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Friends along the treasure route

Understand the helpers and turn their encounters into useful exploration decisions.

Edition covered

Original 1989 NES game. The Game Boy adaptation, DuckTales 2 and the 2013 DuckTales: Remastered have different maps, controls or systems and are outside this guide.

5 characters · one picture per entry · open a picture for full size.

Character directory

Original North American NES DuckTales front packaging.
Playable treasure hunter

Scrooge McDuck

Scrooge crosses all five lands with his cane swing and pogo jump. He gathers the lost treasures while keeping an eye on health, the stage timer and the money carried on the current visit.

Launchpad sprite from the original NES game.
Pilot and return route

Launchpad McQuack

Launchpad can offer a trip back to the control room from a land. Use his offer deliberately when banking money or changing plans; a return flight is a limited opportunity on that visit.

Huey sprite from the original NES game.
Family guide

Huey

Huey is one of Scrooge's nephews who supplies hints during the journey. In Transylvania his message helps connect the rooms to the route toward the boss.

Webby sprite archived as Webbigail by NESmaps.
Explorer and hint giver

Webby

Webby appears among the helpers in the treasure lands. Her conversations belong to the original exploration route, so stop to read them before assuming an apparently closed room has nothing more to offer.

Bubba sprite from the original NES game.
Frozen mountain captive

Bubba

Bubba appears in the Himalayas. Rescuing him from the ice reveals a useful health reward, making his encounter valuable to a run that still has several lands ahead.

Quick notes

  • Read the family's hints in context. Huey, Dewey, Louie and Webby supply clues rather than taking over as selectable characters.
  • Make Launchpad's flight a planned choice. A flight home changes the purpose of the current visit: you are banking money or moving on to another destination.
  • Recognize help that needs an action. Some assistance must be earned through exploration.
FIELD NOTE

A helper's message is most useful when you connect it to a visible room landmark.

Picture details

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References

Covered edition: Original 1989 NES game. The Game Boy adaptation, DuckTales 2 and the 2013 DuckTales: Remastered have different maps, controls or systems and are outside this wiki.