Captain Cutter's Treasure Invisiclues Hints

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These hints are about Release 1 of the game.

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What’s the objective of this game?

  1. TALK TO HAROLD inside the Red Anchor.

  2. Your objective is to rescue Brenda. (See “How do I rescue Brenda?”)

How do I rescue Brenda?

  1. The only way to rescue her is to convince Captain Cutter to release her.

  2. You’ll have to bring him his treasure chest. See “Where is Captain Cutter’s treasure?”

  3. Then, you’ll have to find Brenda. See “Where can I find Brenda?”

  4. If you have the treasure chest in your inventory when you GO UP from the Rowboat, he’ll release Brenda and you in the Captain’s Cabin. From there, you can GO FORE. GO PORT. ROW BOAT. to return to the Docks and bring her back to Harold.

Where is Captain Cutter’s treasure?

  1. ASK HAROLD ABOUT THE TREASURE. You’ll need to get information from Samuel and Isaac.

    • Where do I get the treasure clue from Samuel?

      1. ASK HAROLD ABOUT SAMUEL.

      2. ASK SAMUEL ABOUT THE TREASURE in the Alley, west from the Waterfront.

      3. Samuel asks you for rum. Get the rum and GIVE RUM TO SAMUEL.

        • Where’s the rum?

          1. The rum is in the Storeroom, south from Inside the Red Anchor.

      4. ASK SAMUEL ABOUT THE TREASURE after you give him the rum. He’ll give you his parchment.

    • Where do I get the treasure clue from Isaac?

      1. ASK HAROLD ABOUT ISAAC.

      2. Find Isaac in the lighthouse. (See “How do I get into the lighthouse?”)

      3. ASK ISAAC ABOUT THE TREASURE.

  2. Combine the two items that Samuel and Isaac gave you.

  3. PUT TRANSLUCENT PARCHMENT ON OPAQUE PARCHMENT. EXAMINE PARCHMENTS. READ PARCHMENTS.

  4. To enter the warehouse, you’ll have to show Jerome that you have business in the warehouse.

  5. GIVE PARCHMENTS TO JEROME and he’ll let you in.

  6. Then, you’ll need to open the trapdoor in the warehouse. See “How do I open the trapdoor in the warehouse?” (You’ll also need to bring a light source with you. See “Where can I find a light source?”)

  7. You’ll need to open the wooden box to access the treasure chest. See “How do I open the wooden box?”

  8. You can bring Captain Cutter the locked treasure chest, or you can unlock it yourself. See “How do I open the treasure chest?”

How do I get into the lighthouse?

  1. ASK HAROLD ABOUT THE TREASURE. ASK HAROLD ABOUT ISAAC.

  2. Harold’s friend Isaac runs the lighthouse.

  3. You don’t need to break into the lighthouse.

  4. KNOCK ON THE DOOR when you’re Outside the Lighthouse. Isaac will invite you in. GO IN.

How do I get into the warehouse?

  1. You’ll need to show him an inventory item to prove that you belong there.

  2. Your business there relates to Captain Cutter’s treasure. See “Where is Captain Cutter’s treasure?”

How do I open the trapdoor in the warehouse?

  1. Explore all of the rooms in the warehouse and make a map.

  2. The game doesn’t make it super obvious, but you can STAND ON THE CRATE, even though the crate basically fills an entire room.

  3. You can also PUSH THE CRATE to push the crate away from the room you’re in and into the next room.

  4. Push the crate to room C3, then STAND ON THE CRATE in room B3 or C4. You’ll be standing on the crate in room C3, and, from there, you can OPEN THE TRAPDOOR and GO UP. (You’ll need a light source when you get there. See “Where can I find a light source?”)

    • How do I push the crate to room C3?

      1. It is possible to make this puzzle unwinnable, so you might need to restart the game to fix it. (In the steps below, I’ll describe how to push the crate from its starting room, B2, to room C3.)

      2. Stand in room B1 and PUSH THE CRATE. Now the crate is in room B3.

      3. Stand in room A3 and PUSH THE CRATE. Now the crate is in room C3 and you’re ready to stand on it.

How do I open the wooden box?

  1. EXAMINE THE LOCK.

  2. You can PUSH 1, PUSH 2, PUSH 3, PUSH 4, PUSH 5, and PUSH 6. Look at what happens when you push the buttons.

  3. There’s a clue about this combination lock on the main floor of the warehouse.

  4. In room B2, “Someone has written ‘Code: 34’ underneath it in chalk.”

  5. Your goal is to push buttons such that the O appears over the 3 and 4, and all other numbers have the - instead.

  6. When you push a numbered button, the lock flips all O to - and all - to O, except for the number you pushed.

  7. From the starting position, 0 0 0 0 0 0, PUSH 1. PUSH 2. PUSH 5. PUSH 6. OPEN THE BOX.

Where can I find Brenda?

  1. You’ll need to use the rowboat to get to her. GO DOWN from the Dock. (You might need to address your “horrible feeling” first; see below.)

  2. Once you’re down in the Rowboat, ROW BOAT to go to the ship. (“It’s currently moored to the side of the ship.”) GO UP to exit the boat.

  3. If you GO UP from the Rowboat while moored to the ship, you’ll find Brenda.

When I try to enter the rowboat, I have a “horrible feeling” about the broom closet. How do I fix that?

  1. You can go down to the rowboat when you’ve taken everything you need from the broom closet.

  2. LOOK in the broom closet and take everything you can.

  3. TAKE THE FABRIC.

  4. LOOK UNDER THE FABRIC. TAKE THE BAG.

  5. You’ll need to bring a light source to see what’s in the mouse hole. (See “Where can I find a light source?” below.)

  6. If you have a light source, when you EXAMINE THE MOUSE HOLE you’ll find the brass key. TAKE THE BRASS KEY. When you have the brass key, you won’t have a “horrible feeling” going to the rowboat.

Where can I find a light source?

  1. There’s a light source in the lighthouse. (See “How do I get into the lighthouse?”)

  2. TAKE THE LAMP in the lighthouse.

  3. Isaac says you’ll need oil. GO UP to find the oil.

  4. GET OIL in the Top of the Lighthouse.

  5. LIGHT THE LAMP (with the tinderbox) to create a light source.

How do I escape the Cell on Captain Cutter’s ship?

  1. Examine the cell carefully. Take everything you can.

  2. TAKE THE STRAW.

  3. TAKE THE BONE. EXAMINE IT.

  4. It’s important that the bone is a “long thin bone.”

  5. PICK THE LOCK WITH THE BONE. OPEN THE DOOR. GO OUT.

I’m in the Brig. How do I get back to my rowboat?

  1. GO FORE to the Aft Hold, and GO UP.

  2. “You’ll need to create a diversion to get him out of the way.”

  3. Use the straw to create a diversion.

  4. BURN THE STRAW.

  5. DROP THE STRAW in the Aft Hold, then BURN THE STRAW.

  6. Once you’ve set the straw on fire in the Aft Hold, GO FORE to the Fore Hold, GO UP to the Fore Deck, GO AFT to the Aft Deck, then GO PORT to the rowboat. You can ROW BOAT to return to the Dock.

Why did the game end saying “You could have done better”?

  1. To get the best ending, you have to bring Brenda and the treasure to Harold.

  2. To do that, you’ll need to open the treasure chest. See “How do I open the treasure chest?”

  3. You’ll need to swap the contents of the treasure chest with something else. (The replacement is hard to notice in the room description of the place where it’s found.)

  4. GO SOUTH from Outside the Red Anchor.

  5. GET THE PEBBLES by the Path to Town.

  6. PUT THE PEBBLES IN THE CALICO BAG.

  7. Now, you can swap the pebbles with the silver coins to fool Captain Cutter, but you need to include the exact number of pebbles.

  8. Use the scale in the Warehouse Attic (next to the wooden box).

  9. PUT THE COINS ON THE SCALE. PUT THE COINS IN THE WOODEN BOX. PUT THE PEBBLES ON THE SCALE. Now remove the correct number of pebbles to match the weight of the coins. (In the next hint, I’ll tell you exactly how many to remove.) Finally, PUT THE PEBBLES IN THE CHEST. PUT THE COINS IN THE BAG. CLOSE THE CHEST. LOCK IT.

  10. REMOVE 12 PEBBLES FROM THE BAG before doing the swap.

  11. Now bring the chest full of pebbles to Captain Cutter. If your chest is the right weight, he’ll release you and Brenda, allowing you to bring Brenda and the treasure back to Harold.

How do I open the treasure chest?

  1. (Note that the treasure chest is different from the wooden box; the treasure chest is inside the wooden box.) You’ll need the key to unlock the chest.

  2. Brenda has an idea about this. (See “Where can I find Brenda?”) Find Brenda, then TALK TO BRENDA. ASK BRENDA ABOUT IDEA. (Don’t bring the chest with you to Brenda, or the Captain will take it before you can open it.)

  3. You’ll have to enter the Captain’s Cabin to get the key. But first, you’ll have to escape your cell. See “How do I escape the Cell?”

  4. To get to the Captain’s Cabin, you’ll have to escape your cell and follow the same steps to get back to the rowboat. See “I’m in the Brig. How do I get back to my rowboat?” But instead of GO PORT at the end, to enter the boat, OPEN DOOR. GO AFT. to enter the Captain’s Cabin.

  5. Brenda told you to replace his key with another key.

  6. EXAMINE THE CAPTAIN. REPLACE THE GOLD KEY WITH THE BRASS KEY. Then you can return to the Dock with GO FORE. GO PORT. ROW BOAT.

  7. UNLOCK THE CHEST WITH THE GOLD KEY. OPEN THE CHEST.

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Thanks for providing this. I had planned on writing some coded hints, but I’ve been side-tracked on other projects such as ParserComp. Now that you’ve done some invisiclues, I don’t feel as guilty about not providing the coded hints.

I will do a release 2 when I have time. This will fix a couple of small bugs and make it harder for you to get into an unwinnable situation if you push the crate the wrong way in the warehouse. There won’t be any changes to the puzzles, though.

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