Escape from Monkey Island – Welcome to the Sinjin’s Guide to the Islands

As you can see from the map there is plenty to do on Monkey Island. After Timmy welcomes you, read the note and notice the only remaining bunch
of bananas in the tree above. You will come back for them later. Head into the interior of the island and begin your adventure with a stop at
the camp.

As you enter the camp you can read another note tacked to the hut and get the coconut lying on the ground. Head to
the other side of the fire and talk to the old hermit who turns out to be your old friend Herman Toothrot; an acquaintance from your previous
trips to Monkey Island. Chat with him and explore the various dialogs until you realize he has amnesia. Ask him what the last thing he
remembers is to get a clue to the object you need to use. This time it’s a coconut so throw the coconut at him to jog his memory. This seems
to restore more of his memory and now he can remember a milk bottle lying near a lava field. You notice a lava field shown on your map, but you
have a few other stops first.

When you reach the open area to the right of Vista Point, head down the path to the right leading to the canyon. The mineshaft needs to wait
until later, but you can pick up the very useful banana picker leaning against the cactus on the right. Now head back
to the beach and use the banana picker on the bunch or bananas. Keep picking them until you have the entire bunch then feed one to Timmy who
will now follow you. Return to the mineshaft feeding Timmy as needed to keep him with you. He should follow you the entire way unless you leave
the map and enter an area. Then you will have to feed him again.

Feed Timmy then enter the mine. The mine cart and track switch are useless along with the bags of gunpowder. Make a mental note
of the roots in the ceiling. Head to the large metal door in the back and open the bottom vent. Toss a banana through the opening and Timmy
will go fetch it. Quickly close the door then look through the portal above. Use a banana on the portal to tease Timmy who will climb up and
trip the latch opening the door. Take Timmy back outside then search the new passage. After you drop into the large mechanical room, move
around to the other side of the catwalk and use the banana picker to snatch the weed whipper from the gears in the
center. Return to the tube and exit the mine.

Exit the canyon area. If you want you can make a quick trip to the far side of the canyon to investigate the strange rock formation above the
entrance to the mine. Head to the lava field and locate the milk bottle just as Timmy arrives to toss it into the lava field. It lands on one
of the rocks and you are forced to find someway to retrieve the item. Head up to the castle and enter. Examine the skull carving above the door
and note the small shields in the eye sockets. Use the banana picker to retrieve the shield, which look more like
cymbals when you inspect them more closely. Cross the bridge and talk to the ghostly priest. Explore all the dialog options and ask for a test
run of the lava ride. You will have to ask twice.

After a screaming trip down the lava falls you enter the maze of twisty lava passages. The milk bottle will always be on the same rock (circled
in picture) but it will randomly be either on the left or right side, so you may have to adjust your route as necessary. The important thing to
remember is when you loop around to the fork (1) leading back into the volcano keep steering left to loop around until you get the bottle. Once
you have the bottle you can then turn right at this fork to return to the castle. Several logs (2) block the various routes, but these are
easily knocked out of the way by simply ramming them. Doing so will even give you some reverse momentum if you need to pick another path. The
logs will make one loop then block your way again, so you need to act quickly once you knock them loose. When you float past the proper side of
the island use the banana picker to snatch the milk bottle then return to the castle. During your trip around the lava
field you will want to make a note of the area with the weeds (3). This will be important later in the game.

Return to Herman’s camp and toss the milk bottle at his head to knock some more memories back into him. Now the last thing he remembers is an
accordion. Leave came and begin your new quest. The entire north half of the island is blocked by the river of lava, so head to Vista Point to
see if you can find another route to the other side of the island.

This puzzle is rather difficult and requires some very precise timing. Your objective is to stand by the rock pile and pick up a rock and throw
it into one of the three tunnels. The rock will roll along the path and eventually touch a root (circled in picture) causing it to move. This
is your signal to throw the next rock. You will throw four rocks total into the three tunnels. I’ve numbered the tunnels in the order that you
throw the rocks. Make sure to pick up the next rock and highlight the correct tunnel option so when the root moves you can just hit ENTER to
quickly throw the rock. By getting the exact timing you will cause the various rocks to collide forcing them down alternate paths. Your goal
is to get one rock into the middle chute at the bottom (5). This will send the rock flying into the lava field creating a dam and redirecting
the lava flow. Other chutes send rocks to other areas of the island. Hint: I found that if you wait until just after each root stops moving
before throwing the next rock you will have very good results.

Return to the Volcano Castle and talk with Father Rasputin to get another log ride. This time just float around and turn left at the fork (1)
then steer into the small pool and climb out of the log. Head up the slope to the left and kick (use) the tree over to create a bridge across
the falls. Now you won’t need to ride the log anymore. Head back down the slope and use the weed whipper on the weeds (2) and watch the results
back in the mineshaft. When you are done with the landscaping, head across the bridge and follow the path to the north side of the island. When
the path forks, take the one leading north to Monkey Town. You will notice a small monkey wandering around this path. If he touches you then
you will zoom into a path view where you can either talk or walk past him. Ignore him for now and keep heading for the village.

When you reach the village you can talk with JoJo, the monkey leader. He is a wealth of information and also seems to be wearing a hat that
looks like a part of the Ultimate Insult. When you ask him for it he tells you that you must defeat him in Monkey Kombat in order to possess
the bronze hat. This leads to lots more talking about Monkey Kombat where you learn the basic rules and some strategy (but not nearly as much
as I am going to teach you).

Head into the village and locate the monkey in the hut playing the accordion. Get out your cymbals (shields) and play along. The monkey seems
very interested in your cymbals and drops the accordion before grabbing your cymbals and climbing back up into his hut. Pick up the
accordion then make the long trek back to Herman. Smack him with the accordion to restore his full memory and
identity as Elaine’s grandfather and former governor of Melee Island. After a lengthy history lesson you both come to the conclusion that you
need to build your own bigger and better Ultimate Insult. He tells you that Ozzie’s Ultimate Insult will not work without a special forth piece
that only Elaine has. Of course about this time she is captured.

Everything you need to create your own Ultimate Insult is on Monkey Island and he starts you off with his own Gubernatorial
Symbol. Now all you need is a giant monkey head, a bronze hat, and a gold statue. It’s now time to head back to JoJo and fight him for
the bronze hat. Return to Monkey Town. You will now need to fight several monkeys in that short north passage leading into town. JoJo won’t
accept your challenge until you have proven yourself in combat with lesser opponents. You will need to fight and defeat at least three monkeys
including the Brawny Monkey, but more than likely you will fight many more than that before you are ready to challenge JoJo.

MONKEY COMBAT

This is probably the hardest part of the entire game. Actually, it’s not that hard, just time consuming in the amount of research you must do
to become proficient in Monkey Kombat. The first thing you need to do is make a chart similar to the one below. You can even print mine if you
want.

Now that you have a chart you need to go out and start fighting monkeys so you can fill in all the blanks. Here is how Monkey Kombat works and
the definitions of the codes I use.

Monkey Kombat consists of five stances: Anxious Ape (AA), Bobbing Baboon (BB), Charging Chimp (CC), Drunken Monkey (DM), and Gimpy Gibbon (GG).
Each stance defeats two other stances very much like a rock-paper-scissors game only much more complex. The hierarchy of the stances changes
with each new game, so you must learn which moves defeat the others by fighting other monkeys and logging the results.

In addition to learning which stance beats another, you must also learn a series of monkey insults that allow you to transition between the
various stances. These consist of Ack (A), Eek (E), Ooop (O), and Chee (C). So if you wanted to switch from Drunken Monkey to Charging
Chimp you would enter the combo ACO to make the switch. This is just an example as the insults change for each game as well. Each insult works
both ways, so once you learn the insult to go from DM to CC that same insult will also take you from CC to DM. Confused yet? Yeah – it took me
about two hours to figure it all out and make the chart.

Here is my completed chart I used for my last game. I’m providing it as an example only. It may or may not work with your game since everything changes with each new game.

During the course of your battles you need to make a note whenever a message tells you that one stance beats another. You will also want to
watch the current stance of your opponent and the insult he uses and the new stance it takes him to. Log the insults in the appropriate boxes.
Remember that for each insult you get to put it in two boxes going both ways. The shaded boxes do not need to be filled in. If you want to
repeat the same stance just use any three identical commands such as EEE or OOO to keep the stance. A good way to learn the moves and fill in
the boxes quickly is use the “Monkey See Monkey Do” method. JoJo explains this and it basically involves you simply repeating the same insult
the monkey says to force a draw allowing you to see more insults and moves and write them down. Eventually you will have to let him hit you so
you can start logging the winning moves.

A sample battle may go like this. (this is just an example using the codes from my chart)

Guybrush and opponent face off both in the DM stance. Monkey switches to BB which damages Guybrush. I respond with an ECA insult that takes me
to an AA stance and damages his BB stance. The monkey insults me with AOE taking him to a DM stance and damaging my AA position. I use the ACE
insult to go to a BB stance and damage him. He foolishly responds with an OAE which also takes him to BB and there is a DRAW. Each player takes
a new random stance and continues.

As you start to win battles your health meter will increase in size (indicated by the row of bananas). This is another reason you must fight
many monkeys before JoJo. He has a very large health bar and he will almost never miss in his attacks. When you have filled in your chart
(or at least most of it) and have beaten the Brawny Monkey you can then go challenge JoJo. Note: You do not need all transition commands.
I never did find the one for AA to GG and it never affected the outcome.

Once you defeat JoJo you will get his bronze hat. Leave the village and take the other path to the giant monkey head.
Examine all the parts of the head then toss the hat on top of the monkey head and use the banana picker in the monkey nose to flip the latch and
open the mouth. Enter the head and locate the control room. A quick search reveals a slot you can stick the Gubernatorial Symbol into and
start the power-up sequence. Watch the amazing movie as monkey from all over the island come to the head and enter to take their seats at
various stations around the giant monkey robot.

When the movie is over you are back on Melee Island near some towers. Apparently Ozzie is going to use this tower to amplify his Ultimate Insult
signal and demoralize all the pirates in the Caribbean in one single broadcast. Locate the plank (1) and stick it in the small tower (2)
creating a springboard. Now climb up this tower and use the plank to make an impressive bounce and leap to the top of the main tower. Once
there you can flip the switch (3) to deactivate the conch shell. This triggers another movie.

You now find yourself in the Ultimate Monkey Kombat. It’s you (in your giant mechanical monkey) vs. LeChuck who has animated his giant stone
statue from the town square. Ozzie is controlling him and Elaine is held captive in LeChuck’s massive stone hand. Engage in Monkey Kombat
using your handy chart from the recent monkey battles. You are unable to defeat LeChuck as you both regenerate your health faster than you can
lose it. Your goal in this battle is to force a DRAW. This is very easy. Simply look at the stance LeChuck is currently in and pick the insult
that will take you to that same stance. He will chance his stance and probably damage you, but you can take it. Match his new stance and repeat
this process until you have three DRAWS. At this point LeChuck loses it. He drops Elaine and starts pounding his head crushing Ozzie and
destroying the Ultimate Insult resulting in a small nuclear-like explosion that leaves only a crater behind.

After a short family reunion, JoJo gets back into the monkey and takes it back to Monkey Island to pick up his friends to vacation in Martha’s
Vineyard. Grandpa resumes his role as governor leaving you and Elaine to resume your pirate adventures on the high seas. The game ends as
you offend Elaine and she walk away as Timmy shoves you off the cliff….

CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have Escaped Monkey Island and defeated LeChuck and the evil Ozzie Mandrill and have made the seas safe for
pirates once again.

Note: Those of you familiar with LucasArts games already know they usually tack something on at the end of the credits. If you can sit through
the 10 minutes of credits there is a humorous epilogue to our hero’s plight as he dangles from the cliff.

The following is a list of all the items you will need to find while playing Escape from Monkey Island. They are listed in the approximate order that you will acquire them in the game if you are following along with my walkthrough. Some items are a combination of other items and you will get them after you acquire the various components.