A Ghastly Gathering
| “ | Mixe thinks that the confused ghosts in the boat might be able to regain their sanity if shown something important to them!
She wants to try her theory out on three of her colleagues: a pianist, a bouncer, and a barback. Find them and give them the items Mixe handed you! |
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A Ghastly Gathering is a subquest for the quest What Floats Your Boat. It involves reaching three ghosts and showing them items that will return them to sanity.
Objectives
- Find the pianist and give him the sheet music
- Find the bouncer and give him the t-shirt
- Find the barback and give him the cleaning rag
- Return to Mixie
Walkthrough
This section contains spoilers about the game!
You have to find three specific ghosts and wake them up from their trance. Mixe will grant you the items needed for that.
The ghosts are:
- The Bouncer, found in the cannon room, can be woken up with his t-shirt
- The Pianist, found in the hallway to the right of the large ballroom, can be woken up with the sheet music
- The Barback, found on a ledge in the upper rightmost room connected to the same hallway, can be woken up with the cleaning rag
The Bouncer is the fastest ghost to access, as the path to it is cleared already.
Getting to the Pianist will involve two obstacles:
- A gauntlet with two waves, and respawning Living Skulls
- A puzzle involving the Fire Mask. Switching Twilight Mode will send the mask flying, lighting any torches in its path on fire. The puzzles complete when all of the torches are lit in quick succession
Once you have woken up the Pianist, you can advance towards the Barback. Getting to them will involve more obstacles:
- The room above the Pianist's place contains a gauntlet with exploding eyes
- The lower rightmost room in the hallway will lead to a phase course involving Twilight Mode. You need to switch Twilight Mode midflight accordingly to avoid hitting the obstacles, or reveal mirrors in the twilight world
- The room after the phase course contains the Evil Eye boss fight. Note that you will be locked in the Twilight World while in this room
After waking up the Barback, talking to Mixe will complete the quest, and grant the player the key needed to get to the ship's deck.
Tips
- There are two powerful items you can get on your path:
- Restless Spirit can be found inside the Tooth Door room by interacting with it on the shopkeep's desk. You can enter the room by strafing into the doorway while shielding away from it, though any other methods that preserve facing direction will do (such as Blink, Dodging Strike, gold cast Whirlwind, silver and gold cast Flamethrower, etc)
- Skull Ring can be found in a chest inside the phase course, and grants an insane amount of offensive power. It can be accessed by looping two times and launching towards the mirror redirecting to it (the loops allow for the block to move out of your path). While strong, remember that any damage taken while wearing it will be heavily amplified
- The exploding eyes don't damage you while in the normal world; switch to it if you're about to be exploded. This doesn't apply to the Evil Eye boss, as it prevents switching Twilight Mode.