Island of Xaan,
By Robert O'Leary, Robico Software 1984
Solution by David Lodge
Some shortcuts can be made on this adventure, I'll highlight where they can be done, but will
still do them.
Prison Complex
We start off locked in a prison cell. EXAMINE ALCOVE to see a chain. GET CHAIN, GET CHAIN, GET CHAIN
to finally get the chain. KNOCK DOOR to summon the guard and KILL GUARD. EXAMINE GUARD and GET
COMPASS. Now N, E and GET CLOAK, WEAR CLOAK and W, W, N.
You are now in the prison maze, this can be solved without the compass, by just using the
directions. EXAMINE COMPASS, NE, EXAMINE COMPASS, E, EXAMINE COMPASS, W, EXAMINE COMPASS, NE and we
should find ourselves in the guardroom. SING LULLABY to send the guard firmly to sleep and, whilst
we're here, DROP COMPASS. Also we should GET SACKING and DROP SACKING (as it's dangerous
to have later).
Go N and GET UMBRELLA, CLOSE UMBRELLA, then E, S, S, S, W, GET LAMP, W, N, N, N, N, NE, U, GET OIL,
FILL LAMP, D.
The outside world
The aim of the main part of the adventure is to gather enough items to make a disguise, then gather
items of treasure and take it to the ship to get passage off the island. As we can only carry 7
items (worn items don't count), we will need to make a dumping point for them. We will be using
the lamp sparingly as it has limited fuel.
For the disguise you need to be wearing only:
Cloak, Glasses, Hat, Leggings, Mittens, Shoes, Socks
The treasures are:
Bracelet, Brooch, Coin, Diamond, Goblet, Ingot, Locket, Necklace, Ring, Rug
We're going to head to the caves, through the forest, so N, LAMP, N, N, LAMP, LOOK to find some
socks, GET SOCKS, LAMP, WEAR SOCKS, W, GET DIAMOND, E, N, N, LAMP, E.
DROP DIAMOND and OPEN UMBRELLA, then go N, LAMP, N, NE, NE, NE, S, E, E, SE, N, NW. GET SHOES, WEAR
SHOES (we'll need them later), then go back, SE, S, NW, W, N, W, W and GET HAT. EXAMINE HAT to
see that it's made in Texas (i.e. it's a 10 gallon hat) then go back to the entrance: W,
S, SE, s, S and FILL HAT (with the water). Go S once more and LAMP, DROP UMBRELLA, DROP LAMP.
Graveyard
We can now complete the whole of the graveyard, so head to it: E, E, S, E, E, N, E, D. EXAMINE
TOOLSHED and GET SHOVEL (you need to be wearing the shoes for this). Go S and DIG, then LOOK and GET
GLASSES, don't wear them just yet. Go S and DIG, then LOOK and GET INGOT. Go W, D and DIG, then
LOOK and GET LEGGINGS and WEAR LEGGINGS.
Now carry on to the flat lands: SW, S, S, W, W, W, W, W, W. Go D (in to the ditch) and GET LOCKET.
Carry on up to the mountain: W, U, N, N, N, N, N, N, NE, NE, N, W and we should find ourselves at
the wishing well.
EXAMINE WELL, to see that its capacity is 45.46 litres (i.e. 10 imperial gallons) and then FILL WELL
(with the water in the hat). As the hat is empty, we may as well WEAR HAT. Now, GET COIN and examine
COIN. Remember the name of the dynasty (Katros) for later.
Before we do the tower, we're going to make space in the inventory by dropping off all of the
treasures: go E and DROP COIN, DROP INGOT, DROP GLASSES, DROP LOCKET, DROP SHOVEL. Now head N, NW,
W, U, U, SW to the entrance of the tower.
The Tower of Xaan
To open the door, say KATROS (as a verb) and head W into the tower. Go W, OPEN DOOR and D to the
kitchen, go NE and EXAMINE TABLE, then GET FOOD. Head SW, OPEN DOOR, U.
Carry on W, W, OPEN DOOR, N and GET RUG. Now OPEN DOOR and S, U. Go E, E, S, OPEN DOOR, S, GET
BLANKET, OPEN DOOR, N, N, E. Go S, OPEN DOOR, S and GET DOLL, EXAMINE DOLL, BREAK DOLL, LOOK and GET
BROOCH (that has fallen out of the doll).
Finally, to finish off, OPEN DOOR, N, N, E, S. Leave the dresser alone here, it contains gloves
which are a red herring and will get you killed later. OPEN DOOR and S, GET SOAP, OPEN DOOR, N, N,
W, W, W, W, D, E, E, E, OPEN DOOR, E and we have finished with the tower!
Head back to the plateau (NE, D, D, E, SE, S), ignore our stash of items and continue S, W, SW, S,
S, W, S, SW, S, OPEN DOOR, W to the beggar's hovel.
DROP FOOD, DROP SOAP, DROP BLANKET. The beggar will give you some mittens, so GET MITTENS and WEAR
MITTENS. OPEN DOOR and E, N, E, NE, N, N, NE, NE, N. Get our remaining objects: GET COIN, GET
GLASSES, WEAR GLASSES, GET INGOT, GET LOCKET, GET SHOVEL. Head E and GET NECKLACE.
Finally, go W, S, SE, S, E, E, E to outside the waterfall. We've finished our disguise and just
need to transport all of our treasures over to the pirate ship.
Final Section
DROP BROOCH, DROP COIN, to make some space and GET LAMP, GET UMBRELLA. Go N, LAMP, DROP UMBRELLA (as
we only need it to get through the waterfall). Go NE, NW, SW, NW and GET RING, then continue on W,
N, E, NE, D, D, then LAMP and DROP LAMP.
Go E, N, N and DIG, LOOK, then GET GOBLET. Go W, W, DIG, LOOK, DROP SHOVEL and GET BRACELET. Go SW,
W, W, NW, NW, W to the ship.
We need to drop all of our treasures here, so: DROP BRACELET, DROP GOBLET, DROP INGOT, DROP LOCKET,
DROP NECKLACE, DROP RING, DROP RUG.
To finish, we need to go back through the caves and pick up the remaining treasures: E, E, E, E (to
the dry, sandy beach), E, E, E, SE, W, GET LAMP, LAMP and U, U, SW, W, S, E, SE, N, SE, S, GET
UMBRELLA, S, S.
GET BROOCH, GET COIN, GET DIAMOND and go back to the ship: N, N, NE, NW, SW, NW, W, N, E, NE, D, D,
E, NW, W, W, W, W, NW, NW, W.
Finally DROP BROOCH, DROP COIN, DROP DIAMOND and W to finish!
250/250 points.
