This guide contains instructions on how to complete Monkey Island 2: Special Edition in the shortest number of steps. This guide can be followed to get the "Speed Demon" achievement, which requires you to complete the game in 3 hours or less. At the time of writing it is the rarest achievement for this game, with a global achievement rate of 3.9%.

This guide assumes that you have completed the game at least once, and are looking for the most optimal way to complete the game. Do not spoil yourself reading through this guide if it's your first time playing. You imbecile. You ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ moron.

Since this guide assumes that you have prior knowledge of the game, it does not detail the location of items, places and characters. It does not detail, unless necessary, what dialogue options to pick.

Overall completion time: 45-60 minutes, depending on execution.
Part 1: 10 minutes
Part 2: 25-35 minutes
Part 3: 2 minutes
Part 4: 7-10 minutes

The above times assumes that you are skipping all dialogue and cutscenes, and have a good understanding of what steps to take at any given moment. You can leisurely follow this guide and still get the achievement. You do not need to rush yourself.

I have been playing in retro mode for most of my playthroughs. I feel this is slightly faster, but you can play with the modern graphics if you want.

1. Skip the cutscene
   
2. Pick up the shovel from the sign
   
3. Go to the right to trigger the cutscene
   
4. Skip the cutscene
   
5. Go to the cartographer’s office
   
6. Pick up a piece of paper from the table in the bottom centre of the room
   
7. Wait for Wally to put down his monocle, then pick up the monocle
   
8. Leave the cartographer's office and go to the laundry
   
9. Pick up the bucket under the pirates, when they protest ask if it’s theirs
   
10. Leave the laundry and go to the kitchen (climb in through the window)
    
11. Pick up the knife from the kitchen counter
    
12. Enter the bar
    
13. Talk to the barkeeper, ask how his business is doing
    
14. Skip the cutscene
    
15. Use the paper on the spit – Ingredient #1
    
16. Leave the town and go to the beach
    
17. Pick up the stick at the start of the path
    
18. Leave the beach and go to the swamp
    
19. Use the bucket on the swamp water to get a bucket of mud
    
20. Use the coffin and row to the Voodoo Lady’s shack at the right side of the swamp
    
21. Pick up the piece of string on the table
    
22. Leave the swamp and go to the town
    
23. Go to the inn
    
24. Use the knife on the rope to release the alligator
    
25. Skip the cutscene
    
26. Pick up the cheese squigglies from the alligator's food bowl
    
27. Enter Largo’s room
    
28. Close the door
    
29. Use the bucket of mud on the door
    
30. Skip the cutscene
    
31. Pick up the toupee from the nightstand – Ingredient #2
    
32. Leave the inn and go to the laundry
    
33. Skip the cutscene
    
34. Open the box under the pirates
    
35. Use the stick on the box
    
36. Use the string on the stick
    
37. Use the cheese squigglies on the box
    
38. Leave the laundry and go to the inn
    
39. Enter Largo’s room
    
40. Close the door
    
41. Pick up the laundry ticket that is hanging on the door
    
42. Open the door
    
43. Leave the inn and go to the laundry
    
44. Give the laundry ticket to Mad Marty, he gives you the pearly white bra – Ingredient #3
    
45. Pull the string
    
46. Open the box
    
47. Pick up the rat
    
48. Leave the laundry and go to the kitchen
    
49. Use the rat on the pot of cold soup
    
50. Leave the kitchen through the window and go to the bar
    
51. Ask the barkeeper for some stew
    
52. Skip the cutscene
    
53. The barkeeper offers you a job as a chef, accept the offer
    
54. The barkeeper gives you 420 pieces of eight and sends you to the kitchen
    
55. Leave the kitchen through the window
    
56. Leave the town and go to the graveyard
    
57. Go to the gravestones on the hill
    
58. Use the shovel on the grave to get the bone – Ingredient #4
    
59. Leave the graveyard and go to the swamp
    
60. Go to the Voodoo Lady's shack
    
61. Ask the Voodoo Lady what can be done to get rid of Largo, she asks you to collect ingredients for a voodoo doll
    
62. Give all four ingredients to the Voodoo Lady, she gives you a voodoo doll and some needles
    
63. Leave the swamp and go to the town
    
64. Go to the inn
    
65. Enter Largo's room
    
66. Use the needles on the voodoo doll before Largo throws you out
    
67. Skip the cutscene; you are teleported to the Voodoo Lady's shack
    
68. Leave the swamp and go to the peninsula
    
69. Give Wally’s monocle to Captain Dread
    
70. Talk to Captain Dread, ask if you can charter his ship – since you have i) driven Largo from the island, ii) given Captain Dread the monocle, and iii) got at least 20 pieces of eight, Captain Dread agrees to charter his ship

Part 2 is the longest part of Monkey Island 2. Steam limits the number of characters that you can have in any one guide entry, so this part is split into five sections. The sections must be followed in the order that they are listed.

A blank line between the instructions indicates that you have travelled to another island.

The first time you travel to a new island, an Indiana Jones style cutscene plays. Skip these.

1. Pick up the bag of parrot chow from the ship
   
2. Talk to Captain Dread and sail to Phatt Island
   
3. Skip the cutscene
   
4. Pull the mattress from the bed
   
5. Pick up the stick from the bed
   
6. Use the stick on the skeleton in the other cell
   
7. Pick up the bone
   
8. Use the bone on the dog, the dog drops the cell key
   
9. Pick up the cell key
   
10. Use the cell key on the cell door
    
11. Open the manila envelope that's on the shelf, you receive all your old stuff back
    
12. Open the gorilla envelope that's on the shelf, you receive an organ and a banana
    
13. Leave the jail and enter the first alley on the left
    
14. Skip the cutscene, then follow the gambler out of the alley
    
15. Follow the gambler into the second alley on the left
    
16. Skip the cutscene, then knock on the door
    
17. Tell the man behind the door that you wish to know the next winning number
    
18. The man asks you to give him the correct password three times in a row
    The answer to any question is the number of fingers that the man held up the first time.
    Example: The man shows five fingers and says “If this is ‘two’…”, and then shows three fingers and says “… what’s this?”, then the answer is five. You can completely ignore what the man says, simply look at the first fingers he shows when asking the question.
    
19. The man gives you the next winning number
    
20. Leave the alley and go to the library
    
21. Open the miniature lighthouse
    
22. Pick up the lens from the miniature lighthouse
    
23. Use the card catalogue
    
24. Go to “D”, under “Disasters” find the book titled “Great Shipwrecks of our Century”
    
25. Go to “R”, under “Recipes, Voodoo” find the book titled “The Joy of Hex”
    
26. Talk to the librarian, ask if you can borrow a book, then ask how you can get a library card
    
27. The librarian asks you a number of questions, pick any answers
    
28. The librarian gives you a temporary library card
    
29. Ask to borrow the books that you picked out from the card catalogue, the librarian gives you the books
    
30. Leave the library and go to the roulette wheel
    
31. Skip the cutscene then talk to the organizer
    
32. Tell the organizer that you wish to bet, then bet on the number you were given
    
33. Skip the cutscene then ask for the invitation to the Mardi Gras party as a prize
    
34. Leave the alley and go to Captain Dread's ship
    
    
35. Sail to Booty Island
    
36. Go to the antiques shop on the left side of town
    
37. Pick up and buy the saw
    
38. Pick up and buy the sign
    
39. Put the bag of parrot chow on the hook where the sign used to hang
    
40. Pick up and buy the mirror
    
41. Pick up and buy the ship’s horn
    
42. Leave the antiques shop
    
43. Go to the costumes shop
    
44. Give the Mardi Gras invitation to the shopkeeper
    
45. Skip the cutscene
    
46. Pick up the costume
    
47. Leave the costumes shop
    
48. Talk to Kate and ask for a leaflet
    
49. Leave the town and go to the guard kiosk
    
50. Talk to the guard, tell her that you have an invitation and a costume
    
51. Go to the governor’s mansion
    
52. Enter the mansion through the front door
    
53. Pick up the map piece above the mantel piece
    
54. Exit the mansion
    
55. Skip the cutscene
    
56. Talk to Elaine, pick the remorseful lines
    
57. Elaine throws the map piece out of the window and Guybrush leaves the room
    
58. Go back to Elaine’s room
    
59. Pick up the oar from the wall
    
60. Exit the mansion
    
61. Right click the map until it blows away to the south part of the island
    
62. Pick up the dog
    
63. Go to the side of the mansion
    
64. Use the ship's horn as soon as you enter the new screen, the chef comes out of the kitchen and starts chasing you
    
65. Go to the front of the mansion
    
66. Go to the side of the mansion again, but go around the opposite side so that you do not run into the chef
    
67. Enter the kitchen
    
68. Pick up the fish from the table
    
69. Leave the governor’s mansion and go to the big tree
    
70. Use the oar on the empty hole next to the plank
    
71. Go to the oar
    
72. Skip the cutscene
    
73. Pick up the broken oar
    
74. Leave the big tree and go to Captain Dread’s ship
    
    
75. Sail to Scabb Island
    
76. Go to the carpenter
    
77. Give the broken oar to the carpenter, he gives you a reinforced oar
    
78. Leave the carpenter and go to the laundry
    
79. Use the saw on the pirate’s peg leg
    
80. Leave the laundry and go to the bar
    
81. Talk to the barkeeper and ask for grog, show your library card when asked for ID
    
82. Ask for the yellow drink, and then ask for the blue drink
    
83. Use the yellow drink on the blue drink to make a green drink
    
84. Use the banana on the metronome
    
85. Pick up the monkey
    
86. Leave the bar and go to the carpenter
    
87. Pick up the hammer
    
88. Pick up the nails
    
89. Leave the town and go to Captain Dread’s ship
    
    
90. Sail to Booty Island
    
91. Go to Stan’s used coffin shop
    
92. Ask Stan to get in the coffin
    
93. Use the nails on the coffin
    
94. Stan interrupts you and gives you a pristine white hanky
    
95. Use the nails on the coffin again
    
96. Pick up the key from the wall
    
97. Leave Stan's shop and go to the spitting contest at the right side of town
    
98. Use the ship’s horn
    
99. Move the flags
    
100. Use the swirly straw on the green drink
     
101. Participate in the spitting contest, spit when the wind blows and you win a spit plaque
     
102. Go to the antiques shop and give the spit plaque to the shopkeeper
     
103. Tell the shopkeeper that the spit plaque isn’t just any kind of plaque, and that the spit of the person who killed LeChuck is on the plaque
     
104. The shopkeeper takes the plaque and gives you 6000 pieces of eight
     
105. Leave the antiques shop
     
106. In your inventory, look at “Great Shipwrecks of our Century” and note the coordinates for the Mad Monkey
     
107. Talk to Kate and ask to charter her ship
     
108. Go to the coordinates for the Mad Monkey
     
109. Tell Kate that you are going to jump down and look for the galleon
     
110. Wait for Guybrush to land on the sea floor
     
111. Pick up the monkey head
     
112. Use the anchor to return to the surface
     
113. Go to the antiques shop and give the monkey head to the shopkeeper, he gives you Young Lindy’s map piece
     
114. You have succesfully found the first map piece

1. Sail to Phatt Island
   
2. Use the flyer that Kate gave you on the wanted poster of Guybrush
   
3. Go to the pier
   
4. Talk to the fisherman, tell him that you are a mighty fisherman
   
5. He bets his fishing pole that you cannot catch a bigger fish than he can, accept the bet
   
6. Give the fish to the fisherman, he gives you his fishing pole
   
7. Leave the town
   
8. Skip the cutscene
   
9. Go to the governor's mansion
   
10. Enter the mansion
    
11. Tell the guard that you are not Guybrush and that there is a fire in the kitchen
    
12. Wait for the guard to leave the room, then go up the stairs
    
13. Use one of your books (not "The Joy of Hex") on the book on top of Governor Phatt, you receive “Famous Pirate Quotations”
    
14. Leave the mansion and go to the town
    
15. Enter the jail
    
16. Open the vanilla envelope that's on the shelf, you receive a bottle o’ near-grog
    
17. Leave the jail and go to Captain Dread’s ship
    
    
18. Sail to Booty Island
    
19. Leave the town and go to the cliff
    
20. Go to the cliff side
    
21. Use the fishing pole on the map piece
    
22. Skip the cutscene
    
23. Leave the cliff and go to the big tree
    
24. Use the reinforced oar on the empty hole next to the plank
    
25. Go to the reinforced oar
    
26. Pick up the plank
    
27. Use the plank on the hole to the right of the reinforced oar
    
28. Go to the plank
    
29. Pick up the reinforced oar
    
30. Use the reinforced oar on the hole to the right of the plank, Guybrush says that he gets the idea and starts doing the process himself
    
31. Skip the cutscene
    
32. Pick up the telescope from the observatory in the top left corner of the screen
    
33. Enter the shack
    
34. Use the dog on the pile of maps, he gives you Captain Marley’s map piece
    
35. You have succesfully found the second map piece

1. Sail to Phatt Island
   
2. Go to the waterfall
   
3. Go to the top of the waterfall
   
4. Use the monkey on the pump to turn off the waterfall
   
5. Go to the base of the waterfall
   
6. Enter the newly discovered gaping hole
   
7. Go through the tunnel until you come to the small island
   
8. Go to the cottage on top of the hill
   
9. Open the left window’s shutters
   
10. Enter the cottage
    
11. Skip the cutscene
    
12. Use the mirror on the mirror frame
    
13. Wait for the man to put down your mug of grog on the table
    
14. Pick up the mug of grog
    
15. Use the mug of grog on the tree in the upper left corner of the room
    
16. Use the bottle o’ near-grog on the empty mug
    
17. Wait for the competition to start, Guybrush starts by drinking his non-alcoholic grog, the man then drinks his real grog and passes out
    
18. Leave the cottage
    
19. Use the telescope on the grotesque statue
    
20. A light beam shines through the telescope, goes through the left window on the cottage and bounces off the mirror on the wall
    
21. Enter the cottage
    
22. Go to the left side of the room and push the brick that has been marked by the light beam
    
23. Pick up Rum Roger’s map piece
    
24. You have successfully found the third map piece

1. Sail to Scabb Island
   
2. Go to the cemetery
   
3. Use Stan’s key on the locked crypt
   
4. Look at the book of famous pirate quotations to learn Rapp Scallion's quote
   
5. Look at the coffins until you find the one inscribed with Rapp Scallion's quote
   
6. Open the coffin
   
7. Pick up the ashes
   
8. Leave the cemetery and go to the swamp
   
9. Go to the Voodoo Lady’s shack
   
10. Look at the jars in the first shelf on the left, until you come across “Ash-2-life”
    
11. Pick up the jar, the Voodoo Lady says that it’s a display model and asks you to talk to her
    
12. Tell her that you would like the potion, she tells you that she has none left but can make more – since you i) have the ashes of Rapp Scallion, and ii) got the voodoo recipe book she makes the potion for you
    
13. Leave the swamp and go to the cemetery
    
14. Enter the crypt
    
15. Use the “Ash-2-life” on the coffin to temporarily resurrect Rapp Scallion
    
16. Talk to Rapp, skip through the dialogue until he says that he thinks the gas was left on in his restaurant
    
17. Tell Rapp that you are willing to check the gas for him, he gives you the key to the restaurant
    
18. Leave the cemetery and go to the beach
    
19. Use the key on the shack’s door
    
20. Enter the shack
    
21. Use the knob on the gas stove to turn off the gas
    
22. Leave the beach and go to the cemetery
    
23. Enter the crypt
    
24. Use the “Ash-2-life” on the coffin to temporarily resurrect Rapp Scallion
    
25. Tell Rapp that he was right, and that the gas had been left on and that you've turned it off
    
26. Rapp thanks you for shutting off the gas and gives you his map piece
    
27. You have succesfully found the fourth and final map piece

1. Leave the cemetery and go to the town
   
2. Go to the cartographer’s office
   
3. Give the lighthouse lens to Wally
   
4. Give all four map pieces to Wally, he tells you to go to the Voodoo Lady and check if his love potion is ready, and that the map will be restored when you return
   
5. Leave the town and go to the swamp
   
6. Go to the Voodoo Lady’s shack
   
7. Talk to the Voodoo Lady
   
8. Tell her that Wally sent you, she gives you a juju bag
   
9. The Voodoo Lady says that she senses that Wally is in danger, and that you should go look
   
10. Leave the Voodoo Lady’s shack
    
11. A box has appeared at the edge of the swamp
    
12. Open the box
    
13. Use the box
    
14. You have successfully completed part 2

1. Go to the right side of the room and go up the stairs to the passage
   
2. Go into one of the back passages
   
3. Look at the spit encrusted paper in your inventory, the lyrics to a song is written on it
   The song looks something like this:
   Verse 1:
   The RIB bone is connected to the ARM bone
   The ARM bone is connected to the LEG bone
   The LEG bone is connected to the RIB bone
   Verse 2:
   …
   
4. Look for the “ugly bone thing” that corresponds to the first verse, in the example used above the “ugly bone thing” would depict ribs in the upper position, arms in the middle position, and legs in the lower position
   
5. Push the “ugly bone thing” and enter the gap
   
6. Repeat steps 3-5 until you've gone through the remaining three verses
   
7. Open the door
   
8. Enter the room
   
9. Pick up the key, LeChuck traps you in a cage
   
10. Pick any dialogue option, LeChuck will take you to his torture chamber
    
11. Skip the cutscene
    
12. Use the straw on the green drink
    
13. Spit on the pan in the bottom centre of the room
    
14. Spit on the shield on the right side of the room, the spit bounces and hits the balloon
    
15. Spit on the same shield again, the spit bounces and hits the candle
    
16. Skip the cutscene
    
17. Open the juju bag, you receive a love bomb and some matches
    
18. Use the matches
    
19. You have successfully completed part 3

1. Pick up the bottle on the beach
   
2. Go to Herman Toothrot’s camp on the right side of the beach
   
3. Open the barrel
   
4. Pick up the cracker from the barrel
   
5. Use the cracker on the parrot, remember the directions it gives
   
6. Pick up the martini glass under the still
   
7. Use the martini glass on the ocean
   
8. Use the martini glass of salt water on the still, you get a martini glass of distilled water
   
9. Pick up the crowbar next to the still
   
10. Go to the left side of the beach and enter the jungle
    
11. In the fork go left until you reach a tree with a bag hanging from one of its branches
    
12. Use the crowbar on the bottle
    
13. Use the broken bottle on the bag, a box falls to the ground
    
14. Pick up the box
    
15. Open the box
    
16. Use the martini glass of distilled water on the box, you receive two crackers
    
17. Go to the right until you reach a pond with a roped up box next to it
    
18. Pick up the rope
    
19. Use the crowbar on the box
    
20. Pick up the dynamite
    
21. Follow the directions that the parrot gave you
    
22. Use another cracker on the parrot, follow its directions to the next area
    
23. Use the last cracker on the parrot, follow its directions until you reach the large X
    
24. Use the shovel on the X
    
25. Use the matches on the dynamite
    
26. Use the lit dynamite on the hole
    
27. Skip the cutscene
    
28. Use the crowbar on the rope
    
29. Use the crowbar ‘n’ rope on the twisted metal rods
    
30. Wait for the cutscene to end
    
31. Use the light switch
    
32. LeChuck starts talking to you, pick any dialogue options
    
33. Wait for the cutscene to end

At this point you will be teleported around different rooms at random, as such you can lose quite some time here. The main objective is to create a voodoo doll that you can use against LeChuck. You will have to gather the same ingredients gathered in part 1.
The optimal route to take is the following, but you will likely have to improvise:

1. Go to the first aid room
   
2. Pick up your dad’s skull – Ingredient #1
   
3. Open the medical drawer
   
4. Pick up the hypodermic needle
   
5. Open the trash can
   
6. Pick up the surgical gloves
   
7. Go to the storage room that is filled with boxes
   
8. Open the box of balloons and pick up a balloon
   
9. Open the box of voodoo dolls and pick up a voodoo doll
   
10. Go to the storage room with the broken grog machine
    
11. Use both surgical gloves on the helium canister
    
12. Use the balloon on the helium canister
    
13. Pull the coin return lever on the broken grog machine, a coin falls to the floor
    
14. Wait for LeChuck to enter the room
    
15. As LeChuck enters the room, he bends over to pick up the coin, exposing his underwear
    
16. Pick up LeChuck’s exposed underwear – Ingredient #2
    
17. Before LeChuck is able to use his voodoo doll on you, give the white hanky to LeChuck
    Note! This can sometimes be a bit tricky, and you may not be able to give it to him in time. If that is the case, give it to him the next time you encounter him (but note that you cannot give it to him while in the elevator).
    
18. LeChuck blows his nose into it and then hands it back to you – Ingredient #3
    
19. LeChuck teleports you out of the room
    
20. Go to the elevator
    
21. Push the button on the wall outside of the elevator to open it
    
22. Enter the elevator
    
23. Wait for LeChuck to arrive, then pull the elevator’s control lever – since you have three balloons of helium, the elevator closes and goes up
    
24. As the elevator closes, LeChuck’s beard is jammed between the doors and gets ripped off
    
25. Pick up the beard – Ingredient #4
    
26. Use the voodoo doll on the juju bag
    
27. Use the skull on the juju bag
    
28. Use the underwear on the juju bag
    
29. Use the beard on the juju bag
    
30. Use the hanky on the juju bag
    
31. Guybrush creates the LeChuck voodoo doll
    
32. Go back down into the tunnels
    
33. Wait for LeChuck to arrive, then use the hypodermic needle on the doll
    
34. LeChuck runs away
    
35. Go into random rooms until you find LeChuck again
    
36. Pull the leg off the voodoo doll
    
37. LeChuck collapses to the floor and asks you to come near him, agree to do so
    
38. Skip through all dialogue
    
39. You have successfully completed Monkey Island 2