The Master Builder, level 5

This level consists of a mansion with a huge ground floor, a basement type section in the south, an attic type section in the north west and with the exit area at centre north.

START POSITION – Don't enter the room to the left yet.

Find the revolver at this point. Find a cross behind the secret door.

Fight this armour for an axe.

Continue north through the red hallways.

Finish these brown cloaks with your axe.

Make it to this point. Get the silver key here.

Open these secret doors and find plasma ammo and a 1-up.

Locate this secret door and take one cross at a time...

...for the two death chalices at this point. Shoot the barrels to hit the black cloak. It may only hurt him. Finish him with your revolver. Get the plasma cannon.

Explore the remaing rooms you have access to in the western section before entering the eastern section through...

...this door...

...or this door.

Clean out the eastern hallways. Hit the pirates around the corners with your plasma cannon. Get a missile launcher and missiles.

Fight it out with the enemies in the rooms you have access to. Acquire a gatling gun.

Break the mirror in this bathroom, open the secret door behind it. Get a cross.

Make it to this room for the bronze key.

Find a cross...

...in this secret area (and a 1-up behind the next secret door)...

...in this room...

...in this room...

...and in this room (and remove the closet sideways, smash the armour and make the ghost vanish, find missiles, plasma gun ammo and a 1-up in the secret storeroom, you may need them later)...

...in order to collect these death chalices, one at a time, and to get the brass key.

Find a cross, and a 1-up, in this secret area.

Fight your way through the dungeons. Discover the girl in the first cell. Enter the last cell, take the death chalice and open the secret door. Find the gold key.

Find your way here. Enter the central ballroom taking a cross with you.

Get ready for a final showdown with The Reptile! Move quickly around the stone wall sections while fighting him. Collect missiles, plasma balls and gold chalices. Beware the death chalices. Go back to other rooms for more ammo, health and 1-ups you may have saved. Finally defeated The Reptile will leave you the iron key, and 3 x poison! Be sure you end up with more than 60% of health before taking the iron key!

Enter the dungeons again. Save the girl!

Exit the mansion here.