Nabooti Island Guide

Synopsis

For centuries, the Nabooti tribe has been protected by the power of seven sacred jewels. But now, the jewels are missing! Take across Africa to find the missing jewels and return them to the Nabooti tribe. You’ll visit pyramids, ancient mines, and giant waterfalls on your quest.

For walkthroughs on Nabooti Island, scroll down.

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Released: December 11, 2008
Common Room: Fly-By-Night Airlines
Preceded by: Spy Island
Succeeded by: Big Nate Island

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

Island Extras: Map | Official Tour | Video | Buy the Book: The Lost Jewels of Nabooti (Choose Your Own Adventure #4)

Video Walkthrough

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

Written Walkthrough

Walkthrough written by Codien
Special thanks to: PopBuddies, Lucky Joker, Slanted Fish, Invisible Ring, & HPuterpop

Welcome to Nabooti Island, where missing jewels from an ancient totem pole will reveal a strange secret. Ready for an adventure?

Obtaining Your Map

Head left and go inside the Nabooti African Museum in the tree. Inside there are lots of monuments of tribes from Africa. Walk to your left, fall down then walk to your right until you see the Nabooti Monument.

Talk to the girl standing left of the statue. She will tell you the story of the five missing jewels. When she asks you if you would like to find the jewels, click ‘Yes! I’m in’. She will hand you a Map of Africa.

Piloting Your Plane

Venture your way outside and walk to your left until you see a plane. Click on the seat to fly!

A map of Africa will come up, and your mouse is now the plane. Fly your way over to the right until your reach a point called Mountains of the Moon. Click on it or place your plane on the dot.

Mountains of the Moon

Opuntia Fruit

Beware of the goats and falling boulders at this place.

Run to your left and jump over the goats. Go through the water and jump over the next goat. Keep going until you’re at the end. Stop. Let the goat run at you and whack you up to the next ledge.

Jump on the tree to your right, then again, then jump up onto the next ledge where the girl with blue headwear is. Talk to her, she will tell you she wants the red fig/cactus fruit that is above you.

Jump on the boulder to your left, then jump at the Opuntia Fruit. You should be able to reach it.

Mountain Climb

Go right, jump over the flowing water, and keep going until you reach the end. (Note: Boulders will crash on you if you stay in one spot.) Jump up onto the next ledge and then make a big jump over the goat and land on the ledge on the other side. Jump the small gap until you reach some icy slopes. Jump up the icy ledges (they are slippery), then right, then jump up on the ledges until you reach the old man.

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He will not let you in the cave unless you beat him in Mancala.

Basically, the goal is to get the most stones into your big tray, which is on the right (the opponent’s tray is the other big one). In each turn, you select a cup, and the stones inside of it will be dropped into the cups after it (one at a time) until all the stones from that cup have moved. If the last stone lands in your tray, you get to go again. If the last stone lands on an empty cup, you get to capture all the stones across from that cup into your tray.

Once you win, enter the cave.

Cell Phone, Red Jewel

Fall down to the bottom to pick up the Cell Phone. (By the way, you can get some cool costumes by dialing certain numbers into the phone!)

The costumes are optional, but note that activating them can get rid of something you’re wearing. The numbers you can call are:

  • 1225: Santa Hat and Sack
  • 911: Police Outfit
  • 411: Brain Helmet
  • 1337: Nerd Outfit (Comic Kid/Ned Noodlehead)

Anyway, back to the cave… Jump up the rocks until you’re on a rock that overhangs out from the main rock. Jump on the rock column right of you. Avoid the hanging icicles — they’ll knock you over! Slide off this rock to the next. Jump up on the next column, slide onto the next one and then finally run off the edge to land on the ledge with the Red Jewel.

Now fall down to the bottom and make your way out of the cave. Fall down to the bottom of the mountain and get in the plane again.

Blue Nile Falls

Purple Flower

Fly your plane north-east to a dot called Blue Nile Falls. Once there, jump onto your plane, then jump onto the grassy ledges, and jump up to the top of the cliff where there is a violet flower.

It’s called the Egyptian Blue Lily. Walk over to it to pick it up.

Mountain Climb

Go back down the cliff, go across the water until your reach some more grassy ledges. Follow the grassy ledges to the top to find a woman with a chicken, corn feed and a fox. Talk to her and ask if she needs your help. This should start a puzzle game.

Fox, Chicken, & Corn Feed Puzzle

To solve the problem, follow these instructions:

  1. Bring the chicken to the other side.
  2. Bring the feed to the other side.
  3. Bring the chicken back to the other side.
  4. Bring the fox to the other side.
  5. Bring the chicken back to the other side to finish the problem.

When completed, the women will tell you about the secret cave behind a bush to the right of the waterfall.

Secret Cave, Purple Jewel

Jump off to the right and try land on the ledge with the large bush. If you don’t, then jump up on the rocks till you get to it. Click on the large bush to reveal the secret cave. Now enter the opening.

Once inside, jump onto the skinny column to your right. Keep jumping right. (Note: Do this fast because spikes will fall on you, if you fall just make your way to the left and start again.) Once you reach the end, walk over and grab the Purple Jewel.

Go back outside and make your way back to the plane.

Giza

Black Turban

Fly your plane left, back to the dot named Nabooti. Once there walk right until you see a stall. Talk to the woman wearing orange clothes. Trade your Egyptian Blue Lily for a Desert Turban.

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Now head back to the plane.

Giza, Shovel, Moon Stone

Fly your plane north-east to a place called Giza.

Once there, go to your Items and put on your desert turban. Go to your right and look for the tomb raider, who will hand you a Shovel.

Walk to your right until you see a man outside a tent. Go into your items and view the shovel. The number on it belongs to the man in front of you. Go to your phone and dial this number: 555-6789

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Once done, the man in front of you and his workers will have left. Click on the bag in front of you to take the Moon Stone.

Now go left and then jump up on the Egyptian structure. Go to the top where a ring is. Go into your items and click ‘Use’ on the Moon Stone.

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It will open a passageway down below. Go down and enter it.

Shifting Platforms

Go to your right until you see a block with four rectangles on it. Click on it. These rectangles move the platforms ahead of you so you can access the next room. The aim is to make all of the rectangles flat. To do this, click rectangle 1, then 3, then 4.

Go right and jump up onto the platforms. Avoid the scorpion below the platforms! Keep going right until you see the next passageway, and enter through it.

Block Platforms

Jump up the small rocks to reach a room with four blocks.

You have to match the blocks with the same pattern as the bottom one. Follow the instructions below to make them in order:

(If you make a mistake, pull the reset switch to try again.)

  1. Push block number 4 off and push it left until it is roundabout where the reset sign is.
  2. Push block number 1 off and push it to number 4.
  3. Push number 2 off but then push it so it is under the ledge.
  4. Push block number 3 of and align it with the others.
  5. The block order should be now: 4 – 1 – 3 – 2

Push the groups of blocks until it’s in front of the carvings on the wall. This should open up the next passageway. Jump up on the ledge and then jump left through the new opening.

Falling Ledges

Keep going left until you reach a room with ledges with pictures on them. (These pictures are called hieroglyphics and are an ancient language in Egypt.)

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You have to jump onto the right pictures to make it to the top. Otherwise they will collapse on you. Follow the instructions below to make it to the top:

  1. Jump on the block with a person.
  2. Jump on the block with an upturned boat and a jagged line.
  3. Jump on the block with a bird and a staff.
  4. Jump on the block with an eye and a boat.

Once you have reached the top, click on the rope to go up.

Rising Sands, Blue Jewel

Go up and enter a room with two large statues.

In the middle of the room there is a tablet with markings on it. The dots on the cups tell you which switch to pull in what order. The switches are found on each column half way up. When a switch is pulled it will make a cup with a number of dots fall. As soon as you pull one, sand will start to fall and begin to rise.

Remember the order to pull the switches and do it fast. Follow the instructions below to achieve the task:

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(If you make a mistake, pull the reset switch to try again.)

  1. Pull switch number 4
  2. Pull switch number 2
  3. Pull switch number 3
  4. Pull switch number 1

(Try the order 1-2-3-4 if the above combination doesn’t work.) Once complete, the mummy at the top will open to reveal the Blue Jewel. Grab the jewel and exit the room to your left.

Climb down the rope then fall down to your right, then climb down another rope to your right. Now exit to your left. Make your way back to the plane.

Kaya Forests

Kaya Forests, Gold Nugget, Ebony Elephant

Fly south to Kaya Forests. Jump onto the hut, and jump right onto the trees. Keep going until you see a gold object in the tree. Pick it to get a Gold Nugget.

Fall down and walk right until you see a giant shell. Stand next to it and go into your items. Click ‘Use’ on the Opuntia Fruit.

The turtle/tortoise will wake up and move over to eat it. Walk over to the small hole in the ground, go to your items and click ‘Use’ on your shovel. You will dig up an Ebony Elephant.

Two mysterious ghosts will rise from the hole asking for a Fingo. Now go back to the plane.

Fingo, Camera, Green Jewel

Fly north-west back to the Nabooti dot. Walk right to the stalls and talk to the girl wearing blue clothing. Trade your ebony elephant for a Fingo.

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While you’re here, walk right to the man wearing purple orange clothes. Trade your Gold Nugget for a Digital Camera.

Now make your way back to the plane. Fly back to the Kaya Forests and talk to the ghost man again. Tell him that you have found the Fingo. As a reward he will give you a Green Jewel. Now walk back to the plane.

Safari

Fly your plane just above you to Safari. Once there, run all the way right till you reach Big Zeke. Talk to him and ask if he needs help. He will tell you he needs 7 good pictures of different animals.

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Here’s where you can find all the animals:

  1. There is a Giraffe in the middle next to the tree.
  2. Left of the Giraffe there is a Zebra next to a stream.
  3. Left of the Zebra there is a lion in the bushes.
  4. In the top left-left-hand corner a bird will appear in a tree.
  5. Right of the Giraffe an Alligator will emerge in the water.
  6. At the very right an Elephant will appear behind a mound.
  7. In the very bottom-right-hand corner a Gazelle will appear.

Once you have taken the 7 good photos, press close and Big Zeke will reward you with a Miner’s Hard Hat. Now head back to your plane.

Diamond Mines

Fly south until you reach Diamond Mines. Once there, put on your Mining Hat. Go over the dirt mound, go right, and then pass the man and the electric fence until you reach a switch board. Click on the switch between the two lights. This will turn off the electric fence but only for a short time. Your time left will be shown in the bottom left-hand corner.

Run left, go up the dirt mound, jump onto the metal structure, go along it and fall down the gap onto a ledge. Walk along this ledge until you see an opening in the fence. Enter it. If you do not make it in time, then go back and flick the switch again.

Falling Mine Carts

Go left until you see some incoming mine carts. Stand underneath the railings until a mine cart falls off. Jump on and make your way up. Stop underneath the next railings and wait for the cart to fall. Jump up and run along.

Repeat this process until you reach the top. Then enter where the mine carts came from.

Closed Passageway

First click the green light to turn it off. Now push the flammable canister right until it stops at a rock. Go back to the green button and turn it on. This should ignite the oil trail left by the canister. When it reaches the canister, it should blow, destroying the rock in front of it.

Turn off the green button again and push the canister to the very end. Go back and press the green button to ignite the oil. This should open up a new passageway. Enter it.

Mine Cart Ride

Go right and push the mine cart forward. This should start the mine cart ride. During the ride you need to jump over the spikes and duck when it’s at the top.

Follow the instructions below to reach the end of the track. If you fall off, click Try Again.

  1. Bend down to avoid hitting your head at the top.
  2. Jump when its says jump near the bottom of the bend.
  3. Bend down immediately after.
  4. Jump when you’re near the bottom again.
  5. Bend down again.
  6. Get ready to jump again.
  7. Bend down.

And then just let it finish. It should take you to the next room.

White Jewel

Go right and jump on the platform via the bump in the wall. Jump up again until you are on the pile of diamonds. Click on the diamonds to view them.

Click and hold onto the magnified glass in the right-hand corner. Move it to one of the gems to the left until you see a marking on one of them. Hold it over the diamond until it asks if you want to take it.

You will now have the last jewel, the White Jewel. Climb up the rope. Now go to the plane.

Nabooti Totem

Fly north-east back to Nabooti. Go right and enter the Nabooti African Museum again. Go down the bottom and talk to the girl. All you have to do now is put the jewels in the right order based on the clues given. Follow the instructions below to put the jewels in the right order:

  • Purple
  • Green
  • Red
  • White
  • Blue
  • Orange
  • Yellow

(Purple goes at the top, down to yellow at the bottom.)

And… blast off! Bye bye Nabooti totem! (Looks like that was its hidden secret!)

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Congratulations, you have finished Nabooti Island! As a reward you will receive the Nabooti Island medallion and credits to spend at the Poptropica Store.

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

Album Photos

These pictures appeared in a former feature known as the photo album.

Trivia

  • Nabooti Island is Poptropica’s 7th island, released on December 11, 2008.
  • It is based on the Choose Your Own Adventure book, The Lost Jewels of Nabooti.
  • Common room: Fly-By-Night Airlines
  • Currently, membership is required to play the full island, and non-members can play a demo version only. Prior mid-late-June 2015, this island had always been free for everyone, having been released before membership was even a reality.
  • Players fly to various places in Africa, such as Blue Nile Falls, Pyramids of Giza, Mountains of the Moon, etc.
  • The cell phone you find at Mountains of the Moon can be used to get a cool new costume. Type in 1225 for a Santa Hat and Sack, 911 for a Police Outfit, 411 for a Brain Helmet, and 1337 for a Nerdy Outfit. (1225 refers to December 25, or Christmas Day; 911 is the police emergency number in the US; 411 is a slang term for information; and 1337 refers to LEET, a system of modified spellings used mostly on the internet.)
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  • When the island was first released, a glitch with the cell phone allowed typing in numbers in the 100’s for handheld items such as a paintbrush, spear, etc but this was fixed a day later.
  • After the totem flies away into outer space at the end, there is an “invisible platform” glitch where you can stand in thin air by jumping up to where the head of the totem used to be.
  • The Digital Camera has “XL2” on it, which could be a reference to the Canon XL2 camcorder – but that’s not quite the same thing as a digital camera. The one on Nabooti Island could only hold 8 color images, like the early consumer cameras of the early 1990s.

Nabooti African Museum

These are the displays from the museum. Click to view images in full!

Internet Cafe Websites

These websites about Big Zeke and the Kaya Forests can be browsed at the safari’s internet cafe. Click to view images in full!

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461 thoughts on “Nabooti Island Guide”

    1. Thank you soo much for helping me out,i couldent have done finished nabooti island without this guide!The guide is the best guide i ever seen!No offence other guides but this guide is number 1!

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    2. wow i cant count the number of islands ive beaten with your help bye the way i got stuck under a floor on nabooti island a couple of times

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    4. I was in the pyramid and this freaking glitch happened and now I am stuck beneath the floor and It is too high to jump up!!!! What can I do without restarting the island??!?!??!?!

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    6. Also on some quest it says I’ve completed it already but I haven’t and for this island it says I’ve completed it once but I actually I never have. and I don’t get to do it! I’m not member. cuz I mean I’ve completed only diary of a wimpy kid islands and I’m not a member! PLZ HLP MEH! thx. 😦 D: 🙂 😀

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    7. what that is so sad is because I’m not a member but I wanted to do it and it was really fun but are they going to release it for non-members soon? I really want to complete it. 🙂

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    1. It’s actually not that hard at all. The first time I did it, it took me 2 days (not full days.) to finish it. The second time it took 1 1/2 hours. The third and so on took only 1/2 an hour!!!!

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    1. Thanks for helping me out!I hope we have even more islands i finished all of them exept astro knights >.< but i still worked very hard :D.This guide helped me even more then i helped myself!I'm guessing you did hard work too because you wrote all this stuff xD.When i first saw this guide i thought it would not help very much until i checked it out and changed my mind by saying it was the BEST!

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  7. Okay sorry I didn’t see this place earlier. 😉
    Repeat: If anyone can help me with geting back on track on Nabboti island then plz do so! Ihad gotten a gem over again and I need someting spasific to redo it. Help!!

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  9. I followed the instructions to the statues, but it keeps not opening up! is it from the bottom to the top or the top to the bottom?

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  13. Do you have to do each part in order?

    Scary Tomato: You don’t have to, but if you do and you’re going to use the guide, it’s better to do things in order so you won’t get too confused. 😉

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  14. Thanks for the guide it helped a lot of people!
    Although I still finished it without you guide, but I really appreciate what you wrote to everyone.
    Good Job!

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  15. YAY!!!!AND I MEAN YAY!FINALLY!i have been stuck on finding the stupid fruit for the last 2 jewels For A day Now!THANK YOU!

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  16. Scary tomato, and all of you guys did a wonderful guide! Looks like you guys ate a lot of cookies during the write! *looks at crumbs*

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    1. Thanks guide for the help but i cant find the white jewel can you tell me wich one is it so i wont be mad because i looked on all of the white jewels no things writen on them NONE.

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      1. its just a little design… its in the bottom section of the two big rocks… closer to the center of it 🙂 i hope u get it

  19. Hmm. Maybe i need to be more spasihic. Okay, I had gone in the diamand mines and gotten the white gem again, and somehow my madalion disapeared when i got it, so i need to kinda redo the island and i can’t get the cactus fig so i cant wake up the giant turtle thing so i cant get the elbony elephant and i cant get the fingo and icant get the gem!! so if u can anyone plz help me plz!!! 😦 😦

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  21. How do you beat the man in Mancala? He keeps getting 24 and I keep losing with 13 stones! What do you think I should do to win?

    Codien: Try clicking on a number of rocks that would land in your box. This way you go again. Then try and land in an empty box so you get his.

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      2. i had to play him like 18 times and they were all ties! i finally beat him after like an hour

  23. Wow, couldn’t explain it better myself. Although I had already finished the island without this, but really IT IS THE BEST ISLAND EVER… well for right now it is 🙂

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  29. yeah thenks sooo much it totally worked i feel impoptrant because i dont hardly see any poptropica players that have the nabooti island necklace.its probably because they are too scared for cheating

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  31. I don’t know how to get the white jewel out of the rock

    Codien: Find the jewel with a marking on it. Then keep the maginifiy glass over it. It should ask if you want to take it.

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  34. Thanks! I finished the island because of you. Now I’m going to be bored because I finished all of the islands. Out of all of the islands, this is the most complex. Again, thanks.

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  40. thanks blog staff!this helped so much,keep up the good work!you guys are the best!poptropica rules!but club penguin sucks!

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  43. i cant get the green jewel cause my shovel disappeared. I had it before but now it’s just gone. What should I do?

    Scary Tomato: Try going back and asking the robbers at Giza 1 for another shovel (“redoing” this part). 😉

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  45. Thanx! I loved how you taught us about the tomb of Gazi. Others I was done already but thanks anyway!!!!!!

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  47. Excuse me, but in Giza, I pull the levers for the blue jewel in order, but the mummy doesn’t open to actually reveal the blue jewel.
    Did I happen to do something wrong? 😦
    (I love your guides, though!)

    Scary Tomato: Maybe you weren’t looking at the screen when the mummy opened up… I don’t know. But when you got to the mummy at the top, was the jewel there?

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  50. I’ve been working on that mummy’s thingy for 5 hours now!!!I’m furious!!Why won’t that Mummy give me the Jewel when i put the statues in order?If you have anyone to help me or answer my question,plz send someone!!thx

    Scary Tomato: The mummy part is not putting the statues in order, it’s pulling the levers in order. 😉

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  51. I have another question about the mummy’s stage in the tomb,when we drop the small statues on the the large statue that drops sand out,do we have to move the small statues beside eachother or something?

    Scary Tomato: You don’t even have to touch the statues. All you do is make sure you pull the levers in the right order. 😉

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    1. You can do smilies by doing stuff like 😦 or :mrgreen: You do this by typing in something for example, mrgreen, in the middle of the : sign. Like what is shown below, except don’t space it.
      : wink :
      Hope this helps :wink:,
      Calm Spinner

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  60. thanks i finished nabooti and all of the other islands now we just HAVE to wait until big nate.thanks =D

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  62. Thanks Scary Tomato. By the way I finished Nabooti after I finished reading the guide. I had a little trouble of stepping on the stones before but you helped me and other users as well. I hope I can see you in Poptropica. Tomorrow I might hang out at the hair spray when its 5 o clock.

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  63. Hey it’s Max again can u plz help me but just get me the yellow and orange jewels don’t complete the island plz. =-)
    Username- germanchick
    Password- minerva98
    -Max

    Scary Tomato: The yellow and orange jewels are already on the Nabooti totem, you don’t have to go looking for them. They don’t appear in your inventory. 😉

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  64. Where is the magnifine glass??? It does not include how to get it.

    Codien: You dont have to find it. When you click on the pile of jewels. In the corner of your screen is the magnifine glass.

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  70. I have a quick question. How long do i have to wait till i get the white jewel? i have been waiting two minutes.

    Codien: Make sure its the jewel with the marking on it. Move the glass over it and move it around till it says take it.

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  71. Hip hip hurray!
    I did it before seeing your guide but for blue jewel, your guidance was immensely helpful.Mom was behind me to come this blog for using cell phone # .Thank you so much for reminding your genius and so gentle heart to share the piece .I wish you many more precious moments like diamonds.Thank you so much. from seven plus boy.

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  73. Hey everyone! I got Poptropican accounts you can use they are all new!

    for girls: Username: yayayahag
    Password: wowwow

    for boys: Username: yayayahab
    Password: coolcool

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  80. I have alot of girl accounts and one boy account so I will give you one girl and the boy.
    girl username:wisesl12
    boy username:wisesl4

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  83. YAY!! Thanks to this helpful website I finshed nabooti island! Even though it took me like 5 days to do it I enjoyed it. One thing that bugged me was going back and forth, and nabboti,dimond mines, and Giza were so far away.

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  84. It’s all okay now, Scary Tomato. I just had a little confusion! 🙂 Thanks for the guide, keep up the good work!

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  86. i don’t understand when the person from the museum said “just as i suspected the secret of the nabooti tribe is space travel” and why did the totem blast off into space .I just don’t know how space is involved

    Scary Tomato: According to the plot of the story, it seems that when all the jewels are in the right order on the totem, it will blast off into outer space because the secret of the Nabooti tribe is space travel (although I don’t know why that’s their secret). 😉

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  88. what other side?on the grass pieces?i mean where to put the chicken?

    Scary Tomato: You’re on one side of the rope. Drag the stuff in the bag to the other side. 😉

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  92. You know the Nabooti totem? Well after it flew into space i explored where it used to be and found it was like it just turned invisible! I could stil jump where the head and arms used to be!

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    1. wow! i never knew that! i just tried it and it does work! that is so cool. thnx!

      by the way, thnx codien and scary tomato for these great guides! they helped me so much!

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  100. I some how lost my shovel! Isnt that strange!?!? Thanx for the guide… I picked up some tips! Do you know why i lost my shovel? Thanx!!!!

    Scary Tomato: It’s probably a glitch.. try re-doing the shovel part to get it back. 😉

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