The Avatar can take any item he finds in any village. Unlike Ultima 4/5/6, there is no penalty for taking items that don't belong to you. Suggestions:
Equipment: bow and arrows are the best weapon early in the game; shields and spears are less useful; necklaces can be worn.
Food: no need to pick up any food, because Triolo carries more than enough already.
Useful items: some will be useful soon, other will be useful later; there are some heavy items that should not be picked up, but just used on the place.
Other: items with no apparent use.
Hut
Equipment
Food
Useful items
Other
Intanya's hut
-
6 bunches of turnips, 1 bean, 2 bunches of bananas
↑Use the knife on the dead eohippus to get some portions of meat.
The Yolaru village
In-game map of the village. Buildings have been highlighted in red and white.
Leave the Kurak village to the south-east and follow the road eastwards. Eventually, you will rach the Yolaru village, that is on the two sides of a river ford.
↑ Use a knife on the dead tiger and get a folded skin.
↑No need to carry a mortar; it is best used on place.
Dr. Rafkin's laboratory
In-game map from Kurak village to the laboratory.
Go back to the Yolaru village. From the beginning of the road, just walk south-east along the riverside. Cross the ford and walk south near tar pits and across a thick forest. When the forest opens up, walk south-east.
3 white jars (potassium nitrate or magnesium), 2 yellow jars (sulphur), 1 black jar (charcoal), soft clay pot, 1 emerald, fire extinguisher, metal bucket, mortar, 2 wire screens, metal hammer, scissors
In-game map of the city. Buildings have been highlighted in red and white.
From the east bank of the Yolaru village, follow the road south. At the first fork, if you go west you will reach Drum Hill: there is nothing to there right now. Back to the main road, continue south until you reach the Nahuatla city, Titchicatl.
DO NOT talk to the generic Nahuatla men: they will attack you. Be careful when you talk to the "glowing" Spector/Zipactriotl or Huitlapacti, or with Kipotli: ask a wrong question, and they will call the guards to attack you.
Hostile characters
Note that "Zipactriotl" is just an alternate spelling of "Spector", with modified phonetics, as shown below:
The Nahuatla currency is the emerald. You should have 18 emeralds already, found in the previous locations. Paxaptamac the weaver will buy 10 feathers for 1 emerald. You can use emeralds to buy equipment from Atlipacta the weaponmaker.
Weapon
Price
Atk
Armor
Price
Def
Bow
2 emeralds
7
Leather armor
3 emeralds
4
12 arrows
1 emerald
-
Leather shield
1 emerald
2
Obsidian sword
3 emeralds
11
Obsidian knife
1 emerald
7
Here is the list of all the items that can be found in Tichticatl:
In-game map of the village. Buildings have been highlighted in red and white.
Leave the Nahuatla city and follow the road to the south-west. At a fork keep west. Soon the road will end, but there are stairs downwards. Find three flights of stairs, and you will get in a valley. Follow the valley east, and the road restats. Follow the road west, until you get to a fork: to the north is the Disquiqui village.
