How to Successfully Navigate the Sand Captivity Bonus Chapter
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The bonus chapter of Lost Lands 8 takes you through 13 different locations across three distinct areas, starting with The Forest. You might encounter markings on images that you won’t immediately use, but don’t be alarmed, as you’ll revisit those locations later.
Exploring The Forest
On the opening screen in the forest, focus your attention on the fruit bush located in the left-center area of the screen (1a). Take a closer look and retrieve the Detail found on the stone beneath it. Then, click the bush to the left of the tree on the right to uncover a smoker (1b). Inspect it closely and find a second Detail next to the chimney. Finally, reveal a door by clicking on the bushes below the smoker (1c), but keep in mind that it will require a key.
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Continue by clicking on the path in the middle distance, briefly examine the bag hanging on the tree (2a), and then move forward to the next screen with a fork in the road. Click on the wooden sign located on the tree at the center of the screen at the T-junction (3a) and grab the Colored Detail in the close-up. Then, click on the fence to the left of the tree (3b) for a close-up and collect the Stick.
Head back to the previous screen and use the stick to retrieve the box from the tree. Click on the box on the ground for a closer look. Use the three details on the front of the box to begin a puzzle. There are no tricks or specific timing involved. All you need to do is move the pieces until they align according to the instructions. Once the box opens, read the note and take the Unfinished Totem, Knife, and Bread.
The Mysterious Stone Altar
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Next, click on the roofed stone altar on the opposite side of the road (2b) for a closer look and place the bread on the altar. Attempt to use the knife on the Unfinished Totem in your inventory, and you’ll receive a message suggesting that a sharper knife might be necessary to complete it. Return to the T-junction and click on the stone wall blocking the path to the right (3c). Use the knife on the sharpening stone in the wall to obtain a Sharp Knife, and then use it in your inventory to transform the Unfinished Totem into a Wolf Totem.
Place the wolf totem on the altar back on the previous screen. When you do, the main image on the altar will glow blue and initiate a mini-game. Rearrange and remove items so that only the Nail, Horseshoe, Candle, Bread, Scroll, Walnut, Feather, Water Bowl, Wolf Totem, and Leaf remain on the central stones. Once you solve the puzzle, take the Storm Whirligig and Road Sign from inside the altar.
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Return to the T-junction and attach the road sign to the tree. Then, take the left pathway to reach a cave entrance. Click on the pulley of the chain (4a) for a closer look and find a Detail on the ground near its handle. Click on the dark cave entrance to explore inside. Remove the cloth from the wooden chest (5a) and open it for a closer look. Use the detail on the front panel of the chest to start the next puzzle.
Rotate the circle by clicking the buttons on the left and right sides. To complete the puzzle, click: left, right, left, right, left, right, right, left. Retrieve the Trowel from the chest once it opens.
The Bucket in the Hole
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Click on the straw piled on the right side of the cave (5b), then click on the rope on the hay until you discover and open an entrance to a hole in the ground. Click on the hole to find that you need a light source. Return to the wooden chest and retrieve a Mirror Shard from inside. Use the shard on the dark hole in the straw to reveal a bucket at the bottom.
Examine the large cauldron in the middle of the cave (5c) and obtain the Scoop from the bottom right of it. Explore the light emanating from the back of the cave and use the scoop to collect the Prosthesis with Hook just beyond the gap. Use the hook on the rope in the close-up of the dark hole, then click on the rope again to raise the bucket. Retrieve the Key and Guide Disc from inside the bucket, and take the Bucket itself. Use the bucket in the cauldron to collect water, which will lead to your capture by Toto the troll.
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Complete the simple matching items puzzle to escape from the cage and also find the two Correct Plates for the road sign. Take the bucket, which is on the floor next to the cauldron, and this time use it successfully to obtain a Bucket of Water. Return outside the cave and use the bucket of water on the Pulley System (4a) to clean it. Use the pulley to drop the cage, which you can unlock with your key.
Take the Traveller’s Diary Page and the Pick from the corpse in the cage. Proceed back to the signpost at the T-junction. Replace the troll’s signs with the correct ones to open a cache in the tree, from which you can take a Weathervane. Now, use the pick on the wall to the right of the T-junction (3c) and head across the bridge.
Gateway to Pumpkinton
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Retrieve the Stained Glass Piece from the Pumpkinton sign (6a), then click on the ladder on the floor (6b). Use the knife to cut the rope on the ladder and take a second Stained Glass Piece from the floor in the close-up. Click on the ladder again to prop it up against the wall. Next, click on the top of the pillar next to the ladder (6c) and collect another Guide Disc before adding the weathervane to the pillar.
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Select the storm whirligig in your inventory and click on the weathervane you just placed to activate the two pillars. In order to direct the energy from the pillars into the gate, you need to use one of the Guide Discs on each pillar. Once placed, click the direction arrows: right, right, right, left (the sequence is the same for both pillars). Now you can solve the light puzzle on the gate to open it.
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Pass through the gate and enjoy the cut scene. Collect three Stained Glass Pieces (7a, b, and c) from the screen with the wells and carthorse. Click on the gate at the back of the area (7d) and pass through.
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After a conversation with a boy and a quick look at the window (8a), he will give you a Stained Glass Piece. However, you need four more to complete the window. Click on the pumpkin patch (8b) until you find one, along with a Part of the Pattern. Search the woodpile (8c) and the wheelbarrow (8d) for additional pieces. The final piece can be found on the chair (8e). Use the collected pieces to complete the jigsaw puzzle and obtain the Key needed to unlock the front door.
Inside the Secretary’s House
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Click on the green carpet to roll it back and reveal a trap door. Open the trapdoor to reveal the hamster hole and something inside that you need. Next, click on the cabinet (9a) to open it, and then open the door inside to obtain the Sunflower. Return to the wells and carthorse screen, take some Grain from the cart (7c), and add the Sunflower disc to the cover of the well (7b) to reveal a puzzle. Follow the instructions below: click the following cogs the exact number of times in this sequence – 3xB, 3xH, 3xF, 3xE, 3xD, 3xC, 3xA, 2xB, 3xE, 3xA. Once the lid opens, take the second Part of the Pattern.
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Back inside the Secretary’s house, click on the fireplace (9b) and use the grain on the hamster hole. When the hamster starts eating, return to the other hamster hole located near the trap door and retrieve a third Part of the Pattern. Take a closer look at the cabinet on the right side of the room (9c) and use the three parts of the pattern to complete the circle and open it.
Once open, take the Workpiece, Paper, and Key. Click on the pile of papers so that one is ready to draw on. The key opens the trapdoor to the cellar, which leads to another simple item-matching puzzle. Once completed, you’ll obtain the Axe. Go outside and use the axe on the stump (8c) to obtain Firewood and place it (along with the paper) in the fireplace (9b).
The Hobbit’s Home
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Go right back to the first screen in the forest and use the trowel at the tree stump (1d). You’ll uncover a Magic Lighter buried there. Use it to light the fire in the Secretary’s House. Use the workpiece in the fire to make coal, then collect the Drawing Coal. Use the coal on the paper in the cabinet (9c) to draw the required image. After a long cutscene, you receive another Key.
Return once more to the opening screen in the forest and use the key to open the door to the hobbit home (1c). Obtain the Potion Recipe from the box at the back of the room (10a) and open it to acquire the Tube and Empty Flask. Then, click on the longer box next to it (10b) to initiate your next puzzle. With the box open, find the 15 board game Chips inside.
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While in the hobbit hole, click the skin on the bed twice (10c) to reveal the game box and add the 15 chips to claim the Board Game. In the same close-up, click the purple cloth under the bed to reveal the Jigsaw. Now, click on the cooking area on the other side of the room (10d). Retrieve the Screwdriver from inside the stove, click on the wood next to the stove to place it inside, and use your Magic Lighter to start the fire.
Making the Potion
Use the Jigsaw on the Tube to create a Sharp Tube. Head outside and use the screwdriver to remove the lid from the chimney. Click on the top of the chimney to find that it’s blocked. Return to the fruit tree (1a) and obtain some Leprechaun Eyes berries. Head north to the altar (2b) and collect the Shell. Proceed north to the T-junction and use the sharp stick on the conifer tree (3d). Follow that by using the axe on the pipe, and the flask on the pipe to obtain Coniferous Juice. Finally, grab the Pyramid Mushrooms by using the knife at the cave entrance (4b).
Return to the Secretary’s House and use the knife on the plants in the wheelbarrow (8d) to collect Bellflowers. Head south to the well and take some Dry Fish from the line (7e), as well as some water from the well (7b) to obtain a Bucket with Water. Open the potion recipe book and use the bucket, bellflower, mushrooms, fish, berries, shell, and juice to create the Ingredients item.
Go back to the hobbit’s fireplace (10d), grab the Fireplace Poker near the oven door, and then go outside to use it on the chimney to clear it. Return inside and place the ingredients on the cooking counter (10d). Follow the recipe by clicking on the book on the worktop. You now have the Potion.
Beating Toto the Troll
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Return to the troll’s cave and talk to Toto. Beat him at the mini-game (you can’t lose), then leave the cave through the big new hole in the back wall to the funicular. Click the entrance to the car twice to get a closer look (11a), click the pulley to find that it isn’t working, and grab the Lid and a Wheel from the floor inside. Pick up another Wheel from the rocks (11b) and another from the box holding the car on the wire (11c). Use your magic lighter on the stuck mechanism (11d), which burns away the grass.
Click the stuck mechanism to release your fourth Wheel, and then search the now burnt grass (11e) for two more. Use the Axe on the wooden crate (11f) to obtain the seventh Wheel, and use your knife on the satchel in the car (11a) to retrieve the final Wheel, the Chain, and the Scheme.
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Use the wheels and the scheme on the metal box (11c) to initiate a very simple puzzle. Follow the instructions provided in the diagram. Now, use the chain and the lid on the metal box, enter the car (11a), click the brake handle on the right, and then the pulley lever to descend in the funicular.
On the next screen, use the potion on the water (to the left of the boat) to trigger the final cutscene. Congratulations!
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