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- Introduction
- El Marrow
> The Petrified Forest
- Rubacava
- The Limbo
- The Edge
of the World
- The Ninth Underworld
- Return to El Marrow
- The Final
Confrontation(s)

The Petrified Forest

Glottis' Heart
Before you can go anywhere, you must help Glottis, who - in an overzealously dramatic act - has tossed his heart somewhere in the forest.

Nearby, you'll find Glottis' heart stuck in a giant creatures' web. Using your scythe to cut it out won't work - but you do need your scythe. Pick up one of the bones from the pile and throw it in the web (you may as well pick up four or so more - they'll come in handy later). Now, use your scythe with the bone to send the heart careening back to Glottis. After you give him the heart, he'll jump back on the Bone Machine, and you two can explore the rest of the forest.

There are three sections to the forest - the tree maze, the marrow sapper, and the demon beavers. Let's start with the maze.

The Tree Maze
This is a confusing series of passages in which each one comes out another, seemingly random passage. If only you had something that would tell you which way to go…

Follow the arrow - it's as good as a roadmap that shows the way out.

In the main area of the forest, near where Glottis was crying, there is a sign with arrows on it. Pick it up and carry it into the maze. Put the sign down anywhere. It will turn and point to a passage. Unfortunately, going through that passage doesn't seem to work. Pick up the sign again and take it somewhere else. It should point in a new direction. Keep moving the sign until you pinpoint where it is attracted to - it's not pointing to a passage, but a point in the clearing. Put the sign down at this point, and a passage will open.

Through this passage is a sign with a key attached. Read the sign and take the key.

The Marrow Sapper
Glottis can't drive through the center passage of the forest, but he tells you the pistons on this contraption will make a good suspension augmentation for the Bone Machine. Unfortunately, his method of getting them doesn't seem to be working.

The pistons get their power from the hoses on the ground. Take the wheelbarrow and move it forward. As you pass over each of the four hoses, one of the pistons will stop. You must make it so that the pistons on the right are moving together, alternating with the pistons on the left, which must also be moving together. Once you have made the pistons move in this pattern, the sapper will start rocking. Turn it off so that Glottis will climb up. Once he's at the top, turn it on. He'll get a little bruised, but you'll get the pistons.

The Demon Beavers
The demon beavers are frightening creatures and would be happy to make you a part of their dam. Fortunately, you have just the weapon to use against these flaming beasts - the fire extinguisher. But how do you get them all, since one is always hiding in the trees waiting to rekindle his friends?

A burning beaver nears an untimely demise.

You'll need at least four bones, which you can get from either the dam itself or the pile near the web where you found Glottis' heart. Follow the path to the left that ends next to the dam. Throw a bone into the tar, then get out the extinguisher and wait. When a beaver jumps in to get it, spray it. Repeat this until all the beavers are gone.

Now unlock the gate with the key from the tree maze, and you're off to Rubacava.

Next: Rubacava