Beegypt - Ptah's Official Strategy Guide
Ancient Egypt is a large and daunting land. If you're ever stuck, feel free to consult this guide!
I. The Beeginning
The game begins with a short introductory sequence setting the scene, ending with you boarding your new raft in the city of Waset. From there, you're free to ride your boat to any of the seven cities available in the game! Each city has its own people, merchants, temples, and more to interact with. You can go to any of the cities in any order you want, but when traveling, you should keep your eye on whether or not your destination will be in its flowering season or not. If you arrive in a city that isn't in season, you won't be able to harvest any plants or pollinate them! The seasons change over time, and time only passes when you are riding your boat, so keep this in mind!
II. The Endbeeng
In order to complete the game, you'll need to return to the city of Waset and talk to the guard in front of Pharaoh Amenhotep III after offering gifts to at least 5 gods or goddesses at the temples throughout Egypt. It can be any five, and you don't even need to visit every city if you don't want to, but each city has its own unique items to find, so make sure you look everywhere for the things you need to offer to the gods! Once you prove your worth to Amenhotep's guard, talk to Amenhotep to start wrapping things up.
III. Basic Gameplay
Most of your time will be spent going from city to city, dropping bees off at plants, talking and trading with people, making offerings to altars, looking around, learning Fun Facts about Ancient Egypt and Bees, then collecting your bees and heading back to your raft. If bees are pollinating a plant for more than 15 seconds, they will collect nectar. The longer they are on a plant, the more nectar they will collect.
Once you collect your bees and bring them back to your raft, they will start making honey. Honey is only produced when time progresses, and time only progresses when you ride your raft between cities, so pick a new location and set sail for adventure! The longer you are at sea, the more honey you'll collect.
After arriving at your destination, approach your beehives and press the Primary Action button to smoke the hives. If you don't have any incense, you won't be able to collect anything, so make sure you stop by the incense seller in the city of Shedet if you're running low! Once you smoke the hive, honey and beeswax will be added to your inventory.
IV. Trading and Offering
There are many people willing to trade with you, and many altars to the gods to offer gifts to. For quick reference, they are all compiled here, but don't peek unless you're really stuck!
Location | Person/God | Wants | Notes |
Taremu | Bastet Altar | 30 Beeswax | Beeswax is obtained when collecting honey from your hives. |
Taremu | Sekhmet Altar | 5 Pomegranate Juice | One jug of Pomegranate Juice can be made from two Pomegranates at the juicer in Napata. |
Taremu | Maahes Altar | 10 White Lotus Honey | The type of plant you pollinate determines the type of Honey you get from it. Most people will accept any kind of Honey, but some deities have higher standards. |
Taremu | Tener the Bread Seller | 4 Honey | Tener will thank you with 10 Wheat and 4 Bread. |
Taremu | Dedu the Fish Seller | 5 Gold | Dedu will give you 2 Fish for your Gold. |
Memphis | Amenken | 10 Beeswax | Beeswax is obtained when collecting Honey from your hives. Amenken will thank you with 3 Gold. |
Memphis | Bebi the Teacher | 10 Parchment | One sheet of Parchment can be made from three Papyrus reeds at the spreader in Napata. Bebi will thank you with secret knowledge. |
Memphis | Ptah Altar | 30 Blue Lotus Honey | The type of plant you pollinate determines the type of Goney you get from it. Most people will accept any kind of Honey, but some deities have higher standards. |
Shedet | Sobek Altar | 10 Milk | Milk can be bought from Hentmereb in the city of Yabu, and can also be obtained by trading with Ipy in the city of Abdju five times. |
Shedet | Crocodile | 5 Fish | Fish can be obtained from Dedu in the city of Taremu. When the crocodile returns to the water, you can reach a new area. |
Shedet | Senisonbe the Incense Seller | 1 Gold | Senisonbe will give you 5 Incense for your Gold. |
Abdju | Osiris Altar | 10 Linen | One sheet of Linen can be made from three Flax reeds at the spreader in Napata. |
Abdju | Isis Altar | 30 Gold | Gold can be obtained from trading with many people across Egypt. Ipy the trader in Abdju is likely your best bet at getting a lot of Gold quickly. |
Abdju | Ipy | 12 Honey | Ipy will give you 12 Gold in exchange for your Honey. After trading with him 5 times, he will also reward you with 5 jugs of Milk. |
Waset | Amun Altar | 10 Scented Oil | Scented Oil can be made with one Chamomile flower and one Crown Daisy flower at the infuser in Napata. You can also trade with Anen in the city of Yabu to get Scented Oil. |
Waset | Mut Altar | 10 Bread | Bread can be made with 5 bushels of Wheat or Barley at the oven in Napata. It can also be acquired from Tener the bread seller in Taremu. |
Waset | Khonsu Altar | 20 Honey | |
Waset | Maia the Beer Seller | 1 Date Honey | Maia will give you 1 Beer in exchange for your Date Honey. One jug of Date Honey can be made from two Dates at the juicer in Napata. |
Yabu | Khnum Altar | 5 Clay | Clay can be acquired in the water on the east side of Yabu. |
Yabu | Anuket Altar | 10 Gold | Gold can be obtained from trading with many people across Egypt. Ipy the trader in Abdju is likely your best bet at getting a lot of Gold quickly. |
Yabu | Satis Altar | 10 Water | Water can be acquired from the infuser in Napata. |
Yabu | Hentmereb | 2 Honey | Hentmereb will give you 3 Milk in exchange for your Honey. |
Yabu | Anen the Worker | 1 Beer | Anen will give you one Scented Oil in exchange for your Beer. |
Napata | Tabiry | 10 Lettuce | Tabiry will give you 5 Gold in exchange for your Lettuce, which can be found in the cities of Waset and Yabu. |
Napata | Kasmut | 1 Melon | Kasmut will thank you for giving her Melons, which can be found in Abdju. I wonder what happens if you give her so many that she can't possibly carry any more... |
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Beegypt
aka "Help! I'm an Ancient Egyptian Beekeeper!"
Status | Released |
Author | Haunted Bees Productions |
Genre | Educational |
Tags | ancient-egypt, bees, Comedy, entergaging, Side Scroller |
Languages | English |
Accessibility | Color-blind friendly, Subtitles, Configurable controls |
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