King's Quest 7 (Part 2)

                 Hints supplied by Phil Darke

@~Continued from Issue 40

Hints about Chapter 2
If you can't get past the cook, or you've forgotten the list of
ingredients Mathilde gave you
To get rid of the cook, use the mechanical rat on him.  He will
chase it into the pantry.  If you've forgotten the list of
ingredients, just click on Mathilde.  She will tell it to you
again.

For help with the metalsmithing troll, or if you have all of the
ingredients Mathilde told you to get and you're not sure what to
do
You will have to get rid of the metalsmithing troll in order to
get the silver spoon and the spark.  To get rid of him, use the
wet sulfur on the forge.  That will put him to sleep.  Once you
have all of your ingredients, click on Mathilde.  She will tell
you what to do.

If you don't know how to get the silver spoon
The silver spoon is inside the mold.  To get the mold, you must
first put the metalsmithing troll to sleep.  Click on the tongs
to take them.  Click the tongs on the mold.  Click the mold and
tongs on the bucket of water.  Now click on the bucket of water
to take the silver spoon.

If you can't get past the bridge troll
To get past the bridge troll, you must fix the three-wheeled cart
and ride it down the hill in order to knock him off the bridge.
To fix the cart, click on it to pull it out of the mud.  Examine
the shield in inventory.  Click on the shield spike to unscrew it.
Exit the inventory close-up.  Use the shield on the cart.  Use the
spike on the cart to hold the shield in place.  Click on the cart
twice more to ride it down the hill.


For help with the crystal dragon
You must get one of the crystal dragon's scales.  In order to do
that, you must first give her a spark.  To get a spark, click on
the bellows in the forging room to stoke the forge.  Click the
lantern on the forge to get a spark.  You can only do this after
you have put the metalsmith troll to sleep.  Use the lantern with
spark on the dragon.  She will give you a gem, and fly away.  Use
the gem on the jeweller.  He will give you a hammer and chisel.
Return to the crystal dragon's cave.  Use the hammer and chisel on
the crystal dragon to get a scale.  Be sure to wait till her tail
is on the ground.

If you are trapped in the bedroom and you can't get out
To get out of the bedroom, you must exit through a hidden steam
tunnel.  Click on the portrait of the troll king to see steam.
Click on the nightstand to get a nightstand cursor.  Click the
nightstand on the ground below the portrait to place it there.
Click on the vanity chair.  Click the vanity chair on top of the
nightstand.  Click on the footstool.  Click the footstool on top
of the vanity chair, and you will climb out of the room.

If you are now human, but Mathilde won't talk to you
To get Mathilde's help after becoming human, you must use the
dragon toad on her.  She will then give you the rope which you can
use on the bucket elevator to escape the Vulcanix Underground.

If you can't get past Malicia
To get past Malicia, use the mechanical rat on her.  She will
vanish.  Proceed to the bucket elevator, use the rope on it to
fix it, and leave the underground.

For a list of the inventory items in chapter 2 and where they are
found
In chapter 2, you can find a mechanical rat, baked beetles, a gold
bowl, a brass bowl, wet sulfur, a lantern, a silver spoon, water
of emerald, a big gem, a hammer and chisel, a spark, a crystal
dragon scale, a shield, and a dragon toad.  The mechanical rat is
left in the Great Hall by a troll child.  The baked beetles, brass
bowl, and gold bowl are in the kitchen.  You have no need for the
brass bowl, and you can tell the two bowls apart by reading the
stamp on the bottom of each of them in inventory.  The wet sulfur
and the lantern are found in the pit of winds screen, north of the
metalsmithing screen.  The silver spoon is found inside a mold in
the metalsmithing area.  The water of emerald is found in the pit
of winds screen, and can be obtained by clicking the gold bowl on
the rock formation which contains water of emerald.  The big gem
is given to you by the dragon in exchange for the spark.  The
hammer and chisel is given to you by the jeweller in exchange for
the big gem.  The spark is found in the metalsmithing forge.  The
crystal dragon scale is taken from the crystal dragon.  The
shield is on the wall in the Great Hall. The Dragon Toad is on the
floor of the Great Hall, knocked down by you when you first enter
that room as a human, through the steam tunnel above the throne.

Hints about Chapter 3
If you can't get past the Gila monster in the desert, or you can't
get past the spider in the woods
To get past the Gila monster, you must give him the prickly pear.
To get the prickly pear, use the stick on the prickly pear cactus
outside the stone head to knock one loose.  To get past the spider
in the woods, use the basket on him to capture him.  Click on the
hummingbird to free her.

For help with the stag, or of you don't know how to wake the rock
spirit
Talk to the stag as much as you can.  You will get a lot of
valuable information from him.  To wake the rock spirit, use the
feather on his nose.  He will not talk to you if you have not
talked to the stag about him.  You can wait, and wake the rock
spirit in chapter five if you wish.

If you can't find the sacred nectar
You cannot get sacred nectar until after you have captured the
spider and saved the hummingbird.  After that, click on the
nectar flowers found on the cliff in the Statue Maiden's woods
screen.  When the hummingbird asks you for a vessel, click the pot
on the flowers or on Valanice.  The hummingbird will give you
nectar.  Use the nectar on the stone maiden's pitcher to start the
river flowing.  You can only do this after you have spoken with

the rock spirit.  You can wait to start the river until chapter 5,
if you wish.

If you can't get through the gate into Falderal, or you can't get
past the Arch-Duke
To get past the gate and into Falderal, simply click on the little
red door to the right of the big gate.  To get past the Arch-Duke,
click Rosella's comb on him.

For help with the Snake Oil Salesman
You must talk to the Snake Oil Salesman in order to get the salve
from him that will allow you to cross the were-forest.  If you have
spoken to the stag in the woods, just click on the salesman, and
you will tell him what you want.  If you have not talked to the
stag, use Rosella's comb on the salesman to tell him what you want.

If you can't get into Town Hall, or if you can't get the China
Bird
To get into Town Hall, you must first have a mask.  The mask is
found in the china shop.  To get the mask, you must give the
china shop owner his china bird.  The china bird is in the cage
next to the Snake Oil Salesman's wagon.  You MUST talk to the
china shop owner before you try to rescue her, or she will scream,
and you will fail.  Click on the cage once to uncover it.  Click
on it again to open the cage door.  Click on the china bird to
take her.

If you can't find the Magic Statuette
The Magic Statuette is in the Arch-Duke's office, inside the Town
Hall.  First, enter the Town Hall.  Go through the doorway at the
back of the room to enter the stairs.  Make your way to the door
which is rightside-up; that is the powder room.  Click on the
mirror which shows Valanice's image upside-down to enter the
Arch-Duke's study.  If you enter the Arch-Duke's study through
the upside-down door, you will be unable to get the statuette, and
you will still have to enter through the powder room.  Once you
are in the Arch-Duke's office rightside-up, click on his desk
drawer to open it.  Click on the statuette to take it.


If you can't get the moon out of the pond
To get the moon out of the pond, you will need a shepherd's crook.
To get the crook, you must go the desert, and trade a book to the
kangaroo rat.  To get the book. take the wooden nickel in the
mockingbird's nest, and purchase a book in the Faux Shop.  To
enter the Faux shop, you must first use the grain of salt (the
grain of salt from the edge of the salt pool) on Valanice.  The
mockingbird will fly away after the moon falls into the pond.

For a list of chapter 3 inventory items and where they can be
found
In chapter three, you can find a prickly pear, salt, jackalope
fur, sacred nectar, a china bird, a mask, a magic statuette, a
wooden nickel, a book, a shepherd's crook, a rubber chicken, a
feather, and the moon.  The prickly pear is in the desert next to
the stone head.  The salt is in the desert on the edge of the
pool of salt water.  The jackalope fur is next to the spot where
you trapped him in chapter 1, but only if you didn't take it
before.  The sacred nectar is in the flowers on the cliffs of the
statue maiden's woods screen.  You don't have to get the nectar
until chapter five. The china bird is in Falderal, next to the
snake oil salesman's wagon.  The mask is in the china shop; the
china shop owner will give it to you when you give him the chin a
bird.  The magic statuette is in the Arch-Duke's office in the
Town Hall.  The wooden nickel is in the mockingbird's nest, after
the moon falls.  The book is in the Faux Shop.  You can purchase
it with the wooden nickel.  The shepherd's crook is in the
desert.  You can trade the book to the kangaroo rat to get it.
The rubber chicken is in the Faux Shop.  You can trade the mask
for it, but you don't have to do that until chapter 5.  The
feather is on the backside of the rubber chicken.  The moon is in
the pond.  You must get it out with the crook.

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