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igusarov wrote:
Jatopian, the intended way (IMHO) to get to 2S2E is to use dark portal in (guess?) Maguig's Desert 2S2E. To get there you need a "portable orb" item, which you obtain from Maguig's Desert 1S (trap-the-snakes arena).

But I have the portable orb, and I can't reach there because a purple statue is blocking my way in Maguig's Desert 1S.

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Conquered!

Comments: Brilliantly designed, lots of fun to play...mostly.

More checkpoints would be a general plus, for two reasons:

1) Checkpoints are good in general.
2) When you have 99 out of 100 secrets, it's a real pain to figure out where the missing one is, and the fact that there are so few checkpoints makes this harder because of all the state in the various rooms. I pretty much have to restore to The Pit and then backtrack, and trying to figure out which one I'm missing is tedious...

Anyway: Where are the stairs to Secret Rooms: 2S3E? I'd like to master the hold, but I'm not sure I have the patience to do the exhaustive search that would be required to find it without help...

[EDIT: Never mind, I got it. Stuff behind Master Wall is...interesting.]

Thanks!
Josh

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Excellent Hold so far!

Question about the intended sequence...
In Slugman Forest: 1N are you supposed to clear the room and enter the portal before you can access the mimic potion?

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Beef Row wrote:
In Slugman Forest: 1N are you supposed to clear the room and enter the portal before you can access the mimic potion?

That is the intended sequence. Well done if you found another way

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geomatrx wrote:

Beef Row wrote:
In Slugman Forest: 1N are you supposed to clear the room and enter the portal before you can access the mimic potion?

That is the intended sequence. Well done if you found another way

Nah, thats the way I went, it just felt out of order somehow, as if I was doing it early.

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Great hold. I got stuck in a few spots because they weren't very obvious, mainly the northern exit from Wretched Bog:3N1E.
I think the best place to ask questions about keys would be in the thread for the room containing the locks.

So, Geomatrx, any chance you'd share how you did your stairway ability unlock thing?

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Casebier wrote:
So, Geomatrx, any chance you'd share how you did your stairway ability unlock thing?

Not really
Well, seriously, its just two scripts; the first is invincible and only disappears completly when you appear at the special staircase. The second statue appears after the first vanishes, and will disappear when Beethro gets close to it. After this, both scripts do not re-appear.
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I'm having fun here, but I've got myself lost. I'm trying to find my way to either Dungeon Cells 1W or Wretched Bog 2N1E. So many stairs to try and I keep going round in circles! I'm currently exploring Maguigs Desert, can someone point me in the right direction?

Steve.

Edit : I found my way to the Dungeon Cells. Directions Wretched Bog would be good.

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So many stairs, but progress is still made in a linear fashion.

If anyone does get stuck or get lost, please note the last item you picked up or no. of temple keys collected with locations. This will make it easier to give out advice.

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Unfortunately I wasn't apying that much attention. I do think I've only been to the wretched bog once, so if you can point me towards the first place I would have entered it i should be able to manage from there.

Don't worry, I'll keep better notes next time!

Steve.

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Yeah, I think you have to find a way to clear Slugman Forest 2N1E somehow.

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geomatrx wrote:
Yeah, I think you have to find a way to clear Slugman Forest 2N1E somehow.

Click here to view the secret text

×This should eventually lead you to the Forest Temple.

OK, that's where I had got to before I got stuck. Now the question is, where next? I'm at the temple now.
Thanks for the help.
Steve.

Edit : I think I'm back on track. I've just found a gap in the trees I haven't explored yet...

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On the mimic training after the "wretched battle", I got to the colored tile without killing any mimics, but nothing happens. I'm guessing this isn't intentional? Now I'm stuck in the hold.

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You didn't kill the first mimic in order to escape the bottom part, did you?

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schep wrote:
You didn't kill the first mimic in order to escape the bottom part, did you?

D'oh! Yes I did. That was pretty obvious in retrospect.

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JayS wrote:

schep wrote:
You didn't kill the first mimic in order to escape the bottom part, did you?

D'oh! Yes I did. That was pretty obvious in retrospect.

Don't worry, I think we all did it

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Now I have another problem. I've just gotten the second Wretched Temple key, and there is a green statue that won't drop blocking my path in Slugman Forest: Twice South. There doesn't seem to be any other way out, so I'm currently trapped in the deep water with nowhere to go.

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Unfortunately, you'll need to restore back and do that room first, so the statue will disappear when you leave the room.

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I'm not doing so well at this I'm lost again.


Steve.

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Did you remember to restore the energy at King Armin's Energy Controller? You need all three energies restored in order to access the final item (the Fire Tunic).

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Chaco wrote:
Did you remember to restore the energy at King Armin's Energy Controller? You need all three energies restored in order to access the final item (the Fire Tunic).

I think I got that one, but you have set me on the right track, it may be the Wretched Bog energy controller I've missed. I'll have a look when I get home tonight.
Thanks
Steve.

Edit : That was the one, I must have missed it first time through. I'm back on track now.

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And finished! Another excellent hold in the MetDROiD series. The "items" in this one were much easier to manage. Rather than playing around with number sequences, it was only a matter of remembering where to go next. I did get lost a couple of times along the way, but that was more my bad memory than a fault in the hold.

Praise to Pilchard VIII too! Excellent work.

Now for my final question.....

Where do I find the two secrets 7S2E and 5E?

Keep up the good work

Steve.

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Where do I go from Slugman Forest 3W, after clearing it, 2W, & 1S2W?

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Stephen4Louise wrote:
Where do I find the two secrets 7S2E and 5E?

7S 2E:
5E:
Have fun reaching them!

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Jatopian wrote:
Where do I go from Slugman Forest 3W...

Please check this, as none of the levels have a "Thrice West".

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geomatrx wrote:

Jatopian wrote:
Where do I go from Slugman Forest 3W...

Please check this, as none of the levels have a "Thrice West".

I mean 2N1W. I just assumed that I entered through the main entrance.

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Jatopian wrote:
I mean 2N1W...

You mean 2N1E


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This is an excellent hold, and I have enjoyed it very much!

Alas, I am stuck, stuck, stuck, and I am unsure where else to ask for help, since it isn't room specific.

Here is my progress and/or dilemmas:

I have made it to King Armin's Fort and Winter Factory, after acquiring the 3 temple keys in Slugman's Forest (I believe). I explored everywhere I could find where a blue gate dropped. I cannot go further in any level that I can see at this point.

Specific rooms of concern:
Slugman's Forest 3N 1E: used mimic to get to first green statue, but still have a red statue blocking another green statue.

Muguig's Desert 1S 1E: still has that red statue, and the green statue in the upper right corner of 1S, is attached to the yellow gate in this room. Haven't figured out how to get these.
I did get an "exit level" message in MD (not including the blue gates dropping one); do I have to do anything special as a result?

Evil Chill Wasteland 2S 3E still has one red statue on right side.

I used a portal to get to Winter Forest 1N 3E, but it seems to be a big deadend for me. I got the characters lined up in the one room, and made it to the Entrance and the green stature, but see nowhere to go, and had to restore back to KAF, losing my progress here.

I also entered WF from TG, and seem to be stuck there after getting to 2S4E.

I beat KAF 1S 1E, but haven't accessed fuse for orange statue. I've gotten one temple key, I believe because one of the stairs took me to 2N 1E. I killed the tar mother in 1S 3E.

To my knowledge, I've exhausted all avenues to this point in Dungeon Cells.

Also, what about all those tar baby gates? I've managed to get past two of them.

Sorry this is so long, but I wanted to be specific. Thanks for your help!

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Thank you! I missed a gate to get to WF 1E from 1N 1E. Back at it!