Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero (1989)

This page contains notes for the game Quest for Glory: So You Want to Be a Hero (1989) (In-Game Debug Actions).

Items#

This list is different from the VGA version.

1 - Silver
2 - Gold
3 - Food ration
4 - Mandrake root
5 - Key (kobold key AND antwerp rock key)
6 - Broadsword
7 - Dagger
8 - Leather armor
9 - Shield
11 - Apple
12 - Carrot
13 - Glowing gem
14 - Alabaster vase
15 - Candelabra
16 - Music box
17 - Candlestick
18 - String of Pearls
19 - Gold Ring
20 - Spirea Seed
21 - Small Rock
22 - Flower
23 - Lockpick
24 - Thief toolkit
25 - Thief license
26 - Empty flask
27 - Green fur
28 - Fairy Dust
29 - Flask of water
30 - Mushroom (fairy ring)
31 - Cheetaur claw
32 - Troll beard
33 - Chainmail armor
34 - Healing potion
35 - Mana potion
36 - Vigor potion
37 - aa (Unused)
38 - Dispel potion
39 - Undead Unguent
40 - Mirror
41 - Acorn

Skills#

0 - Strength
1 - Intelligence
2 - Agility
3 - Vitality
4 - Luck
5 - Weapon Use
6 - Parry
7 - Dodge
8 - Stealth
9 - Pick Locks
10 - Throwing
11 - Climbing
12 - Magic
13 - Experience
14 - Health Points
15 - Stamina Points
16 - Magic Points

Spells#

17 - Open
18 - Detect Magic
19 - Trigger
20 - Dazzle
21 - Zap
22 - Calm
23 - Flame Dart
24 - Fetch

Rooms#

This list is identical to the VGA version, except Room 88.

2 - Piracy notice (effectively restarts game)
9 - Main menu
10 - Erana's Peace
11 - Forest southwest of Erana's
12 - Forest south of Erana's
Kobold cave
- 13 - Outside (ogre)
- 14 - Bear
- 15 - Kobold
16 - Spore-spitting spirea plants
17 - Forest south of 11
18 - Forest north of castle / east of 17
19 - Forest northwest of castle / east of 18
Baba Yaga
- 21 - Inside hut
- 22 - Outside hut
23 - Forest southwest of spirea plants
24 - Forest south of spireas
25 - Forest southeast of spireas
26 - Forest east of castle / 2 west of Erasmus
27 - Forest west of Erasmus
Erasmus
- 28 - Mountain overlook
- 29 - Front door (gargoyle)
- 30 - Inside
- 31 - Tower
- 32 - Mage's Mage
33 - Forest south of Baba Yaga
34 - Forest southeast of Baba Yaga
35 - Forest 2 south of spirea plants / 2 north of graveyard
36 - Forest north of centaur farmer
Castle
- 37 - Gate
- 38 - Barracks
- 39 - Courtyard (weapon master)
- 40 - Stables
- 41 - Guarded door to Baron's hall
- 141 - Baron's great hall
42 - Forest west of 43
43 - Forest northwest of ice giant
44 - Forest west of goblins
45 - Goblin ambush
51 - Forest east of goblins
52 - Forest north of graveyard / west of centaur
53 - Centaur farmer
Healer's Hut
- 54 - Outside
- 55 - Inside
56 - Forest 2 west of frost giant
57 - Forest west of frost giant
58 - Frost giant
60 - Meeps
61 - Forest east of meeps
62 - Forest north of faeries
63 - Forest west of graveyard
64 - Graveyard
65 - Town gate
66 - Path east of town gate
67 - Path west of avalanche (fox)
68 - Path ends in avalanche
69 - Forest west of faeries
70 - Faery ring
71 - Forest east of faeries
72 - Forest south of graveyard
73 - Target range
74 - Forest south of town gate
75 - Forest southeast of town gate
76 - Dryad
77 - Forest east of Dryad
78 - Forest north of antwerp
79 - Forest northeast of antwerp
80 - Forest south of target range
81 - Forest north of lake (log)
82 - Waterfall outside hermit's
83 - Hermit's cave
84 - Antwerp
85 - Forest east of antwerp
86 - Forest 2 east of antwerp
87 - Lake
88 - Troll's treasure pile
89 - Troll's cave
Brigand fortress
- 91 - Blockade
- 92 - Forest east of blockade
- 93 - Gate (Toro)
- 94 - Courtyard
- 95 - Dining hall
- 96 - Yorick's maze
- 97 - Leader's room
200 - Intro
202 - Class selection
203 - Character point allocation
204 - Character stat sheet (soft lock)
206 - Inventory (soft lock)
299 - Speed checker (restarts game)
Town of Spielburg
- 300 - Entrance / outside inn
- 301 - Inn
- 302 - Inn bedroom
- 310 - Outside magic shop & guild hall
- 311 - Adventurer's guild
- 313 - Old lady's house
- 314 - Magic Shop
- 318 - Guild quest board
- 320 - Market / outside general store
- 321 - Sheriff's house
- 322 - General store
- 330 - Outside tavern
- 331 - Tavern
- 332 - Thieves' guild
- 333 - Alley
- 334 - Alley at night
- 340 - Game of Dag-Nab-It
Combat screens
- 420 - Bear
- 425 - Minotaur
- 430 - Saurus
- 435 - Mantray
- 440 - Cheetaur
- 445 - Goblin
- 450 - Troll
- 455 - Ogre
- 460 - Saurus Rex
- 465 - Brigand
600 - Ending ceremony
601 - Export hero for QFG 2

Flag#

To do:
Update differences between EGA/VGA

There is no flag 121,

0 - Entered room 10 (Erana's Peace)
1 - Entered room 11 (Forest southwest of Erana's)
2 - Entered room 12 (Forest south of Erana's)
3 - Entered room 13 (Outside kobold cave)
4 - Entered room 14 (Inside cave - bear)
5 - Entered room 15 (Inside cave - kobold)
6 - Entered room 16 (Spirea plants)
7 - Entered room 17 (Forest south of 11)
8 - Entered room 18 (Forest north of castle / east of 17)
9 - Entered room 19 (Forest northwest of castle / east of 18)
10 - Entered room 20 (Unused, room 20 does not exist)
11 - Entered room 21 (Baba Yaga's inside)
12 - Entered room 22 (Baba Yaga's outside)
13 - Entered room 23 (Forest southwest of spirea plants)
14 - Entered room 24 (Forest south of spireas)
15 - Entered room 25 (Forest southeast of spireas)
16 - Entered room 26 (Forest east of castle / 2 west of Erasmus)
17 - Entered room 27 (Forest west of Erasmus)
18 - Entered room 28 (Mountain overlook)
19 - Entered room 29 (Erasmus' front door)
20 - Entered room 30 (Inside Erasmus' house)
21 - Entered room 31 (Erasmus' tower)
23 - Entered room 33
24 - Entered room 34
25 - Entered room 35
26 - Entered room 36
27 - Entered room 37 (Castle gate)
28 - Entered room 38 (Barracks)
31 - Entered room 41 (Door to Baron's hall)
32 - Entered room 42
33 - Entered room 43
34 - Entered room 44
35 - Entered room 45 (Goblin ambush)
36 - Entered room 46 (Unused deleted Goblin Cave scene)
37 - Entered room 47 (Unused deleted Goblin Cave scene)
38 - Entered room 48 (Unused deleted Goblin Cave scene)
39 - Entered room 49 (Unused deleted Goblin Cave scene)
40 - Entered room 50 (Unused deleted Goblin Cave scene)
41 - Entered room 51
42 - Entered room 52
43 - Entered room 53 (Centaur farmer)
44 - Entered room 54 (Outside healer's)
45 - Entered room 55 (Inside healer's)
46 - Entered room 56
47 - Entered room 57
48 - Entered room 58 (Frost giant)
50 - Entered room 60 (Meeps)
51 - Entered room 61
52 - Entered room 62
53 - Entered room 63
54 - Entered room 64 (Graveyard)
55 - Entered room 65 (Town gate)
56 - Entered room 66
57 - Entered room 67 (Fox)
58 - Entered room 68
59 - Entered room 69
61 - Entered room 71
62 - Entered room 72
64 - Entered room 74
65 - Entered room 75
66 - Entered room 76 (Dryad)
67 - Entered room 77
68 - Entered room 78
69 - Entered room 79
70 - Entered room 80
71 - Entered room 81 (Log crossroads)
72 - Entered room 82 (Waterfall)
73 - Entered room 83 (Hermit's cave)
74 - Entered room 84 (Antwerp)
75 - Entered room 85
76 - Entered room 86
77 - Entered room 87 (Lake)
78 - Entered room 88 (Troll's treasure pile)
79 - Entered room 89 (Troll cave)
81 - Entered room 91 (Brigand blockade)
82 - Entered room 92
83 - Entered room 93 (Fort gate)
84 - Entered room 94 (Fort courtyard)
86 - Entered room 96 (Yorick's maze)
87 - Entered room 97 (Leader's room)
88 - Entered room 300 (Town entrance / outside inn)
89 - Entered room 301 (Inn)
90 - Entered room 302 (Inn bedroom)
91 - Entered room 311 (Adventurer's guild)
92 - Entered room 313 (Old lady's house)
93 - Entered room 314 (Magic shop)
94 - Entered room 320 (Market / outside general store)
95 - Entered room 321 (Sheriff's house)
96 - Entered room 322 (General store)
97 - Entered room 330 (Outside tavern)
98 - Entered room 331 (Tavern)
99 - Entered room 332 (Thieves' Guild)
100 - Entered room 333 (Alley)
101 - Entered room 334 (Alley at night)
110 - Exhausted (out of stamina)
111 - Shema leaving room
112 - Ordered or paid for inn meal
113 - Got current tavern note (note is no longer in tavern)
114 - Entered graveyard at night
115 - Saw Abdulla the merchant at inn
116 - Met merchant
117 - Getting kicked out of tavern or thieves guild
118 - Got drunk at tavern
119 - Met Kaspar the shopkeeper
120 - Purchased something from general store
122 - Rented inn room
123 - Learned thieves guild password
124 - Hungry
125 - Starving
126 - Ambushed Alley?????
127 - Signed Logbook
128 - Slept at inn once (shortens Shameen interaction)
129 - Saving allowed (disabled during combat)
130 - Searched couch
131 - Searched basket
132 - Searched purse
133 - Stole candlesticks
134 - Searched little old lady's desk
135 - Uncovered birdcage
136 - Got spirea seed
137 - Killed spirea plant 1
138 - Killed spirea plant 2
139 - Killed spirea plant 3
140 - Got flowers from Erana's Peace
141 - Learned Calm spell
142 - Getting teleported out of Erasmus' house
143 - Wrong Answer
144 - Searched Drawer
145 - Searched Safe
146 - Unused
147 - Got Kobold Key
148 - Have Toadstools - replaced flag 174 in v1.200
149 - Bear Cave Message - used to trigger the initial entrance message
150 - Kobold Dead
151 - Kobold Chest Unlocked
152 - Unused
153 - Kobold Awake
154 - Attacked Erasmus
155 - Saw Red Sign
156 - Saw Green Sign
157 - Unused
158 - Mantray Left
159 - Mantray Right
160 - Bear Friendly
161 - Bear Gone
162 - Unused
163 - Unused
164 - Ghosts Attack
165 - Took Toadstools
166 - Fighting Kobold
167 - Met Bear
168 - Ghost Oil - protected by Undead Unguent
169 - Bear Dying
170 - Saved Barnard
171 - Met Skull
172 - Hut On Ground - Originally used for the hut being open, but flag 287 ended up being used instead
173 - Baba Fly Away
174 - Kobold Casting Reversal - originally used for checking if player has Kobold Toadstools
175 - Kobold Chest Searched
176 - Merchant Is At Inn
177 - Unused
178 - Unused
179 - Stole Vase
180 - Moved Vase
181 - Stole Candelabra
182 - Stole Music Box
183 - Uncovered Safe
184 - Cracked Safe
185 - Unused
186 - Met Fairies
187 - Dancing
188 - Faery Attention
189 - Karl Attention
190 - Climbed Spirea Ledge
191 - Left Town
192 - Flowers Inactive
193 - Otto Awakened
194 - Open Music Box
195 - Otto Closed Music Box
196 - Woke Up Sheriff
197 - Met Dryad
198 - Agreed To Help Dryad
199 - Left Town2
200 - Unused
201 - Gave seed to dryad and learned dispel potion recipe
202 - Stag Here
203 - Stag Hurt
204 - Antwerp In Sky
205 - Overloaded
206 - Antwerp Split
207 - Attacked Bush - Attacked the Goblin who's hiding in a bush (unlike the EGA version, in which this flag was used for meeting the fox)
208 - Got Gem
209 - Looked In Nest
210 - Got Ring
211 - tested outside Healer's house, but is never set
212 - Nest Abandoned
213 - Hit By Giant
214 - Unused
215 - Barnard Reward
216 - Kobold Chest Known
217 - Stable Clean
218 - Gave Dust
219 - Gave Fur
220 - Gave Flowers
221 - Gave Acorn
222 - Gave Water
223 - Healer Making Dispel
224 - Got Dispel
225 - Met Healer
226 - Stole Potions - banned from Healer's hut
227 - Got Fur
228 - Learned Detect
229 - Met Stableman
230 - Returned Ring
231 - Unused
232 - Found Goblin Hideout
233 - Monster Dazzled
234 - Unused
235 - Spied On Thieves
236 - Ladder Known
237 - Minotaur Dead - He's not actually dead, just unconscious
238 - Brig Gate Open
239 - Master Is Here
240 - Deadly TP - teleported dangerously away by Henry
241 - Safe TP - teleported away safely by Henry
242 - Asked For Trigger
243 - Master Showed Off
244 - Brigs Behind Log
245 - Got Brutus Key
246 - Lake Easter Egg
247 - Hiden Goseke
248 - Died In Battle
249 - Beat Master
250 - Beat Fred
251 - Beat Fred89
252 - Troll Door Unlocked
253 - Troll Door Open
254 - Hero Sitting
255 - Ordered Drink
256 - Fall Trapdoor in Yorick's maze
257 - Opening Door in Yorick's maze
258 - Falling Off Ledge in Yorick's maze
259 - Pulled Chain in Yorick's maze
260 - Rolling Out in Yorick's maze
261 - Beat Brutus
262 - Learned Trigger
263 - Go Thru Doorway in Yorick's maze
264 - Fake Door Down in Brigand courtyard
265 - Yorick Threw Something in Yorick's maze
266 - Erasmus Asked Maze
267 - No More Talking
268 - Yorick Likes the hero
269 - Ball Conks - set in brigand Happy Face
270 - Set in brigand Fall Sideways
271- Yorick Throws in Yorrick's room
272 - Climbed Henry Cliff
273 - Saved Elsa
274 used in hermit Hits - Hero Knocked Off Cliff
275 - Knocked On Henry Door
276 - Squashed in hermit Hits
277 - Leaving Castle in healer Get Nest
278 - Up in tree outside healer's
279 - Have Faery Shrooms
280 - Flame Dart Reversed by Kobold
281 - Kobold Protected from Flame Dart
282 - Kobold Chest Exploded
283 - Cleared by Flame Dart On Kobold
284 (?) - Battle Started
285 (?) - Monster Recoils
286 - Shroom Trip
287 - Baba Hut Open - Replaces flag 172, which now is set when Baba Yaga's hut is on the ground but not yet accessible
288 - Lake Easter Egg 2
289 - Unused
290 - Skull Offered Deal
291 - Made Deal With Skull
292 - Unused
293 - Town Gate Open
294 - Ogre Chest Known
295 - Unused
296 - Fatigued - "You are getting tired."
297 - Unused
298 - Unused
299 - Slink Warned
300 - Shameen Stands
301 - Shema Asks
302 - Eaten At Inn
303 - Sitting At Inn
304 - Stop Fighting Master
305 - Met green meep boss
306 - Unused
307 - Unused
308 - Beard Known
309 - tested at the endgame ceremony, but never set
310 - tested at the endgame ceremony, but never set
311 - Unused
312 - Talked To Bear
313 - Unused
314 - Kobold's lightning ball spell is in the air
315 - Unused
316 - Unused
317 - Unused
318 - Unused
319 - Unused
320 - Unused
321 - Offered Training
322 - Unused
323 - Farmer Is East
324 - Brutus Waits
325 - Used mirror in Baba Yaga's hut
326 - Baba Curse
327 - Ate Faery Shrooms
328 - In Main Game - set when in the game screen
329 - Have Flying Water
330 - Have Lake Water
331 - Beat Ogre
332 - Opened Ogre Chest
333 - Searched Ogre Chest
334 - Healer Knows Dispel
335 - Searched Fred Treasure
336 - Gave Skull Gem
337 - Stop Maze
338 - Fed Henry - Can sleep at the Hermit's cave
339 - Unused
340 - Shaved Fred
341 - Ogre Gone - Ogre disappears day after his death
342 - Unused
343 - Unused
344 - Unused
345 - Hero being fast (unused in VGA)
346 - Unused
347 - Generous To Merchant
348 - Brigs Unaware
349 - Generous To Merchant
350 - Claws Known
351 - Mantray Dies - set in arena Mantray Fight after killing the Mantray
352 - Henry Door Open
353 - Wiz Knows Ego Has Magic
354 - Met Gargoyle
355 - Read Barnard Bulletin
356 - Learned Rhyme
357 - Set in Hero Thrust Hit
358 - Unused
359 - Hide Cursor
360 - Char Sheet Active
361 (?) - Picked up dropped items
362 - Dagger In Brutus - if you killed Brutus by throwing a dagger at him, you can pick it up from his body later

Points#

601 - Kill bear (-25)
602 - Kill Kobold (10) [Fighter or Magic User only]
603 - Kill Spirea plant (-10) [Fighter only]
604 - Kill fox (-10)
605 - Get drunk and pass out (-5)
606 - Get robbed by alley thieves (-10) [Thief only]

Fighter exclusive

607 - Fight weapon master (3)
608 - Beat weapon master (10)
609 - Unused
610 - Buy chainmail (3)
611 - Kill troll (4)
612 - Kill cheetaur (4)
613 - Kill saurus rex (4)
737 - Kill minotaur (5)
738 - Kill mantray (2)
739 - Kill ogre (2)
740 - Kill brigand (1)
741 - Kill saurus (1)
742 - Kill goblin (1)

Magic User exclusive

614 - Learn Calm (4)
615 - Sleep at Erana's Peace (5)
616 - Play Mage's Maze (5)
617 - Win Mage's Maze (12)
618 - Learn Detect Magic (4)
619 - Learn Trigger (4)
620 - Learn Fetch (2)
621 - Learn Open (2)
622 - Learn Flame Dart (2)

Thief exclusive

623 - Enter little old lady's house (5)
624 - Search desk (1)
625 - Search couch (1)
626 - Search purse (1)
627 - Search basket (1)
628 - Steal candles (1)
629 - Pet or feed cat (3)
630 - Enter sheriff's house (5)
631 - Search desk (1)
632 - Move painting (1)
633 - Crack safe (1)
634 - Loot safe (1)
635 - Steal vase: (1)
636 - Steal candelabra (1)
637 - Steal music box (1)
638 - Enter Thieves' Guild (5)
639 - Buy license (3)
640 - Buy toolkit (3)
641 - Fence stolen goods (3)
642 - Make thief sign in alley at night (3)
643 - Play Dag-Nab-It (3)
644 - Win 25+ silver bet (5)

All classes

645 - Eat fruit at Erana's Peace (2)
646 - Calm or feed bear (5)
647 - Free bear (25)
648 - Enter kobold cave (2)
649 - Get kobold's key (7)
650 - Get kobold's treasure (5)
651 - Get Spirea Seed (8)
652 - Enter Baba Yaga's hut (2)
653 - Turn Baba Yaga into frog (50)
654 - Give mandrake root (3)
655 - Make deal with skull (2)
656 - Give glowing gem (10)
657 - Say hut rhyme (7)
658 - Enter Erasmus' tower (3)
659 - Talk to Erasmus (1)
660 - Enter castle courtyard (1)
661 - Talk weapon master (1)
662 - Work in stable (5)
663 - Meet baron (10)
664 - Talk to baron (3)
665 - Talk to Heinrich the centaur gardener (1)
666 - Ask Heinrich about brigand leader (3)
667 - Get healer's ring (3)
668 - Talk to healer (2)
669 - Return ring (10)
670 - Sell mushroom (1)
671 - Sell cheetaur claws (2)
672 - Sell troll beard (2)
673 - Sell flowers (1)
674 - Give flying water (2)
675 - Give acorn (5)
676 - Give green fur (2)
677 - Give fairy dust (2)
678 - Get dispel potion (7)
679 - Get glowing gem (8)
680 - Talk to meep (1)
681 - Get green fur (5)
682 - Use undead unguent (2)
683 - Get mandrake root (6)
684 - Leave town (1)
685 - Got info from Bruno (2)
686 - Save fox (10)
687 - Talk to fairies (1)
688 - Dance with fairies (3)
689 - Get fairy dust (8)
690 - Get mushrooms (3)
691 - Overhear Bruno and learn password (12)
692 - Unused
693 - Agree to help dryad (1)
694 - Give seed (7)
695 - Get acorn (1)
696 - Eat acorn (-5)
697 - Knock on hermit's door (1)
698 - Get waterfall water (3)
699 - Meet hermit (5)
700 - Talk to hermit (2)
701 - Open troll cave (10)
702 - Say password (5)
703 - Visit lake (1)
704 - Enter troll cave (2)
705 - Enter brigand fort (8)
706 - Enter dining hall (8)
707 - Enter Yorick the jester's maze (8)
708 - Talk to Yorick (2)
709 - Ask Yorick about Elsa (8)
710 - Unused
711 - Enter brigand leader's room (12)
712 - Unused
713 - Dispel leader (35)
714 - Unused
715 - Get mirror (10)
716 - Unused
717 - Enter town (1)
718 - Talk to sheriff (1)
719 - Talk to Shameen the katta innkeeper (1)
720 - Talk to Abdulla the merchant (5)
721 - Order inn meal (1)
722 - Rent inn room (1)
723 - Read adventurer's log (4)
724 - Sign log (1)
725 - Talk to Wolfgang in the adventurer's guild (1)
726 - Read quest board (6)
727 - Talk to Zara in the magic shop (1)
728 - Buy apples (3)
729 - Talk to Hilde the centaur produce seller (1)
730 - Talk to Kaspar the shopkeeper (1)
731 - Get tavern note (2)
732 - Talk to Sam the beggar (1)
733 - Give money to beggar (1)
734 - Finish the game (25)
735 - Talk to Karl the gatekeeper (5)
736 - Give food to Abdulla (2)

Global#

To do:
Finish this section up with descriptions of relevant values

15 - Puzzle points
100 to 111 - Throwing
- 100 - Cast Dart
- 101 - Throw Knife
- 102 - Throw Rock
- 103 - Get Rock
- 104 - Cast Calm
- 105 - Cast Open
- 106 - Cast Dazzle
- 111 - Kobold Cast Spell
114 - State tracker/timer for Baba Yaga, Bonehead, dryad rooms
118 - Current day: starting from 0 as 0 means 1, 1 means 2, etc.
119 - Time of day: the value can be between 0 to 7, each signifying 3 hours of a day:
- 0 - Day is dawning (5-7)
- 1 - Mid morning (8-10)
- 2 - Midday (11-13)
- 3 - Mid afternoon (14-16)
- 4 - Sunset approaching (17-19)
- 5 - Night is still young (20-22)
- 6 - Middle of night (23-1)
- 7 - Not yet dawn (2-4)
122 - Character class (0 for Fighter, 1 for Magic User, 2 for Thief)
172 to 172 - Transformations
- 171 - Bear Change
- 172 - Elsa Change
326 - Spirea seed room state (1: just climbed rock, 2: catching seed pose, 3: catching seed?, 4: got seed)
345 - Kobold damage modifier??