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The Secret of Monkey Island Hints

I need a lot of money! (Not So Easy)

  • 1 of 18: Melee Island is quite big.
  • 2 of 18: Why don't you explore it?
  • 3 of 18: Some parts of it seem like a three-ring circus.
  • 4 of 18: Quite literally, actually.
  • 5 of 18: On the general map of Melee Island, go to the pink light (labeled "Clearing" or "Circus").  It's near the middle of the map.
  • 6 of 18: Have you visited the Fettuccini Brothers?
  • 7 of 18: They're inside the circus tent.
  • 8 of 18: Unfortunately, they're arguing too much to pay attention to Guybrush.
  • 9 of 18: Anything he says, though, will get their attention.
  • 10 of 18: Apparently, they need to blast someone out of their cannon.
  • 11 of 18: You should volunteer.
  • 12 of 18: They're willing to pay 478 pieces of eight!
  • 13 of 18: But you need a helmet.
  • 14 of 18: You can't talk them out of requiring one.
  • 15 of 18: They want you to have a helmet...
  • 16 of 18: Or at least a make-shift one.
  • 17 of 18: Once you have a helmet, you have to let them know you got one.
  • 18 of 18: Give them your "helmet," to clinch the act and the money.