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There may be an easier way. In the Deadlands map, you need a fire key to get into the place where you use the book. Perhaps if you changed it to the axe key (and either remove the fire key or make it open a secret, maybe even open the silver doors there), then you will have it by the time you get to the place where you use the book, and most of the confusion is gone. Once you get the axe key, you'd get there and get the book message. You'll then go back to the Guild map and use the axe key there open the way to the book. And as for the gears, none of them are behind the fire key door, so that won't be a problem either.

It actually wasn't the bronze gear he missed. It was another one. He eventually found that one though.

I had to skim through the videos, and I think the one you're missing is the bronze one. It was there about 20 minutes into your first video (or, in the stronghold map where you use the gears).

I managed to figure it out. It goes something like this:

Sure, I'm a bit low on money. I could use a few ducks.

...as he gasped so dramatically that his hat flew up into the clouds.

What you feel like when that traffic-riddled single lane road splits into four lanes each way.

Says the true form of Skynet.

I hope my uncle didn't give me goat head cheese in a paper bag for Chistmas like last yea...oh.

Oh hey, I finally found a place to hang up my beer bottle wind chime.

Woah, look at the size of this hairball I coughed up.

If I take off my robe and wizard hat, all that's left are two fireflies.

When you play Tetris while on acid.