Treasures of a Slaver's Kingdom

map and walkthrough

Map

Notes and Cautions:

• Entering the inky sluice in the cave can be fatal if you haven't learnt the secret of Sulduku breathing.
• Secret Lair of Science is reached by interacting with the Royal Psi-Witch after you've gained enough XP and had enough appropriate adventures. She'll teleport you to the Lair when it's game-appropriate, I guess.
• Opulent Tent doesn't appear until after you've defeated the master gladiator, left, and returned.
• USE CORN ON GARGOYLE. USE HEARTH. SEIZE IVORY. REGARD MIRROR. (You may now go IN into Archives.)

Table of Foes

Inventory items

Word to the Wise: Having too many inventory items at one time can be detrimental to your fighting skills. You can safely drop items at Dark Alleyway as long as you haven't abused Vessa the Delicate Doxy.

• ABSORBANT SPACE-RAG. Found at Rocket Cockpit. In the Temple, after regarding Gina, USE RAG ON OIL to turn the rag into a DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH.
• AMULET OF SCIENCE. Found in Vault, after you and Gunwar have destroyed the cage. Unfortunately, you can't seize it. How to get the amulet?
• ANGELGLASS GARTER. Found at Cabin, initially presented as a GLITTERING THING until you regard it. In Boudoir: USE GARTER ON VESSA. She will tell you several things: 1) her ruby needle can pierce anything, 2) she will start a spy network for you, 3) there's a secret entrance to the Slave Pens by entering a culvert east of the palace.
• BLACK HOLE METAL AXE. Found at Idol Swamp after defeating the Viraxian Hell-soldier. Possibly the best weapon, but since eventually you'll need to give it to Gunwar, don't get rid of the two-handed sword too quickly. When you USE AXE ON GUNWAR, Gunwar will become your companion and he'll heal you in battle. Make sure you USE TWO-HANDED SWORD immediately afterwards, since a mutated morgom will attack when you leave the ship.
• BLUE END OF CABLE. Put automatically into your inventory when you USE CABLING ON PIPES at Phasic Sump. First, at Scarred Forest, USE BLUE END ON DROID to partial energize him. Later, after the wraith is destroyed and the droid doesn't need it, SEIZE BLUE END, go east then south to Prismatic Spray. USE BLUE END ON POOL to kill the magic fish. (For what it's worth, the blue end is thrown back to the Sump.)
• CRIMSON POTION. Obtained when you USE DIAMOND ON VESSA. (Yes, she will eventually return to her boudoir.) She cautions you to save it for your battle with the Slaver King.
• CYABORG ARM. Obtain it from the master gladiator at Opulent Tent by USE (detached) YOUR OWN ARM ON MASTER. You will trade arms. USE CYABORG ARM to attach it to your body. (The master gladiator suggests a rematch with each other's arms.)
• DEAD MAGIC FISH. At Prismatic Spray, USE BLUE END OF CABLE ON POOL, SEIZE FISH. Then at Mountain Stream, USE FISH ON BEAR, who will gratefully drop a jar of waxy ointment for you.
• DELICATELY-OILED CLOTH. Obtained at Temple after USE RAG ON OIL. At Scarred Forest, USE CLOTH ON DROID to briefly animate the robodroid long enough to know that it wants cabling.
• EAR OF CORN. Found at Farmer's Green. It may be amusing to USE CORN ON VESSA. What is it really for?
• EYEPATCH OF ODIN. Found at Sea-Monster Gullet. USE EYEPATCH to wear it or take it off. The eyepatch must be worn to get onto the pirate ship. It might also give a penalty to your fighting skill when worn. The eyepatch is lost when you leave the pirate ship and a mutated morgom attacks. (The morgum attacks when you've completed all your business on the pirate ship; that is, you both seized the garter and gave the axe to Gunwar.)
• FIERY JEWEL. Received at Temple when you USE GLADIUS ON ACOLYTE. At Boudoir, USE JEWEL ON VESSA to obtain a scroll.
• FLASHLIGHT. Found at Rocket Cockpit. After Vessa has told you about the witch, USE FLASHLIGHT ON LAMP at Lighthouse to summon the witch to Lonely Hill.
• FLESH-TOTEM OF DARTH VIRAXIS. Found at Sea-Monster Gullet. At Idol Swamp: USE TOTEM ON IDOL to summon a Viraxian Hell-Soldier.
• GLADIUS SWORD. Found at Open Plain. This is the weakest weapon. USE SWORD to wield it. After you have the two-handed sword, go to the Temple, TALK TO ACOLYTE, then USE GLADIUS ON ACOLYTE to trade the gladius sword for his fiery jewel.
• JAR OF OINTMENT. Found at Mountain Stream after you USE DEAD MAGIC FISH ON BEAR. After learning the secret of psi-pspice unguent from the master gladiator, USE SPICES ON JAR to create the psi-pspice unguent.
• JAR OF PSI-PSPICE UNGUENT. Made by USE SPICES ON JAR (of ointment) after you're told the secret by the master gladiator. At Lonely Hill: USE UNGUENT ON WITCH. She will tell you that the first two steps in opening the secret room is to feed corn to the copper gargoyle (after taming it), then using a switch in the hearth. The treasure to find in the secret room is a power core which must be joined to an amulet. The amulet can then be used to defeat the Slaver King.
• LENGTH OF BIPHASIC CABLING. Found at Slave Pens (on Catwalk). ENTER CULVERT at Old Stone Bridge to get there. At Scarred Forest: USE CABLING ON DROID. It'll direct you to use the cable on a nearby phasic source. At Phasic Sump: USE CABLING ON PIPES. This will leave a RED END OF THE CABLE there and a BLUE END OF THE CABLE in your inventory. Return to Scarred Forest: USE BLUE END ON DROID. This energizes the robodroid a bit, but it still wants an electric catalyst for its heart.
• LOST POEMS OF SUTOK. Found at Crypt. USE POEMS ON VESSA. She will give you a ruby needle and tell you of a treasure in a secret location in the castle, and that you must manipulate the fixtures in the castle in four stages to open the way to the location. She doesn't know the first two steps, but the last two are SEIZE IVORY TAPESTRY and REGARD MIRROR.
• NECKLACE OF STARLIGHT. Found at Eerie Pinnacle, but the first attempt to SEIZE NECKLACE invites the wrath of a voltaic wraith! Unfortunately, when you defeat the wraith the first time, the necklace is stolen by an Elf girl. It later appears in Pine Forest, on a gold statue of the Elf girl. SEIZE NECKLACE and defeat a giant gold spider and it's yours. USE NECKLACE ON VESSA and learn how to summon the Royal Psi-Witch: use a light on the lamp in the Lighthouse, then visit Lonely Hill to find her.
• RUBY NEEDLE. Given to you by Vessa when you've gifted her three times. USE NEEDLE ON GIANT twice to make him go away, and let you enter the cave.
• RUNE-CARVED PEG-LEG DWARF. After you're using the cyaborg arm, your new arm is strong enough to wield Gunwar as a weapon.
• PYREXIAN EYE. You automatically obtain it after defeating the Pyrexian hound pack. In the Sea-Monster Gullet, USE EYE ON INCENSE to escape.
• SECRETS OF STATE. You obtain this scroll when you USE JEWEL ON VESSA in the Boudoir. Go to the Temple: USE SCROLL ON ACOLYTE. He will now allow you to SEIZE INCENSE. Do so.
• SEVENTH HOARFROST DIAMOND. Found in Secret Lair of Science. USE DIAMOND ON VESSA in her boudoir to get the crimson potion.
• SLAB OF SNOW-SERPENT MEAT. Found at Frosted Uplands after defeating the Snow-Serpent. It can't be used immediately; after several turns, it will ripen. When the meat has ripened, you can eat it to heal yourself in mid-battle, if necessary.
• SPICES. Found at Cave. After learning the secret of psi-pspice unguent from the master gladiator, USE SPICES ON JAR to create the psi-pspice unguent.
• STINKY BAIT. Found at Idol Swamp after defeating Mire Imp. After you've obtained the eye and the incense, USE BAIT ON SEA at Seashore to get swallowed by the sea-monster; that is, to travel to Sea-Monster Gullet.
• SUIT OF BURLAP ARMOR. Found at Phasic Sump. This is the weakest armor. USE BURLAP to wear it.
• SUIT OF CHAINMAIL ARMOR. Found at Graveyard after defeating the living Klengon dead. Shortly after finding it, the Pyrexis Hounds are released to hunt you down.
• SUIT OF IMPERVIUM PLATE-MAIL ARMOR. Found at Glowing Cavern. It's the best armour in the game, I suspect. To get it, you must first learn the secret of Sulduku Breathing from Xakanda the Ape, then enter the inky sluice in the Cave. To leave the Cavern, enter the waters again; you'll arrive at Prismatic Spray.
• SUIT OF KLENGON MAIL. Found at Crypt. It's better than the chainmail.
• TELEPHONE POLE. Found at Rocky Ruin. When you have a cyaborg arm, you can seize and wield the pole as a weapon.
• THESKIAN DUFFEL BAG. A permanent part of your inventory. It may be amusing to TALK TO BAG.
• TRIPHASIC POWER CORE. Found at Archives. At Vault, USE CORE ON AMULET. USE AMULET. This gives you a personal force field!
• TWO-HANDED SWORD. Found at Old Stone Bridge after defeating the lizard maiden.
• VIRAXIAN INCENSE. Found at Temple. First USE SCROLL ON ACOLYTE, then SEIZE INCENSE. In the Sea-Monster Gullet, USE EYE ON INCENSE to escape.
• YOUR OWN ARM. It drops off of its own accord after a fight late in the game. (For me, it happened after fighting the sky-piranha, which was the first foe I fought after meeting the Professor.) USE ARM to reattach it or detach it from your body. You cannot use a sword when your arm is detached. At Opulent Tent, trade it for a CYABORG ARM (which see).

Walkthrough

Unresolved issues:

• What to do with the EAR OF CORN? the AMULET? Even the cyaborg arm can't seize the amulet.
• Where does the ROBODROID go after it's reanimated?
• Your *arm* falls off after the sky-piranha fight (and after mutation speech by Prof)? You can USE ARM to replace it and put it back on. Yeesh. (The master gladiator is a limb trader, which sounds very promising.)
• Fight several additional battles in the pit until the BLACK BANNER is added.
• My final score was 472 out of 500.
• If you put Gunwar down during the battle with the King, Gunwar dies instantly, but you then have the chance to wield the black hole metal axe again.