EcoQuest I: The Search For Cetus Complete Solve - Part 1 Original Author unknown 1) Research Center ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Problem: Hints on Hints! Hint: There are many hints included in this game. Be sure to use the look and talk cursors on everything. Often when you're stuck, Delphineus, the dolphin, will give you some helpful suggestions. Or talk to many of the other characters in the game because they'll also give you helpful clues. Problem: How do I save the oily bird? Hint: Use the eye or hand cursor on the bird to get a close-up view. Beside the bird's box, you'll notice a bottle of mild detergent and a soft, clean rag. Use the hand cursor to pick these items up. Open your inventory screen, select the detergent and click it on the rag. This will put soap on the rag. Select this soapy rag from inventory and use it to clean the bird. Problem: How do I put detergent on the rag? Hint: First open the inventory icon from the Icon Bar. You should see the bottle of mild detergent and the soft, clean rag. If they aren't in your inventory, then you need to pick them up from beside the bird's box in the center of the room. Just use the hand cursor to pick them up. With these items in your inventory, first select the detergent and click it on the rag. This will put soap on the rag. Select the soapy rag from inventory and use the rag cursor on the bird. Problem: Where is the water for the gerbil? Hint: You can find the gerbil's water bottle on the table just to the right of his cage. Use the hand cursor to pick up the bottle. Next, select the water bottle from your inventory and use it on the gerbil's cage. Problem: What do I do with the aquarium full of oily water? Hint: For the aquarium, do you remember the flask of experimental fertilizer solution Adam's Dad gave you? You can use this solution on the aquarium. It will create bacteria to eat the oil. Don't worry, Adam won't use all this solution on the aquarium. So there will be plenty left over to use later in the game. Problem: What's the article on the computer about? How about the illustration on the blackboard? Hint: Both the article and the illustration give you a clue for a major event that will take place later in the game. Use the eye cursor on the blackboard to look at the buoy, the cable, and the transmitter. These items combine to make a satellite buoy. You will have the opportunity to create your own satellite buoy to remove some toxic waste barrels from the ocean. Therefore, be sure to look for these items on your journey through the game. Problem: What do I do with the envelope? Hint: Why not open it? Use the hand cursor on it to remove the contents. If you use the hand cursor on it a second time, Adam will throw away the empty envelope. Problem: What are all of the items that I need from the Research Center? Hint: You need two items, the experimental fertilizer solution from Adam's Dad, and Adam's reusable garbage bag. With these two items in your inventory, you'll be ready to continue your journey outside the Research Center. Problem: How do I get out of the Research Lab? Hint: You can't go out the door Adam's Dad went out. Instead, use the hand cursor on the door just to the left of the blackboard. You can find the combination to the door lock in your game documentation. Problem: I can't unlock the door to leave the Research Center! Hint: You can find the combination to the lock in your game documentation. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2) Dolphin ~~~~~~~~~~ Problem: How do I make friends with the dolphin? Hint: When you enter this room, take a look at the blackboard. The blackboard lists step-by-step instructions on what to do with the dolphin. Your first step to becoming his friend is to talk with him three times. Did you notice him eyeing the bucket of fish? Your second step to becoming his friend is to feed him two fish. There's a bucket full of mackerel beside the door you came through. The third step is to go swimming with him. Use the hand cursor on the pool ladder to join him in the tank. Problem: The dolphin wants to give me a ride on his fin. How can I? Hint: Use the hand cursor on his fin. He'll take you for a ride around the pool. Problem: I'm done swimming with the dolphin. What do I do next? Hint: Look for a toy he might like to play with. Take the frisbee. It's on top of the cabinet just underneath the blackboard. Then use the frisbee on the dolphin. He'll love playing catch with you! Problem: How can I help Delphineus? Hint: You want to let him out of the tank. The lever to open the underwater hatch is located just to the right of the gate that divides the tank. Use the hand cursor on the lever to open it. Problem: Delphineus has returned to the Research Lab dock. How can I join him? Hint: You need to get your diving gear. Your diving gear is located in the cabinet just underneath the blackboard. Then, you can select your diving gear from inventory and use the diving gear cursor on Adam, or you can simply walk east off the pier. Either way, Adam will put his gear on and jump right in the water! Problem: Where do I go after I leave the Research Center Lab? Hint: When you leave the Research Center, swim directly north. Eventually you'll encounter a cruise ship dumping garbage into the water. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3) Cruise Ship and Kelp Maze ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Problem: What do I do when I see the cruise ship dumping garbage? Hint: You can use a reusable garbage bag to clear a path in the trail of garbage. To do this, remove two items-- one from the front of the garbage and another directly behind it. Now Adam and Delphineus can swim through. Problem: I don't have a reusable garbage bag! Hint: You need to swim back to the Research Center and get it. You'll find it in front of the recycle bin beside the computer back in the lab. Problem: What do I do with this glass jar I found? Hint: Why not save it for later? A container like this will certainly come in handy later--that is, if you can get the lid off. Problem: What can I do about the balloons that the little boy let go? Hint: There isn't much you can do about these now. Later in the game you'll have a chance to deal with the balloons. Problem: I need some help finding my way through the seaweed and kelp maze! Hint: Before you enter the seaweed and kelp maze, save your game. You need to take three turns to get through the maze successfully. In the first screen of the maze, swim south through the dark blue opening in the bottom center of your screen. In the second screen of the maze, swim through the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. In the third screen of the maze, swim through the bottom left-hand corner of your screen. You should now see Eluria, the city under the sea. Problem: Is it possible to get extra points with the reusable garbage bag? Hint: Pick up as much garbage as you can find. Therefore, when you find an area where garbage has fallen, remove all of it to get extra points. You can pick up as many as ten extra points per area! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4) Eluria Under the Sea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Problem: Where is the Oracle? Hint: Look for her in the Temple of Poseidon. She lives behind the marble wall at the back of the Temple covered with symbols, figures, and strange letters. Problem: How do I open the marble wall? Hint: Use Poseidon's Trident on the three large eyes dominating the center of the marble wall. Problem: How do I obtain Poseidon's trident? Hint: You can use the bronze conch shell to get Poseidon's trident. Place the conch shell in the hands of Poseidon's servant on the statue in the Courtyard. Poseidon will loosen his grip on the trident and you'll be able to take it. Problem: How do I solve the mixed-up mosaic tile puzzle? Hint: The object of this puzzle is to slide the tiles one at a time to form a picture of a man, a fish, a dog, and a heart. If you get stuck, simply use the hand cursor on the help button just below the picture. This will cause one tile to slide toward its correct position. Clicking the hand cursor on the help button repeatedly will eventually solve the puzzle. Problem: What is the solution to the Oracle's riddle that begins "Whose march of progress dooms us all"? Hint: The answer is man. Therefore, to answer this riddle correctly, use the hand cursor on the drawing of the man in the picture. Problem: What is the solution to the Oracle's riddle that begins "What glides like a bird but does not fly"? Hint: The answer is fish. Therefore, to answer this riddle correctly, use the hand cursor on the drawing of the fish in the picture. Problem: What is the solution to the Oracle's riddle that begins "What reaches out to those in need"? Hint: The answer is love. Therefore, to answer the riddle correctly, use the hand cursor on the drawing of the heart in the picture. You have now answered her riddles correctly. Problem: Should I take the bicycle basket from the Elurian Courtyard? Hint: Yes, pick it up. The basket will come in very handy later. Problem: Where might I find the Guardian of the Greens? Hint: You'll find the Guardian of the Greens hiding in the Royal Gardens. Go there and use the experimental fertilizer solution from Adam's Dad on the statue of the whale. When she comes out, be sure to talk to her. Problem: Where can I find the Mayor? Hint: You'll find the Mayor hiding in the Council Chambers. To get him to appear before you, solve the challenge of the columns. Problem: The challenge of the columns has me stumped! Hint: Each of the three columns on the left has three sections that spin when you use the hand cursor on them. Your goal is to make these nine sections match up with their counterparts on the columns to the right. You'll notice as you spin each section of the columns, all but one section turns a second section of another column. However, one of these sections will turn by itself. Find this section and continue to spin it until you get the message "the column piece locks into place." Continue this same procedure for the other eight sections. For example, start with the top section of the front-most column. If you notice another column also turning when you spin this section, skip to the next section of this column. If it spins another column piece, move to the next section, and so on, moving from section to section, then column to column, until you find a section that turns by itself. Once you've found this section, keep turning it until it locks in place. Now repeat this procedure for the rest of the columns. Problem: How can I gain the trust of Superfluous? Hint: Have you visited the Guardian of the Greens in the Royal Gardens? Superfluous' problem is that his shell is too tight. After using the experimental fertilizer solution from Adam's Dad on the statue of the whale in the Royal Gardens, talk to her. Then you'll find a shell on the garden floor. After cleaning this shell with a rag, talk to Superfluous to get him to come out and give him the shell. Problem: I can't find a rag to clean the shell! Hint: You can find a clean rag in front of the fish apartments. @~To be concluded next issue - o -