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Ripley's Believe It or Not! The Riddle of Master Lu

Walkthrough

Accuracy of detail for cheats, easter eggs, trainers, puzzle solutions, hints, and walkthroughs have not been verified. Grammar and spelling have not been checked.

Cheats:
Bypass maze:
Press [Ctrl] + E while in a maze to travel to the exit.

Advance past Labyrinth of Sikkim:
Hold [Ctrl] and type lee in the first room of the labyrinth to advance to the end. Note: This will also prevent collection of useful inventory items hidden in the labyrinth.

BARTOMB.EXE [49K]
Windows patch to resolve the crash problem in Baron's Tomb.

IRONSUP.EXE [46K]
Windows patch to get the glass jar off the wall.

ROML205.EXE [934K]
Windows patch to resolve the bridge freeze, the switch and jumping mouse.

 

Walkthrough for
THE RIDDLE OF MASTER LU

Written by Sanctury Woods Staff

DESTINATION LIST

* New York
* Peiping
* Danzig
* Sikkim
* Easter Island
* Moca Moche
* New York Again
* Danzig Again
* Peiping Again
* Mount Li

New York

New Game
Get handling stick
Move left into other Odditorium room
Open drawer
Get turtle treats [and turtle also, to avoid revisiting New York below]
Go right and exit to Posh Express office
Talk to Posh Express agent to send radiogram to Baron von Seltsam
Book passage to Peiping.

Peiping

Talk to agent to buy some yuan
Exit Posh Express office
Put journal on gatekeeper to sketch Chin Shih Huang Ti cartoon
Go right and enter blacksmith's alley
Look at junkpile
Give Chinese yuan to peasant, get amulet
Take wheel
Take seven spokes
Return to courtyard
Give Ripley photo to old lady, get soldier's helmet
Put soldier's helmet on awning
Walk left to alley with wall holes
Use seven spokes on alley wall, get pass
Put journal on any set of tablets to sketch Tablets of History cartoon
Get silver butterfly on ground
Go left, get mallet
Use mallet on gong
"Student of life"
"Too big"
Exhaust dialogue with priest [first responses only]
Exit Hall of Classics
Go left to Posh Express office
Send rebus amulet & silver butterfly to New York
Book passage to Danzig.

Danzig

Buy some marks
Exit Posh Express office, take taxi to castle
Sketch castle cartoon
Enter castle, go into sitting room
Exhaust dialogue with younger Baron von Seltsam
Look at sofa
Pick up German banknote
Exit sitting room
Open writing desk
Open writing desk drawer
Get envelope
Get keys [optional Inventory Item]
Zoom out
Open envelope, get postage stamp
Get billiard ball
Touch Ace of Spades on wall to left of Neptune painting

You may get stuck here and require the ROML205.EXE patch.

Touch switch
Look at smoking hutch
Touch lid
Get cigar
Touch vent
Put billiard ball into circular hole
Touch black button on wall
Touch billiard table
Go down stairs
Get periodic table
Put periodic table into glass jar

You may get stuck here and require the IRONSUP.EXE patch.

Open drawer
Get garden hose
Get rubber plug
Get surgical tube
Get pump grips
Close drawer
Get faucet handle
Put pump grips on pump rod [at top of pump]
Put faucet handle on air valve
Put surgical tube on nozzles
Get lever key from left wall
Put lever key on table pivot
Close air valve/handle
Use pump
Open air valve, get Romanov emerald
Touch emerald/cork
Sketch Romanov emerald for cartoon
Put Romanov emerald into iron support
Get glass jar
Get periodic table
Get air valve/handle
Get surgical tube
Get lever key
Get pump grips
Get pump rod
Get faucet pipe
Combine pump rod & lever key
Put lever key/pump rod on bracket
Put glass jar on lever key
Put rubber plug on glass jar
Put cork on glass jar
Put pump grips on glass jar
Put faucet pipe on glass jar
Put garden hose on faucet pipe
Put surgical tube on garden hose
Touch surgical tube to get cursor,
put surgical tube on faucet stem
Put faucet handle on faucet stem
Use faucet handle
Get faucet handle [optional inventory item]
Get letter [long reading], enter info into journal [snake]
Put Romanov emerald into microscope
Look at periodic table:


Chemical Symbol Ti Xe
Element Titanium Xenon
Atomic Number 22 54


Note that TiXe is "exit", backwards
2254 backwards is 4522
Use buttons
Enter 4522
Go right to graveyard
Sketch Pommee cross for epitaph cartoon #1
Sketch Celtic cross for epitaph cartoon #2
Return left to Danzig
Send postage stamp and German banknote to New York
Book passage to Sikkim.

Sikkim

Get brochure [optional Inventory Item]
Exit Posh Express office
Disassemble cigar
Show cigar band to guard
Pass through gate
Sketch temple for cartoon [major audio error when checking journal!]
Collect prayer wheels 4,6,9,12, and 15
[the only ones removable/the only ones with monk dialog]
Return to each of the five empty niches and try each prayer wheel
in the niche until you get thanks from the monk
Talk to each of these five monks to find out what prayer they
know and how long they've been there:


Location Knows Seeks Duration Variable

4 INSIGHT WISDOM 1/4x he who seeks TRUTH A

6 WISDOM SERENITY 1/4 x he who has found TRUTH B

9 TRUTH PEACE 2x he who seeks INSIGHT C

12 PEACE INSIGHT 2x he who seeks SERENITY

3x he who seeks WISDOM D

15 SERENITY TRUTH [he who seeks PEACE] - 10 years E


Formulas: A=0.25E B=0.25C C=2D D=2B E=C-10


Solution: A=5 B=7.5 C=30 D=15 E=20


Go to monk with longest service [#9 with 30 yrs.] and talk to him
Go to position 14 that had prayer wheel of Enlightenment
[according to brochure]
Descend stairs into temple to position S on map

Note:
Orientation of rooms does not change with Ripley's position
North is always up.
Pull appropriate rope to light way [also required when retracing steps]

For a quick way to end the maze,
hold down the [Ctrl] key and press the letters Iee.
This solution from a comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure
post by Peter Taylor of Sanctuary Woods.
A groan and a gurgle later, and you're at the end of the maze!
But don't forget the items you need from inside the maze.

Collect chisel and incense burner
Find end of maze
Pull rope to the left of the far door, ladder lowers
Use ladder
Look at Master Lu's book on the left [no music], get info into journal
Use ladder
Return to Posh Express office
Send chisel and incense burner to New York
Book passage to Peru.
Sketch stele [condor]
Book passage to Easter Island.

Easter Island

Take shirt
Exhaust dialog with Dr. Twelvetrees [trust her]
Sketch glyphs on tilted head
Attempt to leave screen, instead Twelvetrees leads you
north to beach
Get driftwood puffin, exit beach left
Head west to quarry position D1
Make general sketch of quarry for Easter Island cartoon

Note:
Quarry position having exit south to field is D1
Sketch: Starfish at F1 Seahorse at A2 Scallop at B5 Tooth at E6


Map [grid]:


A6 D6 E6

A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5

A4 B4 C4 D4 E4 F4

A3 B3 C3 D3 E3 F3

A2 B2 C2 D2 E2

A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 F1

|exit|

Return to dig site
Take note [map]
Return south to Posh Express office
Look at clock and puffins on shelf
Talk to agent about interesting objects, puffins, clock
Give driftwood puffin to agent, get clock facing
Book passage to Easter Island
Take sleeve on pole
Take pole
Enter shed
Use pull cord [recalls Dr. Twelvetrees at beach later]

You may get stuck here and require the ROML205.EXE patch.

Get pull cord
Exit shed
Go east to field
Use sleeve on obsidian disk in statue eye socket
Go east to beach
Get driftwood stump near statue base
Put driftwood stump into large hole behind old woman

You may get stuck here and require the ROML205.EXE patch.

Put pole on driftwood stump
Use pole
Give clock facing to old woman
[program hangs with hourglass if disk is given first]
Look at hole in hillside
Return to dig site
Exhaust dialog with Dr. Twelvetrees,
get stick-and-shell map & whalebone horn
Get lighter
Combine pull cord & whale bone horn
Use horn with water
Return to quarry position C4
Put horn on clay to left of gray rock
Use gray rock
Look at fissure
Get rongorongo tablet
Sketch tablet
Return to dig site
Open shed windows
Enter shed
Get spark plug tool
Use spark plug tool on gas tank plug
Disassemble pull cord from horn
Put pull cord on gas tank plug
Use pull cord
Put pull cord on wire
Use lighter
Put lit lighter on ground near gas tank
Touch power cable
Exit shed
Send map & horn to New York
Buy local currency
Book passage to Moca Moche.

Moca Moche

Walk to stone wall
Head east
Exhaust dialog with person in hole [Emilio Menendez]
Buy shrunken head for 300, 400, 450 inti
Ask to buy ladder & shovel
Give emerald to Menendez
Get wheeled toy in dirt pile by hole
Walk east & sketch stele [monkey]
Go upstairs
Get green vine at entrance to tower
Get brown vine at entrance to tower
Sketch observatory dome for Moca Moche cartoon
Return to chasm
Tie green vine to spider statue
Use brown vine coil on far-side tree
Cross chasm
Untie rope from tree
Tie green vine coil to tree
Tie brown vine coil to tree
Cross chasm
Get rope
Get shovel from hole
Get wooden ladder from hole
Climb to top of tower
Put ladder on altar
Touch altar post
Put rope on ladder
Use rope
Get crystal skull
Get rope
Enter observatory
Look at journal to establish that each city's sequence is a cyclic
permutation of the snake's:

CROSS EYE CLAW COBRA H-BOMB TREE FEET

The only possibility for the spider sequence is:

EYE COBRA H-BOMB TREE CLAW< H-BOMB CLAW
CLAW FEET< CLAW H-BOMB CROSS EYE H-BOMB<
FEET EYE TREE EYE< COBRA COBRA< FEET
TREE< CROSS CROSS< COBRA FEET CROSS TREE

Put skull on skeleton
Put shovel in hole in capstan
Use shovel, enter info into journal
Get crystal skull
Return to chasm
Go west to Posh Express office
Send crystal skull, wheeled toy, & shrunken head to New York
Book passage to New York.

New York Again

Leave Posh Express office
Move left into other Odditorium room
Get turtle

You may get stuck here and require the ROML205.EXE patch.

Return to Posh Express office
Book passage to Danzig.

Danzig Again

Leave Posh Express office
Touch topiary
Go through gate to side of castle
Talk to Wolf
Get edger
Get plank
Go east to Baron's tomb in graveyard
Put plank on urns
Use plank
Open grate
Put turtle treats on grate
Put edger on turtle treat
Put turtle on turtle treat
Book passage to Peiping, lose inventory.

You may get stuck here and require the BARTOMB.EXE patch.

Peiping Again

Exit pagoda south
Get gong
Get mallet
Re-enter pagoda
Put gong on brazier
Push right tablet twice
Use mallet on gap with journal
Get charcoal to right of brazier
Use charcoal on journal.

Mount Li

Look at journal for tomb code:
Push Man 5 Blue
Pull Man 1 Red
Give money to farmer, get shovel
Open door to root cellar
Enter root cellar
Push rice sack
Use shovel on hand
Pull hand
Look at hole
Exit root cellar
Talk to farmer about lantern, get match
Re-enter root cellar
Go down hole

Halls of Soldiers colors:
Red [Back]
Blue
Purple
Yellow
Green [Front]
Enter Blue Hall
Touch the 5th Blue Soldier
Exit west
Enter Red Hall
Touch 1st Red Soldier
Pick up wooden beam behind 2nd Red Soldier

You may get stuck here and require the ROML205.EXE patch.

Exit east to East Vestibule
Get wooden post
Enter Yellow Hall
Push chariot
Get shelf from each of two soldiers flanking jade door
Push chariot through jade door
Get crank
Push chariot
Put crank in slot
Use crank
Put wooden post on crank
Put wooden beam in corridor
Get wooden post under crank
Get crank
Proceed through corridor
Touch wheel three times
Put shovel in hole in bridge
Touch wheel
Give crank to Mei Chen
Talk to Mei Chen: "I'll stand"
Walk off of bridge
Touch wheel
Take shovel
Touch wheel three times
Talk to Mei Chen

You may get stuck here and require the ROML205.EXE patch.

Proceed across bridge
Proceed east to end of walkway
Put shields on lake
Proceed east to mausoleum
Take Imperial Seal

Enjoy the Endgame Sequence.

 

 

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