Get quick and convenient access to just the hints you need for Ankh, without staying on our website. Just download a free trial
version of our UHS Reader software and
a copy of these hints. You will get the
same gradual hints you see here -- unlike ordinary cheats or a
walkthrough that can spoil your game.
You can also buy the full version of the UHS Reader
for Windows or macOS. For just $14.95, you get full access to hints for
hundreds of games and 1 year of free updates. You can also search, decode, or print an entire
game's worth of hints at once.
Ask the Author
If you have questions about a puzzle that aren't answered
anywhere in these hints,
you may contact the author.
Ankh Hints
Where can I get a big banner?
1 of 17: Explore all the areas you can reach.
2 of 17: Including the two towers.
3 of 17: In the tower that's first accessible (the one Thara can reach, in other words), there's a big banner underneath the window.
4 of 17: But you can't take it because it's "fixed somehow down there."
5 of 17: That must mean that the banner is *really* big, and extends down out of the window to the ground below.
6 of 17: That window faces the garden, so see if you can get Assil to where he can reach the lower part of that banner.
7 of 17: Run to the back of the garden and look at the left tower. (It's to the left of the table with the big, fancy Pharaoh's chair at it.)
8 of 17: The banner is there, extending from the tower window down to the ground.
9 of 17: As you can see, the banner's bottom part is fastened down in two places.
10 of 17: Trying to examine or use it will yield no clues, but it's obvious what you must do.
11 of 17: You (as Assil) need to find something to cut the banner loose with.
12 of 17: Assil won't have anything sharp in his inventory unless you've already thoroughly explored the garden party's remains.
13 of 17: Look at the tables in the garden's front part (called the lawn).
14 of 17: The long table on the right has a lobster at its left end that you can take.
15 of 17: As unlikely as it may seem, that's your cutting tool!
16 of 17: Use it on the banner to cut it loose.
17 of 17: Then have Thara go to the tower where the top of the banner is (if she's not already there) and pick it up.
