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Walkthroughs and Solutions “Ben Jordan (2)” Walkthrough
( The Lost Galleon of the Salton Sea. )
Len Green 16th December 2004 lengreen@hotmail.com
FOREWORD :-
The following is a “No Frills” walkthrough of this freeware game, with minimum (vital) description & verbiage.
In a few places the action is not essential but helpful … these are highlighted in blue. Some actions take place in inventory … these are highlighted in pink.
After each essential action, the number of points is included in curly red brackets. No cumulative score is given since many actions can be done in different orders yielding different numbers of accumulated points.
If you follow the order I played the game as below and perform all the actions described, you will obtain the full 205 points (out of a maximum of 205).
If you play in any different order but perform all the actions described below, I see no reason why you should not obtain the full 205 points also !
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**** Talk to Annie Roberts{2}
**** Take bowl {3}
**** Go to medicine man’s shop
**** Talk to medicine man {2}
**** Buy mortar & pestle {3}
**** Go to ‘groceries’ store
**** Talk to vendor
**** Buy ear of corn {3}
**** In inventory, toss corn into mortar and grind with pestle ……
**** …… obtaining cornmeal {3}
**** Go to ‘Drunken Scorpion’ bar
**** Talk to barman {2}
**** Buy bottle of beer {3}
**** Talk to 136 year old-timer (Jebediah Sloan)
**** You need to find a recipe for making his moonshine
**** Receive dowsing stick {4}
**** Take matches {3}
**** Go to coffee shop
**** Talk to vendor
**** Buy cup of black coffee {3}
**** Take packet of sugar {3}
**** Go into abandoned house and look at still
**** Toss old (dowsing) stick into ‘wood receptacle’ (bottom square opening in the still) {3}
**** Light a match and throw it onto the wood creating a fire there {4}
**** Empty bottle of beer into ‘liquid receptacle’ (top triangular opening in the still)
**** Obtain large glob of malt from spigot {5}
**** Get Ben to walk off left screen (Sometimes a bit difficult … he has to walk behind Annie’s house and continue !)
**** Look at old opened wooden crate
**** Take single stick of dynamite {3}
**** Return to abandoned house
**** Jam stick of dynamite into side of old safe {2}
**** Use matches to ignite dynamite & blow safe open {6}
**** Take contents of safe … old scrap of paper & packet of yeast {6}
**** Look at old scrap of paper & read recipe for moonshine
**** In inventory, toss four prescribed substances into bowl ……
**** …… cornmeal; sugar; malt; yeast {3 + 3 + 3 + 3}
**** Pour mixture into ‘liquid receptacle’ of still ……
**** …… obtain beer bottle full of home-brewed moonshine {8}
**** Go to ‘Drunken Scorpion’ bar. “Hey where did the old guy go ?”
**** Told “To meet him at Annie Robert’s house”
**** Go to Annie’s house
**** The old guy offers to help
**** Go to medicine man’s and talk to him about the Salton Sea
**** “I’ll prepare you a travel bundle” …….
**** …… “Blast, I’m out of cactus extract” {2}
**** The following (everything in italics) is logical, makes sense, BUT IS NOT ESSENTIAL!!
** Go to cactus (near to crate which held dynamite) and try to take some. No success … you don’t feel like touching it !
** Go to ‘Drunken Scorpion’ bar, see & talk to boy (Mark) throwing knife at dart board
** Challenge him (as often as you like) to hit a bullseye whilst using his knife … and fail every time
**** Go to coffee shop & notice new banner advertising some hip coffee
**** Talk to vendor
**** Order Jitter Juice … “I’ll let you have it on the house”
**** Promptly drink it and ‘jitter’ {4}
**** Return to ‘Drunken Scorpion’ bar
**** Talk to boy & challenge him to hit a bullseye, whilst using his knife (see above !)
**** Succeed (due to jittery hand) & get knife {3}
**** Go to cactus … near to crate which held dynamite (see above !)
**** Carve out a chunk of cactus {3}
**** Return to abandoned house
**** Put drippy piece of cactus into ‘liquid receptacle’ of still ……
**** …… obtain (proper) cactus extract {3}
**** Go to medicine man’s shop
**** Give medicine man cactus extract, & receive bundle of supplies from him ……
**** The bundle consists of anti venom kit & medical tape {6}
**** Return to Annie’s house
**** Jebediah loans his car … off to Salton Sea
**** Pick flower to the left of (Salton Sea) sign {3}
**** Continue left
**** Talk to man with blue shirt & complete ALL dialogs {4}
**** The following (everything in italics) is logical, makes sense, BUT IS NOT ESSENTIAL!!
** Wave flower near to man, making him sneeze due to his allergy……
** Try to look at his map. No go … He insists upon eye contact
**** Look at large open metal box
**** Take damaged wetsuit {3}
**** In inventory, stick medical tape onto large gaping hole in middle of damaged wetsuit {4}
**** Talk to Asian girl (Kim from Thailand) & complete ALL dialogs {2}
**** Continue left
**** Talk to proprietor of souvenir shop & complete ALL dialogs {2}
**** Purchase particularly large snowglobe & get complimentary pen {6}
**** In inventory, use knife to pry off valve of large snowglobe, causing all the liquid to drain out of it in the process (creating a makeshift helmet) {3}
**** In inventory, fix helmet onto wetsuit, creating a partial diving suit {3}
**** In inventory, use pen to draw an artistic fake map on back of moonshine recipe {3}
**** Return (down-)right to Kim
**** Give her the slightly rusty valve and take oxygen tank {3}
**** In inventory, fix oxygen tank to partially completed diving suit to complete it. You’ve now got a home-made diving suit {3}
**** Return right to man wearing blue shirt
**** Wave flower near to man, making him sneeze due to his allergy ……
**** Switch your fake map for his genuine one {3}
**** To the right of the large metal box is a brown rock … walk behind it to the Salton Sea
**** Look at sign … “Warning! Waters are TOXIC.” etc.
**** The following (everything in italics) is logical, makes sense, BUT IS NOT ESSENTIAL!!
** Try to dive into the sea … bad idea … it’s toxic … without protection ?
** Try to put home-made diving suit on Ben or sea. It won’t work … You need to be sure where the galleon is before spending time in toxic waters
**** In inventory, look at real map … the galleon is in the center of the Salton Sea {2}
**** Take diving suit from inventory & put it onto Ben (or the sea !)
**** There follows a cut scene … Ben finishes up together with George Roberts in a locked cell in the galleon submerged beneath the Salton Sea {9}
**** The following (one line in italics) is logical, makes sense, BUT IS NOT ESSENTIAL!!
** Talk to George … he’s feeling bad due to the effects of the poisons
**** Give George anti-venom kit {4}
**** Talk to George & complete ALL dialogs {2}
**** Jam bottle of moonshine into lock of cell {2}
**** Apply match to bottle … BOOM {5}
**** Outside cell … meet ghost of Captain Enriquez
**** Walk to open door on far right … enter, a wine cellar
**** Snag one bottle of wine {3}
**** Talk to George & complete ALL dialogs
**** In particular, discuss a ‘spirit box’ {2}
**** Return & enter other open door … enter, treasure room
**** Try to take one of the black pearls … the ghost won’t let you
**** Talk to George & ask him to distract ghost
**** QUICKLY grab one black pearl (you may not be quick enough first time … but you can repeat as many times as you need to !) {3}
**** In inventory, toss pearl into mortar & grind it into several tiny pieces using the pestle {3}
**** Put tiny pieces of pearl into bottle of wine making a ‘spirit box’ {4}
**** Try to take one of the black pearls … the ghost won’t let you
**** Put ‘spirit box’ onto ghost (on the wall above pearls) {20}
**** Cut scene and END of STORY and GAME .
{Total points 205/205}