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Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy Walkthrough, Guide, & Tips

Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy Walkthrough

Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy Walkthrough

Welcome to the Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy Walkthrough!

Help a young doctor, Tifet, stop the deadly disease that is afflicting his father!

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General Tips & Information

  • This is a point and click adventure game.
  • When the cursor changes to a “Pointing finger”, it is indicating the accessible areas in the game.
  • When the cursor changes to a “Fist”, there is the possibility of interacting on the background.
  • When the cursor changes to a “Mouth”, you can dialogue with a game character.
  • When the cursor changes to a “Map”, you can access the game map and transfer between locations.
  • To open or hide the inventory bar, simply right-click on the mouse.
  • The journal will give a brief synopsis of the past events.
  • Saving is carried out automatically as you progress through the game.
  • The Documentation button has numerous articles on the history of Heliopolis.

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Chapter 1: A Call For Help

  • You are awakened from a dream by a knock at the door.
  • Open the door and a messenger delivers a letter.
  • The letter is from your adoptive father, Djehouty. He is quite ill and wishes you home.
  • Click on the message to exit.
  • Turn around and take the Book of Remedies and the eye ointment from the counter.

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  • Exit the room to automatically travel to Heliopolis.
  • Walk forward three times and you are met by an old neighbor who gives you a map of Heliopolis.
  • Continue in the same direction, then turn right.
  • Walk forward until you see a yellow door on the left.
  • Enter the yellow door.
  • Go through the courtyard and enter the house.
  • A cut-scene shows you running through the house and up to the roof.
  • Walk to the far corner and speak with Djehouty.
  • He is very ill, but allows you to examine him.
  • Select examine when it appears in the bottom of the screen.
  • The Book of Remedies says it is an unknown disease.
  • Talk to Djehouty again and discuss the medical scrolls at the temple.
  • Exit the house and courtyard.
  • Walk to the left until the map appears.
  • Click to enter the map.
  • Move the cursor over the temple and click to enter.

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Chapter 2: Research the Sickness

  • After the entrance cut-scene, walk to the far right.
  • A man will inquire as to whom is in charge of the warehouse.
  • Once he leaves, continue to the door.
  • Speak to the man guarding the door several times until he tells you to prove that you are a priestess of Sakhmet.
  • A mini-game will appear.
  • The object of this mini-game is to move the tiles on the right, so they are in the same position as their counterparts on the left.
  • Holding your cursor over a tile will reveal its mate.
  • Slide the tiles around the grid to the proper formation.
  • The lower right tile appears when you have completed the puzzle.

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  • Enter the door and walk across the courtyard.
  • Talk to the guard at the door.
  • He needs to record the names of all who pass, but does not have the correct tools.
  • Turn and walk through the door on the left.
  • Walk across the courtyard and enter the right door.
  • Turn right and take the reed pen case from the shelf.

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  • Return to the library guard and give him the pen case to learn that he also requires ink.
  • Walk through the door on the left.
  • Cross the courtyard and enter the left door.
  • Walk forward and take the ink off the shelf.

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  • Return to the guarded door and discover that the guard has left.
  • Enter the library through the door.
  • Walk to and open the last cabinet on the left.
  • Read the remedies from the scrolls. They are added to your Book of Remedies.
  • Read the prophecy to learn that many more may become ill.
  • Take the scroll and the stone.

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  • Exit the library and walk to the door.
  • A cut scene will return you to the main courtyard.
  • Walk towards the main entrance and a woman will ask for your help.
  • Talk to her until you can use the examine feature.
  • Learn that both she and her husband have been ill since receiving wheat from the temple.
  • Walk towards the front gate once, then turn to the left.
  • Talk to and examine the small boy.
  • Give him the eye ointment from your inventory.
  • Turn right to the gate and click when your cursor becomes the map.
  • Inside the map, move the cursor over the Neighborhood, and click when the inset appears.

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Chapter 3: The Prophecy

  • Return to your house with the yellow door.
  • Cross the courtyard and enter the house.
  • Walk through the door on the back wall and turn to the left to see the stairwell.
  • Go up the stairs to the roof and talk to your adoptive father.
  • Show him the prophecy scroll and tablet.
  • Learn that he also ate wheat from the temple.
  • You need to warn the Great Seer at the temple.
  • Exit the roof and enter the main room of the house.
  • Look down at the stool and take the ring.

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  • Exit the house and walk left to the map.
  • Return to the temple.
  • Once in the courtyard, walk to the right entrance flanked by the two seated statues.
  • Talk to the guard and find you need a letter of recommendation from your adoptive father.
  • Exit the temple courtyard and select ‘Neighborhood’ on the map.
  • Return to your home.
  • Cross the courtyard and enter the house.
  • Return to the roof and speak to Djehouty.
  • Djehouty agrees to write the letter and asks for parchment and his pens.
  • Exit the roof and return to the main room of the house.
  • Walk to the upper left corner.
  • Take the parchment, wheat grains, sleeping potion, and reed pens.

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  • Return to the roof.
  • Give Djehouty the reed pens, parchment and ink.
  • *Note- Djehouty will not take the parchment until he has the pens.
  • Place the letter into your inventory and exit the house.
  • Return to the temple and walk to the right gate, flanked by the two seated statues.
  • Give the guard the recommendation.
  • Walk through the gate.
  • Walk around the building and through the next gate into another courtyard.
  • The Grand Seer approaches you automatically.
  • Talk to him about the grain supply and he will ask for proof along with the granary report.
  • The Great Seer gives you a bracelet.
  • Place the bracelet into inventory.
  • Return to the main courtyard of the temple.

Chapter 4: The Grain

  • Walk through the left gate into the silo courtyard.
  • Wall to the rear wall and talk to the man sweeping.
  • He tells you where the inspector lives and that you should check out one of the silos.
  • Turn around and walk forward once.
  • Turn left and take the rope at the the base of the palm tree.

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  • Walk to the left side of the first silo.
  • Take the plank and combine it with the rope inside of your inventory.

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  • Walk to the third silo and go up the stairs.
  • Use the plank and rope on the opening.
  • After the cut-scene, pick up some grain.

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  • Look up and click on the rope to exit the silo.
  • Exit the silo courtyard.
  • Exit the temple courtyard and return to the neighborhood using the map.
  • Walk forward and talk to your neighbor to get directions to Hetep’s house.
  • Walk forward twice and turn right.
  • Enter the alley.

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  • Walk forward and enter the house.
  • Look at the far left corner and take the mirror and the scribe seal.
  • *Note- the seal shows as a bucket in your inventory.

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  • Exit the house and alley.
  • Turn left and walk forward to the map.
  • On the map, select the temple.
  • Walk to the far right gate.
  • Show the bracelet to the guard to gain access.
  • Walk across the courtyard and enter the library.
  • Walk to the rear and speak with the scribe.
  • He tells you to look in the cabinets on the right for the report.
  • Look in the center cabinet and take the fastener.

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  • Show the fastener to the scribe and he tells you that the markings indicate that it held the grain report.
  • Exit the library and walk right to the scribe’s school.
  • Talk to the Great Seer.
  • Give him the wheat stalk and the seal and fastener will follow automatically.
  • The Great Seer orders you to find a cure for this sickness.

Chapter 5: Find the Cure

  • Walk to the center of the courtyard.
  • The young boy informs you that Djehouty has taken a turn for the worse.
  • Exit the temple and return home.
  • Go to the roof and speak with Djehouty.
  • He is not feeling well and has been unable to decipher the tablet.
  • Djehouty gives you the tablet.
  • Place the tablet and parchment into inventory.
  • Inside of your inventory combine the tablet with ink.
  • Use the inked tablet on the blank parchment.
  • Show the legible parchment to Djehouty.
  • The answer must be in Sakhmet’s temple.
  • Exit the house.
  • Walk left to the map and return to the temple.
  • Walk through the gate flanked by the two seated statues.
  • Walk around the building and through the gate.
  • Cross the courtyard and go through the next gate.
  • Walk forward and enter the third door on the left.

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  • Walk to the rear of the warehouse and talk to Irou.
  • Choose the first selection of dialog to scare him into handing over the mallet.
  • Place the mallet into your inventory.
  • Exit the warehouse and go through the gate.
  • Cross the courtyard and go through the gate.
  • Walk forward and enter Sakhmet’s Temple.

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  • Click on the statue of Sakhmet to pray.
  • Look at the floor in front of the statue.
  • Place the mirror into the indentation.

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  • Look at the left wall for a small brick.
  • Click on the brick to find it is loose.
  • Use the mallet on the brick.

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  • The light comes in and reflects off the mirror.
  • Sakhmet’s statue moves, revealing a parchment under the statue.
  • Take the parchment and discover it is the recipe for the cure.
  • Exit Sakhmet’s temple and walk through the gate.
  • Cross the courtyard and enter the gate to the warehouses.
  • Enter Irou’s warehouse and look at the baskets on the right.
  • Take some caraway and juniper berries from the baskets.

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  • Walk to the center left cabinet and take the bean flour.

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  • Walk to the back of the warehouse and give Irou the gold ring.
  • He will tell you the honey is located in the first cabinet on the right.
  • Walk to the first right cabinet and take the honey.

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  • Exit the warehouse and temple area and return to the neighborhood via the map.
  • Walk forward eight times and talk to the vendor.
  • Give her the bracelet and she will trade lentils, dates, linseed oil and copper debens.
  • Turn left and walk to the next stall on the right.
  • Ask the vendor about willow leaves.
  • Give the vendor the dates in exchange for the willow leaves.
  • Ask the vendor about olive oil.
  • Give the vendor the copper in exchange for the olive oil.
  • Walk up the street just to the left of the stall to return to the harbor area.
  • Walk to the stall up near the water and to the right.
  • Ask the vendor about mandragore root.
  • Give the vendor linseed oil in exchange for the mandragore (labeled as mandrake in your inventory) root.
  • Ask about garlic.
  • Give the vendor the lentils in exchange for the garlic.
  • Ask the vendor about the fan tree leaves.
  • He will tell you who has them available if you help him with his terrible bellyache.
  • The book of remedies automatically appears, showing the recipe for the remedy.
  • Click on the beetle to close the book.
  • Return home and enter the house.
  • Walk forward to the cauldron.

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  • Place the honey, bean flour, juniper berries, and caraway into the cauldron.
  • You will automatically get the remedy for Djaou.
  • Exit the house to the street and turn right.
  • Walk forward seven times and turn left.
  • Walk forward into the alley and turn left to find Djaou.
  • Give the remedy to Djaou.
  • He does not have the fan tree leaves, but tells you the Nubian should have them at the house of beer.
  • Walk back to the harbor area and enter the second door on the right, just after you pass the scaffolding.
  • Speak with the shop mistress. She warns you that the Nubian is dangerous.
  • Ask her for beer.
  • Give the shop mistress honey in exchange for beer.
  • Walk to the back of the shop.
  • Talk to the Nubian until he tells you to get a trade permit from the governor.
  • Exit the shop and return to the map.

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Chapter 6: The Trade Permit

  • Select the Governor’s villa.
  • Walk forward to the first guard and ask to see the governor. He allows you to pass.
  • Walk to the next guard on the right.
  • Choose the responses that indicate you are infatuated with warriors and soldiers.
  • The first response is: “You’re a warrior, aren’t you?”
  • The second response is: “You look like a fine soldier to me. You must have had adventures in so many countries.”
  • The third response begins: “My whole life I’ve dreamed of meeting a warrior.”
  • The fourth response starts: “Listen, my husband is in there. Let me through. I could tell him…”
  • The fifth response begins” “My word is equal to the reputation of our country’s soldiers, untarnished.”
  • Turn left and walk forward.
  • A third guard approaches and will not let you pass. He is looking for the missing drummer girl.
  • Exit the building and enter the garden on the right.
  • Walk to the rear of the garden to the pavilion.
  • Take the drum from the sleeping girl.

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  • Return to where you spoke with the guard looking for the drummer.
  • The musician insists you play the drums.
  • The object of this mini-game is to play the drums so that the dancing girl moves all the way to the right.
  • Use any key from the right and left side of the keyboard to hit the drums.
  • Try to follow the beats in the playing music.
  • If you fail several times, lights will flash on the drums to show when you should play.
  • This pattern is repeating: RR-L-R, RR-L-R-L.

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  • Walk to the left side of the room and speak to the Governor.
  • He instructs you to go wait in his room.
  • Turn around and walk outside to the terrace.
  • Turn right and walk to the guard.
  • Talk to the guard to gain entrance to the Governor’s room.

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  • Take the scroll from the back counter.

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  • You automatically read the scroll to find it is the granary report that states there is a problem with the wheat.
  • The Governor arrives and you find that he is aware of the situation.

Chapter 7: Escape

  • After a number of cut-scenes, you awaken in an underground chamber.
  • There is a body nearby.
  • Look at the body to discover that it is Hetep.
  • Take the pickaxe.

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  • Enter the corridor on the right and follow it to a dead end.
  • Turn right and push on the rock mechanism on the wall.

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  • Return to the main chamber.
  • Enter the left corridor and follow it left, to a dead end.
  • Use the pickaxe on the rocks where the cat has been scratching.

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  • Walk forward to exit the corridor and enter the map.
  • Select the neighborhood on the map.

Chapter 8: Make the Remedy

  • Walk forward and the the Nubian informs you that Djehouty has passed away.
  • Enter your home and walk to the house.
  • You automatically run upstairs.
  • Talk to the Nubian and the young boy.
  • Exit the roof and return to the main room.
  • Talk to the girl to the left and discover that she has the sickness as well.
  • Walk to the right and take the fan tree leaves.

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  • Walk to the cauldron in the opposite corner.
  • Place in the cauldron, in order: willow leaves, mandrake, garlic, olive oil and the fan tree leaves.
  • Once you add the beer, a mini-game appears.
  • The object of this mini-game is to measure four units of beer.
  • If we call the 3-unit jug ‘A’, the 5-unit jug ‘B’ and the 8-unit jug ‘C’, make the following moves:Pour C into B.
    Pour B into A.
    Pour A into C.
    Pour B into A.
    Pour C into B.
    Pour B into A.

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  • The remedy will automatically appear in your hand.
  • Walk to the sick girl and give her the remedy.
  • After the cut-scene, you are on the roof.
  • Talk to the Nubian to learn he believes you should give the remedy to the Great Seer.
  • Exit the house and return to the map.
  • Select the temple as your destination.
  • Walk to the far right gate and talk to the guard.
  • Open the door and enter the library courtyard.
  • Walk through the left gate and across the courtyard.
  • Give the Great Seer the remedy.

Chapter 9: Evidence

  • Talk to the Great Seer and discover you need evidence against the Governor.
  • Exit the temple and return to the neighborhood.
  • Walk forward once and the Nubian advises you to make sure to quiet the Governor’s geese.
  • After the cut-scene, you are automatically at the Governor’s villa.
  • Enter the garden through the first entrance on the right.
  • Follow the wall on the left to the second garden entrance.
  • Inside your inventory, combine the sleeping potion with the wheat grains.
  • Feed the sleeping grains to the geese.

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  • Walk through this entrance and enter the villa.
  • Walk to the back of the room, along the right wall.
  • Stop by the last pillar.

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  • Wait for the guard to walk to the left, then quickly go to the Governor’s room.
  • Open the cabinet to the left of the Governor.
  • Move the statue to open the other cabinet.

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  • Turn around and take the granary report from the opposite cabinet.

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  • Walk to the door and wait.
  • Once the guard starts to the left, exit the room and enter the hall.
  • Quickly exit the villa.
  • The guard has awakened and is blocking your way.
  • Enter the gardens through the gate by the sleeping geese.
  • Look down in front of the gate and pick up some stones.
  • Throw the stones at the sleeping geese.
  • Walk along the wall to the other garden entrance.
  • Walk across to the alcove and take the key.

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  • Return to the garden.
  • Walk down the right to a door.
  • Use the stolen key to exit to the map.

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  • Select the Temple on the map.
  • Walk through the courtyard to the left door.
  • Walk to the Great Seer and give him the Granary report.

Congratulations!
You have just completed Egypt II: The Heliopolis Prophecy!