Anachronox/Mysterium Levant

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.

Sender Station, Take 4
Time to pick a party again. This time you have to take Democratus. Also grab Stiletto for now.

Talk to Salsa for a job (if you took the OneGate photos to Mardoman).

Take Democratus to the GDP and have the Democratan engineer install the plans you found on Hephaestus for $2000. This teaches him Stare Down, which both does damage and stuns.

For Salsa, beat up the goon by the doors to the terminal, and take the Detta Credentials.

Head into the Routubes. On your way in, hit the Lifeflower and Yellow, Blue, White and Red bug mounds.

For Salsa, when you get to the dealer who previously sold you the sleeping drug, talk to him. Either insult him or kill him.

Before the TimeMinder in the Lower Routubes you can tractor in a PurpleBeetle off to the right side of the path.

In the Red Light District, Detective Rukh is now standing by Tubby's, and he has another job for you.

Talk to the floater to the left for a Cobalt Crawler.

Take Stiletto back to the Cold Sweat Sex Machine. The guy at the table before the bar gives you $50. A woman in the Female restroom gives you the Hot Merc Santa Suit, which teaches you the Charm skill.

Talk to the bartender for a lead. Head for Slutopia, and talk to the guy in a booth who isn't watching the show. Then go back to Rukh, who teaches you Master Lockpick.

Visit the MugMugs again and trade the Monk Moss for Firestorm MysTech (Red, Excellent).

Head back out of the Routubes, hitting the mounds and flower along the way. Talk to Salsa for a Regenergy Round.

Anachronox, Take 4
On Anachronox, throw a loonie at the switch next to the shuttle to open a compartment with three Bindlebags.

Head for the back room of your office.

Along the way, hit the Green mound in the Spiral gravpath, and go back and forth across the gravpath a few times to get more.

When you get to your office, open the chest for an AutoTargeter, which teaches Boots the Cap skill.

If Rho hasn't learned MysShield yet, buy her the Mysteria Scientifica at Plib's.

Talk to the Red Bipidri guy for Paco Annual Special #4: Tumbleslam Style.

Buy an item at Zordo's for a Two-Function Host.

Head back to Sender Station, hitting the Green mound again on your way out.

If you want to do other character-specific stuff on Hephaestus, go ahead, but it isn't necessary. If you do go back, also break into Mrs. Invisiblus' chest for FreezySlicer MysTech.

OK, now you need to decide who your third character will be on the next mission: PAL, Rho or Stiletto. Each has a solo mission, and you can only do one. PAL's is in an abandoned factory, Rho's has kind of an Indiana Jones feel, and Stiletto's is making fun of Endor in Return of the Jedi. The cutscenes just as you leave Sender Station and after all the solo missions have slightly different dialogue with each character.

All three find their Great weapon. PAL and Stiletto get new skills. Each finds a shieldcell which also protects from their color of MysTech. Only the one Stiletto finds has shields. The fights beforehand will be easier with PAL or Rho, since they have Bouge that hit all enemies. Stiletto has an extra cutscene. Stiletto's mission is mostly fighting, and PAL and Rho have no fighting.

If you want to play the others as well, you can use the debug menu (pull down the console and type "invoke 1:86") to restart from Boots' solo mission with a different character. You should go back to your main game after you're done, though.

Before you go, upgrade to Sender Standard Shieldcells (256/64/128) from Vend-O-Mart. If you missed someone's Good weapon, buy that too. When you're ready, head for the shuttle and choose Limbus.