Skullduggery Island
Skullduggery Island was released on June 17, 2010.
Average Player Difficulty Rating: -Hard
Gamerguy's Difficulty Rating: -Hard
Average Completion Time: -2-6 hours!
Notes: JUST. PLAIN. LONG!
IMPORTANT: This guide is going to be written slightly differently than an average guide, because it is not written like 1.2.3. the whole time. You'll see when you get there.
Introduction/Fort Ridley
1. Head to the right across the covered bridge. Talk to the lady, and she will tell you that she dropped a gold doubloon. Go back left across the covered bridge, but drop down on the beach and search underneath the bridge. When you find the doubloon, head to the left to Stinky Tim's store, near the blimp. Go inside and purchase a bag of feed. Before you leave, grab the broken mirror from the shelf. The owner will tell you that you can keep it.
2. Now for the fun part. Give the feed to the farmer to the left of the store. He will give you a chicken. Now, head across the bridge to the right. Keep going right until you reach the house with the flies. Press USE on the chicken. The chicken will eat the flies, and you will get a blue candle. Go right, past the house on the cliff. Fall down onto the beach below and talk to the lady. Now go back up to the house.
3. After talking to the governor on the right, press USE on the blue candle in front of the governor. A secret message will be revealed!
4. Now, forget what just happened and hop up the tower right next to your blimp. Click on the telescope at the top. Scan the water level for a ship. When you see it, click on the broken mirror icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Once that happens, you will watch a cut-scene. At the end of it, you will have possession of the traveler's boat.
5. Go onto the boat and press EMBARK. Now, you are on the high seas. You will have to watch out for sea monsters, pirates, whirlpools, rocks, storm clouds, etc. For now, you do not have a cannon, so you cannot destroy any of these hazards. Head to the island on the upper-left, Dragon Cove.
The Islands
6. Click on the dock to get to Dragon Cove. Run to the right and jump into the water. Find the sunken dragon statue and jump on it to reveal a mallet. Grab it. Now, push the block with the fisherman on it to the right of the bell. Press USE on the mallet to ring the bell and the fish will jump. If the fish do not get caught on the fisherman's hook, adjust the block that the fisherman is sitting on and try again. When eventually the fish bite, the fisherman will give you the first map piece. Now, go left and jump up the stairs. Go right to the trading post. Sell everything you have by clicking on the sell button by the resource and then SELL THE MAX. Then, click on the buy button next to Silk and press BUY THE MAX. Your raft is now loaded up with Silk!
7. Return to your raft and press EMBARK. Sail to the island at the top. It is called Bouffant Bay. Once you dock, run to the right and go to the trading post. Click on silk and press SELL THE MAX, then click on medicine and press BUY THE MAX. Exit the trading post. Before you leave the island, go to the right, to the place where there are 3 hanging ferns. Jump up and hit them in this order: 3, 1, 2. After doing that, the second map piece will be revealed. Leave the island.
8. Next, sail to Parrot Port, which is to the right of Bouffant Bay. Go to the right and at the trading post, sell your medicine and buy either spice or silk, which ever one is cheaper. To get the map piece on this island, talk to the parrot. He will tell you to "jump in the sea, then come and find me". Go to the left and jump in the sea, then go and find the parrot. He is usually hiding in a tree. Click on him and he will tell you "clog the vent, then see where I went." One of the roofs of the buildings has a chimney. Jump up to that building and jump on the chimney to clog it, then jump to the right to find the parrot in a tree. Finally, he will tell you to bring him to a pirate he knows. Go into the building and jump to a ledge on the top-right, where there is a cracker. Go outside and press USE on the cracker, so now the parrot follows you. Finally, jump up the tower on the left and return the parrot to the pirate to get the third map piece.
9. Leave on your raft to go to Golden Harbor, which is in the bottom right. Go right and go to the trading post. Sell what you have and buy grain. Now, go right and enter the bank. Jump up the crates on the left and then go right on the upper ledge. Talk to the loan officer and get a loan (the maximum amount). Go outside. There are five lamps hanging on buildings. Jump up and click on the fourth lamp from the left, then the second, then the first. The fourth map piece will appear above an alleyway.
10. Sail over to Pirate Outpost (island on the left) but be careful! Captain Crawfish likes to hang out near the bottom of the screen, so try and avoid the bottom. I would suggest going up to Fort Ridley and then going left to Pirate Outpost. Anyway, once you get there, go left and trade with the person at the trading post. Sell your grain and buy spices. Then, go all the way to the left until you can jump up the big mountain above the pirate skull. Jump to the mast to the left of the building and pick up the Cannon Starter Kit. Now, drop to the left and push the barrel of explosives down to a lower ledge. Drop down with it, and then push it to the right, into the water. Push the barrel under the golden tooth. Go to the cannon on the left and click on it to fire at the explosives barrel, destroying it and knocking loose the skull's golden tooth, revealing the final map piece. Go into your items and hit EXAMINE on the Skullduggery Archipelago Map. The map pieces will come together, so you can see the hidden island. This is where Captain Crawfish hangs out, so AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS!
11. Sail to Dragon Cove, where you sell all of your spices and buy silk. Now, go right and enter the building. Talk to the guy in green near the Ship-Shape advertisment. He will sell you a new ship! These are the costs of all of the ships:
Jimmy Rigger: 3,000 (1 cannon)
Carabelle: 9,000 (1 cannon)
Sea Sultan: 30,000 (2 cannons)
The Koi: 90,000 (3 cannons)
Steaming Fury: 300,000 (4 cannons)
Phoenix Warbird: 1,000,000 (5 cannons)
You should have enough money to buy the Jimmy Rigger, the first ship. Once you buy it, go left to where your raft was, and you will see your new ship! This one has more cargo space than the last one, so go back to the Trading Post and buy more silk to fill your ship up. Leave to go to Bouffant Bay.
Buy Buy Buy Buy Sell Sell Sell Sell
12. Now, your ship has a cannon! Click the mouse to shoot a cannonball in the direction of your cursor. Cannonballs can defeat sea monsters and small pirate ships. (Large ones have too many hit points for you to defeat.) The Jimmy Rigger is also significantly faster than the raft. Once you arrive at Bouffant Bay, sell your silk and buy medicine.
13. Go to Parrot Port and sell medicine, buy either spices or silk, whichever is cheaper.
14. Go to Golden Harbor and sell what you have to buy grain. Before you leave, go right and enter the bank. Talk to the loan officer and pay back your loan. DO NOT get another loan. Exit the bank and get in your ship.
15. Sail to Pirate Outpost (avoiding Captain Crawfish's island) and sell your grain to buy spice.
16. Go to Dragon Cove. You will not have enough money to buy another ship, so just sell your spice and buy silk.
17. Go to Bouffant Bay, again selling silk and buying medicine.
18. Keep going around the islands, buying and selling the same things. You will continue making money. Do this until you buy the Carabelle and then the Sea Sultan. (Remember to go back to the trading post to buy silk to fill up your cargo.)
19. In the Sea Sultan, hopefully your newest ship, sail to Bouffant Bay. Enter the building with the green door and go upstairs. Talk to the guy with the beard. He is the Cargo Master and he will increase your cargo space. If you have enough money (he costs about 15000 doubloons) hire him. Then, go back out to the trading post and sell silk, buy medicine to fill up your new ship.
20. Leave to go to Parrot Port, and continue in your circuit. After you buy The Koi, hire the Navigator in the building at Parrot Port. Then, after you get the Steaming Fury, hire the Cannon Man in the building at the top of Pirate Outpost and the Repairman to the left of the ship vendor in Dragon Cove.
Captain Crawfish
21. Now, you have hired all four of the additional crew members. Continue going in your clockwise trade route until you have 1,000,000 doubloons. Head directly to Dragon Cove and buy the best ship, the Phoenix Warbird. Now it is time for the final showdown with Captain Crawfish! Go to Skullduggery Island (look at the map if you forgot where it was) and you will see a huge, greenish ship. In this boss fight, there are three strategies to defeat him, but basically you just have to drain his health bar. Remember, you have an infinite supply of cannonballs, so just keep clickin'.
Strategy 1: With the front of your boat, smash Captain Crawfish in between your ship and Skullduggery Island, then just keep shooting cannonballs.
Strategy 2: Lead Crawfish away from Skullduggery Island. Make sure he is chasing you closely. Then, start shooting cannonballs backwards, as if you are leaving a trail. Do this until you defeat him.
Strategy 3: Make Crawfish follow you to Golden Harbor, then find some rocks and go behind them. If Crawfish is close enough to the rocks, he will crash into them and quickly sink.
22. Anyway, once you sink Captain Crawfish, return to the governor at Fort Ridley in the mansion. He will give you a map and a bone shovel to dig up the treasure. Go to Skullduggery Island (where Crawfish was) and dock there. Find the black flag, walk 6 paces to the right, and use the shovel to dig up the treasure.
SPOILER WARNING
All of a sudden, Captain Crawfish and the governor show up. They are working for each other and want to claim the treasure. It turns out that Crawfish wasn't sunk anymore! But, your Phoenix Warbird shows up, shooting down Crawfish's boat and stranding him on the island. Your crew takes the treasure and leaves.
END SPOILER
23. After the cut-scene, a soldier will give you the Island Medallion and 50 credits.
Average Player Difficulty Rating: -Hard
Gamerguy's Difficulty Rating: -Hard
Average Completion Time: -2-6 hours!
Notes: JUST. PLAIN. LONG!
IMPORTANT: This guide is going to be written slightly differently than an average guide, because it is not written like 1.2.3. the whole time. You'll see when you get there.
Introduction/Fort Ridley
1. Head to the right across the covered bridge. Talk to the lady, and she will tell you that she dropped a gold doubloon. Go back left across the covered bridge, but drop down on the beach and search underneath the bridge. When you find the doubloon, head to the left to Stinky Tim's store, near the blimp. Go inside and purchase a bag of feed. Before you leave, grab the broken mirror from the shelf. The owner will tell you that you can keep it.
2. Now for the fun part. Give the feed to the farmer to the left of the store. He will give you a chicken. Now, head across the bridge to the right. Keep going right until you reach the house with the flies. Press USE on the chicken. The chicken will eat the flies, and you will get a blue candle. Go right, past the house on the cliff. Fall down onto the beach below and talk to the lady. Now go back up to the house.
3. After talking to the governor on the right, press USE on the blue candle in front of the governor. A secret message will be revealed!
4. Now, forget what just happened and hop up the tower right next to your blimp. Click on the telescope at the top. Scan the water level for a ship. When you see it, click on the broken mirror icon in the bottom-left corner of the screen. Once that happens, you will watch a cut-scene. At the end of it, you will have possession of the traveler's boat.
5. Go onto the boat and press EMBARK. Now, you are on the high seas. You will have to watch out for sea monsters, pirates, whirlpools, rocks, storm clouds, etc. For now, you do not have a cannon, so you cannot destroy any of these hazards. Head to the island on the upper-left, Dragon Cove.
The Islands
6. Click on the dock to get to Dragon Cove. Run to the right and jump into the water. Find the sunken dragon statue and jump on it to reveal a mallet. Grab it. Now, push the block with the fisherman on it to the right of the bell. Press USE on the mallet to ring the bell and the fish will jump. If the fish do not get caught on the fisherman's hook, adjust the block that the fisherman is sitting on and try again. When eventually the fish bite, the fisherman will give you the first map piece. Now, go left and jump up the stairs. Go right to the trading post. Sell everything you have by clicking on the sell button by the resource and then SELL THE MAX. Then, click on the buy button next to Silk and press BUY THE MAX. Your raft is now loaded up with Silk!
7. Return to your raft and press EMBARK. Sail to the island at the top. It is called Bouffant Bay. Once you dock, run to the right and go to the trading post. Click on silk and press SELL THE MAX, then click on medicine and press BUY THE MAX. Exit the trading post. Before you leave the island, go to the right, to the place where there are 3 hanging ferns. Jump up and hit them in this order: 3, 1, 2. After doing that, the second map piece will be revealed. Leave the island.
8. Next, sail to Parrot Port, which is to the right of Bouffant Bay. Go to the right and at the trading post, sell your medicine and buy either spice or silk, which ever one is cheaper. To get the map piece on this island, talk to the parrot. He will tell you to "jump in the sea, then come and find me". Go to the left and jump in the sea, then go and find the parrot. He is usually hiding in a tree. Click on him and he will tell you "clog the vent, then see where I went." One of the roofs of the buildings has a chimney. Jump up to that building and jump on the chimney to clog it, then jump to the right to find the parrot in a tree. Finally, he will tell you to bring him to a pirate he knows. Go into the building and jump to a ledge on the top-right, where there is a cracker. Go outside and press USE on the cracker, so now the parrot follows you. Finally, jump up the tower on the left and return the parrot to the pirate to get the third map piece.
9. Leave on your raft to go to Golden Harbor, which is in the bottom right. Go right and go to the trading post. Sell what you have and buy grain. Now, go right and enter the bank. Jump up the crates on the left and then go right on the upper ledge. Talk to the loan officer and get a loan (the maximum amount). Go outside. There are five lamps hanging on buildings. Jump up and click on the fourth lamp from the left, then the second, then the first. The fourth map piece will appear above an alleyway.
10. Sail over to Pirate Outpost (island on the left) but be careful! Captain Crawfish likes to hang out near the bottom of the screen, so try and avoid the bottom. I would suggest going up to Fort Ridley and then going left to Pirate Outpost. Anyway, once you get there, go left and trade with the person at the trading post. Sell your grain and buy spices. Then, go all the way to the left until you can jump up the big mountain above the pirate skull. Jump to the mast to the left of the building and pick up the Cannon Starter Kit. Now, drop to the left and push the barrel of explosives down to a lower ledge. Drop down with it, and then push it to the right, into the water. Push the barrel under the golden tooth. Go to the cannon on the left and click on it to fire at the explosives barrel, destroying it and knocking loose the skull's golden tooth, revealing the final map piece. Go into your items and hit EXAMINE on the Skullduggery Archipelago Map. The map pieces will come together, so you can see the hidden island. This is where Captain Crawfish hangs out, so AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS!
11. Sail to Dragon Cove, where you sell all of your spices and buy silk. Now, go right and enter the building. Talk to the guy in green near the Ship-Shape advertisment. He will sell you a new ship! These are the costs of all of the ships:
Jimmy Rigger: 3,000 (1 cannon)
Carabelle: 9,000 (1 cannon)
Sea Sultan: 30,000 (2 cannons)
The Koi: 90,000 (3 cannons)
Steaming Fury: 300,000 (4 cannons)
Phoenix Warbird: 1,000,000 (5 cannons)
You should have enough money to buy the Jimmy Rigger, the first ship. Once you buy it, go left to where your raft was, and you will see your new ship! This one has more cargo space than the last one, so go back to the Trading Post and buy more silk to fill your ship up. Leave to go to Bouffant Bay.
Buy Buy Buy Buy Sell Sell Sell Sell
12. Now, your ship has a cannon! Click the mouse to shoot a cannonball in the direction of your cursor. Cannonballs can defeat sea monsters and small pirate ships. (Large ones have too many hit points for you to defeat.) The Jimmy Rigger is also significantly faster than the raft. Once you arrive at Bouffant Bay, sell your silk and buy medicine.
13. Go to Parrot Port and sell medicine, buy either spices or silk, whichever is cheaper.
14. Go to Golden Harbor and sell what you have to buy grain. Before you leave, go right and enter the bank. Talk to the loan officer and pay back your loan. DO NOT get another loan. Exit the bank and get in your ship.
15. Sail to Pirate Outpost (avoiding Captain Crawfish's island) and sell your grain to buy spice.
16. Go to Dragon Cove. You will not have enough money to buy another ship, so just sell your spice and buy silk.
17. Go to Bouffant Bay, again selling silk and buying medicine.
18. Keep going around the islands, buying and selling the same things. You will continue making money. Do this until you buy the Carabelle and then the Sea Sultan. (Remember to go back to the trading post to buy silk to fill up your cargo.)
19. In the Sea Sultan, hopefully your newest ship, sail to Bouffant Bay. Enter the building with the green door and go upstairs. Talk to the guy with the beard. He is the Cargo Master and he will increase your cargo space. If you have enough money (he costs about 15000 doubloons) hire him. Then, go back out to the trading post and sell silk, buy medicine to fill up your new ship.
20. Leave to go to Parrot Port, and continue in your circuit. After you buy The Koi, hire the Navigator in the building at Parrot Port. Then, after you get the Steaming Fury, hire the Cannon Man in the building at the top of Pirate Outpost and the Repairman to the left of the ship vendor in Dragon Cove.
Captain Crawfish
21. Now, you have hired all four of the additional crew members. Continue going in your clockwise trade route until you have 1,000,000 doubloons. Head directly to Dragon Cove and buy the best ship, the Phoenix Warbird. Now it is time for the final showdown with Captain Crawfish! Go to Skullduggery Island (look at the map if you forgot where it was) and you will see a huge, greenish ship. In this boss fight, there are three strategies to defeat him, but basically you just have to drain his health bar. Remember, you have an infinite supply of cannonballs, so just keep clickin'.
Strategy 1: With the front of your boat, smash Captain Crawfish in between your ship and Skullduggery Island, then just keep shooting cannonballs.
Strategy 2: Lead Crawfish away from Skullduggery Island. Make sure he is chasing you closely. Then, start shooting cannonballs backwards, as if you are leaving a trail. Do this until you defeat him.
Strategy 3: Make Crawfish follow you to Golden Harbor, then find some rocks and go behind them. If Crawfish is close enough to the rocks, he will crash into them and quickly sink.
22. Anyway, once you sink Captain Crawfish, return to the governor at Fort Ridley in the mansion. He will give you a map and a bone shovel to dig up the treasure. Go to Skullduggery Island (where Crawfish was) and dock there. Find the black flag, walk 6 paces to the right, and use the shovel to dig up the treasure.
SPOILER WARNING
All of a sudden, Captain Crawfish and the governor show up. They are working for each other and want to claim the treasure. It turns out that Crawfish wasn't sunk anymore! But, your Phoenix Warbird shows up, shooting down Crawfish's boat and stranding him on the island. Your crew takes the treasure and leaves.
END SPOILER
23. After the cut-scene, a soldier will give you the Island Medallion and 50 credits.