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Sundered Sword, The (Sundered-Sword-solution.txt)

THE SUNDERED SWORD
by Alan Derek Jones & Rob Vance
© 1987 Red Rat Software

SOLUTION (NOTE: use the REST command [preferably REST9] to refresh yourself whenever the message
'You are too tired to move' appears [count your steps carefully when this happens while
you are performing several 'M'  commands in a row] or when you want to talk to a character
and it isn't the right time)

STATUS (I've started this solution with the status 12/12/12/12/10/12), I (you have an ancient
map and a gold coin), EXAMINE MAP (a blank sheet of parchment), M (in a lofty tower), EXAMINE HAROLD
(old & wizened with a bad cough), TALK TO HAROLD, CAN I HELP YOU (fetch me a healing potion from
Boots), E, 7 x M, S, 3 x M, READ POSTER (buy it at Boots), E, M, TALK TO PUSYN, CAN (I need no
help), GIVE COIN (you get the Glass Vial), EXAMINE VIAL (Boots' healing potion), N, 3 x M, W, 8
x M, TALK TO HAROLD, GIVE VIAL (you get Page One), READ ONE, LIST (word of power: TELE / difficulty:
18 / location: tower), DROP ONE, CAST TELE, M, NW, M, EXAMINE TESTUDU (short, stocky and bearded),
TALK TO TESTUDU, CAN (give me back my name), SW, 3 x M, W, 3 x M, EXAMINE OMNI (serene, incredibly
wise with white, unseeing eyes), TALK TO OMNI, CAN (I need no help), S, 4 x M, SE, M, S, M, SW, M,
M, S, M, M, SE, M, SW, 3 x M, S, 5 x M, TALK TO KERMIT, CAN (cure my fever and I shall give you a
spell), SW, M, NW, 6 x M, W, M (oak tree), EXAMINE OAK (old and wizened), SEARCH, W, GET ACORN, M,
M, N, 12 x M, E, 6 x M, EXAMINE CURRIE (wearing a safron robe and a crown of oak leaves), TALK TO
CURRIE, CAN (bring me the fruit of our holy tree and a spell shall be yours), GIVE ACORN (you get
Page Five), READ FIVE, LIST (word of power: HOLE / difficulty: 20 / objects needed: the Blade, the
Hilt, Pommel Stone / phase of the moon: full / location: henge), DROP FIVE, SE, 5 x M, E, M, M, NE,
M, E, 6 x M, SE, M, E, 14 x M, NE, 3 x M, 2 x CAST TELE, EXAMINE BRION (thin, high-shouldered and
vain), TALK TO BRION, CAN (bring me a silver cross), S, M, M, EXAMINE JUAN (tall, proud and
woderously fair), TALK TO JUAN, CAN (my son was taken from me last night by a ghoul), SW, M, M, S,
M, 2 x CAST TELE, SW, M, EXAMINE ORKANA (its eyes burn you to your soul), TALK TO ORKANA, CAN (bring
me the scales of the swiftkiller for the crown of a king), S, 4 x M, E, 3 x M, EXAMINE L'ATETH
(the stench of evil floods from its every pore), TALK TO L'ATETH, CAN (a kings crown for a
potato fix), W, 3 x M, N, 4 x M, NE, M, CAST TELE, EXAMINE FIRENZA (a huge body covered with green
scales), TALK TO FIRENZA, CAN (if you bring me the mail of the greatest knight you may borrow my
child), CAST TELE, SE, M, E, M, EXAMINE GRIZZLE (tall, wearing a blue robe and a circlet of ivy),
TALK TO GRIZZLE, CAN (St Joseph's orb has lost its heart. Return it and you will always know
where you are), NW, M, W, M, CAST TELE, NW, 6 x M, N, 4 x M, EXAMINE MARLUCK (short, stocky and
bearded), TALK TO MARLUCK, CAN (I need the source of fire to light my furness), SEARCH, N, GET
EMERALD, EXAMINE EMERALD (brilliantly cut), W, 7 x M, SW, 16 x M, EXAMINE ARGENT (battle scarred and
mean looking), TALK TO ARGENT, CAN (bring me my crown o worthless dirtbag), NE, M, M, N, 8 x M, TALK
TO MIRTHE, CAN (bring me a root of strength and I will give you information), NW, M, M, W, M,
EXAMINE MARONTAL (tall, wearing a blue robe and a circlet of ivy), TALK TO MARONTAL, CAN (return to
us the finger of faith stolen by the elven prince Juan), E, M, NE, 20 x M, E, 5 x M, S, 8 x M, SE,
M, M, EXAMINE BIEFI (proud, pompous and resplendant in crimson armour), TALK TO BIEFI, CAN (I need
no help), NW, M, M, N, 8 x M, W, 5 x M, SW, M, NW, 6 x M, N, M, EXAMINE K'ATCK (his eyeless
sockets are pits of swirling evil), TALK TO K'ATCK, CAN (I need no help), SW, 4 x M, W, 6 x M
(exotic tree), EXAMINE EXOTIC (looks strangely out of place), SEARCH, W, GET BARK, S, 6 x M, EXAMINE
TORTOISE (looks a bit like Niki Lauda), GET TORTOISE, SW, 3 x M, S, M, TALK TO MORTETH, CAN
(I've lost my only true love), NW, M, M, N, M, M, EXAMINE BIJOU (short, stocky and bearded),
TALK TO BIJOU, CAN (bring me the fallen star and I will give you a piece of my work), SEARCH, N, GET
RUBY, EXAMINE RUBY (brilliantly cut), SW, 9 x M, S, 5 x M, TALK TO BAZWALD, CAN (bring me some
chromium cyclosilicate), GIVE EMERALD (you get Page Seven), READ SEVEN, LIST (word of power: SEA9 /
difficulty: 21 / objects needed: The Sword / location: hut), DROP SEVEN, S, 8 x M, SE, 6 x M,
EXAMINE ADAMANT (battle scarred and mean looking), TALK TO ADAMANT, CAN (bring me my crown o
worthless dirtbag) [at this point you have visited all the characters except Queen Eyrie (you can
only meet her later) and you know what you have to collect to get all items from them], 
NW, 4 x M, W, 4 x M, 2 x CAST TELE, S, M, M, W, 3 x M, SW, 3 x M, EXAMINE APRICOT (looks delicious),
GET APRICOT, EAT APRICOT, W, M, M, EXAMINE VALERIAN (a small tuber with many hairy tendrils), GET
VALERIAN, NE, 3 x M, E, 5 x M, N, M, M, CAST TELE, 13 x M, NE, 8 x M, E, 9 x M, S, 13 x M, SW, M, M,
TALK TO MIRTHE, GIVE VALERIAN (you get Page Four), READ FOUR (try searching near High Tarn), DROP
FOUR, E, 16 x M, NE, 11 x M, E, 6 x M, SE, 6 x M, NE, M, TALK TO KERMIT, GIVE BARK (you get Page
Two), READ TWO, LIST (word of power: DOZE / difficulty: 19 / location: anywhere), NE, 11 x M, N, M,
NW, M, M, N, 8 x M, TALK TO TESTUDU, GIVE TORTOISE (you get the Mamba Skin), EXAMINE SKIN (black
with green patches), E, 5 x M, SE, 4 x M, NE, 3 x M, E, 12 x M, SEARCH, E (you find the Mandrake),
EXAMINE MANDRAKE (a large humaniform root), GET MANDRAKE, SW, 5 x M, S, M, 2 x CAST TELE, S, 3 x M,
W, M, M, S, M, M, CAST TELE (Crater Lake), M, SEARCH, N (you find the Meteorite), EXAMINE METEORITE
(very dense with an metallic lustre), GET METEORITE, S, M, CAST TELE, SW, M, TALK TO ORKANA, GIVE
SKIN (you get the Diamond Crown), S, 4 x M, E, 3 x M, TALK TO L'ATETH, GIVE MANDRAKE (you get
the Silver Crown), W, 3 x M, N, 4 x M, NE, M, 2 x CAST TELE, SE, M, E, M, TALK TO GRIZZLE, GIVE RUBY
(you get Page Six), READ SIX, LIST (word of power: WARE / difficulty: 15 / objects needed: Ancient
Map / location: anywhere), DROP SIX, CAST WARE, NW, M, W, M, CAST TELE, NW, M, M, W, 19 x M, SW, 8 x
M, TALK TO ARGENT, GIVE SILVER (you get the Eagle's Egg), EXAMINE EGG (brown and freckled), NE,
4 x M, N, 19 x M, NW, 5 x M, W, M, TALK TO BIJOU, GIVE METEORITE (you get the Crucifix), EXAMINE
CRUCIFIX (small and exquisitly formed), SW, 4 x M, S, 4 x M, EXAMINE LEG (looks delicious), GET LEG,
EAT LEG, 19 x M, SE, M, TALK TO ADAMANT, GIVE DIAMOND (you get the Lute), EXAMINE LUTE (rosewood
with delicatly inlaid ebony), NW, M, N, 23 x M, NE, M, E, 4 x M, SE, M, TALK TO MORTETH, GIVE LUTE
(you get Page Eight), READ EIGHT, LIST (word of power: CALL / difficulty: 19 / objects needed:
Farsight Eye, Eagle's Egg / location: mountain), DROP EIGHT [a non-violent game up to this
point without killing anyone, but that has an end now],
E, 12 x M, NE, 8 x M, E, 5 x M, S, 8 x M, SE, M, M, READ TWO, CAST DOZE, SE (you see the Crimson
Mail), EXAMINE MAIL (stained crimson with the blood of a hundred dragons, GET MAIL, NW, M, M, N, 8 x
M, W, 5 x M, SW, M, S, 15 x M, SE, 10 x M, 4 x CAST TELE, TALK TO FIRENZA, GIVE MAIL (you get the
Baby Dragon), EXAMINE BABY (very cute), 2 x CAST TELE, 4 x M, NW, 6 x M, TALK TO MARLUCK, GIVE BABY
(you get the Blade), EXAMINE BLADE (part of the Sundered Sword), SE, 6 x M, S, 4 x M, CAST TELE, M,
M, E, M, M, N, 3 x M, TALK TO BRION, GIVE CRUCIFIX (you get Page Three), READ THREE, LIST (word of
power: HOLY / difficulty: 21 / objects needed: crucifix), DROP THREE, READ TWO, CAST DOZE, N, GET
CRUCIFIX, S, 3 x M, W, M, M, S, M, M, 5 x CAST TELE, NW, 16 x M, N, 16 x M, CAST HOLY, N (you see
the Elf Child), EXAMINE ELF (he smiles back as you look), GET ELF, DROP CRUCIFIX, S, 16 x M, SE, 16
x M, CAST TELE, M, M, E, M, M, N, M, TALK TO JUAN, GIVE ELF (you get the Holy Relic), EXAMINE RELIC
(St Jude's finger), S, M, W, M, M, S, M, M, 5 x CAST TELE, NW, 6 x M, W, 24 x M, TALK TO
MARONTAL, GIVE RELIC (you get the Hilt), EXAMINE HILT (part of the Sundered Sword), E, 24 x M, SE, 6
x M, CAST TELE, M, M, E, M, M, N, 3 x M, 2 x CAST TELE, SW, M, W, 6 x M, 3 x KILL OMNI, W (you see
the Farsight Eye), EXAMINE EYE (brilliantly cut), GET EYE, NE, M, E, 6 x M, CAST TELE, S, 3 x M, W,
M, M, S, M, M, 5 x CAST TELE, NW, 19 x M, W, 15 x M, SW, 8 x M, S, 13 x M, CAST TELE, NE, M, M, N,
M, CAST CALL, N (you see Queen Eyrie), EXAMINE EYRIE (bright of eye; sharp of talon), TALK TO EYRIE,
CAN (return my egg to me), GIVE EGG (you get the Pommel Stone), EXAMINE STONE (part of the Sundered
Sword), S, M, SW, M, M, 2 x CAST TELE, N, 14 x M, NE, 14 x M (stone circle), REST9 (about 25 times
until the moon is full [date 01 03]), CAST HOLE, I, EXAMINE SWORD (the sword hums as it strains to
contain its awesome might), SE, M, M, S, M, M (humble shack), CAST SEA9 (You feel yourself being
wrenched through the planes of the multi-verse. Congratulations! You have brought the sword back to
its rightful dimension.)

It is also possible to solve the game with less expenditure of time and without collecting things
that the characters want, but with more violence:
STATUS (I've started with the status 12/12/12/12/10/12), I, DROP MAP, DROP COIN, M, KILL
HAROLD, W, READ ONE, 12 x M, SW, 15 x M, W, M, 2 x KILL KERMIT, SW, GET TWO, M, NW, 6 x M, W, 3 x M,
N, 8 x M, NE, 4 x M, E, M, M, READ TWO, CAST DOZE, E, READ FIVE, M, M, SE, 5 x M, NE, M, N, 5 x M,
NW, M, 3 x KILL OMNI, NE, GET EYE, M, E, 6 x M, CAST TELE, S, 3 x M, W, M, M, S, M, M, 5 x CAST
TELE, 4 x M, NW, 6 x M, READ TWO, CAST DOZE, SW, GET BLADE, 13 x M, W, 7 x M, SW, 3 x M, READ TWO,
CAST DOZE, NE, GET EGG, M, M, N, 7 x M, NW, 3 x M, READ TWO, CAST DOZE, NE, GET HILT, 5 x M, N, 7 x
M, W, 4 x M, READ TWO, CAST DOZE, NW, READ EIGHT, M, W, 4 x M, SW, 6 x M, S, 5 x M, READ TWO, CAST
DOZE, S, READ SEVEN, 8 x M, SW, M, M, CAST TELE, NE, M, M, N, M, CAST CALL, SW, READ TWO, CAST DOZE,
S, DROP TWO, GET STONE, M, SW, M, M, 2 x CAST TELE, N, 14 x M, NE, 14 x M, REST9 (about 44 times
until the moon is full [date 02 02]), CAST HOLE, SE, M, M, S, M, M, CAST SEA9

Solution by boldir, November 2021