King's Quest 7 (Part 4)

                 Hints supplied by Phil Darke

@~Continued from Issue 42

Hints about Chapter 5 in Falderal, the Woods, or Ooga Booga

If you don't know how to return the moon to the sky
To return the moon to the sky, use the rubber chicken on the "Y"
shaped branch on the Mockingbird's tree.  Use the moon on the
rubber chicken once it is in place.

If you don't know how to wake the rock spirit
You must first talk to the stag before you try to wake the rock
spirit.  After talking to the stag, use the feather on the rock
spirit's nose to wake him.


If you don't know where to get sacred nectar
To get sacred nectar, click on the nectar flowers on the cliff in
the statue maiden's woods room.  When the hummingbird asks you for
a vessel, click the pot on the flowers or on Valanice.  Use the
nectar on the statue's pitcher. You can only do this last step
after you have spoken with the rock spirit.

If you don't know where to find sacred food
You can only get sacred food in Etheria.  To get to Etheria, you
must return the Headless Horseman's head to him, and he will send
you there.  Once you are in Etheria, click on the tree on the
plateau next to the cave entrance on the Mountain of Winds to
climb it.  Click on the ambrosia to take some.  When you have it,
go back to the woods and use it on the statue's cornucopia.

If you have started the river and the cornucopia but Ceres is
still a tree
If you have started the cornucopia but Ceres is still a tree,
click on the cornucopia to take the pomegranate from the top.  Use
the pomegranate on the oak tree.  She will transform into Ceres.

If you can't get through the were-woods
You cannot get through the were-woods until after you have the
were-beast salve, given to you by the snake oil salesman in
exchange for the magic statuette.  When you get to the edge of
the were-woods, combine the salve with the jackalope hair in
inventory, and then use the salve on yourself.

If you need help with the black dog
The black dog will not talk to you until you give him a bone.  You
can find the bone in the ghoul kids' treehouse.  You can only go
into the treehouse when they are not home.  If you hear them
coming, click on the window to jump out.  After you give the
black dog the bone, talk to him as much as you can.  He will give
you the Headless Horseman's medal.

If you can't find the Horseman's head
The Horseman's head is in his tomb, which is guarded by the Woman
in Black.  Use the medal given to you by the black dog to get rid
of her.  Go to the ghoul kids' treehouse to find a firecracker.
Quickly walk back to the tomb with the firecracker and jam it into
the lock.  Do not hold onto the firecracker too long, or it will
blow you up.  Once the lock is broken, enter the tomb.  Click on
the sarcophagus to open it.  Click on the open sarcophagus to
take the skull.

If you have the head and don't know how to give it to him
Once you have the skull, go outside the tomb and stand in the
road.  When the horseman is riding toward you, on the ground, not
in the sky, use the skull on him.  He will not respond if you use
the skull on him from the side of the road, and if you do not use
the skull on him quickly enough from the middle of the road, he
will run over you.

Hints about Chapter 5 in Etheria and Dreamland

If you can't find anyone to talk to in Etheria
Once you are in Etheria, you must talk to the Three Fates.  They
live in the gazing ball in the garden.

If you can't get into the Three Fates' ball
To enter the gazing ball, you must play the musical entry code on
the strings of the harp.  To hear the music, you must lure one of
the dragonettes in the meadow close to you.  You can do this by
using ambrosia on the dragonettes.  You can hear the music as many
times as you want by repeating this process.  Click on the
strings in the following order (left to right):  1, 5, 6, 4.
Enter the Fates' ball as many times as you want.  If you truly
need their help, they will talk to you when you click on them.

If you need help sleeping
If you have talked to the Three Fates and they have told you that
you must sleep to enter Dreamland, slide down the rainbow to Ooga
Booga land.  Knock on the Coroner's door.  Talk to him to tell him
your problem, then click on the coffin to ask to sleep there.
After your dream, go talk to the Three Fates.

If you can't get past the nightmare monster outside the cave
If you've been to Dreamland once and you can't get past the
nightmare monster by the dream weaver's cave, you must first talk
to the Three Fates.  They will give you a dream catcher.  Use the
dream catcher on the monster to trap on it.

If you need help with the Dream Weaver
Click the cursor on the Dream Weaver to get his attention.  Then
click the dream catcher on the Dream Weaver to get him to talk to
you.  Click on the dream weaver to talk to him as many times as
possible.  He will give you the Tapestry of Dreams, which will
allow you to enter Dreamland while awake.

If you don't know how to thaw Mab
If you have seen Mab frozen, you must go to Ceres to find out how
to thaw her.  Click on Ceres to ask her about your problem.  She
will tell you to use a crystal shaft filled with sunlight on Mab.
She will also tell you that you must travel to Dreamland while
awake to do this.  Get the crystal shaft from Malicia's house.
Fill the crystal shaft with sunlight from the inside of the desert
temple.


If you're having trouble in Malicia's house
You must enter Malicia's house to get the crystal shaft.  Enter
the house through the tunnel in the back.  Check to make sure the
dog is not barking first.  When Malicia comes in, click on the
floorboard to duck down.  When the dog sniffs you, use ambrosia on
it to get rid of it.  Enter the room and take the shaft after
Malicia leaves.

If you need help while in Dreamland, or if you need help catching
Scirocco
Use the Tapestry of Dreams to go to Dreamland while awake.  If you
are attacked by a nightmare monster in Dreamland, use the dream
catcher on it.  If you drown in the dream sea, click to swim.
Swim to any edge of the screen.  After you have thawed Mab, she
will give you a magic bridle.  To catch Scirocco, go to the
plateau by the cave on the mountain of winds, back up against the
wall, and click the bridle on him when he flies past.



For a list of chapter 5 inventory objects and where they are found

In Chapter 5, you can find a rubber chicken, a feather, sacred
nectar, ambrosia, a pomegranate, a bone, a medal, the headless
horseman's skull, the horseman's horn, the dream catcher, the
tapestry of dreams, a crystal shaft, and a magic bridle.  Get the
rubber chicken by trading the mask to the faux shop owner.  The
feather is on the backside of the rubber chicken.  The sacred
nectar is in the flowers on the cliffs of the statue maiden's
screen.  The ambrosia is in Etheria.  The pomegranate is in the
cornucopia after you have used the ambrosia on it.  The bone is
in the ghoul kid's treehouse.  The medal is given to you by the
black dog.  The horseman's skull is in his tomb.  The horseman's
horn is given to you by the horseman himself.  The dream catcher
is given to you by the Three Fates.  The tapestry of dreams is
given to you by the dream weaver.  The crystal shaft is found in
Malicia's house.  The magic bridle is given to you by Mab.



Hints about Chapter 6

If you can't tell which troll king is real and which is fake
To find out which troll king is real and which is false, look at
their eyes.  The false troll king's eyes are green; the real
troll king's eyes are purple.

If you don't know how to transform the false troll king into his
true form.
Look at the troll king's magic wand in inventory. It has a
setting for humans, and a setting for trolls.  You can tell how
the wand is set by looking at the top of the ball, it will have
either the letter "T" or the letter "F" on it. Change the setting
to faeries by clicking on the bottom of the magic wand, and then
use the wand on the false troll king.

If you're trapped in the volcano cone and you don't know what to do
To get out of the volcano cone, use the shovel on the back wall of
the ledge.  You will dig through.  Be warned:  Act very quickly
form this moment on.  You are on a timer.

If you don't know how to open the mechanical room door
To enter the mechanical room door, click on the features in the
following order:  left eye, right eye, nose.

If you don't know how to wake the Troll King
You must use a fragrant flower on the troll king to awaken him.

If you don't have a flower in your inventory, or if you've found
the flower but you don't know how to get it
If you don't have the flower that was next to the carnivorous
plant in chapter 4, you can get another fragrant flower from the
grating next to the mechanical room door.  To reach the flower,
use the shovel on the stone that is embedded in the wall.  Click
on the stone to stand on it, then click on the flower.

If the troll king has stopped the volcano but Malicia is attacking
you
You must use the Mysterious Device you got in Malicia's house on
Malicia now.

If you tried to use the Defense Device on Malicia and it didn't
work
For the device to work, it must be plugged in as soon as you enter
the mechanical room for the first time, before you even wake the
troll king.  If you do not charge it at all, or if you do not
charge it for a long enough period of time, it will not work.
The plug is on the far left wall of the room.

If you've defeated Malicia but Edgar is dead
You must use the life the cat gave you on Edgar to save him.








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