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=               Infocom's Wishbringer            =
=                   A Walkthrough                =
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=                 Written by Mr. X               =
=             (Your friend in CoCo's)            =
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WARNING: This is not a doc-file or a hint-file.
This is a walkthrough, or a 100% solution to
"Wishbringer",  by Infocom. If you are looking
for instructions or for hints, you are consulting
the WRONG source. If you are  still reading this,
it is probably safe to assume that you are stuck
in some portion of the game. If so, continue on,
otherwise read no further.

(One other note: Any command placed in
parenthesis is non-manditory. It has been
included for the player's convenience and is just
to provide some background information or to give
the player a better understanding of what is
happening in the game.)

Wishbringer is divided into four sections for ease
of reference. The four sections are, in order:

1) Beginning               2) The Magick Shoppe
3) Witchville              4) The Tower

The following solution to Infocom's Wishbringer
will solve the game, and will allow the player to
obtain 95 out of the maximum 100 points. It is
assumed that the remaining 5 points can be
obtained by freeing the trapped platypus without
the aid of the Rain Spell. Although I'm sure this
can be accomplished (possibly through use of the
dead branch?), it was not necessary to discover
how to do this to complete the game.

Section I, Beginning.

You begin the game standing outside of the postal
office. You must find and deliver an envelope to
the Magick Shoppe. To get the envelope, use the
following sequence of commands (note - a period
separates each command):

  >South. Wait. Get Envelope. North.

You are now standing outside of the Post Office.
You must get a bone from the graveyard to get past
a ferocious poodle. To get the bone, use the
following:

  >West. West. Yes. North. West. Get Umbrella.
East. Down. Get Bone. Up. South. East. East. East.

To get past the poodle, give the bone to the
poodle.

  >Give Bone to Poodle.

Your next objective is to collect a few useful
items which will be needed later in the game.
First, however, you must get a note from Miss
Voss, the librarian.

  >North. Wait. Get the Note. North. Get the Gold
Coin. West. West. North. Up. Get Horseshoe. Down.
East. North. North. East.

Section II, the Magick Shoppe

You are now standing in front of the hill
leading to the Magick Shoppe. You will need to
climb the long hill to the Shoppe, and deliver
your envelope to the old woman who runs the shop.
During this section of the game, you will obtain
the Wishbringer stone itself.

  >Up. West. North. Up. East. South. Up.

You are now at the Magick Shoppe.

  >Open the Magick Shoppe Door. Enter the Magick
Shoppe. Wait. Wait. Give the Envelope to the
Woman.

The Woman will give the envelope back to you and
will ask you to open it and read the letter inside
to her.

  >Open the Envelope. Read the Letter.

(Note: the letter is listed below.)

  Deliver the Magick Stone to me before the moon
  sets or you will never see your cat again!

                              The Evil One

The Woman will talk for awhile and will give you a
can. Accept it.

  >Wait. Get the Can. Wait. Wait.

You should be standing outside the Magick Shoppe
once again.

  >Down. North. West. Down. South. East. Down.
West.

You should now be standing in front of the usual
"Troll toll booth", found in numerous adventure
games. However, you are about to suprise a
careless troll.

  >Give the Can to the Troll. Get the Can. Squeeze
the Can. Drop the Can. Get the Wishbringer.

You now posess the Wishbringer stone, hidden in
the fake bottom of the can. Now proceed to
Witchville.

  >Open the Gate. South. South.

Section III, Witchville

You are standing just beyond the entrance to
Witchville, the transformed village of Festeron.
This is where a majority of your quest takes
place. Here, you must aquire a number of items,
the most important being a "Power Word" to be used
in your battle against the Evil One. (Note:
throughout the Witchville section of the
adventure, it will be necessary to watch for "the
tramping of Boots". Avoid the tromping Boots, as
they will catch you and take you to jail. If the
computer tells you that the Boots are coming in
your direction, you should move away from them as
quickly as possible. If they do catch you, it is
possible to escape from the jail cell by moving
the bed and escaping through a secret passage.
However, this only works once...)

  >West. South. Open Umbrella. Wish for Rain. Drop
the Umbrella.

You have just freed the Princess of the
Platypusses (Platypusi?). Now follow her to Misty
Island.

  >Dig the X with Hands. Get the Whistle. Blow the
Whistle. West. Wait. Get the Hat. East. Blow the
Whistle.

You have just received a gift, in the form of a
Magician's Hat, from the Platypus King. Now,
however, you must journey through the graveyard
and use an underground tunnel to get two important
items.

  >South. Yes. East. Down. North. East. Move the
Bed. Up. Get the Blanket. Drop the Blanket down
the Hole. Down. Get the Blanket. North. East.
Cover the Grue with the Blanket. Open
Refrigerator. Get Worm. West. West. Open the
Stump. Up.

You have just passed through a secret opening in
the stump on lookout hill, and you now stand atop
lookout hill itself. Your next objective is to
obtain the "Power Word".

  >North. East. East. East. Give the Hat to the
Bird.

The Bird will reveal the "Power Word". For the
purposes of this game, we will assume the Word is
"Sorkin" (although it may not be). Write the Word
down.

  >West.

The following sequence of commands is in no way
manditory. It is kind of fun, so I included it.

  >South. Open Mailbox. Wait. Wait. Wait. North.

You now have an animated Mailbox as a companion
for much of the rest of your quest. The Little
Mailbox's only purpose is to guard you from the
Big Mailbox near the Wharf. If you remain on the
Wharf for too long, the Big Mailbox will attack.

You must now get a game token which will allow you
to be transported to the Tower - later. In
addition, you must visit the Theatre.

  >West. South. South. Throw the Worm in the
Fountain. Get the Token. East. Buy Ticket. Enter
the Theatre. Give Ticket to Gravedigger. North.
Look on the Floor. Get the Glasses.

(Note: If you wish to, you may wear the Glasses
and watch the movie.)

  >South. Exit Theatre. Yes. East. South. Insert
Token in Machine.

You are now playing a Videogame. It is crucial
that you enter the following four moves exactly as
given, or your quest will end prematurely...

  >Push Stick West. Push Stick West. Push Stick
South. Push Stick South.

Now, push the Red Button, and you will be
transported into the final phase of Wishbringer.

  >Push Red Button. Yes. Yes.

Section IV, The Tower

Your Quest is nearly over, brave Adventurer (well,
not so brave if you are using this file). It is
now time to enter the Tower and confront the Evil
One's apprentice - Mr. Crisp? Yes, your boss.
First, however, you must recite the "Power Word".
Did you remember to write it down?

  >Say Sorkin. South. South. Give the Violet Note
to Mr. Crisp. Get the Lab Coat. Look in the
Pocket. Get the Key. Unlock the Chains with the
Rusty Key. Pull Lever.

The Platypus Princess has been freed once again by
you, but she provides no reward for you this time.

  >Get Note. Read Note.

God, it took a long time to figure out that last
sequence of commands! I never thought I would
finish the game. Anyway, it's time to escape from
this dreary torture chamber.

  >Open the Hatch. Up. Move Painting. Turn Crank.
Up. Wear Glasses.

You MUST type in this next command, as it turns
off the power to the Glass Case containing Chaos.

  >Push the Second Switch.

You may think, as I did, that the Black Cat in
front of you is Chaos. However, it isn't (it
doesn't have a white spot on its forehead). Also,
the broom has no purpose, although you may think
it does. Now, let's get out of the Tower, and
rescue the Old Woman's cat.

  >Down. Drop the Glasses. North. North. East.

To get the Hellhound to behave, use the
information gained in the Violet Note.

  >Alexis, Heel.

Now to invade Miss Voss's Cottage and to free
Chaos!

  >Open Cottage Door. Enter the Cottage. Get the
Steel Key. Exit the Cottage. North. Unlock the
Library Door with Steel Key. Enter the Library.
Wait. South. Break the Case with the Horseshoe.
Get the Sculpture. Put the Wishbringer in the
Sculpture.

An Old Woman will appear and attempt to convince
you not to put Wishbringer in the Cat. Do it
anyway. The Old Woman is the Evil One, and it's
time to get rid of her.

  >Yes. Yes.

In a bright flash of light, Chaos has been
recreated. You should now stand outside of the
Magick Shoppe. Now all that's left is to give the
cat to the Old Woman.

  >Get the Cat. Knock on the Magick Shoppe Door.

Notes:

There are 7 things that you may wish for when you
posess the Wishbringer. They can only be wished
for once. They are:

1) Advice (You must hold the Conch Shell. Every so
often, it will 'ring', and you may listen to
advice.)
2) Darkness (You must first drink the Grue's Milk.
who knows why they included it - there is never
any need for darkness.)
3) Flight (You must be sitting on a broom. It is a
trick - You get the fake cat and sit on the broom,
only to find that the fake cat is not the Old
Woman's Chaos. If you play the game right, you
never need this spell or the broom.)
4) Foresight (Another completely worthless spell.
This does nothing other than use a psychedelic
method of telling you the story of Chaos's
kidnapping. You must first be wearing the 3-D
Glasses.)
5) Freedom (You must hold the stone and eat the
Chocolate in the police station. Although this
spell seems helpful at first, it isn't really
necessary to use.)
6) Luck (You must be holding the Horseshoe and the
Wishbringer stone when you wish for this, however,
I have no idea of just what it does.)
7) Rain (The only useful spell. You must stand
outside and posess an open Umbrella for this wish
to come true. However, I'm sure there is a way
around using this spell as well.)

Some things to try:

 -Go to the Wharf (in Festeron) and throw the
Seahorse into the Ocean
 -Get caught by the boots
 -Leave Misty Island without the hat, then come
back
 -Call Mr. Crisp by his first name (Corky)
 -Wish for Foresight
 -Wish for Advice and carry the Conch
 -Talk to the Gravedigger (give him the envelope)
 -Run around in the Witchville Cemetary
 -Deliver the Fake cat to the Old Woman

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