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 Part 1
 NOTE: This walkthru was written without the thief stealing any
treasures!  When you get to a place where a treasure is supposed
to be but it's not there, it means the thief has beat you to it.
 Do not attempt to fight the thief until you have attained 200
points!  Finding treasures, storing them in the Trophy Case and
solving puzzles will gain you points. Just continue following
the walkthru until you're at 200 points then fight the thief.
When you kill him you will get all the missing and stolen
treasures back.
 You're standing to the west of a boarded up white house in
this, the first adventure in the ZORK trilogy.
 The mailbox contains a leaflet if you want to read it, but it
won't help you solve the game.  Go west and east to the Forest
Path and climb the tree.  Here, nestled safely in a nest, is a
beautifully carved egg.  It's so delicate that you couldn't
possibly open it.  But someone will, so get the egg, climb down
and go north.  There is  pile of leaves here. Moving them
reveals a locked grating.  But, again, opening it or leaving it
locked won't make a difference in the game.  Go east, south and
west to the back of the house.  Here you see a small window
that's slightly ajar.  Open the window the rest of the way and
go west.
 You find yourself in a kitchen with a lunch and a bottle of
water sitting on the table.  Don't bother with these items just
now.  Go west once more and you're in the living room. You see a
lamp and a sword laying here for the taking.  You also see a
closed trophy case that, at the moment, is empty. This will be
your drop-off point for treasures.  Move the rug you see on the
floor and you find a trap-door!  Get the lamp, open the door and
go down the stairs.  Turn your lamp on (there are grues in the
dark!) and go south and east.  You've found the Art Gallery.
It's been well ransacked, but the plunderers before you have
left a lovely painting here!  Get the painting, drop the egg
(more about the egg later) and go north to the studio.
 You see a chimney leading upwards, so turn your lamp off and go
up.  You're back in the kitchen!  This is the only time you'll
use the chimney to get out of the cellar.  Go west back to the
Living Room, open the trophy case and put the painting in the
case.  You don't have to close it since this is a "safe" area
from the thief, whom you'll run into him from time to time.  If
you're carrying any treasures, he'll take them from you.  But
you will get them back later on.
 Open the trap door oncemore, get the sword and go down. Turn
your lamp on and go north.  Good grief!  What a vicious looking
Troll you've encountered!  There's no way out, so kill the troll
with the sword.  Randomly, you'll eventually kill him.  When you
have, drop the sword, leave the axe and go east three times.
You're in a very strange room. Everything you say echoes back at
you.  And you find it impossible to get the Platinum Bar you've
found!  Don't panic, just say "echo" and the acoustics of the
room change subtley, allowing you to pick up the bar.  Now go
up, northwest and east, then turn your lamp off.  You're at the
top of a dam with a control panel that seems to control the
sluice gates.  Go north to the Dam Lobby, get the matchbook then
go east.  Turn your lamp on, push the red button, then the
yellow button.
 Ah, light!  Turn your lamp back off and get the screwdriver and
wrench, then go south twice back to the Top of the Dam. The
green bubble is now glowing and you should be able to turn the
bolt with the wrench.  As you do so, the sluice gates open the
and water pours through the dam.  Drop the wrench and go down to
the Dam Base.  You find a pile of folded plastic here.  Get the
plastic and go up.  Turn your lamp on and go south, down, east
three times and south to the South White Cliffs Beach.  Drop
your plastic here, then go north, west twice, up and northwest
back to Resevoir South.  Now go north to the middle of the lake.
 You see a trunk bulging with jewels!  Get the trunk and go
north to Resevoir North.  Hmmm, a hnd-held air pump!  What
luck!  Get the pump and go north once more to the Atlantis Room.
 You see a beautiful Trident here.  Your load is too heavy to
carry it, though.  We'll get it later.  Now go up, west and
north to the Mirror Room.
 This room is extremely strange.  You can change the directions
you're going by touching the mirror.  This changes the
directions.  Go north.  If you find yourself in the narrow
passage, go north and west three times to the maze.  If you find
yourself in the Cold Passage, go west, down, north and west to
the maze.
 This maze is not all that difficult to map.  Unfortunately, you
have to contend with the thief, who tends to pick up items you
might drop for mapping purposes and moves them to other
locations.  So follow closely!  Go south, east and up to the
room with the Skeleton in it.  Here you find several items, but
all you should touch is the bag of coins.  Again, your load is
too heavy.  We'll get the coins later.  Go southwest, east,
south and southeast.  You're in a room with a ferocious looking
cyclops!  There's two ways to get rid of him, but the easiest is
to say "Odysseus".  Upon hearing the name of his father's
ancient enemy, the cyclops let's out a frightened yell and runs
straight through the eastern wall! Go east twice and you find
yourself back in the Living Room! Now this is handy!  Turn your
lamp off and put your treasures in the case, turn your lamp back
on and open the trap door again.  Now that you've found a
different exit from the Cellar, the door won't clos on you
again.
 Now, we're going to get the coins, so north, west, south, east
and up.  Get the coins.  If they're not here, the thief beat you
to them.  Now go southwest, east, south, southeast and east
twice.  Turn your lamp off and put the coins in the case.  It's
time to go for a ride on the river, so get ready for a wild
white-water ride!
 Part 2
 Ready to go?  Good!  Go down the stairs, turn you lamp on and
go north, east five times, then south.  Inflate the plastic with
the hand pump, drop the pump and get in the raft. Launch the
raft (wheee!).  You have to work quickly at this point.  Any
hesitation will carry you over the Argrain Falls to you death!
Get the buoy and go east to the East Shore. Get out of the boat
and open the buoy.  You find a beautiful Emerald hidden inside!
Get the Emerald, drop the buoy and get the boat.  Now go north
to the Sandy Beach, drop the boat and get the shovel.  Time to
go digging!
 Go northeast to the Sand-filled Cave and dig four times (no
more, no less!).  All your digging finally uncovers a jeweled
Scarab!  Drop the shovel and get the Scarab then go southwest.
Get in the boat and launch it then go west back to the South
White Cliff Beach.  Get out of the boat and go north, west
twice, up, northwest, and north three times to the Atlantis
Room.  You should now be able to get the Trident.  Get it and go
south three times, southeast, southwest, north, southwest, west,
south and up the stairs to the living room.  Turn your lamp off
and store the emerald, scarab and trident i the trophy case.
Now go east to the kitchen, go up the stairs and turn on your
lamp.  Get the knife and rope, turn your lamp off and go down
the stairs.  Go west and down the stairs.  Turn your lamp back
on and go north, east twice, southeast and east.  Tie the rope
to the railing and go back west, northwest, west twice, south
and up the stairs.  Now go west twice to the Cyclops Room.
 By now you should have 200 points and you're strong enough to
do away with the thief.  If you don't have 200 points, save your
game at this point and try to kill him anyway!  I managed to
kill him with 130 points.  Go up the stairs....
 As you enter the Thief's Treasure Room, he appears through an
unseen passage, mumbles a few magic words and all the treasures
disappear!  Kill the thief with the knife.  This action, like
killing the troll, is random and you may have to keep fighting
him for several turns.  Eventually, though, you're successful
and all the treasures he's stolen from you magically reappear!
In addition to your treasures, you see that he's managed to open
the Delicate Egg and there's also an ornate Silver Chalice here.
 Drop the knife and get everything you can carry except for the
knife and the thief's stilleto, go down the stairs and east two
times back to the Living Room.  Turn your lamp off and put all
the treasures in the case.  Repeat this process until you've
taken all the treasures from the Thief's Treasure Room and
stored them in the case.  When you've completed this task, go
back down the trap door's staicase, turn your lamp on and go
north, east twice, southeast and east to the Dome Room.
 Climb down the rope and you find a beautiful Ivory Torch
burning!  Not only have you found another treasure, but you've
found another source of light!  So get the Torch and turn your
lamp off.  It's time to visit Hades!
 Go down and get the small bell, then go south to the South End
Temple.  You see on the Altar a Book and two burning Candles.
Take these items and go down twice.  You're at the entrance to
Hades.  The spirits jeer at you and your feeble attempts to
enter.  But don't let them daunt you!  You have the means to
disspell the evil forces baring your entrance!
 Ring the bell.  As you do so, the bell becomes red-hot and you
quickly drop it!  In the process, you also drop the candles and
they go out.  Get the candles, and light them with one of your
matches.  Your efforts seem to be taking effect as the spirits
and wraiths cower at your new found power!  Finally, read the
book.  Suddenly, a loud voice commands the spirits to be gone
and they scream in terror, fading through the walls.  Go south
into the Land of the Dead.  Around you in piles are the bones of
other adventurers less lucky than you.  Also laying here is a
carved Crystal Skull, grinning nastily.  Get the skull and go
north.  Drop the book and candles and go up, west and north to
the Cold Passage.  If you find yourself in the Narrow Passage,
go back south to the Mirror Room, touch the mirror, then go
north again.  Now to west and down the slide, then up te
stairs. Put the skull in the case and go east to the Kitchen.
Open the sack and get the garlic, then back west to the Living
Room and down the stairs.
 Don your miner's cap and get ready to dig some coal...we're
going mining!
 Part 3
 From the Cellar go north, east twice, southeast, east and down
the rope.  Now go down, south, down and north to the Mirror
Room.  Go north.  If you're not in the Cold Passage, go back
south and touch the mirror, then go north again.
 From the Cold Passage, go west and north to the Mine Entrance.

Now go west and north to the Bat Room.  Good thing you have your
garlic with you because there's a Vampire Bat here!  Leave the
Jade Figurine you see.  We'll get it on the way back.  Now go
east to the Shaft Room.  You see a sort of basket/chain
arrangement.  Put the screwdriver and the Torch in the basket
and go north.  Turn your lamp on and go down. Whew...Gas!!  If
you'd brought the Torch with you, it would've been quite
explosive in here!  Leave the Bracelet. Now we're going into a
series of Coal Mines, so go east, northeast, southeast,
southwest, and down twice.  Go south and get the coal.
 Ready?  Right!  Go north, up twice, north east, south, north
up, and south to the Shaft Room once more.  Put the coal in the
basket and lower the basket using the chain.  Once more, trudge
back to the Ladder Bottom by going north, down, east, northeast,
southeast, southwest, and down twice.  Now go west.  You have
come to a room with a tight squeeze heading west.  There's a
timber laying here, bt it's not good for anything.  Drop
everything you're carrying and go west into the Drafty Room.
Aha!  So this is where the basket went to! Get the Torch, Coal
and Screwdriver from the basket and go south.
 You're in a bizarre room with a strange looking machine. Lift
the lid and put the coal inside, then close the lid. Now, how to
start the blasted thing?  Your fingers are much too large to
turn the switch, but the screwdriver will do the job nicely!
Turn the switch with the screwdriver and all sorts of commotions
come from the machine accompanied by flashing lights!  After a
few minutes all is quiet again. Drop the screwdriver and open
the lid.  Inside the machine is a Large Diamond!  Get the
Diamond and go north.  Put the Diamond and Torch into the basket
and go east.  Get everything you dropped except the timber.
It's time to leave the Coal Mine.
 Go east, up twice, north, east, south, and north.  Get the
Bracelet and go up and south.  Raise the basket and get the
Torch and Diamond, then drop your lamp...you won't need it any
longer.  Go west and get the Jade Figurine, then south and east
and drop the garlic.  Go south and down the slide back to the
Cellar, then up the stairs to the Trophy Room. Put the Diamond,
Jade and Bracelet in the case, get the Canary and go one last
time down the stairs to the Cellar.
 Go north, east twice, southeast, east and down the rope. Now go
down twice to the Egyptian Room.  You see the golden coffin of
Rameses II sitting here!  Get the Coffin and go up and south.
There's no wy for you to get the Coffin down those stairs, but
seeing as this is an Altar, why not pray? As you pray, you feel
disoriented for a moment and then find yourself in the forest!
And all your items are with you! Open the Coffin and you see a
multi-hued Sceptre!  You'll need the Sceptre, but leave it in
the Coffin for now so you don't have to worry about carrying too
many items.
 Go east, north, east, south and east to the Canyon View.  Go
down twice and north to the End of the Rainbow.  Seems to me
there should be a Pot of Gold at the end of the rainbow! Wave
the Sceptre and look!  The rainbow solidifies into a passable
bridge!  Go east onto the Rainbow then go back west. There it
is!  The Pot of Gold!  Get the Gold and go southwest, up twice,
northwest, west, east and west.  Now for the Canary.  Wind the
Canary up.  As you do so, it begins to sing. As it winds down a
Songbird flies overhead and in the effort of trying to sing back
to the Canary opens its beak and drops a lovely Brass Bauble at
your feet!  The Bauble and go west twice to the Living Room and
put the Coffin, Bauble, Canary, Sceptre and Pot of Gold in the
case.
 As you put the last treasure in the case, a voice whispers in
your ear to look to your treasures for the final secret. When
you look in the Trophy Case you see an Ancient Parchment which
appears to be a Map!  Get the map and go east twice, south and
west.  You now see a path that wasn't there before!  Go
southwest and you find yourself in front of a Stone Barrow!
Enter the Barrow and the dor slams behind you!  You see that
you've found the beginning of ZORK II and have solved ZORK I due
to your skill and bravery! Congratulations!  Now on to ZORK
II...can you face the Wizard and conquer him?
 ZORK is a trademark
   of Infocom, Inc.
 This walkthru is copyrighted
    by Barbara Baser, 1984.