Main Street
Walk over to the Clockwork Cantina and complete the gear puzzle. Place the two brown gears
on the ends and the three blue gears go in the middle. Turn the crank when theyre all in
place. Now pick up the Multi-Tool that just appeared on the ground.
Now walk to the right and youll see a garbage bin. Jump up on it to get the Steam
Battery.
Walk to the right again and go inside the Museum. Run to the right and youll see a big
yellow machine. Click on the blue lever to raise the arm. Then jump up on the platforms
and make your way to the upper-right corner. Watch out for the darker platforms which will
crumble and fall when you step on them. Grab the dirty beaker out of the display case in
top right. Then exit the museum.
Go back to the Clockwork Cantina. Jump up and click on the blue lever here. A mechanical
ramp will extend. Run up it and then jump onto the steam chutes to fly up and over the
tower. You should land on top of a glass dome. Use your multi-tool to open it and then go
down inside.
Youre now inside the Mayors office. Check out the painting and the note on the typewriter,
which give you an important number to remember for later: 0516. Leave the office, jump
back down to the street and run to the left to enter the next zone.
Gear Alley
Pass by Sullys shop and go to the blue building in the middle. This is the living
quarters. Jump up the platforms on the left side and then run past the door. Youll see a
robot crab here. Jump up and land on top of him to make him bounce and flip over. When he
does, hell drop Sullys key. Pick up both the key and the robot crab.
Drop down to the street and go to the next building on the left. Jump up on to the steam
chute and leap up to the roof. Youll find an old vine here. Pick it up to place it in your
backpack.
Run to the right until you get in front of Sullys Steam Powered Paraphernalia store.
Theres a Steam Terminal here. Use the steam battery in your backpack. Youll get a puzzle
here where you have to regulate the steam pressure in the terminal. The starting pressure
is 10 and the ending pressure needs to be 5. You need to adjust the valves so that the
pressure will lose five points as it travels to the end.
Sullys Shop
Once you get inside Sullys youll find a robot in the right corner. Its Sprocket! Ring the
bell on the desk next to him to wake him up. Then go pick up the rubber mallet from the
junk box in the left corner.
Leave Sullys and Sprocket will follow you. If you click on him you can ask him some
questions. Hes not very talkative right now but youll hear a lot more from him later.
Head to the right to return to Main Street. Run all the way to the right side and then
proceed onto the next zone, known as the Hub.
The Hub
When you arrive in the Hub, run along the ramp until you get to a metal hatch that is
glowing red-hot. If you try to click it, youll see its much too hot to touch. Walk up to
it and use the robot crab in your backpack. Sprocket the robot will take it from you and
then drop the poor crab on top of the hatch. The water from the robot will cool down the
hatch so that you can open it up.
Go down the hatch. When you get to the bottom of the ladder, Sprocket will look pretty
scared. Make your way down the pipes until you run into a plant monster living inside
them. Use the old vine from your backpack underneath the sign that says, Caution: Hot
Steam. This will spray steam onto the plant monster and kill it. Move along to the bottom
left of the room and youll find the bottom of an elevator. Click on the round hatch
above.
Now youll need to solve three levels of a ball tilt maze game thats a lot like the classic
wooden box Labyrinth game. Spin the wheel either clockwise or counter-clockwise with your
cursor to get the ball to the center. After you complete all three levels, the elevator
will power up.
Go back up out of this area to the street. Go a few steps to the right and jump up onto
the spring. After three jumps, you should land up next to another blue lever. Click the
lever and the giant Hub wheel will start to move.
Go back down onto the street and run to the left. Jump up and grab the vines and climb up
to a platform. Wait for the moving platform on the Hub wheel to come around and then jump
onto it. Then jump off in the upper right corner (aim for the yellow pipe). Walk to the
right and use the steam valve to jump up and to the left. Continue moving until you get to
the elevator entrance to the Captains Cabin. Then go inside.
A soon as you enter, Sprocket will be captured by some plant vines. Go down and click on
the metal window shutters to snap the vines and free him. When you do, hell speak to you
for the first time and say, Thank you. Now you can talk to him and ask him questions and
hear his story.
Run to the right and use the moving platforms to get up to the large painting. Its a copy
of the painting you saw in the mayors office.
Click on the dial at the bottom of the picture. This is a combination lock. The
combination is the number from the mayors office: 0516. Starting with the innermost ring,
click on each triangle to get the wheel to spin. Then click on it again when its pointing
to the right number. The rings get faster so this can be tricky.
When you get the combination right, a secret door will open. Go inside and youll be in
Captain Ziggs room. Go to the left and pick up the bridge key (on the floor) and the Weed
Whacker (up on the wall). Then leave the room.
Go down and to the right and jump off the patio to return to the Hub zone. Go right until
you get to the Steam Terminal at the end. Use the steam battery and then solve the puzzle.
Its just like the first one, but now you need to adjust the pressure from 10 to 16 (+6).
Once youre successful, the bridge will lower and you can run across.
Production Zone
Take a few steps to the right and jump on the spring to get to the platform above. Theres
a control panel here with three red levers and a green button. Move all the levers to the
down position and then press the green button. The giant wrecking ball will drop and hit
the ground, creating a hole.
Factory
Jump down and go through the hole. Make your way down and to the right and youll enter a
mechanical room. First, press the three red pressure pads on each side of the machine.
Then youll need to press the two remaining pads (the ones on the machine) at the same
time. Sprocket will offer to hold down one while you get the other.
The machine will turn on and the moving platforms above will start turning. Use this to
get up to the top of the room. Theres a lever on the left wall. Click it to get another
platform to move up and down. Then jump up to the right and use the platforms and vines to
get to a moving conveyer belt. Here youll need to avoid blobs that drop from a plant
monster.
Continue across the vines and soon youll find the Mech Steam Motor, one of two parts youll
need to repair the Mech in Sullys shop garage. Continue up on the vines and go up to the
Greenhouse.
Greenhouse
Walk to the left and youll find an area for mixing Herbicide. Pay attention to the chart
on the wall. Use the dirty beaker from your backpack and then fill it with three parts
blue, two parts green and four parts red. When youre done, youll have some Herbicide
Mixture.
Go to the right and then up to the platform above. Use the herbicide on the plant monster.
It will shrink and disappear, revealing a maintenance closet. Go inside.
Theres an old custodian robot here. Hes holding onto the Living Quarters Access Key. Take
it from him and then hell wake up and the alarm system will go off. You cant leave the way
you came because the security system has a pressure hose that knocks you back.
Go back out of the maintenance closet and then climb the vines above. Go to the left and
youll see that the glass dome has some tiny white cracks here. Use the rubber mallet from
your backpack to smash a hole in the dome and escape.
Now run all the way back to Gear Alley, which is on the left of Main Street.
Gear Alley Redux
When you arrive, go to the bottom of the living quarters building (blue) and jump on the
right platform of the lever on the gear. This will raise the one on the left.
Take a few steps to the left, then jump up the platforms to arrive at the doorway to the
living quarters. Use your steam battery on the terminal and then solve the steam valve
puzzle again. This time, you need to adjust the steam by -3 to get it from 10 to 7. The
door will open. Go inside.
Living Quarters
Go click on the blue lever on the left to make the platform rise. Use it to get up to the
next level and continue making your way up. Jump on the blue button on the floor to make
the ladder rise. Youll need to quickly jump up the ladder because it falls back down a
second or two later. When you get to the top left, theres another door leading to Zacks
room. Go through it.
Zacks Room
Go up to the top left corner and click on the wall to solve the next puzzle, which is a
timed game where you have to get the steam to move safely from one corner to the other.
You must click on the squares to reveal pipes underneath and then swap the pipes around to
create a clear path. There are three levels to get through.
Go outside and then cross over the vine that acts as a tightrope all the way to the left,
where youll find the Mech Crank which is the second piece you need to repair the Mech in
Sullys Garage.
Jump down to the street below and then go to Sullys Garage.
Sullys Garage
Use both the Mech Crank and the Steam Motor from your backpack on the Mech. It will be
repaired and now you can walk around in the Mech. Is this the coolest thing ever in
Poptropica or what? Youll also get a teleporter device that you can use to instantly
travel back to the Mech from anywhere you go on Steamworks.
Walking in the Mech, head out of the garage and over to the left. Theres a big doorway
covered by vines. Attach the weed whacker from your backpack to the Mech and then use the
spacebar to smash all the vines. Go through the door when its clear.
Storage Room
Now youre inside a storage area. Make your way through, using the space bar to smash plant
monsters that attack. At one point, youll need to leave your Mech and power up one of the
lifts. Then get back in the Mech and ride it up to the next platform.
Continue through this zone, killing plant monsters as you go until you get to the final
plant monster in the room and get rid of him. Go through the doorway to the next zone.
Wind Zone
Go down the ramp to the left and youll find a giant windmill. Walk all the way up to the
blades and then Sprocket will offer to help.
Exit the Mech and stand on the blades as they spin to ride almost to the top. Then jump
onto the platform above. Use your multi-tool to stop the blades. Sprocket will open the
door.
Get back in the Mech and go through the doorway.
Hibernation Center
And now we finally learn the secret of what happened to all the inhabitants of Steamworks
Island. First, exit the Mech and go to the machine. Use the multi-tool on it and the room
will light up.
Zack will emerge from hid hibernation chamber and he and Sprocket will be re-united. How
sweet!
The mayor will also appear and tell you the story of what happened. Then youll see and
hear bumps from below. Theres still work to be done.
Jump up to the platforms on the right and get the Toxic Blaster. Then get back in your
Mech and attach it.
Take the elevator down to the next zone.
Tunnel System
Move through the room and shoot down the attacking plants by aiming with the mouse and
using the spacebar to fire. Kill all the plants.
You want to end up on the platform just above the floor. If you miss it, youll need to
stand on the bolt/screw thing and spin it to raise yourself up.
Theres a moving platform here. Wait for it and then ride it across to the doorway and
prepare for the final battle
Plant Hive
Youre now in the final boss battle. There are three boss monsters to kill and to make
things even tougher, acid starts to fill the room from below. If you touch the acid, you
lose and have to start over. You only have a short time to defeat each boss monster.
The basic technique for all three monsters is to get up close enough so that they try to
strike you with their heads. Its kind of like the Hydra from Mythology Island. When they
do, you can shoot them, causing a splat. Each monster needs to be splatted three times and
then it will disappear and you can move on.
Tips for Defeating the 3 Plant Bosses
The basic moves you need to remember are these: move into position, duck, wait, shoot. Or
if you want something easy to remember, stop, drop, and pop. By moving into position, I
mean getting close enough to the boss monster that it starts to move its head and gets
ready to attack. Next duck down and then wait until he attacks and his head goes back.
Hell be vulnerable for a second or two, so then you just blast him until you see him go
Splat! Each boss needs to be hit like this three times. The first boss is easy, but the
second and third boss have defenses that you need to take care of while attacking.
The first boss is easy-peasy. Heres a chance to practice the basic moves that youll need
to have down to beat the second and third bosses. Just remember the following.
Move into position
Duck and wait
Shoot!
Hit the boss three times to make him go Splat for good and disappear. Then quickly move on
to boss number two.
Duck and wait for the head to snap back and then shoot.
The second boss is a lot like the first one except he shoots seed pods at you. You must
shoot these down or theyll hit you and knock you back. When you hit both, then repeat the
basic steps: move into position, duck and wait, and then shoot. Splat this guy three times
and move on to boss number three.
Shoot the seed pods that the second boss hurls at you.
The third and final boss is the toughest of all. By now youve got the basic rhythm down,
but theres an added complication. Not only does this guy shoot seed pods at you, but hes
protected by powerful bombs that hang on the ceiling above you. If you are hit by one, the
explosion will knock you back very far. If youre not careful, you could get knocked all
the way down into the acid below. Ick!
It makes sense to hang back and wait for some of the bombs to drop before you move in for
the kill. Once the way is clear, shoot the seed pods he sends at you, then get in and
repeat the basic steps. Get into position so that his head starts to move, then duck. Next
wait for his head to snap back and then shoot. Hit him three times and its all over.
Watch out for these plant bombs that go boom!
After you defeat the final plant monster, youll re-appear next to the mayor, who will
present you with the island medallion and 100 credits to spend at the Poptropica Store.
Congratulations!