Evil Dead: A Fistful Of Boomstick - Strategy Guide (Page 01)

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EVIL DEAD: FIST FULL OF BOOMSTICK byTHQ



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Controls taken from the Evil Dead: Fist full of Boomstick Manual written by THQ

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Final
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V.1:  I will be adding more as I progress further into the game.

V.2:  Played through more of them game and added Level 2,3 and one boss fight
- added new weapons and spells

V.3:  Worked on Coloniel Deadborn, updated weapons and spells. Corrected some
spelling mistakes.

V.4: Added Level 5 and a boss fight. Updated Weapons and spells. Corrected more
Spelling errors. Added correction, Credit given.

Final: Added level 6 and the last boss fight. Updated Weapons and spells.
Corrected even more spelling errors. Added a hint and gave credit. Added a
beastry. Added FAQ.

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Nothing Fancy here, just good Ol' Information.




Table of Contents:
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BACKSTORY!
A. Controls and game explination
B. Spells and weapons
C. Beastry
D.Tips
1.A Level 1 Dearborn Outskirts
1.B level 2  Downtown Dearborn
1.C Level 3 Museum
1.D Boss Fight
2.A Level 4 Coloniel Dearborn
2.B level 5 Civil War Dear Born
2.c Boss Fight
3.A Level 6 Evil Dearborn
3.B Last Boss
4.0 FAQ
5.0 Thanks



BackSTORY!
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here is a quick summary of The movies and first video game.

Our Hero's name Ashley, but we'll call him Ash.

The Evil Dead (Book of the Dead) 1981: Ash and his friends (and sister) go to a
cabin in the woods to get away and have a good time. A night of fun and games
quickly goes sour when the group finds a tape recorder of Dr. Knowby's
translation of the Necronomican or roughly translated "The book of the dead".
Ash and company soon begin to experiance weird occurances, and begin to die
off. Our cowardly hero soon begins to have to kill his undead friends who one
by one have been mauled and taken over by demons called "Deadites". Ash
survives, only to relive the horror in Evil Dead II.

Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn 1987: RECAP:  Ash and his girlfriend Linda go to the
same cabin (that Ash is a weird one) from the first movie, and during a
romantic evening, and a listening to the good ol' tape recorder, Linda is taken
by the Deadites. Ash seeks his love only to find she is a horrible walking
deadite. True Sequel starts. Some blood and sanity loss later, Ash is met by
Prof. Knowby's daughter and her college and two locals who were acting as their
guides.  Some fun and horror ensues and Ash is forced to destroy the sorce of
the evil, only to be thrown back in time to fulfill the prophecy.

Army of Darkness 1993:  Continuing on from Evil Dead II, Ash finds himself in
an Medeval time, where he is taken as a POW, and enslaved.  After an amazing
feet of strength and Deadite stomping power, he gains the trust of the people
of the time and is labeled as the Chosen one. A quest to find the Necronomican
follows, and Ash (by not pronouncing the right words) raises the Army of
Darkness, only to have an evil version of himself (who he so kindly dispatched
with one of the most bad ass shotgun blasts in history) rise from the dead and
lead the Army. Ash then (after losing his local love to the deadites) trains
the villagers of the town to fight, and leads them into a war with The
Deadites. Ash prevails, comes back home, and destroys some deadite scum at home
because of a ever so slight detail in his return

Evil Dead: Hail to the King (Ps1, Dreamcast, and PC) 2000: I don't want to ruin
the game if you haven't played it. So, I will leave it at this... It starts off
at the same ol' cabin but you go back in time (again but not to the same place)
to take care of some primative Deadite scum!

A.
Controls and game explination
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Directional Buttons: Show/Hide HUD/Scroll through Inventory

Left Analog: Control Ash/ Scroll through left hand weapons and inventory

Right Analog: Control Camera/Rotate items in inventory/scroll through right
hand weapons

X button: Right hand attack

O button: Block

Triangle button: Use button (gets info when "?" is above Ash's head)/Talks to
characters/Delivers one liners

Square button: Left hand attack/Shakes Ash free of Deadites hold

L1 button: Targets closest Deadite

L2 button: Selects Left hand weapon

R1 button:  Use the spell book/Discard possessed Deadite Body

R1 button Held + various button combos: Cast Spell

R2 button: Select right hand weapon/Enlarge highlighted Items in Inventory

R3 button: Center the camera

Start Button: Pause game

Select button: Open inventory




To Do list
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Helps you keep track of your game progress.
Automatically updates as you progress.


Combat
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Basic Attack: X button for an attack with Ash's Right hand
              Square for an attack with Ash's left hand



Lock on:
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L1 locks on the nearest enemy until it is killed and is auto-switched to
closest monster.


Chainsaw impale
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Once you have found the chainsaw you will be able to impale enemies with it. 
To do so press the X button
twice and on the second time hold it. Release after about a second to impale a
near by deadite.  You can then combo your attack
with a press of the square button while holding an impaled Deadite in the air.
This is only nessecary if you need to save some time
cause the Impale will kill most Deadites.


Backhand Slash
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Press the x button 3 times then hold x for a second or so. When you release X
ash will spin around hitting all Deadites surrounding him and
knock them back.

Spells
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As you progress you will find spells. Hold R1 to hold your spellbook, and then
press the correct buttons to activate the spell.

Saving
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You will find Save disks as you progress through ED:FFOB. Use these to save the
game at any time.  The game also offers a save after you clear a level.

Arcade Mode
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A seperate mode which allows you to run through any level you've beaten Killing
every deadite with a certain list of weapons.  You are ranked on your gaming.


Now on to the Good stuff, blood, brains and boomsticks.





B.
Spells, Weapons, and Items
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Spells:

1. Extra Strength:  Give yourself the strength of ten men, hold R1, O,X - Ash
grows 2x in size and has the strength of 10 men.

2. Lightning: Electric vengance shall clear thy path of evil, Hold R1, square,
square, X (Lightning attacks all deadites within range which is close)

3. Possess Deadite: take control of a deadite human for a limited amount of
time, hold R1, Triangle x 3

4. Possess Dog: Take control of a hellhound for a limited amount of time, Hold
R1, triangle, triangle, X

5. Stun: Daze the enemy and escape to saftey, Hold R1, O x2

6. Summon: Summon a faithful dog to help your cause, Hold R1, Triangle, Square,
square

7. Rain of Fire: Rain down hot lava upon the heads of enemies, Hold R1,
triangle, square, O, X

8. Possess Gaurdian: Take Control of a deadite Guardian for a limited amount of
time, Hold R1, Triangle X2, O

9. Possess Slavelord: Take Control of a deadite Slavelord for a limited amount
of time, Hold R1, Triangle, Square, Triangle, Square

10. Seismic Wave: The power of an earthquake will destroy your enemies, Hold
R1, Triangle, square, triangle, X

11. Possess Warrior: Take control of a deadite Warrior for a limited amount of
time, Hold R1, Triangle, square, triangle x2

12. Dispel Runic Lock: Dispel Runic locks from enchanted doors, Hold R1, X x5



WEAPONS:

1. Shotgun (boomstick): Start with it.
Class: Firearm
Range: Long
Attack Rate: Slow
Damage: Moderate

Other Ammos: Shrapnel - High damage
explosive - high damage

2. Shovel: (Found in Dearborn outskirts by a road block)
Class: Melee
Range: Hand to hand
Attack Rate: Fast
Damage: Low

3. Pistol: (Given to you by a cop outside of University)
Class: Firearm
Range: Medium
Attack rate: Fast
Damage: Low (headshots are more frequent)

Other Ammos: Armor Piercing - Low Damage
             Incendiary Rounds - High Damage

4. Dynamite:  (Found in Downtown Outskirts and then dropped by random enemies)
Class: Projectile
Range: short - Meduim
Attack Rate: Slow
Damage: Very high

5. Chainsaw: (Found in Lumber Yard)
Class: Melee
Range: Hand to hand
Attack Rate: Slow
Damage: Low

6. Spraypump:  (Found in Museum)
Class: Spray
Range: Short
Attack Rate: Contiunous
Ammo: Gasoline
Damage: Low-moderate

7. Molotov Cocktail:  (Given to you by human in Coloniel Dearborn)
Class: Projectile
Range: Short/medium
Attack rate: Medium
Damage: High

8. Sickle:  (Found in Coloniel Dearborn)
Class: Melee
Range: hand to hand
Attack rate: Fast
Damage: Low/moderate

9. Hand Cannon:  (Given to you by Blacksmith in Coloniel Dearborn)
Class: Firearm
Range: Long
Attack Rate: Slow
Ammo: Standard
Damage: Moderate/High

other Ammo:   Grape Shot- HIgh Damage

10. Spraypump becomes Flamethrower:  (Blacksmith makes for you in Coloniel
Dearborn)
Class: Spray
Range: Short
Attack Rate: Continous
Ammo: Gasoline
Damage: High

11. Shotgun becomes Upgraded Shotgun:  (Blacksmith makes for you in Coloniel
Dearborn)
Class: Firearm
Range: Long
Attack Rate: Medium
Ammo: See shotgun
Damage: Moderate

12. Sword (replaces sickle):    (Found in Civil War Dearborn)
Class: Melee
Range: Hand to Hand
Attack Rate: Fast
Damage: Low-Moderate

13. Gatling gun:  (Found in Civil War Dearborn)
Class: Firearm
Range: Long
Attack Rate: Very Fast
Ammo: Standard
Damage: Low

Other Ammo: Armor Piercing - Moderate Damage
Incendiary - High Damage

14. Diamond Chainsaw replaces Chainsaw: (Found in Evil Dearborn)
Class: Melee
Range: Hand to hand
Attack Rate: Slow
Damage Moderate

15. Leecher: (Found in Evil Dearborn)
Class: Melee
Range: Hand to Hand
Attack rate: continuous
Damage Moderate

16. Exsanguinator replaces Leecher though keeps same ability: (Found in Evil
Dearborn)
Class: Melee/Spray
Range: Short
Attack Rate: Moderate
Ammo: Deadite Blood
Damage: Moderate

17. Launcher: (Found in Museum)
Class: Firearm
Range: long
Attack Rate: Slow
Ammo: Dynamite or Molotov
Damage: High




C. Beastry

1. Deadite Humans: Very weak... your run of the mill deadite. They come in many
different types of clothing. Their level of difficulty is random (example:
sometimes the strippers will take 3 shotgun blast and sometimes they'll take 1)

2. Zombies: Green or white, very easy to kill. One impalement or a few shotgun
blasts will take these out.

3. Warriors: Stronger than Deadite Humans. Bald Deadite Demons with Blades
protruding from their wrists. Take one Impalement to die.

4. Gaurdians: Very Strong. There are two types of gaurdians. One is a flesh
colored and naked, the other is pale and dressed in bondage clothing. They take
two Impalements to die.

5. Slavelords: Very Strong.  Large Deadite Demons with Large claws attached to
their hands. These guys take two Impalements to die.

6. Sabertoothed Tigers: Only appear in the museum. Very weak and take one or
two shotgun blasts to die.

7. Hell hound: Very weak. One shot with the shot gun will kill these puppies



See walkthrough for bosses and strategies.



D.
Tips
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First off, Please remember to save. I'm not going to remind you to do this, but
just do it! You will have to replay anything you may have completed up to the
point of your death, and you WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SKIP CUT SCENES! SO save,
save, save, but not too much :)

Don't forget to BLOCK! O button does it.  It's easy to forget about it, but it
will save you a butt load of pain!
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**** If you are confused by any of my directions, please use BillyBonez's Maps
as a refference!



1.A
Level One:    Dearborn Out Skirts
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After a lovely opening Cut scene you find yourself outside the bar.  With your
now updated List, it's time to start the killing!

List Update:
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Get inside the TV station
Find more weapons


Walk up the street and you'll notice some people standing around. As you
approach a cut scene will take over. After the mini cut scene, talk to the Cop
by hitting Triangle when next to him. (Im only telling you how to do that
once!). You'll find he's not very helpfull. Well, follow your buddy (the cop)
and another small cut scene will follow. Bet he tasted good! Well anyway, snot
the Deadite and talk to the Lumber worker whos standing in front of you.
Another list update.

List Update:
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Find the lumber yard boss

Turn around and walk straight towards a little alley (outcove whatever you
wanna call it, whatever it's called its the direct opposite of the Lumber yard)
Tucked in the right hand corner of this alley is a Save token. Grab it and head
to your left (your right if your facing the lumber yard).  As you walk past the
road block, a shovel lies in your path. Grab it, and now you have your new left
hand melee weapon.  Throw it on if you'd like to save your bullets.
Contiune to follow the road until it ends, if you look to your left theres a
broken fence thats been boarded up. For now go to your right. As you make your
way down the street, some Deadites attack you. Take them out and then talk to
the cop thats standing between the roadblock directly to the right of the Strip
club. After some schmoozing you'll find you need to get yourself a police ID.
LIST UPDATE!

List Update:
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Find A Police ID

After you speak to the Cop, head to your right and follow the street until it's
end. Deadites will attack you along the way, usually 2-4. When you reach the
end of the street, there will be a large Lumber truck blocking the road. In
front stand Three Deadite cops, eating a fallen Lumber yard boss. Take out the
Deadcops and pick up the Police badge from one of them.  Once the cops have
fallen, the lumber yard boss rises from his concrete grave and attacks. Kill
him and earn the Lumber Yard Key. Notice the boarded up fence to the left of
the truck.

List Update:
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Completed Find Police ID
Completed Find Lumber Yard Boss
.Check out Lumber Yard

Head back to the Lumber yard, and open her up. Dispatch any Deadites along the
way (Shouldn't be any). Once you open the Yard, head straight foward, and
you'll find a Medi-pack kit against the fence in the back. Head to your left
after grabbing the pack and into the Lumber yard shop.  You'll notice a bunch
of dead workers and a guy with his head off. OUCH! Anyways go all the way into
the end of the shop to claim your chain saw!  After you pick up your favorite
pal, head out of the shop. Those dead workers get up as you exit, so dispatch
them with your toothed toy. Impalement was never so much fun! More Deadites
will attack when you get into the Yard, take em out.  Well, now head back to
the cop at the Strip Club. You can cut through the boarded up fence that I
pointed out earlier with your chainsaw (The one at the Lumber Yard).  At this
point you can go back to the Lumber Truck and cut through the boarded Fence to
find a Save token and your first Spell... Extra Strength. Be sure to do this.

List Update:
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Completed Check out the Lumber Yard
Competed Find more weapons


The cop let's you through the baracade after you speak to him.  Follow the road
straight ahead, taking out Deadites along the way. After a right and a left,
you'll be standing in front of the TV station.  Talk to the Worker who stands
infront of the Main gate.  She'll give you a key, and tell you where the guy
who has the key to the front door is.

List Update:
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Find the Security Gaurd at the Kitten Club (strip Club from earlier)

Keep following the road to the left, and right after you make your left hand
turn at the movie theater, get on the left side of the street. There is a save
disc floating behind a bench. Keep on going in the direction your going. You'll
notice a Hardware store that's all boarded up. To the right of the store is a
small outcove with a save token in it.  Watch for the Deadites and grab it. 
Then return to the street and keep going in that same direction. after a left
hand turn, you'll notice a large number of Bikers running down the street, but
one is in distress.  Clear out all the deadites and then speak to the remaining
Biker. He'll give you a cheap Tin ring. After you collect the ring, head into
the truck yard and go behind the furthest truck. A save token waits. Grab it
and keep going down that same ol' street.  Head back to the strip club cop and
give him a talkin' to.

List Update:
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Kill all the deadites in the Kitten Club

Well, trying to get into the Kitten Club wont do you any good so head back the
way you just came. Head that way till you come across your first Telephone
booth (should be on your left) Theres an alley behind it, go down that alley.
Keep going down the alley, kill the Deadites, and grab the Shotgun bullets that
rest in the middle of a left hand turn. Go all the way down to the end of the
alley to find the Park key, and the back door to the Kitty Club. It's locked so
don't bother. Instead turn around and go to the park entrance (It's in the
beginning part of the alley), and open her up!  Immeadiately to your right
after entering is a Medi-pack kit. Grab it and begin to slaughter the dozen or
so Deadites that rise from the park grass. Once you slay them all, one of them
drops a Stick of Dynamite. Actually they drop a few, but anyway pick it up.
Then go around the park picking up the 2 boxes of Shotty bullets and one save
token.  More deadites on the way. Kill em all and leave the park through the
unopen gate. Head back to the Strip club and talk to the Cop about getting in
if you haven't already, and afterwards huck a stick of dynamite into the back
of the club.  BOOM!  Hope you haven't forgoten about the alley with the locked
door to the strip club in it, well if you have :P and if not, go back there
cause the door is gone.  As you enter the alley, prepare for Deadites galore.
Hack your way through the melee, and into the club.  The security gaurd is in
there, and he's gotten real ugly!  Kill him, and grab the Security Id he drops.
That's your key to getting into the tv station.  Also grab the Save token and
the Lightning spell before you leave.  Well, to the TV station it is!

List Update:
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Completed Kill the deadites in the kitten club lot
completed Find the Security Guard at the kitten Club

Once you get back to the TV station use the Key on the front gate.  Whoops,
it's gonna take a super human to get that gate open!  Well, looks like we
should bust out the ol' super human spell.  Extra strength is your ticket here
folks.  Hold down R1 and press O, X in that order.  Or if you wanna see some
funny stuff put in the wrong code.  Either way, once you got the spell working,
you grow twice your size.  Now use the key on the gate and presto, you're in. 
To your left is a save token, grab it, then kill any deadites that come running
at you.  After your killing is overwith, use your security keycard on the
keypad to the left of the glass doors.  Wallah! Open, go on in.  Kill all
Deadites, and go further into the Station.  You'll wind up in the lot of the
Occult show you were drinking to earlier.  You two favortie world enders are
cowaring in the corner, save them, then go give em a chatting to... List
updated and Level 1 complete!

List Update:
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Completed Get inside Tv station








Level 2

Dowtown Dearborn
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Once I walk you to a location IE: the Church, I will only refference to it
later on. For example, say you have to return to the church, Im going to leave
it up to you to find your way back.


List update:
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Find Proffessor Knowby's notes

Welcome to Downtown on a wonderful rainy evening.  Be prepared to let the blood
fly. Directly to your left in the tv station parking lot is a Jeep, behind it
lies a magic mana upgrade, grab it and then head to your left. As you walk down
this street and make a left at the auto store, there will be a hardware shop on
your right. Theres a save disc there. Grab it and continue on. Remember this
truck that has collided with this small car, I will be reffering to it later.
After making the right turn after the Meat King truck there will be a Red
bottle on the right hand side of the street, this is a Maximum health pick up,
grab it! and continue until the end of the street. You should see a cop
standing there. Go speak to him. LIST UPDATE!

List Update:
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Find Knowby's personal Effects at the Police Station

 After the cut scene, follow the cop to the Police station. Once you've reached
your destination there will be a cut scene. After the cut scene, DO NOT GO INTO
THE POLICE STATION! Instead, turn around and go back to where you met the cop.
Once reaching that area, you will see a church in a fenced yard. Head that way.
Once you make it to the front of the Church, another cut scene takes over. Kill
all them nasty little Deadites (Using your Extra strength spell may be a good
idea). After taking out them stink rots, go behind the church start on the left
side. Theres a save disk (this is on the left side)  and a medipack (this is
behind the church) waiting there for you. Then make your way inside to talk to
the Priest to get the latest LIST UPDATE! and the chruch key!


List Update:
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Close all the VOrtexes in town

After the Priest gives you the key, go right on the road in front of the
church, before you turn right there is an alley to your left with a Medi-pack
in it.  There is also a save token behind the RV on the sidewalk. There should
be a biker (dead or alive) around here somewhere. He's usually in the alley,
but you need to find him and save/kill him to get two pieces of silver so we
can close those pesty Vortexes. Once you find him and get the silver,
immediately close the vortex in front of the church. Once that's done, follow
the street signs to the museum (if your in the church yard look out from the
door, head down that street and make a left,) There's another vortex there.
Close it, then grab the Save token and the Medikit in the area. Once the Museum
vortex is closed. Head to the University (you can follow the street signs) Just
turn around and instead of going back to the church, take the other path. There
will be a save token on the far left side of the front university wall.  Talk
to the Cop that stands in front of the line of officers. They have their hands
full, so keep on walking past them. There should be a biker over here
somewhere, kill/save him and get one piece of silver. Then you can head down
the alley on the right side of the University to pick up a medikit.  Then back
track a few steps and head down the alley that's adjacent to the Police, this
will take you out by the church (its the same alley :) ) This time keep on
going past the RV. Once you turn left there will be a line of cop cars, over
there is a medikit, grab it and then keep traveling down the road. Once you get
to a left right spilt, take the left road and head towards the dougnut shop,
theres a biker there and hes got more silver! Once you save him go down the
alley behind the Dougnut shop and grab the save token and Medikit. Contiune
down the alley and you'll see your way into the University! Cut up that boarded
fence and go kill that vortex! Once the vortex is downed, the cop will come up
to you and give you a new weapon. The handgun! WOOT! Once the cut scene ends
head on into the University.  You'll find the Prof. your looking for is being
sought after by some X-students. Don't let him die. Kill all the deadites, talk
to the Prof. He'll go inside to get the notes for you, and 6 Deadites will
attack, take em out and The Prof. will come out and give you the notes and a
LIST UPDATE!

List Update:
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Completed Find Professor Knowby's notes
Find Knowby's cipher key
Find Knowby's watch for professor

At this point you should go to the Park. The park is located to the left of
where you started this level (The tv station) There is a save token inside in
the far left corner. And on the far right corner is a medikit floating in the
back gate.  Across the street from the park is an alley with a biker in it who
will give you a new magic spell "Posses Deadite" and tell you that he stashed
some silver at the TV station. There is also a save token in this alley. Go
pick it up! And close the vortex in the alley behind the park. List Update!

List update:
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Completed close all Vortexes in town

In case you can't find the Silver in the Tv parking lot, its behind the car on
the left hand side. To the police station parking lot. Once you get there dont
go inside, but stand to where you can see the Deadite cops standing around. Now
use your newly aquired "Posses deadite" spell and take one of the guys.  Now
controlling the deadite, run to the back of the parking lot and grab the sealed
evenlope and the chiper key. List Update!

List update:
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Completed Find Knowby's Personal Effects at the Police Station
completed Find Knowbys Chiper key

 Now remember that truck I told you to remember? well go there, becuase just
down the street from that truck is an AUTO SHOP with a man standing in front.
Go to him and give him the Envelope. He gives you some explosive shotgun
shells. Head over to the church now, and go talk to the Priest... whoops he's
dead. List update!

List update:
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Find Trisha and Eldridge

Leave the church and you'll notice a police officer standing outside the church
gates, talk to him and he'll tell you to go to the park.  Well that seems
obvious enough. Once you get there you notice the gate is padlocked shut, so go
to the other entrance and use your gate key (from first level) to open her up!
Don't let Trisha or Eldridge die. Kill all the deadites and close the Vortex
with your silver Amulet. Give Eldridge a talking to and we get a list update!

List Update:
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Completed Find Trisha and Eldridge
Close all Vortexes in town

OK, now go back to the truck that I told you to remember. There is a biker
hiding inbetween the car and the truck. Save him to get 3 items. Knowby's gold
watch, a silver spoon, and the "Stun" Spell. If you do not save the biker, you
dont recieve the Stun spell. List Update!

List Update:
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completed Find knowby's watch for professor

With Silver spoon in hand run over to the Police station and close the vortex.
Another List update!

List Update:
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completed close all vortexes in town
Get into the Museum and find Trisha and Eldridge

Ok, back to the University to give the watch to the Prof.  Give him the watch
and he gives you the key to the Museum. Once you get it, head to the Museum and
Congrats, to level 3!