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Anachronox Hints

Where can I find the Cobalt Crawlers?

  • 1 of 4: There's really no way to give hints here.  Many of the Cobalt Crawlers are small objects that are fairly hard to see if you're not looking for them, although a few can be gained by solving some sort of puzzle.  Some are also available only at particular points in the game, so you may need to restore a saved game (or cheat) to get some of these if you missed them the first time. Read ahead if you want to know how and where to find them.
  • 2 of 4: Anachronox
  • 3 of 4: There's also a way to cheat to get 8 beetles if you've enabled cheat mode.
  • 4 of 4: Go to Whitendon and open the debug window and type the command invoke 87:3035 to make the game think you're meeting Laurie, to get her beetle (from the "Whitendon #1" hint).  You can do this even if she's not around, and you can repeat this as often as necessary.