Fighting Fantasy Classics: Fighting Fantasy Classics – “Port Of Peril” Walkthru & Achievements Guide

Greetings once again adventurers! It’s a nostalgia-fuelled epic in Allansia this time.

The game starts out as a general treasure-hunting expedition, but evolves into a quest to defeat (again) the evil night-prince, zanbar bone, who has returned to threaten Allansia.

It will be necessary to travel around Allansia to join forces with the good wizards Yaztromo and Nicodemus, before the final confrontation with zanbar and his skeleton army.
Another classic mission for the Analand Sorceress….

Surprisingly for an Ian Livingstone title, the game is not especially tough on the stats.
Some of the opponents you will face later on seem quite daunting but there are some very generous skill bonuses on the optimum route and, if you survive the easier battles early on, some generous stamina gains.
The greater challenge is finding the correct route. Many wrong turns are punished with either severe penalties to your stats. or some rather cheap instadeath endings.
There is also a random-roll gamble required to gain an essential item late on, altho the odds are weighted reasonably in your favour.

In Adventurer mode it is not too difficult, providing your starting skill & luck are good.

In Hardcore Hero mode the stats are calculated differently to usual. Your skill and also luck are calculated by 1d6 + 4 and your stamina is calculated by 2d6 +8.
Therefore, you will require maximum skill and luck of 10, plus good stamina to have a decent chance.

In both modes choose the potion of fortune, as there is a critical luck test late on. Use the potion immediately before this to improve your odds.

There are seven Steam achievements for this title.
Three are self-explanatory: Free-read win, Adventurer win & Hardcore Hero win. Simply follow this guide to complete the quest in each mode.

Three of the other achievements, confusingly all called Cameo, can also be completed during this winning walkthru. They are indicated in the walkthru where they occur.

The remaining achievement, also called Cameo, (work as a deckhand for a famous fisherman) requires only a minor detour from the optimum route and is unlocked as follows:
Follow the walkthru until you enter the tavern in Port Blacksand, but then talk to the innkeeper. Reply to the man. Agree to sign on as a deck hand. Sail to Oyster Bay with Mungo.

(You start the game with a cheeky 3 point stamina deduction because you are hungry.)

+1 sta
Talk to him. Ask if he has any food to trade.
Trade your nails for some food. +2 sta
Trade your twine for the snake oil. + snake oil
Politely refuse his offer.
Head east down Beggar’s Alley.
Walk on to the T-junction. Walk on ahead.
Look in the shop windows. Pass, as you cannot afford the keys.

Hide in the cornfield. +1 sta
+3 corn cobs (+1 sta each when eaten)

Look inside the cottage.
Defeat two man-orcs: Sk 5 St 6 & Sk 5 St 4
Take the silver button.
Take the rats’ tails, coz rat tails are all the rage again 😉
Leave the cottage.

You want to investigate.
Take a closer look.
Fight three blue imps: Sk 6 St 5, Sk 6 St 4, Sk 6 St 5
+2 sta, + stickle wax, + info
Carry on toward the Moonstone Hills.
Build a bivouac. +1 sta
Build a campfire.

Keep heading east.
Stop to fill your water flask.
Skill test. Pass: ok, Fail: Death!

Luck test.
Pass: +1 sta
Fail: -2 sta, then fight two hill men Sk 6 St 5 & Sk 6 St 6. +1 g.p., axe, stone pig, feathers, flint

either way: +1 g.p., + fish hooks, + bag of salt, + bow & 6 arrows

Climb Skullen Crag to find another way in.
Go left.
Try on the chainmail armour. +1 skill
Fight three gronks: Sk 4 St 3, Sk 4 St 4, Sk 4 St 4
+1 luck, if you won a flawless victory.
In the unlikely event that you lost any attack rounds, use the stickle wax.

Go right.
Attack the norgul: Sk 9 St 9
+1 luck, +5 g.p.

Go right.
Look inside the chest.
You have some salt. – salt
Leave the necklace and inspect the iron chest.
Put the box in your backpack without opening it.

Go left.
Go left.
Go right.
(At this point you encounter Hakasan Rey, a tough but friendly ninja tracker from Zengis, who will join you on your quest.)
Reply that you are an adventurer looking for treasure. +1 sta
Say yes to Hakasan’s proposal.

Fight hill troll: Sk 9 St 9. +3 g.p., +2 silver buttons
+ lead ball.
Put the vial in your backpack.

Help Hakasan look for tracks.
Take the shield. +1 skill
Stay in the ruined farmhouse for the night.
Try on the boots. +1 skill, +1 luck
Luck test. Pass: +3 sta, Fail: +1 sta

You want to investigate.
Luck test.
Pass: ok,
Fail: you have the snake oil (use the brown bottle) -1 skill, -2 sta

Fight warhawk: Sk 8 St 8 (you inflict -4 sta per hit) +info
You believe his story.

Hold your breath and run thru the clearing.
Stand your ground. You have the bronze shield.
Fight three bandits: Sk 6 St 7, Sk 7 St 7, Sk 7 St 6. +2 g.p., + dagger
Eat the food. +2 sta
Try on the ring. +2 luck
Drink the purple liquid. Drink it anyway. +2 skill, +3 sta, +1 luck

Climb the rope ladder.
Drink the soup. +2 sta
Look at the books.
Wait for him to appear. Shout down that you know who he is.
Pay his price. -3 g.p., + info

Chase after Klash.
+2 sta, + brass compass, + rune ring
Keep going after Klash.

Keep going south towards Chalice. -1 sta
Watch him drive by without saying anything.
+2 sta, + 3 carrots (+1 sta each when eaten)

Accept his offer. -2 g.p.
(Use your potion of fortune now.)
Dive into the river to swim away.
Luck test. Pass: ok, Fail: Game over!

Buy the healing potion. -2 g.p., +2 sta
Buy the dice. -2 g.p., + “lucky bones”, +2 luck

Drink some of the liquid first. +1 skill, +3 sta
Keep on walking.
-1 sta
You have a brass compass.
Walk into the mouth of the idol.
Try on the helmet. +1 skill, + ruby, +10 g.p., +1 luck

Fight giant centipede: Sk 8 St 7
Agree to stop. +1 sta
See who is calling out. Reply: “friend”.
You are on your way to Yaztromo’s Tower.
Tell him about the return of zanbar bone.
You have a rune ring. Exchange it for the pendant. Wear it around your neck.
Steam Achievement: Cameo (Trade with the second cousin of a famous dwarf.)

Look at Yaztromo’s books first.
+2 sta
Steam Achievement: Cameo (Enjoy a home-cooked meal made by a famous wizard.)

Yaztromo will now provide a boost to one of your stats. Choose one option:
Maximum & current skill increased to 12, or
Maximum & current luck increased to 12. or
Stamina healed by up to 10 points.
(Be aware that there is a death-or-glory skill test at the end of the game. There is only one more luck test remaining, with a -2 sta fail penalty.)

+15 g.p.

Ride on past her.
Pay to cross the bridge. -1 g.p.
Hire a boat to row to Port Blacksand.
Hire the boat, baskets & merchant’s pass. -10 g.p.

You have a merchant’s pass.
Go in the tavern.
Join the men in their game.
You have a ruby.
You are using the “lucky bones”.
You think it will be higher than 7.
Roll 2d6: You must score 8 or more to win, but the “lucky bones” add 4 to your score.
(This point in the game is totally dependant on chance. If you lose this game you miss out on the flintlock, which is an essential item. Admittedly, you only need to roll 4 or more so the odds are still well weighted in your favour.)
If you win: + flintlock pistol

Roll 1d6:
1: -2 g.p.
2: -3 g.p.
3: lose all of your keys
4: -1 g.p. & brass bell
5: -1 g.p. & knife
6: – potion bottle

Leave the tavern.
Go into the shop.
Ask about buying some black powder.
Pay. -3 g.p., + black powder, +2nd lead ball

Fight Klash: Sk 10 St 11
Search thew chaos warrior. + dagger, + breast plate, +1 skill
+ ring of burning snakes

Decide for yourself which way to go.
Walk down Palace Street.
Knock him out. +1 sta
You don’t have any keys.
Reply that you have been sent to torture Nicodemus.
Fight guard troll: Sk 11 St 9
+22 g.p., + keys, + silver earring
Steam Achievement: Cameo (Wake up a famous wizard using smelling salts.)
Go right towards Palace Bridge.
Luck test. Pass: ok, Fail: -2 sta
You have the ring of burning snakes.

Stop and talk to him.
Purchase the venom sword. -20 g.p.

Ride around the skeletons.
Go inside Yaztromo’s Tower.
+2 skill, +2 sta
You are wearing a dragonfly pendant.
You have the venom sword. +3 skill
Fight quag-sugguth: Sk 12 St 13 (Use luck tests to help you if your luck is good.)

Nicodemus is wearing the ring of burning snakes.
Fire the flintlock pistol.
Skill test. Pass: ok
Fail: You have another lead ball. Take 2nd Skill test (2d6 +2) Pass: ok, Fail: Death!

You have defeated zanbar bone (again) and restored peace to Allansia. YAY!

Afterthought: I am certainly shipping the heroine of the game with Hakasan Rey 😉 There seems to be quite a rapport there….