TOWER OF DESPAIR
Solution by David Whyld
Part 1
get staff, get gauntlet, e, exam chest, get food, get rope, e, pray, get dagger, exam sphere, 
w, n, sign (to your deaf and dumb servant for some useful information), s, se, mount 
stallion, e, ride e, ride e, ride e, n, n, say (to the ranger), s, s, s, s, n, n, exam ashes, get 
crystal, give crystal (to statue), (enter the door of) hope, exam orb, get rod, (enter the door 
of) despair, wear gauntlet, get orb, remove gauntlet, join rods, insert rods, (enter the door 
of) destiny, w, n, n, get shield, s, s, e, e, e, s, exam bodies, get keys, get locket, exam 
locket, move barrels, unlock door, open door, go door, s, s, w, get jade, e, n, n, e, crawl, 
wear gauntlet, use dagger, remove gauntlet
Part 2
green peace, se, exam tree, peel bark, d, d, exam pit, get bone, climb pit, n, close eyes (to 
avoid the medusa), crawl n, get shield, wear shield, get staff, get rope, get food, get jade, 
get gauntlet, n, throw bone, n, taste paste (you shrink!), s, s, e, say (the baron disappears), 
get cloak, wear cloak, get crown, n, exam willows, (go) opening, exam niche, tie rope, e, 
ne (the cave gorgon can't see you because of the shiny shield you're wearing), nw, get 
kelp, se, sw, w, w, s, e, e, (go) temple, exam priest, exam bag, exam talisman, get 
talisman, out, e, e, wait (you see a bleak ogre), drop jade, flame bolt, exam ogre, get flute, 
n, shake tree, get berries, n, use talisman, use talisman, use talisman, use talisman (you 
destroy all four demonkin), wear gauntlet, point gauntlet, flame bolt (you destroy the 
hellgaunt), eat berries, jump chasm, exam hellgaunt, get scroll, get gold gauntlet, wear 
gold gauntlet, u, n, (you're wearing the baron's cloak so it's assumed you're an ally), n, n, 
play flute (an entrance appears!), (go) entrance, exam gargoyle, hold scroll, drink liquid, n, 
exam cages (there's a man inside one of them), say, n (a room with 4 doors), 3, close 
door, out, 4, close door, out, 2, close door (you've completed the ritual), out, (enter the 
column of) fire, throw kelp (to destroy the circle of skulls), flame bolt (your "servant"), join 
gauntlets (to repel Malnor), use matrix crown (to destroy Malnor - you've won!)
 
NOTE:
1)  Due to an irritating random element in the first part of the game, you might find the 
Angel of Death turns up earlier than anticipated and kills you before you have the chance 
to deal with him. There are quite a few bits of the game you can miss out to avoid this: the 
whole scene with the Door of Destiny is unnecessary and just boosts your score. Avoid it 
by continuing east after you escape from the demons at the start of the game and when 
you reach the chasm jump over it (providing you're still riding your stallion!) Also you can 
go directly south once you've got the shield. Neither the keys or the locket are really 
necessary and can be bypassed entirely.
2)  Make sure you remove the silver gauntlet at the end of part 1 otherwise it will have 
mysteriously disappeared when you load part 2!
3)  You'll need to rest and recover your strength at various times or risk death by hunger. 
In part 1 don't waste your food on this, just sleep. Save the food for part 2 when sleeping 
doesn't work any more.
4)  There are two sets of berries in the game. The solution above assumes you're getting 
the berries from the elf after you shake the tree. Both berries do exactly the same but if 
you're carrying the set from the location with the ogre nothing will happen when you shake 
the tree.
5)  Ensure that you enter the Door of Hope first, otherwise you'll find that you can't pick up 
the rod you'll find through the Door of Despair because the game assumes you're already 
carrying it!

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