How do you find LeChuck beneath the Monkey Head in Return to Monkey Island – Casual & Hard mode

Many of us never thought it would happen, but we have a new part of the Guybrush Threepwood story with Return to Monkey Island. Our hero again points and clicks his way through a series of comic scenarios and tricky puzzles as he battles his evil nemesis, LeChuck. Below we'll reveal how you find LeChuck beneath the Monkey Head in Return to Monkey Island.

How do you find LeChuck beneath the Monkey Head in Return to Monkey Island – Casual mode

As you work deeper underground below the Monkey Head in Return to Monkey Island, you'll have to beat several puzzles before you can find LeChuck. Each time, he will close a door you need to unlock to progress. The first three times this happens, you must manipulate objects across three rooms containing a monkey statue. There is a note on each closed door, giving you a hint.

How to get past the level: Only the organized pirate will pass – Casual mode

• Grab the knife from the first room, along with the spyglass, crackers, eyeglass, mug, and three pieces of eight from the other rooms.
• Give the squinting monkey statue the spyglass.
• Give the frustrated monkey the knife.
• Give the monkey with a parrot the crackers.

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How to get past the level: Only the organized pirate will pass – Hard mode

• To open the first door beneath the Monkey Head on Hard mode, you'll need to put an item in the hands of four monkey statues.
• On this difficulty, you'll only pick pieces-of-eight-like pebbles, as everything else is already in your inventory.
• Give crackers to the monkey with the parrot statue.
• Give a knife to the frustrated monkey statue.
• Give double monocle to the squinting monkey statue.
• Give an empty grog mug to the jolly monkey statue.

How to get past the level: Only the unfair pirate will pass – Casual mode

• Grab pieces of eight from the rooms, so you have at least four.
• Each monkey statue here has a chest in front of it.
• Give three coins to the Captain Monkeybeard statue.
• Give one to the First Swab.

How to get past the level: Only the observant pirate will pass – Hard mode

• Pick up five pieces of eight (pebbles) from the rooms.
• There are three monkey statues with chests.
• Give three coins to the Captain Monkeybeard statue.
• Give two coins to the First Swab.
• Give the last coin from the coin purse to the cabin monkey.

How to get past the level: Only the bloodthirsty pirate will pass – Casual & Hard mode

• In the rooms with the Sad Monkey and the Screaming Monkey statues, stab the sculptures with your knife. Both will bleed oil.
• Use the mug to collect oil from one of the first two statues.
• Use the mug with oil on the grate beneath the Broken Statue in the final room.

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How to solve the code wheel – Casual mode

• Go down to the bottom right of the room, below the code wheel, and read the inscription on the piece of stone sticking out of the lava.
• Its limerick gives you the information you need to crack the code wheel.
• The year is 1730, the outer image is the character with two eyepatches, and the inner image is the mouth with a full set of teeth.

How to solve the code wheel – Hard mode

• Remember the pictures on each door, as they represent the starting point for the code wheel. Keep in mind that pictures and numbers are different for each playthrough.

• When you set the starting point, go down the stairs.
• Peer at the stone slab. It has a riddle that will help you open the wheel.
• Rotate the outer wheel three times.
• Rotate the inner wheel two times.
• Press the number four times.

You are now free to pursue LeChuck through the next door. From here, you're on your own. Good luck! And that's the end of Return to Monkey Island. Did you like Guybrush Threepwood's adventure? If you've played on Casual mode, try Hard mode.

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