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Wergild (Wergild_solution.txt)

WERGILD
by Kevin Rooney
Bugbear Software 1989

NOTES
There are two ways to solve this adventure: either collect money to raise the 
Wergild or simply try to escape.
Some of the characters you have to interact with each move within a limited 
area, so it's not guaranteed that you encounter them in the same location as 
shown in the walkthrough (therefore placed in square brackets).
You will lose some money each turn you make until you get the purse from the 
Dead Elephant.
The Shakna appears randomly and confiscates an item from you, in order to get it
back you must go to the Temple Treasury.
The roaming animals (rhinoceros, tiger, crocodile, royal boar) you can ignore.
To save the game from time to time is useful because it may crash unexpectedly.

SOLUTION 1 - Raise money
(you start on a small harbour) GET NET, E, S, IN, S, SEARCH BOOKS (you find a 
key), N, OUT, N, SE, SEARCH REEDS (you find a boat), EXAMINE BOAT (there's a 
hole in the bottom), SEARCH RIVER (you find an Oyster), S, [THROW NET OVER 
BANDITS (the sheriff enters and pays you 750 shells)], IN, GET CORK, SEARCH 
NESTS (you find a ruby), OUT, ROLL IN MUD, SE, DRINK WATER, NW, N, NW, W, IN, 
READ SIGN, SEARCH TROUGH (you find a file), PUT OYSTER IN FIRE (you get a 
pearl), OUT, E, SE, PUT CORK IN BOAT, ENTER BOAT, [The Shakna confiscates the 
Ruby for funds] GO OUT, E, NE, SEARCH ELEPHANT (you find a purse; now your 
shells are safely stored), EXAMINE ELEPHANT, PULL TUSK, SW, NW, IN, SELL TUSK 
AND PEARL, Y (580 shells), Y (1015 shells), OUT, SW, IN, TALK, BUY ALE AND 
BREAD, DRINK ALE, EAT BREAD, OUT, ENTER BOAT, GO OUT, NW, W, IN, BUY SWORD, OUT, 
PAY MAN, [KILL SAMURAI, SEARCH CORPSE (you get his armour)], W, WAIT (you hear a
 Jester say 'The Miller's Tail'), SAY MILLERS TAIL, W, CUT HAND (Tsing shouts 
'You will pay for this', that means a Ninja will leap at you later, but you kill 
him automatically), GET HAND, E, E, PAY MAN, E, [KILL MONK, SEARCH CORPSE (you 
find a Mandrake root)], EAT ROOT (gives you mighty strength), IN, TALK, UNLOCK 
DOOR, DROP KEY, E, GET ALL (Silk, Ruby and Ginseng), W, OUT, SE, ENTER BOAT, GO 
OUT, NE, IN, SELL SILK AND RUBY, Y (290 shells), Y (725 shells), OUT, N, IN, 
TALK, GIVE HAND TO IONI (you get 620 shells), GET PELTS, OUT, S, SAVE.

EAT GINSENG (now you can carry more), IN, SELL PELTS, Y (435 shells), OUT, SE, 
NE, UP (thanks to your mud bath the bees don't sting you), SEARCH HIVE (you get 
the honey), D, SW, GIVE HONEY TO BEAR, S, PULL IVY (you uncover a cave), IN, GET 
SCEPTRE AND BLANKET, OUT, N, NE, NE, DROP SCEPTRE AND FILE, SW, IN, GET MEAT AND 
STAKE, OUT, NE, DROP MEAT, SEARCH STRAW (you discover a trapdoor), OPEN 
TRAPDOOR, D, THROW BLANKET ON FIRE, UP, SAVE.

[KILL VAMPIRE, DROP STAKE, SEARCH CORPSE (you get his Ring), EXAMINE RING], E 
(the Dragon swallows you), GET EGG, STAB HEART, SEARCH DRAGON (you get a scale), 
IN, GET ALL (Coat and Gold), OUT, W, DROP GOLD, W, WEAR COAT, N, GET MONGOOSE, 
S, DROP COAT, E, GET MEAT, N, DROP MONGOOSE (the Serpent flees), N, NE, GIVE 
MEAT TO LION, NE, TALK, GIVE EGG TO HERMIT (he pays you 1286 shells), SW, SW, S, 
S, SAVE.

D, SE, THROW SCALE TO APPARITION (you have to throw it because you die when you 
enter the circle), GET CROWN, WEAR ARMOUR, S, S, GET ORB, N, N, NW, UP, DROP 
ARMOUR, GET FILE, RUB ORB WITH FILE (you find an emerald), DROP FILE AND ORB, 
GET GOLD AND SCEPTRE, W, S, IN, SELL EMERALD AND GOLD, Y (870 shells), Y (1160 
shells), OUT, SW, ENTER BOAT, GO OUT, NW, [GIVE RING TO SHERIFF (he gives you 
285 shells and a Necklace)], S, IN, S, W, TALK, SELL SCEPTRE (1215 shells), SELL 
CROWN (1620 shells), I (you should now own more than 8000 shells), GIVE MONEY TO 
EMPEROR ('Congratulations. You have raised the Wergild and thus are free to 
live.' You walk out of the court as a free man.).


SOLUTION 2 - Escape
GET NET, E, S, IN, S, SEARCH BOOKS, N, OUT, N, IN, UNLOCK DOOR, DROP KEY, OUT, 
SE, SEARCH REEDS, EXAMINE BOAT, S, IN, GET CORK, OUT, ROLL IN MUD, SE, DRINK 
WATER, THROW NET OVER BANDITS, NW, N, NW, W, IN, READ SIGN, BUY SWORD, OUT, PAY 
MAN, W, E, KILL SAMURAI, SEARCH CORPSE, PAY MAN, E, SE, PUT CORK IN BOAT, ENTER 
BOAT, GO OUT, E, NE, UP, SEARCH HIVE, D, SW, GIVE HONEY TO BEAR, S, PULL IVY, 
IN, GET BLANKET AND FUSE, OUT, N, NE, NE, DROP FUSE, SW, IN, GET PLANK, OUT, NE, 
DROP PLANK, [The Shakna confiscates your Sword], SEARCH STRAW, OPEN TRAPDOOR, D, 
THROW BLANKET ON FIRE, SE, NE, OPEN TOMB, SEARCH CORPSE, SW, NW, UP, DROP MATCH, 
E, STAB HEART, SEARCH DRAGON, IN, GET COAT, OUT, W, W, WEAR COAT, N, GET 
MONGOOSE, S, DROP COAT, E, D, SE, THROW SCALE TO APPARITION, WEAR ARMOUR, S, S, 
GET DYNAMITE, N, N, NW, UP, GET ALL, DROP ARMOUR, N, DROP MONGOOSE, N, NW, PUT 
PLANK ON LARVA (sic!), W, NW, PUT FUSE IN DYNAMITE, LIGHT MATCH, LIGHT FUSE, 
DROP DYNAMITE, SE, WAIT, WAIT (the dynamite explodes), NW (you have escaped).


Solution by boldir, July 2025