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How do I get the lantern?
  • 1 of 5: You need something thin to fit through that crack.
  • 2 of 5: Something skeletally thin.
  • 3 of 5: Like the skeleton arm you picked up back on LeChuck's ship.
  • 4 of 5: But in Mega-Monkey mode, you need something to make it stick to the lantern.
  • 5 of 5: Put some paste on it.  Then, use the sticky arm on the lantern to pick it up.