Ok, after a week or two I am back with some more questions in my quest to find everything in this game.
1. I cannot figure out the brewing bowl in the hub, whenever I try to mix things in the green liquid, it just destroys the item. I am not sure if I need another item, but I need to know how to do this to make the potion the note talks about, and or bombs.
2. I would like a hint as to where the other essences are (I assume they exist based on the fact there is a pedestal in each themed area, and the water essence locked into the one in the tundra map,) I have only found water and balance in the hub, and while I understand this is optional, I would like to know their general location. For example, is fire in one of the hub locations? the castle?
3. The riddle "by the loneliest pole where east and north meet" In the tundra. I assume it is talking about the solitary pole by the teleporter outside. I think it has something to do with the dragon statues, and the pole, but I would like some kind of hint, because the way it is phrased makes it sound like it might be in the dungeon also. As far as I know I might have already solved this one unknowingly.
4. A hint for the mega bomb placement. I got the mega bomb from the anvil puzzle in the mine, and figured out how to get rid off the fire in the lower mine, but am not sure if the bomb is just a weapon to be used against monsters or it has some purpose in the lower mines. I assume by the note it is to be placed somewhere specific, but there is no hint as to where, and with several vast maps I could possible go and try it, it comes across as daunting.
5. All the way through the mine coming up on the palace, still no idea or indication as to what the snail figure/red gem are for. Again going to ask for a hint as to their purpose, is it still later past the mine, in the game, or am I missing something in the castle?
6. The swamp demon, I cannot figure out the significance of the face on the map/the candle, and even though you said the swapping of my equipment would eventually stop, it has not, even after leaving the swamp and returning hours later. Can you please tell me how to stop this? it is far too annoying to deal with. I don't care if you flat out "spoil" this one for me, because I just want to stop being annoyed while I am in this area. It makes it really un fun to be there and look around.
7. Is the golden spear in the garden of the monkey for anything other than show? I assume it is just a prop since it is impossible to grab from the pedestal, but I thought I would ask to make sure.
8. Hint as to where the heavy armor work gloves are, have the whole set, but the gloves. I really just want to know if they exist in the lower or upper part of the mine to save me a lot of time when I get back there.
Lastly I have a few bugs I would like to mention.
1. When you try to grab the book with the hook on a pole, the game crashes if you press the button more than once.
2. In the lower area of the mine, the solution to getting rid of the fire does not always work, if I try "digging" at the solution, many times it told me I could not dig there and i spent many hours and resources getting through that fiery hell, only to discover later that I was correct in my assertions on how to get rid of the fire, but the game would just tell me it was impossible to dig there. I feel this needs to be fixed, because there is no way to know if your right if the game tells you multiple times you cant dig there on several of the places you need to in order to solve said puzzle.
3. Not sure if this is intentional or not, but when you return to the hub laboratory from the mine, if you continually press one of the three switches used for the orb secret, you will gain 250 exp indefinitely, meaning you can gain infinite exp by just repeatedly pressing a switch.
Thanks for the help. I have solved a lot of things, but these are the new quests I am embarking on for the time being.
Must check when i'm back home
