In this video, we finally fix the steam problem in Steamwood, then we go exploring some more and see what has changed after that.
Go up to the gondola area and leap into the wall nearby. Alternate between X and Triangle to climb up the wall, and you'll find Administrator Forest. Talk to him, and he'll not only let you enter Steamwood, but you'll also find out that Steamwood will blow up in exactly 24 hours. He'll also give you the Manual, which explains how Steamwood works.
You have exactly 24 hours starting...now. The timer will be in the upper-right corner of the screen. Take the side path to the forest and go to the right. Climb up the wall that was originally a dead end. You'll reach the entrance to Steamwood.
At the entrance, go up to the door. Musashi will automatically use the manual.
To save Steamwood, you'll have to close the valves in numerical order. Stand in front of the valve and press Square to work with it. The pressure gauge will rise. Press the X button when it reaches the "OK" zone. If you're successful, the valve gauge will rise. Otherwise, it will decrease. Repeat until full. When you activate the first valve, you'll activate the valve timer, which will reset with the activation of subsequent valves. Sometimes the timer will be at 60 seconds; other times, it will be at 35 seconds. You'll usually have enough time to get to the next valve and activate it in each case, but you'll still want to be careful getting to the valves and you'll want to get some timing going on the later valves. Turn off the next valve gauge before the valve timer reaches zero, or else all the valves will re-open and you'll have to start all over again.
The front door will be your test run. Thankfully, it's pretty slow. When you get into Steamwood, just go up to the first floor and head right. The first two are simple, but it starts getting faster on the third one. It gets mighty fast around the fifth. Keep heading to the right to get all of the valves and get to the elevator on the first as quickly as possible on the first floor. On the second floor, keep going to the left. On the top floor, go left to reach the seventh valve.
If steam blocks a direct path to the valve, you'll have to leap onto a pipe near the valve in order to get to the valve. Be careful when you do this, because it is very, very possible to land next to the valve and fall right back to the bottom of Steamwood. The steam will stop blocking the path to it when you close the valve in front of it.
When you close all eight valves, you'll meet Administrator Fores. He'll tell you that you can use a shortcut to Steamwood from his house so that you don't have to go through the forest to return there. He'll also say there's a rumor going around that a masked man with a cape sabotaged Steamwood and he's heading to Twinpeak Mountain. We know only one guy so far with a mask and a cape, and that's Rootrick.
Head to the right to go through the opening that Fores walks through. You'll be back at the Gondola area.
If you talk to the Mayor after you've saved Steamwood, you'll get another Longetivity Berry.
Back in the forest, there will no longer be steam coming out of the pipes near Steamwood. You may also remember that there was a force field of steam that you could not get past before, but now that you've saved Steamwood, you can go to that area. You'll be able to open a chest for 500 Drans as well as rescue Maid Loinette. If you talk to her at the castle, you'll learn a new technique: the Dashing Pierce. When you see dust trailing from Musashi's feet when he runs, press Square to perform a piercing strike that does some decent damage.
If you talk to the women gossiping at the well, they will mention that a lot of earthquakes have been happening in the area as of late and think that either a catfish is causing them (because Japan) or a troll is causing them (who is Rootrick).
In this video, I talk to all of the shopkeeps in the area, and we also get the rest of the toys and play with them. At this point in the game, the village starts warming up to Musashi, but we still have a long way to go in beating the game.
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