.1.4a  Sub-quest: Simon Langer.***
3.1.5  Frank's Flophouse.
3.1.6  Grumpos' Apartment.
3.1.7  Platform Area.
3.1.8  Building 5 Re-Visited.
3.1.9  "Lucko" Coldwolf - Sub-Game.
3.1.10 Anachronox Tours Area.
***3.1.10a Sub-quest: Murder Of Kewp.***
***3.1.10b Sub-quest: Speeder.***
***3.1.10c Sub-quest: Brebulan Photographs.***
3.1.11 Fountain Spiral Tunnels.
***3.1.11a Sub-quest: Red Bippridi.***
***3.1.11b Sub-quest: Anachronox Symbols.***
***3.1.11c Sub-quest: Yerocan And Working For The Resistance.***
3.1.12 Junkyard.
***3.1.12a Sub-quest: Symmetrical Tree - Part 1.***
***3.1.12b Sub-quest: Symmetrical Tree - Part 2.***
3.1.13 Upper Alien Tunnels.
3.1.14 Sewage Minigame - Sub-Game.
3.1.15 Lower Alien Tunnels.
///3.1.15a BOSS: Stone Sentinel.\\\
3.1.16 Shuttle To Sender Station.
3.2 Sender Station One.
3.2.1  Sender Station Station.
3.2.2  Commons Area.
***3.2.2a  Sub-quest: Dead Drug Dealer.***
3.2.3  Lounge Of Commerce.
***3.2.3a  Sub-quest: TACO Collector.***
***3.2.3b  Sub-quest: Certificate Of Authenticity.***
***3.2.3c  Sub-quest: Drugging Detta's Man.***
3.2.4  Laboratory Coats.
3.2.5  A Ticket To Sunder.
3.2.6  Another Ticket To Sunder.
3.2.7  Access To Gate 5.
***3.2.7a  Sub-quest: Lovesick Scientist.***
3.2.8  Gate 5 - Destination Sunder.
3.2.9  Sender Shuttle.
3.3 Sunder.
3.3.1  Sunder Station.
3.3.2  Blue Lasers.
3.3.3  Playing Cards.
3.3.4  Green Lasers.
3.3.5  Red Lasers.
3.3.6  Disabling The Lasers.
3.3.7  Rainbow Sanctuary.
3.3.8  Service Tunnels.
3.3.9  Escape.
3.3.10 Escape From Sunder - Sub-Game.
3.4 Democratus.
3.4.1  Council Chamber Area.
3.4.2  Votowne.
3.4.3  Proposition 2: Vomit Torture For Planet-Dwelling Murderers.
3.4.4  Proposition 3: About Selling Squizzle Beats.
3.4.5  Proposition 5: Outworlder Possession Of Narcotics Sentence.
3.4.6  Proposition 1: Maximum Ramp Angle.
3.4.7  Proposition 4: Official Colour Of Festival Of Choice.
3.4.8  Proposition 7: Deforestation Of Waugees Forest.
3.4.9  Proposition 8: Ring-Dweller/Planet-Dweller Marriages.
3.4.10 Proposition 6: Bipridi Meat Use A Felony.
3.4.11 The Votabulator.
3.4.12 Secret Areas.
***3.4.12a  Sub-quest: Lost And Found Beebohbot.***
3.4.13 The High Council Of Democratus.
3.4.14 Warship Bay.
3.5 Verilent Hive.
3.5.1  Hivebay Minigame - Sub-Game.
3.5.2  Outer Hive.
3.5.3  Crystal Areas.
***3.5.3a  Sub-quest: Mystech Room - Part 1.***
3.5.4  Unlocking The Main Computer.
3.5.5  Inner Sanctum.
***3.5.5a  Sub-quest: Mystech Room - Part 2.***
///3.5.5b  BOSS: Hive Queen.\\\
4. Appendix.
4.1 Battle Skills.
4.1.1 Sylvester 'Sly' Boots.
4.1.2 Grumpos Matavastros.
4.2 The Mysteries Of Mystech.
4.3 Worldskills.
4.3.1 Sylvester 'Sly' Boots.  Worldskill: Picklock.
4.3.2 Grumpos Matavastros.    Worldskill: Yammer.
4.3.3 PAL-18.                 Worldskill: Comptalk.
4.3.4 Dr. Rho Bowman.         Worldskill: Analyse.
4.4 Patches.
5. Input From Other Players.
6. Disclaimer.
7. Copyright.



1.  Revision History.
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15 July 2001  -  v0.14  -  First release of FAQ. South Anachronox section
-18 July 2001              finished. Sly's, Grumpos' and PAL's Worldskills added.

19 July 2001  -  v0.23  -  Second release of FAQ. Sender Station One section
-20 July 2001              finished. Battle Techniques section removed for now.

21 July 2001  -  v0.24  -  A few corrections to the disclaimer added.

22 July 2001  -  v0.30  -  Third release of FAQ. Sunder section finished.
-23 July 2001

25 July 2001  -  v0.41  -  Fourth release of FAQ. The Mysteries of Mystech
-31 July 2001              Section added. Bowman's Worldskills added.
Democratus section finished and The Verilent Hive section started. Input From Other Players added.
Boots' and Grumpos' battle skills details also added.

6 August 2001 -  v0.50  -  Fifth release of FAQ. The Verilent Hive section
-7 August 2001             completed. Rho's and PAL's battle skills details also added. New inputs from other players added.
Battle skills section detailed at the beginning of each section.


2.  Introduction.
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"Anachronox is a long-abandoned alien city-planet floating inside a huge sphere in the center of the galaxy. These spheres were created by the same or some other unknown alien race, and are used to travel from system to system. Our particular sphere is called Sender One."                                -Fatima
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As a PC only owner, I have always strangely thought of console RPGs as being far superior to their PC counterparts. It seems that some of the developers at
Ion Storm may share my view, and have come up with perhaps the most funny and addictive RPG ever to come out on the PC: Anachronox.

Anachronox is a futuristic RPG in which you take on the role of Sylvester 'Sly'
Boots, a washed out private eye, on the......to tell you the truth I haven't finished the game yet. When I do, I will describe the plot in greater detail.

Anachronox, in the style of Deus Ex, gives you primary (Compulsory) goals and secondary (Optional) ones. In the walkthrough below I have detailed how to complete sub-plots (Secondary goals) as soon as they are uncovered.
I often find it best to complete sub-plots as soon as you discover them because they are not listed under your main goals.

Finally, this is my first FAQ so please be kind when you email me criticising or praising it. Please be constructive with your concerns so that I can improve it further.

I'm afraid that this FAQ may not be of much use to those of you past this stage, but it is very detailed - I spent over 10 hours in South Anachronox.
Sender Station is small in comparison, so I spent around 6 hours there. If I have missed anything, and with a game this vast I'm sure I have, please email me.

Many thanks.


3.  Walkthrough.
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3.1  The Bricks.
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Timeminders.
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Anachronox Tours, waiting room outside ticket gates.
Anachronox Tours, North platform.
Anachronox Tours, South platform.
Anachronox Tours Area, behind NOX guard left of first junction.
Anachronox Tours Area, beside stolen Anachronox Symbol.
Casinox Area, between elevators.
Casinox Area, outside Casinox.
Frank's Flophouse, beside Frank's desk.
Fountain Spiral, outside Whackmaster Jack's Temple of Beating.
Junkyard, entrance.
Junkyard, Eddie's camp.
Junkyard Area, eating outside Ghallas.
Lower Tunnels, Lower Alien Tunnels left at junction after boat.
Lower Tunnels, Lower Alien Tunnels before boss fight.
Mystech Museum, entrance.
Mystech Tunnels, Upper Alien Tunnels beside lift.
Mystech Tunnels, Upper Alien Tunnels beside boat.
Platform Area, outside entrance to Anachronox Tours Area.
Platform Area, floor 2 on runway.
Rowdy's Bar, entrance.
Tenements Area, Lower Tenements Area outside Movie Theatre.
Tenements Area, Upper Tenements Area at bottom of first ramp.
Whackmaster Jack's Temple Of Beating, ground floor near ramp.

Shops.
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Ghallas Shop, Junkyard Area left of elevator.
Zordo's Gun Palace, bottom of ramps in Fountain Spiral Tunnels Area.

Weapons.
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Boots   - Vistin Three Beam, behind a box at Eddie's place. Thanks to Brent
Miller, Tim Van Holder, Mark Devonside and Ivan Leonov for this.
- Vistin Three Beam, bought at Zordo's. Thanks to Brent Miller.
Grumpos - Vistin Spikehead, Upper Alien Tunnels.
- Vistin Spikehead, bought at Zordo's. Thanks to Brent Miller.
PAL     - Cordicorps Shockclaw, Anachronox Tours Area.

Hotels.
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Frank's Flophouse, Lower Tenements Area.

Battle Skills - See Appendix section 4.1.
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Boots   - Find Kewp's LifeCursor and tell Detective Rukh for FlashBlind.
See section 3.1.10a.
Grumpos - Talk to a person inside Whackmaster Jack's as Grumpos, claim that you are a member of the Five and collect the crystal. You will need it to learn a battle skill in Sender Station. Thanks to
Stephen Clouse for this.


3.1.1 Rowdy's Bar.
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Not the best of starts I must say. You get thrown out of your office window by somebody half your size, and fall twenty feet, landing on your back. It seems as though Sylvester is in trouble from the start with a debt to be repayed - A considerably large debt - to a mobster called Detta. So large that Fatima,