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Anachronox Walkthrough/FAQ
Version 1.0
June 1, 2003
Copyright 2003 Jason Merrill
jason at apocalypseorg
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1.2 or later. See
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BREAKING NEWS
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The second patch has finally been released! You can find it at
http://www.matrixzero.com/anoxpatch/
This walkthrough was written using the 1.01 patch, so please let me know if
any of the bugs I mention are fixed in 1.02. I'll probably play through
again soon, but I wanted to post this now.
Technical Issues
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Anachronox works fine on XP. Well, as fine as it runs anywhere.
Resist the temptation to turn on EAX. It will crash your game constantly.
It's disabled in 1.02.
Any Radeon or GeForce card should be able to run Anachronox in high-res
(1280x960), but it will only work in full screen mode if you can set your
desktop to 1280x960. If you don't have that as an option, you can run it
in a window or use PowerStrip to add the mode. I find that the game
crashes less when run in a window. YMMV.
When you quit, sometimes the process doesn't actually exit. You can close
it yourself from the Task Manager.
After the return from Sunder, my game started crashing frequently in map
transitions. I don't know what to do about this except save just before
you change maps and try again if it crashes. This may be fixed in 1.02.
I suggest playing on Way Too Hard, which adjusts damage by 20%, but
changing the Save At option to allow you to save anywhere so the above
bug isn't as much of a problem.
Turn up the Gamma a bit.
Get used to pressing a direction key when you start moving, rather than
moving the mouse first.
There are a few places in the game where you may want to cheat to work
around bugs in the game. All of the cheats start by turning on debug mode
with Alt-Shift-F10 and bringing down the console window with ~.
One use of the console is to get more savegame slots; if you want to make
an archival save, bring down the console and type "savegame XXXX" where
XXXX is a number between 1000 and 9999. To load one of these games, use
"loadgame XXXX". 1.02 changes the savegame interface, so this probably
isn't necessary anymore.
You can mostly use the keyboard in fights; use the number keys to select an
action, and space to activate it. There are some bugs with this, though:
sometimes it lets you do things that you aren't supposed to be able to do
(such as use Beat weapons on the Hive Queen). Also, trying to do this to
select between multiple functions of a multiple-function Elementor host
will crash the game.
Other Notes
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I'm not going to tell you about conversations that don't advance the plot.
I still recommend talking to everyone repeatedly; there's a lot of funny
stuff out there. IMO, the best thing about this game is the writing.
There's really no need to do the sort of levelling that you do in, say, a
Final Fantasy game; if the game thinks your characters are too low a level
for a certain point in the game, it levels them up automatically.
Beginning
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Bricks
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Shops: Zordo's, Plib (MysTech Museum)
* Rowdy's
Welcome to Anachronox! What a sad little man you are, Boots.
QUEST: Fatima has some chores for you before you can leave the bar.
Turn around and go upstairs to your office. Grab the camera off your desk.
Click on the broadband scanner for a clue you'll use later.
Pick the lock to your back room, by holding down CTRL as you click on it.
Always, always use the keyboard when picking locks. For each tumbler, hit
space once. If the tumbler doesn't drop immediately, look at the meter on
the lockpick, which tells you how far off you are, on a scale of 1-5. Hit
up or down that many times, and hit SPACE again. If it still misses, you
went the wrong way. You can always get it right on the third try; you are
always either 2 or 4 spaces away from the right spot.
In your back room, there is Some Dough ($20), your APE game console (which
has no games now, but you can find some later), and a chest which you can't
pick yet. Grab the Dough and head back downstairs.
Marina and Mardoman, the folks at the table near the stairs, are with the
Resistance. Talk to Marina.
If you like, play a game of OX on the game table opposite the bar. I can't
do better than a tie.
QUEST: Talk to Valesta, the woman at the bar. She gives you a lead on a job.
Dim Jose, the guy at the table, wants to know if he should keep or sell his
slag of MysTech. I don't know if the answer has any significance.
Save at the TimeMinder by the exit, and you've completed your first quest!
Woohoo.
* Fountain Spiral
QUEST: As you pass, K'jagra Khk tells you to visit his cousin.
Walk forward, and get beat down. Not having a good day.
QUEST: Fatima suggests you visit Whackmaster Jack's.
Continue along, grabbing the HealGrease Plus that Fatima points out. Don't
use it now, but remember about pressing F5.
You can't take the path down right now; head up to the Fountain Spiral.
When you get there, turn around, look up, and take a photo (F11) of the
Anachronox symbol above the sign for the MysTech Museum.
Now head up the Spiral to:
* Whackmaster Jack's
Jack is the guy in red by the ring upstairs. Talk to him for a combat
tutorial. He'll also give you:
Old Vistin Pistol (Boots, bad, ranged)
LifeCursor Shield Upgrade (FatimaScreen, Boots' L1 skill)
2 HealGrease Plus
2 Bindlebags
Talk to Stang, the guy with the bag on the ground, for a Glodent. Also
photograph the two Brebulans (the aliens to the right of the door). Be
sure to fit their whole bodies in the frame.
When you're done, head back to the Spiral.
* Fountain Spiral
Head up the Spiral to the next exit, with a sign for Frank's Flophouse.
Get ready for your first real fight, with the same guy who beat you down
before. You can't win this without using an item. The easy way is to use
a Bindlebag; hit 3 3 SPACE as soon as it's your turn. Or you can start
with FatimaScreen, and use a HealGrease Plus when you're about to die. If
you're lucky, you can get the shield up before he hits you the first time.
Notice the green bug mound in the corner. It'll be interesting later.
Take the gravpath to Casinox.
* Casinox Area
Take the lift down. Talk to Maria Black, standing by the TimeMinder. You
don't get a quest note, but you can help her out.
Go through the door and meet K'Conrad Khk, the cousin mentioned before.
Down the next lift, a NoxGuard asks if you've seen Marina. Tell him no.
Continuing on, you can't go towards the Platform Area, but if you wait you
can watch a guy running around on fire. Take a photo of the Anachronox
symbol. Continue on.
* Junkyard Area
Go straight ahead and get the $50 from the chest. Then go through the door
next to the TimeMinder. Head around to the left, and buy some HealGrease
from Ghalla. Continue around to the back to find your first TACO.
Continue on and fight off a couple of Alley Goons. Photograph the
Brebulans and the Anachronox symbol over the sign for the Tenements, and
continue on to:
* Tenements Area
When you enter, turn around and photograph the Anachronox symbol. Head to
the right and photograph the Brebulan. If you head all the way down the
stairs, there's a HealGrease at the bottom. Go back along the railing and
look out along the wall. See the red thing? That's a Red Bipidri. Take
its picture, too.
Sometimes photos fail to register with the game, for some reason; the photo
of this Red Bipidri is particularly problematic. To make sure it worked,
save your game, pull up C:\Anachronox\anoxdata\SAVE\\photos and
select the directory for this save (the autosave is #0; the normal saves
are ordered from top to bottom). If the .dat file for the photo has size
0, it didn't work, and you need to try again. Try moving a little left or
right (hold down Shift to walk slowly).
Head back up and take the elevator down. Head into:
* Frank's Flophouse
If you're injured, take a room for $5; otherwise walk down the stairs to
the room. Either way, grab the TACO.
Go back upstairs and pick all the locks you can. Room contents:
A - Deanamo, Valesta's Bracelet (Speed +1, prot. Nuts)
QUEST: Visit Grumpos Matavastros in Building 5
B - can't pick yet
D - HealGrease
E - just a guy
Head back out to the tenements, over and down to
* Building 5
Note the directory on the wall to your right. Browse the SenderNet station
if you want, and head into Section C.
Interesting rooms:
Level 2, Room 5: Simon Black. You can tell him that Maria is coming to
kill him for $25. Ask for any more, and you won't get it.
Level 2, Room 7: Healgrease
Level 3, Room 11: Healgrease Plus
Level 3, Room 14: Healgrease Plus
Level 4, Room 19: Grumpos
QUEST: Find a size 5 NoxGuard helmet
After the cutscene, grab the TACO to your right. Go back down to Grumpos'
apartment, grab the blue keycard from his counter, and you're done with
Building 5.
Remember the message on the scanner in your office? Time to head for the
Platform area; go back where you came from and follow the signs. Now you
can go where the burning man was running around before.
Beat up the Alley Goon, notice another bug mound, and continue on to:
* Platform Area
Continue until you get to the elevator. Take it down to level 2, and snap
a photo of the Anachronox symbol. Continue down to level 1, and go talk to
the guard. You can either talk him out of the helmet, or beat him up for
it. Or both; if you talk to him after he gives it to you, he'll attack you.
When you've got the helmet, head back to Grumpos. Woohoo, your first
henchman!
Got Grumpos
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If you're hurting, rest at Frank's.
As Fatima suggests, head back to talk to K'Conrad. You'll get attacked
along the way; try out Grumpos' Yammer Bouge skill. It stuns opponents,
which is very useful.
Talk to K'Conrad. While you're there, tell Maria where Simon lives, for
$50. Now head for the Fountain Spiral. In the gravpath is a NoxGuard who
wants photos of five Brebulans. You already have them, so he gives you
$500.
From the Spiral, head toward Rowdy's, but turn left into the area that used
to be blocked off, and turn right into the tunnel. Talk to Yerocan Worb,
who gives you some blueprints.
Now head for the MysTech Museum and talk to the curator, who asks you to
photograph the five Anachronox symbols. It seems that you need to leave
the museum and come back in before you can tell him you have the photos,
for which he gives you $200 and 3 HealGrease Plus. He also wants you to
grab the symbol from the Anachronox Tours office.
Head upstairs in the museum (the stairs are by the entrance). As you leave
the tunnel, look down over the railing to your left. If the Red Bipidri
isn't there now, it will show up soon. Take a picture.
On the path to Zordo's, the guy watching the Bipidri work asks you to
photograph 8 Red Bipidri. Talk to him again to get credit for the ones you
already have. After you talk to him, hit F8 for the Collectables menu. If
you don't have credit for two, one of them must not have counted. Look at
the .dat files in your save game directory to see which. Once he gives you
credit, you can delete the photos.
Now head back to Rowdy's and give the blueprints to Marina for $200.
Mardoman asks you to check up on Yerocan again. Also talk to Valesta; you
don't have to give her the bracelet.
Head back to Yerocan, who asks you to photograph any suspicious characters
in the Fountain. Head up to the top of the spiral and take a photo of Fazz
Burbleman. While you're there, talk to the FlingBot watching the fountain
for a laugh. Report back to Yerocan, who gives you an Eluder Band (Block
+1). Visit Mardoman again; he asks you to hit up a drug courier in the
Platform Area.
Now it's back to the Tenements to find Lucko Coldwolf.
In the Tenements, head to the right and down the stairs until the cutscene
starts. Follow Lucko back through the Junkyard, Casinox, Platform and
Anachronox Tours areas, and into a bar for another cutscene. As you leave,
Fatima tells you to look up a guy in the Fountain Spiral area. But first,
let's look around:
* Anachronox Tours Area
Turn right and talk to the guy in black standing over the dead body. It's
Detective Rukh, an old friend. He wants you to investigate the dead man's
apartment back in Building 5.
Return to Building 5, Level 2, Room 7, and look at the LifeCursor on the
counter.
If you want, you can visit Deanamo again, and talk to her with Grumpos.
You can either pay her $200 to get healed, or mock her. If you pay her,
she'll show up in Ghalla's, but if you go back to Frank's later in the
game she's there again, like it never happened. Oops.
Head back to Rukh with the info. He gives you a PAX Flashpak, which
teaches him FlashBlind, Boots' Stun skill. Note the guy with the purple
PAL-18 unit.
Head up the stairs and into:
* Anachronox Tours
Head around back through the Maintenance section, and grab the Anachronox
symbol.
Head for the Tours area exit, but just before the signs to other areas,
turn right and talk to the NoxGuard. Walk back up the stairs to the other
highway view, and take a photo of the red motorcycle. Return to the guard
for $75.
Now go to Platform 3, and fight the drug dealer. Head back to Mardoman and
the Museum for your rewards (a Pre-owned ShieldCell and $400, respectively).
The guy with the sock is wandering around near where Yerocan was standing.
If you want, you can visit Zordo's Gun Palace and buy some Wristbands of
Whacking for $1200. They increase your damage by about 5%.
OK, time to go visit Eddie. Head for the Junkyard Area, and talk to the
Brebulans, who want a symmetrical crystal tree. Enter the Junkyard and
save.
* Junkyard
You'll be doing a fair amount of fighting in here, so be prepared.
Remember to use Yammer to take enemies out of the fight temporarily.
Turn left at the fork and grab the Pre-Owned Shieldcell off of a box.
At the second fork, go around to the right and grab the TACO before heading
up the ramp. Talk to the doorman, and continue on. Past the TimeMinder,
look behind a box on the left for a Vistin ThreeBeam (Boots, Poor,
Ranged). Continue on for a cutscene.
When you're done with Eddie, head back to the first fork and go the other
way. Look at the crystal trees until you find a symmetrical one, and take
it back to the Brebulans for $175.
Head down to the Lower Tenements, and around back to the Doorlord. Make
sure you've done everything in the Bricks first, as you won't be back for a
little while.
MysTech Tunnels
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At the bottom of the elevator, look left for a Glodent. After the second
fight, look right for a Batt. After the third fight, watch for a chest on
your right with a TACO. After the fight with the Stare Bear, watch for the
Vistin Spikehead (Grumpos, Poor, Melee) on your left as you go up the ramp.
At the junction past the bridge, turn left. After the fight, check out the
Lifeflower by the wall. From now on, every time you pass a Lifeflower,
pick a petal. They'll be useful later.
Head back to the junction and go the other way. When you reach the
TimeMinder, save.
* Sewagic Rapids Minigame
The object of this game is to pick up as many starred crates as you can
without getting blown up. If you survive, you'll get a reward based on how
many crates you grabbed:
1 - 1 Cordican Diamond Disc
3 - 2 Cordican Diamond Discs
7 - 3 Cordican Diamond Discs
9 - HealGrease
* Lower Tunnels
Grab the two HealGrease by the boxes. After the fight, grab the two
HealGrease by the box. After a fight with 2 Stare Bears and 2 Mean Moles,
watch out for a HealGrease Complete on the left. Save at the TimeMinder,
and grab the HealGrease Complete on the left around the corner.
* BOSS: Stone Sentinel
He always attacks the hexes in the same order, so you just need to make
sure you aren't there when he does. A simple rule: when he attacks the
space between Sly and Grumpos, move them away.
Continue on and grab the stone. Cutscene. Grumpos pays you $100, and you
wind up back at the door, minus one Doorlord.
Head for Anachronox Tours, and the guy with the PAL-18. He'll sell you the
battery now, so buy it. Now head back to your office, and wake up the
little guy.
Got PAL
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Stop by Whackmaster Jack's, and have PAL hack the dataport downstairs for a
TACO. Also talk to Bean Fredicksson using Grumpos, and play along for a
Pentagonal Prism. Now head back to the Anachronox Tours area.
If PAL were injured, he could hack the dataport under the table at Ghalla's
with the broken robot on it for free healing. But he's not, so no need to
bother.
As you enter the Anachronox Tours area, turn left and pass the guard who
wanted a photo of the speeder. There's a broken elevator. Connect the
blue & red wires to "fix" it. Head through the hole and hack the dataport
for another TACO.
Continue up to Anachronox Tours. Have PAL talk to the robot just inside
for a Cordicorps Shockclaw (PAL, Fair, Melee). Have Grumpos Yammer the guy
in front of the ticket booth, and then buy some tickets. Head through the
gates, around to the right, and save at the TimeMinder on the platform. I
suggest saving in the bottom slot; you'll want to keep this one around in
case you want to check something on Anachronox. Or make an archival save
as described above.
OK, you're ready to leave Anachronox. At this point you should have:
Vistin ThreeBeam
Vistin Spikehead
Cordicorps Shockclaw
2 Pre-Owned Shieldcells
Eluder Band
Valesta's Bracelet
7 TACOs
Credit for 2 Red Bipidri photos
If you're missing any of these, go back and get them before continuing.
When you're ready, walk up to the shuttle.
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Sender Station
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* Sender Station Station
Walk out into the terminal. Head left one booth to Gate 5 and talk to the
guy, who tells you what you'll need to do. Head out to the ticket window.
* Commons Area
Talk to Detective Rukh, who asks you to visit the Routubes. Go out the
door, and head left to the museum. Go inside. Hack the dataport and
download the TSM database. Leave the museum.
Continue around to the left and talk to the guy in the No Salt! T-shirt
next to a tree. Continue around, and go into the Gold Deluxe Palatial
Penthouse Suites (GDP). Talk to the scientist on the left and pick up the
rose. Leave the hotel, and continue around. Talk to the guy in the
shadows.
Go back around and up the ramps. Head left and into the Sendormitory.
Inside, yammer the scientist standing by his bed for a ticket. Turn around
and snap a photo of the Red Bipidri on the top level.
Go back out and continue over to the clown. Talk to the kid, and then the
woman.
Step into the Vend-O-Mart. Go up the escalators and have Grumpos talk to
the guy for a Hexagonal Prism. Go back down, and head right into the
Pay2Pray. Meditate on both your prisms to learn StaffSweep and HealField.
Head back downstairs, buy a Megalocephalic Wendy and a Pre-Owned Shieldcell
for PAL, and hack the left dataport for lab coats.
Head back out, and around to the right. Talk to the guy in red. Go into
the Lounge of Commerce. Talk to the guy with the TACO for a HealGrease
Complete and 5 TimeMinder Tears. Talk to the bartender and buy the
cheapest drink; she tells you to look up a friend of hers. Have Boots talk
to David Salsa in the back, by the TimeMinder, who has a mission for you.
Head back to the GDP and talk to the scientist again for your second
ticket. Also talk to the woman on the couch. Now go back to the museum,
go through to the display room, and talk to the Brebulan to the right. He
sends you to Gate 2 in the terminal. Talk to the robot there for the
Certificate of Authenticity, which you can take back to the woman for $50.
Now head for the Routubes, through the unmarked door at the top of the
ramps.
* Upper Routubes
Past the first fight, go left and hack the dataport. Grab the HealGrease
on the right just before the door. Before the ramp, grab the Glodent on
the right. After the Pipe Mimics, grab the HealGrease.
Buy the Soporific Wander Dust from the dealer and continue on. Grab the
Glodent, photograph the body, and head back to the Commons.
Stop by the Lounge of Commerce and talk to the goon at the bar, then David
Salsa again. Then it's back to Detective Rukh, who gives you an Annulet of
Alertness for your trouble.
And now you're ready to leave Sender Station. Go back to Gate 5, hack the
dataport, make another archival save, and go on through.
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Sunder
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On the shuttle, talk to everyone until you land on Sunder.
* Starport
From the gate, head left and follow the path until you reach the PAX Guard.
Talk to him to find out what you need to do.
Head back to the TimeMinder, and go through the door into the lounge. Talk
to the guard in here, then lockpick his briefcase to learn the blue
frequency: 493. While you're here, talk to the robot for a pack of cards.
Head back out.
Between Gates 1/2 and Gates 3/4 there is a dataport on the left. Hack it,
then click on the screen. Enter 493, and insert a playing card to block
the laser.
Past Gates 5/6 is another guard. Talk to him, then hack the newspaper
machine. Apparently the green frequency is 691. Enter it in the next
terminal you pass.
Continue all the way up to gates 11/12 to find the last guard. Yammer him
to get the red frequency, 507. Enter it in the terminal between Gates 3/4
and Gates 5/6, and head back to the laser barriers, which are now gone.
* Sanctuary Area
Note: You need to get the stuff in the Rainbow Sanctuary as you go through
the first time, as you won't be coming back.
When you get to the park, turn right and grab the True View Torque on the
mound.
* Rainbow Sanctuary
In the reception area, lockpick the chest for Sunder Moss.
Talk to the receptionist, and then follow her. When you get to the lounge,
talk to the Brebulan for Xiuwen's Package. Then grab the TACO behind the
receptionist, and follow her again.
After the cutscene, quickly run towards the TimeMinder and down the ramp in
front of it, to a chest with a Shuttle Shield Unit. Rho finds the keycard,
and it's a race against time. Save at the TimeMinder, and run back the way
you came.
The first door combo is Red Blue Yellow Green.
The second is Green Yellow Green Yellow.
The third is Red Green Blue Yellow.
The fourth is Red Red Green Green.
After the reception area, go down the stairs.
There's a bug here; if you go back through the park to the city overlook,
there's a Regenergy Round. But you can't open that door. To get it, bring
down the console (see above), type "noclip" to turn on noclip mode, and
walk through the door. Do this again to turn it back off when you're on
the other side. You don't need to repeat this on your way back.
Anyway, now open the door at the bottom, and head into the
* Service Tunnels
From the gate, head left for a HealGrease Plus.
At the fork, take either path.
At the next fork, head left for a HealGrease Plus, then return and go right.
At the next fork, go left, and take the ramp.
Take the next right and get the HealGrease Plus.
Save at the TimeMinder and go through the door to the starport.
Head back up to Gate 12, use the cardreader, and run out to the shuttle.
Cutscene.
* Minigame: Escape!
Avoid the flashing rocks and other ships until time runs out. You can take
6 hits before losing (just 3 if you missed the Shuttle Shield Unit).
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Democratus: Votowne
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* Chamber Area
After the fight, select your party; you can only have three characters at a
time. Take PAL and Grumpos. Equip everyone with the Callossum Shieldcells
(32/16/16) that Rho conveniently brought with her.
Head out. After another fight, talk to Sergeant Guff to get a quest. Head
on to:
* Votowne
Walk out into the city, and take a photo of yourselves at the machine.
At the bottom of the ramp, go right and talk to the guy by the orange
poster to get a sample ballot. If you act like a jerk, he'll give you a
free room at the inn, too. Then read the poster to learn how to vote on
Proposition 2. All the votes are random, so I can't tell you.
There's an Ally of the Council named Crissy walking around, who will tell
you how to vote on Proposition 8 if Boots or Grumpos kisses her. Keep an
eye out.
Head into town, turn right, and go under a ramp. Pick the lock for
Banewave MysTech (White, Good)
Go under the ramp on the left, too; hack the dataport for a Fire Retardant
Roundlet.
Continue on to the guy standing on a chest. Yammer him for the answer to
Proposition 6; then pop back to the shuttle and swap Grumpos for Rho.
From the Prop 6 guy head left, up the ramp, and talk to the two guys there.
One knows the Prop 3 vote, and wants a drink before he'll tell you.
Continue up the ramp and into the next section of town. Head left into the
Excellent Choice building. Buy a Quack-Quack Juice at the juice bar. Take
the guy his juice and come back.
On the right side of the park near Excellent Choice is a door which Boots
can pick. Behind a chair is a Vistin Octogun (Boots, Fair, Ranged). Next
to the chair in front of the computer is an Old Ducalion Shieldcell (32/16/32).
Continue on, up the ramp, and talk to Waiia, who tells you how to vote on
Prop 5.
Continue into the next park area, and use PAL's world skill on the robot in
the corner to learn how to vote on Prop 1.
Time to visit:
* Republic Inn
Head left and talk to Dward, sitting on the couch. He tells you to look up
Dass Daskan in room 401. Hack the dataport on the side of the reception
desk to learn that Merle Joid is in 201.
Talk to the receptionist and take a room. You wake up in room 402. Get
the HealGrease Plus from the bathroom.
Go over to room 401. Grab the HealGrease Complete and the TACO. Have Rho
analyze the map on the nightstand.
In room 304 is a woman who encourages you to steal her stuff, a HealGrease
Plus and DoubleUp Bracer. Do it! The DoubleUp Bracer is much better than
Wristbands of Whacking.
Break into room 201 and read the letter on the bed to learn how to vote on
Prop 4. There's a HealGrease Complete in the bathroom closet.
In the stairs just before Floor 1, turn and look at the Bipidri working.
Take a photo of the Red Bipidri when it emerges.
Leave the Inn and head up the ramp to the overlook. Have Rho try out the
map. Seems to line up. Head for the hallway it indicates, and talk to the
guy to get the Prop 7 vote.
You should now have all the info you need to vote at the Votabulator near
Excellent Choice. Memorize (or write down) all the info in your F1 journal
and vote.
Now that you have a Gold Ally Card, buy anything you want upstairs in
Excellent Choice (I recommend three Freezo) and if you're done with
Votowne, head back to the council, make another archival save, and go into
the council chamber.
* Warship Bay
You're going to be fighting soon, so make sure your shields are set for
full strength. I suggest giving Boots the DoubleUp Bracer and Valesta's
Bracelet so he can do maximum damage.
At the junction, turn right. After the first fight, grab the HealGrease
Complete. Hug the wall and go back behind some boxes to find a Vistin
Blader Staffhead (Grumpos, Fair, Melee).
Go back to the junction and down. Head to the back and up a small ramp for
a Bag o' Glodents. Go back and down.
Fight more Robodes for a HealGrease Complete.
Fight more Robodes for an Old Ducalion Shieldcell (behind a box).
Take the elevator down. Hear the song? Face the window, pull out the
camera, and take a picture of the Red Bipidri as it floats by.
Fight more Robodes for a HealGrease Plus. Save and head for the fighter.
* Minigame: The Hive
To reload, shoot the ammo meter in the lower left.
In the first room, take the second exit. This will take you to a large room.
Now take the first (red) exit, which takes you to the red shield generator.
Now take the second (yellow) exit, which takes you to the yellow shield
generator.
Now take the first exit, which takes you back to the big room.
Now take the third (purple) exit.
Now take the first exit, which takes you to the boss.
When fighting the boss, shoot at his head; your shots will only hurt when
your crosshairs are green.
Your performance will now be rated on a scale of 1-5. Rewards:
1 - ?
2 - ?
3 - Glodent
4 - FreezeZone MysTech
5 - ?
* Verilent Hive
Walk around behind the fighter for Firespire MysTech (Red, Good).
After the first fight, pick the chest on the right for NutsWalker MysTech
(Yellow, Good).
Analyze the control panel to open the door upstairs. Go through and touch
the pulsating gems to create MysTech in the room below. Continue on.
In the next room, grab the Static Pulse Injector on the floor (Rho, Fair,
Melee) and Analyze the console to open the other door in the landing bay.
Head back and through that door, and grab the SlowStrike MysTech (Blue,
Good). Continue into the lower room. Seems that the MysTech you dropped
before is PoisonSpin (Green, Good).
Go through the door into a room with crystals in the corners. Touch one to
take it and get into a fight; you want at least two of each type.
In this room, get 2 Blue shards and 2 Yellow shards.
Take either exit from this room, and get 2 Purple shards.
Go through the door left of the purple shard. In the next room, grab the
Bane MysTech (White, Fair) and get 2 Green shards.
Take the exit left of the green shard.
Talk to the guy by the TimeMinder for a clue. In the next room, grab 2 Red
and Cyan shards, and take the exit by the cyan shard. In the next room, go
straight and take the first left, which brings you to the smaller console.
Continue on back to the large control panel and insert the shards in the
appropriate spots.
Head back the same way, but where you turned left before, go the other
way. Grab the Hive Moss and continue to an interesting machine. Insert
your remaining shards for a PsyChain MysTech (Obsidian, Good).
Head back and left to the room with the blue door. Now get ready for a
MysTech fight. Equip Boots with PsyChain, Rho with PoisonSpin, and Grumpos
with Firespire. Also turn off everyone's shields so you can use all the
NRG for spells. Lead with someone other than Boots, and head in.
* Boss: Hive Queen
If you move your outer characters over to the crystals, you can activate
them to prevent her from spawning more Verilents. You'll need to move your
middle character (Boots, if he wasn't leading) out from behind the pillar
before they can attack the queen. For some reason, the character on the
right can't attack the Queen if they move to the crystal and there's a
Verilent there, so you might leave them in their original location. The
left character doesn't have this problem.
I like to leave everyone in place and have Boots hit the Verilents with
PsyPull so that they attack each other (and the Queen!). Rho and Grumpos
hit the Queen with PoisonSpin and Fireslag++, wait for the effects to wear
off, and hit her again. This way you can win without using any Glodents.
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Sender Station, Take 2
----------------------
After the cutscene you're back in the Lounge of Commerce. Show the package
to Salsa, who asks you to take it to Mardoman.
You now have five characters, and two story quests to choose from. It
doesn't really matter what you say to Rho and Grumpos; feel free to agree
to both. We're going to do Rho's quest first.
Anachronox, Take 2
------------------
But first, take Grumpos and Democratus back to Anachronox.
By the doorway to the terminal is a boy looking up into a tree; apparently
his plane is lost. Go up the ramps and all the way around to the right and
tractor it in. Trade it to the kid for a Bugaboo APE cartridge.
In Sender Station Station, Yammer the monk in Gate 2 for Master Yammer.
Also talk to Frankie in the Gate 3 lounge to get Wanda's Bracelet (MysBlock
+2), and pay the guy under the Customs sign $503 for a TACO.
Head out to the shuttle through Gate 6, and choose to go to Anachronox.
You may have noticed the TACO while going from level 4 to 3 in the Platform
elevator on a previous visit. Now that you have Democratus, you can get it.
With the elevator on level 3, look up, hold down CTRL, and click madly
around the left side of the ledge where it is until the minigame starts.
Take the package to Mardoman for a Mysteria Gold Shieldcell (128/80/64).
He asks you to meet a floater near the bug mound in Casinox.
While you're in Rowdy's, have Rho talk to the doorman for some silliness.
Head to the MysTech Museum, visit Plib, the merchant upstairs, and buy the
Theories of Asagan (Scanalyze, Rho's 1st-level skill). Note that you can
buy it, and even use it on her, without her being in the party.
In Zordo's, Democtratus can tractor in a Cordicom Powerbelt Cell (48/32/16)
from over the door. Also buy more Wristbands of Whacking. Three should do.
Go find the floater. He tells you about a meet in Frank's Privacy Suite.
Head for the basement room at Frank's and pick two locks to get into the
privacy suite. Head in until Boots says it's time to leave.
Have Democratus talk to the Democratan by the desk for Master Tractor.
You can give Wanda's Bracelet to Wanda in room D; she gives you a note to
take back to Frankie in the departure lounge of Sender Station, for which
he will give you $500. Or you can just keep the bracelet.
Head toward the Tunnels, but turn right at the fork and Yammer the guard
for a Cobalt Crawler. Now head back to Mardoman for a Rapid Wristlet
(Speed +2). On your way back out, in the Spiral Democratus can Tractor in
a HealGrease Complete from a pipe over the sign for the Platform Area.
If you're feeling motivated, you can pay another visit to the MysTech
Tunnels for some MysTech, but you'll be back later and it's not really
worth the time now. If you want to, fight through until the fight with
six Skitters, then Tractor in the WinkyVortex MysTech (Purple, Great).
Just past where you found the Vistin Spikehead, turn around and fight a
Cave Crawler and a Skitter for NutsHammer MysTech (Yellow, Great).
At the junction, turn left to the Lifeflower room and fight for
PoisonBeams MysTech (Green, Great). Also grab a petal while you're here.
Now head back out.
If you care, you can fight through the Junkyard again until the
battle in a room with a truck: up on a board is a HealGrease Complete.
Tractor it in.
Head back to Platform 2, get on the shuttle, and return to Sender Station.
Sender Station, Take 3
----------------------
If you gave Wanda her bracelet, stop by Gate 3 to give Frankie her note.
Talk to Salsa again, pick up Rho and Democratus, and head for the
Routubes.
Along the way, stop into the Sendormitory. Use Democratus' worldskill to
tractor in the Bag o' Glodents, and have Rho talk to the scientist who gave
you his ticket for the Cubic Impactor (Rho, Good, ranged).
At the busted panel, Analyze the plans on the chest and fix the panel.
* Lower Routubes
After the next fight, watch for the Batt. After the next fight, there's
another Batt.
At the sign for the pumping station, head left and pick the lock.
* Sender Station Underworks
When you come out into a larger room with a guy standing down below, walk
past the first light grey vertical girder and look across the room and a
little down. Eventually a Red Bipidri will appear. Take its picture.
Grab the HealGrease Complete.
When you come out below, talk to the Gorian and accept his recipe.
Continue on and meet the MugMugs. The one on the right wants moss. Give
him the Sunder Moss and Hive Moss for a Circlet of Safety (prot. all) and
Resonance Crystal (Democratus, Good, ranged). The one on the left wants
the El Puno Toy he dropped; tractor it in and return it to him for a TACO.
As you head back, grab the HealGrease Complete at the bottom of the ramp.
Go back to the Pumping Station sign and head on into the
* Red Light District
There's $100 lying by the dead body on the left.
Talk to the guy by the Brebulan for a lead. Head upstairs to Mistress
Marina's and talk to the guy on the right. Now head over to:
* Slutopia
Head right and talk to Kevester Kopp. He asks you for a favor.
OK, back out and over to the:
* Orange Navel
Pick a girl and a "treatment", and follow her to her room. When you get
there, change your mind and go break into room 2. Grab the TACO and get
the ring from the Bipidri on the bed.
Take the ring back to Kevester, and then go to:
* Cold Sweat Sex Machine
Give the Gorian recipe to the Brebulan at the back for $275. Grab the
HealGreases from the Male and Other bathrooms, then talk to the bartender
for the Field Transduction Module.
On your way out of the Red Light District, stop into Tubby's Grease Shack
(the shop with the "Booze 'n' Condoms" sign). On the right end of the
shelf behind the bar is a TACO. Buy it for $50.
Also stop into Pile o' Hunks. Grab the HealGrease Complete from the DJ
booth. Then talk to the guy in the back corner to do a Man-Dance!
The moves are: LLLL LRLR RRRL RRLR RLLR LRRL
If you did a perfect job, talk to the guy again for a Stargent Turboblaster
(Boots, Good, ranged).
Head back to the Common Area. Hmm, it's night out. There's now a
Lifeflower to the right of the door to the Routubes. Pick a petal every
time you go by. Go to the Lounge.
Now you're just controlling PAL.
Talk to the wandering PAX guard for an OX APE cartridge. Grab another
petal.
If you're up for a challenge, take PAL to the Red Light District. The
fights are a lot harder when you're alone. Use Freezo in the first
fight, and PsyPull in later ones. Equip the Mysteria Gold Shieldcell,
the Rapid Wristlet, and Valesta's Bracelet.
The fight with the Gorian Drug Runners is hard, but you should be able to
win it by going PsyPull, PsyPull, HealGrease Complete, PsyPull, PsyPull.
At that point one or two of them should be dead, and it gets easier.
In the Red Light District, talk to Joey Twink, the robot wandering
around, for the Ballotine Crazyclaw (PAL, Good, melee).
Now head for the museum. Hack your way in, go into the closet to the
right, and then into the air ducts.
From the beginning of the puzzle, head right, up and right. Hack the port.
Drop back down to the starting position.
This time, go left, down and left. Hack the port.
From here, go left, straight, right and up. Hack the port.
Go around to the TimeMinder, and you're through.
In the display room, walk around to the back and hack the port. Walk
across the cleaning robot and out.
Head back up the ramps outside, and practice Stiletto's Throw Loonie
skill. Grab the HGC and another petal, then head back to the lounge to
get Boots.
Anachronox, Take 3
------------------
Pick up PAL and Rho for a trip to Anachronox. But first, take Rho into the
GDP and talk to the scientist in love to get Master Analyze.
Have PAL talk to Zordo for a Battlebot Conduit Upgrade (Transfer NRG).
Visit Mardoman again. He sends you to Joe's Diner, near Anachronox Tours.
Go there and talk to the guy by the menu for some tickets. Head for the
Tours building.
Have PAL talk to the robot in Anachronox Tours again for Master Comp Talk.
Head for the OneGate shuttle, to:
* OneGate Station
Before leaving the platform, go down the ramp by the Exit door. Below the
platform is a vendor, Parvenute. Also, if you go off the path to the left
you can find a Bloodstone, but you can't pick it up yet.
Just past the parked cars, look for a TACO on the left.
Photograph all the PAX guards. Just before the fourth (and last) one, grab
the Three-Function Host. Return to Anachronox Tours.
On your way out, stop at the place where you photographed the speeder.
Analyze the computer there, and then hack the dataport. A button appears
across the road, but you can't do anything with it now.
Now take the photos back to Mardoman for FreezeCubist MysTech
(Cyan, Great). Or you can wait until later in the game; that way, you keep
the OneGate tickets, so you will be able to get the Bloodstone sooner.
Head back to Sender Station. Talk to the TACO guy for a Cordicom Personal
Shieldcell.
Now grab Grumpos and someone else for the trip to Hephaestus. It doesn't
matter much who you take. There's stuff for each of them to do on
Hephaestus:
Stiletto can get her Good weapon, which you can buy for $2000 later.
Rho can get a new skill, which you can buy for $500 later.
Democratus can tractor in a Cobalt Crawler and some duplicate MysTech.
PAL can get some nice equipment if you're willing to leave your computer
alone for hours at a time.
FYI, you will have to take Democratus on the next quest after Hephaestus.
And Rho and PAL will need to come back to Hephaestus later in the game.
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Hephaestus
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* Platform Area
OK, looks like you're alone on this one.
There's a HealGrease on the far side of the schedule in the waiting lounge.
You could head left to the tram, but it's broken, so head right towards the
Entertainment District instead.
In the slums, go upstairs. There's a door you can pick to meet
Mrs. Invisiblus. Upstairs in her home is a MysMe Microbelt (MysBlock +1)
and a chest you can't pick yet.
Before the lower Entertainment District sign, stop and look down into the
girders and a little right. Take a photo of the Red Bipidri when it
appears.
Stop into Ed's House o' Crap and buy the Battlebot Shocksphere Upgrade for
PAL. Also buy another Mysteria Gold Shieldcell.
* Entertainment District
Buy three PsyPull slags from Brother Shetruck. Hit the Lifeflower behind
the kids sitting around the MysTech.
Grab the Annulet of Alertness on the planter box.
Behind the TimeMinder at the bungee ride is a TimeMinder Tear.
In the arcade, you can play Bugaboo (Galaxian) and Pooper (?),
Upstairs, there's a BlastSack by one of the tables.
Brother Dag's Magic Grab Bag has a variety of cheap items. I've found:
HealGrease, Bolongo, Vestrina Cube, Ipangi Crystal
In other words, don't bother.
Stop into Le Sommeil, the hotel on the right. Grab the Delivery Slip off
the table by the guy sleeping on the couch. There's a HealGrease Complete
on the 4th floor balcony.
SAVE, and then talk to the guy with a LifeCursor to get a LightTrail
upgrade. Kind of annoying, but it goes away eventually, or you can unload
it on the monk across the street.
Around to the right side of the tower is a guy with a job for you. Past
him is a chest with Proximity Beam Defense Plans.
Go up the ramp and talk to the robot. Go back down and lower the
elevator. Go back up the ramp and climb into the train.
* Tower of the Grand Mysterium
Follow the path.
After the cutscene, make a long-term save. Many people have had trouble
with bugs in the Abbot's quests.
Talk to the Abbot again, then head forward. Behind the left pillar, you
find Crime Scene Grit. Talk to the Abbot again, and follow him to the
elevator. Before you go down, talk to the robot, then walk back to the
train you came in on, talk to Restlin Brewster, and grab the Tunnel
Transport Grit. Now take the elevator down.
* MYSFAC
Talk to the robot for directions, and follow them. Talk to Norman Malloy.
He suggests you check out Sister Angela.
But first, let's deal with the Sluice Gates. The robot on the other side
of the room will give you directions again. Follow them, and talk to Peter
Brown. He has another job for you.
Minigame: Magma Filters
-----------------------
The poison isn't really a problem; just remember to hit F11 periodically.
Click on the map in front of you. You start at the green dot in the lower
left. The large white circles are where you need to install the filters.
In the dead-end in the upper left is Monk Moss.
Left, left, left for the Monk moss.
Left, right for the first filter (sector 2).
Right, left, straight for the second (sector 3).
Left, left, straight for the third (sector 4).
Left, right for a HealGrease Complete.
Left, left, straight, right for the fourth (sector 1) and a HealGrease.
Straight, right, straight to the exit.
Talk to Peter Brown again for the code, 49665. Enter it on the keypad
behind him, and head down.
Sluice Gates
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Head right, straight, straight, right to an open room with a moving platform.
Maneuver the lower left side of the room for the red Lava Sampler Lever.
To the lower right is a room with Fire Retardant Roundlet and HealGrease Plus.
At the top of the room, plug in the lever.
In the middle of the room, hit the yellow button to activate the sampler.
Back at the lower left, hit that yellow button to open the door.
Take the stairs down. At the bottom, run around to the other side of the
column to find a MysFac Security Card on a table. Walk through the center
of the column and press the button. Run out the door and up the stairs.
Do the same thing on the next two levels. At the top, run out the door and
around to the left. Open the door with the security card and run up the
ramp before the pressure release.
Click on the machine to get Resonating Fluid.
Leave the room and go straight, right to a security door with an HGC.
Continue around to the next security door, with a Bag o' Glodents.
The next one has 3 HG.
Continue around past the platform room and the Resonating Fluid room to the
exit.
Back by the robot that gave you directions to Norman Malloy, go down the
ramp. Turn left and go through the door. It doesn't look like a door, but
it is one. Go around to the right, through another door. In the next
room, head down. The robot in front of the blast furnace is Irradiatus;
remember him. Go through the door to the right, and down to a room with
three conveyor belts.
Stand at the top of the middle walkway, and look up at the wall to your
right. A Red Bipidri is walking back and forth along the pipe. Take its
picture when it's on the far end.
Now head up the right side of the room into the office for a TACO.
Now head back and talk to the Abbot, then go find Sister Angela. The guys
with pointy hats will give you directions.
She sends you to see Brother Liseria.
He sends you to see Thomas Litton.
Litton sends you to the tower librarian; he's upstairs in a white robe.
Now go back to Restlin Brewster by the train (turn left at the Shrine of
Weeping) to find out who the culprit is. It's random, but it's always the
person in the room with the candle outside.
Now you need to find another party member. Head back out to the
Entertainment District through the long passage by the Abbot, and look
around until you find one of them. Head back to the tower.
Go back to the culprit's room and knock on the door. As your other
character, go right and click on the big window. Walk along the ledge and
click on the window to the culprit's room. Now look around for
incriminating evidence. In my game, it was a piece of letter-size paper in
the front room.
Now head for the Eco Bar in the Entertainment District. Turn right at the
orange umbrella. Grab the TACO and talk to the accomplice. Head back to Le
Sommeil and break into room 3 on the second floor. Click on the keys and
head back to the Abbot.
Congratulations, you've unlocked the secret of Elementor Mystech!
Done Sleuthing
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OK, time to go find your third party member. While you're out, grab a
RedBeetle from the mound near the kids who fried a Bipidri. To the left of
the entrance to Le Sommeil is a Two-Function Host and another Red mound.
As with Lifeflowers, you need to wait a while before you can get another
bug from a mound. Or you can leave the map and re-enter to reset it.
Head back to Grumpos for a tutorial.
Now that the party is reunited, go back to MYSFAC, down the ramp, through
the door, and immediately turn left. At the end of the corridor there is a
door on your right containing a PurpleBeetle mound. This is the only one
in the game, so get at least three. If Boots says "no room in our bugbox"
before you have eight, that means that the bug you tried to get has the
same configuration as one you already have; try again.
Also do some character-specific stuff:
If you brought PAL, take him to play in the back room of Moon Burger for
a Regenergy Round Plus. Either leave your computer alone for 4 hours,
or pull down the console, type "gamevar 
variable1 0" and pull him out
again.
If you brought Stiletto, take her back to Ed's House o' Crap. Go up the
steep ramp, left, and talk to Sister Dolores for Stargent Sleepshank
(Stiletto, Good, melee).
If you brought Democratus, there's some MysTech to grab. In the large
room near the PurpleBeetle mound there is Banewave MysTech on a shelf.
Back near where you first entered the Entertainment District is a sign
for "Mi Cocian". On a balcony to the left is FireCage MysTech.
In the slums, go past Sister Dolores (see above) and tractor the Cobalt
Crawler off of the corregated roof left of the Ed's House o' Crap sign.
If you brought Rho, take her to the chapel where you met Brother Liseria.
Behind the altar is a copy of Mysteria Scientifica, which will teach
her MysShield (L2, 1/2 damage).
Have Grumpos Yammer the monk at the movie theater for the Stargent
Staffbeam (Grumpos, Good, ranged).
When you're done with everything, go back and talk to the Abbot.
Mysterium Levant
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* Levant Entrance
Go into the Elementor menu (F7), select the Elementor Host, put the Cyan
beetle in the function slot, and a White beetle in the White (middle) slot.
Equip this on Boots. Give the others PsyPull.
Just into the left-hand tunnel is a WhiteBeetle mound.
Head down the middle tunnel, and right. Fight the Lava Frogs, and grab a
petal.
Go back to the beginning, and head down the left tunnel. At the fork, go
left for a HealGrease, then then take the other fork and go down for
information about how this all works. Continue on to find a BlastSack.
Head back up and right. Use the computer to activate the Gen Bridge.
Go back and grab another WhiteBeetle and Lifeflower petal.
From the beginning, head down the middle tunnel, and left. Go up the ramp
for an Annulet of Alertness, then go back down and continue to the right.
Grab the BlastSack.
At the fork, head right to fight a Stalac Titan. He takes 1/4 Beat damage,
but normal damage from MysTech. Go back, take the other fork, and head up
onto the platform. Continue down the staircase on the other side, grab the
HealGrease, and lockpick the grate to your left. Then go back to the
terminal and turn on the Aux Generator.
Now go back to where you activated the Gen Bridge, grabbing a petal and
WhiteBeetle along the way. Continue along the path and activate the
Distributor.
Head back to the beginning and grab beetle and petal. Use the terminal in
the middle tunnel to open the Access Door. Now take the right tunnel into:
* Lower Levant
From the first fight, go right, then take the right fork. Grab a
RedBeetle. Continue on and extend the Power Bridge.
Go back and take the other fork. Pick the lock, get the MysFac Circuit
Breaker from the chest. Continue to another chest for a full set of HG,
HG+, and HGC.
Go back to the first fight area and go left. At the fork, go right. Grab
a RedBeetle. Pass by the shed and put the circuit breaker in the panel.
Go back and take the other fork. At the metal ramp, walk around behind it
for a BlastSack, then go up. Turn on the Primer Pump.
Go back to the shed and turn on MysTech Conveyance. Note that it drops a
slag. If you want it, head back to the Primer Pump terminal and continue
on for Banewave.
From the shed, head along the fence and up into the new opening.
* Levatic Pump Area
In the big room, hit the chest for 3 Batt.
At the bottom of a ladder, hit the chest for a Bouge Bangle (1/3 faster
Bouge charge). Give it to Grumpos. Behind the chest, very hard to see, is
a Cobalt Crawler.
Save your game before going down to the bottom. Pump one of your
WhiteBeetles up to Level 7 and put it in the middle of Boots' Elementor
Host. Give Grumpos Baneblade, and your third character PsyChain. Use a
few Glodents to refill. Lead with Grumpos, and continue down.
* Boss: Magmatos
You can actually win this fight without using any MysTech, but you might as
well use it.
Disable the initial enemies with Freeze or Psy attacks, and move everyone
back. When you're ready, kill the initial enemies, and the boss appears.
The switches to either side activate steam vents which do 2000 damage to
the boss. When they go out, hit them again. Grumpos, in the middle,
should do a HealField whenever he can.
You get FireCage MysTech as booty.
Post-Levant
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When you get back to the Tower, don't talk to the Abbot yet. First, go up
to the library.
Do the "noclip" trick to get through the large doors; a bug in the game
prevents you from ever getting in otherwise (does 1.02 fix this?). Walk up
the spiral, stopping in each room to talk to the monk and photograph the
Enigma tablet.
Grab the TACO in the 9th Enigma room.
Go back out, noclipping through the door again, and take your photos to the
reporter outside for $900.
If you have PAL, take him to Moon Burger again. This time, in addition to
all the things he found before, he finds Shadow Bracers. Don't use them,
though. They make fights too easy.
Now go back and talk to the Abbot for a major cutscene.
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Sender Station, Take 4
----------------------
Time to pick a party again. This time you have to take Democratus. Also
grab Stiletto for now.
Talk to Salsa for a job (if you took the OneGate photos to Mardoman).
Take Democratus to the GDP and have the Democratan engineer install the
plans you found on Hephaestus for $2000. This teaches him Stare Down,
which both does damage and stuns.
For Salsa, beat up the goon by the doors to the terminal, and take the
Detta Credentials.
Head into the Routubes. On your way in, hit the Lifeflower and Yellow,
Blue, White and Red bug mounds.
For Salsa, when you get to the dealer who previously sold you the sleeping
drug, talk to him. Either insult him or kill him.
Before the TimeMinder in the Lower Routubes you can tractor in a
PurpleBeetle off to the right side of the path.
In the Red Light District, Detective Rukh is now standing by Tubby's, and
he has another job for you.
Talk to the floater to the left for a Cobalt Crawler.
Take Stiletto back to the Cold Sweat Sex Machine. The guy at the table
before the bar gives you $50. A woman in the Female restroom gives you the
Hot Merc Santa Suit, which teaches you the Charm skill.
Talk to the bartender for a lead. Head for Slutopia, and talk to the guy
in a booth who isn't watching the show. Then go back to Rukh, who teaches
you Master Lockpick.
Visit the MugMugs again and trade the Monk Moss for Firestorm MysTech (Red,
Excellent).
Head back out of the Routubes, hitting the mounds and flower along the
way. Talk to Salsa for a Regenergy Round.
Anachronox, Take 4
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On Anachronox, throw a loonie at the switch next to the shuttle to open a
compartment with three Bindlebags.
Head for the back room of your office.
Along the way, hit the Green mound in the Spiral gravpath, and go back and
forth across the gravpath a few times to get more.
When you get to your office, open the chest for an AutoTargeter, which
teaches Boots the Cap skill.
If Rho hasn't learned MysShield yet, buy her the Mysteria Scientifica at
Plib's.
Talk to the Red Bipidri guy for Paco Annual Special #4: Tumbleslam Style.
Talk to Zordo for a Two-Function Host.
Head back to Sender Station, hitting the Green mound again on your way out.
If you want to do other character-specific stuff on Hephaestus, go
ahead, but it isn't necessary. If you do go back, also break into
Mrs. Invisiblus' chest for FreezySlicer MysTech.
OK, now you need to decide who your third character will be on the next
mission: PAL, Rho or Stiletto. Each has a solo mission, and you can only
do one. PAL's is in an abandoned factory, Rho's has kind of an Indiana
Jones feel, and Stiletto's is making fun of Endor in Return of the Jedi.
The cutscenes just as you leave Sender Station and after all the solo
missions have slightly different dialogue with each character.
All three find their Great weapon. PAL and Stiletto get new skills. Each
finds a shieldcell which also protects from their color of MysTech. Only
the one Stiletto finds has shields. The fights beforehand will be easier
with PAL or Rho, since they have Bouge that hit all enemies. Stiletto has
an extra cutscene. Stiletto's mission is mostly fighting, and PAL and Rho
have no fighting.
If you want to play the others as well, you can use the debug menu (pull
down the console and type "invoke 1:86") to restart from Boots' solo
mission with a different character. You should go back to your main game
after you're done, though.
Before you go, upgrade to Sender Standard Shieldcells (256/128/64) from
Vend-O-Mart. If you missed someone's Good weapon, buy that too. When
you're ready, head for the shuttle and choose Limbus.
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Krapton Comix: Rictus' Ship, the KSC Grimacer
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* Villain Ship: Bay
Well, that's different.
Go upstairs and talk to the guys. Then click on the console near where you
entered to get a better view of the hologram. It's cycling through a
bunch of different machine parts, which I'll try to assign names:
A: The medium-short one with a vertical panel in the middle
B: The one with two diagonal panels on the back
C: The short one at an angle
D: The big diagonal one with a viewscreen at the back
E: The medium-short one with stuff on one side
F: The one with an orange thing on the back
G: The short one with something sticking up
H: The empty cage
I: The medium-short one with a horizontal panel in the middle
J: The one with a ribbed pipe on the side and a tall panel on the back
A and E are very hard to tell apart. But the puzzles don't seem to be
randomized, so don't worry about it.
* Villain Ship: Main Section
I'm going to describe each room you come to. The exits are listed
clockwise from the Bow direction. In a room with a computer, you can click
on it for a map. The camera button in the lower right shows you the
hologram sequence from the Bay again.
Devil Slugs inflict burning.
Brutalbots are immune to MysTech and Charm, but not Stun.
1M-a: 2 Pintos. Exits to Bay, 1S-a, 1M-b, 2P-a.
1M-b: Yellow mound. Exit to 1M-a.
1S-a: 2 Pintos, White mound, TimeMinder. Exit to 1M-a.
2P-a: El Pinto HQ. 4 Pintos. Exits to 1M-a, 2P-b. Hologram H.
2P-b: Devil Slug HQ. 4 Slugs. Exits to 2P-a, 1P-b. Hologram D.
1P-b: Exits to 1P-a (Red), 1P-c. In the corridor to 1P-c is a Theta
Squarewave Crystal (Democratus, Great, ranged).
1P-c: 3 Bad People. Exits to 1P-b, 1M-c.
1M-c: Bad Person HQ. 4 Bad People. Exits to 1S-c, 1P-c. Hologram F.
1S-c: 2 Orange Roughies. Exits to 2S-c, 1M-c. Chest with HGC.
Tractor HGC from shelf.
2S-c: Orange Roughy HQ, 4 Orange Roughies. Exits to 1S-c, 3M-c.
Hologram J. Note the Dopefish in one of the tanks.
3M-c: Krapotron Brutalbot HQ, 5 Brutalbots. Hologram B.
Exits to 3M-b, 2S-c, 1S-b (how?), 2P-c (Red).
3M-b: Look down on 2M-b and 1M-b. Exits to 3M-a, 3M-c.
3M-a: Gang: Brutalbot, Bad Person, Devil Slug, El Pinto, Orange Roughy.
TACO, TimeMinder, Exits to 2M-a (Red) and 3M-b.
The computer in 3M-a has another button next to the camera button, which
asks you to match up the enemies with the hologram from their HQ. So, press:
Right 3, Right 1, Right 2, Left 1, no change.
This opens all the Red Security Doors. Go back and investigate two you
passed earlier.
2P-c: Full gang. Exit to 3M-c.
Master lockpick chest for LaserArray Defense Plans.
1P-a: Exit to 1P-b. Lockpick chest for Beef Bracers (Beefiness +2)
OK, going on.
2M-a: Exits to 3M-a, 2S-a and 2M-b.
2S-a: Full gang. Exits to 2S-b and 2M-a.
2S-b: Exits to 2S-a and 1S-b. Chest with Superhero Shieldcell
(344/216/128, prot. fire)
1S-b: Exit to 2S-b. Hero Moss.
2M-b: Central shaft again. Exits to 2M-a and 2M-c.
2M-c: Exits to 2M-b and Control (Green).
Another puzzle. This time you have to select the enemies in the order
that their holograms appear in the sequence above. So:
Left 1, Right 1, Right 2, no change, Left 2.
* Krapton Villain Ship: Control Room
The door ahead of you goes to an empty closet. Around the corner is a
fight with an El Puno and 3 Brutalbots.
At the fork in the hallway, turn left for an Elementor Host, then save and
get ready for a boss fight. You won't be able to use any Mystech in this
fight, so you have to rely on Beat and Bouge. You might want to give
someone the Cordicom Personal Shieldcell, as it has better shields than the
Sender Standard.
* Boss: Rictus
FatimaScreen is useful here.
If you have PAL or Stiletto, you can still use BlastSacks to attack at a
distance.
Ignore the Cosmic Machines and Brutalbots, just keep beating on Rictus.
* Villain Brig
Talk to the Amazing Force-O (the guy wandering around) for more Beef
Bracers.
Grab Krapto's water dish. Take it across the room to Creepfood.
Talk to Headwork on the far left to get mind-reading powers.
Talk to Krapto to find out where Invisolad is.
Go read Dr. Hush-Hush's mind. Eventually he thinks of a sequence of
numbers that all begin with the same two digits.
Now read Invisolad's mind for the last two digits.
When you're done talking to everyone, enter those four digits into the
keypad by Paco's cell. Cutscene.
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Democratus Surface
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Boots: Whitendon
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Weapons:
Stargent HandCannon
MysTech:
Cyan mound
Other:
HG
HGC
Do as the man says: Go into the building with the TimeMinder and talk to
the Burgomaster.
Break into the room on the right upstairs for a Rapid Wristlet.
OK, time to get your detective on. Note that as you wander around, most
everyone thinks you're a guy named Peter. Write down what they have to say
about Peter's relationship with Laurie; the answers are random, and they'll
only tell you once.
Head up the ramp to the left and talk to Fritz to learn how long Peter and
Laurie have been together.
Eventually there will be a ramp on your right up to a house with a Cyan
mound in front (grab a beetle). This seems to be the crime scene. Break
into the room in back for a HealGrease.
Go back out the front door and notice the drag lines on the ground. Follow
them back down. At the foot of the ramp, make a short detour to the right
to grab the Stargent HandCannon (Great, ranged). Continue following the
drag marks to a tree. Take a photo of the drag marks in front of the
tree.
FYI, the door to your right is a shop.
Go up the ramp by the tree. At the kid in red, turn left. Talk to Nikki
to learn what Peter gave Laurie as a present, then turn around and
photograph the scratches on the roof.
Go back past the kid in red and left, which takes you back to the entrance.
This time take the low road next to the ramp you took before. This takes
you to the Fairweather Inn. Take a photo of the tracks in front of the
broken fence.
Step into the tavern and talk to the guy on the left to find out about
Peter and Laurie's first kiss. Go upstairs and break into the closet at
the end of the hall for an HGC.
Show your photos to the Burgomaster, then head back out. If Laurie isn't
standing out front, go up and talk to Fritz again; that should make her
show up. Convince her that Peter does still love her by giving her the
answers you got earlier.
Go grab another Cyan bug. When you're done with everything in town, talk
to the innkeeper for a cutscene.
Paco: Commiteon Provisional Base
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Weapons:
Phantomfist
Cyclic Sensor Array
Cells:
Field Issue Shieldcell
MysTech:
Cobalt Crawler
Accessories:
Wristbands of Whacking
Other
HGC
HG+
Talk to the soldier on the right, then click on the TimeMinder for a
TimeMinder Tear.
Head left and up behind the generator (the steaming machine) for a Field
Issue Shieldcell (344/216/128, prot. Winky).
Continue through and around to the right and talk to Sergeant Major
Sargent. He sends you to talk to 1st Lieutenant Bibere, and gives you his
field code (SCOWL).
Continue along and find Bibere hiding under a tank on the left. He tells
you about some beer in his foot locker in the officer's barracks, and sends
you to Captain Militaratus (WRATH).
Continue around back to the entrance. Militaratus is on the right. He
sends you to Major Tweedy (SPITE). He mentions problems with the generator
and sends you to Colonel Irdgaff (ANGER).
Continue around, and into the tent in the center. Irdgaff points you at
Command Sergeant Major Heten (GROWL). He complains about the generator
alarm.
Go back to the generator and RageMight the control panel. Run back to
where Heten used to be and click on the tactical map. In the lower left is
the code of the day (CAGE). Click on the KeyNote sitting on the desk, type
in CAGE, and get the perimeter fence code (65712).
Go back to the entrance and use the code to get out.
* Dessicatus Surface
OK, now strip all the equipment from your other characters, equip Paco, and
prepare to destroy all who dare oppose you, MUAHAHAHAHAAAAA. No, wait,
Paco's a hero. So, the same thing, really, only more heroically.
There's an HGC behind the tent. There's an HG+ after the bridge.
* Abandoned Base
Avoid the lasers and go inside. Past the hover mines, on the doorsill, is
a Cobalt Crawler. Go back, down the other path, and through the door on
the left.
There are several generators in the base, such as the one on the left in
this room. RageMighting them disables the turret they're connected to (if
any; what does this one do?). But the turrets are easy to dodge, so
there's no need.
The next hallway has an automatic turret; run through when it's retracted
and go right.
Between two bunks downstairs in the barracks is a Wristbands of Whacking.
At the big green hallway, go through the door in front of you instead.
Under the truck in the Garage is a chest with Phantomfist, Paco's only
ranged weapon (Good, ranged).
Head up to the security station. The panel on the far left gives you
Cyclic Sensor Array (Democratus, Excellent, ranged). If you equip the
first one on Democratus, you can grab a second one.
Open the elevator, run back to the green hallway and go down it to the
elevator. Don't worry about getting shot. Continue for a cutscene.
Now comes the solo mission for your third character.
Stiletto: Doren
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Weapons:
Stargent Bladerangs
Cells:
Doren Imperial Shieldcell (432/216/96, prot. slow)
MysTech:
SlowMarch
Elementor Host
Blue mound
Skills:
BladeSleeves Merc Suit (Blade Fan)
Collectibles:
Waugee Moss
Turn around and grab the Doren Imperial Shieldcell on the ground.
Talk to the guy in front of the bunker for a BladeSleeves Merc Suit (Blade
Fan).
At the fork, go right. At the end of the path is a Blue mound. Go
upstairs, talk to General Walton, and continue around for SlowMarch
MysTech (Blue, Great).
Go back and take the other fork. Grab the Stargent Bladerangs (Great,
ranged) from the chest and talk to the quartermaster. Inside, grab the
Elementor Host. When you're ready, click on the bunk for a cutscene.
* Waugees Forest
FYI, the fights in here seem to respawn.
At the fork, go either way.
Eventually you get to a fight with two wasps on a battlefield with three
exits. One of them has something green in it; that's the Waugee Moss.
Head that way and grab it as you pass.
Eventually you will come to:
* Boss: Queen Waugee
Don't bother with the little Waugees.
Back in Doren, talk to Walton, head back to the level entrance, and you're
done.
Rho: Tensil
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Weapons:
Tesseract Impactor
Cells:
Tensil Tribalcell
MysTech:
PoisonTempest
Elementor Host
Green mound
Other:
HGC or Bag o' Glodents
BlastSack
Inside the gates, talk to the first guy, who sends you to Grand Chieftaness
Hedela.
Now turn right and grab the Elementor Host hidden in the shadows by the
wall.
In the shadows on the left is a bush. Pick the 3 red berries.
Remember Gosheven, the guy behind the cart.
Behind the water trough is a Green Mound.
By Sakima, the first first fruit seller, is a pouch with a random item;
I've gotten either an HGC or a Bag o' Glodents.
Behind Sakima's fruit stand is PoisonTempest (Excellent, Green).
On the ledge of the well is a Silver Leaf.
After the ramp, behind the planter box on your right is a Silver Leaf.
Continuing, in the next planter box there is a bush with 2 more red berries.
In the far right corner is a BlastSack.
At the two fruit stands, remember Lonato on the right, then take the path
between them to find Hedela. She wants 4 Golden Leaves.
Go around the other side of the temple. Don't try to beat up Iniko. Go
through the gate and pick 4 more berries at the bush outside. Talk to the
boy and give him a Silver Leaf.
Cross the bridge and grab the Silver Leaf on the right.
Heading back into town, turn right past Patamon and the bird, and find
another Silver Leaf in a corner on the right.
Go back to Sakima and trade your 9 berries for a Silver Leaf.
Head back to the entrance and ask Gosheven for a Golden Leaf.
Trade your 4 Silver Leaves to Lonato for a Golden Leaf.
Take your 2 Golden Leaves back to Hedela, who decides that's good enough,
and gives you the Tensil Tribalcell (464/216/0, prot. poison) for your
honesty. She then asks you to do some tomb raiding.
FYI, you could have gotten 4 Golden Leaves by being dishonest:
Patamon has a Gold Leaf in his bag; if you shoo the bird over to his
fruit stand, you can steal it while his back is turned.
You can pick unripe Ziffinberries and soak them in the water trough at the
entrance to make them seem ripe, then give them to Sakima along with
the real ripe berries for a Gold Leaf.
If you refuse the boy a Silver Leaf, or if you bully Iniko into giving
you another one, then you will still have 4, so you can still get a
Golden Leaf from Lonato.
But then you wouldn't get the Tensil Tribalcell. And you'd be naughty.
* Tensil Temple
1st Puzzle: The ghost talks about seeing. So look at the central column.
First press the symbol you don't see there. Then turn around, see which
symbol you see, and go press that one. If you see two, the one on the
right is the correct one. So:
Eye, Cross, Hand, Sun, Crossed Circle, Moon.
2nd Puzzle: The ghost talks about opposites. So place the opposite block
into the opposite hole. You'll get an ascending tone if you get one
right.
From the ramp down, head left and step on the button to remove the ramp.
Be sure to fail the next puzzle once you you can get the Tesseract Impactor
(Great, ranged).
3rd Puzzle: Here, just make sure you don't choose either the trap icon the
ghost tells you about or the icon currently being displayed over the exit
doorway.
4th Puzzle: Walk along the lighted path.
5th Puzzle: Go back and find the other way down.
6th Puzzle: Again, stay on the lighted path.
7th Puzzle: Approach from the side.
* Tensil again
Give the artifact to Hedela, and go back to the entrance to finish the
mission.
PAL-18: Ballotine
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Weapons:
Cordicorps Shockshot x2 (PAL's Great weapon, ranged)
Cells:
Ballotine Thoughtcell (464 NRG, 216 Throughput, no shield, anti-nuts)
MysTech:
NutsSlapshot (Excellent Yellow MysTech)
Elementor Host
YellowBeetle
Skills:
Battlebot TaserDrain Upgrade (PAL's 4th-level skill)
Other Items:
Healgrease Complete x2
Healgrease Plus x2
TimeMinder Tear x3
From the timeminder, turn right and go through the hole in the fence. Go
through the door by the woman. Grab the box on the floor to get PAL's
TaserDrain skill. Turn around and talk to Claude three times to get a
quest.
OPTIONAL: From the house, turn right and right again to the stream for a
Healgrease Complete.
Leave town the way you came in, and follow the path through a door. Take
the elevator up to the Ballotine Plant.
* Ballotine Plant
Roll forward, watch the cutscene, and continue along the path, passing a
mutant, until you reach a three-way intersection. There's nothing to the
sides, so continue forward until you see a timeminder sitting next to a
machine with a dataport.
OPTIONAL: Hack the port for a Ballotine Thoughtcell (464 NRG, 216
Throughput, no shield).
Click on the machine, and move the fuse from Pool 1 to Pool 2. Go left and
click on the duct to the Pool 1 area.
OPTIONAL: When you come out, turn left, go down to the floor, and grab the
Healgrease Plus in the far left corner.
Go up the ramp, turn left and click on the cyan pad to open the door to
Pool 2. When you reach the suspended walkway, look right to find a
NutsSlapshot. Continue through the tunnel to Pool 2.
OPTIONAL: To the right is a dataport. If you have PAL's Master Comptalk,
you can hack it for 3 TimeMinder Tears.
Go out onto the walkway and click on the red wheel. Hit the 1