This guide is written with the assumption you know where everything is. Please see sageamagoo’s guide for the destruction part of the game at the beginning. Without his guide, this one would not have been possible.
General tips for saving time:
When the cursor has a double cursor, you can hold it down to walk and that will save time on clicking.
In the main menu there are options (if you can access them, this game is a bitch to get running sometimes) where you can have caps lock hit for double playback speed on all animations and skip fly-by sequences over the city. There are options for Arthur to be quiet as well, but that's if you're sick of him talking, that doesn't really save time. I personally enjoy the stupidity.
This run skips the potter/oil vendor at Atlantis and the gold leaf at El Dorado. This uses the secret cornbread item to get into the temple and the alms bowl for the healing water along with the butter bowl to oil the Bhuddist prayer wheels. Cornbread maybe saves about two minutes in an any% no escape.
Jumps are Shangri-La-->El Dorado-->Atlantis-->Shangri-La. So far, there doesn't appear to be the ability to do just three jumps, four seems to be the minimum.
Do the start of the game as normal, getting all the time codes in the destroyed city.
Teleport to Shangri-La Get Pilgrim’s image Turn into Pilgrim Cross smaller bridge Read writing next to colourful symbols Read inscription on green Buddha statue (these writings unlock the Lama's text later on we need for an item) go to greenhouse to enter tunnels
TUNNEL SECTION
Start 1 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd
Forward lever Turn around Through steam tunnel Lever Continue through open passageways to khan, do not touch levers Grab sword.
[re-enter tunnels] Start 2 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd
lever (this is the first lever door after going back down the ladder from getting Khan's sword) Turn around Through steam tunnel Lever Forward Forward Lever Turn around Lever Click 7 times (you will go through a steam room) Lever Turn around continue to the Black Ball Get butter boiler also
[re-enter main non-steam tunnels] Start 3 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd
Forward three times (three clicks) LEVER Continue forward next to roots under greenhouse
Teleport to El Dorado get boy's image, cut balloon with sword Talk to guard get shaman's image “Tell me the story!” “Who was young man?” “Did they help?” “Rest of Story?” “Who is young man?” “No” “Bye” Backtrack to the well Turn into Shaman Talk to Farmboy “Do you have Talisman?” “Mine broke” (this text is two seconds faster than "I need it", both give same result) “Bye” get talisman from boy put in parrot code for cornbread get cornbread put in regular code for pool remove talisman get artifact
Teleport to Atlantis Go down trap door Grab gear Use gear on floor Turn handle 5 times, exit, turn handle again Go right Go down first crane Get Beggar’s image Talk to Beggar “Sorry” “Yes” (five seconds faster than "no") Change into Beggar Go on ship Grab gaff Get Captain’s image Talk to Captain “A few coins?” “Bye” Move off the ship Change into Captain Get Ferryman’s image Talk to Ferryman “Windmill” “(give coin)” Get Windmill Keeper’s image Talk to Windmill Keeper “Yes" (three seconds faster than "no") Ferry to Dock Change into Beggar Talk to Captain “Nasty Weather” “Bye” Move off the ship Change into Captain Talk to Beggar “(give coin)” “May rain” “What’s your plan?” “Bye” Ferry to Temple (each choice is same length at 56 seconds but top choice faster for clicking) Ferry right back to dock get alms bowl back to temple Give cornbread to the guard (Just click and drag it onto him first opportunity) get healing water into alms bowl close stream with gaff ferry to windmill Talk to Windmill Keeper “Long winter” “What’s the plan?” “Bye” drag rope from floor onto ring (will snap into place when turns light brown, so you don’t have to be directly over the ring) turn wheel go down passage Turn into Beggar Get Saros’ image Talk to Saros “Insular views?” “Opportunity?” “What will you do?” Use sun disc on gear thing Turn gear thing Turn left is faster than right Go up stairs into temple Go right and let water back in with the gaff Grab artefact
Teleport to Shangri-La (should be right in front of roots) put healing water on roots Go back up ladder to the tree get apple give apple to yellow buddha (this one is picky on where you place it, I find best success directly under bowl) go down grate into tunnels
from first non-steam tunnel room as usual: Start 1 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd FORWARD LEVER FORWARD FORWARD LEVER FORWARD into monastery
Exit monastery Get Genghis Khan’s image Use the sword on the red Buddha Claim prize (red ball) Re-enter the monastery Turn into Genghis Khan Use alms bowl on the blue Buddha Claim prize (blue ball) Talk to Lama “Test” “True Path” “Realms?” “Animal Realm” “Ignorance” “Bye” Exit monastery
go across bridge use book on green statue Get prize (green ball) Turn into Lama Talk to bridge guy to extend bridge go towards temple
go past where khan is use butter boiler on top right prayer wheel click prayer wheel in this order: ----3264---- ----5x1x---- climb stairway give stones matching buddha's robe colour grab lotus go back out to bridge and ring bell to cross turn into chameleon suit talk to pilgrim give lotus by dragging it
FINAL PUZZLE The puzzle is the only random thing in the game. I recommend making a save file and familiarizing yourself with which way you should turn the artefacts to get the faces you want.
There are two possible combinations of faces to solve the puzzle. Each of these can be oriented in 3 ways, for a total of 6 correct answers. Here's what you want to do to solve it:
The bottom left face is always the same, so it's the one you should solve first. You want it to be the one with four outside sections and one triangle. Once you get this face done, leave it. You'll orient the other faces to fit it.
Now do the bottom-right face. If there are two triangles, this is the first correct face. Orient it so the no-triangle side occupies the spot the triangle of the other one holds. If there is one triangle and the pieces around it aren't symmetrical, this is the second correct face. Orient it so the triangle is pointing the same way as the triangle on the bottom-left face.
Lastly, do the top artefact. The first correct face is the one that looks like horns, and the second is the one with three triangles. Match it up with the first or second bottom-right face respectively. Then just rotate it until the puzzle is complete.
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