Anachronox/Hephaestus

Platform Area
OK, looks like you're alone on this one.

There's a HealGrease on the far side of the schedule in the waiting lounge.

You could head left to the tram, but it's broken, so head right towards the Entertainment District instead.

In the slums, go upstairs. There's a door you can pick to meet Mrs. Invisiblus. Upstairs in her home is a MysMe Microbelt (MysBlock +1) and a chest you can't pick yet.

Before the lower Entertainment District sign, stop and look down into the girders and a little right. Take a photo of the Red Bipidri when it appears.

Stop into Ed's House o' Crap and buy the Battlebot Shocksphere Upgrade for PAL. Also buy another Mysteria Gold Shieldcell.

Entertainment District
Buy three PsyPull slags from Brother Shetruck. Hit the Lifeflower behind the kids sitting around the MysTech.

Grab the Annulet of Alertness on the planter box.

Behind the TimeMinder at the bungee ride is a TimeMinder Tear.

In the arcade, you can play Bugaboo (Galaxian) and Pooper (?),

Upstairs, there's a BlastSack by one of the tables.

In other words, don't bother.
 * Brother Dag's Magic Grab Bag has a variety of cheap items:
 * HealGrease
 * Bolongo
 * Vestrina Cube
 * Ipangi Crystal

Stop into Le Sommeil, the hotel on the right. Grab the Delivery Slip off the table by the guy sleeping on the couch. There's a HealGrease Complete on the 4th floor balcony.

SAVE, and then talk to the guy with a LifeCursor to get a LightTrail upgrade. Kind of annoying, but it goes away eventually, or you can unload it on the monk across the street.

Around to the right side of the tower is a guy with a job for you. Past him is a chest with Proximity Beam Defense Plans.

Go up the ramp and talk to the robot. Go back down and lower the elevator. Go back up the ramp and climb into the train.

Tower of the Grand Mysterium
Follow the path.

After the cutscene, make a long-term save. Many people have had trouble with bugs in the Abbot's quests.

Talk to the Abbot again, then head forward. Behind the left pillar, you find Crime Scene Grit. Talk to the Abbot again, and follow him to the elevator. Before you go down, talk to the robot, then walk back to the train you came in on, talk to Restlin Brewster, and grab the Tunnel Transport Grit. Now take the elevator down.

MYSFAC
Talk to the robot for directions, and follow them. Talk to Norman Malloy. He suggests you check out Sister Angela.

But first, let's deal with the Sluice Gates. The robot on the other side of the room will give you directions again. Follow them, and talk to Peter Brown. He has another job for you.

Minigame: Magma Filters
The poison isn't really a problem; just remember to hit F11 periodically.

Click on the map in front of you. You start at the green dot in the lower left. The large white circles are where you need to install the filters. In the dead-end in the upper left is Monk Moss. Left, left, left for the Monk moss. Left, right for the first filter (sector 2). Right, left, straight for the second (sector 3). Left, left, straight for the third (sector 4). Left, right for a HealGrease Complete. Left, left, straight, right for the fourth (sector 1) and a HealGrease. Straight, right, straight to the exit.

Talk to Peter Brown again for the code, 49665. Enter it on the keypad behind him, and head down.

Sluice Gates
Head right, straight, straight, right to an open room with a moving platform. Maneuver the lower left side of the room for the red Lava Sampler Lever. To the lower right is a room with Fire Retardant Roundlet and HealGrease Plus. At the top of the room, plug in the lever.

In the middle of the room, hit the yellow button to activate the sampler. Back at the lower left, hit that yellow button to open the door.

Take the stairs down. At the bottom, run around to the other side of the column to find a MysFac Security Card on a table. Walk through the center of the column and press the button. Run out the door and up the stairs. Do the same thing on the next two levels. At the top, run out the door and around to the left. Open the door with the security card and run up the ramp before the pressure release.

Click on the machine to get Resonating Fluid.

Leave the room and go straight, right to a security door with an HGC. Continue around to the next security door, with a Bag o' Glodents. The next one has 3 HG.

Continue around past the platform room and the Resonating Fluid room to the exit.

Back by the robot that gave you directions to Norman Malloy, go down the ramp. Turn left and go through the door. It doesn't look like a door, but it is one. Go around to the right, through another door. In the next room, head down. The robot in front of the blast furnace is Irradiatus; remember him. Go through the door to the right, and down to a room with three conveyor belts.

Stand at the top of the middle walkway, and look up at the wall to your right. A Red Bipidri is walking back and forth along the pipe. Take its picture when it's on the far end.

Now head up the right side of the room into the office for a TACO.

Now head back and talk to the Abbot, then go find Sister Angela. The guys with pointy hats will give you directions.

She sends you to see Brother Liseria. He sends you to see Thomas Litton. Litton sends you to the tower librarian; he's upstairs in a white robe. Now go back to Restlin Brewster by the train (turn left at the Shrine of Weeping) to find out who the culprit is. It's random, but it's always the person in the room with the candle outside.

Now you need to find another party member. Head back out to the Entertainment District through the long passage by the Abbot, and look around until you find one of them. Head back to the tower.

Go back to the culprit's room and knock on the door. As your other character, go right and click on the big window. Walk along the ledge and click on the window to the culprit's room. Now look around for incriminating evidence. In my game, it was a piece of letter-size paper in the front room.

Now head for the Eco Bar in the Entertainment District. Turn right at the orange umbrella. Grab the TACO and talk to the accomplice. Head back to Le Sommeil and break into room 3 on the second floor. Click on the keys and head back to the Abbot.

Congratulations, you've unlocked the secret of Elementor Mystech!

Done Sleuthing
OK, time to go find your third party member. While you're out, grab a RedBeetle from the mound near the kids who fried a Bipidri. To the left of the entrance to Le Sommeil is a Two-Function Host and another Red mound. As with Lifeflowers, you need to wait a while before you can get another bug from a mound. Or you can leave the map and re-enter to reset it.

Head back to Grumpos for a tutorial.

Now that the party is reunited, go back to MYSFAC, down the ramp, through the door, and immediately turn left. At the end of the corridor there is a door on your right containing a PurpleBeetle mound. This is the only one in the game, so get at least three. If Boots says "no room in our bugbox" before you have eight, that means that the bug you tried to get has the same configuration as one you already have; try again.


 * Also do some character-specific stuff:
 * If you brought PAL, take him to play in the back room of Moon Burger for a Regenergy Round Plus. Either leave your computer alone for 4 hours, or pull down the console, type "gamevar @variable1 0" and pull him out again.
 * If you brought Stiletto, take her back to Ed's House o' Crap. Go up the steep ramp, left, and talk to Sister Dolores for Stargent Sleepshank (Stiletto, Good, melee).
 * If you brought Democratus, there's some MysTech to grab. In the large room near the PurpleBeetle mound there is Banewave MysTech on a shelf. Back near where you first entered the Entertainment District is a sign for "Mi Cocian". On a balcony to the left is FireCage MysTech. In the slums, go past Sister Dolores (see above) and tractor the Cobalt Crawler off of the corregated roof left of the Ed's House o' Crap sign.
 * If you brought Rho, take her to the chapel where you met Brother Liseria. Behind the altar is a copy of Mysteria Scientifica, which will teach her MysShield (L2, 1/2 damage).

Have Grumpos Yammer the monk at the movie theater for the Stargent Staffbeam (Grumpos, Good, ranged).

When you're done with everything, go back and talk to the Abbot.

Levant Entrance
Go into the Elementor menu (F7), select the Elementor Host, put the Cyan beetle in the function slot, and a White beetle in the White (middle) slot. Equip this on Boots. Give the others PsyPull.

Just into the left-hand tunnel is a WhiteBeetle mound.

Head down the middle tunnel, and right. Fight the Lava Frogs, and grab a petal.

Go back to the beginning, and head down the left tunnel. At the fork, go left for a HealGrease, then take the other fork and go down for information about how this all works. Continue on to find a BlastSack. Head back up and right. Use the computer to activate the Gen Bridge.

Go back and grab another WhiteBeetle and Lifeflower petal. From the beginning, head down the middle tunnel, and left. Go up the ramp for an Annulet of Alertness, then go back down and continue to the right. Grab the BlastSack.

At the fork, head right to fight a Stalac Titan. He takes 1/4 Beat damage, but normal damage from MysTech. Go back, take the other fork, and head up onto the platform. Continue down the staircase on the other side, grab the HealGrease, and lockpick the grate to your left. Then go back to the terminal and turn on the Aux Generator.

Now go back to where you activated the Gen Bridge, grabbing a petal and WhiteBeetle along the way. Continue along the path and activate the Distributor.

Head back to the beginning and grab beetle and petal. Use the terminal in the middle tunnel to open the Access Door. Now take the right tunnel into:

Lower Levant
From the first fight, go right, then take the right fork. Grab a RedBeetle. Continue on and extend the Power Bridge.

Go back and take the other fork. Pick the lock, get the MysFac Circuit Breaker from the chest. Continue to another chest for a full set of HG, HG+, and HGC.

Go back to the first fight area and go left. At the fork, go right. Grab a RedBeetle. Pass by the shed and put the circuit breaker in the panel.

Go back and take the other fork. At the metal ramp, walk around behind it for a BlastSack, then go up. Turn on the Primary Pump.

Go back to the shed and turn on MysTech Conveyance. Note that it drops a slag. If you want it, head back to the Primer Pump terminal and continue on for Banewave.

From the shed, head along the fence and up into the new opening.

Lavatic Pump Area
In the big room, hit the chest for 3 Batt.

At the bottom of a ladder, hit the chest for a Bouge Bangle (1/3 faster Bouge charge). Give it to Grumpos. Behind the chest, very hard to see, is a Cobalt Crawler.

Save your game before going down to the bottom. Pump one of your WhiteBeetles up to Level 7 and put it in the middle of Boots' Elementor Host. Give Grumpos Baneblade, and your third character PsyChain. Use a few Glodents to refill. Lead with Grumpos, and continue down.

Boss: Magmatos
You can actually win this fight without using any MysTech, but you might as well use it.

Disable the initial enemies with Freeze or Psy attacks, and move everyone back. When you're ready, kill the initial enemies, and the boss appears.

The switches to either side activate steam vents which do 2000 damage to the boss. When they go out, hit them again. Grumpos, in the middle, should do a HealField whenever he can.

You get FireCage MysTech as booty.

Post-Levant
When you get back to the Tower, don't talk to the Abbot yet. First, go up to the library.

If you have the 1.02 version patch, this part is fixed and can be completed after returning to Hephaestus. If you're not patched, do the "noclip" trick to get through the large doors; a bug in the game prevents you from ever getting in otherwise. Walk up the spiral, stopping in each room to talk to the monk and photograph the Enigma tablet.

Grab the TACO in the 9th Enigma room.

Go back out, noclipping through the door again, and take your photos to the reporter outside for $900.

If you have PAL, take him to Moon Burger again. This time, in addition to all the things he found before, he finds Shadow Bracers. Don't use them, though. They make fights too easy.

Now go back and talk to the Abbot for a major cutscene.