Sandship

On board the Sandship, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It appeared to be a mini-dungeon. I made my way through the various rooms and eventually ended up fighting this pirate who was all right. (He had no left hand, so he was all right). 😛 I defeated him and made him walk the plank. Well technically, I knocked him off the plank, but you get the idea.

Walk the plank, pirate! Arrr!A large treasure chest then appeared, containing a bow and arrows! Smurf-Fi immediately pointed out something I had to shoot with an arrow. But more importantly, I noticed something I wasn’t quite expecting. The bow filled up the last empty spot on my special item menu. Could this already be the last major item in the game? I guess time will tell.

Special item menu complete?I found a timeshift stone atop the mast of the ship. Turning it on and off is a process that will be repeated many times while on the Sandship. The skipper briefly comes aboard to tell me I have to rescue his crew.

The Sandship is filled with puzzles. I eventually get to another large treasure chest and its contents surprise me: A dungeon map! This is no mini-dungeon at all, this is a full-fledged dungeon.

Finding the dungeon map.I now see I’m in for a longer ship ride than I initially anticipated. The map reveals a number of new rooms for me to explore. After activating a power generator, I meet up with the ship’s crew…but they are behind bars. The little guy tells me that I have to activate the other power generator as well. He marks it on my map.

You still have to activate the other power generator!I then had to go through the engine room to reach a passageway that led to the crew members’ cell. Once there, one of them gives me a key to the captain’s cabin. The crew members flee to safety while I enter the captain’s cabin and find a large treasure chest. This time, it’s a squid carving, which I believe is the boss key for this dungeon. Before going to fight the boss, I save and end my game.

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