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Planeforger · 08/31/2010, 01:17 am

I'm totally stuck on this ant farm puzzle (for the first time in the season), and it's getting slightly frustrating.

I realise that I have to somehow get the ant farm down from the top shelf, and that it might require performing some actions beforehand using the two rhinoplasty options in the room (the cactus and the little cart thing), yet I can't seem to manage to get any further than that.

Ramming the shelf as the cart alternates between two 'this isn't working' cutscenes, and I can't seem to find anything at all that I can do as the cactus. Turning on the hints just told me the obvious, and I don't seem to have anything in my inventory which can help.

What am I missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Emo Hoe · 08/31/2010, 01:19 am

Hitting it with the vaccum cleaner (what you called the cart) is the way too go. On my first play through I kept hitting it from close up, thou due to the controls i got a few long hits in and it eventually fell. On my second play through I made sure to take a run up each time and it took 3 hits to cause the roach farm to fall.

Planeforger · 08/31/2010, 01:22 am

Thanks for the speedy response. I'll give it a shot.

Kato · 08/31/2010, 05:14 am

(sorry to hijack your thread, this is relevant) I knocked it down and now I don't know what to do. After I did so I got a bug where I couldn't use any controls, so I reloaded. It's not on the floor or anything, it just disappeared after the cutscene where the roach crawled out of it.

EDIT: nevermind, duh-huh :P

russell19831983 · 08/31/2010, 08:06 am

first of all you need to hit it on the right hand corner, second sam vacuums up the roach, so just use the lift then go in your inventory, the roach will be there

Hassat Hunter · 08/31/2010, 12:03 pm

It's kind of a cheap puzzle, having to hit it thrice.

Not nearly as bad as Runaway's "fill the boiler 5x with water before it works" though.

drantin · 09/01/2010, 04:41 pm

And that's not as bad as the "Dance Monkey Dance" trophy in Tales of Monkey Island 5... you have to repeat an action 8 times with no variation in response...

Sparifankerl · 09/01/2010, 04:53 pm

Well, in Curse of Monkey Island you can get an easter egg if you take the sea of Blood Island 25 times.
You see the corpse of Guybrush from the first Monkey Island when you wait more than 10 minutes underwater tied to the idol. The CoMI Guybrush walks in from the right, says something and leaves again.

Hassat Hunter · 09/02/2010, 03:16 am

I am pretty sure it's 52 times actually, wasn't it?
There is also the 9x hitting the dispenser in 304.

However all of these are side-gags, not required puzzles, so they aren't really comparable.

08/31/2010, 01:17 am	#1
Planeforger Freelance Lagomorph Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Interesting Posts: 0 Posts: 290	305 - The ant farm I'm totally stuck on this ant farm puzzle (for the first time in the season), and it's getting slightly frustrating. I realise that I have to somehow get the ant farm down from the top shelf, and that it might require performing some actions beforehand using the two rhinoplasty options in the room (the cactus and the little cart thing), yet I can't seem to manage to get any further than that. Ramming the shelf as the cart alternates between two 'this isn't working' cutscenes, and I can't seem to find anything at all that I can do as the cactus. Turning on the hints just told me the obvious, and I don't seem to have anything in my inventory which can help. What am I missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

08/31/2010, 05:14 am	#4
Kato Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southern USA Posts: 26	(sorry to hijack your thread, this is relevant) I knocked it down and now I don't know what to do. After I did so I got a bug where I couldn't use any controls, so I reloaded. It's not on the floor or anything, it just disappeared after the cutscene where the roach crawled out of it. EDIT: nevermind, duh-huh :P Last edited by Kato; 08/31/2010 at 05:17 am.

08/31/2010, 12:03 pm	#6
Hassat Hunter Fluffy monkey/Cute kitten Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,804	It's kind of a cheap puzzle, having to hit it thrice. Not nearly as bad as Runaway's "fill the boiler 5x with water before it works" though. __________________ Sam: "We're 98% certain General Skun-ka'pe is evil." Stinky: "And the other 2%?" Max: "That he's crazy and we have to shoot him! But that may be wishful thinking on our part." (Any resemblance to KOTOR is purely coincidential, really!)

09/01/2010, 04:53 pm	#8
Sparifankerl Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bavaria, Germany Posts: 19	Well, in Curse of Monkey Island you can get an easter egg if you take the sea of Blood Island 25 times. You see the corpse of Guybrush from the first Monkey Island when you wait more than 10 minutes underwater tied to the idol. The CoMI Guybrush walks in from the right, says something and leaves again. Last edited by Sparifankerl; 09/01/2010 at 05:15 pm.

09/02/2010, 03:16 am	#9
Hassat Hunter Fluffy monkey/Cute kitten Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,804	I am pretty sure it's 52 times actually, wasn't it? There is also the 9x hitting the dispenser in 304. However all of these are side-gags, not required puzzles, so they aren't really comparable. __________________ Sam: "We're 98% certain General Skun-ka'pe is evil." Stinky: "And the other 2%?" Max: "That he's crazy and we have to shoot him! But that may be wishful thinking on our part." (Any resemblance to KOTOR is purely coincidential, really!)

08/31/2010, 01:19 am	#2
Emo Hoe Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 331	Hitting it with the vaccum cleaner (what you called the cart) is the way too go. On my first play through I kept hitting it from close up, thou due to the controls i got a few long hits in and it eventually fell. On my second play through I made sure to take a run up each time and it took 3 hits to cause the roach farm to fall.

08/31/2010, 01:22 am	#3
Planeforger Freelance Lagomorph Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Interesting Posts: 0 Posts: 290	Thanks for the speedy response. I'll give it a shot.

08/31/2010, 08:06 am	#5
russell19831983 Sam Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: In my building Posts: 267	first of all you need to hit it on the right hand corner, second sam vacuums up the roach, so just use the lift then go in your inventory, the roach will be there

09/01/2010, 04:41 pm	#7
drantin Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1	And that's not as bad as the "Dance Monkey Dance" trophy in Tales of Monkey Island 5... you have to repeat an action 8 times with no variation in response...

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