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Ankh Hints

Where can I get a skull?

  • 1 of 7: Why not try the desert? There are always dead cow skulls all over the place in deserts. It's a classic desert cliché.
  • 2 of 7: After you get the crocodile teeth, you'll be next to the entrance to the desert. (If you sailed back to Cairo afterwards, have the ferry man take you back to Crocodile Bay.)
  • 3 of 7: Head to the right from the ferry to find the entrance to the desert.
  • 4 of 7: However, the skull isn't in the first big desert area (the one with the sign advertising the fish burger place), and Assil refuses to travel past it at first.
  • 5 of 7: From the starting desert area, choose the "desert" exit that's near the right end.
  • 6 of 7: Check out the bones that are next to a patch of scrub grass over on the right.
  • 7 of 7: Right-click on the skull to pick it up.