infocom/hints/solutions/infidel.step

                          INFIDEL (Infocom)
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  (You start in your tent) GET OUT OF COT, S (a plane drops the crate
containing the navigationa box. You don't need it unless you want to find the
pyramid yourself - be my guest!), SW, W, GET PICKAXE AND SHOVEL, E, SE, S,
READ NOTE (your workers have left you), GET KNAPSACK (contains a rope and a
canteen), N, N, GET MATCHBOOK, N, N, SMASH PADLOCK WITH PICKAXE, REMOVE IT,
DROP IT, OPEN TRUNK, GET BEEF AND MAP, EAT BEEF, S, W, W, DRINK WATER, DROP
KNAPSACK, GET CANTEEN, OPEN IT, FILL IT, CLOSE IT, PUT IT IN KNAPSACK, GET
KNAPSACK, E, E, E, SE, SE, DIG IN SAND, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN (great! You
have uncovered part of the pyramid. There is a hole in it ), OPEN MAP (inside
is a cube), INSERT CUBE IN OPENING, D, DROP MAP.

   OPEN JAR (there is some oil in it), GET TORCH, DIP IT IN LIQUID, CLOSE
JAR, DROP KNAPSACK, PUT JAR IN KNAPSACK, OPEN MATCHBOOK, GET MATCH, CLOSE
MATCHBOOK, STRIKE MATCH, LIGHT TORCH, S, S, NE, NW, W, N, E, N, N, N, N, N, W,
S, GET GOLDEN CHALICE, N, E, E, S, GET SILVER CHALICE, N, W, S, S, S, S, S, W,
S, E, N, W, GET SCROLL, E, E, D, W, EXAMINE SLOT (a shim locks the beam in
place), PUT TORCH IN GOLDEN CHALICE, REMOVE SHIM, DROP ALL, RAISE BEAM (it
falls onto the deck), GET ALL BUT SHOVEL AND SHIM, E, U, W, GET BEAM, S, SE,
SW, N, N, PUT GOLDEN CHALICE AND SILVER CHALICE IN KNAPSACK, GET ROPE AND
TORCH, TIE ROPE TO ALTAR, THROW IT NORTH (through the doorway and down), GET
KNAPSACK, N (down the rope), PUSH STATUE (it tips over; the head breaks off),
GET HEAD, ROLL STATUE SW, DROP KNAPSACK (the statue's weight combined with the
items are greater than your weight, so the opposite door stays open), NE, NE,
NE, GET RUBY CLUSTER, READ HIEROGLYPHS (Selkis is no. 2), SW, SW, GET GOLDEN
CLUSTER, SW, PUT GOLDEN CLUSTER AND RUBY CLUSTER IN KNAPSACK, GET ALL BUT
STATUE, ROLL STATUE, NE, AGAIN, DROP ALL BUT TORCH, SW, SW, SW, GET EMERALD
CLUSTER, READ HIEROGLYPHS (Isis is no. 3), NE, NE, NE, PUT EMERALD CLUSTER IN
KNAPSACK, GET ALL BUT STATUE, ROLL STATUE SW, ROLL IT NW, DROP ALL BUT TORCH,
SE, SE, SE, GET OPAL CLUSTER, READ HIEROGLYPHS (Neith is no. 1), NW, NW, NW,
PUT OPAL CLUSTER IN KNAPSACK, GET ALL BUT STATUE, ROLL STATUE SE, AGAIN, DROP
ALL BUT TORCH, NW, NW, NW, GET DIAMOND CLUSTER, READ HIEROGLYPHS (Nephthys is
no. 4), SE, SE, SE, GET ALL BUT HEAD AND STATUE, NW, U 

  W, S, E, READ SCROLL (you must remove bricks 1, 3 og 5), REMOVE FIRST
BRICK AND DROP IT, REMOVE THIRD BRICK AND DROP IT, REMOVE FIFTH BRICK AND
DROP IT AND SCROLL, E, N, D, HIT PLASTER WITH PICKAXE (the passage is clear),
W, W, W, INSERT BEAM IN NICHES, STAND ON IT, HIT PLASTER WITH PICKAXE (the
sand disappears from under you, you you are safe here), OPEN DOOR, W, GET
BEAM, S, PUT BEAM ACROSS DOORWAY, OPEN DOOR (two huge stones almost crush
you, but the beam keep them in place), W, PUT DIAMOND CLUSTER IN FIRST HOLE,
DROP KNAPSACK, GET OPAL, RUBY AND EMERALD, INSERT RUBY CLUSTER IN SECOND
HOLE, INSERT EMERALD CLUSTER IN THIRD HOLE, INSERT OPAL CLUSTER IN FOURTH
HOLE (the slab can now be opened), OPEN SLAB (you find a spatula and a book),
GET BOOK AND KNAPSACK, E, GET BEAM (BANG!! The stones collapse), N, N, PUT
BEAM UNDER LINTEL, BREAK SEAL WITH PICKAXE (the roof is about to come crashing
down, but the beam saves you), OPEN DOOR, N

   PUT BOOK IN LARGE RECESS (on the sarcophagus), E, DROP KNAPSACK, GET
CANTEEN;SILVER CHALICE AND GOLDEN CHALICE, PUT GOLDEN CHALICE ON LEFT DISC,
PUT SILVER CHALICE ON RIGHT DISC, OPEN CANTEEN, POUR WATER IN SILVER CHALICE
(the weights are now equal - you may take the scarab), GET SCARAB, W, PUT
SCARAB IN SMALL RECESS (with both book and scarab in place, you can turn
the statues - it must be done in the order found earlier), TURN NEITH, TURN
SELKIS, TURN ISIS, TURN NEPHTHYS (clik! The sarcophagus is open), OPEN QUARTZ
COVER (you find some amazing treasures inside. Unfortunately, you wind up
with 27 tons of granite over your head - what kind of ending is this, anyway??
Shame on you, Infocom!)


Jacob Gunness - d.17/4-1990