Solution to The Shamutanti Hills

The Shamutanti Hills

This is not the shortest or easiest path; it is more gratifying to face difficult situations and barely succeed. Rather than minimizing risk, this solution includes as many interesting parts as possible, while avoiding sections that are blatantly harmful or provide no useful information. You may need high initial scores; this path assumes favorable dice rolls.

Sword, leather tunic, backpack, 20 GP, 2 Provisions, Libra 1 Your quest has begun 178 Tell the villager you are a trader 264 You are interested in a musical pipe 22 Pay the price to purchase the instrument -GP 280 Choose the herbalist's potion 141 Pay the money and take the flask -4 GP 280 Choose the bag of teeth 5 Buy the bag of creature teeth -3 GP 280 You have considered three artifacts 91 You bought artifacts from the merchant 126 Investigate the pipe 249 It gives off a lively little note Bamboo Pipe 126 Investigate the potion 274 There is enough for one dose Blimberry juice 126 Investigate the bag of teeth 190 The teeth are from various creatures 4 Goblin teeth, 1 Giant tooth, 2 Snattacat fangs 126 You continue onwards through Cantopani 95 Fight the two rough-cut villagers 104 Choose a JIG spell 308 The Bandits jerk in time to the music St-1 131 You leave and continue into the hills 183 Investigate the buzzing around the tree [Elvin key], page #102 200 Climb up the tree 270 You knock the hive down and cut it open Beeswax, honey St- 9 Follow the path into the valley 164 Stop at a flat grassy bank to eat 136 You rest and then continue your journey -Honey St+2 65 Find a suitable site to camp for the night 76 Stand up and hail the three creatures 12 Attempt to speak with one of them 113 Join his companions 216 You eventually get some sleep 148 Continue along your side of the river 209 Leave the path to avoid the village 156 Try to continue into the undergrowth 94 You are soon walking through a prairie Lu+1 105 Follow the trail through the grass 57 You notice the grass bending towards you 12 GP, -beeswax 159 You eventually reach the river-bank again Locket [portrait] 231 Protect yourself with a WOK spell 296 You pass safely through the acorns -1 GP St-1 7 You follow the path into a hill village 28 Find an ale-house and relax 266 Sit next to an old wrinkled man -1 GP 192 Spend the night in the inn Bomba fruit Lu+2 211 Buy nourishing food 161 Have Skunkbear stew but do not rest -2 GP St+3 62 You try to sleep under a tree St+1 45 Leave Kristatanti on a path into the hills 125 Continue westwards to Alianna 154 Enter the picturesque house 119 Help the young woman out of the cage 4 Try a DOP spell on the cage door 409 You would like an aid in combat St-2 122 She hands you an Armband of Swordmastery Ragnar's Armband At+2 87 Cast a JIG spell on the Wood Golem 7 GP 339 The bulky creature starts twitching St-1 169 You leave and head north towards Dhumpus 54 You follow the path into a small village 176 Try to make contact with the villagers 34 Ignore the Hill Dwellers and continue 106 Buy a finely crafted sword -6 GP 194 Ask the merchant for your money back 6 GP, -sword, Lu-1 fine sword 75 You leave in search of the local inn 134 Eat and stay at the inn for the night -3 GP St+3 115 You settle down for a refreshing sleep -3 GP St+2 30 You rise early to leave Dhumpus 208 Follow a downhill route into a wood 127 Eat then cross the rope-and-wood bridge -1 Provision St+2 27 Try answering Vancass' questions 41 Answer "Alianna" 143 Answer "Cantopani, Kristatanti, Dhumpus" 262 You mark his words and cross the valley [Left passageways] Lu+2 220 Get rid of the creature with a SIX spell 387 You are wasting your time using magic St-2 171 Tell Jann you would rather travel alone Jann 37 Jann has hitched a ride on your shoulder 111 Visit Glandragor's Tavern 230 You have something for the proprietor 182 You do not have an axe 29 He offers you a mug of ale and chats -2 Snattacat fangs 191 Try to lose Jann and creep off to the inn St+2 Lu+1 92 Leave Birritanti village and bed down 21 You get a good night's sleep St+3 67 Choose the path downhill to the west 51 Eat then talk with the tall man in black -1 Provision St+2 103 The stranger ignores your words 117 Spare the ASSASSIN 8/6 At+2 187 You have made a valuable contact here [Flanker 79] Lu+2 212 See what the old woman wants 243 Drink the cup of tea she has given you 146 You have a page from a Spell Book St+1 Lu+1 184 You pull the page from your pack -Page #102 114* She will rid you of the Minimite pest 205 You leave and continue along the path -Jann 232 Attempt to make contact with the Svinns 282 They march you off to a hut 71 Settle down to sleep for the night 109 You wake early the next morning St+2 222 Think of the treasures you may win St+2 100 You do not have Jann with you 197 Take the passageway on the right Torch, tinderbox 3 Turn left at the junction 63 Call on Libra 273 Return and take the left-hand passage -Libra 16 Go left at the fork 151 You comfort the young Svinn girl Girl 195 Cast a DOZ spell on the Manticore 325 Cast an attacking spell St-2 364 Cast a HOT spell as the Manticore turns 346 You fling a large fireball at the beast St-4 420 Choose a WAL spell 447 You fence it in and run from the cave St-4 456 The path is leading you towards Kharé 10 GP, -girl, Sk+ St+ iLu+1 large key [12]