King's Quest 7 (Part 1)

                 Hints supplied by Phil Darke

Hints about Chapter 1
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If you need help with the Kangaroo Rat
When the kangaroo rat opens the door, click on him to talk to him.
You will need to trade with him.  In order to do this, you must
give him his eyeglasses, which the Jackalope has taken.  The item
you must trade to the kangaroo rat is a seed.  In return, he will
give you a turquoise bead.

If you need help with the Jackalope
You will need to capture the Jackalope in order to get the
Kangaroo Rat's glasses away from him.  You can do this in two
ways.  One way is to use the hunting horn first on Valanice, to
clear it, and then on the Jackalope's hole, to scare him out.
The other way to catch the Jackalope is to use the rope on one of

the two cacti in the screen where you first emerged into the
desert.

If you need help with the Desert Spirit
The Desert Spirit wanders the edges of the Endless Desert.  To
find him, venture one or two screens out into the Endless Desert.
Do not go too far out into the Endless Desert, or you will get
lost and die.  He will give you a hint on how to leave the desert.
When you see him, click on him to talk.  If you give him fresh
water, he will offer you one of two items; a rope, or some powder
in a vial.  Take whichever one you please.  Either one will be of
help to you.  After you have chosen one of the items, walk North
to leave the Endless Desert.  Note:  You do not have to deal with
the Desert Spirit to complete the game.

If you need help creating fresh water
To create fresh water, walk to the screen with the pool of salt
water and the water god statue.  Click on the base of the statue
twice to see the formula to create fresh water.  Click Rosella's
comb on Valanice to make her cry.  Now walk Valanice next to the
water god's bowl, and use the comb on to make her cry into the
water god's bowl.  Use the bowl in Valanice's inventory on the
pool of salt water to take some, then use the bowl of salt water
on the bowl in the water god's hand to pour the salt water in.
Finally, place the ear of corn in the water god's cupped hand.
Once the formula is complete, use Valanice's bowl on the water
god's bowl to take the fresh water.

If you don't know how to drain the pool
To find the formula for draining the water god's pool, click on
the petroglyphs found outside the cave.  To drain the pool, click
on the water god's wrist to invert his bowl.  Click on the water
god's face to turn his face around to the sun god.  Click on the
water god's collar.  Line the turquoise stones up in the center of
the collar, under his chin.  The pool will drain.  You can now
walk to the bottom of the pool.  In order to take one of the
turquoise pieces in the statue's bowl, first click on a turquoise
piece in the bowl, then place the turquoise bead in the bowl to
trade.  If you just take a piece, you will die.

If you can't get past the giant scorpion
You can get rid of the giant scorpion in one of two ways.  You can
use the vial of powder that the desert spirit could have
potentially given you to shrink him.  You can also combine the
piece of petticoat with the stick in inventory to create a flag,
then use the flag on him to induce him to stick his tail in the
wall.  If you use this method, however, you must hurry while
inside the temple, because the scorpion will eventually pull his
tail loose and kill you.

For help with the altar in the scorpion's temple
First, click on the upside-down raindrop on the front of the altar
to release the stones.  Click on the red stone to take it.  Click
the red stone on the image of the sun on top of the altar to
place it in the hollow there.  Click on the yellow stone.  Click
the yellow stone on one of the altar statue's hands.  Click on
the blue stone.  Click the blue stone on the other of the altar
statue's hands.  When the turquoise piece emerges from the altar,
click on it to take it.

If you can't get out of the desert
You must exit the desert through the mouth of the giant stone
head.  To open the mouth, you must combine the two halves of the
turquoise keys in inventory, then click the complete turquoise
key on the arrow-shaped lip plug on the stone head.  If you have
two halves of the key in inventory and they do not fit together,
one of them is not the real key.  You must go back down into the
bottom of the water god's well and trade the false key for the
real key.  If you find yourself lost in the desert, go north.  You
will eventually run into the cliffs.  Now all you have to figure
out is whether you are east or west of the main playing area.  Try
one direction.  If you don't find the main play area fairly soon,
try the reverse.  If you die, you will be restored back to the
screen where you left off.

For a list of chapter 1 inventory items and where they are found:
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In the desert you can find a piece of petticoat, a stick, the
kangaroo rat's glasses, a hunting horn, rope, bug reducing
powder, a basket, a pot, a kernel of corn, a grain of salt,
jackalope fur, a gourd seed, a turquoise bead, an ear of corn, a
false half of the turquoise key, and the two true halves of the
turquoise key.  The kangaroo rat's glasses are taken from the
Jackalope.

The hunting horn is found by the desert spirit's body, two screens
south of the scorpion temple.  The rope is given to you by the
desert spirit.  The rope and the hunting horn are mutually
exclusive.  The bug reducing powder is given to you by the desert
spirit.  The basket and the pot are found in the cave.  The kernel
of corn is found in the basket.  The gourd seed is found in the
dried gourd by the cave entrance.

The turquoise bead is given to you by the kangaroo rat in exchange
for his glasses.  The ear of corn is created when you use the corn
kernel on the damp sand found out side the cave entrance.  The
grain of salt is on the edge of the pool of salt water.  The
jackalope fur is next to the spot where you trapped him.  The
false turquoise key is found in the bowl of the statue at the
bottom of the pool.  One half of the real turquoise key is found
in the bowl of the statue at the bottom of the pool.  The other
half of the key is found in the altar inside the scorpion temple.

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