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Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships Hints

How do I get all the stars?

  • 1 of 12: Bat Tracker -- Use the batseeker to identify the bats living in all five caves at Bat Steep.
  • 2 of 12: Chatter Box -- Use the walkie-talkie to switch between George and Nancy at least 20 times.
  • 3 of 12: Down Under Discoverer -- Find the driver's license outside the cave where Nancy gets stuck and ask the person on it about it.
  • 4 of 12: Easter Egg -- Find at least one of the three Easter eggs in the game.
  • 5 of 12: Glass Half Full -- Choose the most optimistic conversation choices when talking to George and Johnny Rolle.
  • 6 of 12: Golden Jackpot -- Find the treasure hidden in the room where you find Bess.
  • 7 of 12: Guava Gourmand -- Eat at least four guavas during the game. To do this, click on the guava box at the upper left of the screen, then click on the guava. Yum!
  • 8 of 12: Monkey Maniac -- Win all twelve possible unnecessary prizes from the monkeys, apart from the things you have to win (like the pulley and the dial). You can keep track of these by looking at the wicker basket in your inventory.
  • 9 of 12: Mountain Goat -- Climb the cliffs at least 12 times. Bleah!
  • 10 of 12: Parrot Handler -- Get Coucou to do all six of her tricks for you. Man, that's a lot of guavas.
  • 11 of 12: Treasure Hunter -- Use the metal detector to find at least 13 useless metal objects on the beach at Shark Cove and the wreck of the Caridad.
  • 12 of 12: Trivia Tamer -- Answer the final trivia question correctly.