A number of the actions that you can take while playing the game are optional, particularly if you're playing on the short path. The following tables note which actions are required, and whether they're only required on one path or another. The maximum possible score is 231 out of 231 points, but it's possible to minimally complete the game with only 116 points.
Exploring the Isle of the Crown
| Action |
Points |
Required
|
| Pick up Alexander's insignia ring |
1 |
Yes
|
| Move plank on beach |
1 |
Yes
|
| Get copper coin from chest |
1 |
Yes
|
| Show ring to guard dogs at castle |
3 |
No
|
| Have audience with Alhazred |
2 |
No
|
| Talk to bookseller in bookstore |
1 |
Yes
|
| Take boring book |
1 |
No
|
| Read love poem |
1 |
No
|
| Take loose page from poetry book |
1 |
No
|
| Ask about spell book |
2 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Talk to ferryman |
2 |
Yes
|
| Get rabbit's foot from ferryman |
1 |
Yes
|
| Show your ring to Jollo |
4 |
No
|
| Give your ring to the pawn shop owner in exchange for the map |
5 |
Yes
|
| Give copper coin to merchant |
2 |
Yes
|
| Take mint from candy dish in pawn shop |
1 |
Yes
|
| Use mechanical nightingale to charm real nightingale |
4 |
No
|
| Get invisible ink from trash |
1 |
Yes
|
| Use magic map for first time |
1 |
Yes
|
Exploring the Other Islands
| Action |
Points |
Required
|
| Get the feather |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Get the flower of stench |
1 |
Yes
|
| Read the boring book to the oyster |
2 |
No
|
| Take the pearl from the oyster |
1 |
No
|
| Use the flower on the smell gnome |
2 |
Yes
|
| Use the nightingale on the hearing gnome |
2 |
Yes
|
| Use the mint on the taste gnome |
2 |
Yes
|
| Use the rabbit's foot on the touch gnome |
2 |
Yes
|
| Use the invisible ink on yourself to fool the sight gnome |
2 |
Yes
|
| Pick up the incomplete sentence in the water |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Pull the thread in the spider's web |
2 |
No
|
| Take the scrap of paper from the web |
2 |
No
|
| Take the bottle of milk in the swamp |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Take the rotten tomato from the garden |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Pick up the Red Queen's scarf |
1 |
Yes
|
| Pick up the iceberg lettuce |
1 |
Yes
|
| Throw the lettuce into the boiling pond |
4 |
Yes
|
| Get the lamp from the tree |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Pick up the brick by the path |
1 |
Yes
|
| Give the sentence to the dangling participle |
2 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Give the dangling participle to Bookworm |
2 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Read rare book |
1 |
No
|
| Exchange the pearl for your ring |
2 |
No
|
| Exchange the rare book for the spell book |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Give your ring to Sing Sing |
3 |
No
|
| Take Cassima's ribbon |
1 |
No
|
| Take hair from ribbon (or from Beauty's clothes if you don't get the ribbon) |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Give love poem to Sing Sing |
1 |
No
|
| Pick up Cassima's note |
1 |
No
|
| Take teacup |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Take hole-in-the-wall |
3 |
Yes
|
The Catacombs
| Action |
Points |
Required
|
| Solve the first Logic Cliffs puzzle |
1 |
Yes
|
| Solve the second Logic Cliffs puzzle |
1 |
Yes
|
| Solve the third Logic Cliffs puzzle |
1 |
Yes
|
| Solve the fourth Logic Cliffs puzzle |
1 |
Yes
|
| Solve the fifth Logic Cliffs puzzle |
1 |
Yes
|
| Enter the cave |
1 |
Yes (Short Path)
|
| Use the tinderbox in the cave |
2 |
Yes (Short Path)
|
| Take the peppermint |
1 |
Yes (Short Path)
|
| Take the skull |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Solve the floor tile puzzle |
3 |
Yes
|
| Take the shield |
1 |
Yes
|
| Take the coins |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Use the brick to disarm the ceiling trap |
2 |
Yes
|
| Light the torch with the tinder box |
2 |
Yes
|
| Use the hole-in-the-wall to spy on the minotaur |
1 |
Yes
|
| Look through the hole-in-the-wall |
1 |
Yes
|
| Enter the minotaur's lair |
1 |
Yes
|
| Use the scarf on the minotaur |
3 |
Yes
|
| Take the sacred water from the oracle (happens automatically) |
6 |
Yes
|
The Beast's Curse
| Action |
Points |
Required
|
| Take lump of coal |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Take scythe |
1 |
Yes
|
| Walk through gate with shield |
3 |
Yes
|
| Pick white rose |
1 |
Yes
|
| Use scythe to chop vines |
3 |
Yes
|
| Talk to Beast (happens automatically) |
1 |
Yes
|
| Give white rose to Beauty |
2 |
Yes
|
| Show Beast's ring to Beauty |
2 |
Yes
|
| Return to Isle of the Beast (happens automatically) |
2 |
Yes
|
Preparing to Cast Spells
| Action |
Points |
Required
|
| Give rotten tomato to Bump-on-a-log |
3 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Use teacup on swamp ooze |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Give milk bottle to baby's tears |
2 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Use lamp on crying baby's tears |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Take Drink Me potion |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Give coal to White Queen |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Add sacred water to lamp |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Use lamp on fountain |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Cast Make Rain spell |
3 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
Meeting The Druids
| Action |
Points |
Required
|
| Activate Make Rain spell (happens automatically) |
2 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Use skull on glowing embers |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Use egg on skull |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Use strand of hair on skull |
1 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
| Cast Charming a Creature of the Night spell |
5 |
Yes (Long Path)
|
The Realm of the Dead
Castle of the Crown (Long Path)
Castle of the Crown (Short Path)