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Sometimes it's hard to keep up with the news on a day to day basis. Here are the highlight from the Neopets news page for this month...

Send one of these new birthday Greetings to a friend! If it's not their birthday yet, send one anyway and they'll think you're just really, really prepared. (January 12, 2006)

King Skarl fans will want to read the latest Neopedia article. Who knew he liked to eat a lot? You learn something new every day. (January 12, 2006)

Neopets is now offering a downloadable toolbar. Click here for more info. (January 13, 2006)

If your Neopet is tired of eating free omelettes every day, check out the Cereal Adventure Kitchen and feed them a bowl of Neopets' own Neopets® Islandberry Crunch™ Cereal. Click here for details. (January 19, 2006)

Some new information has been discovered regarding that dastardly Lupe called Gnarfas. As a result, there's a new article in the Neopedia to warn others of this devious character! This character is also found in the Darkest Faerie PS2 game, so maybe the new plot is just around the corner... (January 19, 2006)

Guild Mailing options are now available! If you are a guild leader and wish to receive a notification every time someone joins your guild, you can turn this option on. If you are a guild member and wish to receive mass-neomailings from your guild leader, you can also turn this preference on. This option has been set to "off" by default, so if you'd like to change it, head over to your User Preferences page. (January 19, 2006)

Guild Change! - Ad banners have been removed from guild homepages. Because some users saw banners and others didn't, it was causing some guild customizations to break for guilds with a mixture of these members. With the banner now removed, you may have to edit your CSS layouts a bit to line them up properly again, but they should no longer break for users without banners. (January 20, 2006)

Learn the ins and outs of the National Neopian Bank while reading this new Neopedia article. (January 24, 2006)

After lots of math that they claim made their heads explode, the Lost Desert Prize Shop is now open for business! Once you're done there, you'll have a nifty trophy on your lookup. Clicking on this trophy (on someone else's lookup or your own) displays a handy list of all the steps completed by that person during the puzzle. Depending on how far you got in the plot, this could make you look really cool or just be really, really embarrassing. (January 30, 2006)

For you budding artists, the Ogrin is now available in the How to Draw section. (January 30, 2006)

Special Days for these months were:

  • Jan 3rd - Aisha Day
  • Jan 6th – Gnorbu Day
  • Jan 11th - Festival of Buzz. (Buzz Day)
  • Jan 14th - Sloth Appreciation Day
  • Jan 16th - Elephante Day
  • Jan 29th - Kacheek Day

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Pets are painted at the Rainbow Pool (on the Main Shops page) with special magic paint brushes. Click here for a list of all pets and their available colors.

v      The lab ray has been recalibrated to offer a new Aisha combination: Sponge. (January 3, 2006)

v      You can now paint your Aisha a nice Camouflage color at the Rainbow Pool. (January 3, 2006)

v      It's always nice to start off the day with a trip to the Rainbow Pool and if you are lucky you may see the new Brown Xweetok. (January 4, 2006)

v      The Gnorbu enters Neopia. These new Neopets are generally quite comedic and enjoy a good laugh. However, they're not too keen on folks who mispronounce their name. It's pronounced "NOR-boo." If you want to find out more about the Gnorbu, just click here and here. (January 6, 2006)

v      Right out of the gate, Gnorbu can be painted in beautiful White, Brown or Purple. (January 6, 2006)

v      The Faerie Xweetok is now available. (January 9, 2006)

v      The Tuskaninny can now be painted with the Mystery Island Paint Brush. (January 10, 2006)

v      You can now own a Pink Xweetok with the help of a Pink Paint Brush and a trip to the Rainbow Pool.  (January 10, 2006)

v      Buzz fans will be happy to know that they can now be painted Electric and Checkered. (January 11, 2006)

v      If you can't pick just one color for your Gnorbu, why not use them all in the new Rainbow version on your next visit to the Rainbow Pool? (January 12, 2006)

v      The Shadow Xweetok is now available. (January 12, 2006)

v      A little late for Buzz Day, but the Glowing Buzz has been released. (January 12, 2006)

v      If you've always wanted a radioactive Glowing Elephante or Speckled Elephante, now is the perfect time for a trip to the Rainbow Pool. (January 17, 2006)

v      A Plushie Hissi is no less intimidating than a regular one, except for that whole cuddly thing. (January 20, 2006)

v      You can now paint your Wocky Sketch at the Rainbow Pool. (January 20, 2006)

v      The Camouflage Kau is now available if you can find it. (January 23, 2006)

v      Moehogs and Kacheeks can now be painted Rainbow …where else but the Rainbow Pool? (January 25, 2006)

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For those of you looking for the Petpet Puddle, it is part of the Rainbow Pool. When you are on the Main Shops page, click on the Rainbow Pool. At the top of the next page is the link to the Petpet Puddle. Click here for a list of all petpets and their available colors.

q        The Kookith, Tigermouse, Spyder, and Faelli can now be painted with the Tyrannian Petpet Paint Brush. (January 10, 2006)

q        Anubis can now be painted Disco, Fire, Plushie and Ghost at the Petpet Puddle. (January 18, 2006)

q        The Carma, Buzzer, Gruslen and Flowper can now be painted Maraquan with the aid of the right brush. (January 23, 2006)

q        The Mazzew, Tigermouse, Babyca, and Trunkard can now be painted Rainbow at the Petpet Puddle. (January 25, 2006)

q        Meet the Kimbi! These little guys have somehow made their way to Faerieland. Head over to Faerie Petpets to take one a home.


 
(January 30, 2006)

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As with all good help sites, the pages on the Neopian Educator are always under construction. Suggestions and constructive criticism are always welcome. Simply fill out the automatic comment form.

As usual, the avatars and Game Reviews pages have been updated.

After several weeks of work, the Lost Desert portion of the tour has been updated.

Work continues on the upcoming museum. This project is rather large, but at least you can get a quick look at it here. Note that these pages are still very much under construction. If you have anything you’d like to contribute, please send it to: Naomi_Tran@baylor.edu

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New Avatars

 

Avatars have a broad based appeal that touches almost every aspect of life in Neopia. These are the avatars that were added this month. For a complete list, drop by the avatars section of the Chat FAQs. If you know of one that is not listed, simply fill out the automatic comment form.

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How earned

Date released


Disco Aisha

Visit the profile of a Disco Aisha like dantelatte.

January 3, 2006


Gnorbu

Released in the default avatars to celebrate their introduction.

January 6, 2006


Maraquan Buzz

Go to the normal buzz caption contest,
1)click in the white area to the right of 'help'
2) press tab 5 times (the first 4 should highlight stuff)
3)nothing should be highlighted and press enter (it's a hidden button)

January 11, 2006)


Elephante – To war!

Visit the profile of an elephante like Zygenth

January 17, 2006


Anubis

Visit the profile of a pet with an anubus attached, like Arzhar

January 18, 2006

 

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Games on Neopets are in a constant state of change and these changes are often not listed in the news. Here are the changes for this month:

Here are the new games that were added this month:

a    Can you guess which character is hidden behind the black tiles in the latest sponsor game - Hoodwinked: Revealing Image? (January 3, 2006)

a    Because Dr. Sloth is so smart and dashing, he'll be taking over Neopia quite soon. Unless you can stop him, of course. Try your hand at The Return of The Return of Dr. Sloth. (January 13, 2006)

a    Try your hand at this new sponsor game - Nanny McPhee: Investi-Catch. (January 13, 2006)

a    If you've always wanted to be a super sleuth, test your skills with our new sponsor game - Pink Panther: Ongoing Adventure. (January 17, 2006)

a    Slide the tiles to match and win big in this new sponsor game - Ben 10: Sliders. (January 18, 2006)

a    New Game! - A crazed Mutant Chia has kidnapped the sister of the famous Jolly Jugglers. They need your help to rescue her from certain doom! (January 19, 2006)

a    Match the breeds and win NP! It's that easy in this new sponsor game - Nintendogs: Double Dog Matching Activity. (January 30, 2006)

a    Help Mario and friends reach one of 5 exciting locales by answering trivia questions about each location in this new sponsor game - Mario Party 7: Bon Voyage. (January 30, 2006)

a    Navigate your way through town to find all your friends in this newest sponsor game - Animal Crossing: Find-A-Friend. (January 31, 2006)

These games were taken off the site this month:

Ø       A Virtual Magic Kingdom Tour

Ø       Campbell's Chicken and Stars: Going Hollywood

Ø       Firefly: Touring Taxi

Ø       Hoodwinked: A Revealing Image

Ø       Hot Wheels®: Grand Prix

Changes to existing games:

A new Kacheek Seek is available for your Neopet to hide in. I’ve been told it's quite difficult so be sure not to lose your Neopet for good. (January 5, 2006)

New Feature! - You can now save your favorite Flash games to one handy list! The Favourite Games page will store your favorites, and even tell you how many times you've played today. Any time you want to see your list, you can use the link at the bottom of the Games Room. (January 19, 2006)

New Challenger! - If that greedy Kadoatie has ever taken your hard-earned Neopoints, you can now seek revenge in the Battledome! (January 20, 2006)


If you know of anything that was overlooked, or have suggestions or even constructive criticisms, use this form.

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Featured Game:

Hannah and the Pirate Caves

Submitted by laile_denali and mysweetdream29

Have a guide you'd like to see here? Send it to: Naomi_Tran@baylor.edu


Welcome, welcome... Looking for tips on Hannah and the Pirate Caves? Well, you've found the perfect place! I have searched, high, low, and in the middle of useful tips and tricks and have put them together on one page for the good of everyone.

If you have questions, comments, or anything that should be added, you may neomail me.
Don't be afraid to ask other questions, that's what I'm here for.

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Score 150,000† points in Hannah and the Pirate Caves.


Tips, Tricks, and Other Information

  • Start with the tutorials even if you are not playing for the first time. The points you earn in the tutorials count during regular gameplay.
  • Even if it isn't necessary to break a wooden crate, break it anyway. It is worth 15 points.
  • Setting off dynamite is worth 75 points.
  • Destroying a wooden platform is worth 60 points.
  • Shooting off an arrow is worth 45 points.
  • Breaking a metal crate is worth 15 points.
  • Treasure is worth 55 points during the game, and when you finish the level they add up to 500 a piece. These are required to advance to the next level.
  • Picking up a life crate is worth 555 points and will give you one life.


    Difficult Areas

    The part in level 19 with the boulder/platform trap is a stumper. Here is how to solve it:
    **This solution has been corrected. Thanks to those who helped fix it.**

  • Bottom Left Platform -- Push the boulder right off the platform, then push it five spaces right.
  • Middle Left Platform -- Push it right off the platform, and don't do anything else.
  • Top Left Platform -- Push left, leave this one alone also.
  • Highest Platform [Left Boulder] -- Push left, then drop DOWN and push it 2 spaces right.
  • Bottom Right Platform -- Push left.
  • Top Right Platform -- Push left.
  • Highest Platform -- Push the boulder right.
    Gems


    While playing, you might notice green gems that seem inaccessible. During the game, they're worth 85 points, but when you finish the level they are worth 5000 extra points! The walkthroughs below will tell you how to get to them.

  • [Tutorial] Level 1 -- When you get close to the end with all the jumps, jump all the way to the last gap. Jump into the gap, and you will find a loose boulder. Jump over it and push it left off the ledge so it drops down and smashes the wooden platform. Jump down after it into the platform, and make sure you fall to the left of the boulder. Run to the right to get to the gem.

  • [Tutorial] Level 2 -- When you get to the very end you will see two wooden platforms. Jump up to the top platform, then jump right into the wall. You will enter a secret area. Crawl left to get to the gem.

  • [Tutorial] Level 3 -- When you get to the boulder trap don't run left. Wait for them to fall, climb on top of them and continue left.

  • [Tutorial] Level 4 -- After the dynamite you knock upward to make fall down breaks the wooden platform, jump down after it and jump left into the wall. Keep running left to get the gem.

  • [Tutorial] Level 5 -- At the end, jump over the exit door and into the wall to your left. You will find a secret area. Keep on running and jumping left until you find the gem.

  • Level 1 -- At the very beginning, immediately jump (over the spikes) to the left into to the wall. Run left to get to the gem. Go up the ladder, then left, and crouch down to get out.

  • Level 2 -- Jump into the water. In the deeper section (the one before the wooden platform) swim against the left wall for the hidden passage. Run left to get to the gem.

  • Level 3 -- Collect everything at the bottom, and get to the exit up the ladders. Activate the arrow on the left, and another arrow will drop. Activate that, then go down and wait for the boulders to fall and destroy the spikes. Collect the treasure that falls. Push the loose boulder to the left and drop into the floor next to it. Run right to get the gem.

  • Level 4 -- Complete the level. At the very end when the metal boxes fall to get the last bit of treasure, don't go to the exit. Run to the left and wait on the last piece of the wooden platform. Some boulders will eventually fall allowing you to jump up to get the gem.

  • Level 5 -- Jump up to the area where the heart is. Jump onto the heart, and bounce left into the wall. You'll fall. Go left and jump at the ledge to get the gem.

  • Level 6 -- When you finish the level, get to where the exit is, Don't go through it yet. Jump onto the ledge above it, and keep jumping up. Run left at the top where the gem lies. Then swim back to the exit.

  • Level 8 -- Near the beginning there is a ladder you need to climb up, then another where you need to climb down. Climb down until you reach an area where opens out on both sides a bit. Drop left and crawl left into the passage. When you get to the secret area, hurry because it's filled with water. Crawl left under the dynamite, hit the arrow, and immediately crawl right before it explodes. Wait for the gem to drop down, and collect it. Then make your way back to the actual level to go on.

  • Level 10 -- Complete most of the level until you reach the exit. Jump left onto the boulder, then go down and left. Keep going down and left until you drop into water with a boulder at the left. Crawl/swim left all the way long until you reach a ladder. Go up the ladder to get the gem. Go back to the water and crawl/swim left. Come up for air, the push the boulder all the way right. You end up back at the beginning.

  • Level 11 -- When you get into the water with the skull swimming, push the loose boulder left until it drops. Then swim to the other side, get some air, and you'll see another loose boulder. Push it left over the spikes until it drops and you can't push it. Keep going left until you get to the gem.

  • Level 12 You must activate each arrow in order. Make sure the one you activate does not activate any others. To get the gem wait until you have collected everything, the drop into the pit on the far right of the exit and crawl left. Set off the arrow crate. Crawl back, and the gem will fall at the main exit door.

  • Level 13 -- When you have 19 chests collected, don't go get the last four. Run and jump left up to the exit, and jump to the closed exit door. Jump right and crawl through the wall. You will drop down to the secret area. Run right and activate the arrow. The gem will drop. Crawl back to the main level and get the rest of the treasure.

  • Level 14 -- When you get to the part where you set off an arrow trap that goes right and hits dynamite, quickly follow the arrow and collect the 9 treasure chests behind it. Then run quickly to the left and duck. Wait for the 3 arrows to pass, run right again and the gem will fall.

  • Level 15 -- When you drop into the water, swim down past the first set of spikes. Before you reach the second, swim left into the speckled wall. Quickly swim left and dodge the spikes to get the gem, then quickly swim back left to the passage for air.

  • Level 16 -- Go up and collect everything there. Set off the arrow, drop down, and run left quickly. The arrow will break the passage free. Go down and crawl to the bottom as everything around you explodes. At the bottom, don't go to the exit. Climb up the ladder. Go to the very top of the level. Get the heart block, then run and jump all the way to the left and you'll fall near the gem. Jump to it, then set off the arrow crate to go back to the exit.

  • Level 17 -- The water rises fast in this level. Collect everything until you get to the exit at the end. Swim over the door, go down and left into the wall. The passage contains the gem.

  • Level 18 -- Go down the first ladder to get the treasure, then climb back up. You will continue to collect treasure and eventually go up two sets of ladders. Keep going up and follow the level. You'll come out of an opening that has three wooden ledges. Climb the big ladder up, collect all the treasure, and keep going left. When you reach a wall, jump through it to get the gem.

  • Level 19 -- For the set of arrows that trigger the boulders, there's 3 upward arrows to release the last treasure. Jump down after the first arrow and move up then right. There is an arrow that will release the gem.

  • Level 20 -- At the very end, jump over the exit. Crawl left, and you will drop into a small tunnel. Run left and you'll reach many small ledges. Jump all the way to the top and go right to get to the gem.

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From: mysweetdream29

WALKTHROUGHS

Level 1: A water level!!! It's not too hard though, because the water doesn't start flowing right away. Run to the right and collect the treasure, avoid the enemy of course. If the water fills up a bit where the next few treasures are, swimming up and avoiding running into the pawkeet might be tricky! Jump up and go right, there are some boxes of treasure there. Go up the platforms, and go left. Collect the treasure, if it says 17/18 treasures don't worry! Go right, and right beside the exit door is the last treasure. Get it, and there you go :) If you decide to go into the secret area and collect the gem, the only way out is coming out of the one wall. But if you do that, you missed quite a few treasures. Go back and get them! Be careful, by then the water level might be up quite a ways! Very easy level. NOTE: A few users, mainly choicefresh have reported that when you are dodging boulders some point in the level, if you go to the right you may get stuck.


Level 2: Jump up and collect the three treasures. Then go down the ladder, get the forth one, and go in the water. Swim over to the far right, collect two treasures, them jump up to the platforms above. See on the top one there is an arrow box? Hit it from the side, then get out of the way (either jumping to the platforms at your left or sticking to the one your on near the wall is good) Collect the treasure in sight, then jump up and release the other arrow box you see. Go into the water below, and dive down. There's your last four treasures. And if you want, break all the crates and go down further for an extra life! (recommended you break the crates, then go back up for air, THEN go down for the extra life!) After that, swim to the left. The boulders that fell allow you to climb up. Pretty self-explanatory from then on, just head for the door!

Level 3: Another water level! Quickly go to your right and crawl into that gap, and get those four treasures. Don't wait until later, because it's harder to. Go up, and you'll see the exit door and a few treasure chests. Ignore them for now, and proceed to the right. Crawl through all that annoying area, then get the two treasures waiting for you. Now, you must wait for the water level to rise so you can hit the arrow box. When you hit it, quickly move to the right or left because a few boulders are going to fall. Let the water level take you up, then climb the ladder. Go left, get some treasures, then go left some more. Hit the arrow box, and when it makes another one fall, hit it. Collect all the treasures along the way to the left. See how the last arrow made a bunch of boulders fall? Now swim down and get the last treasure that also fell with the boulders. Head for the exit. Be care of the pawkeet enemy! Another easy level completed.


Level 4: The levels just barely begin to get hard ;) Just go left, and of course avoid that monkey petpet. Don't bother trying to get the treasures right above the door, you have to get them later. And that arrow you come across while your going left, you can't reach it right now. Just continue going left and collect the treasures, then set off the arrow. It will set off another one, and that will set off dynamite. Stay out of the way, because three boulders will fall to break the platform you see so you can go in the water. With the boulders, and arrow will fall. Set it off, then swim to the right to collect treasures. Swim up to where another platform is and return to the land. That last arrow you set off released a boulder. Now you can stand on it, and jump up and reach that arrow you seen and couldn't reach earlier. Release the arrow, then watch all the metal boxes fall. When that's done, go over and climb up them to get the remaining treasures. Then go to the exit! Anot! her level completed


Level 5: ANOTHER water level, only tricker this time. Start going up, and up, and up, and when you see the exit door keep going up. Be careful of the three enemies along the way! After you get up to the very top of the level, push the boulder you see to the right until it falls. Jump down and push it to the left. Jump down again (this time I advise you look down by press down to make sure when you leap you won't fall into an enemy and lose a life) Keep going down, and if you want, jump off the ladder to the right and get the free life (or enter the secret area), otherwise, make sure you just get to where the boulder fell next to the monkey petpet, and push it right. Jump/swim down and the boulder will break through a platform at the very bottom. Go and collect the treasures (be sure the boulder doesn't fall on you while you do this) then swim up! Get to the door, and then your done level 5!

Level 6: Yet ANOTHER water level! Go right, don't even worry about going left. Crawl around and go down. Hit the arrow box, then jump, because it's gonna set off another arrow box, then jump again, because THAT arrow box is gonna set off another one! Then wait for the third one to make the dynamite explode so you can jump up and go into the water. Be careful of the skull enemies! It's sometimes hard to avoid them while swimming. Dive down to the far right and get some treasures, then go to the left and set off the arrow so some boulders can come break that platform you see. Swim down and get the treasure. Then swim up and go left, crawling through that gap. I advice you go up for air before going down and getting the next three sets of treasure. Now if the water level isn't high enough, you must wait for it to rise so you can be able to get the last treasure that is up on a high ledge. Once you do that, go back underwater and go to the right. The water level should be high e! nough by then so you can swim up to the exit door. Voila!!!


Level 7: Now this is an interesting level. Swim down from the starting point. See the exit door down there? You'll be returning to this point later. Jump up the platforms, and go right. Jump on the arrow, then QUICKLY go right s'more, because the arrow eventually sets off dynamite that will let metal crates fall and then you will be trapped. It also sets off some boulders which break the platform below you, so you can go down into the water. Ignore the treasures above you for now. Go down into the water. Collect the treasure, get some air, and go down into the water further. Collect more treasures, go to the air gap for some more air. Continue down further into the water. I advise you go to the air gap before collecting the treasure and/or breaking all the crates (which I might add gives you some points!) After that, swim up, collect 3 more treasures. Then hit the crate, and then hit the arrow after it falls. After the arrow sets off dynamite, continue to the right. Now when!
you go up and crawl to the area with the dynamite and metal crates, you have to jump up and hit the dynamite, then quickly crawl right to get out of the way of the explosion. Now jump up, and go to the left of the next dynamite you see. Hit it from the left, and it will get rid of the crates so you can go down. Remember all the falling boulders earlier and that little bit of treasure? Well your back there. Go left and be careful of the mites. Jump up to the platform from the boulders, then from there jump up on the big pile of boulders. Jump down into that little gap, and get the last two treasures. Jump up and proceed left. After crawling and setting off an arrow, go down. It released some crates and a boulder. Carefully destroy the crates then push the boulder to the left. It will break the platforms, and then you can swim down to the exit door! And please don't ask about the gem in this level. It's a glitch; it's impossible to reach the arrow you need to in order to get!
the gem. But the secret area is perfectly accessable. :)


Level 8: It may not look like it, but this is another lovely water level!!! First of all, push that boulder you see to the right and into that gap with the mites. Then you can jump up on the platform, and hit the crate so the dynamite falls. After that, hit the dynamite from the right so it breaks that platform. Go down and hit the arrow. Now some dynamite will go off, so now you can go through that little area to the right. Push the one boulder out of your way while your crawling. Now continue right, and climb the ladder. Go left to collect some treasure, then go up the ladder some more. To the far right there is some more treasure. After you collect that push the boulder you see to the left, then go down. Leave the boulder where it is for right now. Go down and right, and set off that arrow. Go back to the left, and go up to push the boulder you left behind to the right, breaking all those platforms. Now you can go down. Go left and set off that arrow. Wait for all the stu! ff to start falling then go down. Here it gets a bit tricky... Set off that one dynamite and wait, the collect that treasure. Then go up and set off the other one, collect a treasure. ect. Until you go to the next area. Go over to the ladder, crossing a floor of metal crates, and go down. After you go down, you see all the metal crates and some wooden crates. Hit all the wooden crates you can reach, then go back up the ladder. Go back to the right to all the metal crates, and go down. The last treasure you need is now availible! Go up, and proceed right. Keep going until you see a skull enemy, and a ladder. Go up the ladder. Hopefully you haven't drowned yet, so you can go through the door! :) There ya go!
How to get the heart- Submitted by grzestomola
On the left of first ladder is a small cave where are wooden crates and treasures. You must crouch down and run left into the water tunnel. Then jump left above the gap and there you can see heart on the end of cavern. You can go back the same way or fall down to the start point.


Level 9: This is a fun level! Right away, jump over to the left. Don't worry about going to the right at all. Jump up to set off the arrow, then jump up again to get on the platform. Jump to the other platform, then quickly jump to the ladder you see to your right because the arrow you just set off is causing boulders to come your way! After getting off the ladder, you need to jump on the crate that is hovering between the land your standing on and the land you need to get too. Jumping on it will cause you to bounce (if you just fall on it you don't bounce I don't think), so just press right as you bounce off it. Jump again and hit the crate, then grab for the ladder when the crate makes you bounce. Now you need to jump from ladder to ladder to ladder. You have to press over and jump at the same time (--no html comments- and space bar) I fine for ME, it does it when I press over first and then space bar quickly after. Go over and break that crate, then get out of the way of ! the boulder. After the two boulders fall, jump down onto one of them. Jump up, and go collect the treasure to the right. Come back, and crawl through the area with the boulder, pushing it left. Keep pushing it until it falls and breaks the mites. Go down on the little platform, then go for the ladder. This is the part that has a lot of people troubled. You have to get on the right part of the ladder so you can jump to your left and hit the arrow. I suggest you position yourself around the fifth-sixth step on the ladder (counting from the top) Use the technique you used earlier for jumping from ladder to ladder, pressing over and jump at the same time. ). Be careful because the arrow might hit you. Now while your waiting for a bunch of explosions to occur and the boulders to fall, go left and swim down to get four treasures. Go back up, and swim to the right. Don't be scare of swimming over the mites, as long as you don't jump and come back down on them they won't hurt you. ! Just keep pressing up and over until you reach the stair-case boulders , then just jump up. Collect the remainder of the treasure, and head for the door!


Level 10: Another fun level! First of all, go down the ladder to collect 6 treasures. Go back up and climb the three sets of ladders. After you crawl a bit and set off the arrow, quickly continue to the left or you will get smushed by falling boulders! Collect the two treasures that fell with the boulders, then proceed. Go over to the wooden dynamite. You need to jump up under it to set it off. Run to the right, and wait for it to hit the metal dynamite. After they start to go off, jump over to the left to fall through the gap the explosions created. Don't wait too long or you'll either get hurt by the dynamite or fall on the mites below! Next, crawl and hit the arrow. Quickly go for the platform! Jump up, and make your way along the platform, jumping over piles of metal crates and collecting the treasures, because the arrow you had to set off will cause all the dynamite to explode and you don't want to get caught up in that. When you reach the end of it all, climb up the la! dder, then the other one and jump over for a treasure. Set off that arrow, then proceed to the right quickly before the dynamite underneath your feet explode! Jump for the platform when you read the end and be careful because the boulders might be falling soon, collect the treasures, and go into the door! Easy!


Level 11: I HATED this level SO much! It took me over 50 tries to beat it I swear! But I got it eventually :) And heres how. First, you push the boulder you see to the left, and when it drops down, push it left again and it will fall into place. Set off the arrow you see to your left, be careful that it doesn't hit you! (this happens to me A LOT) When it breaks the wooden crate and a boulder falls down, push the boulder to the left by crawling and pushing at the same time. After that is out of your way, set off that arrow you see. Go back to the right and climb a ladder, and set off the third arrow. Go down the ladder, and continue right until you fall into some water. Swim down and collect treasure. Swim up, then jump up on the platforms above, and jump to the right (be careful of the mites above your head) Go right, and drop down into another water pit, and collect some more treasure. Swim up, then climb up to the top of the area and go left. Crawl through that area going ! past the ladder again, and jump into that water. Swim left until you reach a ladder, ignore the opening in the water going down. As you reach the top of the ladder, press over and jump like you did in the earlier level. Do it again but this time your aiming for the small gap. As you fall onto a ledge, go down again, and then into the water where you see an arrow. Set it off, and move to the right so the 6 falling metal crates don't hit you. When the crates fall, you will be able to get on top of them and reach the ladder you see. Go up that ladder, down the next, then up the last one. Just up to his the crate that is holding up and arrow. JUMP down (falling will just make the arrow hit you) on the arrow box, and go to the right (of course using the two ladders) The arrow made it so that you can now dive down into the water to your right. Swim down, and go left and head for the air gap. Be careful of the skull enemy! The loose boulder beneath you needs to be pushed to the ri! ght, so do so. After it falls down out of site, swim down. Go to one o f the two air gaps before going for big amounts of treasure. If you'd like an extra life, go down and collect the treasure to the bottom right and break the crates as well. Then go to the left of the boulder that is on your left, and push it three times to the right. It will break through that small platform and crush the two sets of mites as well, then swim down for the extra life. Now after this, you have to swim to the right. BE VERY CAREFUL OF THE MITES, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE! Break through the bunch of crates quickly, because if you stick around, two metal crates will fall onto you. Keep going, and when you come to a platform and dynamite, hit the dynamite from below, it will quickly explode upward and get rid of that pesky platform, then swim up and quickly either go left or right for some air. You will have to proceed to the right regardless. Remember this area? Your back to the beginning. Crawl to the ladder, and go up. Go to your left, and exit through the door! Sound!
easy? ;)


Level 12: This level looks easy enough at a first glance, BUT theres a trick to it: You have to think before you set off an arrow! Certain arrows go certain directions, and if you don't do this all correctly, you won't have enough arrows to help you get all the treasures. Basically, you need to set off arrows that won't set off OTHER arrows or you will mess up. I will try to explain the order of the arrows as good as I can. First, go to the right and jump up all the platforms, and after you reach the top one go left. Go to the second last one, and see that arrow pointing downwards? Jump on it then fall down with it. Collect the treasure. Go back to the right, and climb up the platforms again, and go left to the very last platform this time. There is an arrow pointing to the right out a ways, jump out and set it off, then fall down to the left. Collect that treasyre Near the left wall there is an arrow pointing upwards. Set it off from under it, and collect the treasure that ! falls. Next, when your to the right wall, the lowest arrow which is pointing left, is your next target. Set if off, then go collect the treasure. Go back to the right, and jump up to the second platform, and set off the arrow that is pointing downwards, and collect the treasure. Next jump up to the very small platform you started out on, and hit the arrow pointing to the right and run over to get the treasure. Then, go up on the platforms, and hit the arrow that is pointing to the ground, then hit the one near it that is pointing to the left, and then you can hit the last one which SHOULD be point upwards :) Collect all the treasure, and then your done!


Level 13: Water level!!! This level is not very fun. You have to work your way up throughout the whole level and collect treasure along the way ;) But it's not that hard. First of all, wait for the water level to rise a nd, then go to the left obviously. There will be a gap to crawl through. Go in there, collect treasure, then come out and go up the ladder. When you see another ladder above the one you just climbed, don't go up it, go right and get one treasure. Now go back up the ladder, and obviously go right again where there is another single treasure. Return to the ladder, then go up, left, then down, the left again. Keep going left until you go past a ladder and crawl for some treasure. Then go back to the ladder, and go up. Go left, then go down the first ladder you see. Go left for treasure. Go back up the ladder, then go left again for more treasure. Go up the second ladder, and continue up. Push the boulder through the area you have to crawl through to the right, t! hen go down and get some treasure. Go back up, and continue up/left. Go left and push another boulder out of your way, and go down for the last four treasures. Swim up, and go left and jump up on the boulders that are sitting on ledges. Jump up. See the door? Now push the boulder to the right and after it smushes a mite, jump on the boulder, then leap for the door! Done! I hope I explained that well enough :)


Level 14: This is a pretty easy one! First go left and down the ladder. Be careful of the funny looking ghost gleam pirate, because you need to push three boulders that are to the right back to the little gap you see in front of you. Go over and push the first one, then the second, and the third. After you've done that, stand on the boulder, and jump up to hit the crate that is holding and arrow box. (If the ghost gleam comes by while your pushing a boulder, you can crawl and push at the same time) After you've set off the arrow, go back up the ladder and go right. Hit the wooden dynamite from the left so it will blast some of the large metal crates collection you see, and continue on collecting the one treasure as well (ignore the fact there are three metal dynamites there as well). When you come to a strange gap with mites, while jumping across it be sure to hit the arrow above you. Then wait for another arrow to fall. Set it off, and wait for some explosions to occur to t! he right. Now go right, and quickly collect the bunch of treasures. But you have to stick around for a minute!!! Another arrow was set off, and it's suppose to come down and hit the dynamite you see to the right and set off the three arrows as well. But if you collect the treasure and just simply run left for the door without waiting for the arrows to be set off, you'll be stuck and you'll have to restart the level, because the three arrows set off the three metal dynamites you saw earlier and if that doesn't happen then your stuck right there because the metal crates would be stacked to high to jump over! After the explosions, you can climb over the remainders of the metal crates, and go to the door! Completed.


Level 15: This level is okay. Ignore the door and the treasures above you. You'll get to them later. Go down the ladder, and jump over to the platform pressing over and jump. Set off the arrow, then quickly return back to the ladder and climb it, and go right. Keep going right until you see two arrow boxes. The one farthest away should be pretty much set off by the time you reach it, and it flies into another arrow right beside it, and that arrow points up. Quickly jump over where the two arrow crates were, don't worry the arrow going up shouldn't hit you if your fast, and land on the ledge right there. After some boulders and metal crates fall, go down and go left. After jumping over the line of mites, go set off the arrow you see that is next to a metal dynamite crate and another arrow. After the dynamite goes off and sets off the other arrow, go back to the right, and wait for the bunch of boulders to fall. Go down, and into the water. Swim right then up, and jump up onto!
the ledge. See the platform and arrow above you? Now, you have to quickly set off the arrow after you jump up on the platform, then QUICKLY, jump up onto the ladder above you! And go up it fast! Because the arrow you set off is gonna set off dynamite that is all along the ladder and if you don't move quickly, either the ladder will be blown up and you'll be trapped or you'll be blown up! After you reach the top of the ladder, go right on the platform, and set off the arrow pointing right. After you do, DON'T forget there is treasure right there!!! Gather them quickly, then run to the left, and quickly climb up the ladder! It's just like the last one, you have to go quick or you might get hurt. Now when you reach the top of the ladder, jump to the left (be careful of the cute little skeleton enemies!) Collect the two treasures, proceed left, then go down. Go to the left until you reach familiar area. Crawl a bit, where there is some metal crates, then go down again. Collect!
some treasure to the right of you. Then jump on the arrow below you,
and quickly as you can, drop down and crawl to the left, because that arrow sets off another arrow that’s coming your way! And if that's not all, when you finally reach a ladder, notice the dynamite! The arrow is heading for it, so again you have to climb very quickly! (And when your done crawling and heading for the ladder, the arrow is close behind so I suggest you jump for the ladder when your close enough or the arrow will hit you) After you climb to the very top of this tall ladder, jump right, and continue to the right. You will eventually fall down a small gap. Remember this area? :) Collect the treasure, then go to the door! Level finished!


Level 16: This level is iffy... it's more based on luck than skill! First of all, if you want, you can go collect some treasure that you see. Go up the ladder. Jump up on the platform, get the few treasure, then go over and go up the other ladder. Jump up on the one platform, collect the treasures, then jump up and set off the arrow. Go back down, and go left, and get those treasures, then wait for all the fun! Just wait for all the dynamite to go off and such. Collect all the possible treasures along the way. Be careful of the arrows that are coming from above to set off all the dynamite. When you fall enough that there is a wooden crate and arrow to the right, JUMP on the crate, then JUMP on the arrow and bounce back to the metal crates. The quickly run to the left and wait. Now there are different things that can happen here. Sometimes all the wooden dynamites that fall will explode while all the metal ones are exploding. Sometimes they won't, and you'll care to carefully!
set them off. If you fall down to where you can see a gem and an arrow to your left, go over and get the gem, then set off the arrow, then go back to the right and climb up to get the treasures. Whether the wooden dynamite exploded or landed and you had to set them off, you need to be careful when collecting all the treasures. They are under metal crates and dynamite so be careful that you don't get crushed. This may take quite a few tries! There is no possible way to explain this simply, so hopefully this walkthrough helped at least a little. :) If you got all the treasures, go down, and go right to the door. Hopefully this won't take too long for you to complete!!!


Level 17: This level is pretty easy. But it's a water level even though it doesn't seem to be! I think I beat it on my first try! First swim to the right and break ALL the crates around the arrow, then set off the arrow and wait. Eventually, the metal dynamite and crates you see nearby will go off, making it so you can swim up and go on land! First wait for the water level to rise a bit though. After that, obviously go left. Wait for the water to rise again so you can get some treasure above. Do this again for the next bit of treasure you come across. While continueing left, your going to have to stop to collect treasures off out of the way to the left twice, then to the right once. Start going up, and go to the left to collect treasure again. Then hit the arrow you see in your way and wait for the boulders to fall. Be careful you don't get hit. Now go up and begin to go to the right. There will be an area with a whole whack of treasures. Swim down there and after you collec! t them the door will open. Go out of there then up a bit, and continue to the right. Crawl though a long area, and don't worry you shouldn't drown during this. Continue on until you fall down and come to the area where the door is to your left. Voila! Easy peasy! :)


Level 18: Another water level! Am I the only person who hates these? Quickly go down the ladder, and go down and find the treasure. Go back up the ladder, and by the time your up there, the gap with mites all along the bottom should be filled up with water. Swim through there, and keep going right. When you see a ladder with two ledges on either side holding treasure, continue right first. You will come to an arrow, so hit it, and it will strike a crate and a treasure will fall down. Swim/run (depending on how fast you depends on the water level!) back to the left and go up the ladder, collecting the two treasures on the sides, and at the top of the ladder go right. Be careful, ther eare three enemies amongst the area you have entered. There are three platforms, and on the middle there is a boulder. You need to push it from the left and push it off the platform. Then go down below the bottom platform, where there is another boulder. Also push it to the right until it falls d! own a gap. Now, jump up the platforms until you come to the top one, and hop onto the ladder above you. When you reach the top of the ladder, go left and jump over the gap. There is dynamite and a boulder. Hit the dynamite from the right and it will land on the metal crates you see blocking the way. After they explode, push the boulder you see to the right until it falls down the gap. Go left and drop down. Go over to the arrow you see, and jump on it. It will set off a metal dynamite and destroy metal crates that are in your way, blocking off treasure. Collect the treasure. The door opens, BUT, if you wanna get out you can't, unless you wait for the water level, because there are still some metal crates attatched to the area you have to jump over and it's too high. If you wait a long time for the water level, you'll have to dive down, avoid the three enemies, and at the same time, the most recent boulder you pushed will be sitting there at the bottom. You'll need to push t! hat to the right into a gap, like you did earlier. Then you'll need to swim down quickly, and you'll see the boulders you pushed. Then go left and go to the door. If you do it this way, you'll MOST LIKELY drown before you reach the door. I couldn't beat the level this way. The way I beat it was... Backing up. After you get all the treasures that open the door and your waiting for the water level, instead of waiting, continue to the left, and enter the wall. Secret Area! Continue left, and eventually after you get the gem, you'll drop into open area. You should reconize this place at least a little. Go down, down down, then right, right, right. Remember these places? There should be air gaps along the way! Now climb up that ladder you climbed up before. Another air gap should be nearby. Now go right, and go down. Be care of the enemies. Go down, and push the boulder that you most recently pushed from up above right. After you push it far enough that it goes down the gap, swim down quickly, and go right. Swim quickly! By the time I did it this w! ay, I had like 1 air bubble left and I lost it once I reached the door! You might have to try this level a few times, but it's not that hard! :)


Level 19: I love this level. It's one where you really have to think before you do something, but in a fun way! First, collect the 8 treasures if you'd like. You could always go back to them after. The boulder you see that isn't next to treasure needs to be pushed to the right. After it falls off the ledge onto the one below, jump down, crawl to the left, then push it again so its snug in the corner below. Now go back up, and push the boulder on the bottom to the right. After it's beside the other boulder, go back for the third boulder, and of course push it down until it's in line with the other two. Go to the right and collect the other 8 treasures. Ignore the boulder that is beside the four treasures in the gap. You won't be needing it. Climb up the ladder and hop on the ledge. The boulder that is right next to the gap needs to be pushed off the ledge. Push it to the left, then fall down with it. After it lands on the line of three boulders, push it to the right. It will ! half break the first platform. Now go back up the ladder, and push the other boulder that is on the top to the left. Fall with it, and push it to the right. It will break through the small platform that is blocking your way. Crawl to the right, and lightly retrieve the first two treasures that are holding up a boulder. After the boulder falls, jump on top of it. Carefully collect the one treasure that is right in front of you. When the boulder falls, don't worry, you can STILL get the treasure beneath it. Just hop around, pressing jump and right (space and --no html comments-) at the same time. Eventually, you will get the treasure. I'm not sure how it works, but it works! Do the same for the next two treasures, then head for the left. Collect the four floating treasures, and head down the ladder. Go up the four platforms you see above you, collecting the 16 treasures. Now, you see all the arrows and boulders above you. After you jump up and set off the arrow that is pointi! ng up, move to the right. When the boulder to the left falls and break s through the platform your standing on, jump to the left and fall after it. If you stick around to the right, two boulders will smush you! After you land, wait for the other two boulders to come land and break the platform that was blocking your way. Go down and collect four treasures, then proceed going down then right. Now this part has everyone stumped, you have to make the boulders drop in certain directions. But here’s the solution as simply as I can explain it Bottom Left Platform: Push the boulder to the right, then when it lands on the ground, push it five more spaces to the right. Middle Left Platform: Push the boulder to the right. It will break through a platform below. Collect the treasure. Top Left Platform: Push the boulder to the left. It will break through a bunch o' platforms, then you will be able to collect a treasure below and continue on through the level when your done here. Highest Platform with Two Boulders: The boulder to the left needs to be pushed!
off to the left. When it hits the ground, push it over two spaces to the right. Bottom Right Platform: Push it to the left. When it falls, it will fall on the boulder below, then slide off it and smash through a platform. Collect the treasure. Top Right Platform: Push the boulder off to the left. This one will also hit a boulder below and slide off it and smash a platform. Collect the treasure. Highest Platform with Two Boulders: The last boulder. Push it off the platform to the right. It will smash through the platforms below. Go down and collect the last treasure. There you go! Now after you've done that, go to the small gap that is next to the ladder. Go down, collect 8 treasures. Go down again and collect four more treasures. Go set off the arrow that is pointing right, and wait for all the other arrows to activate and shoot upward and let the one treasure fall. After it falls, quickly jump down for it. To your right, there is a small gap with four treasures. Go over t! o it quickly, then get out of it quickly as well, because if you dilly dally, a bunch of boulders will fall and you'll be trapped there or smushed along the way! After that, go to the exit door and then your one step away from beating the game!!!


Level 20: Another fun level, and also my favorite! It's like a race! I beat this on one try, it was so easy. Now, your not gonna be to stop for ONE second in this one, or you'll totally mess everything up. First, jump down from the starting point, and automatically you'll set off an arrow. Now you have to get going. Jump to the platform to the right, collect the treasure, jump to the next platform, get the next treasure, ect. ect. Just follow the path of the platforms, and keep it snappy, because the arrow set off is causing boulders above all the platforms to fall and if you stick around you'll be all messed up! After you jump from the last platform, wait for the arrow off to top right of you to be set off. It will set off many boulders. As they start to drop and crush the long row of mites before you, start to carefully cross them. Half way, extra boulders will start falling so be careful not to get in their way or you'll be crushed! After you reach the end of that mess, b! egin to head down, collecting treasures on the sides of the wall. But be careful, every so many seconds, a boulder falls. It's best to collect the treasure, wait for a boulder to fall, then head for the next treasure below. When you reach the bottom, head to the left, and wait for the dynamite to go off. After it does, run past it and along the platform before the boulders above fall on you! After you reach the end of the platform, jump off it, collect the one last treasure, then continue to the left and run for the door!!!!

 

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Featured Article:

Neopets: The Darkest Faerie
in review

Title: Neopets: The Darkest Faerie

Publisher: SCEA

Developer: IdolMinds

Genre/Category: Adventure

System: PlayStation®2

Number of Players: 1

Number of Multitap Players: 1

Release Date: 11/2005




Cartoon Violence

Ordinarily, this section deals with something specifically on the Neopets.com site. This month is an exception with the release of the Neopets-themed PlayStation 2 game: The Darkest Faerie late in 2005. You can find a lot of information about it on their official site: http://www.us.playstation.com/Content/OGS/SCUS-97367/Site/?DCMP=BAC-Neopet&sc9ejf2=20379 On the official game information site, you can also play a mini-quest to unlock 4 wallpapers and 2 screensavers.

If you are looking for a guide for the actual PS2 game, Neopets: The Darkest Faerie, you may want to visit the quick walkthrough at http://www.trinitylast.com/Quests.txt or join the discussion board set up on GameFAQs.com at http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=927825

The official game site has a message board as well at: http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board?board.id=neopets

Because full length games require rather in-depth (and long) walkthroughs, I’m going to refer players to the links above for specifics. The rest of this article is mainly a ‘review’ of sorts.

Many of us have been eagerly awaiting this game since it was first announced as a PSOne game a couple of years ago on May 13, 2003. I hate to say that I was rather disappointed. A game this long in development should never be released this ‘glitchy’. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the story and ideas. The slow load times and interruptions as well as the bad camera angles make the already annoying control system feel clunky and like some sort of ‘last generation Zelda-wannabe’. Just because it’s geared for a younger audience is no excuse for some of the obvious shortcuts IdolMinds, the game developer, attempted to get away with from players. As much as I hate to say it, Dave Jesteadt hit the nail on the head in his review when he said: “...Everything seems like it was created four years ago, shelved and brought out on a rainy day when a semi-popular license could be bended around it....” Ok…perhaps that’s a bit harsh, but at the very least Neopets should have kept a much closer eye on a developer that only has 6 other titles to its credit and none of those in the same genre as what they’ve been asked to develop.


Here are a few of the well documented glitches that will keep you from going insane if/when you come across them:

Act One:

- Ixi Chieftan gets “stuck” in the environment. (Restart and try again. At least this is an easy boss…)

Act Two:

- You can’t leave the room in Fyora’s Tower after exploring. (You were told to rest, not explore. Save before you rest and do as you’re told next time ;) For now, restart and try again.)

Act Three:

- Giovanni wants me to find his assistant... who is standing on the ledge behind him. (Good luck. As far as I know, the only way to get that quest off the screen is to never get it in the first place.)

- Werelupe King jumps up/out of the arena and doesn’t return. (You DID save before you went in, right?)

Act Four:

- Disappearing mosaic pieces on restart. (If you want to save at the begining of Act 4, you must complete the mosaic tiles and leave the area. DO NOT SAVE HERE AND SHUT DOWN THE GAME. If you do, it will not load the mosaic pieces when you restart the game.)

- Gladiator activated, but still on quest screen. (It also could be one of the other heroes. No worries. If you got the cut scene of him awakening, you completed it. Ignore the quest screen.)

Hopefully you won't come across any of these, but everyone I've talked with has run into at least two of the ones mentioned above.


Now that my rant is over, let me praise some of the high points. The combination of puzzle solving and ‘run and jump’ gameplay offers something for everyone. I give a definite ‘thumbs up’ to the voice-acting and musical scores. The first two “acts” in the story provide nice tutorials on how to use items/character specialties, and are both easy and straightforward to follow. Neopoints (looking very much like dubloons…) and healing items are very easy to acquire. To get them for free, just attack clumps of grass and bushes for random amounts. You’ll especially want to find the locations for the golden grass, which gives you much more at a time. The various game environments are spacious and give you lots of room to explore. The availability of many sidequests expands the gameplay nicely. The use of motes is a nice touch…especially on the mote-locked treasure chests. In addition, I think the treasures only visible once you buy its treasure map is also a nice touch.

All in all, I say rent (or borrow, if you can) and enjoy. Hopefully future Neopets releases will not be left in the hands of such sloppy developers. It’s not all gloom and doom and not even a total loss. I think most of my disappointment is that my hopes for it were so high to begin with. This had so much potential before IdolMinds got lazy. Based on the poor reviews and complaints I’ve seen so far, I hope the powers that be at Neopets or ViaCom take a little more time beta-testing before releasing Neopets Petpet Adventure: The Wand of Wishing for the PSP at the end of February.

As always, play safe and have fun!

~StaggPub~

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Name: Beefy Broccoli
Available: From the Main Food Store

Neopet’s Description: If you are in the mood for a great meal, you are in for a treat. Beefy Broccoli will satisfy your hunger.
TNE’s Description: This is easily one of my favorite dishes.

 

Ingredients:
  • 1/2  Lb Sirloin Steak Sliced Into 1/5"X 2" Strips
  • Large Stalks  broccoli -- (fresh or frozen)
  • 1/2  C. carrot strips parboiled for 2 minutes
  • 3 Tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 1/2  Tsp. salt
  • 1 Large onion -- cut into strips