Notes:King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

This page contains notes for the game King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella.

To do: finish flags

Items

• 0 - Silver flute
• 1 - Diamond pouch
• 2 - Talisman
• 3 - Lantern
• 4 - Pandora's box
• 5 - Gold ball
• 6 - Witches' glass eye
• 7 - Obsidian scarab
• 8 - Peacock feather
• 9 - Lute
• 10 - Small crown
• 11 - Frog
• 12 - Silver baby rattle
• 13 - Gold coins
• 14 - Cupid's bow
• 15 - Shovel
• 16 - Axe
• 17 - Fishing pole
• 18 - Shakespeare book
• 19 - Worm
• 20 - Skeleton key
• 21 - Golden bridle
• 22 - Board
• 23 - Bone
• 24 - Dead fish
• 25 - Magic fruit
• 26 - Sheet music
• 27 - Silver whistle
• 28 - Locket
• 29 - Medal of Honor
• 30 - Toy horse
• 31 - Glass bottle with note
• 32 - Gold key
• 33 - Magic hen
• 34 - Rose
• 35 - Note from bottle

Rooms

• 1 - Coast north of fisherman's
• 2 - Meadow west of pool
• 3 - Pool (Cupid)
• 4 - Outside ogres' house
• 5 - Scary trees west, behind ogres' house
• 6 - Outside skull cave
• 7 - Outside fisherman's house
• 8 - Behind fisherman's
• 9 - Forest south of pool
• 10 - Forest south of ogre's house
• 11 - Scary trees central
• 12 - Scary trees east
• 13 - Coast south of pier
• 14 - Meadow with stump
• 15 - Frog pond
• 16 - Cemetery west
• 17 - Outside old house
• 18 - Cemetery with crypt door
• 19 - Coast west of flower meadow
• 20 - Flower meadow
• 21 - Stone bridge (gold ball)
• 22 - Outside dwarves' house
• 23 - River forest south of old house
• 24 - Waterfall
• 25 - Coast with river (start screen)
• 26 - Meadow with river
• 27 - Woods north of pool
• 28 - Outside mine
• 29 - Dense forest east of mine (worm)
• 30 - Mountain path base
• 31 - Ocean (many screens)
• Genesta's palace island
  • 32 - Ocean south of island
  • 33 - Beach northwest
  • 34 - Beach north
  • 35 - Beach northeast (peacock feather)
  • 36 - Garden west (swan)
  • 37 - Palace doors
  • 38 - Garden east (statue)
  • 39 - Beach southwest
  • 40 - Beach south
  • 41 - Beach southeast
  • 45 - Genesta's bedroom
  • 46 - Tower stairway
  • 47 - Entry hall
• 42 - Inside fisherman's house
• 43 - Desert island
• 44 - Whale mouth
• 48 - Ogres' bedroom
• 49 - Ogres' dining room
• 50 - Ogres' kitchen
• 51 - Ogres' closet
• 53 - Dwarves' bedroom
• 54 - Dwarves' dining room
• 55 - Mine west
• 56 - Mine east
• 57 - Witches' skull cave
• Inside old house
  • 58 - Tower pipe organ
  • 59 - Nursery
  • 60 - East bedroom
  • 61 - Secret tower spiral stairs
  • 62 - Master bedroom
  • 63 - Attic
  • 64 - Dining room
  • 65 - Kitchen
  • 66 - Tower base of stairs
  • 67 - Parlor
  • 68 - Entry
• 69 - Inside tomb (Pandora's Box)
• 70 - Behind waterfall
• Troll cave
  • 71 - Entrance from waterfall
  • 72 - East of entrance
  • 73 - Cave exit to swamp
  • 74 - Southwest
  • 75 - Cave south
  • 76 - Cave southeast (hole)
• 77 - Swamp west
• 78 - Swamp east (magic fruit)
• 79 - Winding mountain path (goons attack)
• Lolotte's castle
  • 80 - Front gate
  • 81 - Edward's bedroom
  • 82 - Lolotte's bedroom
  • 83 - Dungeon cell
  • 84 - Storage
  • 85 - East tower stairway
  • 86 - Outside dungeon cell
  • 87 - Dungeon hallway east (outside storage)
  • 88 - East tower stairway
  • 89 - Kitchen
  • 90 - West tower stairway bottom
  • 91 - Dining room
  • 92 - Throne room
  • 93 - East tower stairway bottom
  • 94 - Stable
• 95 - Pier
• Intro scenes
  • 120 - King Graham falls ill
  • 221 - Genesta gives Rosella her quest
  • 222 - Rosella arrives in Tamir
• 654 - Dwarves soup scene ⏳
• 690 - Ending: Genesta's beach farewell
• 692 - Rosella & Edward's wedding scene
• 693 - Ending: warping home to Daventry
• 694 - Ending: saving Graham
• 697 - Night falls scene
• 698 - Credits
• 699 - Title screen
• 700 - Sierra logo

Flags

KQ4 has no regular flags, and instead uses globals for everything.

Global

• 100 - gNight (0: day, 1: night)
• 102 - Dwarf house state (0: messy, 1: clean, 2: throwing out Rosella)
• 105 - Rosella's state (0: normal, 1: ankle-deep water OR grabbed by goons, 2: knee-deep water, 3: waist-deep water, 4: swimming, 10: falling??, 12: in swamp, 13: frog in swamp, 14: riding dolphin, 15: fishing, 16: falling??, 17: zombified)
• 107 - Rosella's state specific to pier and coast (0: not 9 or 11, 9: on pier, 11: on coast cliff)
• 108 - Horizon level
• 109 - gAct
  • 1: Lolotte asked you to retrieve unicorn
  • 2: Lolotte asked you to retrieve hen
  • 3: Lolotte asked you to retrieve Pandora's Box
  • 99: Gave Pandora's Box to Lolotte and got imprisoned
• 112 - Swung axe at tree monsters
• 115 - Currently cleaning dwarf house
• 116 - Fisherman state (1: fishing, 2: walking home, 3: at home?)
• 121 - Ogress (or ogre?) present
• 134 - Haunted house state (1: entered house at night / baby ghost active, 2: miser ghost active, 3: lady ghost active, 4: lord ghost active, 5: boy ghost present, 255: gave toy to boy ghost
• 136 - Ocean grid X: position (local1)
• 137 - Ocean grid Y: position (local2)
• 160 - Game hours
• 159 - Game minutes
• 165 - Ogre state (0: not active, 1: in house, 2: in kitchen, 3: asleep at kitchen table, 4: chasing Rosella, 5: left house)
• 166 - Looked through ogre closet door keyhole when ogre home
• 169 - Lolotte state (0: dead, 1: alive)
• 174 - Crypt door state (0: locked, 1: unlocked, 2: open)
• 175 - Being chased by henchman
• 176 - Rosella's soup state (0: ready on table, 1: being eaten, 2: finished)
• 177 - Cleared table after dwarf soup scene
• 182 - Picking up item
• 183 - Swallowed by whale
• 189 - Using items with animations locked
• 204 - Can't use text parser?
• 205 - HandsOff active
• 207 - Obsidian scarab on floor of witch cave
• 215 & 216 - Debug status (0: off, 1: on)
• 218 - Got Pandora's Box for 1st time
• 220 - Unlocked Lolotte's bedroom door

Points

230 total:

• Give diamond pouch to fisherman, get pole (3)
• Catch fish (3)
• Get peacock feather (2)
• Use worm on fishing pole (1)
• Get gold coins (3)
• Get baby rattle (3)
• Get medal (3)
• Get toy horse (3)
• Get locket (3)
• Get shovel (2)
• Get Shakespeare book (2) two versions???
• Give gold coins to miser ghost (2)
• Give medal to wailing ghost (2)
• Give toy horse to boy ghost (2)
• Give rattle to baby ghost (2)
• Give locket to distraught ghost (2)
• Open secret door (4)
• Get sheet music (2)
• Play organ (4)
• Get skeleton key (2)
• Give Shakespeare book to minstrel, get lute (3)
• Give lute to pan, get flute (3)
• Get Cupid's bow (2)
• Shoot unicorn with Cupid's bow (4)
• Use bridle on unicorn (3)
• Get worm room 23 (2)????
• Get worm room 29 (2)????
• Get gold ball (2)
• Get small crown (2)
• Something else with the frog and crown??? (2)
• Kiss frog (3)
• Get bridle??? (3)
• Tickle whale with feather (5)
• Give fish to pelican (4)
• Get whistle (2)
• Ride dolphin (2)
• Use whistle to call dolphin (2)
• Give bone to dog (4)
• Get axe (2)
• Get magic hen (4)
• Clean dwarves' house (5)
• Get diamond pouch (2)
• Give pouch to dwarf, get lantern (3)
• Use axe on scary trees (4)
• Get glass eye (3)
• Return glass eye to witches (3)
• Wear crown at waterfall (5)
• Get board (2)
• Get bone (2)
• Put board over hole (2) two of these????
• Play flute to charm snake (4)
• Get magic fruit (10)
• Bring unicorn to Lolotte (7)
• Bring magic hen to Lolotte (7)
• Bring Pandora's Box to Lolotte (7)
• Get gold key (2)
• Use gold key to unlock Edward's door (2) three of these???
• Get talisman (5)
• Murder Lolotte with Cupid's bow (8)
• Get Pandora's box from Lolotte's storage (2)
• Get magic hen from Lolotte's storage (2)
• Free unicorn from stable (4)
• Retrieve Rosella's items (4)
• Use skeleton key to open crypt door (3)
• Lower rope ladder (2)
• Get scarab (2)
• Get Pandora's Box from tomb (4)
• Put back Pandora's Box (2)
• Use skeleton key to lock Pandora's box (2)
• Give talisman to Genesta (10)
• Return magic hen to Genesta (2)
• Eat magic fruit (-10)
• Get Pandora's Box after putting it back (-2)