Notes:King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder

This page contains notes for the game King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder.

These notes are all based on the DISK version.

Items

• 1 - Key
• 2 - Pie
• 3 - Golden needle
• 4 - Coin
• 5 - Fish
• 6 - Brass bottle
• 7 - Staff
• 8 - Shoe
• 9 - Heart
• 10 - Harp
• 11 - Gold coin
• 12 - Marionette
• 13 - Pouch
• 14 - Emerald
• 15 - Spinning wheel
• 16 - Stick
• 17 - Honeycomb
• 18 - Beeswax
• 19 - Leg of lamb
• 20 - Rope
• 21 - Crystal
• 22 - Hammer
• 23 - Shell
• 24 - Bag of peas
• 25 - Locket
• 26 - Cloak
• 27 - Amulet
• 28 - Crispin's wand
• 29 - Sled
• 30 - Iron bar
• 31 - Fishhook
• 32 - Moldy cheese
• 33 - Elf shoes
• 34 - Tambourine
• 35 - Mordack's wand
• 36 - Hairpin
• 37 - Cat fish

Rooms

• 1 - Outside Crispin's house
• 2 - Crossroads with poisonous snake
• 3 - Outside town
• 4 - Town street
• 5 - Tailor / Toymaker / Cobbler
• 6 - Outside bakery
• 7 - Crossroads with prince on log
• 8 - Crossroads outside dark forest
• 9 - Weeping willow
• 10 - Gnome's house
• 11 - Beehive
• 12 - Anthill
• 13 - Fortune teller wagon
• 14 - Brushland desert border (multiple rooms north/south)
• 15 - Desert (multiple rooms, references rm209.sc)
• 17 - Bandit camp (inside tent)
• 18 - Temple treasure
• Dark forest
  • 19 - Entry path fork
  • 20 - Path east of entry
  • 21 - Twisted tree with door
  • 22 - Outside witch's house
  • 23 - Inside witch's house
  • 24 - Elves who love gems
  • 25 - Path west of entry
  • 26 - Path south of witch
• 27 - Outside inn
• 28 - Inn kitchen
• Snowy mountain
  • 29 - Path entry
  • 30 - Ledge rope climb
  • 31 - Rock outcroppings
  • 32 - Top of sled path
  • 33 - Sled path
  • 34 - Outside castle (eagle)
  • 35 - Leaving castle / approaching crystal cave
  • 36 - Outside crystal cave (yeti)
  • 38 - Inside crystal cave
  • 39 - Wolf returns Graham to castle scene
  • 40 - Twisty path (overhead shot)
  • 41 - Bird carries Graham to nest scene
  • 42 - Bird nest
  • 43 - Eagle rescues graham from nest scene
• 44 - Beach north of hermit
• 45 - Beach with boat and waterfall
• 46 - Outside hermit's
• 47 - Ocean (many screens, references boatRegion.sc)
• 48 - Approaching/leaving harpy isle scene
• 49 - Harpy isle beach
• 50 - Harpy isle interior
• Mordack's island
  • 51 - Rock beach
  • 52 - Serpent statues
  • 53 - Outside gate
  • 54 - Side entry grate
  • 55 - Labyrinth (many rooms)
  • 56 - Pantry
  • 57 - Kitchen
  • 58 - Pipe organ
  • 59 - Dining hall (north)
  • 60 - Dining hall (south)
  • 61 - Foyer
  • 62 - Upstairs hallway
  • 63 - Bedroom
  • 64 - Library
  • 65 - Laboratory
  • 66 - Wand swap device
  • 67 - Dungeon
• 76 - Inside Crispin's house scene
• 77 - Fortune teller scene
• 81 - Outside elf mine
• 82 - Mine tunnel entry scene
• 83 - Elf mine
• 84 - Elf gives shoes scene
• 85 - Inside inn
• 86 - Inn basement
• 89 - Approaching Mordack's island scene
• 90 - Harpies scene
• 91 - Harpies close-up scene
• 92 - Ice queen scene
• 96 - Cassima close-up scene
• 100-109 - Intro scenes
• 110-113 - Hermit scenes
• 119 - Sierra logo
• 120-123 - Ending scenes
• 124 - Mordack battle
• 206 - Bakery
• 208 - Release genie scene
• 209 - Desert oasis (crash when debug warp here. Room pic is 210)
• 211 - Desert scorpion death
• 212 - Desert mountains
• 213 - South of desert temple entrance
• 214 - Temple entrance
• 215 - Elf mine tunnel exit scene
• 216 - Bandit camp

Flags

• 1 - Talked to willow tree
• 5 - Entered city street for 1st time, and saw guy fixing cart
• 7 - Tried to steal willow tree's harp
• 10 - Talked to old gnome
• 13 - Tried to talk to hiding elves
• 14 - Entered dark forest 1st screen
• 15 - Graham is hungry
• 16 - Wearing cloak
• 17 - Graham is full after eating half leg of lamb or pie
• 18 - Went through front entrance of dark forest
• 19 - Deflected witch's spell with amulet
• 20 - Talked to witch
• 22 - Examined Mordack's spell book
• 23 - Graham using crystal on statues, or exiting Intro??
• 24 - Talked to shoemaker
• 25 - Talked to shoemaker's wife
• 26 - Bought pie
• 27 - Saw prince at crossroads
• 28 - Talked to wolf during yeti quest
• 30 - Cedric said he'd wait outside while Graham is in town
• 31 - Saw scene 7 of intro sequence
• 32 - Saw scene 8 of intro sequence
• 33 - Saw bandits ride away from temple
• All prior flags done --- work from here!
• 36 - Used crystal on serpent statues, or got zapped by them
• 40 - Inn thugs bonked Graham
• 42 - Used iron bar to open grate
• 43 - Drank well or oasis water
• 44 - Found temple entrance
• 45 - Entered dark forest
• 47 - Entered elf tunnel
• 48 - Used tambourine on poisonous snake
• 49 - Wore cloak in mountains
• 50 - Found bandit camp
• 51 - Exited bake shop
• 52 - Cedric warned Graham about guy guarding fortune teller, exposing his prejudice
• 53 - Went to temple entrance
• 54 - Saw drunk guy fall down at bandit camp
• 55 - Left harpy island by boat (walking to screen edge to leave doesn't count)
• 56 - Cedric is hurt on harpy island, or Graham failed to swap wand energies before Mordack battle. If set, Cedric fails to meat shield Mordack's spell
• 57 - Rocky moved out of dark forest path
• 58 - Entered ice queen's palace from east, or path to yeti's cave from west after pie used on yeti. Enables progression in mountains
• 61 - Used machine to swap wand energies
• 62 - Exited dark forest through elves' tunnel
• 63 - Threw fish to cat Manannan
• 64 - Used bag of peas to trip blue henchman
• 65 - Mordack's castle encounter timer paused (gave locket to Cassima scene, thrown in dungeon when Mordack asleep, threw fish to cat, something else with Mordack??). Clears when entering new room
• 67 - Got Mordack's wand
• 68 - Entered maze from dungeon
• 69 - Unlocked maze exit to pantry
• 70 - Cassima rescued Graham from dungeon and is leading him out of the maze
• 72 - Hermit agreed to help Cedric, Graham needs to bring boat there
• 74 - Opened tree door with key
• 75 - Carrying hurt Cedric
• 76 - Opened witch's trunk
• 77 - Opened witch's trunk???
• 78 - Got caught by blue henchman??
• 79 - Jumped across mountain gaps
• 80 - Unlocked inn kitchen door
• 81 - Used hammer to unlock inn basement door
• 82 - Put Crispin's wand in machine
• 85 - Wearing amulet
• 89 - Used rope to climb mountain
• 93 - Failed bandit tent copy protection test
• 94 - Passed any copy protection
• 95 - Failed sailboat copy protection
• 96 - Failed witch's house copy protection
• 97 - Rescued from dungeon, and now loose stone is mortared shut
• 98 - Cedric said he finds Mordack's serpent statue area creepy
• 99 - At Mordack's castle gate, Cedric advised Graham to turn around
• 101 - Passed witch's house copy protection
• 103 - Passed bandit tent copy protection
• 104 - Passed sailboat copy protection
• 107 - Saved ants from dog
• 108 - Walked into ocean without boat??

Points

260 total:

• 22 - Examine Mordack's spell book (3)
• 26 - Buy pie (2)
• 36 - Use crystal on serpent statues (5)
• 42 - Use iron bar to open grate (4)
• 43 - Drink well or oasis water (2)
• 44 - Find temple entrance (3)
• 45 - Enter dark forest (2)
• 47 - Enter elf tunnel (2)
• 48 - Use tambourine on poisonous snake (3)
• 49 - Wear cloak in mountains (4)
• 50 - Find bandit camp (3)
• 64 - Use bag of peas to trip blue henchman (3)
• 67 - Get Mordack's wand (3)
• 74 - Open tree door with key (3)
• 78 - Get caught by blue henchman?? (2)
• 79 - Jump across mountain gaps (2)
• 81 - Use hammer to unlock inn basement door (4)
• 82 - Put Crispin's wand in machine (4)
• 89 - Use rope to climb mountain (5)
• Get fish from barrel (2)
• Get silver coin (2)
• Get stick (2)
• Throw fish to distract bear (4)
• Get honeycomb (2)
• Get old shoe (2)
• See bandits approach temple (2)
• Get staff (2)
• Use staff on desert temple door (2)
• Get gold coin (2)
• Get genie's brass bottle (2)
• Throw shoe or stick at cat (4)
• Throw shoe or stick to distract dog (4)
• Get golden needle (2)
• Trade golden needle for cloak (4)
• Get rope (2)
• Get leg of lamb (2)
• Pay gold coin to see fortune teller (3)
• Get amulet (2)
• Use genie bottle on witch (4)
• Get spinning wheel (2)
• Get pouch (2)
• Get key (2)
• Get golden heart (2)
• Use honeycomb on dark forest path (4)
• Toss 1st emerald to elf (2)
• Toss 2nd emerald (2)
• Toss 3rd emerald (2)
• Get elf shoes (2)
• Trade elf shoes for hammer (4)
• Give golden heart to willow tree (4)
• Get harp (2)
• Get tambourine (2)
• Trade spinning wheel for marionette (4)
• Trade marionette for sled (4)
• Eat half leg of lamb (4)
• Use sled on mountain slope (5)
• Give leg of lamb to eagle (3)
• Approach ice castle (2)
• Play harp for ice queen (4)
• Throw pie to murder yeti (4)
• Use hammer to get crystal (4)
• Get snatched by giant bird (2)
• Get locket (2)
• Get iron bar (2)
• Use beeswax to fix boat (5)
• Discover harpy island (3)
• Play harp for harpies (4)
• Get fishhook (2)
• Pick up hurt Cedric (3)
• Get shell (2)
• Give shell to hermit (4)
• Crash land on Mordack's island (3)
• Get fish at Mordack's island (2)
• Use fishhook to get moldy cheese (4)
• Get hairpin (2)
• Pick pantry door lock with hairpin (4)
• Use empty pea bag to capture cat Manannan (2)
• Put moldy cheese in machine (5)
• Cedric blocks shot from Mordack's weakened wand (4)
• Transform into tiger to counter Mordack's winged insect beast thing (4)
• Transform into rabbit to counter Mordack's dragon (4)
• Transform into mongoose to counter Mordack's snake (4)
• Transform into rain cloud to murder Mordack as fire (4)

Global

• 69 - gInventory
• 110 - Ego x:, also ocean grid x: room
• 111 - Ego y:, also ocean grid y: room
• 314 - Desert room grid x:
• 315 - Desert room grid y:
• 320 - Cedric x:
• 321 - Cedric y:
• 322 - Cedric state, also lamp, sled, and thirst state
• 325 - Cedric's idle comments, when waiting a random number of seconds between 120 and 240 on a screen
• 331 - Mordack state (5: sleeping,
• 332 - Cat Manannan state (1: active/dangerous, 2: approaching fish, 3: eating fish, 4: finished fish?, 5: about to get bagged, 7: bagged
• 333 - Blue henchman position
• 338 - Cat Manannan current room (20% chance to be in your room)
• 352 - Castle...?
• 353 - Castle...?
• 359 - Castle...?
• 383 - Direction facing in Mordack's maze (N: 0, E: 90, S: 180, W: 270)
• 384 - Maze room grid x:
• 385 - Maze room grid y: