Big Nate Island Guide

Synopsis

Get ready for a whole new type of online virtual world adventure on Poptropica. Enter the comic strip world of Big Nate – a wisecracking kid who holds the all-time record for detentions at this school. You’re on a mission to find a long-lost time capsule which, if found, can save the school from demolition. You’ll need help from Nate and his friends to complete your online virtual world quest!

For walkthroughs on Big Nate Island, scroll down.

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Released: February 12, 2009
Common Room: Cap’n Salty’s
Preceded by: Nabooti Island
Succeeded by: Astro-Knights Island

Resources on this page: Island Extras | Synopsis from Poptropica | Video Walkthrough | Written Walkthrough | Album Photos | Trivia

Island Extras: Map | Official Tour


Video Walkthrough

For a written walkthrough with pictures, scroll down on this page!


Written Walkthrough

Walkthrough written by Codien
Special thanks to Fierce Moon, PopBuddies, Lucky Joker, & Slanted Fish

Table of Contents

1) Comic Strip Frame Locations
2) Big Nate Island Guide

Comic Strip Frames

  1. Pop-In Shoppe – on the green couch, on the top floor.
  2. Klassic Komix – talk to the guy to receive the frame.
  3. Photo Studio – on top of the light, to the right.
  4. Main Street – on a telegraph pole, to the very right of the street.
  5. Inside the School – on a speaker, on the top floor.
  6. Science Lab – on the Planet Mobil, to the left.
  7. Outside the School – on the wooden scaffolding, to the right of the school.
  8. Playground – floating in the air, on top of the climbing wall.
  9. Puffin Point – on top of the lighthouse.

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Big Nate Island Guide

With only a Lobster, a pack of Stale Gum, and some Peanut Butter Crackers, you can find a Time Capsule any day.

Main Street

When you arrive, you will be greeted by Big Nate. He’s on a search for a time capsule hidden a hundred years ago. Let’s join the hunt!

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Head to your right and enter the shop named “Pop-In Shoppe”, a store run by Nate’s dad. At your left there is a bulletin with some background information on the time capsule. If you go to the top floor, on the green couch there is a comic strip frame. There are nine of these frames hidden around Big Nate island and they all join up to make a comic strip that will help you later in the game.

Go back outside and go to your right. Enter the “Klassic Komix” building, which is full of comics and other cool stuff. Once inside talk to the guy. He is looking for a comic he lost, he will provide you with a comic frame for it. Exit the building.

Pass the “Cap’n Salty’s” building, which is the island’s multiplayer room, and then enter the Photo Studio (the large camera), a building run by the “School Picture Guy”. On the right there is a comic frame sitting on a light. Pick it up then go back outside. Now on the right of the “Photo Studio” there is a telegraph pole you can climb. Climb to the the top to obtain another comic frame. Jump back down and go right.

School

You are now outside the school, where there is a large bell on the top (more information can be found later on in the guide). Head to your right and go inside the school. Inside there is a science lab, some rundown lockers, a detention hall, and a secret room. Go to your right, jump up the stairs and grab the comic frame. Enter the door labeled “Science Lab” on your left.

Once inside the room, make your way next to the science geek, a boy named Francis. Click on the chemistry set next to him. Turn on the heater to 4, then pour half of the beaker with blue liquid and half with yellow, which will make a greenish color. This will produce a Stink Bomb. It will be useful later.

Go over to your left towards the Mr. Bones skeleton model and grab the comic frame on top of the planet mobile. Make your way out of the science lab and out of the school.

Climb up the wooden scaffolding on the right of the school. Grab the comic frame on it. Now go right to the Playground.

Playground & Kids’ Club House

Climb to the top of the playground and head left so you are on top of the climbing wall. Floating above you is a comic frame, so grab it. Go right and enter the ‘Kids Only’ house. Win the “Go To Jail” game to obtain the Peanut Butter Crackers.

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If you want to, you can win at “Table Football” to obtain a book called Big Nate’s Pratical Jokes (note: You don’t have to play Table Football, but you do need to win Go To Jail). Go back outside and travel right to reach “Puffin Point”.

Puffin Point & Big Nate Comic

Go right and climb up the Lighthouse. On the very top of the light house is a comic frame, grab it. You now have collected all the comic frames. Click on your Inventory, then examine the Big Nate Comic. Arrange them so they spell: “Nine Three Zero Five” in between the strip.

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This is the order they are in (going from left to right, top first, then the bottom):

  1. Uh… excuse me… | Hm?
  2. I’m new here, and… um… I’m sort of lost. | Ah! Nate Wright at your service, dude! Where do you need to go?
  3. I’m trying to find the art room. | Art room! Gotcha! Stand here!
  4. Uh… here? | Right there! And don’t move!
  5. But… | Klik!
  6. FOOOMM!
  7. Well? | You overshot. He reached the nurse’s office.
  8. Dang! | …Which is probably a good place for him to end up.

You have formed the Big Nate Comic! Now exit the comic strip. Ask Mr. Rosa, the man who is painting, if you can look through the telescope. Look through the telescope and you’ll see that to your right, there is a scroll under a rock. Exit the telescope.

To the left of the lighthouse is an old picture floating around in the wind. Try and grab it by jumping around starting at the lighthouse ladder. This may take a couple of tries.

Once you have collected the Old Photograph, head back to Main Street by going left.

Scuba Diving, Jet Skiing, & a Lobster

Keep going left, left, left, until you reach the Photo Studio building (the large camera). Enter the building. On the left you’ll find the ‘School Picture Guy’, who has a golden scuba suit he will trade for a photo. Swap the photo for the Scuba Gear.

Now leave the building. Walk left and enter the building “Klassic Komix”. Talk to Gordie (the shopkeeper) again, and tell him you found his comic. He will be so glad that he will let you keep the comic and let you have a Stale Pack of Gum as a prize.

Exit the building and go right. Make your way back to Puffin Point, so go right, right, right, right…until you reach it. Head right past the lighthouse and talk to Cap’n Salty. He needs your help to rescue the lobster trap from under the water. Go into your Inventory and put on the scuba gear.

Jump off the dock and dive down. Swim all the way to right until you can’t go any futher, then swim down until you reach the Lobster Trap. Pick it up and wait until your oxygen runs out.

Once you are back at the start, swim up. Talk to Cap’n Salty and tell him you have his trap.

He’ll let you have two items – the Lobster and Jet Ski Keys.

Jump on the skis on your right and ride away. Big Nate will challenge you to see who can get there first. The best way to beat him is to try keep your computer’s mouse as far to the right side as you can and to move farther and gain some distance from him. Be sure to jump over obstacles by clicking when you get near one!

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Once you arrive at the rocks (it’s called Sealsaw Rock on the Map) jump on the tilting, seesaw-like rock. Push both of the cute seals to the left side of the rock.

Now you can jump down and take the scroll. The scroll is the Map to Capsule. Ride back to Puffin Point. Climb back up the lighthouse to the light. Go to your Inventory, select the “Lobster” item card, and click “Use” to your lobster to turn the light around.

It will scare away the bird at the top of the school bell. Jump off the lighthouse and go left.

Nate’s Locker

Go left to the Playground. The capsule is here but it is guarded by the girls. Go left, enter the school building, and jump up to the second floor. Run left to the lockers and click on one spilling with papers. Enter the locker code found on the comic – 9305.

Once the locker empties itself, click on the papers again. You will find the School Blueprint. If you examine it you will see that there is a secret room. Now the only way to move the girls is to ring the bell, but the bell is missing its clapper. The bell clapper is hidden in the secret room.

Secret Room

To get to the secret room you have to go through the detention room. To enter the Detention room stand outside the detention room door and chew on the gum by going to your Inventory, selecting the item card “Pack of Stale Gum,” and clicking the “Use” button. The teacher, Mrs. Godfrey, will take you inside. The secret room is through the filing cabinets.

Use the stink bomb to move the teacher. Go to the right and click on the filing cabinets. It will reveal a hidden ladder. Then go down. Once you’re down at the bottom turn on the power by clicking on the power lever. On the right above the work bench should be a bronze bell clapper.

Jump up and grab it to obtain the Bell Clapper. Make your way back up the stairs and outside of the school. Go to the top of the school, use the bell clapper, and ring the bell. The girls will now leave their place.

Uncovering the Time Capsule

Go to the Playground and stand between the two posts, between the monkey bars and the logs. Open your items and use the Peanut Butter Crackers. The dog will then dig a hole, showing the time capsule hidden underneath.

Click on the hole and pull the capsule from it. Click the lock to open it. Watch the dialogue between Big Nate and his friend Jenny, who convinces Nate to use the valuable pearl inside the capsule to save the school even though he doesn’t really want to.

Once the newspaper (called “The Clam Courier”) appears, click close at the top-right corner of the gamescreen. You will then be confronted by the teacher who will award you with the Big Nate Island medallion and credits to spend at the Poptropica Store!

Congratulations! You’ve completed Big Nate Island. If you are looking for more things to do, take a ride in the blimp for a new adventure on another island. Or check out the multiplayer rooms located on Main Street, where you can chat and battle with other Poptropicans!

Looking for more walkthroughs? Check out our Island Help page! 🙂


Album Photos

These pictures are collected in your Poptropica photo album in the profile section. Click to enlarge.


Trivia

  • Big Nate Island is Poptropica’s 8th island, released on February 12, 2009.
  • As of July 10, 2015, the island became locked to members only, with a demo for non-members.
  • Big Nate is a comic strip by cartoonist Lincoln Peirce. You can check out more about it in the Klassic Komix building on Main Street. The characters on this island and the style of drawing are consistent with the comic. Also, that means none of the characters are customizable.
  • Common room: Cap’n Salty’s
  • In the school basement, Artur can be seen by the heater. However, when the lights are turned off, he is not there.
  • Cap’n Salty was created just for this Poptropica island; his character does not appear in the Big Nate comics. This is confirmed by Big Nate’s creator Lincoln Peirce in a comment on GoComics.
  • Peirce’s GoComics comment also explains, “Because all the environments on poptropica are islands, I created a world for Nate which resembles an island off the coast of Maine. Consequently, there are some details about Big Nate Island that aren’t 100% consistent with details from the comic strip.”
  • Artur never gets detention in the comics, so it’s strange that he’s in the secret room within the detention room.
  • Geography errors: In the detention room, the world map is missing Australia, Indonesia, the Caribbean islands, Greenland, and Siberia. Also, the continent of South America and Africa is shaped differently and Antarctica is smaller.

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482 thoughts on “Big Nate Island Guide”

  1. no its not that…I already used the stink bomb and when I walked over tho the filing cabinet i clicked on it and it didnt do anything.HELP!!!!!!!

    Scary Tomato: You need the school blueprints from Nate’s locker to open the filing cabinet. 😉

  2. For anyone that has questions, take a look at the Big Nate Island Page Comment # 6 and 7. A lot of questions have been answered there!:smile:

  3. maddypie3: If Mrs. Godfrey has left, you can only open it if you click on the bottom drawer, not the top.🙂

    Hope this helps.

    P.S. Look at the Big Nate Island Page- there’s a Q and A there!!!:grin:

  4. Uh, How does Spitsy get home? I’m so confused by that. Can Anyone help me?? Thanks if you post a reply.[Please Reply I finished the Island but I’m stuck on that.]

    Scary Tomato: He doesn’t. Don’t worry about him. 😉

  5. Awesome!! I just finished Big Nate Island, and I think it’s sorta better than Nabooti, because its easier 😀 I don’t like the really hard islands that much…

  6. aicul434: It dosen’t really matter which way you move the seals. They’ll both balance it to one side, and you can come around on either side to obtain the paper.
    It works in real life-just put something under a two-pan weight, then put something heavy on one pan. It works both ways!

    1. No, the paper is slanted to the right, and the rock is more flat to the right, and will only make it impossible to do it until you do it onto the left.

      -S.C.

  7. I did it! I completed Big Nate island! This blog is the reason i did so thank you! I know i can count on this blog to help me out! Thanks! :mrgreen:

  8. help codien! when i got the lobster trap he gave me a lobster and didn’t give me the keys!
    i tried clicking on him again but he only says thanks for your help matey. i cant get them. i feel like crying!!!!!!!!!!! i am right now. you see i tryed logging in and out again and tried clicking on the skis but it doesnt work. i cant re do that part either.if you know how to re-do that part please tell me!:(

    Scary Tomato: Yep, as Fearless Paw says below, try diving again to see if you can get another lobster trap. 😉

  9. hey guys?!
    what i am going to talk about has nothing to relate with big nate island. ok?
    so i just wondering…………
    that if astro-knight island comes to poptropica,is there going to be cheats and helps in this site?!
    cuz i really need to know cuz if there is going to be cheats and helps i’m gonna come here and help myself out!
    thx again for the big nate island cheats Codien. keep up the awsome work!
    p.s comment plz AGAIN!

    Scary Tomato: Every time a new island comes out we try to get the news and guides up as soon as we can, so don’t worry! 😉

  10. Wow, I love this site, it helps me a LOT (: I agree Big Nate isn’t AS hard as the others, but if you try it without the guide it would probably take so long!

  11. what happens if you shift the seals to the left side?

    Scary Tomato: They’ll just move to the left. Nothing special, but the point of moving them to the right is to take the map, so that’s why you need to shift them. 😉

  12. LOL! I finished it mostly without a guide, but it got knda tricky at the end!

    Scary Tomato: Just let us know if you don’t understand something – we’ll try to help! 😉

  13. Artmaniac333:I’m not Codien, but try diving again. It may just be a glitch, and if it is a glitch, I won’t be surprised if you find another lobster trap

  14. Hi
    When I do the comic strip I do it exactly like the guide says but it still says that I don’t know the comb when I do! How do you make the comic strips stick together?

    Scary Tomato: Are the comic frames stuck together to form the complete comic? All you have to do is click and drag each piece to the right locations and they’ll stick together. Try again! 😉

  15. i cant find where to put the peanut butter crackers! pleas help me and dont tell me to look at the guide cuzz it doesn’t help!!!!!!!!!

    Scary Tomato: The guide does tell you the answer to what you’re asking. You’re not reading carefully. Use the crackers where the girls were standing a while ago, in between the 2 posts on the Playground floor.

  16. i have a question for poptropica.com
    if you finish every single island and get a medallion what happens? like i mean, like at the end of poptropica do you get a prize or something when you finish the islands.
    oh and by the way is there going to be an end of poptropica.com cuz if there is i’m soooooooooooooooooo gonna cry my head of!

    Codien: There is no special medal because there is always more islands coming out. And Poptropica will keep making islands, until they stop making the game. 😥
    Scary Tomato: I don’t think Poptropica is planning to close. Don’t worry. 😉

  17. Rachel: This is only a blog created by other poptropica fans. They are not
    the creators of poptropica.com.

    I myself can tell you that you do not get anything other than satasfaction, medals, and boredom (since there are no more islands to solve), as I have completed all the islands.

    Poptropica probably will continue on. As you’re most probably aware, new quests are always coming out.

  18. Dear S.T., Smockers, and Codien,
    I’ve tried to get the comic piece that you said was on the lighthouse on the playground, and it wasn’t there. I tried to get it on both of my characters, ‘Hyper Hammer’ and ‘Crazy Hawk,’ and it didn’t work! Even though I don’t have all the pieces, I can still see what the combination says, 9-3-0-5. And, on one of my characters, I made a stink bomb, and the next day, it wasn’t there! Scary Tomato, Smockers, or Codien, waht do you think I should do? Sincerely,
    PhOTO96

    Codien: The only thing you could do is send your characters details (User/Pass) to [email protected]
    We will get the items for you.

  19. OMG!!!! How do i get around that bird!!!!! It is impossible!!!

    Codien: You don’t. You use the light on the light house to scare it of. Read some of the other comment questions. It will be answered many times. :p

    1. Yea! I didn’t even know how to use the dog to dig in the right spot let alone where the fight spot was that’s why I neede the guid!

  20. hey i was just wondering codien and scary tomato………………..
    are you guys like adults or just the same age as us. well………most of us!
    (just don’t tell the age! we do not need to know!) oh also i was wondering if you guys are the same age us, do you guys have accounts on poptropica.com???????????????
    cuz that would be sooooooooooooo awsome!
    and just to tell you……….you guys rock!
    thx(i sooooooooooo do not know why i said that! but thx anyway for the help out for big nate island!☺

    Scary Tomato: I’m 12, Codien is 15, Smockers is 12 too. It’s on the About page. And of course we have Poptropica accounts! 😉

  21. I want to go on the Jet Skis, but I don’t know why it doesn’t allow me!! My character just says:
    I don’t see any reason to cruise around the open sea right now.

    Codien, Smockers, Scary Tomato?? What should I do?

    Scary Tomato: Look through the telescope on top of Puffin Point’s lighthouse and have your character notice the scroll hidden under a rock. 😉

  22. Where is the power switch? I keep falling and not being able to get up! Please help!

    Poptroicagal: To make the stink bomb, click on the test tubes. Then, take the blue capsule, pour some in, and do the same with the yellow. Then, turn the dial on the bottom to 4. The rest will happen!

    Scary Tomato: It’s below the stairs in the secret room. 😉

    1. I can’t see any stairs but I found the power switch! It’s at the bottom left corner of a paper with numbers.

  23. Thanks I finished it but is there any way to get the frog in Gina’s desk?

    Scary Tomato: Sorry, nope. The frog is just decoration. There isn’t even a “Gina’s desk” on Big Nate Island. 😉

  24. I love this game! I’ve been playing Poptropica from the beginning and have never had a problem with it until now. When Spitsy digs up the time capsule I can zoom in on it, but when I click on it I can’t pick it up. I’ve tried leaving the game and reentering but it doesn’t work. I have to have the dog dig it up again and the same thing happens. Help please!

    Scary Tomato: Try clicking and DRAGGING it out. Hope that works. 😛

  25. I have the same problem as some other people where the sailor hasnt given me the keys just the lobster (I have tried logging off, diving again, refreshing, EVERYTHING!!!)

    Can you pleease help ASAP as it is really bugging me!!!

    Thanks
    Dudeette

    Scary Tomato: Try seeing if you can use the skis even without the keys. If not, go diving again to see if this time they will allow you to have the keys. 😉

  26. Thanks Scary Tomato! I clicked on the time capsule and dragged it out of the hole. I’m now the proud owner of a Big Nate’s Island medallion. Whoo-hoo! 🙂

  27. Hey guys! I found an awesome cheat! I call it ” Underwater Surprise!” I figured it out on Big Nate Island. Scary Tomato, Codien and Smockers, I don’t know if you have ever done this before, but this is how it goes:

    1. Put on your suit with the helmet and go to Puffin Point

    2.Go underwater

    3. Go to the little suitcase containing your items and click take off for the suit!

    THERE! YOU ARE SWIMMING UNDERWATER WITHOUT A HELMET!

  28. Scary tomato, smockers, comdien you guys rock! i couldn’t done poptropica levels without your cheats. Thanks! 🙂

  29. can i please copy it for my site?i will put credits

    Scary Tomato: Sorry, but you can’t copy and paste these words. The most you can do is put the link to this page on your site. Thanks for asking. 😉

    1. Umm…sorry, did you understand what Scary Tomato just said? I looked at your website (www.pinknblue111.wordpress.com) and you copied the exact Big Nate Island guide from Poptropica Help Blog. 😦

  30. When I Click on the paper in Nate’s Locker it says I Don’t Know the Comatation

    Scary Tomato: You’ll need to piece together the whole comic strip first. Show it to the guy at Klassic Komix and then return to the locker. 😉

  31. Hi,

    I tried to finish Big Nate Island, but I had to leave right when I put down the stinkbomb. I tried to get on later, clicked on the file cabenit, but nothing happened. So I went out of detention and decided to try later. But then when I looked at my inventory, the stink bomb wasn’t there and I thought it would still be there. So I chewed the gum again and went in detention. the stink bomb wasn’t there.

    I DID go back there on another account and did beat the game, but I wish that I could beat it on my main poptropica person.

    If there’s anyway anyone could help, PLEASE do!

    bye.

    Scary Tomato: Make a new stink bomb in the science lab. Then place it on the detention room floor. Go back and make sure you have all the comic frames, and assemble them together. Give it to the Klassic Komix guy for the gum. Also, open Big Nate’s locker to get the school blueprints to be able to open the file cabinet. For more info, see the guide above. I hope this helps! 😉

  32. I played BIG NATE the day it came out, so I didn’t use the guide. I beat it and I found it easy, and, a little challaging. It was great fun. I paticuly liked the jet-ski race. I won it on my 1st try! Same with the games in that cubby-house thing. I also enjoyed scuba-diving. Oh, and making that stink bomb was great too! Although I wish u could customise the BIG NATE caricters as well! All in all it was great fun! I checked out this guide wen I saw it and I think u covered everything! Any1 who HASN’T played it must play BIG NATE NOW!!!Can’t wait 4 ASTRO KNIGHTS 2 come out!!!
    P.S Scary Tomato,Codien and Smockers ur guides r DA BOMB!!!!!
    Keep up the good work!

    1. EIGHT MINUTES? How is that possible? Iy takes that long to go back and forth in between places.
      Maybe you meant 80 minutes?

      Scary Tomato: Eight minutes is fast, but it’s probably possible if you can move your cursor really quickly and if loading doesn’t take a long time. 😆

  33. Yo
    YOU GUYZ SOOOO ROCK! I WAS HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE BUT I KNEW YOUR BLOG WAS RELIABLE SO I CAME HERE. U GUYZ ROCK.

    -MAX
    P.S R U GUYZ GENIUSES?

  34. Personally, I found Big Nate Island rather simple. It wasn’t very challenging… I was hoping for something a little harder. Oh well. However, I think AstroKnights Island will be more challenging! 🙂

  35. I finished big nate island a day after this big nate guid on this blog came out….. but i have to thank the makers of this blog and guide because if it werent for you guys, i never would have finished bignate island! Speical thanks to: Scary Tomato, Smockers, and Codien! And also to the people on this blog who posted,Because you helped too! Thank you so much!

  36. hey u helped me alot and when the new island comes out can u do this too thanks

    Scary Tomato: Don’t worry, Poptropica Help Blog always tries to write a guide as soon as a new island is released!

  37. ummm and i want to make another stink bomb but it wont let me (of course only to carry around)

    Scary Tomato: Unfortunately, you can’t. 😐

    1. I LOVE U GUYS FOR HELPING ME and thats alot it really helped me thnk you thank you thank you and thank you again it was really fun

  38. how come i have the feeling im the only one who read and still does read the big nate comics?

    Scary Tomato: I occasionally read them too. Don’t feel left out! 😉

    1. it is soo anoying! if i talk about the comics to any1 at my school they dont know what im talking about! i even saw the comic strip u have to find back in september, on comics.com!

  39. At my school last semester, I had Buisness Keyboarding (aka learning how to type =D). Once we were done, we’d get free time on the Internet. Since this was from Funbrain, we were allowed to use it! After that, it’s everyone getting on. Everyone was asking me how to beat things, and sometimes when I couldn’t remember, I’d look on random sites (I’ve been on Pop. since it came out lolz). This is the most helpful and detailed one (not to mention well organized and easy) that there was! Thanks soo much!

  40. this is the best website everr! no kidding. like there’s noooo way i could have ever figured out big nate island if it werent for this website. and its alot of fun i added it to favourites. BEST WEBSITE FOR POPTROPICA EVERR!!!

  41. Thanks so much for this guide…I finished it! But I don’t think it’s that Big Nate gets all the credit for getting the capsule! He didn’t do anything!

    1. Actully he did. He stood around and talked, followed u around, raced u on jet-skis and plaed games. but ur right. other than that, he did nothing

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