Curse of Monkey Island Walkthrough
By Zig
General important stuff
First of all, this game is really great and shouldn't be solved only with this walkthrough.
There are a lot of other things to do and explore. The walkthrough just shows the minimal
things you have to do in order to finish the game and this could ruin a lot of the fun. When
you get to a new place explore everything you can, you'll need it to know the names of the
places so you know where to go to with the walkthrough. When it's written to talk to
someone, really talk to the character and get as much information as you possibly can.
This is also very important because sometimes certain things the characters say, trigger
Guybrush to do certain things later and not to mention the valuable information you get
out from them. Where it's written "Mega-Monkey" it's meant for the Mega-Monkey
mode in the game. If you're playing the easy mode, ignore it. Contact me: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Part 1: The Demise of the Zombie Pirate LeChuck
You start your adventure as a prisoner in LeChuck's ship. Talk to the small pirate and find
out that it's Wally. Talk to him some more and he gives you some pirate literature, Keep
talking to him until starts crying and drops his plastic hook. Get the plastic hook and the
ramrod off the wall. Use the cannon and shoot down the skeleton's boats. After you shot
down all the boats, open your inventory and combine the plastic hook with the ramrod to
get a gaff. Look out the window. Use the gaff on the debris to get the skeleton arm and
cutlass. You can also talk to Murray the skull and use the gaff on him if you want. Go
back into the room, use the cutlass on the cannon restraint rope, and use the cannon. In
the treasure room get the bag and the ring. Use the ring on the porthole and out you go.
Part 2: The Curse Gets Worse
Get the glowing ember that's on the ground. Travel to the swamp, talk to Murray the skull
and get into the wrecked ship. Get the pin from the paper voodoo doll and use the nickels
on the gumball machine to get a pack of gum.
Mega-Monkey: Also get the paste from the floor.
Pull the alligator tongue and talk to the voodoo lady until you she has nothing new to say.
You find out that Elaine got stolen and that in order to lift the curse you'll have to sail to
Blood Island, and get a huge uncursed diamond ring. She also tells you that you'll need a
Map, a crew and a ship in order to get there.
Travel to Puerto Pollo and go to the theater backstage door, get the dandruff from the
pirate coat and find out that it's actually lice, also get the glove from the coat.
Mega-Monkey: To get the dandruff, look at the pirate coat first. To get the glove you
have to open the pocket in the pirate coat first.
Get the magic wand from the table, and use it on the magic hat, get the book from the hat
and look at the book to learn it's a ventriloquism book. Look at the worn travel trunk and
look at the Blood Island sticker on it. Go right to the stage and talk to Slappy Cromwell
especially about Blood Island.
Go out of the theater and go to the barber shop, talk to everyone about everything you
can. Get the jawbreaker from the floor.
Mega-Monkey: to get the jawbreaker from Cutthroat Bill hit him twice (hand icon on
bill) and he'll spit out the jawbreaker.
Put the lice on the comb that the barber is using when he puts it down, this will take care
of Captain Rottingham and make place for you. Sit on the barber chair and talk to Haggis
while he does your hair. Use the handle once and get the paperweight that's on the
hairstyling book, this will make Haggis go away so use the handle of the chair until you're
high enough to get the scissors, and take it.
Travel to the mysterious flowers (it's near the lemonade stand, and the restaurant in
Puerto Pollo). Cut the flower with the scissors and Guybrush will learn it's used as a
purgative. Now use the scissors with the undergrowth and Guybrush will find himself in
Snake Crossing. Guybrush will get eaten by a huge snake now, it doesn't matter what you
do. Get all the stuff from inside the snake until there's nothing more to take. Use the
ipecac flower on the pancake syrup in your inventory to get syrup of ipecac. Use the
ipecac syrup on the snake's head and he'll barf you out.
Great... now you're stuck in quicksand. Open up your inventory, and use the paperweight
with the helium balloons, now blow the floating balloon (use parrot icon on it) and it
should stop right above the branch (eventually...), get a thorn from the thorny plant that's
right infront of you and get a hollow reed from the reeds behind you. Combine the thorn
and the hollow reed in your inventory and you've just made a world class pee-shooter.
Use the pea-shooter on the floating balloon, and you're out of the quicksand. Guybrush
will now find a new place, but we will get to it later.
Travel to Puerto Pollo and enter the restaurant, now you can enter with the reservation
slip you got from the snake. Touch the quiet patron and get the serrated bread knife from
his back, also get the club card from between the chicken bones.
Mega-Monkey: to get the club card, get a biscuit from the biscuit barrel, open your
inventory and eat the biscuit (parrot icon on biscuit), you get maggots. Use the maggots
on the gross chicken, and you got the club card. Also get the pie pan and the biscuit
cutter.
Talk to Captain Blondebeard and learn that he wants something crunchy to chew on so
give him the jawbreaker, that will loosen his tooth a bit, now he wants something chewy,
so give him the gum. When he blows a bubble, pop it with the pin you got and the gold
tooth will fly out of it. Take the gold tooth from the floor.
Mega-Monkey: You can't leave the restaurant with the gold tooth so do this... chew
some gum (parrot icon), use the gold tooth on the chewed gum, inhale some helium from
the helium balloon (parrot icon again) and chew the gum with the gold tooth. The gum will
just fly out of the window so exit the restaurant and use the pie pan with the mudpuddle
and you got the gold tooth.
Get out of the restaurant and go through the pathway near the mysterious door, that's
near the theater (you'll should see a red arrow pointing up). You'll find yourself in the
caber toss place, walk over to the grassy knoll and use the serrated bread knife on the
sawhorse (the rum keg stand thingie...), this will make the rum keg fall and leave a trail of
rum, use the ember on a stick on the trail of rum and KABOOM. Suprisingly the blasted
log will fall right on the log pile.
Go to the barber shop, and talk to Haggis. Accept his offer for a caber toss match and of
course you'll win it now with the rubber tree log. You got one crew member, two more to
go. Go to Edward Van Helgen in barber shop, and use the glove on him. He'll take you to
the caber tossing area for a duel. When he lets you choose your weapon close the lid of
the middle pistol's box and choose the banjo. Ok, now you're banjo dueling with Edward.
The concept of the duel is very simple, Edward plays a his thing and then a special note,
he does that a few times, on your turn you have to repeat the notes that Edward played in
the same order. If you get it right, Edward will go crazy with his banjo, so go to the
pistols, pick one and shoot his banjo. Now Edward is in your crew and you need only one
more crew member, so go to Cutthroat Bill in the barber shop, and show him the gold tooth
you got.
That's it, you now have a crew, all you need now is a map and a ship. Travel to the cabana
and talk to the cabana boy, show him your club card. Before you go in, take three towels
and dunk them in the ice bucket. Go to the beach and try to walk on it, Guybrush will burn
up so use the wet towels on the hot sand three times quickly before they burn out. Talk to
the sunbather, and learn that it's Palido Domingo, Slappy Cromwell's travel agent, and
that he's got the map to Blood Island tattooed on his back. Get his mug and leave through
the gate. Travel to Puerto Pollo and go to the lemonade stand. Talk to the small pirate and
learn about his bottomless mug policy. Order some lemonade and Guybrush will now
understand the meaning of the bottomless mug policy. Use the mug in your inventory on
the bottomless mug and order some lemonade again. Get the pitcher and fill it up with dye
from the dye vat near the lemonade stand. Travel to the cabana and get a towel, dunk it in
the ice bucket again and use the wet towel on the cabana boy so he'll go away. Take the
cooking oil and go to the beach again (you don't have to do the towel thing again). Give
the bottomless mug to Palido and pour the dye into the bottomless mug. Palido will turn
over, now use the cooking oil on the map, and then get the map (yuck).
Now all you need is to find Elaine and get a ship. Travel to Danjer Cove use the boat.
Mega-Monkey: You need to fix the hole in the boat first, so go to the caber toss area in
Puerto Pollo and use the biscuit cutter on the second rubber tree. Go back to Danjer Cove,
use the paste with the new rubber plug and use the sticky rubber plug with the hole in the
boat.
Travel to the pirate ship and board it. The pirates will make you walk the plank so cut it
when you're on the rowboat again with the serrated bread knife. Climb the ship again, do
something, and this time you'll be tarred and feathered. So now your back on shore and
you look like a big chicken. Travel to the restaurant and Captain Blondebeard will
eventually hit you in the head and you'll be taken to the monkey ship. When you're in the
chicken bucket look at the book in your inventory if you hadn't done so by now, and learn
that it's a ventriloquism book. Use the ventriloquism book on LeChimp. Get the treasure
map and get out of the ship by opening the porthole behind the chicken bucket.
Travel to Puerto Pollo and look at the treasure map. Go to the theater backstage and walk
up the stairs, pull the handle in the control panel and you'll find the X.
Mega-Monkey: At the control panel you'll have to follow the instructions in the treasure
map to find the X, for example when it says NorthWest you have to push the NorthWest
button. Follow all the instructions and you should find the X on the grave on the stage
eventually.
Use the chicken grease on the cannon balls that are on the old trunk to get Slappy off the
stage. Walk right to the stage and use the shovel to dig up Elaine.
Part 3: Three Sheets to the Wind
Sing along with the crew members until they get tired of it. When Haggis asks you what
kind of a captain you are he's actually letting you decide on the difficulty level for the sea
battles in this part. If you really want to work and have fun tell him you want full control, if
you ask for their help the sea battle will be MUCH easier. Don't worry, if you change your
mind later you can always talk to Haggis again and ask him for help, or regain full control
of the battles.
The goal of this part is to beat Captain Rottingham in sea battle and sword fight, to get
back the map to Blood Island. In order to do that you'll have to fight other pirates and
upgrade your weapons until your good enough to fight him. Use your navigation chart and
meet other ships to fight with.
In the beginning go for the really easy ships, if you beat them in sea battle, you'll board
the ship and start sword fighting. The sword fighting has the same concept as in Monkey
Island 1 only here the insults have to rhyme. In almost every fight you gain some new
insults and the witty answer to the insult. You have to remember the answers to the
insults and this is how you'll win those fight. Also, sometimes if you don't have a
treasure on your ship, you might want to lose an insult on purpose, just to get a new insult
from the other guy.
Every ship you defeat in the sword fight, you take their treasure. Then you have to go
back to Puerto Pollo and upgrade your weapons. The more fearsome the pirates are, the
more treasure they have and the better fire power you need to defeat them. After you
defeat a ship in sea battle, you don't have to defeat them again, you can just board the
ship and sword fight them. You can also fight the same ship a few times after you got
their treasure, just for practice, this is very recommended.
You gain levels and fight stronger pirates, until you fight Captain Rottingham himself. The
Captain doesn't use the same insults as the common pirates use, so you have to think
what simple insult answer is appropriate and make sure it rhymes. Good Luck.
Part 4: The Bartender, the Thieves, his Aunt, and her Lover
Talk to Haggis about everything, especially the lotion. Get the bottle from the shore and
bite the cork to open it (use the parrot icon on the bottle). Travel to the cemetery, walk
down and get the mallet and chisel. Get some smelly dog hair and the dog treats, give the
old dog some dog treats so he'll bite you.
Mega-Monkey: There are no dog treats in this mode, so give the old dog the maggoty
biscuit so he'll bite you.
Travel to the hotel and enter the bar. Talk to Madame Xima, ask for fortune telling and get
the five "death" tarot cards also Get the cushion from one of the bar's stools, get the
recipe book, and get the brochures.
Mega-Monkey: Madame Xima won't give you all the five "death" cards at once, you
have to ask her to tell you your fortune five times so you'll have all the five.
Read appendix in the recipe book and learn the ingredients for the hangover cure. Go to
the door in the bar. Use the chisel on the big wheel of cheese to get some cheese and get
the refrigerator magnet from the refrigerator.
Travel to beach. Use the cushion on the rocks under the tree and use the mallet on the
tree. Travel to the windmill and get the pepper from right near it. Travel to the hotel and
enter the bar. Give the egg, pepper and dog hair to the bartender, he'll wake up and give
you a hangover remedy. Talk to the bartender about everything you possibly can.
Mega-Monkey: Before you order the grog, order a big fruity drink with an umbrella in it
to get an umbrella.
Order some grog (don't drink it yet). Open your inventory and use the chisel on the
Head-B-Clear bottle to open it. Get the jar from the counter. Use the Head-B-Clear
bottle on the grog glass and drink up. Oops, you died (remember the warning in the recipe
book?).
You are now in the tomb, use the chisel with the coffin you're in. Get the coffin nails from
the coffin you were in. Use the chisel with the coffin in the middle to let Stan out. Go back
to the hotel and enter the bar, go up the stairs and into the closet room. Use the mallet on
the nail in the wall and go out. Get the nail from the hall and enter the open bedroom.
Mega-Monkey: Also get the portrait that fell with the nail. To unlock the bedroom door
use Stan's business card with it and enter the bedroom.
Take down the bed and use the coffin nails on it and the nail from the portrait. Get the
book from the skeleton and look at it. Go down out of the room and downstairs to the bar.
Mega-Monkey: Before you go downstairs to the bar, go to the hall and use the portrait in
your inventory on the closet door (from the outside). Use the scissors with the portrait,
enter the closet room and look through the porthole. This will make the bartender believe
you're a Goodsoup relative.
Talk to the bartender about why you haven't been buried with his aunt. Tell him your a
member of his family, and finally talk about the Goodsoup family history. order a drink.
Use the head-b-gone on it, to die again.
Now, you are in the crypt of the Goodsoup family. Talk to the ghost bride about
everything. Go to the left of the crypt. Get the crowbar and walk towards the crack.
Murray will fall from above, take him. Look through the crack in the wall and talk to Mort.
Use the skeleton arm on the lantern and go back to the crypt.
Mega-Monkey: To get the lantern, use the paste on the skeleton arm and then use it on
the lantern.
Use the lantern on the coffin lid, then use Murray with the lantern. Get out of the crypt
and into Stan's new place. Talk to stan and ask for an insurance policy. Offer him a gold
tooth and he'll give you the insurance policy.
Travel to the hotel, enter the bar, go into the storage room. Get the death certificate. Go
back into the bar, upstairs. Enter the bedroom, use the crowbar with the boarded hole and
then the crowbar with the bed. After the short scene you'll find yourself in the crypt
again, so take the engagement band. Travel to Stan's place, ask Stan to cash the
insurance policy. Stan will give you a lot of money.
Travel to the village. Get the block of tofu, the auger and the measuring cup. Go up, and
talk to Lemonhead about everything. Open the inventory and use the auger on the block of
tofu to make a tofu mask. Use the tofu mask and go up again. Talk to Lemonhead and you
will get in the ceremony. Throw some cheese down the volcano so it will erupt. Go to the
hotel and put the cheese in the cooking pot, then take the cooking pot and Haggis let you
take the slippery greasy hand lotion.
Travel to the windmill. Enter the windmill and use the jar with the barrel to get some sugar
water.
Mega-Monkey: To enter the windmill use the umbrella on the windmill blades.
Open your inventory and use the scissors on the jar lid. Travel to the clearing and use the
jar on the stump. When the fireflies are in the jar, use the jar lid with the jar to trap the
fireflies.
Mega-Monkey: Before you go to the lighthouse you will need a mirror. Go to the bar,
take the mirror, put the face that's in your inventory in the mirror frame.
Travel to the lighthouse and put the lantern on lantern post.
Mega-Monkey: Also put the mirror on the lighthouse mirror.
Travel to the beach and talk to the lost welshman you gotta give him a compass. Open the
inventory and read the encyclopedia, it explains the concept of a compass. Use the
measuring cup with seawater, open inventory, use the refrigerator magnet with pin, use
the pin with the cork, and use the pin with the measuring cup. Give the compass to the
Lost Welshman and you'll get a ride to Skull Island.
Walk to the cliff top and talk to the winch operator. Tell him you want to go down, he'll
start lowering you and then drop you. When you fall, quickly use your umbrella (hand icon
on umbrella in inventory) and you'll get to the smuggler's cave. Tell them you have a lot of
money, and talk to King Andre. Agree to play poker with them for the diamond. While in
the game give King Andre the five "death" tarot cards. You'll win the game and get the
diamond.
You find yourself back on Blood Island. Travel to the clearing where Elaine is. Use the
slippery, greasy hand lotion with the cursed diamond ring on Elaine's hand, and take it off.
Open your inventory and use the diamond with the engagement band. Use the completed
diamond ring on Elaine's ring finger and that's it, you saved Elaine from the curse. But of
course in Monkey Island adventures it's never that easy...
Part 5: Kiss of the Spider Monkey
So... LeChuck's captured you and Elaine. Talk to LeChuck until you get tired and LeChuck
puts a curse on you. After they leave open the door, and... oops your a seven year old kid.
And not just that, you got a terrible hangover. Talk to Dinghy Dog and ask him to guess
your age, he'll let you pick a prize. It doesn't matter what you choose, you'll eventually
have to take the anchor. Get the anchor and put it in the meringue pie near the guy in the
rat suit.
Mega-Monkey: In mega-monkey you have to use the shaving cream with the pie pan to
make a fake pie, use the anchor with the fake pie and put it on the pie stack near the rat
guy.
Go through the gate and use the hole. The guy in the rat suit will shoot a pie and you'll
have some meringue. Walk over to Dinghy Dog and push him a few times until he bites
you. You get to grab some dog hair while he's at it. Go to the soda jerk and order a plain
snow cone also get the pepper mill from the counter. Open up your inventory once again
and do the following: combine the meringue pie with the snow cone, put some pepper on
the snow cone, put the dog hair on too and eat up.
Part 6: Guybrush Kicks Butt Once Again
Now you're in LeChuck's roller coaster. When you want to get off click on the place just
before you get into the screen. In the hanging scene get the rope, in the ship scene get the
keg of rum, in the torture scene get the flask of oil from the lantern.
Mega-Monkey: To get the flask of oil you have to open the lantern, blow out the fire
(parrot icon) and get the flask of oil.
In the ice scene open your inventory, use the oil with the rope, and the oily rope with the
keg of rum. Go up the screen to the giant snow monkey and put the keg of rum under the
snow monkey's arm. Go down the screen and wait for LeChuck to come. When he's
about to burn you, use the pepper on him and he'll sneeze fire right on the rope that
happens to be connected to the rum keg, that means that it's gonna be one big blast, and
the end (yeah, right) of LeChuck and this great adventure.
THE END
