Treasures of HollowHill
By John Blythe
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Solution by Garry Francis
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This is a minimal solution. You'll need to EXAMINE lots of things for this solution to make
sense. Scores are shown in brackets as +A=B, where A is points earned and B is cumulative points
earned.
X TABLE (you find broken pottery)
X POTTERY (you find mouldy cheese)
GET CHEESE
N
GET HAMMER
E
X RUCKSACK (you find a chisel)
GET IT
GET CHISEL
W
N
E
X DIRT (you find a shovel)
GET SHOVEL
W
S
S
S
X POLE (you find a lamp)
GET LAMP
DIG POLE (with shovel to reveal a large pole)
GET POLE
N
N
LIGHT LAMP
N
E
X CARVINGS (strange motifs appear)
X MOTIFS (stone block appears)
PUSH BLOCK (door opens and adds exit east)
E
X SKULLS (crystal skull appears)
GET SKULL
WEDGE CHISEL
HIT IT (with hammer, lid slides off and adds exit down)
GET IT (don't forget, as we need it again later)
D
PUT SKULL (skull plinth appears)
TURN IT (door shatters to reveal exit south, crystal skull reappears)
GET SKULL
E
PUT POLE (you can now go east)
E
GET SAND (with rucksack)
DIG IT (with shovel to reveal golden egg)
DROP SHOVEL
GET EGG
W
N
X ROCKS (you find some loose debris)
X DEBRIS (you find a rusty chain)
GET CHAIN
S
S
ATTACH CHAIN (to spike, you can now go down)
D
X WATER (you find a narrow ledge and exit east)
X LEDGE (you find a diamond ring)
GET RING
U
N
W
S
CUT GLASS (with ring to reveal cracked mirror)
THROW HAMMER (mirror shatters to reveal exit south)
GET IT (don't forget, as we need it again later)
S
GET KEY
OPEN BOXES (you find a fishing net)
GET NET
N
N
E
S
D
D
CAST NET (you find a jade dragon, we'll collect it later)
DROP NET
U
E
GIVE CHEESE (rat scurries away, you can now go east)
E
SCRAPE MOSS (with chisel to acquire lush moss)
UNLOCK DOOR (with gold key, you can now go east)
E
OPEN CHEST (you find a jewelled dagger)
GET DAGGER
PUSH CHEST (reveals secret stairway and exit down)
D
D
SW
S
W
W
N
E
PUT RUCKSACK (platform drops, but rises in octagaonal room, we'll visit later)
W
N
SCRAPE PAINT (with chisel to reveal hidden block)
PUSH BLOCK (something happened, but it stopped)
PUSH BLOCK (this time floor sinks to reveal spiral stairs and exit down)
D
BREAK CHAIN (with hammer and chisel to reveal wooden spear)
DROP HAMMER
DROP CHISEL
GET SPEAR
U
S
W
W
THROW SPEAR (ruby knocked off platform onto high ledge, we'll get it later)
E
E
S
E
CRAWL POTHOLE
W
W
GET RUBY (I told you so)
E
E
CRAWL HOLE
E
N
N
W
GET CAGE
X PLATFORM (you find a casket)
OPEN CASKET (you find ruby broach)
GET BROACH
E
E
E
DROP MOSS
LOOK (you now see hungry grubs nibbling moss)
GET GRUBS (with cage to become glowing cage)
W
W
N
DROP LAMP (as it's useless under water)
SWIM PASSAGE (you have 4 moves under water)
X SKELETON (you find buried skull)
X SKULL (you find golden crown)
GET CROWN
SWIM WEST (we'll take a shortcut)
GET DRAGON
U
U
N
W
U
W
W
S
S
DROP SKULL (+1=1)
DROP EGG (+1=2)
DROP RING (+1=3)
DROP KEY (+1=4)
DROP DRAGON (+1=5)
DROP DAGGER (+1=6)
DROP RUBY (+1=7)
DROP BROACH (+1=8)
DROP CROWN (+1=9)
***THE END***
