Invisiclues

How can I control the royal barge?

1. Examine the controls. Read the buttons. Try pushing them.
2. The orange button turns the magnetic mooring mechanism on or off. If you're docked, pushing the orange button will send you off into the canal. If you're in the canal near a dock, turn on the MagnetoMoor to dock. If you're in the canal but not near a dock, turning on the MagnetoMoor will have no immediate effect -- but if you subsequently pass a dock, you'll dock at it automatically.
3. The purple button turns the engines on or off. When the button reads "Full Speed Ahead" the engines are on, and the barge will move to a new canal location every turn. When the button reads "Go With The Flow" the engines are off, and the barge will move to a new canal location only every other turn.

How can I decode the coded message from Among the Dunes?

1. Reread "The Adventures of Lane Mastodon #91."
2. Look at the center-left panel on page five of the comic. This tells you how to decode Martian messages.
3. One additional catch: once you've decoded the message you also have to read it backwards! (Including the number.)

Just past the bend, there are docks on both sides of the canal, but I can only get the barge to stop at one of them. Is there any way to get to the other?

1. You can get to either dock using the barge -- but not in the same play-through of the story. Once the barge has docked at one of the docks, there's no way to get the barge to the other dock.
2. You should use the barge to get to the dock on the east bank.
3. It has something to do with the barge controls and the river current.
4. Control the barge's speed with the purple button. When the engines are on, the barge will make a wider turn and end up near the east bank. With the engines off, you'll drift around the bend and end up near the west bank.
5. Later, to get to the dock on the west side of the canal, you'll need something from the palace area.
6. Use the raft from the Catacombs. (Teleport to the ruined castle region, put the raft in the water, get in the raft, and drift until you're at Donald Dock or the Abandoned Dock.)

How can I land if I'm in the canal on the raft?

1. You can only land when you're near a dock. To do so, just GRAB THE DOCK.

Is there anything to do at the Dunetop?

1. No. It's just a view of what's beyond the bend in the canal.

Is there anything to do around Canalview Mall?

1. The only interesting thing is the Exit Shop.

How can I buy an exit?

1. You won't have what it takes until you've been to several different parts of the story.
2. You need to have been to Venus...
3. ...and gotten the coin from the Vizicomm Booth.
4. However, the proprietor will only accept a one marsmid coin.
5. You also need to have been to the South Pole...
6. ...and "traded" coins with the penguins.
7. Now just give the one marsmid coin to the proprietor.
8. When he drops the tube into the dust, simply search the dust.
9. The exit is inside the tube! It's a portable black circle! It must be on the ground to function.

What does the buoy mean?

1. There's danger further down the canal.

How does the white circle at the Oasis work?

1. It's just like the black circles you've seen, only it's faded to white. Try stepping on it.
2. I guess they only work when they're black.
3. Have you been to Venus?
4. You'll need the can of stain from the Clearing.
5. Put the stain on the white circle. It will now function as a normal black circle.

Is the rabbit important?

1. No.
2. Eh...What's up, Doc?

Is there any way to get past the ion beam without dying?

1. Yes.
2. There's no way to turn off the beam, and no way to pass through that section of the canal without being affected.
3. There is, however, a way to "jump past" the beam.
4. Have you been in the room off the Catacombs called Well Bottom or climbed down the well in the Oriental Garden?
5. Where does this black circle take you?
6. If you said "My Kinda Dock," you're wrong!
7. The black circle at Well Bottom takes you to the royal barge, wherever it is!
8. Examine the barge while standing on a dock.
9. Have you realized that you can push the buttons on the barge while standing on the dock?
10. From My Kinda Dock, send the barge downstream by pressing the orange button while standing on the dock. Wait long enough to allow the barge to pass the beam. Now go to Well Bottom and step on the black circle, or climb down the well in the Oriental Garden.