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The Dig Hints

How do I get track down the creature?

  • 1 of 16: Do you remember finding any items that can lead to other items?
  • 2 of 16: Wasn't there something above the Nexus?
  • 3 of 16: Did you find the device in the wrecked ship?
  • 4 of 16: Did you figure out what it did?  If not, read the next hint for more information.
  • 5 of 16: Maybe you can use the bracelet that you found to help you here.
  • 6 of 16: Put the bracelet on the trapped creature.
  • 7 of 16: Now see where it will take you.
  • 8 of 16: Release it from the cage, and use the tracking device.
  • 9 of 16: If you follow the tracker, you'll learn that the rat is in the cave.
  • 10 of 16: Too bad the entrance to the cave is too small.
  • 11 of 16: Perhaps you could enlarge it.
  • 12 of 16: Use the shovel on the cave, and then you'll be able to get inside.
  • 13 of 16: You're getting close to the rat now.
  • 14 of 16: Why don't you get a more exact fix on its location?
  • 15 of 16: Just use the tracker again, and you'll get an exact location.
  • 16 of 16: Use the shovel on the spot that you find, and you'll find your missing part.