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Oysters

  • 1 of 10: Where might you expect to find oysters?
  • 2 of 10: Oysters are always going to be right at the water's edge -- where they are sometimes underwater, and sometimes above water.
  • 3 of 10: Check near the large stone archway.
  • 4 of 10: Look near the base of the wall -- near a small pool of water -- where the rock is quite mottled.
  • 5 of 10: Take all of the oysters that you can find there.
  • 6 of 10: You should find 4 oysters.
  • 7 of 10: Three will be on the rock face, and one on the wooden post sitting in the water.
  • 8 of 10: You could try to eat them uncooked, by just prying them open with your knife (i.e., combining the knife and oyster in inventory)...
  • 9 of 10: But be careful -- if you try to use your knife too often to pry open an oyster before cooking it, you may break your knife.
  • 10 of 10: Heat the oysters over a fire before trying to open and eat them.