The provisioner
| Item | Sovereigns | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cartograph | 5 | |
| Rope | 1 | |
| Waterskin | 1 | Absolutely mandatory! |
| Armor | 50 | |
| Flint | 10 | |
| Backpack | 2 | |
| Sugar | 1 | |
| Wolfsbane | 1 | A poisonous plant (according to mythology) |
| Lantern | 1 | Gorn refuses to get in dark places. |
| Rations | 5 | |
| Oilskin | 2 |
Another provisioner can be found in the north territory (disk 2). He sells the same items as his colleague in the castle.
Structure of Balema
| North Balema (Disk 2) A provisioner can be found here. |
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| West Balema (Disk 2) Turn to the south and rach the sea. Turn north and reach a village and a fresh water lake. Press further west and reach the cave of the sphinx. |
Central Balema (Disk 1) You start the adventure here. There are a forest, a swamp, and roads that lead to the other territories. |
East Balema (Disk 2) There is a waterfall here. Look carefully! |
Drink water
If you run out of water, you and Gorn will die of thirst. It is therefore necessary to buy a waterskin.
You can refill the waterskin at various locations.
- Central Balema: there is a lake to the east, before the forest.
- North Balema: you can refill the waterskin in the river, near the bridge.
- West Balema: travel north, then west and south; there is afresh water lake south of the village.
- East Balema: you can refill the flask at the waterfall.
Lisa and the ring
Leave the castle, travel west and south, until you reach a swamp. Get the ring from the skeleton to the south. Continue west, but when you reach the ruins, turn north.
Continue west and north until you reach a house. Knock at the door. If you got the ring, Lisa the sorceress will join the party. With her in the party, some encounters change:
- When meeting brigands in the north-east, she will turn the party into mist and escape them.
- When meeting lizardmen in the south-west ruins, she will defeat them with a fireball. You can then get the Dragonbane sword.
Open quests
Central Balema
The hermit
Leave the castle, go east, then south, then east. You will end up in a cave where a hermit resides.
How can you interact with the hermit?
The pit in the forest
In the centre of the forest (disk 1, west) there is a pit. If you go [D]own, you can perform an action, and then cobras will show up. You then have to go [U]p and down again, so that you can perform another action.
In the pit, you can get gold, open a chest, get a carpet from inside the chest.
What is the carpet for?
West Balema
The islet
Cross the west forest and contine west (to disk 2), then turn south until you reach the sea. You can swim on an islet and get a key there. When you try and get back, sharks will block your way.
How can you get back on the mainland? What is the key for?
The riddle
In the far north-west, a sphinx guards a cave. It asks the following riddle:
- Blue as the sky on a summer day,
- Fresh as a field of just cut hay,
- Deep as the pits beneath the fires of hell,
- Clear as a note from a pure silver bell,
- Still as a graveyard on a cold winter night,
- Ruthless as a hawk in its death dealing flight,
- As peaceful as a river that flows gently by,
- The question to answer is: "What am I?"
Wrong answers: water, lake, sea, ocean, lagoon, river, ice...