"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~"""~""" EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus FAQ/Walkthrough PC 1991 Version: 1.0 released on the 9th of September 2010 Author: odino http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/47976.html This guide is EXCLUSIVELY available to GameFAQs. .============================================================================. | .========================================================================. | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS | | | '========================================================================' | |============================================================================| | 01.) Introduction | G0100 | | 02.) Basics | G0200 | |----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------| | 03.) Walkthrough | G0300 | | 04.) Point List | G0400 | | 05.) Items | G0500 | | 06.) Maps | G0600 | |----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------| | XX.) FAQ | GXX00 | | YY.) Version History | GYY00 | | ZZ.) Credits & Thanks | GZZ00 | '=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-' =============================================================================== 01.) INTRODUCTION G0100 =============================================================================== Welcome to 'EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus' for the PC, an educational adventure game released by Sierra in 1991. The walkthrough for this game is complete and includes a point list. By following the walkthrough you will also get maximum points in the game. If you spot any errors or have suggestions please feel free to e-mail me about it. Enjoy! =============================================================================== 02.) BASICS G0200 =============================================================================== The game is mainly controlled with the mouse although you could use some shortcuts on the keyboard for the menu. Right click to cycle the cursor through the action icons. You can also use the menu that appears at the top of the screen to change icons. In order to access your inventory you have to use the menu at the top as else the only available item is the last one you have obtained or used. Saving and Loading is also done at the top menu as well as the usual settings you expect such as music and sound volumes. =============================================================================== 03.) WALKTHROUGH G0300 =============================================================================== Lab: ```` After the introduction, walk over to the box and take the bottle of detergent (2, 2) and the rag (2, 4). Use the detergent on the rag (5, 9) and use the new rag on the seagull (5, 14). Your dad will give you a fertilizer solution (2, 16) before leaving. After dad has gone there is some point collecting to be done: - Pick up the gerbil's water bottle on the right of the its cage (2, 18) and use it on the cage (5, 23). - Pick up the garbage in the bottom right corner (10, 33). - Pick up the empty (Pepsi) soda can on the desk (2, 35) and dump it into the recycle bin (5, 40). - Read the mail on the chair (5, 45) and pick up the envelope left behind as well (5, 50). - Look at the fish tank next to the cage. Use the fertilizer solution on the corral (5, 55). - Look at the computer monitor (5, 60) - Look at the books on the self five times for one point each (5, 65) - Talk to the earth-shaped rug (2, 67) - Look at the drawing board (5, 72) To leave this place you have to use the keypad on the door and find the code from the game's manual and pressing E on the pad (5, 77). Research Tank: `````````````` Read the instructions on the black board (5, 82). Look at the propeller of the boat (5, 87). Talk to the dolphin thrice for two points each (6, 93). Pick up a mackerel from the bucket the dolphin is eyeing (2, 95) and feed it to the dolphin when it stops for a second (2, 97). Grab another mackerel (2, 99) and repeat the process (2, 101). Climb into the pool (5, 106) and grab the dolphin's fin when it has finally stopped (5, 111). Climb out of the pool and grab the green frisbee (2, 113). Throw the frisbee four times and catch it each time (7, 120) and a scene will occur. Catching the frisbee can be tricky. When the scene is done, throw the frisbee once more and catch it again as before (1, 121). Throw it one final time (1, 122). Pull the lever nearby the dolphin to free it (10, 132). Days pass... Open the door and then open the cupboard. Grab the scuba gear (10, 142). Use it on yourself (5, 147) to get out of here. Ocean: `````` Swim north until you hit the cruise ship. After the scene, grab the clear glass jar near the end of the bilge pile (2, 149). Use the recycling icon to remove the items that look slightly more brown then the rest in the bottom left corner of the screen (5, 154). Swim west through the newly-created gap and place the oxygen tank on yourself to dive (10, 164). Dive down two screens (you need to go through the gaps in the growth) and then right one screen. Dive down one more screen to find the city of Eluria (15, 179). Eluria: ``````` Grab the steel cage (2, 181) and for points (10, 191) you want to recycle the following items: - Beach Ball - Desk Chair - Pipe - Radio - Shopping Cart - Teddy Bear - Tricycle (Three-Wheeler) - TV Enter the temple at the right side and pick up the conch shell on the pedestal (2, 193). Leave again and use the conch shell on the bronze statue (10, 203). You can now take the trident (5, 208). Back in the temple you have to solve the mosaic tile puzzle at the back wall (20, 223). If you do not want to solve this just keep pressing the 'Help' button. Use the trident on the wall at the right side (10, 233). Talk to the oracle (2, 235). To answer the oracle's question you must point to the picture. The answers to the question are: - Man (5, 240) - Fish (5, 245) - Heart/Love (5, 250) Go back outside for a short scene, then use the hand icon on the entrance to the oval building in the background. Talk to anywhere in the room (2, 252). Next up is a column puzzle. You have to make the left-hand side exactly like the right-hand side. You also have to do the top and bottom bits! Find a piece that does not move anything but itself and correct the shape. It will then lock into place. The order you should follow is: Middle Center, Right Bottom, Left Bottom, Left Center, Middle Bottom, Middle Top, Right Top, Left Top, Left Center. Continue with more and eventually all will be locked and you are done (10, 262). Talk to the hermit crab (2, 264). Exit the building and swim right. Here you can do more recycling (10, 274): - Broccoli Can - Fishing Line - Old Shoe - Purse - Pot - Sheet - Soda Can - Spray Bottle - Tire - Wheel Pour the fertilizer solution over the whale-shaped statue in the middle (10, 284) and talk to the lobster (2, 284) where you receive a potion (2, 286). Pick up the shell from the tar (2, 290). Return to the main area and enter the fish apartments at the top left corner. Here, pick up the cotton cloth (2, 292) and do some recycling (10, 302): - Baseball Cap - Candy Box - Old Shoe - Old Sock (red, above right-most entrance) - Plate - Shirt - Toaster (near top of screen, kind of hard to see) - Toothpaste Tube Use the cloth rag on the shell in your inventory (5, 307) and return to the oval building. Give the shell to Superfluous the hermit crab (5, 312). Go back outside for a scene. Go to the apartments (2, 314) and attempt to enter. Give Gregarious the starfish badge (5, 319). Push the blowfish (5, 324) into the apartment. Interact with it again to remove the plastic (10, 334). You will receive sea urchins (2, 336). Recycle the plastic bag for points (5, 341). Enter the apartment on the bottom left and talk to the angel fish (2, 343). Use the sea urchins on the large plant on the right side (10, 353). You will get a sharp shell in return (2, 355). Enter the apartment at the middle right side and talk to the swordfish (2, 357). Use the sharp shell on the rings. He will give you the fish-bone tweezers in return (10, 367). Pick up the six-pack rings (5, 372) and use the sharp shell on it (5, 377). As alternative you can just recycle the six-pack rings. Enter the top right apartment and use the tweezers on the turtle (5, 382). Do so again to complete the task (5, 387). He will give you four metal screws (2, 389) and leaves. Recycle the left balloon (5, 394) as well as the right balloon (5, 399). Enter the apartment at the bottom with the light on to return to the surface. Fisherman's Boat: ````````````````` Talk to the fisherman (2, 401). Attach the four metal screws on the steel cage (5, 406) and place this on the propeller (5, 411). Eluria: ``````` Pick up the water pump at the left side (2, 413). More recycling to do (10, 423): - Sushi Sandwich - Wine Bottle Enter the top-left apartment. Recycle the bleach bottle (5, 428) and use the water pump on the right window (5, 433). You will receive a lionfish spine (2, 435). After the scene you will receive the gold mask (2, 437). You will automatically return to the temple. Use the trident on the wall again and give the gold mask to the oracle (10, 447). You will receive a scroll in return. Coral Reef: ``````````` Follow the dolphin outside the temple, then south and finally swim east. Here you can do some recycling (10, 457): - Doll - Plastic Flamingo - Teddy Bear - Underwear Pick up the mirror (2, 459) and then swim right twice. Use the clear glass jar on the brown octopus you can barely see in the middle of the area and use the hand icon on the sponges just a little to the left of this (5, 464). The octopus will open the jar for you (5, 469). Pick it up (2, 471) and use the mirror on the octopus (10, 481). Pick up the wire (2, 483). Swim right into the next screen and pick up the fishing lure dangling from the pillar (2, 485). Open the panel in the submarine behind the seats (5, 490) and take out the steel saw (the hammer will crumble when touched) (2, 492). Use the trident on the toilet tank (5, 497) and find the float (2, 499). Swim left twice and then up to the cave with the shining light. Open the chest (5, 504) and then look at the pike stuck in the pirate (5, 509). Use the pike only to fail (2, 511) and then use it again (2, 513). Dive into the water and attempt to take the key. Follow the red fish right. As you approach the fish it will dash off again thus follow it left three screens. Use the fishing lure on the burping anemone (10. 523). Grab the key (2, 525). Swim left once and use the now-open jar on the colossus' ear (10, 535). Swim right twice and then to the top of the screen to arrive at the driftnet. Use the sharp shell to cut the lobster free (5, 540). Swim back down and then to the right three screens. Caves: `````` Use the glowing jar on the cave to light up the place (10, 550). Pull out one of the browning rocks at the top right of the cave and keep doing so until they are all gone (5, 555). Interact with the rocks below the green light (the large ones) to find a metal box (5, 560). Use the oily rag on the metal box (5, 565) and unlock it with the key (5, 570). Take the suit (10, 580) from the box. Combine the sonar transmitter with the float in your inventory (5, 585) and attach it on the cable you have as well (5, 590). Place this on the barrels and exit the cave to the north (35, 625). Attempt to use the trident on the shut door for a scene. Flesh-Eater Attack: ``````````````````` Use the sharp shell on the nylon net (10, 635). Return to the cave at the far right side and exit at the other end where the ship was. Use the trident on the shut door again (5, 640). Swim through the ship (5, 645) and then up one screen to find the Cetus who you should talk to (10, 655). Cetus: `````` Swim down and interact with the whale's mouth to enter it. Use the saw on the harpoon (5, 660). Exit the mouth and return to the area where you spoke to him. Interact with the harpoon to pull it out (5, 665). Use the healing potion on the wound (5, 670). Enter the Flesh-Eater's lair while it is distracted. Showdown: ````````` Use the sharp shell on the net to free the dolphin (15, 685) and use the tiny lionfish spine on the monster (20, 705). Watch the ending (20, 725). =============================================================================== 04.) POINT LIST G0400 =============================================================================== /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Points: Total: | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Lab: | | ```` | | Take the bottle of detergent 2 2 | | Take the rag 2 4 | | Pour the detergent on the rag 5 9 | | Clean the seagull with the soapy rag 5 14 | | Receive fertilizer solution 2 16 | | Take the water bottle 2 18 | | Feed water bottle to gerbil 5 23 | | Pick up the garbage bag 10 33 | | Pick up soda can 2 35 | | Dump soda can in recycle bin 5 40 | | Read the mail on the chair 5 45 | | Pick up envelope on the chair 5 50 | | Use fertilizer solution on corral 5 55 | | Look at the computer monitor 5 60 | | Look at the books on the self five times 5 65 | | Talk to the earth-shaped rug 2 67 | | Look at the drawing board 5 72 | | Unlock door to pool 5 77 | | | | Research Tank: | | `````````````` | | Read black board 5 82 | | Look at boat propeller 5 87 | | Talk to the dolphin thrice 6 93 | | Pick up a mackerel 2 95 | | Feed mackerel to dolphin 2 97 | | Pick up a second mackerel 2 99 | | Feed second mackerel to dolphin 2 101 | | Climb into pool 5 106 | | Grab dolphin's fin to swim along 5 111 | | Pick up the frisbee 2 113 | | Throw and catch frisbee four times 7 120 | | Throw frisbee and catch it once more 1 121 | | Throw frisbee final time 1 122 | | Pull lever to free dolphin 10 132 | | Grab scuba gear 10 142 | | Wear scuba gear 5 147 | | | | Ocean: | | `````` | | Get the jar 2 149 | | Recycle the garbage around the ship 5 154 | | Use the oxygen tank to dive 10 164 | | Get through the kelp maze to Eluria 15 179 | | | | Eluria: | | ``````` | | Get the steel cage 2 181 | | Recycle all garbage in the courtyard 10 191 | | Get conch shell 2 193 | | Use conch shell on servant 10 203 | | Get trident 5 208 | | Solve sliding puzzle in temple 15 223 | | Use trident on eyes 10 233 | | Talk to Oracle 2 235 | | Solve all three Oracle riddles 15 250 | | Talk the council chamber 2 252 | | Solve column challenge 10 262 | | Talk to Superfluous the mayor 2 264 | | Recycle all garbage in the garden 10 274 | | Use flask with fertilizer on whale statue 10 284 | | Talk to Demeter 2 286 | | Get oily shell 2 288 | | Get healing potion from Demeter 2 290 | | Recycle all garbage outside the apartments 10 300 | | Get cotton cloth 2 302 | | Use cotton cloth on the oily shell 5 307 | | Give clean shell to Superfluous 5 312 | | Talk to Gregarious 2 314 | | Give starfish badge to Gregarious 5 319 | | Push Narcissus into apartment 5 324 | | Free Narcissus from the plastic bag 10 334 | | Get sea urchins from Narcissus 2 336 | | Recycle plastic bag 5 341 | | Talk to Epidermis 2 343 | | Use sea urchins on plants 10 353 | | Get sharp shell from Epidermis 2 355 | | Talk to Hippocrates 2 357 | | Get tweezers from Hippocrates 10 367 | | Get six-pack rings 5 372 | | Use sharp shell on six-pack rings 5 377 | | (or recycle the six-pack rings for 5 points) | | Use tweezers on Erroneous twice 10 387 | | Get four metal screws from Erroneous 2 389 | | Recycle two red balloons 10 399 | | | | Fisherman's Boat: | | ````````````````` | | Talk to fisherman 2 401 | | Use screws on steel cage 5 406 | | Screw steel cage on propeller 5 411 | | | | Eluria: | | ``````` | | Recycle more garbage outside the apartments 10 421 | | Get water pump outside the apartments 2 423 | | Recycle bleach bottle 5 428 | | Place water pump in the window 5 433 | | Get lionfish spine from Olympia 2 435 | | Get gold mask from Demeter 2 437 | | Give gold mask to Oracle 10 447 | | | | Coral Reef: | | ``````````` | | Recycle all garbage around the colossus head 10 457 | | Get mirror 2 459 | | Hide in sponges 5 464 | | Let the octopus open the jar 5 469 | | Get open glass jar 2 471 | | Get fishing lure 2 473 | | Pry open toilet with trident 5 478 | | Get float 2 480 | | Open compartment in submarine 5 485 | | Get hacksaw 2 487 | | Use mirror on octopus 10 497 | | Get cable 2 499 | | Open chest 5 504 | | Look at the pike with the key 5 509 | | Pull pike twice 4 513 | | Use fishing lure on anemone 10 523 | | Get key 2 525 | | Use open glass jar colossus ear 10 535 | | Cut Persephone free 5 540 | | | | Cave: | | ````` | | Use flashlight fish in cave 10 550 | | Clear rock opening 5 555 | | Look at metal box 5 560 | | Use oily cotton cloth on metal box lock 5 565 | | Use key in oiled lock 5 570 | | Wear protective suit 10 580 | | Attach transmitter on float 5 585 | | Attach transmitter and float on cable 5 590 | | Attach satellite buoy on barrels to clear waste 35 625 | | | | Flesh-Eater Attack: | | ``````````````````` | | Use sharp shell to free Adam 10 635 | | Pry open cabin door with trident 5 640 | | Swim through shop 5 645 | | | | Cetus: | | `````` | | Interact with Cetus 10 655 | | Saw off harpoon shaft 5 660 | | Pull out harpoon 5 665 | | Heal Cetus' wound 5 670 | | | | Showdown: | | ````````` | | Cut Delphineus free 15 685 | | Use lionfish spine on Flesh-Eater 20 705 | | Complete the game 20 725 | | | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/ =============================================================================== 05.) ITEMS G0500 =============================================================================== NAME: DESCRIPTION: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOTTLE OF DETERGENT Found in the office and used on the rag to get a soapy rag. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GERBIL'S WATER BOTTLE Next to the gerbil's cage. Feeds the gerbil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABLE Lying around in the coral reef but guarded by the octopus unless it is scared away by the mirror. Combined with the transmitter and the float. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE Received in the mail at home but just for kicks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAN SHELL A cleaned oily shell by using the cotton cloth. Given to Superfluous. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLEAR GLASS JAR In the garbage following the cruise ship. Placed in front of the octopus in the coral reef to get it open and gain the open glass jar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONCH SHELL On the pedestal inside the temple. Placed on the statue in Eluria to gain the trident. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COTTON CLOTH Lying around at the apartments in Eluria. Cleans the oily shell. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FERTILIZER SOLUTION Given to you by your father at the beginning of the game once the seagull is cleaned up. Cleans the whale-shape statue in Eluria. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHBONE TWEEZERS Given to you by the swordfish after having removed the six-pack rings. Used on the turtle's throat twice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHING LURE Hanging on the pillar near the submarine. Used on the anemone after it has swallowed the fish which in turn swallowed the key. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLASHLIGHT FISH Caught with the open glass jar at the colossus' ear. The fish in a jar lights up the dark caves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FLOAT Inside the toilet tank near the submarine. Combined with the transmitter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUR METAL SCREWS Given to you by the turtle after removing the balloon from its throat. Used to attach the steel cage on the fishing boat. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRISBEE On the counter of the pool area. Used to play with the dolphin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GARBAGE BAG Picked up at the home at the beginning of the game and later used to collect trash in the ocean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLD MASK Given to you by Superfluous when all the fish have gone to attend the meeting. Given to the oracle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALING POTION Given to you by the lobster after using the fertilizer solution on the whale-shape statue in Eluria. Used to cure Cetus' wound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KEY Attached to a pirate in a cave, eaten by the fish which in turn is eaten by an anemone and finally retrieved when using the fishing lure on the anemone. Opens up the metal box in the dark cave which contains the biosuit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIONFISH SPINE Given to you by Olympia after cleaning the water in her apartment. Defeats the Flesh-Eater. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MACKAREL Fish fed to the dolphin in the pool area. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEMBERSHIP CARD Received in the mail at home but just for kicks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIRROR Lying around near the colossus. Scares away the octopus in the coral reef. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OXYGEN TANK In the cupboard of the pool area. Used for diving into the ocean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OILY COTTON CLOTH Result from using the cotton cloth on the oily shell. Oils the metal box in the dark cave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OILY SHELL Found in Eluria. Cleaned up with the cloth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OPEN GLASS JAR Received by placing the clear glass jar in front of the octopus in the coral reef. Used to catch the flashlight fish. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAG Found in the office. Used with the bottle of detergent to get a soapy rag. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SATELLITE BUOY Combination of the transmitter, float and the cable. Signals the divers to find the bio waste barrels. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCROLL Given to you by the oracle but has no actual use. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCUBA GEAR Inside the cupboard in the pool area. Used for diving into the ocean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEA URCHINS Given to you by the blowfish for helping it with the plastic bag. Used in the angel fish's apartment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHARP SHELL Given to you by the angel fish after using the sea urchins on the plants in the apartment. Used for cutting several things throughout the game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOAPY RAG Combination of the rag and the bottle of detergent. Used to clean the seagull in the office. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SODA CAN Standing on the desk at home only waiting to be recycled. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STARFISH BADGE Given to you by Superfluous after giving him the clean shell. Given to the watchman to gain access to the apartments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STEEL CAGE Lying around in Elura. Attached to the fishing boat along with the four metal screws. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STEEL SAW Inside a panel of the submarine. Saws off the tip of the harpoon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMITTER In the cupboard at the pool. Combined with the float. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRANSMITTER AND FLOAT A combination of the transmitter and the float and then combined with the cable to make a satellite buoy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRIDENT Taken from the statue in the middle of Eluria once you have used the conch shell on it. The trident is used several times throughout the game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATER PUMP Dropped from the fishing boat and lays around the apartment area when you return from there. Cleans out the water of Olympia's place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================================== 06.) MAP G0600 =============================================================================== These maps are split up due to their sheer size alone. The upper case locations are transfers from one map to another. I hope this is easy enough to read. Ocean - Island | / Lab - Tank - OCEAN - Ship | \ Ocean - Dump OCEAN | Kelp | Kelp - Kelp | | Kelp - Kelp | | Colossus - Eluria Entrance - COLOSSUS | / ELURIA COURTYARD Lionfish Apartment \ \ Menatee Apartment ---| | Sea Turtle Apartment ---| Fisherman's Boat | | Swordfish Apartment ---| Ocean | | Angelfish Apartment ---|-Fish Apartments - Council Chamber - Temple | | | / Blowfish Apartment ---| Royal Gardens - ELURIA COURTYARD / Empty Apartment / Cetus - Cetus | | Ocean | Lair | | / Ship Stern - Ship Bow | Cove Driftnet Toxic Barrels | | | COLOSSUS - Reef - Reef - Oil Rig - Cave Entrance - Cave =============================================================================== YY.) 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