Alabama Smith in the Quest of Fate Walkthrough

Welcome to the Alabama Smith in the Quest of Fate Walkthrough! Join Alabama and his girlfriend, Anastasia, as they hunt for the elusive Crystals of Fortune using the Amulet of Time. Whether you use this document as a reference when things get difficult or as a road map to get you from beginning to end, we’re pretty sure you’ll find what you’re looking for here. This document starts with general game tips then launches into the complete Alabama Smith in the Quest of Fate game walkthrough complete with annotated screenshots from actual gameplay! We hope you find this information useful as you play your way through the game. Use the walkthrough menu below to quickly jump to whatever stage of the game you need help with. Remember to visit the Big Fish Games Forums if you find you need more help. Have fun! This walkthrough was created by prpldva.

Walkthrough Menu

General Tips & Information
Chapter One: The Adventure Begins
Chapter Two: Arrival At Machu Picchu
Chapter Three: The Temple of the Sun
Chapter Four: Mystery of the Incan Letters
Chapter Five: The Emperor's Tomb
Chapter Six: The Crystals of Fortune
Alternate Ending
Trophies

General Tips & Information

From the opening screen, select “Change Player” to manage user profiles.
You can create, rename or delete profiles.

The options button from the main menu allows you to adjust music and sound volumes, switch between windowed and full-screen modes, switch cursors and view the credits.
There are two modes of game play, casual and expert.
You automatically start the game in casual mode.
You may switch between modes while playing the game at any time by accessing the menu, then selecting “Change difficulty.”

In expert mode, you must wait longer between hints and do not have the options to skip mini-games, but you do earn more points.
Most mini-games are randomized, so your solution may vary.
In casual mode, a list of the objects that can be found in the current screen is displayed at the top of the screen.
On the lower right is your current task list.
At the bottom center of the screen is your active inventory.
Just above the inventory are your tools.

Above the amulet is your journal. Refer to it often, as there are many clues to help you solve the puzzles.

Hints are unlimited, but you must wait for the button to recharge in between hints.
Click on the “?” button to receive a hint.
When playing casual mode, hover your mouse over an item in the upper list to see its outline in the upper right corner.
When playing a hidden object screen, hover over an item to see its outline in the lower right corner.
The hidden object scenes are randomized, so your solution may vary.

When you have the amulet, hover the mouse and select the next destination.
*Note- If you have two locations with the same name, the one with the amulet symbol will be in the past.
For movement with out the amulet, move the cursor to the edge of the screen to find the exit.

There are eighteen trophies that you may earn. Some will require you to play the game more than once.
You may access the trophies from the main menu or from the in-game menu.
A grayed-out description means the trophy has not been earned.

Chapter One: The Adventure Begins

Take the key from the desk and unlock the glass door in the cabinet.
Look at the photo album to learn that Alabama has been finishing up his studies and has graduated.
Move your cursor to the edge of the screen to find the exit from the close-up.

Click on the glowing desk for a close-up view.
Click on the laptop screen to read the email from Dean Sanders to get Alabama's instructions.
Take the journal and read about the Crystals of Fortune and the figurines Dean Sanders wants you to collect.
Rummage about the desk, looking at Anastasia's photo and gift.
Move the papers to the left of the laptop to find an access card.
Exit the close-up of the desk.

Open the closet door and note the ladder.
Collect the 3 idol figurines and the keys.
Exit the office.

Select the garbage can to view the close-up.
Take the two photo fragments.
Exit the trash can.

Open the cabinet and take the rag and one photo fragment.
Locate the remaining nine fragments around the hall.
Click on the bulletin board and place the photo fragments in the center.

The object of this mini-game is to reassemble the photo scraps.
Exit to the corridor.

Use the key card to open the right door.
Try to take the figurine from the casket on the floor, but it slams shut.
Look at the figurine on the high shelf.
Open the shield and take the figurine.
Take the figurines from the crate and the floor.
Take the Talking Knots.
Look at the sarcophagus.

On the sarcophagus is a scarab beetle with mixed-up legs.
You cannot move the legs now, it is missing a blue stone.

Exit the depository into the corridor.
Take the crowbar from the plant.
Return to the office and take the ladder from the closet.
Look at the desk and take the blue stone from Anastasia's necklace.

Return to the depository and place the ladder against the shelves.
Try to take the figurine and it falls into the paint tray on the floor.
Try to take the figurine from the paint to learn you need rag and solvent.

Exit the depository to the corridor.
Use the keys on the left door and enter the lab.
Look at the textbook to learn that water conducts electricity.
This information will be recorded into your journal.

Look at the magnifier.
There is a papyrus with a scarab similar to the one on the sarcophagus.
This information will be recorded into your journal.

Click on the cabinet to open a hidden object screen.
Locate all the hidden objects on the screen.
Some items will appear on the list after you find other items.
Take the solvent.
Open the bottom cabinet and take the figurine.
Take the remaining two figurines.
Exit the lab and return to the depository.

Pour the solvent on the paint tray.
Use the rag to clean off the paint.
Take the figurine.
Look at the sarcophagus.

Place the blue gem into the missing joint.
Refer to the journal and look at the scarab papyrus.

Move the joints of the scarab to match the papyrus by clicking on the joints with the blue gems.

Open the sarcophagus and take the figurine.
Use the crowbar on the casket and take the figurine.
Place the twelve figurines into the crate and close the lid.
There's a fire!
Exit the depository.

In the corridor, take a fire extinguisher from next to the office door.
Enter the office and go to the close-up of the desk.
Use the fire extinguisher on the nine fire spots.

The Dean automatically speaks with you- its time to prepare for your trip.
Take the brush off the shelf.
Exit the office and go to the lab.

Click on the overhead cabinet for a hidden object game.
Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the magnifying glass.

Exit the lab and return to the depository.
Take the knife.
You are now on your way!

Chapter Two: Arrival At Machu Picchu

Try to look in the niche over the entrance, but it is covered with spiderwebs.
Use the brush to clear away the spiderwebs.
Look in the niche to see a stone carving of the Crystals of Fortune.
Exit to the right and go to the House of the Guardian.

Use the crowbar to open the wooden crate.
Inside is a newspaper from July 24th, 1911.
Look at the lock on the trunk.
Turn the tumblers to 1911 by clicking on each one.

Take the piece of the stone carving out of the trunk.
You will automatically call Anastasia in Italy and ask her to bring the amulet.
After you receive the amulet, click on it to travel back in time.

Take the Talking Knots and the 5 ears of corn.
Take a piece of coal from the fire pit.
Click on the glowing objects inside the hut to trigger a hidden object level.

Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the piece of the stone carving.

Exit to the left and go to the tomb.
Use the knife to cut some bamboo.
Take the Talking Knots and the ear of corn.
Click on the door to trigger a mini-game.

The object of this mini-game is to swap the light and dark stones.
Slide the stones through the grooves until they are swapped.
There are many solutions to this puzzle, yours may vary.

Take the ear of corn.
Use the knife to cut open the left mummy sack.
Take the axe and the pieces of the stone symbol.

Use the amulet to travel to the House of the guardians in the present.
*Note- If you have two locations with the same name, the one with the amulet symbol will be in another time.
Use the bamboo on the tub of water to make the bamboo more supple.

Use the amulet to travel to the entrance in the past.
Take the Talking Knots and the 3 ears of corn.
Use the axe to cut the large stick.
Take the three smaller sticks.

Walk right to return to the House of the guardian.
Use the sticks and then the bamboo to finish making the basket.
Take the basket and return to the entrance.

Place the basket in the doorway.
Put the stone symbol into the niche.
A map, carved into the stone is revealed on the wall.

Walk right and return to the House of the Guardian.
Select the glowing objects inside the hut to trigger a hidden object level.
Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the scroll.

Walk right to the entrance.
Place the parchment on the map.
Click the charcoal on the parchment to trigger a mini-game.
Rub the charcoal on the parchment to reveal the map.

Walk to the tomb.
Use the knife to cut away the curtain.
Click on the wall to reveal a mini-game.
The object of this mini-game is to push all the stones into the wall.
Starting at the upper right and moving clock-wise, number the stones 10-6.
Press the stones in the following order: 5-6-1-4-3-6.

Take the green Earth element from the newly revealed niche.
The Dean calls and now you are off to the Temple of the Sun!

Chapter Three: The Temple of the Sun

Look at the niche in the wall.
Use the knife to take the rope.
Use the amulet to travel back in time.

Take the twelve Incan gold items.
Try to take the bowl, but the spiders appear.
Take the staff from against the left wall.
Return to the present with the amulet.

Take the straw and it will automatically combine with the rope and the staff to form a torch.
Use the torch on the sparks to light the torch.
Use the amulet to travel back in time.
Use the torch on the oil lamps on either side of the sun.
You can now take the bowl.
Take the twelve pieces of Incan gold.
Return to the present with the amulet.
Take the water and it will automatically fill the bowl.
Use the bowl of water on the sparking wires to complete the connection.
The light has revealed three marked stones.
Use the Amulet to travel to the past.

Use the crowbar on the three tiles that are covering the marked tiles.
The sun rises and a mini-game is revealed.

The object of this mini-game is to move the water tiles to the left and the fire tiles to the right in six moves.
You must move two tiles at a time.
Click on the two tiles you wish to move, so that the sliding bar moves over them and they are highlighted.
Click on the empty spot to move the tiles.

The large idol on the left wall has moved uncovering a hidden entrance.
Walk left through the door.
Anastasia has dropped the amulet.
Take the three Talking Knots.
Selected the highlighted area to open a hidden object level.

Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the scroll.

After you retrieve the amulet, open the window by clicking on each block.
Pick up the twelve statue fragments and the red crystal.
Place the twelve fragments into the statue's head.
Water begins to flow from the statue's eyes.

Select the circular wall symbol to trigger a mini-game.
The object of this mini game is to re-form the picture by rotating the rings.
Numbering the rings 1-5 from the outside, click on: 1x2, 2x2, 3x0, 4x0, and 5x9.
This puzzle is randomized, so your solution may vary.
All the windows will now open.

Exit the room to the right and take the goblet.
Take the Incan gold piece near the sun.
Use the amulet to travel to the present.

Take the pickaxe.
Use the amulet to travel back in time.
Walk left into the temple.

Use the pickaxe on the brick to find the crystals.
Use the goblet to collect water from the statue and use it to fill the mortars.

Place the crystals in one of the windows.
Place the magnifying glass in the empty window.
Take the diamonds from the mortar and place them in the idol's eyes.
Click on the glowing rock tot he left of the mortars to open a hidden object screen.

Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the lever.

Place the lever inside the statue and pull the lever.
After the statue rises, take the water element.
Make note of the color sequence on the dial.
Walk right and exit the temple.

Click on the alter to enter the close-up.
Click on the ends of the suns rays to rotate them around according to the diagram you found earlier.

After the alter opens, click on it for a close-up view.
Take the two Talking Knots and the nine pieces of Incan gold.
Take the Fire Element stone.

Chapter Four: Mystery of the Incan Letters

You are now playing the Dean and are back at Yale University.
Take the paper from the cupboard and use it on the printer.
Turn on the printer.
Go to the close-up of the desk.

Click on the laptop, then press the printing button.
The printer will automatically appear.
Take the printed document.

Go through the left door to the corridor.
Move the trash can and take the glue.
Open the cabinet and take the thread.
Enter the lab through the left door.

Place the document under the lamp.
Examine the document, but it is too hard to read.

Exit the lab and go to the depository.
Look at the lock on the large chest under the painting.
Take the Talking Knots.
Take the hook.
Look at the close-up of the wooden crate and take the piece of a key.

Exit the depository and return to the office.
Look in the aquarium and see the other piece of the key.
Look at the close-up of the desk and take the pen.
It will automatically combine with the hook and thread.
Use the fishing rod on the aquarium to get the key.
The key pieces and glue will automatically combine.
Exit the office and return to the depository.

Use the key to unlock the chest.
Look inside the chest to trigger a hidden object screen.
Locate the sixteen tile pieces.
Exit the depository and return to the lab.

Look under the lamp and place the tiles on top of the document.
They need to be cleaned off.
Exit the lab to the corridor.
Take the rag on the floor by the plant and enter the office.
Use the rag on the aquarium to get it wet.
Return to the lab and look under the lamp.
Use the wet rag to clean the tiles.
Click on each tile with the wet rag.
Exit the close-up.

Look at the textbook to learn how to make the solvent.
Take the two green and one red flasks.
Look at the upper cabinet to trigger a hidden object screen.

Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the red flask.

Place the flasks on the electronic scale.
The object of this mini-game is to measure 4ml of green fluid and 9ml of red fluid.
Pour the large green flask into the small green flask.
Pour the medium red flask into the large red flask.

Pour the measured flasks into the powder.
Take the towel from the cupboard and use it with the solution.
Look at the lamp and use the towel on each tile.

Cleaning the tiles will activate a mini-game.
Place the tiles to reconstruct the photograph.
The tiles will briefly flash green if in the correct position.

Exit from the lamp and try to use the camera but you need a memory card.
Take a paper from the floor and place it under the door.
Take the wire from the counter and use it in the keyhole to push out the key.
Pull the paper back in the room and take the key.
Use the key to unlock the door.
Exit the lab and go to the office.

Look at the printer.
Take the memory card and return to the lab.

Use the memory card on the camera.
Click on the camera to take the picture.
Click again to retrieve the memory card.
You now need a decoding program.
Exit the lab and go to the depository.
Look at the painting.
Underneath is a safe, but it is missing something.
Look in the chest for a hidden object screen.

Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the faceplate.

Look at the safe and place the faceplate over the numbers.
This will trigger a mini-game.
You need to determine an equation that will equal the given number four times.
There are various solutions:23 + 24 – 3 = 44 8 + 13 – 6 = 15 28 + 24 – 6 = 46 8 + 1 – 3 = 6
Take the CD from the safe and return to the office.

Click on the desk to view the close-up.
Open the disk drive on the lap top.
Place the CD in the drive.
Click on the drive to start the program.
Use the memory card on the laptop to start decoding.
The program decodes, “The key for the crystals will be buried with the great ruler.”
Dean Sanders emails the results for Dr. Wints.

Chapter Five: The Emperor's Tomb

Dr. Wints decides to head off on his own and takes the amulet.
Take the Talking Knots.
Find the flashlight and the red battery from the shelves.
Look in the tank and take the yellow battery.

Walk right to the house of the guardians.

Look in the wooden trunk and click on the newspaper.
Underneath the newspaper is legend to Incan navigation symbols.
Take the Talking Knots.
*Note- You will need to find these Talking Knots three times to earn the trophy.

Click on the case for a hidden object level.
Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the battery.
Use the amulet to travel back in time.

Look at the moon carved into the floor.
Look at the carpet. It has designs similar to the stone carving.
Walk left to the tomb.

Find the labyrinth symbol on the wall.
The entrance must be under all the dirt.
We need to find digging tools.
Return to the entrance.

Take the Talking Knots.
Look in the tank to discover where the paints are poured.

Use the amulet to travel to the House of the Guardian in the present.
Take the shovel and the black and green paints.
Exit to the right and go to the entrance.

Take the red and yellow paints.
Look at the tank.

Pour the four paint colors into the reservoirs based on the residue you saw on the tank in the past.
Using the patterns from the Incan blanket, use the paintbrush to duplicate the colors.
Inside the tank is a set of directions using the Incan symbols.
Exit the tank and use the amulet to travel to the tomb in the past.

Use the shovel to remove the dirt.
Use the flashlight on the passage in the wall.
There is a door that needs three keys.
Look at the hungry baby condors.

Walk up to the House of the Guardian.
Use the knife on the carcass to get some meat.
Click on the glowing items in the house for a hidden object screen.

Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the green key.
Walk to the entrance and use the crowbar on the leftmost vase.
Take the yellow key.

Return to the tomb.
Give the condors the meat and take the moon-shaped mirror that falls to the ground.
Return to the House of the guardian.
Place the mirror in the moon-shaped hole in the floor.
The moonlight highlights a brick in the wall.
Travel to the present and use the crowbar on the brick.
Take the red key.
Use the Amulet to travel to the tomb.

Use the flashlight on the opening and place the keys in the lock.
Once the door opens, enter the labyrinth.
We will need a compass, so use the amulet to travel to the House of the Guardian, present day.
Click on the glowing items to start a hidden object level.
Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the compass.

Use the amulet to travel to the tomb in the past.
Use the flashlight on the opening and enter the labyrinth.
To navigate the labyrinth, you need to move according to the compass and the the Incan directions.
Make the following moves: F-F-L-F-R-L-F-R-F-R-F-L-F-L-F-R-F-R-L-R-F-F-F-F-F-L-F-R-F-R-L-R.

Chapter Six: The Crystals of Fortune

Dr. Wints has returned with the secret to activating the crystals.
Use the brush to clean out the niches on the stone arches.
Place the elements in the corresponding niche.
Pick up some dirt and use it on the green Earth element.
Use the magnifying glass to light the sticks.
Take some fire and use it on the red Fire element.
Use the amulet to go back in time.

Take the bowl and use it on the water.
Use the amulet to return to the present.

Use the water on the blue Water element.
Once all the elements are activated, a doorway in the floor opens.
Enter the Hall of the Crystals.
Click on the stairs to trigger a hidden object level.
Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the tile with the placement for Intiuatana.
Use the amulet to travel to the Temple of the Three Windows in the past.

Click on the stone Intiuatana. In the lower right corner.
The object of this mini-game is to move the three element discs to the locations indicated on the tile you found.
You may refer to your journal for the locations.
Numbering the slots 1-8, make the following moves: 2-7, 6-3, 1-6, 5-2, 8-5, 3-8, 6-3.

Take the the gem that is floating over the Intiuatana.
Use the amulet to travel to the present.
Enter the Hall of the Crystals and use the amulet to travel to the past.
Look at the now cleared doorway.
You need to find three keys.
Take the two keys on the ground.
Travel to the present and exit the Hall of Crystals.

Use the amulet again to travel to the past.
Take the third key from the lower left corner of the scene.
Use the amulet to return to the Hall of Crystals in the past.

Look at the door and use the keys in the niches.
Enter the passageway.
Look at the close-ups of the two idols to determine the offerings they require.
Use the Amulet to travel to the Temple of the Three Windows in the present.

Use the knife to take some leaf and flower cuttings.
Take a lighted stick.
Use the amulet to travel to the secret room.

Select the left idol to view in close-up.
Place the green leaves in the receptacle.
Use the knife to cut the leaves.
Use the burning branch to burn the leaves.
Select the right idol to view in close-up.
Place the pink flowers in the receptacle.
Use the knife to cut the flowers.
Use the burning branch to burn the flowers.
Place the gem in the base.

Exit the secret room and use the amulet to return to the present.
Look at the crystals table to trigger a mini-game.
The object is to use the crystals to create a yellow light and reflect it back to the main, center crystal.
Refer to the color combinations chart in your journal.
There are several solutions to the puzzle.

It seems Dr. Wints has been manipulating events.
He lit the fire to steal the figurine.
His efforts are to resurrect his wife that died in a plane crash five years ago.
A sacrifice is required and he murders Anastasia!
Use the amulet to go back in time to the secret room.
Select the glowing area for a hidden object level.
Locate all the hidden objects.
Some items will appear on the list after others have been found.
Take the talking knots.

Return to the Hall of Crystals and look at the crystal table.
Place the talking knots on the table to trigger a mini-game.
You need to put the crystals in the same position as the knots.
This closes the grate to the well.

This may save Anastasia's, but let's put something extra, just in case.
Use the amulet to travel to the Temple of the Three Windows in the present.
Use the knife to cut some rope from the barricade.
Return to the Hall of Crystals in the past.
Use the rope on the well grate to trigger a mini-game.
The object of the mini-game is to create a net in the shape of the grate without passing over the same line twice.
Click on each junction until all are covered.

Use the Amulet to travel to the present and get Anastasia out of the well.
The entire complex collapses, killing Dr. Wints.

Alternate Ending

Earn the Family Reunion trophy during your second time playing with the same profile and you will be rewarded with an alternate ending.
When Dr. Wints learns that his wife is still alive, he confesses to the fire and helps Alabama destroy the crystals.

Trophies

Honorable: Complete a mini-game without skipping it.
Family Reunion: Find proof that Wint's wife is alive. These nine clues can be found when you play the game a second time with the same profile.

Prospector: Find all of the Incan gold. Collect the twenty gold items in three scenes.

Photo Doctor: assemble the image of Machu Picchu.

Fireman: Put out the fire in the lab.

Speedy Gonzalez: Complete a level in one minute or less.
Eagle Eye: Find 10 items without a bad click.
Time Traveler: Use the amulet 20 times.
Harvester: Find 10 ears of corn.

Incan Secrets: Find 15 Talking Knots. You will need to collect the Talking Knot found on the Incan navigation symbols three times with the same profile to earn this trophy.