Wonderburg Hints: ------ Submitted by: RM * Broken houses, cursed houses and houses for sale do NOT generate rental income. * Repair and exorcise houses as soon as possible. * The value of the houses in this game are somewhat construed. You ALWAYS purchase a house for what it is worth...but...you can NEVER sell a house for what it is worth; usually a minimum of 20% lower than the worth. * It is generally better to reject the first offer on a house when trying to sell as generally the second offer is better. The game likes to catch you off guard and second guessing because this doesn't always hold true. * Be quick in deciding if you want to purchase a property as they are not up for sale long. * The costs to strengthen, exorcise, repair and obtain a permit are based on the value of the house. The higher the value, the higher the cost. * Strengthened and Charmed houses lose that protection when the house is upgraded...it keeps that protection if sold. * You can sell a strengthened or charmed house and have it count towards a goal objective. * It is generally better to build the most expensive house available then sell to gain capital for purchasing properties. * There will be added goals on some levels that generally appear after the primary goals have been accomplished. * On levels where you have to "zap" characters to finish the level; it's best to try to zap them as close to the edges of the scene as possible to avoid them cursing houses. * It's best not to strengthen houses when you have to make repairs on houses as part of the goals until the goal has been met. * You will only build or have available some "special" buildings one time. These buildings are always part of the goals. i.e. mill, tavern, market, florist, castle, etc. and are significant to the story-line. * There are bonus levels available after receiving the gold medal on all levels within a section. The bonus levels are not timed with a monetary goal to finish the level. Spells: ------- There are 3 spells that can be bought and used multiple times after building a school. The spells are on a timer...when the time runs out the spell is no longer in effect. There is also a delay time between availability for casting spells. Speed-Up Spell - The dwarfs work faster and cost $40,000. Ghosts Spell - Puts random houses up for sale and cost $65,000. Euphoria Spell - Doubles the rent and banishes spirits and cost $52,500.
