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Ankh Hints

Restore my health.

  • 1 of 16: This is a subtask to the "Find the Pharaoh's daughter" task.
  • 2 of 16: Since you're not wearing rechargeable armor, the energy bar must refer to your physical health.
  • 3 of 16: So you probably need to eat, drink, and/or sleep in order to get it back up to full.
  • 4 of 16: As it turns out, you need to eat.
  • 5 of 16: Too bad you don't have any coins to buy a fish burger with.
  • 6 of 16: You'll have to find something that you can take and eat for free.
  • 7 of 16: Conveniently enough, there's just such an item available right here in the Sphinx.
  • 8 of 16: Have you found the construction crew's lunch area yet?
  • 9 of 16: It's up in the head.
  • 10 of 16: Look over on the left side for a large clickable area called "abandoned lunch place."
  • 11 of 16: However, right-clicking on it doesn't reveal anything edible.
  • 12 of 16: Look a bit to the right of it.
  • 13 of 16: You see that can of figs? You can pick it up.
  • 14 of 16: But examining it in inventory reveals that it's sealed tight.
  • 15 of 16: After the can's open, go through one of the nostril hatches yourself to find that your tasty figs are lying on the dirty ground next to the bed of nails.
  • 16 of 16: Pick them up and use them in inventory to restore your energy bar.