Open Sesame!
Rumours
They say a poor woodcutter camps at the foot of a mesa, under a sheer cliff. All day long he sighs, tugs his beard and shouts at the rock: "Open, Barley! Open, Wheat!" Looks like he has lost something in there...
Who: Ali Baba
Hints
Open them one at a time — from a gentle nudge to plain advice. "Good to know" is about what might trip you up.
Hint 1
Ali Baba forgot the magic word for the stone door in the cliff. But the robbers know it, so the word has to be overheard.
Hint 2
The jerboa robbers are very timid: if they see you, they hide until the next dusk. You need a hiding place right by the door.
Hint 3
A big jar is shaped from clay at the workbench. Clay is dug on the takyr, where the ground is all cracked.
Hint 4
The robbers go out at dusk and come back before dawn, and every time the chief says the word right at the door.
Hint 5
The donkey is stubborn but has a sweet tooth: he only follows dates held in your hand.
Good to know
- The jar must stand right by the door, on the same level as it: from farther away you won't hear a thing.
- If the robbers spot you outside the jar, they run back into the cave and won't come out until the next dusk. Then get back into the jar at dusk tomorrow.
- In a world with other players, only one of you helps Ali Baba at a time: if another player is already on it, or someone already helped him today, come back tomorrow.
Full solution
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This is the whole story of the quest, to the very end.
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Find Ali Baba's camp at the foot of a mesa, under a sheer cliff, and press E (on a phone, the glowing action button) to talk. Forty jerboa robbers stole his donkey Neddy and keep him behind a stone door in the cliff, and Ali Baba forgot the magic word. He asks you to hide in a big jar by the door and listen.
From Cubby's diary
Met Ali Baba, the woodcutter. Forty robbers stole his donkey Neddy - forty jerboas with thorn sabers! They keep him in the cliff behind a stone door, and Ali Baba forgot the magic word. He told me to hide in a jar by the door and listen.
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Find a takyr (flat, cracked ground) and dig out seven blocks of Clay with the drill.
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At the workbench shape a Big Jar like a scoop: two walls of three clay (a left and a right column) and one bottom piece between them at the base.
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Hold the jar, stand right by the stone door on flat ground and press the right mouse button or E (the action button on a phone) to set it down. If it ends up too far from the door, take it back (E by the jar) and set it closer.
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Before dusk go to the jar and press E (the action button on a phone) to climb in, then sit quietly and don't climb out. The robbers go out at dusk and come back before dawn, and the chief squeaks the magic word right at the door: "Open Sesame!" Now you know it.
From Cubby's diary
I sat in the jar quiet as a mouse, only my eyes peeking out. Then the jerboas' chief squeaked at the door: "Open Sesame!" - and the rock slid up. I've got the word!
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Stock up on dates: stand by a date palm (they grow in oases and around your house) and press E (the action button on a phone) to shake it. The dates fall, and you pick them up by walking over them.
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Go to the stone door and press E (the action button on a phone): "Open Sesame!" and the rock slides up. In the cave Neddy is tied to a post: hold the dates, stand by him and press E to untie him.
From Cubby's diary
Said "Open Sesame!" at the door and walked into the robbers' cave. Neddy is stubborn: wouldn't budge... till I showed him a date. Sweet tooth! He followed me date by date.
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Keep the dates in your hand and lead Neddy to Ali Baba's camp. If he falls behind, go back for him. When he sees his master, he runs over for a hug.
From Cubby's diary
Brought Neddy home! Ali Baba hugged him so hard he nearly lost his turban. Neddy squints and jingles his bell.
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Ali Baba tells you the secret (sesame is a plant!) and gives you a Sesame Pod; if the talk got cut short, talk to him again. Hold the pod by a rock and press the right mouse button or E, aiming left, right or down: the word opens a door right through the stone, three times a day.
From Cubby's diary
Then Ali Baba told me the secret: sesame is a plant! He gave me its pod. Said from the heart, the word opens a door right through any rock. Only three times a day: rocks get tired too!
Reward
Sesame pod: take it in hand by a rock and press the right mouse button or E, aiming left, right or down. The word opens a door right through the stone. Three doors a day. Not through water, lava, masonry or treasure.