Gatorman Fortress

Gatorman Fortress
Region	The Big Moist
Area	Gatorman Fortress
Unlocked by	Find Charles' wrench, Charles' other wrench and Charles' wrench set in various locations abandoned campsites around The Big Moist.

Quests

Gatorman Fortress is where you complete the Chapter 4 main quest. There would normally be a detailed walkthrough here, but it's fairly linear, so going down the location details below provides a pretty good walkthrough.

Here's the short version. First:

• Defeat the outside guards, or
• Sneak past them and climb through the pipe.

Then:

• Defeat both sets of inside guards,
• Make them a feast in the Kitchen, or
• Give them a nap with the chemical barrel in the Supply Closet.

And then:

• Take a length of rusty chain from the supply closet.
• Follow the gatorman king down until he ends up dead.
• Grab the cursed key from his remains and open Charles' cage.

Interactions

Outside

HEY! HEY! ALARM! KILL HUMAN!
Enemies	Gatorman rage-jerk Gatorman rot-tooth Gatorman scream-mouth Gatorman weed-lord
XP (kill)	13-14
Drops	Unknown

Hall
Enemies	Gatorman scream-mouth Gatorman mire-chef Gatorman weed-lord Gatorman rage-jerk
XP (kill)	13-14
Drops	Unknown

Table
Enemies	Gatorman rage-jerk Gatorman rot-tooth (maybe) Gatorman mush-muncher
XP (kill)	13-14
Drops	Unknown

• A shadow pouch.
• Some gatorman guards at the front door. You can fight them, or sneak past in an amazing way with 6^ish Moxie.
• If you sneak past, you can crawl through a pipe if you have 7^ish Stench Armor. This puts you in the Kitchen.

Inside

• 3 guards at a table. You can fight them. If you're coming from the kitchen, sneak attack them with 5^ish Moxie to remove the Gatorman rot-tooth from the fight.
• 4 guards in the hall. You can get rid of them and the table guards peacefully: see Kitchen or Supply Closet, below.
• Charles, in a cage!
• Doors to Kitchen, Supply Closet, and Throne Room.
• An anvil where you can forge the mob's documents (but not forge an old ploughshare into a beaten sword - bug?).

Kitchen

• Find a a refrigerator on a chain.
• A dinner bell. Try to ring it; this enables making a feast.
• Kitchen sink / prep area. With 6^ish Muscle, you can prepare a feast. Then ring the dinner bell to remove all the guards (inside and out) and get 40 .
• A pipe to the outside.

Supply Closet

Fishing in the barrel
Limit	3/day
Items	fish in a sack

• Find wide loafers in the shoe box.
• Find a length of rusty chain. Grab it for later.
• A big rusty chemical barrel.
  • It's a fishing spot.
  • With a diving helmet or Cola Wars gasmask on, you can dump it out to remove the inside guards and gain 40 .

Throne Room

Fishing in the toilet
Limit	Once
Items	filthy scepter
Must have a rod equipped

• The gator king dives into the hole in the odd structure when you enter the room.
• A bookshelf where you can find one of three books:
  • To Stretch Man (Pig Skinner)
  • Bones And How To Crack Them (Cheese Wizard)
  • Making The Most Of Your Stabbings (Jazz Agent)
• A toilet you can flush for or go fishing for to find a filthy scepter (with fishing rod equipped)
• With a length of rusty chain, follow the gator king into Ziggurat Level 1.

Ziggurat Level 1

• A blood-covered altar.
• A weird pedestal which activates/deactivates a portal to level 2.

Sunken Ziggurat Level 2

• A weird pedestal which activates/deactivates a portal to level 1.
• A broken machine. With 6^ish Mysticality, fix it and use it to get a perk: Ziggurat Power (+3 combat items per round)
• A weird pedestal which activates/deactivates a portal to level 3.

Sunken Ziggurat Level 3

Destroy the guardian thing
Enemies	Ancient laser machine Ancient laser blaster thing (6)
XP (kill)	13-14

Fishing in the blood pool
Limit	Once
Items	hematic ichor

They didn't even bother to test whether it's possible to win.
Enemies	Goliath gator statue
XP (kill)	30-33
Drops	ancient wristwatch

• A weird pedestal which activates/deactivates a portal to level 2.
• An ancient temple guardian laser defense.
  • You can fight it.
  • Or avoid the beams with 7^ish Moxie.
  • A pedestal on the other side deactivates the guardian.
• A goliath which squishes the gator king.
  • You can go fishing in his remains to find hematic ichor.
  • Search the king's remains to get a cursed key. The game brings you back out to talk to Charles. Unlock Charles and go back to Murray's Antique Store automatically.

You can fight the huge golem if you feel like it. It's by far the hardest fight in the game; it has over 1000 HP and hits like a truck driven by an elephant who hates you. Defeating it gets an achievement, "Just Showing Off".