Game! - Where the stick is mightier than the sword!

Hey, thanks!
I've figured it out now, and I'm spending a lot of stamina points getting what I need
My problem was that I'd somehow managed to never get a hold of the object in question, so I really had no idea what to look for.

I'm completely stumped on this one too. I've tried to combine everything in my inventory that seemed even vaguely rope-like, but without success. I'm thinking that I probably haven't even seen the items I need to combine. Could anyone possibly give a hint as to where I need to go to find whatever it...