KNIGHT LIFE
by Stephen Boyd and Jonathan Scott
Zenobi Software
You play the role of Arthur (before he became king). Your quest is made
evident early in the game - to find a pair of Holey Socks.
This walkthrough is written with you picking up objects that you come
across even though you do not know what use to make of them. Technically
speaking, however, you should first talk to people to find out what they
need. This occurs sometimes, though there are exceptions. For example
you should talk to the alchemist before you get Fred's hair.
It is important that you follow this walkthrough precisely. It is
written taking into account when you need to sleep as this changes when
people appear. If you insert additional comments/examinations, etc. you
will disrupt the cycle. You will then need to wait at various places for
certain people to appear and disrupt the cycle further. However the
general procedure can still be followed.
Hints are given below and the solution is below the hints.
HINTS:
While this game has comparatively few locations, you often need to
visit each one more than once, which makes the game quite long.
Type COMMANDS, INFO, VOCAB to learn about how to play the game.
EXAMINE, LOOK UNDER..., LOOK BEHIND, and SEARCH are all different
commands.
So is ASK..... and ASK........ABOUT.......
If you need extra money, SELL HANDKERCHIEF or SELL GOLD CHAIN when at
the market with the three stalls.
If you run across a character in a particular location, the next time
WAIT (Z) until he/she arrives again.
You can sleep in four places: in your room NW of the courtyard; in the
tavern with the drunk; in the place with the seer and the rocks; and in
the clearing with the birds.
The object is to find 4 scrolls and get various characters to write one
of two verses on each scroll. The scribe and Geraldine write on the
Nuadu scroll; the drunk and the monk/gardener write on the Luxovious
scroll; the traveller and the blacksmith write on the Matres scroll;
and the seer and the blacksmith write on the Epona scroll.
There is a slight glitch is that there is a door you can unlock where
the seer is but it is not described in the location.
SOLUTION:
You begin in a stable. You have 20 groats and 21 rations of food.
EXAMINE ROPE, UNCOIL ROPE (you get 3 groats), EXAMINE STRAW, SEARCH
STRAW (you get the scroll of Epona), SW, N, EXAMINE GIRL, EXAMINE
GUINEVERE, ASK GUINEVERE ABOUT GIRL, CALL MORGANA, ASK MORGANA ABOUT
GIRL (you get a handkerchief), EXAMINE BAR (you get a drink), EXAMINE
SHIELD, LOOK BEHIND SHIELD, FIGHT, LOOK BEHIND SHIELD (you get a chain
and put it on), EXAMINE STOOLS (you get a tray), PUT DRINK ON TRAY,
GIVE DRINK TO CUSTOMER (you get a silver coin), GIVE COIN (you get 5
groats from Guinevere), WAIT (until priest shows up), ASK PRIEST (you
get your quest), S, NE, SLEEP.
SW, N, ASK GUINEVERE ABOUT QUEST (you need to unite 4 gods), WAIT
(until Lancelot arrives), ASK LANCELOT ABOUT QUEST (you need permission
to go. He gives you a chest), S, EXAMINE JENNY, ASK JENNY ABOUT QUEST
(you get a compass), SWEEP (you get 5 groats), E, SHOW COMPASS (you get
Nelly), ASK SHOPKEEPER, BUY LEATHER, W, NE, OPEN DOOR, SW, WAIT (until
Galahad shows up), EXAMINE GALAHAD, ASK GALAHAD WHAT IS YOUR FEE (15
groats), ASK GALAHAD WHAT CAN YOU DO (build, lift, pull), HIRE GALAHAD,
NE, SLEEP.
You can ask these questions of others as well, but it is Galahad you
need to hire. Go SW, CLIMB ON NELLY, W, DOWN. EXAMINE ROAD (get a
parchment - Luxovious), E, EXAMINE STONES, GALAHAD "LIFT STONE" (you
get 10 groats), ASK SEER ABOUT QUEST (you need to find both verses of 4
prophecies, then take the scrolls to the druids at the gods' altars.
When they unite at the Shrine of Belenus you will receive your goal.
Also ask Serena about the conch. You also find out the seer wants to
see birds in order to write the first verse of Epona).
W, SEARCH ROAD (you get a vial), S, SEARCH TWIGS (you get a silver
ring), EXAMINE RING (you see a picture of a horse's head), TAKE STICKS,
N, SE, SEARCH BUSHES (you get a quill), EXAMINE RUINS (you see a
stake), GALAHAD "PULL STAKE" (you see a helmet and take it), EXAMINE
HELMET (makes you invisible), TAKE HELMET, S, EXAMINE FOODSTALL, BUY
FOOD (3 times), W, SLEEP.
ASK DRUNK (he tells you that Jehus has captured the acorn children and
that he hates water and that the wizard can tell you more), EXAMINE
TABLE, EXAMINE STOOL (you see wine bolted to the table), LOOK UNDER BAR
(you get a box), E, WAIT until Elsa arrives), ASK ELSA (Elsa wants the
Tome of Waning), W, ASK SERENA (she says to mention her name to the
guard), ASK SERENA ABOUT CONCH (she wants a bracelet), E, WAIT until
Maurice arrives, ASK MAURICE (you can buy a bracelet for 15 groats),
WEAR HELMET, STEAL BRACELET, GET BRACELET, W, GIVE BRACELET (she tells
you the conch lets you speak to the druids. You need to hold it near
the Heart of the True World. It is under the altar of Luxovious but you
need to appease the god. She suggests you find the time sorcerer to
learn more), SLEEP.
E, S (you see gaps in the bridge), EXAMINE BETWEEN GAPS (you get15
groats), TAP BRIDGE, EXAMINE TROLL (you see he has a pointy hat instead
of a dead thing on his head), S, E, ASK INNOVATOR (he wants what is
written on the sundial), N, ASK BLACKSMITH (he needs his forge lit), S,
S, EXAMINE WALL (you get 30 groats), ASK THIEF (it looks like he needs
a pick-me-up), S, ASK FERIMUS (he needs his children rescued from
Jehus), W, W, EXAMINE FRED (he has fair hair), ASK FRED (he needs an
airtight container), GIVE BOX (you get the scroll of Nuadu ), ASK MAN
(he needs a guide), SEARCH RUINS (you get a key), E, SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, W, ASK GERALDINE (she needs her mother), SEARCH GRASS (you
get a daisy), N, ASK GUARD ABOUT SERENA (he runs off), W, N, ASK WIZARD
(he complains he can do nothing without a hat), S, E, S, E, E, S, S, W,
SLEEP.
W, NW, EXAMINE POND, TAKE LILY (you can't - you'll fall in), ASK
GARDENER (he tells you he cannot remember), E, EXAMINE FONT, FILL VIAL,
EXAMINE DESK (you get twine), W, SE, S, EXAMINE ALTAR (you get a ram's
skull), EXAMINE SKULL (you hear a rattling), EXAMINE HOLE (you get a
knife) N, E, SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, W, N, SCRAPE CLAY (you see a sundial), EXAMINE SUNDIAL (you
see "cuckoo" written on it), S, E, N, TAP BRIDGE, GIVE SKULL (you get
the hat), S, W, N, W, N, GIVE HAT (you get a fire spell, and are told
that the Bow of Fertility can disrupt all magic fields. You also get an
elemental which is strong against fire), TAKE BOOK, EXAMINE BOOK (it's
the Tome of Waning), EXAMINE ELEMENTAL, S, W, ASK ALCHEMIST (he needs
hair from a time traveller and 10 groats to make a brew), E, S, E, N,
N, W, SLEEP.
E, BUY FOOD (9 times),GIVE BOOK TO ELSA (she tells you to take the
scroll of Nuadu to the scribe in the monastery and he will write a
prophecy), S, S, E, INNOVATOR CUCKOO (he follows you), N, CAST FIRE,
GIVE RING (you get a horseshoe), ASK BLACKSMITH (he tells you he will
write a prophecy of Matres), S, S, S, W, W, NW, NW, THROW VIAL, TAKE
ACORNS, SE, SE, E, E, GIVE ACORNS (you get a bow and are told to give
a lily to the spirits), W, EXAMINE BOW, READ INSCRIPTION (spellus
disruptus), SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, W, N (the innovator writes a verse on Epona), S, E, N, N,
N, NW, E, UNLOCK DOOR, OPEN DOOR (you get a coin), SLEEP.
W, SE, S, S, S (you see a minstrel), ASK MINSTREL (he needs a harp),
HEAR ("and so four converge at shrine of Belenus, combined by gods to a
mighty end, and on signal of mistletoe, the questor shall have his
reward"), E, S, S, W, W, W, SEARCH POPPY (maybe you should wake
someone), WAKE, THROW BOW (the magic dispels), REDESCRIBE (you see a
traveller), ASK TRAVELLER (he needs a coin), GIVE COIN, E (he needs the
Matres scroll to write a prophecy), E, SLEEP.
W, WAIT until Fred arrives), ASK FRED ABOUT CONCH (he tells you to
place herbs on the altar to appease Luxovious god and to attain the
power of tongues you need to hold the conch up in front of the Heart of
the True World), TUG HAIR (you need to stand on an appendage), TAP TOE,
TUG HAIR, TAKE BITS, NW, E, GIVE QUILL (the scribe writes a prophecy on
Nuadu), W, SE, E, GALAHAD "BUILD CAGE", DROP BIT IN CAGE, DROP CAGE
(birds fly into it), TAKE CAGE, SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, N, N, N, NW, E, FREE BIRD (you get the first verse of
Epona), W, SE, S, S, S, W, N, W, W, GIVE HAIR (you get a brew), E,
EXAMINE TREE, READ NOTE, E, S, E, E, S, S, W, SLEEP.
W, NW, GIVE BREW (the monk writes a verse on Luxovious), ASK MONK (he
wants a daisy), GIVE DAISY (he follows), SE, E, E, N, N, W, W, N, W,
NW, DROP HORSESHOE ON ALTAR, TAKE DIAMOND, SE, ASK MONK ABOUT NOTE (he
takes it, drops it as he runs off and you take it), E, S, E, E, S, S,
W, SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, W, WAIT for Geraldine, GIVE NOTE (she writes you a prophecy
of Nuadu and runs off). You get the mistletoe. Go E, E, S, S, W, SLEEP.
W, NW, EXAMINE POND, EXAMINE LILY, (you may need to continue to WAIT
and EXAMINE LILY until it's in full bloom), DROP DIAMOND, TAKE LILY,
SE, E, E, GIVE LILY (you are told to offer the chest to Ahura Mazda and
the words are "denizens reveal"), W, W, W, S, GIVE CHEST, SAY DENIZENS
REVEAL (you get a chalice), N, E, E, SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, N, N, W, POUR WINE, EXAMINE CHALICE, E, S, S, E, S, GIVE
CHALICE (you get a verse of the Luxovious prophecy and a harp), S, W,
SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, GIVE HARP, HEAR ("herbs of healing, virtue, say HEALING
MOTHER), W, W, EXAMINE ALTAR, GET HERBS (you can't), SAY HEALING
MOTHER, GET HERBS, E, E, S, LOOK UNDER ALTAR (you see the conch), DROP
HERBS ON ALTAR (you hear - granted), GET CONCH, EXAMINE CONCH
(something is missing), N, E, S, S, W, W, W, S, HOLD CONCH (the power
of tongues is yours), EXAMINE BUSH, N, E, S, SAY DRUID (he needs the
prophecy of Nuadu), GIVE NUADU (the druid goes to the shrine), N, E,
SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, S, SAY DRUID (you get the Matres scroll), GIVE LUXOVIOUS
(the druid goes to the shrine), N, W, N, W, NW, SAY DRUID (he needs
Epona), GIVE EPONA (the prophecy tells of the coalition of power and
she leaves), SE, E, S, E, E, N, (the blacksmith writes a verse on
Matres), S, S, S, W, W (the man writes another verse on Matres and
leaves), E, SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, W, W, SAY DRUID, GIVE MATRES (he leaves for the shrine), E,
E, E, S, S, W, W, W, W, THROW MISTLETOE, TAKE SOCKS, EXAMINE SOCKS (a
disappointment), E, E, E, SLEEP.
E, N, N, W, N, N, N, NW, CLIMB NELLY, N, DOWN, N, GIVE SOCKS. Listen to
what happens to the priest. The quest is ended.
Terri Sheehan
2003-03-19
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