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Hoolefar Island is a location in Quest for Booty. Located on Merdegraw in the middle of the Azorean Sea, Hoolefar Island is the home of the hoolefoids, a peaceful sentient race who live on the tropical island. The island is mostly disconnected from the outside world, aside from a supply beacon that allows ships to hail.

Whilst in search of Angstrom Darkwater and a way to contact Clank, Ratchet and Talwyn Apogee were launched to Hoolefar Island from a cannon by Sprocket at the behest of Rusty Pete, as part of Pete's plan to use them in reaching Darkwater's body and resurrect Slag. The island was home to the Obsidian Eye, built long ago by Darkwater, which the island's mayor, Barnabus Worley, gave Ratchet and Talwyn access to after they repaired the island's supply beacon.

History[]

Hoolefar Island was among the territories of Captain Darkwater during his life, and where he constructed an Obsidian Eye to keep in contact with the Zoni. Following Darkwater's death, the hoolefoids reclaimed the island and added his personal journal to their archives.[1]

The hoolefoids built a supply beacon on Hoolefar Island to allow ships to hail, and used wind turbines to provide power.[2] The supply beacon gave them connection to the outside world,[1] including the holo-net and holovision programming such as Secret Agent Clank and DreadZone.[2] At some point, the hoolefoids working the supply beacon formed Local Beacon Union 3-19.[3]

Explore Hoolefar Island conversation

Ratchet and Talwyn meeting Mayor Worley

Hoolefar Island was sabotaged by the Smuggler who, working with the space pirates, took down the island's wind turbines and the supply beacon, and stole rare items from some hoolefoids. This led to hoolefoids complaining about the performance of then-mayor Barnabus Worley.[2] Fortunately for Mayor Worley, Ratchet and Talwyn, who had come to Merdegraw looking for Darkwater, were blasted by space pirate leader Sprocket from the Azorean Sea to Hoolefar Island after Pete ordered them to,[4] leading to "Explore Hoolefar Island". Mayor Worley requested Ratchet and Talwyn help repair the island from vandalism to help them get a message off the island.[5]

Meet Rusty Pete at the beach conversation

Ratchet and Talwyn meeting Rusty Pete at the island

In "Repair the Wind Turbines" and "Repair the Beacon", Ratchet and Talwyn fixed the island, working with the Wind Turbine Operator and Beacon Operator, granting the island contact to the outside world again. The mayor thanked them by showing them the Obsidian Eye and pages from Darkwater's journal, at which point they left in search of a Fulcrum Star to power it.[1] Shortly after, Rusty Pete came to the island, and convinced them to travel with him to Morrow Caverns in search of the map to the Fulcrum Star.

In "Battle the Undead Pirates", after returning from Morrow Caverns, Ratchet and Talwyn fought an army of undead pirates led by the undead Captain Darkwater. The hoolefoids activated the island's BS-33 Omegatron Defensive Station to help destroy the cannons on Darkwater's ship.[6] Thereafter, in "Find a Translator", Ratchet looked for a translator for Darkwater's map, but the only translator available was the Smuggler, who charged a fee for services.[7] Ratchet paid the fee and traveled to Darkwater Cove with the Smuggler and Talwyn.

After trapping Ratchet in the Lythoin Caves, the pirates began heading back to Hoolefar Island,[8] which Darkwater aimed to reclaim for himself once more, and use the Obsidian Eye to find and pillage the Zoni dimension.[9] Upon defeating the pirates, Ratchet and Talwyn recovered the Fulcrum Star and returned to Hoolefar Island to use it to locate Clank.[10] Thereafter, the hoolefoids dismantled the Obsidian Eye, preventing the pirates from ever using it again.[11]

Geography[]

Hoolefar Island map

Map of Hoolefar Island.

Hoolefar Island is a tropical island, and a tourist destination.[2], located in the Azorean Sea. The bedrock of the island is filled with trillium ore, which creates too much electromagnetic interference for most ships to land without the supply beacon.[2]

Hoolefar Island Quest Booty Map

Hoolefar Island, as it appears on a pirate map.

Hoolefar Island is powered by five wind turbines, and has a supply beacon atop another turbine pillar at the center of the island. A small village of huts is located around the island, where the hoolefoids reside. Beneath the village is a small cave in which the Obsidian Eye is located. A pier is located in the bay of the island, with the Omegatron Defensive Station located in a hidden compartment underneath.

Nearby the pier is a secret underwater cave which indicates a former pirate presence, being full of dead members of Darkwater's crew. In the bay itself is a sunken Captain Qwark statue along with copies of Body by Qwark.

Somewhere on the island is a magic store known as the Hoolefar Magic Emporium, which has coupons for free curses, and sold Darkwater the curse that bound his soul to his body.[1]

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