Tutorial

"This is the TaskMaker tutorial! See Keyboard Help in the Play menu if you need help moving" - In-game description

The Tutorial is an optional level within the game. Its intent is to explain the features and navigation of the game to a new player.

Walkthrough

Throughout the level, Magic Mouth tiles will appear. Step on one to read its message. Most of these explain the various contents of the level.

The first section of the level explains various forms of tiles (floors, walls, curtains, etc.), and teaches the "examine" command. After turning the corner, the next segment explains the use of push buttons, on/off switches, and floor traps to open up pathways. In the tutorial, they are used to remove walls, deactivate force fields, lower a drawbridge, and open a set of metal bars. Going north, the player is then taught that certain walls may be walked through.

After finding his way through the walk-through walls, the player is then told to use a series of switches and floor traps to reveal the path onward. Press the button next to the star wall, go south through the walk-through wall, east through the floor trap, and west through the next walk-through wall to continue.

The next room teaches the player about teleport tiles, most of which simply teleport the player about the room. Near the end of this room, the player is presented with four teleports, only one of which (the rightmost) is the one which the path onward. Afterward, a hidden teleport will send the player into a small room with a Magic Mouth reading "Ha ha ha." before continuing. Beyond that, the player is then shown the use of conveyor belts. One is used to block the path onward, and must be turned off by an adjacent switch.

A set of stairs leads downward to the next room, which presents the player with a ship. Sail north into the Cave, then reveal the path to the switch by using a floor trap. Flip the switch then sail east to the next island, where there is a ladder leading upward. Once up the ladder, the next room explains the use of the Skeleton Key to open doors. Near the end of this room, the player is also shown how floor safes and stone compartments may conceal items.

To the east and north, the next room presents the player with certain forms of precious metals and gems (starting with a Bar o' Gold concealed in a floor safe), and the use of the Auto Teller to convert them to the in-game currency. A curtain then reveals the first shop of the Tutorial, where the player may purchase more keys. The next room teaches the use of the Recycle Bin to obtain money from the deposit of garbage.

Afterward, the player is offered a box of Rations and told the importance of the Food bar. Following this, the player is then given a Magic Map and Ethereal Potion to instruct on the use of magic scrolls and potions. The next room offers the player a Dagger to teach in the use of Weapons, followed by a few pieces of Armor, three more weapons (Spear, Boomerang, Pea Shooter), and finally the Shovel, which may be used to dig up treasure.

The next room has a pair of weapons shops at which the player may sell their already-provided weapons and/or buy new ones. The top Shop features single-hand weapons (Stocked: Every 2nd item, Tomahawk* through Shields, but (unusual) omits picks and shovels), while the bottom one features ones that require both hands to operate (Stocked: Every 2nd item, Bows through Hammers*).

Finally, the player is taught how to bend iron bars to reveal the path onward. The stairway down leads to the last room, which itself leads to the exit to Outer Terra.

Notes

• There are three hidden sections in the Tutorial:
  • In the opening room, a hidden passage reveals a quick path to the exit.
  • Near the first stone compartment is a secret room full of curtains, which may be exited via conveyor belt.
  • Near the exit, a conveyor belt path reveals a hidden message reading "Individualism!"

• The player's Food level will never decrease in the Tutorial.

• The player also retains any stat gains obtained in the Tutorial, you can train some stats with actions.
  • Iron Bars rapidly builds Strength
  • Curtains build Agility and some Intellect
  • Switches, Safes, and Compartments build Intellect and some Agility
  • Buttons build Intellect
  • Digging builds Strength and little Agility and Intellect
  • Throwing the boomerang with Fight builds Strength, Stamina, Agility, and some Intellect
    • Illuminate uses Spirit, Agility and Intellect
    • Heal uses some Spirit and Intellect

• Should any condition arise in the Tutorial that would normally cause the Health bar to reach 0, the player is told, "Normally, you would have just DIED, dropped your pouch, and gone to hell."
  • Without any monsters on the level, the only way this happens is if you repeatedly bump into the Force fields or Fire/Lava tiles.

• The doors after the key shop may be bypassed via walk-through walls.

• Playing through the Tutorial offers significantly more loot than is given to players who skip it.

Tomb of the Taskmaker Tutorial

Angel: The angel in TOTTM Tutorial is named Suzan and she can be found near the end of the tutorial. From the next to last room, go through the passwall in the Southeast corner to find a Bucky's Famous Beef Stew that you can Bestow to her. Then go through the passwall in the Northwest of the same room and follow the path to the lake where Suzan lives.

• Keys: 100cp

Shop:

• Hammer 300cp
• Dagger 100cp
• Silver dagger 10000cp
• Silver spoon 10000cp
• Short club 10cp
• Small shield 10cp
• Silver shield 1000cp
• Magic shield 50000cp
• Torch 100cp

Shop 2:

• Boomerang 250cp

NPCs:

• Male Shop Keeper 44,25
• Male Shop Keeper 54,80
• Female Shop Keeper 54,83
• Angel 33,83 (Suzan)

Items:

• Zehner's power up 49,62 (10000cp) (Buried dirt/sand)
• Skeleton key 39,10 (100cp)
• Skeleton key 39,21 (100cp)
• Polygon key 39,55 (50000cp) (Safe)
• Skeleton key 32,44 (100cp) (Stone compartment)
• Bluebangle 39,48 (4cp) (tree)
• Bar o' copper 48,50 (100cp) (Treasure chest)
• Bar o' copper 50,30 (100cp)
• Bronze pieces 50,30 (20cp)
• Gold piece 51,33 (10cp)
• Copper pieces 50,33 (10cp)
• Gold piece 47,34 (10cp)
• Platinum piece 47,36 (30cp)
• Copper pieces 44,38 (10cp)
• Silver piece 44,38 (5cp)
• Bronze piece 46,49 (2cp)
• Malachite 45,40 (10cp)
• Bronze pieces 45,41 (20cp)
• Copper piece 44,43 (1cp)
• Bar o' bronze 44,44 (200cp)
• Bar o' copper 45,44 (100cp)
• Garbage 50,20
• Garbage 48,21
• Garbage 48,22
• Garbage 47,22
• Gold piece 45,21
• Garbage 45,21
• Garbage 45,21
• Box of rations 46,11 (30)
• Magic map 53,8 (25)
• Ethereal potion 57,17
• Dagger 58,38 (100)
• Clothing 57,45 (100)
• Belt 59,54 (100)
• Necklace 57,53 (100)
• Boots 56,54 (100)
• Spear 57,60
• Sling 56,59
• Blow gun 55,60
• Malachite 57,71 (Buried dirt / sand)
• Ship 28,92
• Bucky's famous beef stew 52,91

Other pickups unique to the TOTTM Tutorial include:

• Zehner's Power Up (+10% to all stats) is buried in the sandbar at the Northeast corner of the lake. You will need to get the shovel near the end of the level and backtrack to dig it up.
• The room with the treasure scattered on the floor has a lot less treasure than in the Taskmaker tutorial, but there is a secret room at the south end of the room with some extra loot.
• A secret message in the northeast corner reads: "Revised by D. Cook 96-11-19"
• A secret message in the east wall reads: "How can u read this?"
• A secret message in the wall west of the stairs before the exit reads: "Look←There"