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>From news.bu.edu!olivea!uunet!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!lure.latrobe.edu.au!mattm Mon Jul 19 10:25:08 EDT 1993
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Article: 3125 of rec.games.video.sega
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Path: news.bu.edu!olivea!uunet!munnari.oz.au!ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!lugb!lure.latrobe.edu.au!mattm
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Newsgroups: rec.games.video.sega
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Subject: Re: Wonder Boy in Monster World Help
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Message-ID: <1993Jul19.155259.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
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From: mattm@lure.latrobe.edu.au
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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1993 05:52:59 GMT
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Sender: news@lugb.latrobe.edu.au (USENET News System)
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Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University
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Here is some information that might help.
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BIG WARNING: OUTRIGHT SPOILERS FOR WONDER BOY V FOLLOW.
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I received quite a few questions/comments about Wonder Boy V, especially as to
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the location of heart containers and hidden rooms etc. Here is what I know
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about WB V.
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Location of Heart Containers:
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You are permitted a maximum of 14 heart containers. You cannot get anymore.
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You begin with 3 and I know of 11 more that you can find on your journey through
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Monster Land. These heart container locations are listed roughly in the order
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you would get them during normal game play. Note that if you already have 14
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hearts (i.e. have bought some from the man in Purapril) and you open a heart
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container chest, then instead of a heart container you will be given an elixer
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unless you have one of those as well, in which case you will be given a big red
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heart refill.
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(1) In the 1st monster cave on the way to the 1st boss (Myconid) (can't miss it)
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(2) In the 2nd monster cave on the way to the 2nd boss (Gragg & Glagg). You must
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have the dwarf boy Hotta with you (he breaks a hole in the wall). It is in
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the area where you turn solid bricks into white breakable bricks by standing
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on a lever.
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(3) Under the ocean to the left of Alsedo. There are also 3 money chests and
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pygmy armour here as well.
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(4) Poseidon's ocean below Purapril castle. There are two entrances to the
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ocean. The obvious entrance takes you to the Amulet and Poseidon etc. but
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the other entrance is hidden. It takes you to a heart container. The
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entrance is through a hidden door in a little pool in Purapril castle. The
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pool has the distinctive shape shown below.
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hidden door
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**********
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(5) Poseidon's cave. Easy to find.
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(6) Ice Castle. Also easy to find. In the far left room.
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(7) Pyramid. You must be in pygmy gear. Go to the section of the pyramid where
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only the pygmy can go. You walk `into' one of the left walls (I can't
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remember which, but there aren't many to choose from).
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(8) 2nd Monster Cave in Lilypad. You must be in pygmy gear. There is a little
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path leading left that only the pygmy can fit into.
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(9) In the Tyrant Dragon's Lair. Fall into the fire at the far left corner near
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the lever that triggers off a moving platform. It is about 3 levels down in
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the lair.
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(10)Up in the clouds above the bell tower. Easy to find.
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(11)In the castle leading to the 5th boss (The Almighty Demon King). You must be
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in pygmy gear. To do this you must find the hidden door that is located on
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the far left edge of the bottom level of the trolley track. This room will
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convert you into a pygmy. Then as a pygmy you can get into a little gap to
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the left of where you found the Legendary armour.
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The Man in the Hidden Room
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Surplus Heart containers and magic can be obtained from the man in the hidden
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room in Purapril (door located in the ivy on the bottom level of the town just
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before the woods leading to Lilypad). If you have 1 charmstone, he will
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exchange it for a heart container (but only if you have less than 14 heart
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containers so it will not be necessary to do this if you get all of the heart
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containers listed above) and if you have 2 or more charmstones, he will exchange
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2 of your charmstones for a dose of magic containers that is made up of (3 fire-
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storms, 3 Thunders, 2 shields, 3 quakes, 2 powers). He will continue to give you
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magic each time you have 2 charmstones to exchange until each magic type has
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reached a maximum of 12 (except the return spell that stays at 1). After that,
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the man will not give you anything because you are fully powered. The big quest-
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ion here is - how do you get all the charmstones since they cost a outrageous,
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mind blowing 1/2 million each? Fortunately, you don't need many (or any) if you
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get all the magic hidden along the way. Look under the magic section below to
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see how to earn big bucks to buy charmstones.
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Weapons:
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gradius - You begin with this.
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small spear - Buy for 80 in Alsedo.
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knight sword - Buy for 250 in Purapril.
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trident - Earned for dispensing with Gragg & Glagg.
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pygmy sword - In Poseidon's world above the ocean to the far left.
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excalibur - Buy for 2500 in Purapril. This shop won't open until you have
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met with Poseidon.
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battle spear - Buy for 10000 in Childam.
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Legendary - Obtain from blacksmith in Begonia after obtaining the Old Axe
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and the Fire-Urn, and meeting with the Elder Dragon.
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Armour:
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leather - You begin with this.
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chain mail - Buy for 70 in Alsedo.
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hard - Buy for 220 in Purapril.
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steel - Buy for 800 in Lilypad.
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pygmy - In the ocean left of Alsedo.
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knight - Buy for 5000 in Childam.
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flame - Buy for 10000 in Begonia. This shop won't open until you have
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killed the 3rd boss (The Ice Bomber).
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Legendary - In the castle on the way to the 5th boss (The Almighty Dragon).
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Shields:
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wood - Buy for 50 in Alsedo.
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shell - Buy for 200 in Lillypad.
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hard - In a room broken open by Hotta (the dwarf boy) in the Monsters cave
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in Lilypad.
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steel - Buy for 2000 in Purapril. This shop won't open until you have met
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Posiedon.
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pygmy - In the right entrance to the pyramid.
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knight - Buy for 3500 in Childam.
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flame - Buy for 8000 in Begonia. This shop won't open until you have killed
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the 3rd Boss (The Ice Bomber).
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Legendary - In the castle on the way to the 5th boss (The Almighty Demon King).
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Boots:
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cloth - You begin with these.
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leather - Buy for 30 in a shop in a tree trunk near the start of game.
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ladder - Buy for 50 in Purapril.
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Marine - Buy for 300 in Lilypad.
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oasis - In Poseidon's Cave. Easy to find.
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ceramic - Buy for 4000 in Childam.
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pygmy - Find in the far right room in the Ice Castle. Easy to find.
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Legendary - Find on the Trolley track. Easy to find as well.
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Magic:
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Firestorm, Thunder and Quake always come in lots of 3, Shield and Power
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always come in lots of 2, and you only get 1 Return spell in the game.
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3 Firestorms - Given to you by a man in a tree trunk at the start of the game.
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3 Firestorms - Earn for killing the 1st boss (Myconid).
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2 Shields - Buy for 500 in Lilypad.
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3 Thunders - In Poseidon's Ocean. Take the visible entrance to the ocean.
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1 Return - In Poseidon's Cave. Easy to spot.
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3 Quakes - In the hole in the Maugham Desert. Easy to spot.
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2 Shields - Underground section just left of the pyramid. Easy to spot.
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{3 Firestorms,
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3 Thunders, In a room through a hidden entrance in the pyramid. In the
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2 Shields, - section after you jump down a hole created by standing on a
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3 Quakes, lever. To the right is the moving roof with spikes. to the left
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2 Powers } is a small hole you can't fit through unless you are a pygmy.
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The hidden door is as shown below.
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******* hole you **********
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* jump down *
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hidden room * *
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in here. *
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2 Powers - After teleporting from the top of the pyramid, go left and fall
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2 Shields off the cliff and pull right into the cliff. There are two
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hidden caves in the cliff. The upper cave has 2 powers, the
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lower cave has 2 shields.
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3 Quakes - In the tunnel to the Ice World. Easy to spot.
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2 Powers - Volcano world on the way to the 4th Boss (Tyrant Dragon).
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These are the only places that I have found where to get magic. This haul nets a
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total of 9 Firestorms, 6 Thunders, 8 Shields, 9 Quakes, 6 Powers and 1 Return.
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If you want full magic (which you don't really need), you have to get 6 charm-
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stones and visit the man in Purapril 3 times to get 12 of each magic (except the
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return spell - you only get 1). Since I have only found 1 charmstone, that means
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that you have to buy 5 more, which costs you 2.5 million from the shop in
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Purapril. Collecting this money takes a lot of time (about 2.5 hours) of tedious
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killing of beasts in the maze leading up to the trolley area in the world above
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the bell tower. This is the best place to earn money because the blue green
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beasts (the ones that take 4 hits from legendary sword) leave behind money bags
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worth up to 2100 each. Note that you can only earn up to 999999 at a time, so
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you have to keep going back to Purapril and converting the coins to charmstones.
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Again, I stress that you don't need all that magic. I just did it to see what
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the maximum would be (I know, I'm foolish).
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Items:
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Ocarina - In the monster cave of the 1st boss (Myconid) after being told
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about it by Sonia in Alsedo. Learn 3 tunes (BABABCB, ABCBCAB and
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ACCABAB) from Sonia which opens the 3 sealed doors in the monster
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cave. Later, swap the Ocarina for information about the Amulet
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(from Poseidon's daughter).
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Lamp - Earn in the monster cave of 2nd boss (Gragg & Glagg) after killing
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the Bat. It lets you see in the dark (no surprises here!).
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Amulet - In a room with a hidden entrance located between 4 palm trees on
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the far right of the overland section of Poseidon's world. It's
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location is revealed by Poseidon's daughter when you give her the
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Ocarina. Of course, if you already know where the Amulet is, you
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don't have to give up the Ocarina - but why keep it? The Amulet
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opens the door to Poseidon's cave.
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Sun Key - In the water in the underground section left of the pyramid. It
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opens the middle door of the pyramid.
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Moon Key - In the pyramid (middle entrance section). It opens the right door
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of the pyramid leading to the pygmy shield.
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Star Key - Earned after answering correctly 4 or 5 of the 5 questions asked by
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the Sphinx. It opens the left door of the pyramid leading to
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Begonia and the cliffs.
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Bracelet - Given by Elder Dragon in Begonia. Opens the way to the Ice world.
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Gold gem - In one of the rooms in the Ice castle. Obtained after killing a big
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monkey-like creature. Put in the left wall atop the ice castle.
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When both gems are placed the door to the 3rd boss (the Ice Bomber)
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appears.
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Blue gem - In one of the rooms in the Ice castle. Obtained after killing a big
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monkey-like creature. Put in the right wall atop the ice castle.
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See comment about gold gem.
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Old Axe - Earned for killing the 3rd boss (the Ice Bomber). Give to the
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Blacksmith in Begonia. He makes the Legendary sword from it after
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you have also given him the Fire-urn and have visited the Elder
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Dragon one last time.
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Charmstone - Found in the section of the pyramid that you can only get to as a
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pygmy. There are also 5 money chests in this section. Use to get
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either a heart container or magic from the man in the hidden room
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in Purapril. See above.
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Fire Urn - Earned by killing the 4th boss (the Tyrant Dragon). Give to the
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Blacksmith so he can make the Legendary sword from the Old Axe.
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Elixer - See the section below on recharge chests. The elixer is used
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automatically after your life hearts have emptied. It will fill
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up half the number of hearts you have. Don't leave home without it.
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Recharge chests and Money chests:
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These are distributed throughout Monster World. The rule for recharge
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chests is: You will get an elixer if you don't have one otherwise you will get
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a big red heart that totally refills all of your hearts. Every one of these
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chests that I have seen in the game have been in obvious locations (i.e. not
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hidden behind secret doors). Only three of the money chests presented any
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difficulty in reaching. These were in the ocean left of Alsedo. Each chest
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has a secret door. It doesn't take too long to find the secret doors (they are
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all in the water at dead ends) but it is a bit fiddly to describe them.
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Potions:
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The 4 types of potion in this game.
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medicine Buy for 10? in towns early in game. Partial refill.
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potion Buy for 50? in towns. Partial refill.
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holy water Buy for 200 in ?. Refills 1/2 your hearts.
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Hi-potion Buy for 5000 in Begonia. Refills all of your hearts
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General Comments about the game:
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I think that WB V is a well put together game. The highlights are the music
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(I dig the groovy numbers you hear in Purapril and in the last stage) and the
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smooth controllable movement of Wonderboy. It has good replay value (I find new
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things and better ways of doing things each time I play it). I love the bosses,
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my favourite is the Tyrant Dragon) when he jumps up and down on you (he has cute
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little wings). If you use the best weaponry, the bosses are too easy after a
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while (big exception: the last boss), but you can counter this by using your
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weaker weapons to even up the fight a bit e.g. the gradius sword is 64 times
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weaker than the legendary sword. You can determine the relative strength of
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your weapons by experimenting with the blue green monsters in the maze above
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the bell tower. The lowlights are that you can only save one game at a time
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and the uninspired ending but this may be due to memory limitations. There is
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also some occasional slowdown but nothing that effects the game play.
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Tim email: mattm@lure.latrobe.edu.au
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