From: boelter3945@iscsvax.uni.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: Re: Help needed in U6. (lots) [SPOILER]
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:40:12 -0500
Organization: University of Northern Iowa

In article <1992Jul29.093027.57602@cc.usu.edu>, sl859@cc.usu.edu writes:
>
> BTW, Here's some additional questions:
> 	1) Does anyone have any guide on how to use the cheaters menu.  I know
> how to get in but darned if I know what half the flags mean, or what items
> or etc.  Is there some ftp site with a guide to it, or even clues to the
> rest of the game.  I have really had some fun, but I still haven't figured 
> how much experience you need to go up levels, etc.  

   That I can answer, simply because VI follows V for experience advancement
from what I've seen.  It works in factors of 2, like this:
Level 1      0-99
Level 2    100-199
Level 3    200-399
Level 4    400-799
Level 5    800-1599
Level 6   1600-3199
Level 7   3200-6399
Level 8   6400-9999

   As for the list of the cheater's menu and flag lists, can't help you there,
though I have figured out a lot of the item #s if you are interested.  Drop me
an email and I'll send you a list.

>         2)  Where the heck is that stupid silver tablet?  I "think" I have
> scoured the Buccaneer's Caves, and after getting thrashed by the dragons and
> gargoyles...  I found the spider stuff, which is fun, but what I really need
> is that dumb silver tablet.  (I assume thats where the tablet is, but I could
> be wrong)

   The rest of the silver tablet is with the Pirate's treasure trove, which you
can find by solving the Pirate's map quest.  Once you complete the map, and
follow it, you'll find the pirate caves (not the buccaneer caves, different
place), and at the end of those caves is a large storehouse of treasure,
including the silver tablet.

> 	3)  Why does the game talk about sea serpents and squids etc, being
> killed, when there are none around and I am in a cavern.  This happened when
> I was in the sewer under Lord British's Castle and when in the Bucccaneers
> Caves.

   This happens when you are near a fight that is going on, even though it may
not be on screen.  Not everything out there always fights against you, some
things fight other things, best example is the intersection near Skara Brae,
you can almost always find Mongbats fighting a group of fighters and
swashbucklers.

> 	5)  Where else can I get reagents?  I got some spiders silk at the
> spider cave part in the Buccaneers cave.  I bought some from Zoltan, but he
> never stays in one place...

   Places to buy reagents are Skara Brae, Cove, Nicodemus (in the Deep Forest,
north of Lord British's castle, just north of the Serpent Spine mountains), at
the Lycaeum, and Zoltan (as you found out).  By the way, Zoltan is a gypsy, so
he wanders from town to town, along the King's way (connects Trinsic to Paws to
Empath Abbey to Yew to Britain).

> P.S.  To go up levels do you need to go ask anyone about it (like in 
> Bards Tale genre) or does it just happen automatically?  (I am getting 
> to be impatient!) 

   Have to meditate at one of the shrines, having the mantra and rune for it. 
To meditate at it, of course, you have to have freed it from the gargoyles and
the force field that surrounds the moonstone.  The shrine you pick to meditate
at reflects which of your stats go up (based on the combination of the virtue
from Truth, Love, and Courage).

   For example, the Shrine of Spirituality will get you +1 on each stat, the
shrine of Humility will give you no stat addition, Sacrifice will gain +1 on
Dex and Str, etc.  If you pick a shrine that is only one stat (like
Compassion), it will raise that one stat +3. :)

   Enjoy!

                                        John "Nightwind" Boelter

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