Monkey Island 2: Special Edition

Monkey Island 2: Special Edition

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Speed Demon Steam Achievement Only Guide!
By bizarro01
This guide is specifically to help you get the Speed Demon Steam achievement. I highly recommend that you play the game through at least once before using this guide for the following reasons:

* ...to take your time and enjoy the game! Talk to everyone, click on the different things, try to figure out the puzzles yourself, etc.
* ... You might find yourself getting distracted by something interesting, which will cause you to loose some time to get in under the 3 hours!
* ...because this guide doesn't cover all of the Steam Achievements, it is just to help finish the game in under 3 hours for the Speed Demon achievement. Use another guide to get all of the other achievements first!
* ...to get a feel of the game mechanics. Almost all the guides out there just give you a few words to describe what you need to do, but telling and actually doing are two different things! Some puzzles actually need to be attempted by yourself first in order to understand the game mechanics, be more proficient, and to do them in a timely manner.

I actually played the game 3 times: Once to get all of the main achievements, a second time about 2 years latter to refresh my memory and to get the two 'no hints' achievements, and a third time to just focus on the Speed Demon achievement!
I added a bit more clarification on the parts that I got stuck on, so that you don't get stuck there as well and waste time running around doing something over and over and it not working!

This guide mentions the locations, which might be a bit easier for some people to follow along with.

This guide also adds some whitespace in between the different locations to make it a bit easier to read and follow along, so hopefully you don't loose your place as you follow along!

Here are some extra tips that I used to help me get this achievement:

* Press Backspace to skip cut scenes and dialog to save time for the 'Speed Demon' Steam Achievement. I mainly used the backspace on the biggest time wasters, like the cut scenes, the ship traveling, the bone song, the roulette wheel spinning, etc.

* I am lucky enough to have 3 monitors, which I used one monitor for the game in full screen windowed mode, another for this guide to follow along with, and a third monitor to reference the lyrics to the 'bone song' to figure out that puzzle.

* If you just have one monitor, you might be able to put the game in Windowed mode in a lower resolution so that you can have this guide and the game next to each other to follow along with.

* I put the game in Windowed mode, so when I clicked out of the game, it would automatically pause the game for me, but I still didn't spend much time outside of the game, just to be sure I got in under the 3 hours.

* I used the F12 key to capture the lyrics to the 'bone song', and pulled it up on my third monitor to help figure out the door puzzle. I did notice that the verses are in different order each time you fire up the game, so you should use the current session's lyrics to get the correct sequence of the lyrics!

* I found that you can mouse over the window that has this guide and use the mouse's scroll wheel to scroll up or down without pausing the game, but if you click onto another window from the game, the game will pause (This is using Windows 11 BTW).

* If you find the text a little bit too small to read and/or follow along with, you can pull up this guide in a web browser and press and hold the Ctrl key and press the plus key (+) to increase the text size! Of course, to lower the text size, use Ctrl and (-).

* If you are on par or below my times listed below in completing the first three parts, then you should be good to get in under the 3 hour mark!:
* Part 1: About 1 hour
* Part 2: About 1 hour
* Part 3: About 7 minutes
* Part 4: I forgot to time it, but you should be good at this point!
   
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Monkey Island 2: Special Edition - PART 1: THE LARGO EMBARGO
Scabb Island

Location: Bridge
Pick up shovel from sign (on right)
Exit Right (Path)

Location: Swamp
Use coffin & go right to voodoo woman's shack
Pick up string on table, look for and attempt to pick up "Ash-2-Life"
Talk to voodoo woman
Keep talking until you get voodoo shopping list
Use coffin and go back left to shore/Path

Location: Cemetery
Go to top of the hill
Use shovel on (Largo's grandfather's) grave (on the left)
You will automatically pick up (Largo's grandfather's) bone
Go to bottom of hill/Path

Location: Beach
Pick up stick
Exit to Path

Location: Woodtick
Cross bridge and go to Wally's place (second lit doorway from the right)
(No need to talk to Wally really)
Take sheet of paper from pile
Wait for Wally to put down his monocle and quickly grab it
Exit Wally's place

Go through the left window on ship at the bottom of the screen
Pick up knife and exit the window

Go to far left ship and enter
Use knife on rope to free Pegbiter
Pick up cheese Squigglies
Go left to Largo's room
Pick up his toupee off the Styrofoam head
Leave this ship

Go up/North to pick up bucket (just keep begging and he will finally let you have it)
Open box, use stick on box, use Squigglies on box
Wait for rat to get close to the box, then pull string to catch rat
Open box and pick up rat

Go back down/South to ship with open hatch
Talk to barkeep until Largo comes out and spits on the wall
Use paper with dripping spit
Exit ship and go through window again
Put rat in the vichyssoise (pot)
Exit through window
Go back through lit hatch and ask barkeep for some stew
Turn down soup after seeing/hearing about rat
Take job and pay advance
Exit through window again so boss (barkeep) doesn't see you leave!
Leave town (go right, cross bridge and go to Path)

Location: Swamp
Use bucket on swamp
Exit swamp to the left/Path

Location: Woodtick
Go to ship at far left, to Largo's room
Use bucket with door and hide behind dressing screen
Follow Largo to laundry (next to pirates to the north)
Listen to conversation
Go back to Largo's room, close the door, and take laundry claim ticket on back of door
Go to laundry and give ticket to get a bra
Leave town (go right, cross bridge and go to Path)

Location: Swamp
Go back to shack in swamp
Give voodoo woman the four items: toupee, spit, bone, bra
Take voodoo doll and leave swamp

Location: Woodtick
Go to Largo's room (far left ship)
When he tries to throw you out, use pin on voodoo doll

Location: Swamp
After automatically returning to the swamp, go to the peninsula and board houseboat
Talk to Captain Dread to charter boat
Give him monocle to charter boat
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition - PART 2.1 The Four Map Pieces
Location: Captain Dread's boat
Pick up parrot chow
Go inside and sail to Phatt Island


Phatt Island

Location: town/Jail
Walk left and you will be arrested and thrown in jail
Pick up mattress and pick up stick
Use stick on bone
Pick up bone and give it to Walt the dog
Get small key and use it on cell door
Take both envelopes and open them both in your inventory
Exit right

Location: Pier
Talk to fisherman on pier and bet him
Go left to library

Location: Library
Open model lighthouse
Take lens and talk to librarian to apply for library card
Go to card catalog to look up three books
1. Look under 'D' for Disaster: 'Great Shipwrecks of Our Century"
2. Look under 'R' for Recipes: 'The Joy of Hex'
3. Pick any book, remember the name
Ask Librarian for all three books
Exit library to the left
Go up/North to Path

Location: (Governor Phatt's) Mansion
Enter mansion and go up stairs
Talk to guard and use any excuse, but then say there is a fire in the kitchen
He leaves, so you can go upstairs
Swap your third book with book on Governor Phatt's belly to get: 'Famous Pirate Quotations'
Exit mansion and go to Path

Location: Warf
Go into alley to the LEFT of the library
Watch guy win, then follow him to alley to the RIGHT of the library
When guy leaves, knock on door and ask for next winning roulette number
Watch the number of fingers he holds up the first time - this is the answer to his question
Answer correctly three times to get next winning number
Go back to alley to the LEFT of library and win
Get the winning numbers three times to win all three prizes
Go back to Captain Dread's boat and sail to Booty Island


Booty Island

Location: First/Closest Small Shop at Left
buy: sign about parrot, ship's horn, hub cap, pirate hat, well-polished saw, rock N roll collector's plate, feather pen
Hang parrot chow on hook where sign about parrot was at
Buy parrot's mirror
Try to buy map piece and ask about trade-in's to learn about the Mad Monkey
Leave shop and go right to the costume shop

Location: Costume Shop
Give shopkeeper Mardi Gras invitation and take dress
Exit costume shop and ask woman in big hat for a leaflet
Go all the way left to Path and go to Mansion

Location: (Elaine's) Mansion
Show invitation and put on costume when you meet person at road block
Go to back of mansion and Push garbage cans
Run away from angry cook around the mansion and enter quickly into back door
Pick up fish from the pot and leave kitchen
Go to the front of mansion and enter through front door
Pick up map piece from painting on the far left of room
Attempt to leave mansion through front door, and you will be stopped by gardener and end up upstairs
Talk sweet to Elaine, and she will throw the map piece out the window
Leave mansion through front door and pick up map piece, but it will fly away
Go back inside mansion and upstairs and take the oar from above Elaine's bed
Go back downstairs and exit mansion and pick up dog
Go to Path and go to Dread's ship and sail to Phatt Island


Phatt Island

Location: Warf
Give fish to fisherman to get fishing pole
Return to Dread's ship and sail to Booty Island


Booty Island

Location: Cliff
Use fishing pole on map piece, but a bird will take it to a big tree

Location: Big Tree
Place oar in second hole and walk up the two 'steps' but second step will break
Press Backspace to skip dream and pick up broken oar
Go to Path and go to Dread's ship and sail to Scabb Island


Scabb Island

Location: Woodtick
Go left across bridge and enter first door
Give broken oar to woodsmith and he will fix it and give it back to you
Exit workshop and go next door to Wally's ship

Location: Wally's Ship
Give Wally the lighthouse lens
Exit Wally's and enter open hatch/bar

Location: Bar
Ask for some near-grog, but bartender will not have any
Order one of each type of colored drink and get free crazy straw
Use banana on the metronome that is on the piano, and take JoJo the monkey
Exit bar and go up/North to group of three pirates

Location: Three sleeping/lazy pirates
Use well-polished saw on pirate's peg-leg
Go back to woodsmith's workshop

Location: Woodsmith's Workshop
Take hammer and nails
Exit left to path and go to Dread's Ship and sail to Booty Island
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition - PART 2.2 The Four Map Pieces
Booty Island

Go right past costume shop to coffin shop
Talk to Stan the salesman to buy a coffin
When Stan gets inside a coffin, close coffin and use nails on coffin
Take crypt key from behind the counter
Exit coffin shop and go right to spit contest

Location: Spit contest
Use ship horn to get rid of SpitMaster (temporarily), then quickly pick up the flags and move them
Mix yellow and blue drinks
Drink green mixture with crazy straw
Talk to Spitmaster to enter contest
Wait for sash on rightmost spectator to move from the wind, and spit to get help from the wind
Win contest and get plaque, the go back to antique store to the far left

Location: Antique store
Sell plaque to antique dealer to get 6000 pieces of eight
Read 'Great Shipwrecks of Our Century' book, and note the coordinates of the Mad Monkey (random each time)
Go to Kate (woman in big hat) and charter her ship
Move pointer to coordinates mentioned in book: 'Great Shipwrecks of Our Century'
When you arrive to the location, dive down into the sea and pick up the monkey head
Go left to the anchor and yank on the line to anchor

Back on Booty Island, ask Kate about the near-grog, but she won't give you any
Go back to antique shop and give the monkey head to antique dealer and get map piece (1/4)
Go to Path and go to big tree

Location: Big Tree
Use reinforced oar with the second hole
Walk on the plank, then oar
Pick up plank and place it in the third hole, then continue up the tree
Take telescope from the top tree house
Enter the bottom tree house
Use dog on pile of maps to get map piece (2/4)
Go back down tree house to path and to Dread's ship and go to Scabb Island


Scabb Island

Location: Cemetery
Go to cemetery and use crypt key on crypt
Read book 'Famous Pirate Quotations' and look at each of the coffins until you can open the one with right inscription
Pick up ashes and exit cemetery and go to swamp

Location: Swamp
Go to shack in swamp and give voodoo woman ashes
Talk with her to talk about forgotten recipe, then give her book: 'The Joy of Hex' and get potion
Exit swamp to Path and go to cemetery

Location: Cemetery
Enter crypt and use potion on the ashes
Talk to Rapp and get key to his Weenie shack and go to the beach

Location: Beach
Go to Weenie Shack and use key on shack door
Turn off burners and return to crypt in cemetery

Location: Cemetery
Go to crypt and use potion on ashes again
Take map piece (3/4) and exit cemetery to Path and go to Dread's ship and go to Phatt Island


Phatt Island

Place Kate's leaflet on top of your wanted poster and exit town/go to Path
Come back to town after Kate gets arrested and go to jail
Take her envelop from shelf and open it in your inventory
Leave town to Path, and go to waterfall

Location: Waterfall
Walk to top of hill and use JoJo the monkey on the pump (monkey wrench!)
Go back down the hill and go through gaping hole behind waterfall to small island
Keep going left until you leave the tunnel and come out to the small island

Location: Small Island
Go to cottage at top of hill
Talk to old man to challenge him to a due which will turn into a drinking contest
He will bring you a drink and then leave again to get his own drink
Quickly when he is gone, pick up mug and empty it into the tree
Use near-grog with empty mug
You both will drink and he will pass out
Place your mirror in the mirror frame on the back wall
Open shutters on window to your right
Go outside to grotesque statue and read the plaque
Place telescope in the grotesque statue's hand
Once secret brick is revealed, go back inside cottage and pull it
(if you pull the wrong brick you will be sent down the hill. Go back up and try again until you end up in cellar)
Take map piece (4/4) and go through hole on the left
Return to Dread's ship and go to Scabb Island


Scabb Island

Go to Wally's ship and give him the map pieces
Go pick up love potion for Wally from voodoo woman in swamp
Go to your inventory and open bag and find matches and a love bomb
Return to Woodtick

Location: Woodtick
Go to Wally's ship and read message scratched into his table, and go back to swamp

Location: Swamp
Open crate on swamp shore
get inside crate (Use crate)
Press backspace to skip cut scene to save time
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition - PART 3 LeChuck's Fortress
Location: (LeChuck's) Fortress
Go right and up the stairs and through the doorway
Keep going right until you reach the dungeon
Go to jail cell where Wally is and talk to him
Go back up the stairs and through the door
Read the spit encrusted paper in your inventory (The verses seem to be in random order each gameplay)
Go right through the back tunnel to see the different 'bone' doors
(If none of the doors match the first verse, keep going right until one of them matches the first verse!)
Push on the 'door' of the collection of bones that matches each set of verses and walk through them
(You should have to go through 4 doors, one for each set of verses!)
Keep doing this until you find a huge door with a bunch of locks on it
Open the door and pick up the voodoo key
You will be captured and end up in the 'dungeon'

Location: Dungeon
Ask LeChuck about 3-4 dumb questions, and he will leave
Use the crazy straw with the green drink
Spit at the shield to the right four times to extinguish the candle
When the room goes dark, use your matches
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition - PART 4 Dinky Island
Dinky Island

Pick up the bottle that is floating in the water, and break it on the rock
Pick up the martini glass and crowbar
Use crowbar on barrel near the parrot
Give cracker to parrot for first clue
Use martini glass with water from the ocean
Use martini glass with water on still
Talk to Herman ToothRot about the treasure
Enter jungle through path to the left

Location: Jungle
You should see two paths, go left to the top of the next screen
Use broken bottle on hanging bag
Pick up box of cracker mix
Go right twice, then continue right
Take rope from around box
Use crowbar on box
Take dynamite

Go right, then down to the right, and back up(?) again until you find a large tree with a phone box
(Use phone? then) leave this screen and you will end back at the beach

Enter jungle again and go right 3 times to find a dinosaur and the parrot
Use distilled water with box of cracker mix to get 2 more crackers
Give parrot a cracker for next clue
Go up twice to reach a pile of rocks
Give parrot last cracker to get final hint
Go right, and you should see Herman Toothrot in this new location
Use his shortcut to the right to go back to the big X
Use shovel on the big X
Use matches on dynamite, then use lit dynamite on big X hole

Use rope on crowbar and throw crowbar at twisted metal rods at the top of the hole
At the bottom of the dark hole, find the light switch and then talk to LeChuck
You will get zapped and end up in another room
Keep going all the way left and pick up the ticket from the smashed up treasure chest
Keep going all the way to the right and enter the first aid room

Location: First Aid Room
Pick up your dad's skull (right skeleton)
Open trash can at the far right at the back of the room
Get surgical gloves from trash can
Open drawer and take syringe
Exit first aid room and go to the storage room (the doorway to the left of the first aid sign)

Location: Storage Room
Open the boxes to get: 1.) a balloon, 2.) root beer, and 3.) a voodoo doll
Exit storage room
Go left to the vending machine room (through doorway to the right of the elevator sign)

Location: Vending Machine Room
Fill up both surgical gloves and balloon with helium (be sure all 3 are full of helium!)
Push coin return on vending machine to get a coin to pop out onto the floor
When LeChuck comes in and bends over to pick it up, take his underwear
After you get zapped, return to the vending machine room and pop out another coin
When LeChuck comes in, give him the hankie
(If he doesn't come, try exiting and re-entering the room again and pop out another coin)
Find the elevator and wait for LeChuck

Location: Elevator
When LeChuck arrives, quickly push the lever
Pick up the crispy beard bits
Open your inventory, and put the voodoo doll, crispy beard bits, skull, hankie, and underwear into the juju bag
(You will not get enchanted voodoo doll until you add all 5 ingredients into the juju bag!)
Pull lever to go downstairs and find LeChuck
When you see him, use the syringe on the voodoo doll
Chase after him and talk to him, then pull off his mask
1 Comments
Sharkybite 10 Sep @ 6:26am 
THANK YOU!! this is i think the only achievement i am missing!