Windwalker

CHEATS

Type in "BADGER" if the Windwalker asks you for the SECOND order of earth and so forth. NOTE: You don't need the first order.

LEVEL CODES

SOLUTION

SECTION 1: Getting Started

The first thing you should do in Windwalker is training, get yourself familiar with the various moves especially the range and recovery time (i.e. time to recover from the attack movement), of all the attack forms that you have and the enemies of course.

After "vigorous" training, you can venture forth into the "Real World". The first thing you should do is to find some thieves or an assassin and kill them for money and food. Use the money to buy incense and, if necessary, food. Then go to the shrine to the north of the 1st village and talk to the monk about incense, he will bless your incense. Then read the scroll in the holy shrine. This scroll will tell you how to use the incense.

When you burn the incense you will be prompted for the "prayer" to chant. These prayers are recorded in the scroll in the shrine.

They are: Heal my Body, Restore my Honour, Empower my spirit, Exorcise (fireball) their functions are self explanatory, and they require blessed incense.

If you are having trouble beating up the thief and assassin here is an easy way to go about it. First, when you see an enemy save the game. After you engage him, if the combat isn't going your way, press Q and run away. This will get you back to the overhead screen. Choose restore game and retry the fight until you win.

You will see a blind man in front of the store, give him the money he asks for and ask him about his shoe. Buy this shoe, it will become useful later.

SECTION 2

Get a boat near the shore and sail East of the holy shrine (1st shrine) until you find the island with a house on it, this is the explorer's house. Go inside and get the map in the cabinet - this is the best map available in the game. (you will also find a scroll that is a clue to solving the game but it's not important given you are using this guide!). After that, go to the monastery (marked as a walled circular building on the explorer map). Speak to the older monk inside, he will ask you if you want to join their brotherhood.

In order to join the monks you'll have to follow the way of life for one day and observe their vow of silence. This mean following the older monk the whole day. After that you are tested in combat against yourself - if you win, you will get the staff and robe

There are scrolls on the second story of the monastery - the one about Nubia is essential to winning the game. But read them all anyway.

If you happen to see another boat in the sea, hail it. If it is the fisherman, ask him about buying supplies and buy 4 striped turtle shells. (The shells are about 10 bucks each.)

If you happen to pass an island on which the Heron bird is resting (standing), disembark and run into the Heron, this gives you some Heron feathers.

SECTION 3: Getting Magical Talisman

There are four magical talismen in this game, each one requires a special item and a striped turtle shell for the Shaman (living in a cave on the Northwest corner of the Isle of Dead, approach the island from the northwest corner) to make. Here is the list and where to find them:

After obtaining the required item and a striped turtle, go to the shaman and ask him about "things" and then the name of the talisman.

While on the Isle of Dead, and if it happens to be full moon, go to the cavern which is just Southwest of the Shaman's cave where the tree of Immortality grows. There, the normal Panda guarding the tree will reveal his true form as the God of Luck. He will give you the Peach Seed - required to win the game.

After you get the Invulnerability talisman you have pretty much finished the game because, when you use it, you won't take damage from any combat. The talisman only drains your spirit at a slow rate and the money from defeated foes can be used to purchase incense by the truckload and replenish your lost spirit. You can literally start a massacre of the Warlord's allies.

SECTION 4: Killing Enemies

Once you have the Invulnerablility talisman walk into the palace with your monk robe on. Go to the building in the back. March up the stairs (kill any foolish guards who happened to be in your way) and meet the warlord. With the talisman this should be no problem.

On any night of a new moon (preferably the 1st night) go inside the palace. This can be done before obtaining the talisman but you should have the monk robe on to pass through the guards at the front door unless you go inside the palace from the secret entrance (from the cave where the water beetles are). Go to the building in the lower right corner. Copy the scroll on the table and go upstairs to the astral gate - you'll see the Alchemist waiting outside the gate doing absolutely nothing. Wait until it is midnight (you can sleep) and when the Alchemist goes into the astral gate cast an "Exorcise" (fireball) at the gate - This will seal up the gate and trap the Alchemist within. After that you will have to go back to the two shrines and save it from the spirit the Alchemist brought from the Astral Plane. All you have to do is cast an "Exorcise" at the possessed priest (monk) in the shrine

Be careful while casting Exorcise, it takes a lot of spirit. You need a full spirit to cast it.

SECTION 5: Saving The Emperor

Assuming you have dealt with the Warlord and the Alchemist, you'll have to save the Emperor who is now imprisoned and drugged. You'll have to make an antidote to free the emperor from the "Fu Ma Ren" drug. You'll have to give a copy of the Alchemist scroll to the medicine man in the Southwest corner of the realm and he will inform you that he has no knowledge of making the antidote and refer you to a 2nd medicine man (hiding in the cave just Northeast of the Imperial Palace) and give you a letter of introduction. Go to the 2nd medicine man and he'll give you a key (opens the cabinet in his house) and ask you to fetch a copy of the scroll (contained in the cabinet). This scroll will tell you the 5 ingredients required for the antidote. They are:

Once you have all five ingredients go back to the cave with these and the copy of the scroll. The 2nd medicine man will then leave the cave and go back to his house to make the antidote (bit pointless you fetching his scroll then! But anyway...). Follow him and wait until he has finished making the Antidote. Once you have the Antidote go to the jail (Southwest corner of Palace) and use invisibility to avoid the Jailer. Go to the 3rd cell (counting left-right) and open the door with the key the Warlord dropped when he fled. There you will find the Emperor. Once you give him the antidote he'll recover and Moebius will elevate you to the level of Windwalker and the game is completed.