Walkthrough, Version 2.5, date: December 29, 2001
For the Sony Playstation (English Version), US
By David Bunch bunch_david@hotmail.com
US Version for the Sony Playstation
Distributed by Agetec, Inc., 11/1999
Produced by FROM Software, 1997, 1998.
Unpublished work, Copyright 2000 - 2002 by David Bunch.
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Statement of Purpose
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This FAQ/Walkthrough will be providing a lot of detail about the game play of
Shadow Tower, equipment and item information, and some creature information.
It is not intended to give the reader a step by step, blow by blow plan of
movement through the game because then the reader will be playing my game,
not their own. However, the look of the walkthrough will be in a similar
structure, related in the manner in which I went through the Regions. I will
be providing information about key locations, some direction of how I
recommend moving through the Regions, which can be easily discarded in favor
of the readers own plan of attack, and general observations that may or may
not enhance game play.
THIS FAQ IS NOTHING BUT SPOILERS.
My first recommendation to the reader who just bought the game is to stop
reading now, study the booklet that came with the game, put the disk in the
machine and go to it. You will enjoy the game far more on the basis of self-
discovery than following this FAQ.
But the need for a FAQ on this game to help to resolve problems and to find
missing items that will enable you to move forward is clearly needed. I am
providing this for the many who will ignore the reviewers and critics of this
game and those others like them who enjoy the first-person shooter type of
game, especially in their RPG games.
I hope you come to enjoy the game as much as I have and as many other gamers
have.
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SPECIAL THANK YOU'S
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The people at The Verdite Inn (a club in Yahoo Land) and the Agetec
Messageboard, as well as the occasional email have been essential in helping
me revise and update the details of this FAQ. To them, the iron sharpening
my iron, go the greatest thanks and kudos for helping make this work as
accurate as possible.
* * * * * *
Also, a special thank you to JaMarc "Raistlin" Neeley, who has helped me
immensely with finding items, getting their stats and Drop sites, Finding
missing creatures, as well as helping to develop a FAQ on the Equipment we
have found, to be submitted later. He has helped in the completion of this
Walkthrough and in the design and development of the next FAQ to come.
Thanks a lot Buddy.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS - Shadow Tower
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I. SHADOW TOWER VS KING'S FIELD - The Differences
II. MAPS and My WEBSITE
A. Using the Maps
III. MISC DETAILS
A. Using Magic (new)
B. When Creatures Drop Items
C. Status Report Tip
D. *Special Note - Discovering Items/Random Creatures
E. Shadow Weapons (updated)
F. My Personal Bias
G. Encountering New Creatures (updated)
H. Special Locations - CUNE Shops, etc.
IV. WALKTHROUGH
V. SHADOW TOWER ENTRY
VI. HUMAN WORLD
A. Solitary Realm
B. Hidden Region (updated)
C. Cursed Region
D. Forgotten Region
VII. EARTH WORLD
A. Rotting Cave
B. **Special Instructions - ITEM Stones (Smithy's)
C. Poisonous Cavern
D. Quaking Cavern
E. Stone Cavern
F. False Pit Cavern
G. Hostile Rock Cavern
H. BOSS FIGHT - APOLLOS
VIII. FIRE WORLD
A. Phoenix Cave
B. Burning Cavern
C. Molten Cavern
D. Ashen Cavern
E. BOSS FIGHT - EBONY KNIGHT
IX. WATER WORLD
A. Impure Pool Area
B. INTERLUDE - In The Tower
C. Sunken River Area
D. Watery Labyrinth Area
E. White Rain Area
F. BOSS FIGHT - MAGI MAGUS
X. ILLUSION WORLD
A. Gloomy Domain
B. Bewilderment Domain
C. Worship Domain
D. Dream Domain
E. BOSS FIGHT - MASQUERADE
XI. BEAST WORLD
A. False Eye Area
B. Screeching Area
C. BOSS FIGHT - NECRON
XII. DEATH WORLD
A. Dark Castle Layer
B. Undead Layer
C. Lingering Curse Layer
D. Gate of the Dead
E. BOSS FIGHT - HALLOW MAGE
XIII. VOID - BOSS FIGHTS
XIV. CREATURES IN SHADOW TOWER
XV. Final Credits
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SHADOW TOWER vs. KINGS FIELD
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Shadow Tower follows in the footsteps of the King's Field I & II series by
From Software. It is a first person 'shooter' type of game with swords and
magic, instead of guns and bombs. Those familiar with KF I & II (hereafter)
will be very familiar with the general feel and moves to this type of RPG.
There are notable differences and factors that I will elaborate for those
unfamiliar to those 2 prior games.
>>>> No music in the background. For many, the lack of music is a BIG
negative and frankly, it does make it easier to get bored without that
soundtrack in the background to add momentum to game play. Still, it does
add a bit of a different feel that is not all that bad if you can get into
it. It actually gives a more 'realistic' edge to game play, because you do
start using your senses more to hear and see what is coming next. If you were
to really go into a dungeon with all your equipment, do you really think that
there will be music mysteriously playing in the background that suddenly
changes to something new when you drop down a hole and then returns to the
old music after you climb a rope ladder 2 hours later? It made the game more
'realistic' for me. If I needed background noise I just turned on my favorite
radio station or put a CD on and everything was fine.
>>>> No Experience Levels. Yep, you read it right. NO LEVELS. Not in
experience or weapon proficiency nor levels of dungeon (they are actually
called Regions and Realms in ST; a technicality but true). Each battle and
discovery nets you experience which IMMEDIATELY affects your characters
stats. Not too many games can claim that each battle makes you more
proficient for the very next battle EVERY time. OK, yeah, we are talking
mere points here, but if you walk into that large chamber with 10 creatures
to take out, and after each one is dispatched you are a little more
effective, then by the time you take out #9 you not only have down the moves
to wipe out #10, but also the extra muscle and speed, etc.... We're talking no-
brainer here.
>>>> Equipment has a durability rating and it will wear out. This durability
rating never goes up, it has a set ceiling per item. It can and does go down
though. This means that if you get bludgeoned to near death by an opponent,
then that favorite armor of yours is going to come out of the battle with
dents and breaks that need mending, making it less durable and less effective
protection until you do. Nice sharp swords that are used to carve up heavily
armored opponents can break or become chipped and dented themselves, needing
to be repaired and resharpened. Use of magic items (rings) which have spells
in them can be used a limited number of times before you need to re-energize
them. This is just plain common sense and adds the factor of realism that
even the prior KF games did not do. Does it get frustrating? Yep, it can. In
other games, the swords were always sharp and never needed sharpening; you
would never find a dull sword anywhere or a rusted armor anywhere. You can
and do in the Shadow Tower. Magic spells came from within you, not out of
objects alone. If you use weapons judiciously and use the item (Ashes) that
can 'repair' them in game play or visit the 'smithy' that allows you to use
Hit Points to repair the items, you will do fine.
An important thing to watch for is the red 'X' symbol that appears on the
right side of the screen when an item has reached a durability rating of 3 or
less. This occurs by regular use or by being damaged in an attack. This is
your warning that some piece of equipment is about to break. It is MUCH more
expensive to repair a zero-durability item than one that still has at least
one point left. Be careful with items that reach this point.
>>>> Potions come in only one incarnation, not 3 or more. This means that
the same healing potion you find in the first chamber of the Human Region
(Level one equivalent) is the same potion you find near the last Boss at the
bottom of the tower and they do exactly the same thing - they always bring
you to your max HP's. The same is true for the magic potions. And in my
opinion, the healing potion becomes the most important item in the game,
because of both the maxing-out feature and also because it is hit points that
are used to repair your equipment and rings. You NEED these to keep your
equipment in top shape, so long as you know where the 'smithy's' are.
>>>> Movement. Pro and con with movement in Shadow Tower. The cons are when
you enter a room with many creatures, the game play and movement becomes
choppy as the Playstations CPU works to keep everything moving. Action slows
down, recovery of the action bars for Strength and Magic slows down, turning
around becomes a chore, etc. I just try to plot my attacks to minimize this
problem. Most of the time I can, a few times you cannot and have to deal
with being ganged up on. BUT THIS REALLY DOESN'T OCCUR OFTEN ENOUGH TO MAKE
ANY REALLY BIG ISSUE IN GAME PLAY.
Pros are that this (movement) is an area you need to learn ASAP because it
makes game play move faster, and no, that is NOT a contradiction from the
cons mentioned above. The D-pad controls forward and backward movement and
left-right TURNING. The L1 and R1 buttons control sliding/strafing left and
right, respectively. By getting these controls down and combining them you
will take fewer hits in battle, move around right angle corners smoothly, and
be able to peek around a corner before getting nailed by that skeletons sword
that was just waiting to gut you. For example, let's say you are walking
down a corridor and it turns right ahead. While pressing the up key on the
D-pad, press L1 also and you start a slow arc-turn that will allow you keep
moving around the corner without having to stop at the intersection, use the
D-pad to turn right and then resume forward motion. By using this type of
combination, you can run circles (literally) around opponents, facing them
the entire time and preventing them from getting a direct hit on you while
getting hits on them with impunity.
Another drawback to Shadow Tower is the lack of a map, supplied neither
within the game nor in a strategy guide. This is a rather appalling oversight
by the designers of the game, even if the map was only for the main areas and
without any notes. But do not despair!
There were maps available online at From Software's website but they appear
to have discontinued them. However, I and a friend at the Verdite Inn in
Yahoo-land have copied them and translated the Japanese text to English.
They can be found in the Photos section of the Verdite Inn, a Club in Yahoo,
but you would have to become a member to access them.
It is located at:
http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/theverditeinn
SHADOW TOWER WEBSITE
Also, I have created a website through Angelfire with an updated version of
this FAQ and with the Maps. It can be found at the following web address:
http://www.angelfire.com/games3/ShadowTower/
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Using The Maps - Compass Directions
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In the walkthrough to follow, I will make reference to these maps because it
is easier to visualize what I am indicating with them. I will be giving
certain locations in a given Region an indicator like Chamber A, Cave B, The
Pool Room, etc. These are entirely arbitrary and of my own creation and are
not to be confused as the actual names of these locations, if there are any.
I will try to make them logical and easily referenced by things found in the
room or significant structures at that location. This is meant to aid the
reader (and myself) in this walkthrough.
I will also be using compass directions (N, S, E, W) to indicate which
direction to travel, where you enter the room, which wall has a secret door,
etc. It is important to note that there is NOTHING in the game or it's
options that help you figure this out or see which direction you are going,
unlike KF I and II, which did have a compass. I am again arbitrarily using
the maps and their images as they appear on my screen to determine NSEW
directions. Some of the text on these maps is in English. Whichever way you
have to hold the map to be able to read the words from left to right (the
images all are in this position at the From Software website) determines the
compass directions, with N being at the top, etc.
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How To Use Magic
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I have received multiple inquiries on this very important aspect of game
play. You can have 2 spells equipped to use at any time, but to use magic
you MUST first find a ring and equip it on either your left or right hand,
one spell per ring per hand. Then chose from the spells available with that
ring and equip it on the Equip or Equip Info portions of the Menu.
Activation of the spell requires a 2 key combination. If you access the
Options selection of the Menu and look at the Controller Configuration, you
will find that Magic is dedicated to the CIRCLE, Right Hand is the TRIANGLE
key, and the Left Hand is the SQUARE key.
So, if you want to cast the Magic spell that is equipped to your Left Hand,
tap the combination CIRCLE + SQUARE, and the Right Hand is CIRCLE + TRIANGLE.
Watch your angle, because some of the spells travel in direct line-of-sight.
If you are angled to look down just a bit, that Fireball spell just may hit
your opponent's feet instead of its chest.
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When Creatures Drop Items
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If my experience with this game and my interpretation of it is correct, then
practically every creature you will fight has a percentage chance of dropping
some item that is usable by you. There are creatures, like Bosses, that will
drop SPECIFIC items EVERY time, but I found at least 2 bosses who drop 2
different items, 1 common and one unique, and several creatures that have
dropped different unique items. But the rest seem to operate such that
sometimes they drop nothing, sometimes they drop one specific item like a
healing potion that is common to that specific creature type and sometimes
they will drop a unique item like a unique ring, weapon or armor piece.
Because of this I make the basic and understandable recommendation to SAVE
OFTEN and always before you wipe out an entire room of creatures.
For example, there is one room in the Human Realm that has only one type of
creature in it called a Blood Skull. At different times (due to the untimely
demise of my character) I have encountered anywhere from 2 to 6 of these
creatures in this room. One time I killed all 4 that appeared and each one
gave me a different item. Another time I received 2 of the same 4 items and
one other sword. I had died shortly after leaving that room, so my repeated
attempts to visit again have yielded that new sword only once. There is
another room in one of the Earth Realms that has one main type of creature
that drops rings, but only rarely and then only some of the creatures do.
They do not appear to drop any other item except rings. This is why I think
there is a small percentage with some of the creatures to drop something
special.
This process of dropping items will net you the most number of items in the
game. There are plenty of things to just find, but taking the time to fight
the same creatures several times may (and will) reveal which creatures drop
rare items. My ring collection by the time I finished was probably very
complete due to this process. I will mention those that I know drop specific
items but I am sure I missed some of the special items.
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**** STATUS REPORT TIP ****
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While writing this FAQ, a fellow gamer named NANOFRAME pointed out to me that
there was a way to track your progress from the main menu. Hit the select
key to access the menu, and then hit the Triangle key. This leads you to a
status screen showing what Region you are in and the stats of how many of the
total number of Cunes (99), Items (200) and Creatures (600) you have
acquired/killed off. If you then hit the R1 key, you will be taken to a
screen that will keep track on a percentage basis of your progress. When you
get to 100% in a given Region, you have done all, acquired all, killed all
that you could possibly do/get/kill on that Region.
After almost 2 times through and a third time started to clear up some detail
on the first Regions, I still had not come across this menu. It helped me
greatly to know that I had cleared each Region no less than 76% and many to
100% in my desire to ransack this game for details.
****** Important Note: On Discovering Items and Random Creatures *******
The information I supply regarding what is in a given room is based upon my
having traveled through that room many times in several games. The number of
creatures is based upon the total number of creatures I encountered over the
entire game play. For example, one of the caves in the WATER WORLD had 2
creatures in it, which I took out. I passed through that room at least a
dozen more times before I moved on to the lower levels. I came back through
once, encountered one more creature and THAT one dropped a major armor. So
you may not encounter the total number of creatures I did or you may
encounter more. Exploration is the key to successful completion of your
shopping list. It is the design of the game to be variable so an exact number
of creatures per area is very difficult to determine, but obviously the
designers did put limits on each Region, hence the ability to create a
percentage based record of your travels per level.
I will also include in the walkthrough the name of each monster encountered
on the level, where encountered and the items I was able to get them to drop.
This simply shows what I found. If you found items that I did not or found a
creature dropped something in one area that I found somewhere else, I would
appreciate you notifying me so that I may make this FAQ as complete as
possible.
I will not be sharing every detail of the creatures you encounter in this FAQ
except where I think that the information is vital to get through the area
quickly. Some creatures can poison, spray acid, paralyze, or slow you down.
For the most part, I will leave this information out of the detail except
where I remember a lot of frustration in dealing with that type of attack in
a given situation. I do this to keep the design and feel of the game as
original and intended as the designers planned it. Please do not complain
about not telling you this stuff in this FAQ. I do want you to have some fun
discovering and challenging new monsters.
There are special weapons to be found like the Shadow Blade, Shadow Wolf, and
Shadow Tiger. These are simply more weapons that have Darkness as their
primary power, such as the Fiery Long Sword has Fire as its primary power.
There are also 'Shining' weapons, Frost weapons, etc. I will eventually
include an Items list in a FAQ or attached to this Walkthrough.
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My Personal 'Bias'
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This walkthrough will introduce you to my personal bias to obtain as many of
the items as can possibly be obtained the first time through. Therefore my
style of writing and structure of details will reflect an emphasis on the
items to be found and where. You've been forewarned.
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Encountering New Creatures
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One of the advantages to this game engine is that as soon as you come into
close proximity to a new creature, even on the other side of a wall
sometimes, their stats immediately appear in your menu list "Creature
Information". You can access the information before you engage them and
prepare yourself for the coming battle. This is a good habit to develop
quickly.
Also, this Creature List also helps you know how your character will benefit
from your taking it out. This is where you can view how each creature
increases your stats in specific areas like Strength, Speed, Defense, Spirit,
Harmony, etc. Thus, the Acid Slimes you first encounter will, upon their
demise, increase your stats +1 in Balance, the Blood Slime will increase +1
to Melting, the Dark Spiders will Increase +1 to Strength and Piercing, etc.
Other stats can be affected, like the Blood Slime also increased my MP by +1,
but the other stats will also increase with your gaining 'experience', or as
game play progresses.
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Special Locations - Shops, Saves Points, WARP points.
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There are several locations that have 'markers' that look somewhat like
tombstones that serve important functions. Save Points are obvious and have
a star on the maps to identify them. The locations marked MP and HP on the
maps are ones which allow you to trade equipment for potions. The locations
marked ITEM are what I call 'smithy's', the places where you can repair your
equipment. WARP points with an English letter (A, B, C...) are inter-Region
WARP points, meaning they move you within the region you are currently in
ONLY. WARP points without the letter take you to another WARP point in
another region. These are the shortcuts you want to keep track of.
Below is the list of items in the CUNE shops. The items offered remain the
same no matter where you find a CUNE shop.
The following are the items for trade grouped under their 'cost' in CUNES.
They never change no matter where you find the CUNE Shop.
1 Cune
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*Torch* - You will need some of these but I really didn't use them very
often. You will probably find enough of them to satisfy, so trade for them
only if the need is great.
*Sacred Feather* - This item teleports you back to the LAST save point you
saved at. This is necessary to get out of a few areas so keep a few of these
in stock, but not until after exiting the HUMAN REALM. They are also helpful
if you want to get back to a prior Realm where you saved but cannot walk back
to because of various possible reasons. Several creatures will drop these and
realistically, unless you are doing a lot of exploring, you shouldn't have to
buy very many of these, if at all.
*Hpotion* - A very common item to find and have dropped. Add to that the
fact you can trade old equipment at certain sites for Hpotions makes trading
Cunes for these almost unnecessary. However, as already stated, this is to
me the most essential item to survival in the game. Keep a good stock of
these on hand. I kept a stock of 30 and had a few encounters where I went
through 10 of them before I figured everything out.
*Mpotion* - Not as common an item to find and have dropped as the Hpotion, so
you may wish to trade for a few of these. However, you will probably not use
magic often enough in the first half of the game and since these max out your
MP's, then they become seldom needed until later. Add to that the fact you
can trade old equipment at MP sites for Mpotions makes trading Cunes for
these unnecessary until later in the game if you find yourself short. Again,
keep several of these on hand, especially after you reach the EARTH REALMs
because this is where you will begin to use magic.
*Anti-Venom* - a pretty common item that is dropped and found. Trade for
only if you have had a hard time finding any (unlikely!).
3 Cunes
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*Soul Pod-14* - These should be towards the top of your list of things to
trade for. You WANT these.
*Dorado's Ashes* - You will find many of these but you may determine you need
to trade for a few of them. Keep some on hand for emergencies.
5 Cunes
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*Soul Pod-29* - These also should be towards the top of your list of things
to trade for. You REALLY WANT these.
7 Cunes
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*Deadly Broad Sword* - The first Region of the EARTH REALM has the Broad
Sword lying on the ground. This sword is a slight improvement over that
weapon. Wait and decide if you need it after finishing that Region. (I
didn't).
9 Cunes
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*Harden Gauntlet* - You will have obtained dropped Gauntlets by the time you
can reasonably afford this. There are several in the EARTH WORLDS and at
least one in the FIRE WORLD. Wait and determine if you can live without it.
10 Cunes
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*Beast Key* (BEAST WORLD Item) - Wait to buy this. You will need it in the
Screeching Region of the BEAST WORLD to take out three monsters and collect
three Cunes and a sword. This appears to be the only place to use it and
therefore does not really net a good return for the investment. Personally,
I only traded for it to be able to raise my stats some and to try to take out
all the creatures and collect all the Cunes possible by the end of the game.
*Bracelet of Movement* - Long before you can afford this, you will very
likely have already have encountered a creature that drops one similar. Low
priority.
12 Cunes
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*Keenest Bastard Sword* - By the time you can afford this, you really don't
need it. To think you have to trade for this when there are so many better
weapons available both before and after you can afford to part with 12 Cunes.
Nice weapon, but is it REALLY worth it?
16 Cunes
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*Fortune Great Helm* - Perhaps the best magic aiding helm, and worth waiting
for. It is VERY heavy headgear.
You will start in the middle of the tower on stone steps going down in front
of you and up behind you. Do not bother trying to go up, the path will
become blocked if you do. Stop immediately. Please note that you start with
751 Hit Points and 550 Magic Points. Not bad for a beginning character right?
Don't let it go to your head because you can loose HP just as fast as if you
were first level in KFI & II. Hit the 'select' key to activate the menu
system. Change any setting you want and notice that the only thing you
presently possess is a short sword. NOTHING else. When you finish looking
through the menu, then return to the tower and descend the steps and walk
until you come to the wood door. Press 'X' to enter and you begin your
journey through the tower.
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HUMAN WORLD
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In these Realms, I will start out rather descriptive until you obtain a
reasonable amount of equipment to ensure your survival. By the time you go
to the EARTH WORLDs, you will only need basic instructions and the
descriptions of what you can find. HOW you kill off creatures will be
dependent on which weapons you have found and that YOU like to use. Since
dropping items by creatures is a variable, I am allowing for that factor by
just giving the way I would travel through the game.
Upon entry, you will be facing NORTH. Take some time to test out your swing
with the short sword and test your movement ability, especially the L1-R1
buttons in conjunction with the d-pad keys.
When done, then proceed down the hallway towards the first chamber with
pillars in it, the Altar Room.
As you enter the Pillared Hall with an Altar in it, the pillar immediately on
your right has a Healing Potion (Hpotion) behind it. Leave it for now and
concentrate instead on the Green Slimes on the floor. There may also be a
Blood Slime. This is variable. Tilt your view downward a bit with the L2-D2
keys and watch the slimes. They like to toss clouds of acid (green) and
poison (red). Time your attack to match your swing and then back off. If you
stay too close to these creatures you will get poisoned and die before you
can obtain anything to cure you. If you encounter 3 slimes, the one that is
farthest west from you (in the SW corner area) drops the Cap sometimes.
Finish off the slimes, pick up anything they dropped, claim the Hpotion
behind the pillar and then walk behind the altar. Pick up the Quilted Armor
and stop to equip yourself. The book on the altar does nothing so proceed to
the NW and go through the short corridor on the N wall.
>The Hall of Corpses contains:
>Dark Spiders (Drop Morning Star, Buckler Shield, Acid Vaccine, Hpotions)
>Find: Hpotion
The Dark Spider you see will take at least 2 hits. Use the forward-hit-backup
method of attacking to take it out. It will drop the Morning Star. This
weapon is effective against the Dark Spiders if you want to equip it. Move
to the East and take out the other Spiders here. One will drop a Buckler
Shield. When finished, go back to the West end of this area and get the
Hpotion. The sound you keep hearing appears to be the 'shuffling' of the
corpses laid out here. Maybe the Dark Spiders laid some eggs in them??
Anyway, move to the East and then turn South through some more corpses. At
the far south wall there is some writing on the wall to read if you want.
Turn East and walk just a few steps. The short corridor to the N ends in a
secret door, but has 2 Skeletons that will probably slaughter you right now.
Wait a while for these and come back later.
>The Graveyard contains:
>2 Demon Bats (Drop Long Swords)
>Skeleton (in grave) (Drop Leather Armor)
>Dark Spiders (on return trips) (Drop Quilted Armor, Acid Vaccine, Hpotions)
>Find: Hpotion, 2x Soul Pod +5, Torch, Cune, Cune (down grave-hole)
Continue into the next area, a Graveyard. To the far N there are 2 Demon
Bats on the roof that aren't that hard to take out. Move over and 'behind'
them, avoiding their sonic attacks, then look up and attack. Finish them off
first before collecting the other things lying around on the ground. Some
Dark Spiders might appear now or upon your return to this area later.
Now look at the graves. All but two of them have little wood fences around
them. The other two need to be searched. Go to the one nearest the W wall
where you entered and search it ONCE. You will obtain your first Cune.
Search it again and the grave will open and out pops a Skeleton that can drop
Leather Armor. The other grave will just open and provide a hole to drop down
into to reach the HUMAN REALM - Cursed Region. There is a Cune down there,
but you can obtain it once you enter the cursed region later. Do not jump
down this hole right now. Instead, head towards the NW corner of this area
and walk up to the blank wall that is a secret door. Open it and go to the
next door. This will take you to the HUMAN REALM - Hidden Region. You can
go back and try for the two Skeletons behind the other secret door now if you
wish. If you want to wait, return to them through the regular door leading
from the Hidden Region to the Solitary Region that opens directly into their
area when you finish off the Hidden Region level. Time your attacks carefully
to take as little damage as possible. After taking them out you can enter
this area and obtain another Soul Pod +5. The door at the far N leads to
another entrance into the HUMAN REALM - Hidden Region. I recommend going
through the Graveyard secret door first and this walkthrough will begin from
there.
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HW - Hidden Region
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You enter Facing West.
This is a corridor that takes a few turns but there is nothing in this
corridor to attack you. Follow it and the corridor branches off to the N
after 2 turns. This leads to the 'shop' listed as 'CUNE' on the maps where
you can trade Cunes for items. The menu is always the same, except that
there are a limited number of Soul Pods you can buy. Since you only have 1
Cune right now, don't buy anything right now.
From here, turn S and then W, following the next leg of the corridor to the
Torture Chamber. You will enter this room from the East. The following
instructions will take you to the Save point before you kill anything.
I recommend passing through this place without killing anything. But if you
must, take out the slimes, pick-up the Ashes (used to repair equipment while
walking through the Tower), visit the NW jail door (locked) and observe the
armor and corpse. On the E wall in the SE corner is some writing on the wall.
Exit through the door in the S near the writing.
At the next junction of the corridor, going straight ahead (S) will take you
back to the Solitary Region after passing a warp point to the EARTH WORLD
Forgotten Region. For now, turn right (W) and follow the corridor into
Chamber A.
>Chamber A contains:
>2 Acid Slimes, 2-3 Acid Slimes (Drop Anti-Venom)
>1-2 Blood Slimes (Drop Hpotions)
>Find: Torch, NE corner.
Walk directly across the room to the corridor in the W wall and follow it to
the save point. SAVE.
Now you can go out collecting. Enter Chamber A and take out the slimes, go
back to the Torture Chamber and take those out too, Return to Chamber A. Save
if you wish. In Chamber A, there are several secret 'doors'. There are 2 in
the N wall, one towards the NW and one towards the NE. Go to the NE one and
pass though the chamber with the mound/hole in the middle and into another
short corridor. Pause at the entrance to the corpse/armor room you saw
earlier. Then walk into the room, over the corpse to the opposite wall.
There is a Parasite in the body of the corpse that attacks as soon as you
enter. Just stand to the side of it and take it out. It drops Ashes when
dead. Pick up the Scale Mail and return to Chamber A. Now go to the SE wall
and open that secret door. You will follow the short corridor into a room
with 2 Acid Slimes and a Fanged Worm that comes out of the hole in the middle
of the floor.
Move to the far side of the room and take out the Fanged Worm first, then
finish off the slimes. Then drop down the hole. Follow the corridor around
until you see a doorway on the left. This is a 'treasure' room/hoard
containing 3 Hpotions and 1 Ashes. Take them and follow the path back to
Chamber A. Now go to the NW and open the secret door there.
This corridor will lead to a Side Room (f) and the 'Casket' Room.
>Side Room (F) contains:
>1 Casket (Drops Torch)
>Find: Metal Gloves, Soul Pod +5
The Casket fades in and out and drains HP. Time your strike to coincide with
when it becomes solid.
>Casket Room contains:
>1-2 Caskets (Drops Torch, Short Sword)
>1-2 Blood Slimes (Drops Poison Vaccine)
>Find: Large Shield, Torch, Cune
Simple instructions - clear the room and leave.
From here, return to Chamber A and take the E doorway. Keep heading E and S
until you come to the path to the WARP point. Continue E from here to the
door back to the Solitary Region if you haven't taken out the 2 Skeletons
mentioned earlier. Otherwise, go to the WARP point and press 'X' to go to
the Forgotten Region.
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HW - Forgotten Region
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You WARP in facing North.
WARP ROOM 1
As soon as you appear here, turn left and look down to pick up a Cune.
Proceed N to the main corridor. Immediately to your left is one exit to
SHADOW TOWER and back up into the prior HUMAN WORLDs so use this later. If
you turn right (East) you will see the main corridor and a shaft that
branches off to the North. That branch leads to a point that you will be
able to WARP INTO this region later, but you cannot get to it because it is
up above the corridor and you have to drop down into this area from that WARP
point. For now, proceed down the corridor to the E. You will not encounter
any creatures in the corridor AT THIS TIME. The main corridor turns N after
you pass 2 locked jail cells on your right. Follow it N all the way to the
end (you will pass many locked jail cells) where it makes a right angle turn
to the left (W). The first branch you come to on the left lead to an Hpotion
trader, the next branch you come to leads to the SAVE point for this level.
USE IT. The corridor continues to another door to SHADOW TOWER and the
Cursed Region. Use this after you finish this level. Now go back down the
main corridor to the right angle turn (now turning South) and face the North
Wall. Press X to open the secret door here and watch the corpse fall. You
may obtain the Acid Vaccine prior to opening the secret door or after. Now
turn S and go to the first corridor branching off to the right after you pass
another locked cell. Open the secret door at the end of the corridor and
walk up to one of the 2 chests at the far end of the room.
>The Skeleton/Chest Room contains:
>2 Skeletons (Drop Cune, Crown or Crown of Resistance)
>Find: Soul Pod +5 in NW chest.
As soon as you open one of the chests, 2 Skeletons appear behind you. Take
them out. Then the way is clear. Exit the room and head back S down the
Main Corridor to the E-W section you came from. Turn W and walk to the edge
of the 'Body-Chute' (you'll see what I mean. As soon as you reach this
point, a Skeleton appears behind you in the corridor. Turn around and take
him out. He can drop a Cune or the Steel Boots of Resistance. Go back to the
Body-Chute and prepare to enter it. Stay to the side of this room at all
times. I recommend making your way along the N wall to the E entry into the
Blood Skull room. There is a Soul Pod +5 in the short entry to this room.
>The Blood Skull Room contains:
>2-6 Blood Skulls (Drop Anti-Paralytic, Bottle of Light, Small Shield, Rapier
or Lethal Rapier, Guardian Bastard Sword.)
>Find: Bottle of Light, SW corner.
Take out the creatures and then return to the 'Chute room. In the middle of
the S wall is a secret door. Prior to entry, I recommend using an Acid
Vaccine.
>The Great Shield Room contains:
>1 Acid Skull (Drop Anti-Venom)
>1 Blood Skull (Drop Anti-Paralytic)
>Find: Great Shield, SE corner.
Attack carefully because of the narrowness of this room. Gather the items
and return to the Main Corridor while the Vaccine is still in effect. Go
almost all the way back to the corridor on the S wall just before the WARP
room you entered in. Down this corridor you will find rooms with several
Acid Skulls.
After dispatching the 'Skull, THEN gather the objects BEFORE you search the
corpse on the bed. All that will do is push him off of it and you gain
nothing else. It also triggers the appearance of a Skeleton out in the Main
Corridor to the W. Go out and take out the Skeleton. Now go though the
Corridor and open the jail doors. In the jail cell next to the Acid Skull
Room contains a Blood Skull that never dropped anything. In the cell next to
this one you will see a Skeleton appear as soon as you use the key to open
it. It did not drop anything for me. In the N-S part of the Main Corridor,
there is a Cune in the SW cell and an Hpotion in the cell second one down
from the 'dropping corpse' secret door.
Having finished all this, it is time to go to the next Region. Go to the far
NW door and exit into the Tower itself. I recommend you turn right and
follow the path around the inside of the tower and then enter the next door
to the Cursed Region.
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HW - Cursed Region
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You enter facing North.
The room immediately on your right contains the closest thing to a boss in
the HUMAN REALM, so turn left instead. Go through the door and past the 2
Dark Spiders
>Cavern A contains:
>2 Dark Spiders (Drop Poison Vaccine)
>Find: Leather Gloves, NW corner
Go through the door in the W and into an odd shaped cavern that I will call
Cavern B. Follow it W, then N, then back E into a corridor with a low
ceiling that leads to the Save Point. Save.
Go back into Cavern B.
>Cavern B contains:
>3-5 Dark Spiders (Drop Ashes, Hard Boots, Hpotion,)
>1 Shadow Spiders (Drop Mpotion) (use Darkness attacks)
>Find: Nothing
Go through the door in the SW corner down into the Tongue Imp Cavern.
Go to the door in the S wall. This leads to the drop-down area from the
Solitary Region. There is a Cune to pick up on the floor. Then return to
the Tongue Imp Cavern. Go to the NW area and a small corridor appears to
the N. Follow it into another small chamber with another 2 Tongue Imps and a
Fat Mole.
>Fat Mole Room contains:
>2 Tongue Imps (Drop Short Sword, Normal- or Magical-Leather Armor) (Drain
HP)
>Fat Mole (leaves a Cune)
>Find: Nothing
After taking out the 2 T-Imps, TALK to the mole a total of 4 times. You will
see this little feller again and it pays off trying to be nice to him. Now
return to the Tongue Imp Cavern and go to the E wall corridor and walk to
where the corpse is laying in front of the rock-door. There is writing on
the S wall just before you arrive there. Open the rock-door and pick-up the
following items:
Take out the first Shadow Spider before proceeding too far into the room. To
get the second one, you will have to pass between 2 pillars that are part of
the N & S walls. This is the 'mid-point' of the room. Go ahead and take out
the next S-Spider but do not approach the mid-point of the room while or
after you are dispatching it. If you do, the Guardian will become mobile and
attack. That is how to start the battle with the Guardian, who is hanging on
the far E wall/altar, simply move past the mid-point and then go back and
fight it.
When finished, go back out to the Inner Tower and proceed to the next
WORLD/Region by walking back around to near the door to the Forgotten Region
and walking off the edge of the path that hangs over the middle of the Inner
Tower. You will land on a walkway and be facing the portion that goes up to
the other door to the Forgotten Realm. Turn around and go straight down the
steps to the door that leads to the first EARTH WORLD Region.
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EARTH WORLD
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In these Realms, I will keep things pretty concise except in specific need.
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EW - Rotting Cave
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You enter facing N.
Follow the corridor around into the Watcher Plant Room.
>The Watcher Plant Room contains:
>4-6 Watcher Plants (Hpotions, Steel Boots)
>1 Elder (Drops Anti-Venom) (can Paralyze if looking in your general
direction)
>Find: Broad Sword (NW corner)
These plants shoot lasers at you. As you fight them try to make your way
from the SE corner up to the NE corner and towards the NW corner where the
Broad Sword can be found. Equip this immediately and chop down the Elder who
is standing in the middle of the regular exit in the W wall.
Go find the corridor in the south wall and enter it. This takes you to the
first ITEM (Smithy) stone.
******** SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: ITEM Stones ********
These instructions are intended to maximize the use of all your HP's and
minimize using Hpotions unnecessarily. Translation: It helps you efficiently
repair your equipment.
The amount of hit points you have is totally dependent on your strength. Some
of the equipment you have (including some rings, bracelets and amulets)
increases your strength. Prior to using the Smithy, ALWAYS equip yourself
with the items that MAX out your strength and thereby your HP too. But DO NOT
use an Hpotion yet!!!!! After you have maxed out your HP's, then make the
first visit to the Smithy and have him repair as many items as you can with
your remaining HP's. Some items may remain un-repaired when you run out.
That's OK. Leave the Smithy by hitting O and then use an Hpotion to max out
your HP's. Then turn around and visit the Smithy again to repair the rest of
your items. Do this until all the items you want repaired are up to full
durability rating. Leave the Smithy. Do this at all Smithy locations.
There is a secret door to the S of the corridor in the W wall, but do not
take it right now. Follow this corridor around into a Long Chamber with
barrels in it. Go to the complete on and find an Hpotion. There is nothing
else to find so proceed to the W wall to the door there. There is a door in
the NW wall but go through the W one first. This corridor winds around and
into another room with Elders and Dwarves in it.
>The Elder/Dwarf Room contains:
>2 Elders (N wall and S wall)(Drop Anti-Venom)
>1 Minor Dwarf (Drop Hpotion)
>1-3 Dwarflings (Drop Cune)
>Find: Nothing
Move to the N wall and take out the Elder. As soon as you do, you will hear
small footsteps. One of the dwarfs will have appeared. If any of these hit
you, you WILL be poisoned, so avoid being hit. When you finish them off, go
to the N wall and follow the corridor there around to the Dwarfling. TALK to
him and he will give you the Iron Key to open a door. Return to the
Elder/Dwarf Room and proceed to the S wall by way of the SW corner so as not
to get paralyzed and take out the other Elder. Enter the corridor in the S
wall and find the Save point and the Mpotion trader.
Return to the Long Chamber and go through the N door, following the corridor
to another door. This door opens into a large chamber I call the Imp
Chamber.
>4-5 Imps (Drop Rings-Protection, Poison)
>1 Star Serpent (Drop Large Shield)
>Find: Hpotion (SE corner - the map is wrong)
The Imps cast sonic attacks so move up to their side and hit them. Obviously,
you will want to try and get the rings. They may all drop rings for all I
know, I just recall getting only the 2 mentioned. Once you get them, return
to the Smithy and repair them and the rest of your equipment. Once done
repairing, equip the rings AND equip their magic. Then move into the Watcher
Plant Room, move to the secret door in the W wall and enter it. Follow the
corridor into the Myconid Room.
If you stand close to the Myconid too long, you will become poisoned.
(Remember the Shrooms in the KF series?) Otherwise, they attack with a spore
attack that spreads out around them. Use a combination of a physical attack
to stun them, then a magic attack to stun them, then a physical, then a
magic, etc. By timing this right, you will be able to stand almost toe-to-
toe with most opponents and never get hit. Watch for the telltale red 'X'
that indicates your equipment is getting low in durability, a common
occurrence when using rings/magic. You can now go down the W corridor to the
secret door into the Elder/Dwarf room to save.
Go back to the Imp Chamber and to the short corridor leading to a locked
door. Use the Iron Key obtained earlier to open it. You will hear the Imp
you must take out. This room is VERY important.
>The Doll Auriel Room contains:
>1 Imp (Drop Summon Ring of Frost)
>1 Doll Auriel (TALK TO HER)
>Find: Anti-Venom (SE corner)
The Doll Auriel is actually a Demoness in dis-dress (pun intended). After
taking out the Imp, talk to her and you will learn of a B-tard named Duhrin
who imprisoned her in this form. After a few words, she will squat down and
become unresponsive. Now go search the S wall for the secret door that leads
into the Star Serpent Chamber.
Take them out and go back to the Smithy to repair your equipment. Return to
the Imp Chamber. Go to the NE portion of the N wall and proceed N down the
corridor. You will start to hear a 'grunting' sound. The corridor comes to
a T running WE. This corridor has several Tondroms that attack you.
The way to take out the Tondroms is to hug the corridor wall they are closest
to and let them get hung up and immobile so you can approach them and smash
them. If you give them a straight shot at you it will HURT. Many times.
Death will come very quickly. Get the drift? (pun intended) Proceed to the
W and into the Barrel Snail Room.
Go back into the corridor, take out any more Tondroms you encounter, follow
it until it turns at a right angle to the S. The next room you enter I call
The Elders Haven.
>Elders Haven contains:
>3 Elders (Drop Divine Symbol x2, Crown of Resistance)
>Find: nothing
The elder that will appear close to the torch on the E wall will drop the
Crown of Resistance. This is a potent item that improves you magic abilities
greatly. A great find early in the game. You may have to come back through
to get this item. When done, go N and follow the corridor to the drop back
into the Watcher Plant room. Go to the Smithy and repair your equipment. You
do not need to save but can if you want. Then exit out the way you came in
to this Realm and walk around the inside of the Inner Tower to the next door
leading to the EARTH WORLD Poisonous Cavern.
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EW - Poisonous Cavern
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This became one of my favorite Realms just because it gave up many very
useful items.
Follow the corridor to the first room and in the S is a save point. See? I
told you that you didn't need to save. Then enter the Beak Plant Chamber.
The barking noise is the Beak Plants sounding off. When you hear this, you
will be Slowed. They are located in the SW corner and one along the middle
of the S wall. When you are done, go to the door on the W wall in the NW
corner. Open it and you will start a mini-action sequence. A voice tells
you not to go that way because of the poison (the green stuff on the floor of
the corridor behind the door) and to come this way. You are turned around
and get your first look at Duhrin the Dwarf. He walks into the N corridor
telling you to come this way. Go to the locked door at the end of the
corridor, try to open it and you are called a fool. Quickly move away from
the door or the Watcher Plant on the other side will burn you.
Now go to the W wall door again.
**Strategy Tip. -- Take off your boots and walk barefoot. The poison can
cause damage to some of your footwear. But if you take the Poison Vaccine
before proceeding, then you will be totally protected from the effects of
poison. Also, equip the Crushing Mace. It will be the most effective weapon
against the coming creatures. I also recommend not picking up any items
until later. Just trust me on this one. Remember to use a Poison Vaccine
prior to entry here.
Open the door and follow the corridor around the bend and another. As you
come out into a cavern, stop and look up. A strange figure will appear.
There are actually 3 of them here.
>Hanging Dead Room contains:
>3 Hanging Dead (Drop nothing)
>Find: Hpotion (S wall)
These creatures drip poison and are the reason there is poison on the floor.
Of course, the other three in the next area help also. You should be able to
take these guys out with one swing each. Once done, exit through the W wall
and turn N.
Move immediately to the Watcher Plant and take it out. Then keep moving N
but cross to the W wall. Pass under the Overpass and you will see a ladder.
Go up it by moving forward towards it. You will automatically climb it. If
you do all this fast enough, the Poison Vaccine should run out right about
now. Put on your boots and get ready for combat. Head S from here past the
wooden Overpass and to the SW corner. Pick up the Shield of Resistance. Now
move to the entry into the W room.
>Wingsect Room contains:
>2 Watcher Plants (Drop Cune)
>3 Wingsects (Drop-in order of appearance (IOOA): 1-nothing, 2-Bow, 3-Soul
Ring)
The 'bark' of the Wingsect drains MP. Stay to the side of them and take them
out. Now go to the N wall and find the secret door.
Now go out of these 2 rooms and onto the wooden Overpass. Look to the N and
you will see 1 of 3 Hanging Dead. Use the Bow to take it out. Do the same
on the 2 to the S of the Overpass. The one closest to the Overpass can drop
the Poison Ring. If you no wait for about 60-90 seconds, you will se the
poison on the floor below disappear and allow you to go collect those things
I told you not to pick up. You can also go back and save if you wish.
Continuing on from the Overpass, head to the E and you will come to another
Overpass situation, this one guarded by a Trickster above and Dwarven
Warriors below.
Take out the Trickster and drop down to take out the Dwarves. Then equip your
worst sword (like a short sword) and head N to observe the Knight holding up
the rock. He asks for your help. After he asks, turn W and face the Stone
Head on the wall. Walk up and press X. The head proceeds to eat your sword.
The rock then disappears and the knight thanks you before dying off. Step
into the next area and look in the SW corner for a Soul Pod +5. Go no
further for now. Head back to the Overpass area and head down the wide stone
corridor into Duhrin's Chamber.
Duhrin now pleads for you to be nice to him. Problem is, you NEED that Key
he is carrying. And you did promise Auriel.... So, finish him off. You will
have to chase him a little but he does not fight back. There is a secret
door in the N wall containing a room with another Watcher Plant that drops a
Poison Vaccine. The corridor leading off Duhrin's Chamber to the SE contains
a CUNE SHOP. The corridor leading off the NE curves around into a chamber
with a glass coffin in it.
>Demon Auriel's Bedroom contains:
>Demon Auriel (Gives Summoner Ring of Fire)
>Find: Hpotion (W wall)
Use the key in the keyhole above Auriel's Sarcophagus and she will reward
you. Go back to Duhrin's Chamber and exit through the previously locked S
door, now permanently unlocked and go save.
Return to the Save point, save and prepare to enter the Quaking Cavern.
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EW - Quaking Cavern
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You enter Facing South.
The first chamber you enter is full of Blue Flickers that also shoot lasers
at you and small Sand Leeches that shoot clouds of poison gas at you.
Immediately to the left of you in the corner is a pool with some Wooden
Gloves in it.
The Blue Flickers have three tentacles, only one of which shoots at you.
Keep to the side of the creature when attacking, but watch for the little
Sand Leeches on the floor. They have a tendency to sneak up on you.
The small chamber in the W wall contains one Sand Leech. It never dropped
anything for me. Go to the corridor leading into the SW wall and follow it
until it branches straight ahead and to the right (N). At this point, each
of the three tunnels becomes filled with a very large Sand Leech, each one
fills it's own corridor. They are all mouth and teeth and will poison you if
they hit you. Stand a small distance away from the one you choose to attack
and wait for it to try to bite you. Immediately move towards it, timing your
swing to land when you get right next to it, then back off immediately.
This can be tricky, because the floor here is somewhat irregular. What looks
like a perfectly straight shot will sometimes be a clean miss. Then it's
time for an Anti-Venom to take away the green tint that was just added to the
screen. Each of these can drop a Cune. Take the corridor that leads N and
into the Acid Pod room.
>Acid Pod Room contains:
>2-4 Acid Pods (Drop Ashes)
These guys bounce around randomly and continuously spit acid at you. Keep
moving and try to flank them to take them out. You will also find these in
the room to the W in addition to some other creatures too.
The Kiljoy is a quick opponent. Keep moving and use the magic and sword combo
to take them out.
Return back to the Sand Leech Corridors and take the W one into a new area.
There is nothing to neither encounter nor find here, so take the South East
corridor down into the next area. The Cocoon Plants here are VERY
susceptible to fire.
>Cocoon Plant Chamber contains:
>4 Cocoon Plants (Drop Anti-Venom)
>1 Torg (After entering the Torg room and leaving it)
>Find: Anti-Venom, NE corner
Simply use the fire spells and a slashing attack to take these creatures out.
They do not pivot, so moving behind them to avoid their attacks is easy.
Now go into the S room and you will find writing on the S wall and an
ITEM/Smithy stone! Repair your equipment and get ready to die REAL quick.
Now go to the door in the W wall of the Cocoon Plant Room.
>Torg Room contains:
>2 Torgs (Drop Lamp, Broadsword)
>Find: 3 Cunes, 3 Dust of Rage, Large Shield of Balance
As you approach you will hear the grunting of the Torgs. Speed is essential
here, as well as magic and strength. They have clubs and like to hit the
ground with them, causing Loma-Prieta level seismic occurrences that drain
you of HP BIG time, even on this side of the door. Try to get into the room
ASAP and fire off a spell like the Frozen Hornet spell that has multiple
hits. Use the Magic/Physical attack combo repeatedly until one of them falls
and then take out the other one. When done in here, there is another that
has appeared outside in the Cocoon Plant Room to take out.
Congratulations. That is the end of this region. Return to the door to the
Poisoned Cavern after repairing your badly damaged armor and equipment.
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EW - Poisonous Cavern (Brief return)
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Once back in here, you will have to go all the way back around to the ladder
area and head North to the door to Stone Cavern.
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EW - Stone Cavern
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You enter this area facing South.
Warning. This Region has 3 levels. Once you drop down into the main cavern
(level 2), you will need to finish it before dropping down to the third
level. Getting back here is a pain and a long walk. The following
directions will take you the short way to the Save point on this level prior
to killing anything (hopefully).
Level One.
This N-S corridor has a HP trader down the first E shaft. Head S then W and
drop down the hole in the floor.
Level Two (Main Level)
Well, that was fast, wasn't it?
In this room, there is a Cune in the SE Corner. Follow the rails N to a W
corridor. At the N-S 'T' intersection, you will encounter a Sloth Bug to the
N. Leave it be and head S. You will head some low voice chanting soon and
find a W corridor intersecting it where you will find a Clay Servant chanting
and another Sloth Bug. Try to get past the Sloth Bug if you can but do not
get close to the Clay Servant if at all possible. This will 'activate' him
and between the two you will likely die.
Continue W past the S dead end corridor and you will meet (for the first
time) the Dybbuk, busy digging a hole. He tells you that you are wasting
your time then drops down the hole. Avoid the hole but walk past it and turn
N. Walk up to the second corridor on the left and Save your game.
Now to venture out into the Cavern.
Head S down the corridor to the W corridor that you passed a moment ago. This
is at a 4-way intersection. Enter the first of 2 rooms. There is nothing in
the first so go to the S and enter the Hobble Worm Room.
>Hobble Worm Room contains:
>1-3 Hobble Worms (Drop nothing)
>Find: Bottle of Light (in chest)
Hobble worms are pretty easy so once you take out those who appear here, go
to the E wall just S of the protruding rock at foot level and open the secret
door.
After finishing them off, return back to the 4-way intersection and walk back
the original way you came in. Go back to the area with the Sloth Bug and
Clay Servant. Now take them out one at a time. Watch the Sloth Bug for
spraying poison at you. The Clay Servant will stand at your approach, orient
towards you and then slide and slam into you. I recommend the Magic/Physical
attack combo again and to keep moving. They did not drop anything for me.
Head N and take out the other Sloth Bug. This one did drop the Divine Symbol
(for curing Curse). Head all the way N and the Dybbuk will appear again and
cause a cave in blocking your path. Head S to the only side corridor in the
W wall of this N-S corridor. This Leads to the Clay Servant Room.
Approach the CS's one at a time and finish it off prior to challenging
another one. Take on the SB's when you can without getting too close to a
CS. When done, head to the N exit, then W, S, and W and voila', you are back
at the 4 way intersection. Go and save and come back here. Then head back
E, then N all the way to the end to the rails, the E to a new room.
>Demon Bat Room contains:
>3 Demon Bats (Drop Long Sword, Fiery Long Sword)
>Find: Bottle of Light (in chest)
Yep. These are the bigger cousins of those same 2 on the Solitary Region of
the HUMAN WORLD. Once you have finished here, enter the E tunnel to the Blue
Crystals in the floor. Search them and find the (surprise!) Blue Crystal.
From here, go back and save and then proceed to the hole the Dybbuk dug for
you and drop down to Level Three.
Level Three
The big chamber to the E is the way out, but you need to go W and then N for
now. Head to the chamber in the far N of the corridor and encounter the
Crying Roots.
>Crying Roots Room contains:
>3 Crying Roots (Drop- Sacred Feather x3)
>Find: Bottle of Light, Cune (NW corner - the map is wrong)
You have to swing at these creatures to 'activate' them, and then you can
chop the roots up. Now head down into the E passage leading to the Dybbuk
Room.
The Dybbuk is VERY apologetic for being so rude and will cry MURDER when you
try to take the ring from him. He moves around like Duhrin did so just
follow him and obtain your prize, the Caustic Ring. Now head back to the
drop down point, enter the large chamber to the E and the S to the exit from
this Region and into the False Pit Cavern.
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EW - False Pit Cavern
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You enter this area facing South.
Move into the main cavern here to encounter an Earth Knight.
>Main Cavern contains:
>2 Earth Knights (Drop Harden Large Shield)
>2 Acid Pods (Drop Hpotion)
>Find: Cune SE corner
This E-W chamber has several key locations immediately branching off. Before
you fight the Knights, turn right (W) and immediately enter the next
passageway running to the N. There is a SAVE point here. And above the SAVE
point is an opening that is inaccessible to you, leading to a WARP point from
the Hostile Rock Cavern (Boss - Throne Room) one Region down.
Back into the cavern to fight the Knights. Use the Magic/Attack combo to keep
them stunned enough to never hit you. They are fast and will do good damage.
When finished with them, look to the S at the two passageways in the S wall.
The W one leads to a WARP point that will take you back to the HUMAN REALM
Forgotten Region to the WARP point you could not access before because it was
on a slightly higher level than you could access back then. This is the way
back from the lower Regions to the higher ones. The nice thing is that there
is a Door in the corridor paralleling this one to the E with a Door into the
Shadow Tower and the Lowest Regions. And it will remain accessible.
Now head W and prepare to encounter many Acid Pods in the corridors. They
will mainly Drop Hpotions. The twists and bends make it easy for them to
attack you with acid balls and hard for you to approach without getting hit.
So take an Acid Vaccine prior to entering the corridor. Equip the Caustic
Shield if you have it. Or you can just rely on the vaccine as your defense
and un-equip all items so as to spare them the acid baths you will be going
through.
The first one will appear after you turn S, in the curve in the corridor. But
don't worry, you will hear it long before you see or feel it. Do not try to
use the Bow because the angle will prevent it from hitting. While working on
the first 'Pod, another will appear in the corridor to the NW of it and add
to the acid bath you will probably be in. Use the Forward/Hit/Back off
tactic to finish off the first pod or the Magic/Physical hit tactic. Either
can be effective. The Bow and long-range spells do well against the second
one.
Going forward (N), by pass the two side passages on the left (W) and follow
the corridor N and then E. Another 'Pod will appear prior to an intersection
Going N. In that Corridor is another 'Pod that will Drop an Ashes. There
are 2 more on the floor to find.
Go back to the main corridor and head E. This will turn N and leads to the
Fire Tower room.
After dispatching the snails, read the plaque on the N wall and then examine
the Tower in the middle of the room. You will notice a slot near the bottom.
Place the recently acquired Blue Stone into the slot and watch the room
change color as the flame turns blue. Remember this room because you will be
returning here, but by a different route.
Go all the way back to the area where you first encountered the second 'pod
and the 2 W corridors that you did not take. Follow it around to the far W
corridor, ignoring the corridor that heads to the N, which leads to a ledge
over an open cavern with a Cune on it.
Walk out to the end of the path, turn around and slowly backup until you
start falling. Press the forward direction key on the d-pad as you fall to
land safely on the ledge directly below you. You are now facing East.
Follow the corridor until you come N side corridor that will take you to a
room with Acid Pods (yep, again!).
>Acid Pod room contains:
>2 Acid Pods (Drop Anti-Venoms or Hpotions)
>Find: Soul Pod +14, Tower Shield of Honor
The best way to take these 'Pods out is with long range attacks. Return to
the main corridor, travel E and take the first right (S). DO NOT go to the
end of the corridor yet! This is the Ray Plant room.
Again ranged attacks are best. Target the Ray Plant (on the pedestal) last.
Pick up everything and return to the end of the corridor, where you will be
teleported to the Blue Flame room. Go back and save your game. As you pass
through the corridors, you will encounter several more Acid Pods, all close
to the same spots you encountered them before. You will also encounter one
in the Main Cavern.
Now you are ready for the Pit Overpass. Head back into the hallways on a NW
course. When you come to the second pathway on the left, take it and
immediately turn right (N). This will take you to the Pit Overpass.
At the point you exit the tunnel and come out into the open with the stone
path in front of you, you will encounter the first creatures barring your
way.
The Guardians drop Cunes, so to get the Cunes, make sure they are hovering
over the path when they die. Use Spirit Magic on them and crushing attacks.
Then proceed up the path. I recommend the bow as the best way to take out
the Bugs. But again, try to take them out when they are in the middle of the
path. Either the things they drop fall over the edge or you may make a mis-
step and plummet to your death, all to get an Hpotion.
When you go under the Overpass, then take a sharp right, you will see another
Bug ahead. Be careful on this portion of the path because if you stop and
try to stand still, you may find yourself sliding over the edge. The path is
steep and slick. Watch your footing.
After you complete the Overpass, you are rewarded with a door to a new Realm
contain the first real Boss of the game.
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EW - Hostile Rock Cavern
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You enter this area facing North.
Follow the corridor into the main chamber. There are only 2 chambers to this
level so this is going to be a battleground of sorts. Moving into the main
cavern here will bring you face to face with 2 more Earth Knights.
>Main Cavern contains:
>2 Earth Knights (Drop-????)
>8 Black Unix (Drop Hpotion, Bottle of Light)
>Find: Leg Guard
This entire Realm looks on the map like a squashed turtle with a very big
square head as the Boss chamber. You enter at the tail.
At the end of each 'leg' is a treasure chest. 2 of them are supposed to have
something in them but I only found the Leg Guards in the SE chest, nothing in
the NW one. If you find something in that chest, let me know what it was.
The floor of this Main Cavern has rocks that look like teeth sticking up.
Upon entry, you will have the 2 Knights to deal with and then the Black
Unix's appear further in and shoot pinks beams at you. They fly but
constantly get hung up on the teeth, so use that to your advantage. Their
beams do not pass through the teeth either. But they are tough to damage.
Use the Magic/Physical tactic on them and keep moving. Killing one usually
causes another to appear at a bad angle to you, like behind you or to the
side and back a bit. Mop them up, get your best armor on and a sword like
the two-handed great swords (meaning no shield) and equip things that
increase your movement rate. For rings, I found the Frost and the Poison
spells worked best. Also, be ready to use the Anti-Paralysis item quickly.
Now head W and enter the Chamber of Apollos.
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BOSS FIGHT - APOLLOS
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Apollos was a knight of the king that was betrayed and then modified to be
the walking nightmare in front of you. You will also have to contend with at
least one other Earth Knight, but you should be able to take it/them down
quickly. USE YOUR RINGS to full advantage here to eliminate them so you can
concentrate on Apollos. Besides, it really is a short trip back to the smithy
from here, believe me.
>Apollos Chamber contains:
>1-2 Earth Knights (Drop-????)
>1 Apollos (Drop Great Sword)
>Find: Plate Mail of Curing, Spirit Book, Soul Pod +5
Depending on how many Knights you encounter determines your strategy.
Apollos has a sword in one hand, his other hand is a long tentacle that hits
HARD, and he can paralyze you. Add the two knights and you can have a real
Knightmare on your hands. (Pun intended) I recommend taking out the knights
first, keeping in constant motion and as far away from Apollos as possible.
Not easy because big A is a fast mover. Use the Hit/Spell/Hit/Spell/Hit type
of maneuver. Now move to the side of big A and use the same type of maneuver.
He may try to paralyze you. As SOON as the screen flashes you are paralyzed,
immediately hit the select button to go to menu selection. If you time it
right, it will allow you use the Anti-Paralysis item and keep pounding away
on him. Keep moving and he should go down pretty fast. You gain his thanks,
a new sword, some new items and a WARP Stone back to the False Pit Cavern
overlooking the Save Stone.
When done, go ahead and save. From the Save stone, head due S to the WARP
stone that leads to the Forgotten Region of the HUMAN WORLD level. From
there, drop down, turn right, drop down again and head outside into the Tower
and enter the door leading to the EARTH WORLD Rotting Cave where the smithy
is. Fix yourself up and head back down to where the False Pit Cavern is.
Save your game. Exit into the Tower through the SE corridor right next to the
WARP stone you just took a few moments ago and head to the only other door
you can enter that looks reddish in color. This is door #1 to the FIRE
WORLD.
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FIRE WORLD
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In these Realms, Flame rules. As you will notice, you do not have a lot of
fire insurance right now. You will pick up a piece here and there. This is
one of the things I like about this game. You do not gain items that help
you in the level(s) prior, you gain them as you go along. Of course the
opponents are tougher and your equipments durability rating is going to
suffer from the fireballs you get hit with (and you WILL get hit with many).
But an adventurer's life is never supposed to be dull. Get ready. You are
now about to enter the Phoenix Cave.
On the map, this place somewhat resembles a basketball court to a limited
extent. It is hard to name the specific sections/areas in this Realm, so I
will arbitrarily name each area separated by an archway or bridge by a name
like Area A, Area B, etc. Therefore, this section of the walkthrough will
look and read differently than the others. It will be more step-by-step in
most places.
You enter this area facing East.
You are in the SW corner of the Cave. This is Area A. To your left you can
see a lava river heading E. You can actually walk over this river (and
survive!) but not without losing a great deal of your HP. From this start
point, straight ahead (E) is an archway. Prior to going through it, pick up
the Fiery Large Shield in the SE corner. Equip it; you WILL need it, very
soon. After going through the archway into Area B look to the right to find
an Acid Vaccine. There is a bridge that is in the up position to the N, the
lava flow forks and creates an island with a lever on it to lower this bridge
and an archway to access it, and another archway to the E of you. As you
approach the archway to the E, a Fire Jinn (hereafter FJ) will appear on the
other side. These guys are common and carry a sword and shoot fireballs at
you, even through the archways if the angle is good.
Go through the archway into area C and take out the FJ. He can drop a Rapier
or a Potion. Another one can appear in this area later and drop the other
item. To the N is a stone bridge over the lava to Area D. which has a Cune
lying on the ground in the SW corner and another Lever to drop the bridge
that extends over the lava flow to the N. As SOON as you kill this FJ,
another appears in Area D in the W section. It will begin shooting fireballs
at you. As you move across the bridge to confront it, hit the 'X' key to move
the lever. Take out this FJ (Drops an Hpotion or Fiery Long Sword), grab the
Cune, enter the archway to the W into Area E, activate the lever and pickup
the Fire World Stone that is on the ground. This little feller is going to
come in handy, but do not use it just yet.
Go back to Area D, cross the N bridge into Area F and take out the FJ (if he
appeared; he didn't always appear each time I played through). He Drops an
Hpotion. In this area you will find 2 Cunes and an Ashes* in the SW corner
near the lava. This* is shown on the map as being in the next area. The map
is wrong for the American Version. Head through the archway in the E wall
into Area G and encounter a new opponent.
This Armored Jinn is called an Armored Jinn (hereafter AJ). Use the same
tactics that help you to take out a FJ and he will go down, just a little
later is all. He will Drop a Fire World Stone. Save it too. Cross the bridge
to Area H and throw the Lever. Another FJ will appear in Area I across the
lava and start tossing fireballs. Avoid them until the bridge is down. Then
cross over and take him out. He Drops the Shadow Blade, a 'Twilight' weapon
unique to the Tower, essentially a Katana. The Water World Boss can also
drop this item later. The key drawback to this blade is that it puts you in
darkness, limiting your sight to just a few feet in front of your face. But
it does NICE damage here and now. Save it for the next area. An AJ will
appear here on your way back out that did not Drop anything. Go through the
archway in the E wall into Area J and take out the FJ here that Drops an
Hpotion or Broad Sword.
Now, there is a small island called Area K made by the 2 lava flows coming
back together that has a Lever and a shimmering flame in the air on it.
There is also a bridge that is up leading over to Area L. You might want to
use a Fire World Stone from here but you really will not need it. Move to the
switch and throw it. As soon as you do (or a moment sooner) the shimmering
flame coalesces into the Jinn Lord. Use the Hit/Magic/Hit/Magic/Hit tactic
with the ice Spell Frozen Hornet (Ice Balls) for maximum efficiency. He Drops
a Fire World Stone or the Summoner Ring of Fire. I have you take him out now
because if you do not, he will throw fire attacks that look like earthquake
shockwaves that do a lot of damage quickly. Grab the Cune here and the Cune
in the middle of Area J.
Cross the bridge over to Area L and take out the FJ that has been tossing
fireballs at you. You will find 2 Cunes on the floor and the Fiery Helm in
the chest. Now, head all the way back to Area B.
As you go back, you will encounter FJ's and AJ's here and there. They all
seem to drop only Hpotions or Fire World Stones. For right now, the stones
are the preferred item to get. Back at Area B, take a quick jaunt back into
Area A and take out the FJ that should be there. Go back into Area B and
across the bridge (N) into Area M. Grab the Cune here. Now prepare yourself,
because there can be as many as 5 possible FJ's appear in the next Area N
which is through the W archway. Watch your health meter and finish them off.
They only drop Hpotions. The chest has an Amulet of Guardian. The other
item indicated on the map next to the lava flow is something I have never
found. If you did find something, let me know. Exit this level through the
door in the W wall and back into the Tower. Follow the path along the wall to
the next level.
Welcome to the Hothouse. This place has flames in practically EVERY room and
trying to dodge the flames and opponents, without taking any damage is a real
trick, babe. It is in reality virtually impossible. Or is that impassable?
Whatever. So once again, getting to the save point is your best bet. And it
is fortunately very close by the entrance.
Head W and then turn N.
>Entry Chamber contains:
>5 Mystic Towers (Drop Fire World Stone, Lamps, Keenest Long Sword)
>Find: nothing
The save point is in the room that is due North. Try to avoid the Mystic
Towers, the laser shooting creatures, and the flame spouts and get to that
save point. Save your game, use the other headstone to trade for Mpotions if
you need them.
Now go back into the Entry chamber to engage the Towers. Your best bet is to
choose one of them that is away from the other and 'dance' around it using
the strafe (L1,R1) keys and the d-pad, darting in and hitting then back off
and move to the side of your target. Try to watch out for the other Towers
shooting at you and when possible dodge them, especially if they are closing
in on you. You do not need to kill a Tower if it means getting hit by 2-3
lasers from the other Towers. Keep moving around if you wish to minimize the
damage you take. Good spells to use are Ice and Acid based. The Fire World
Stones do help, but try not to use them yet. You will need them to finish
out the other levels, especially the Ashen Realm.
Ok, finish them off and then save again.
Move to the W wall and the Corridor of Flames. Get ready to be crisped a
bit. Here's a hint for you. This is a good place to use your shield,
especially if you have obtained one with flame resistance. Hold your shield
up as you pass through this corridor to add extra protection from damage!
Now if you have access to the maps, you will see there is a secret room off
the N wall of this corridor. Leave it for later and come back when it is
cooler in here.
In this room you can maneuver behind the flame spouts but often the creatures
you encounter are positioned to block that path making it harder to attack
them. If you encounter the Berserker before you shut off the flames, then
take a Fire World Stone and wade into the flame spouts. These creatures MUST
be taken down quickly. They are very fast and do hefty physical and fire
damage with almost no let up. Berserkers look like the upper part of a Knight
and the axle of a racecar. And they match that combination very well. Use
the Frozen Hornet then hit with a good Slash attack then the Frozen Hornet
again, etc. Speed is essential with these guys. And there are many of these
you will have to take down.
After finishing here, move W and enter another room, this time with fire
shooting up from the floor in quick, random bursts in many spots.
Take out the Towers one at a time, the same as the Entry Chamber.
You now have 3 ways to go, N, W, & S. Go to the W wall first and take that
corridor to a room with a Cune exchange stone. This room also has an Hpotion
in it. Return to the Flame Bursts room and go to the N room.
>Iron Crusher Room
>4 Iron Crushers (Drop Magical Plate Mail)
>Find: Fiery Plate Mail (on raised platform with archway)
The Iron Crushers like to shoot iron rivets at you. Isn't that nice of them?
And each one of these critters is located in a corner of the room, where they
stay. So even when you fight one there is at least one other shooting at
you. Constant movement is again mandatory. I recommend a smashing weapon and
acid based attacks to quickly dispatch them, as well as keep circling them.
The one in the SW corner dropped the Magical Plate in my game. I was never
able to get any of the others to drop anything. Finish these 4 off before
you go up on the platform. Avoid entering the archway and collect the Fiery
Plate mail lying on the floor here.
Now head out of this room saving the archway for later. Head S to the
corridor out of the Flame Bursts Room. The next room you will come to is
full of Berserkers, so get ready to take some damage. Stop after you enter
this corridor and equip your best fire resistant and damage reducing
equipment (as if you hadn't already) and magic like Frozen Hornet and Bubble
Magic which can hit multiple times. These are necessary to make the
Berserkers pause in their attacks giving you an opportunity for a mighty hit
that will pause them again, followed by another magic attack, etc.
(Kinda depressing for all the pain you are about to experience.)
The same tactics explained in the Wide Stair room and just above are what you
need to employ to take these guys out. The only good thing about this room
is that they only come at you one at a time. There will be another realm
where you encounter these guys en masse.
When you finish with them, move into the room to the N and you will find
yourself between 2 furnaces, which supply the flames to this level. And on
the N wall there is a switch you can flip to turn off all the flames on the
level. You cannot open the door to the E yet; that will come later. Now it
would now be a good idea to go back to a smithy and repair all your items.
Or you can wait until after you have emptied the secret room back in the
Corridor of Flames.
Nothing really special about this room, it is just there. If you have
difficulty trying to get out of the room, just tilt your view up or down and
hit the X key until the door opens. I had this bug a few times. If nothing
seems to work, then use a Sacred Feather to 'port to your last save point
(hmmm, that is just around the corner, isn't it?).
You DEFINITELY want to go to a smithy and save your game before attacking the
Molten Cavern.
After you ready to proceed, go back to the room with the archway and walk
through it.
You find yourself on another archway platform with an Hpotion on it and
stairs going down to a door. WARNING! Right outside the door is a Mystic
Tower and it will attack you through the wall and door. Go around the room
and pick up the Hpotion and Anti-venoms.
Head through the door and take out the Tower, which is to your left (E). It
will Drop an Amulet of Composure. While fighting it, you will get hit by the
fire rings thrown by the Berserker behind the other door to the far E. Save
him for a moment and head W up the steep stairs. At the top is another Tower
that will drop a Lamp. Another one will appear here later. Follow this
around to a locked door with creatures behind it. I just wanted you to see
this.
Go back to the room with the Berserker in it and take him out.
>Molten Berserker Chamber
>1 Berserker (Drop nothing)
>2 Berserker (Drop nothing) - After Abraxus
>1 Berserker (Drop nothing) - Returning from the Arachness Chambers
>Find: nothing
(Enough to irritate you, isn't it? Drop & find nothing??? Sheesh)
Walk all the way to the E and then N to find the Save point and an HP trader.
Now head out of this room and head S until you see the Fat Mole. He tells
you some (soon to be obvious) information about someone named Abraxus then
disappears. To the E of him is the Steel Servants room. Enter.
>Steel Servants Room
>2 Steel Servants (Drop Deadly Axe, Hpotion)
>Find Shining Great Shield (in chest)
The Steel Servants will not attack until attacked so bide your time. Move to
their side and swing once. Usually, as soon as your strength meter is full,
they are moving and can be damaged. They are susceptible to smash attacks.
Head out of the room and S through the door, then W. The big guy is (guess
who??) Abraxus the Red (fire breathing) Dragon. He is currently having his
daily Lava bath and is dreadfully upset at being interrupted, saying
something about burning your ass. No, I mean turning you to ash. Yes, that's
it. You can move around him (through the Lava) to the platform if you want
to, but you also have to contend with many flying, flaming Horned Skulls. Add
to that, that even Ice based spells and absolutely no weapons can harm him
(right now) suggests you find another way to take him out. Translation: Get
a look at him, let him give his schpiel and get out of there.
You will meet Fat Mole at the same place again and he basically tells you 'I
told you so' then disappears again. Head all the way back to the locked door
at the top of the steep stairs and run into Fat Mole (again). Only this time
he is far more helpful. He opens the door as he disappears, but not before
telling you that the rooms ahead contain something that will help you with
Abraxus. Enter the next room. You may want to use a Fire World Stone here;
your option.
>Arachness Chamber #1
>2 Arachness (Drop Gauntlet, Ring of Desire)
>Find: Fiery Leg Guard (in chest across the Lava)
These are tough. No weapon did significant damage, no magic either. And they
like to breathe fire a lot. Wait to go after the chest until as bit later.
Take the other door and go to the next chamber.
>Arachness Chamber #2
>3 Arachness (Drop Fire World Stone, Gothic Shield of Rage [Skull-shaped])
>Find: Soul Pod +14 across the Lava
After dispatching them, move to the NW wall and pull the chain. Turn around
and watch the lava stop flowing. If you stop and think about that, it's
somewhat like Abraxus is taking a hot shower and you just flushed the toilet.
Heh, heh, heh.
If you wait here long enough or return later, the Lava will cool enough for
you to cross and not take any damage. Or you can take about 200-300 HP damage
with each crossing. Your choice.
Now go all the way back to Abraxus and voila! he seems to be at a loss for
words. It must be awfully cold Lava, the way he just stands there looking
real dumb. Why, I bet if you just walked up to him and gave him a little
love tap, he would just fall to pieces.
The bow does work against the HS's but not too well. It would be best to use
a crushing weapon and either Acid or Ice attacks on them. In the far SW area
of the lava is a sword in the stone, the Silent Sword, which mutes your magic
totally when equipped. No spell casting. I have been told that other
creatures can drop this sword and that when the players got here, nothing was
found in the stone. Oh, well.
When ready, step through the archway on the platform that was behind Abraxus
when you entered and step into the next realm.
This is a boss level and it is in reality, one of the most challenging you
will come across, based on your present experience, weapon/item/armor
combinations and the number and abilities of the creatures you will
encounter. So be sure to enter here with ALL items at full durability and
lots of Hpotions. You will probably go through several. This region is a
series of rock 'platforms' suspended in darkness and most are attached by
walkways/bridges.
>WARP Arch #1
>Find: Cune (SW, at the edge), Gauntlets (NE, If not already obtained)
Grab the items and head N up the steps. WARNING!! There are 3 Berserkers
ahead and begin attacking before you get to the next platform.
>Berserker Platform
>3 Berserkers (Drop Bottle of light, Swift Steel Boots))
>Find: nothing
These guys attack en masse, meaning all at once, together. Remember that
they are Fast, Strong and Magic throwers. Put on your best armor, best
weapon, use a Fire World Stone, use Bubble, Frost or Acid magic. Take them
down quickly, and then check your stats.
To the NE of this platform is a bridge heading E. Do not take it.
Meteorites will fall on it (Damaging you) and destroy the bridge. Spare
yourself some unnecessary damage. Head N, up then down to the next platform.
The Bone Demons are fireball throwers, but crushing blows and water spells
work well. The BD's are slow movers but the Beserkers are not. These
creatures keep coming, so once you kill one, another will take its place. It
will be like this on each platform. Finish them off, keeping a CLOSE watch on
your Hpoints. Weapon/Magic/Weapon was the easiest and fastest way to take
them down for me.
Now make your way E down the bridge. Near the bottom stop moving. You will
slowly creep down the ramp anyway. Use this time to target with ranged
attacks either the Horned Skulls and/or the Zygotes in this area. Once you
reach the platform itself, the Horned Skull will be only JUST within sword
strike range as they fly overhead. This is good and bad. It means that they
will probably not damage you. This is good. But if you try to fight them
and keep moving around, with your head tilted all the way back looking up to
try and hit them, you just might find the edge of the platform before you
know it. This is bad. Wait until later at the ruins in the middle of this
platform before you attack them. You can reach them easier from there.
*Special note on finding items - The map has an item here to be found that I
never did. However, TTThorin@aol.com notified me that he (?) found the item
and it was the Crushing Broadsword.
Zygotes are the creatures that remain in one spot and have a large marble for
a head. Just keep to the side of them and your sword will finish them off.
However, they have friends that like to shoot magic at you from behind, so
keep moving if you can.
Please note the pedestal with the 'pincer' shaped ring at the top in the NE
area of the platform. This is the locked pedestal containing the key you
need to help you transport to the boss. How do you open it and with what?
Keep going.
Be sure NOT to drop down the big hole in the platform. There is no bottom to
it and nothing to find down there. Except death.
When finished, heal up and head E again to a long pathway to another small
platform.
>Small Zygote Platform
>2 Zygotes (Drop Plate Mail of Protection)
>Find: Priest Ring of Fire
Same strategy as the last platform. Sword is all you really need. Now, be
SURE to check your stats, health, Mpoints, items durability, etc. The next
platform can be tough. Make sure you have a Fire World Stone going AT THE
LEAST.
>Cerberus Platform
>2 Ruby Demons (Drop Anti-Paralysis)
>4 Cerberus' (Drop Fire World Stone, Anti-Paralysis, Fiery Key, Harden Tower
Shield)
>Find: nothing
*The map indicates the Fiery Key can be found, but it is actually dropped.
Everything here breathes fire (surprise!). And casts paralysis. Take out the
Ruby's first because they supply you the antidote to paralysis. Then turn
your attention to the mutts at your back. They bite, growl, bark and try to
stomp you down. Magic spells like Frozen Hornet work well for close
encounters. Watch your health and keep swinging. Grab the key that is
dropped and prepare for the Boss. You can step into the portal in the S and
that will take you to the locked room in the Burning Cavern near the
Berserker Room. There is an Hpotion in that room and a SMITHY stone too. I
recommend first going through the once locked door and then re-enter the
room. That leaves the door open and accessible for later if you need it.
Then, go to the smithy to fix your equipment. You also will want to make
sure you have at least one (1) Sacred Feather before approaching the Boss.
Once done, drop down the shaft in the N wall and go SAVE your game, then
return all the way back to the locked portal stone here in the Ashen Cavern
and use the Fiery key. A compartment opens to reveal the Flaming Key. Use
this key right here, right now and you will teleport to the lone platform
with no bridge leading to it.
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BOSS FIGHT - EBONY KNIGHT
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The guy in front of you is the Ebony Knight and he is itching to pick a fight
with you. Use your heftiest sword and the Frozen Hornet spell. He moves a lot
and likes to cast an explosive fire spell at you when you are close to him.
Fire defense is the RULE in armor and items. Keep an eye on Hpoints,
especially if you are going toe to toe. He can move fast, but generally is
moderate in movement if you keep near to him. If you move away for ranged
attacks, he can suddenly slide right up next to you with a pretty good hit.
Try dancing in and out with attacks and magic hits, reorienting on his side
or flank while he recovers from the stunning hit(s).
***NOTE: I have been told that there is a creature that can appear here with
Ebony Knight called the Damned Angle, but I have yet to encounter it. I do
know it does make up the list of 150 creatures. I do not know why it does not
want to make an appearance with my games, but that is the way it is for now.
More details in another update.***
Once down, he will give you a schpiel and then Drop the Fiery Bastard Sword.
There is now no reason to stay, so use the Sacred feather to return to your
last save point.
****SPECIAL NOTE****
Remember the door you first entered after leaving the Phoenix cave that led
to the Burning Cavern? Well, there is a walkway across the Tower from here
that leads you to the next World, the WATER WORLD, Impure Pool Area. Head to
that area and enter the next World.
****END OF NOTE****
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WATER WORLD
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In these Realms, Water rules in the forms of Acid and Frost. The most
irritating part of these regions is that acid attacks the durability of your
equipped items in addition to your heath. Often, ALL of the pieces you are
wearing lose durability, although it will just concentrates on the parts
directly exposed to the acid. So, if you have to walk through an acid
puddle, the boots will lose points of durability and you will lose Hpoints as
you pass through. There are items that resist this effect, such as anything
with the word Caustic in the description. But they are not PROOF against the
effect. They only diminish the effect. The acid will still eat up those
Caustic Boots if they are left standing in that same puddle. Of course, this
effect happens only after you equip it on your character. Unequipped items
are never damaged by acid attacks. There are many items to be found in the
depths of the acid puddles, streams and pools coursing through these next 4
levels, in wonderful condition for something that had been taking an acid
bath for months before you came along. Towards the end of these levels, acid
turns to Frost as the deadly danger.
I have a simple solution for moving through at least one level. Take off
your boots and take an Acid Vaccine. The vaccine provides resistance to most
damage from the acid puddles that you HAVE to go through and you retain your
boots in good condition until you need it in battle. You will lose HP faster
this way compared to when you have boots on but remember that the Acid
Vaccine does NOT vaccinate the steel boots you are wearing. I went through
almost all the boots I had before I figured this one out.
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WW - Impure Pool Area
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You enter facing W at the south-most entrance on the map.
After the Hothouse, you may feel like taking a nice cool bath here. DON'T.
The water looks inviting but it is VERY hot, but not from heating. It will
scour not only the dirt from your skin, but your skin and bones with it!
The path to the Save point on this level is pretty easily accessed, but you
do have to encounter some creatures and walk through some acid. Fortunately,
the pools of acid that you have to pass through are shallow and quickly
passed through. What is interesting is several of the creatures on this
level will Drop Fire World Stones. So you can come here earlier in the game
and obtain these items to help you through the Fire Worlds if you want.
From the entry point, take the first Left (S) into a small square room
(Junction Room) with several exits and writing on the E wall. Take the S
exit and follow it into a long chamber running E-W and you once again meet
the Fat Mole. He chats with you and gives you an Acid Vaccine. Head to the W
wall and enter into a room with a shallow acid pond running from wall to
wall.
>Horned Slime Room contains:
>5 Horned Slimes (Drop Fire World Stone, Sacred Feathers)
>Find: nothing
If you can, try not to fight the HS's right now, but if you can't cross the
acid pond without fighting, don't sweat it. The ones in the acid drop the
feathers. When you can, take the W corridor, and then head towards the N.
>Blood Brains Room
>4 Blood Brains (Drop Cunes)
>Find: Keenest Long Sword, Pitcher of Nadya (Chest)
Stay on this side of this large pond and head to the left, taking the other
corridor on this side of the pond. It leads to the Save point. There is a
Cune in the NE corner of the Save point room.
Now head back into the Blood Brains room and take them out. You will have to
get your feet wet to obtain the Keen LS and the Pitcher, but you will be
using them soon. There is a secret door in the N wall of this room that
cannot be opened until you WARP into the room later in the game. This secret
room has a Cune on the floor and there is also a Cune Trader found in here.
Head back to the Horned Slime Room and mop them up. Head back to the Junction
Room mentioned earlier and head W from that point into another long chamber
running E-W.
>Horned Slime Chamber contains:
>3 Horned Slimes (Drop Fire World Stone, Sacred Feathers)
>2 Dwellers (Drop Hpotion)
>Find: nothing
After finishing here, head into the W room.
>Akryal Water Room contains:
>Akryal (Drop: nothing)
>Find: nothing
Do not attack Akryal. Talk to her first and she will tell you that the water
trough behind her is the ONLY fresh water in the Tower. But she needs a
certain pitcher...
Give her the pitcher and she will disappear, allowing you access to the
water. This trough has water that acts like an Hpotion. One sip is enough.
The drawback is that you cannot take any with you. Remember this spot
because you may find yourself in need later and can come back here to get
your HP's back up. It's a long walk sometimes, but...
Now go back to the entry corridor and head W. Another E-W chamber with
Dwellers in it.
These 2-headed creatures are constantly moving and will keep hitting you
until you drop. They can also follow you into the short corridor back
towards the last chamber, but not enter it. Use a slashing attack on them if
you must. Ranged weapons and magic are best to minimize stepping in acid and
getting pummeled to death between the 2 of them. Take the N exit from the
room and into a room with a well in the middle of it. The well is full of
acid. But you must jump into it to get to the lower section of this level.
So decide if you want to lose Hpoints alone or also lose durability from the
items you are wearing. It will only be a few points at most but it may be a
big difference to you.
After passing through the acid, you will land in a dry room with no
discernable exits.
Several things to be aware of. If you suddenly become cursed, realize that
it is NOT the Worm Faces doing it. It is another creature in the next room
behind the secret door in the E wall. If you can, endure the cursed status
until you finish off the Worm Faces, then go take it out. Next, if you took
off armor before you dropped through, immediately re-equip it to deal with
the WF's.
The WF's are easy to stun and I developed a good strategy to handle them,
based on the same way I dealt with most of the prior creatures. The WF's
turn with every step, so positioning yourself to the side of them is hard.
So, just move up to the first one and hit it. This will probably stun it,
making it pause in its movement. Immediately reposition yourself to one side
and just a little distance away from it. Usually, it will immediately move
towards you and 'face' you. If you wait for it, then by the time it finishes
orienting on you your strength meter will have reach full power. Swing.
Reorient to the side. Wait. Swing. Etc.
You will want to modify this tactic with magic (NOT acid!) and other movement
to keep from being damaged by the other WF in here. When finished, go to the
middle of the N wall to a second secret door and open it. More WF's but also
an important item to pick-up!
Same tactics as before. Pick-up all items and get the key off the table.
You will use it on the next level. Exit this room. Now look at the floor and
you will see footprints. Follow them to the E wall and open the secret door.
>Hatchlin Room (Drop Balance Ring of Frost)
>Find: nothing
This is the creature that has a constant curse field around it. Kill it
before you use a Divine Symbol to counter the curse. Now move down the long
corridor and exit back out into the Tower.
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Interlude - In the Tower
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You have now reached a place in the Tower where you have options about where
to go next. You can finish the WATER WORLDS or go ahead into any of the
other Worlds. It starts with the path in front of you.
Move forward until you have just entered the Tower Core. Stop. Picture
yourself as standing at 6 o'clock looking forward to 12 o'clock. The path
goes straight across to the opposite side (12:00) where the door to WW-Sunken
River Area is. Branching off of this path to the left and then down some
stairs (9:00 low) is the IW-Gloomy Domain. If you look down to the right
from where you are (3:00 low) you will see the doorway to BW-False Eye area.
You can get there by jumping from this point where you are standing down to
the walkway below. Directly below you (underneath your current position) is
the door to BW-Screeching Area. Look back to the BW-False Eye doorway. From
there, you can cross the Tower to the 9:00 (very low) position where the DW-
Dark Castle doorway is. And from there, you can walk clockwise around to
12:00 and then down some stairs to the Headstone that leads to the Void, the
last level of the Tower! Right behind the Void Headstone is a balcony that
can only be accessed by dropping down onto it from above that leads to the
DW- Lingering Curse Layer. So you see, you can effectively go wherever you
wish right now.
This walkthrough will proceed through the Tower in the order of levels as
they appear on the Options portion of the Menu screen. But you can do what
you want. Of course, the only real problem you will encounter is that of the
levels that are 1-way, like the Impure Pool Area you just left. Since you
cannot climb back up the well that you dropped down, how do you get back?
Maybe you should stay with this walkthrough for a while. Of course, it is
your choice.
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WW - Sunken River Area
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You enter facing W and then turn immediately S into the first Cavern.
As you enter a Kabasaur will appear. This tall, pale, fat version of the
Creature from the Black Lagoon is slow but Strong! He will take you down in
only a few hits if you give a chance. Stay to his side or behind him and use
slashing attacks. He will drop the second Floodgate Key. Watch for his
buddy to appear before picking the key up. Finish, and then move into the
wide corridor that leads into the Deep Pool room.
>Deep Pool Room
>3 Kabasaurs (Drop Evil Eye, Anti-Paralytic)
>4+ Water Knights (Drop Hpotion, Mpotion, Mermaid Key)
>Find: Soul Pod +5, Caustic Tower Shield, Deadly Bracelet
This large room has a deep pool of acid in the middle of it with a walkway
over the middle of it. You enter from the E. The Kabasaurs appear up around
the edge, mostly in the SW area and the Water Knights appear down in the
bottom of the pool.
Move counter-clockwise around the pool, towards the N side and then down the
W wall until you come to the corridor in the W wall that will lead to the
Save point. Save.
Now re-enter the DP Room and engage the Kabasaur(s). You will hear and
notice that there are Water Knights in the Acid Pool. Ignore them for now.
You will lose HP and equipment (rapidly) if you engage them while they are
still in the acid. It is now time to drain the swamp.
Move into the SW corner and into the doorway there. See the Face looking at
you on the wall? Well, down in the acid here and to the W a bit is a chamber
with a pedestal that takes the first Floodgate Key. Decide if you want to
wear armor or not. There are no creatures to fight. Jump in and use the
Floodgate Key. Now quickly move back to the E and find the corridor through
the acid heading E. Follow is and just after you go up some steps and out of
the acid, you will fins a Cune. Re-equip yourself and follow the corridor
around. At the T intersection, you will see a Kabasaur to the W and a room
with a Soul Pod +14 in it. This is also a room you will Warp into from
another Warp point on this level. The Kabasaur never Dropped anything for
me. Take it out.
Return to the Face area. Another pedestal has appeared here that takes the
second Floodgate Key. This will do 2 things. First it drains all the Acid
from this level (Yayyyyyy) and second, makes it possible to access a weird
looking treasure chest in the chamber down below the Face on the wall. Of
course, you must obtain the Mermaid key first. The chest contains the
Sorcerers Ring of Frost. Once you go down there, you will find the only way
out is a Warp point in the NE corner of this lower area. It leads to the
room mentioned before that was nest to the Kabasaur.
Now you can drop down into the Deep Pool area with the Water Knights in it.
Save first, of course and take out any Kabasaurs that appear before you jump
down. There is no coming back this way once you do unless you have a Sacred
Feather on you.
In the W section just under the bridge above you will find the Shield.
Battling the Water Knights is best done close up and you should be in
constant motion. Move away from them and watch them approach. They jump up,
do a corkscrew rotation towards you, like a bullet or arrow will, then land
and hit you. The corkscrew attack is worse than their bite. So stay close
and use the Swing-Magic-Swing type of tactic, constantly repositioning
yourself. Again, no Acid magic, obviously. One of the last ones you will
encounter will drop the Mermaid Key. You may have to come back through here
again later on in the game to encounter this last Knight. I sure did. In
all 3 games I played through.
The way out of this level is through the corridor to the N that is under the
bridge that runs over the Deep Pool section. Be sure to pick up the bracelet
on the way out.
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WW - Watery Labyrinth Area
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You enter this region facing W.
Now for one of the most irritating and challenging regions anywhere in the
game. The acid on the floor of every room of this region means you will be
constantly taking damage, except for the few places where there are islands
of high ground. If there was any level where I recommend having a large
stock of Hpotions prior to entering, this is the one. I STRONGLY recommend
you take off your boots and go barefoot everywhere. Otherwise, you will go
through all your boots before you are even one-quarter finished with this
level. This is the level where Acid Vaccines are the RULE. Check your
inventory. At this point, I think I had at most 2 Acid Vaccines. You will
need them and possibly 1-2 more.
Having said that, my strategy for this level that I will share with you is to
find the Save point first, then go to the room where you can obtain up to 3
more Acid Vaccines. The first goal is pretty easy; it is only 3 rooms away
with a Smithy in the same room (thank goodness) and the second is done by
running a gauntlet of opponents to find a room with a switch to throwwhich
will grant you access to another room where you will find beneficial items to
add to your growing collection.
Wherever possible, use the limited dry ground to fight from with magic and
ranged attacks but be ready. Many of the opponents you face hurl acid at you.
Constantly. Several of the opponents are real tough and the fastest way to
take then down is with the Swing-Magic-Swing tactic. And even then, it is
not so much important to just take your opponent out fast as it is the fact
that your opponent is the first of 3 to 6 possible opponents who will keep
appearing after you finish the prior one off. You will take a lot more
damage from the constant ranged attacks that damage not only you but also
your equipment and weapons (!) if you just stand off shooting arrows and
spells at your opponent. It is necessary to engage them face-to-face to
quickly prevent taking more damage than you can afford. And many of these
opponents are as fast or faster than you.
This level will challenge you. The ground is also uneven, so sometimes just
as you swing, you may slide a bit to the side and your swing will miss. As I
said; it is a challenge. But I found it one of the most fun because of that
very challenge.
Anyway, take off your boots, swallow the vaccine (yechhh) and walk down the
corridor to the W. For ease of reference, I will simply name the rooms on
this level by a single letter in capitals.
As you can see, the dry land has disappeared and the world of acid puddles
dominates. Use ranged attacks from the dry land you are standing on against
the HS and the Kabasaur if you want. This is the best tactic, since neither
of these hurls acid from across the room. Then proceed through the other
corridor in the W and go straight, ignoring the corridor going N for now.
Similar tactics as in Room A. Adjust them to fit your situation.
From this room, do not bother going W again. It leads to a locked metal door
next to a window that gives you a view of the room that will be your second
goal. Do not lose HP going to look, conserve it. Instead, take the N
corridor from here and follow it into Room C.
>Room C
>Find: nothing (Save point, MP trader, Smithy)
Here, you can repair weapons and heal up, then save. Get some Mpotions only
if you need them.
Now get ready for the gauntlet. You can just run the gauntlet straight or go
to one room, clear it, return and save, and then go back out to the next room
if you want. But be forewarned. Rooms E and G are TOUGH. And you have to
go through these rooms to be able to get the other Vaccines.
Head back to the corridor between Rooms A & B and take the N corridor. You
may encounter a Kabasaur in the corridor. I did once. As it heads N and
enters Room D, there are going to be acid spewing Gaze Hoppers gathered to
greet you.
>Room D
>3 Gaze Hoppers (Drop Dark Ring)
>Find: Hpotion
Because they spew acid and will block your entrance into Room D, the Bow can
be the best solution to these critters until they get YOUR range. Then you
may as well grab steel and start carving. So take this battle as you
encounter it. Arrows sometimes do not make it to their targets because of
the effect of the uneven ground. Trial and error will help you to decide.
Use a slashing weapon and tilt down to hit these creatures.
To the W of this room is a corridor that comes to a T and heads to Rooms I &
J. Leave them be for now. Head E to the other corridor leading to (Gulp!)
Room E.
>Room E
>3-4 Slashers (Drop Hpotion)/{Later - Full Plate Mail of Honor)
>Find: Great Shield
These guys remind me of the creature from Aliens, with the tail bobbed off.
And they attack with slashing attacks that HURT and with acid sometimes.
They are VERY fast. This is a 'Big Gun' time. Wear the best of everything,
even boots (you can repair them at the smithy later). If you can combine
equipment to emphasize speed first, strength second, defense third. Their
speed will get you dead real fast. You need to match it if you can and then
Swing-Magic-Swing them. Frozen Hornet worked surprisingly well here. You
must enter this room ready to fight. Watch your Hpoints carefully and be
ready to use an Hpotion.
If you cakewalk over these guys, pat yourself on the back. You are ahead of
the game. If it makes you grit your teeth but you win, you are just about
right. If you keep dying and do minimal damage, go back through the upper
levels if you can and kill EVERYTHING off, then come back here. Or else run
through this room and then the next to the exit from this level and WARP to a
new WORLD and Region where you can level up some. Then come back here and
take these guys down.
Since I am taking you to a specific goal, bypass the E corridor to Room F for
now and head into the N corridor. You may want to take an Hpotion before
entering <> Room G.
>Room G
>4-6 Koazuls (Drop Cunes, Helmet)
>Horned Slime (Drop Hpotion OR Caustic Ring)
>Find: Cune, Soul Pod +14
To run the gauntlet, stay to the left and head for the corridor in the W
wall. To fight, wear anything that gives you Acid Defense and increases your
strength. Remember, you will not only be taking damage from the Koazuls to
equipment and Hpoints but also from the acid on the floor. These guys
constantly BATHE you in acid and gang up on you with slashing claws that
penetrate. KEEP MOVING. The screen often became so green from the acid they
were hurling that it was very hard to read my HP total. I'm not kidding.
Bathe is the perfect word.
Use every combo that works for you best. It is hard to stun them, but I
found that even low power Dark attacks seem to stun them. That Dark Ring you
just picked up from the Gaze Hoppers? If you have anything that boosts your
Dark Magic, equip it to increase the effect of this ring. You can try
combining the equipment that will increase Critical Hits. Critical hits
simply double the damage of the attack. Use whatever tactic you can that
will shorten this battle. Once one dies, a new, fresh one takes its place.
I have gone through 4 Hpotions in this room alone in order to survive.
That is why I save before coming to this room and why running through the
first time is what I think is the best idea. Whether you stand and fight
(and survive!) or run into the W corridor, proceed W. From that room there
is also an E corridor that leads to the door to the next Area and the Boss of
this World. It is better to clear this level and heal/repair up before going
against him.
This looonng corridor will turn to the SW and then due S. It is at this turn
that a Cune can be found on the floor. Then head into Room H (sigh).
>Room H
>2-3 Blood Brains (Drop Bottle of Light)
>Find: Cune
In this room is a switch that will open the metal door to Room K. When
finished here, head back to the save point and heal/repair up.
Now go to Room K, located to the W of Room B.
>Room K
>4 Great Frogs (Drop Warrior Bow, Magical Plate Mail, Harden Full Helm)
>Find: 3 Acid Vaccines (!)
The frogs will not attack you. They are easy kills but it takes a lot of
damage to take them down. And now you have the other Vaccines that will make
surviving the rest of this level possible.
Now go back to the Gaze hopper room (Room D) and enter the W corridor. Head
N and into Room I.
Stop by the Room C (save) on your way back to the Slasher room (Room E) and
enter the E corridor into Room F.
>Room F
>3 Manna Pythons (Drop Summoner Ring of Fire)
>Find: nothing
The Manna Pythons can only be hit at the very front and very back of the
creatures. This makes it hard, because the Pythons can 'lean' into their
biting attacks and essentially hit you 'at range'. And since you need to
stand somewhat right in front of them...
Use Blaze at range to hit them with magic or Frozen Hornet up close. Keep
moving and pick your shots/swings.
Once finished, go back and save, whether you are going to finish off the
Koazuls or to leave the level. Yup. That's all, folks. Now go to the exit
to the White Rain Area. But before you open the door, press the SQUARE key
to raise the Shield you have equipped, preferably one that resists either
Frost or Acid attacks.
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WW - White Rain Area
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You enter facing W and will immediately take damage before the room comes
into view because of the jets of mist that are now blowing in your face. As
soon as you can see the room, step just a little bit forward and stop.
>Winged Worm Room
>5 Winged Worms (Drop Amulet of Curing, Giant Axe, Ashes, Frosty Leg Guards)
>Find: nothing
Some of the 'faucets' from which the 'White Rain' is jetting out works,
others do not. There is a WARP point in the middle of the S wall that leads
to IW-Gloomy Domain. It is the way out of this level. You will also see
flying blue Worms that shoot ice balls at you. Keep that Shield handy. You
will use it a lot. Whenever you pass in front of a jet of mist, use the
shield to reduce the damage. The Worms quite often appear behind you right
after you come in. The safest place to stand and fight is towards the SW
area where 1 jet is not working. The Worms will eventually come to you.
Otherwise just stand in between the jets of mist and wail on the Worms as the
come.
You can now enter the next wide Hall where nothing happens. Head N and into
the only other door in this Hall and into a room with 2 jets that are not
working pointing at a pedestal that seems to be missing something. I never
did find anything that goes here. But it sure makes you think SOMETHING goes
there.
Anyway, equip your self to be attacked by Frost magic and wield your best
sword. Equip Fire magic or Holy Magic. They seem to work best. You are
standing in the antechamber to the Throne Room of his mightiness, Boss Magi
Magus.
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BOSS FIGHT - MAGI MAGUS
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As soon as you enter a scratchy voice tells you that you are a fool.
Surprise, right? And then the Dragon Turtle on the right starts attacking
with breath attack and bite attacks. Meanwhile, the wizard on the throne
starts doing mini-teleports around the room, always to a point far from you,
and firing snowballs and Frost magic that ripples out from his position in a
360 radius around him. The closer you are to him during the latter frost
attacks, the more intense the damage. A strong encouragement to take him out
with ranged attacks, which you will, but later. For now, ignore him and
concentrate on the DT's.
Move in and swing at it, then back off and throw Fire Magic at it, close,
hit, back off, Magic, etc.... Keep repositioning yourself to minimize MMs
snowballs from hitting their target (you), even to the point of running
around the creatures. As soon as one dies, another appears, up to 3 of them.
To take out Magi Magus, move to the throne itself, trying to stay to the far
side of the room that MM is on. Once there pull out your bow and equip
yourself with all items that have Critical plusses on them, except weapons.
Interpose the throne between you and MM. His snowballs cannot pass through
the throne, so it becomes you defensive shield. Now this takes some slight
planning. Using ONLY the L1 and/or R1 keys (strafe keys), slide out from
behind the throne and stop. Then use the l-r arrow keys to target MM dead on
from this position. Fire an arrow to make sure it hits him. From now on,
ONLY use the L1/R1 strafe keys. Slide back behind the throne. Let him hurl
his magic at you and let the throne block them. Slide out, fire an arrow,
slide back behind the throne, slide out, fire, slide back, etc. It will
probably take the whole quiver of arrows, but you will almost never get hit
while taking him down. This is one way; you are free to try your own way.
When done here, either return to the Prior Water World and repair all
equipment or go ahead and WARP to the first ILLUSION WORLD, the Gloomy
Domain.
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ILLUSION WORLD
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You might expect that the WORLDS with this name, ILLUSION, to be tricky,
puzzle-filled, secrets-filled and annoyingly irritating traps and pitfalls,
right? Wrong. Almost nothing along those lines happens. Just more levels
of monsters, items, and experience. There are no 'illusions' to speak of.
The invisible monsters in the BW - Screeching Area are closer to being
Illusions than anything here. This was rather disappointing, at least in the
expectations that the name generates. So, now you know. Settle in to more
fighting and gathering of the fruits of your sweaty brow.
You WARP into this level facing N. There is a headstone to the Cune trader
in front of you and a Cune just to the Right of it. Now is a good time to
trade for the Beast Key since this is the last Cune trader you will encounter
before you need that key. The path out of here heads E. There is not a Save
point on this level.
If you head straight E from here and down the stairs, you will go right into
the Bewilderment Domain. If you take the only right turn out of this
corridor and head all the way S, you will find the door to the Tower
mentioned earlier. The corridor (off of the E-W corridor) that runs N heads
into a chamber containing several treasure chests. For now, take the S
corridor and then turn W into a wider corridor. Follow this up the stairs
you find and then stop at the top.
This is the first of 2 such rooms, almost exactly the same, except for the
musician you encounter (the Imp). As soon as you enter into this room more
that one-third of the way to the W wall, the Imp that can only be seen and
shot at by the bow will start playing and will drain away your HP's. There
are 2 dancing puppets that will essentially ignore you unless you attack
them. I recommend moving to one of the N or S walls and waiting for the
dancing pair to come over by you by strafing with the L1/R1 keys. Be patient.
This will help to insure that they do not attack you from behind while you
are taking out the Imp. When they have gathered to one side, then strafe back
to the middle and move forward to the hole in the wall. Using the bow,
target slightly over the Imps head and shoot him. It will take maybe 3-5
arrows, but this is the only way to kill him quickly. Some spells can reach
him, but the time it takes to aim, the misfires into the wall, and the HP
draining away make this option impractical. The Imp does not drop anything
and you cannot access the room he is in at all. Once finished you may dispose
of the puppets at your leisure. Isolate one, take it out then finish off the
other. Head back down the stairs and take the first N passage you come to.
There is a narrow spot in this corridor near the middle. For Now, consider
this narrow spot as Marker A. More later on this. As you come out of the
corridor into a T intersection running E-W, look to the R and you will see
stairs going up. At the top of THOSE stairs is Marker B. For now, head W up
the stairs to another duplicate room to the Dark Imp Room.
The Black Imp will drain MP and may curse you. Deal with this room as you
did the other room.
Having finished off these 2 rooms, the points I called Marker A & B will come
into play. From this point forward at least 2 Dark Bishops (possibly 3) will
appear at those points, hurling fire at you. This appears to be random but
they will appear eventually.
>Marker Points A & B
>2-3 Dark Bishops (Drop Dark Priest Ring, Holy Ring of Priest)
>Find: n/a
Whenever they do, the Bow is your best initial weapon, unless they close the
distance. They also do the 360-degree explosive attack like Magi Magus did
so close proximity to these guys is unhealthy. Now head Marker B area and
find 6 treasure chests ripe for the picking!
Any smart gamer knows that when you find something like 6 treasure chests
sitting in an open area like this, you immediately look for the guardian(s)
before opening even one. If you do that, you will find them. Up on the
walls.
>Dark Fairy Room
>5-6 Dark Fairies (Drop Acid Vaccines, Ring of Fire Resistance)
>2 Ring Demons (Drop Ashes)
>Find: Amulet of Recovery (in the E chest)
Taking out the Dark Fairies start with you getting a good distance from them.
Their primary attack is to rain down acid on you. And they have good range
with it. Again, the bow is the best bet, but magic can be used also. The
first attack you make will not do damage, but will make them start attacking
you. NOW you can damage them. Fortunately, they do not attack en masse, but
only one at a time. Do not open any chests while engaging them. There are
monsters in 2 of the chests called Ring Demons that will gladly aid the
Fairies in expediting your demise. They are in the NE and SW chests. The NW
and SE chests only have voices in them. The W chest is empty. This W chest
and the E chest need a key that can be found in the Bewilderment Domain.
More on that key in the Bewilderment Domain.
Keep moving when you release the Ring Demons. Use magic and
crushing/smashing attacks on them. Once you are finished here, you might
want to head out into the Tower and up the stairs heading into the Sunken
River area to see if the Water Knight with the Mermaid Key has made an
appearance and then maybe into the Watery Labyrinth to boost your equipments
durability ratings back up. Or you may want to WARP back to the White Rain
area and hoof it directly back to the Watery Labyrinth through the back door.
Once done, travel back here for some challenging fighting.
From the Dark Fairy Room, head east down the stairs and turn S.
>Deha/Maristella Room.
>4-6 Deha's (Drop Tower Shield of Protection, Dust of Rage, Gothic Shield)
>1 Deha (Drop Great Helm)
>4-6 Maristella's (Drop Cunes, Full Plate)
>Find: Dust of Rage, Guardian Great Sword
The Deha's are the headless boxers and the Maristellas are the floating
heads. The Dehas seem to be almost totally proof against being stunned and
even when they sound like they should be stunned, they come right back at you
very quickly. Treat them as if they have a very quick status recovery stat.
Some weapons can stun them and potent magic does too. Equip critical effect
items for a better chance to stun them. They do not let up their attack and
will enter the corridors to chase you. They can also cast a Holy attack at
you from its fists and also in an area attack like Magi Magus did. Warning.
These are not creatures you want to stand toe-to-toe with. Their punches are
many, fast and potent. You will lose HP faster than you can afford to with
these guys. Do hit and run type attacks or try ranged attacks.
The Maristellas are actually easy in comparison. Their laugh can paralyze you
and won't that be fun with a few of the Deha swarming around you? It can also
shoot cold attacks at you, but rarely does if you keep your distance. The bow
works quite well, although a good sword works well too.
Try to take out the Maristella first if you can, but do not ignore the Deha.
They are fast and relentless, although they do occasionally engage in some
private Shadow Boxing by themselves. Once you finished off the first round
of opponents, go to the W wall where a knight has been skewered by a sword.
Prepare yourself by healing and switching equipment if you need to. Then
take the sword from him. Once you do, he disappears and a voice asks if you
are ready. Turn around immediately to engage a very fast Deha.
THIS IS NOT A BOSS FIGHT.
He may or may not be followed up by other Deha or Maristellas. Once done,
you are ready for the next realm.
This domain is anything but what its name implies. Yes, there are odd things
that happen, but they do not 'bewilder' the player. And because this Domain
is mostly comprised of corridors and there are 'creatures' in the corridors,
I will warn you that I will be using a lot of NSEW directions. It might be
easy to get confused if you are not using the maps. I will also use
references of the 'crossroads', listed as CR1, CR2, etc. These points are
places where the corridors cross or branch into another corridor.. I will
only note those that are significant to this walkthrough and that will make
movement through the level easier.
There are also different tactics that you can use on this level. Because the
'creatures' in the corridors are actually mask-like creatures that are
hanging on the walls, there are 2 primary ways of dealing with them.
Defensively and Offensively.
You can walk with a shield raised to help deflect the fire- and frost-balls
that will be hurled at you as you approach the creatures, or with the bows
equipped and ready to fire. Your choice. But fair warning; there is ONE of
these creatures you do NOT want to kill. He will not be firing magic at you
though.
There are also 2 Save points on this level! I will take you to the first one
and then we will engage the rest of the creatures.
One more thing. The Key of Delusion. There are 2 of these keys possible to
find outside of one of the 6 treasure chests on this level. 4 of the chests
on this level have Keys of Delusion in them, 2 chests have Equipment in them.
Also, 2 of the chests on the prior level need Keys of Delusion to open,
although only one of those has anything in it. So, as you obtain the 'loose'
Keys, consider carefully which items you will want to obtain. Because these
Keys are ONE TIME USE KEYS. You use it and lose it. You can open all the
chests if you want. All but 2. The empty one in the Gloomy Domain should be
one of the last 2. The other one is up to you. You can use the first key
you obtain to open the next chest with another Key in it, then go to the next
chest with a Key in it, etc.
Ok, onto the level.
Facing N, start walking, turning W at the bend. Proceed a short distance to
the first branch heading N. This is CrossRoad1 (CR1). There is a Gargaral
in the Western wall niche in the N corridor that you HAVE to attack head on.
You can try strafing with the bow, but it requires a lot of work and timing.
Just beat it down with a Bastard or one-handed sword. Now Head N but DO NOT
kill the GorGoral on the N wall. TALK TO IT. It has been lonely and will
give you your first Key of Delusion, then disappear. Now, head back S from
here to CR1. Proceed W, passing the S corridor (for now) and take out the
Gargaral on the wall in front of you that has been shooting fireballs at you.
You can step to the side of it and beat it down without taking any other
damage. This is true of all these creatures.
By the way, there are 3 types of these mask-like creatures with VERY similar
names, so keep track. All Gargarals and Gordorals drop Cunes unless
otherwise noted.
Now step to the N, ignoring the fake spear trap and pick up the Cunes on the
floor. Go back to the S branch of the corridor and target the Gordoral
firing frost-balls at you at the far end of the S corridor or head down there
and kill it. This point is CR2.
Head to the E and turn S to the first Save point.
Go back to CR2 and head W, picking up the Cune before you reach the N
corridor junction. Do NOT go N yet. Head W some more and you will come to
the first Battle Room.
>Death Mage Room
>Rotting Face (Drop Mpotion)
>3 Death Mages (Drop Wizard Crown)
>Find: (floor) Heavy Gothic Shield, Cune;
>Chests: SE = Key of Delusion, NW = Plate Mail Of Resistance
As you approach this room, expect the screen to turn red as you become cursed
from the rotting face sitting on a shelf above the door. Ignore the effect
for now and head into the room to engage the Death Mages.
The Death Mages wield Scythes and black lightning attacks. I am not quite
sure but it may be a Dark based attack. They are resistant to magic attacks
but Frozen Hornet still seems to do the most damage of all magic. Approach
with sword in hand and magic combos and they fold pretty quickly. But only
the sword will stun them.
After finishing them off, Take out the bow and kill the Rotting face at
range. Of course, now you can use the Divine Symbol to take the curse away.
There is nothing in the short corridor to the W. Now head back into the
corridor (E) and take the N passage into another chamber.
Demon Warriors that wield 2 swords each like a blender. Do not get caught
between 2 or more of them because between the swords whirling (like in a
Quisinart) and the Dark Breath attacks (that keep 'hitting' you multiple
times) you will die very quickly. One on One is the rule. One thing you can
do with magic. Equip Holy magic rings with Cleansing Ray on them, then line
2 or more of the Demons up in a row and fire the Cleansing Ray, it will
damage each one as it passes through them. This is the only attack I know of
that will produce this effect. The other magic to use is, of course, Frozen
Hornet. Equipment with Critical Attack bonuses are helpful here. Kill one,
move to the next, kill it, etc.
It is important to save before entering this room. It took MANY tries to get
the creatures to Drop ANYTHING! All three of the equipment items mentioned
here are worth getting. It is possible to get them all to Drop them, but you
really have to 'work' this room several times. And I am pretty sure that the
one that did not drop anything CAN Drop something.
The N corridor has an irritating Stone wall with a hole in it that drops down
and blocks your progress from both directions. Ignore it and go all the way
back to CR1, head N to the wall that held the Gordoral, turn E and pick up
the Cune, and turn N and take out the Gargaral on the far N wall.
Turn W and head to the intersection with the N corridor. This is CR3.
Proceed W and turn S. There is a Gordoral on the wall ahead. Take it out and
turn W. There is a Cune on the floor here and the Stone wall that drops down
is just to the S. Now return to CR3. The far N wall has a Gargaral on it
that Drops either the Amulet of Resistance or the Sorcerers Amulet.
Proceed W to another Gargaral on the W wall, then S, then W again. There are
2 Cunes in this area, one in the corridor prior to the junction heading S and
just inside the S corridor. As son as you reach this corridor, you will
become cursed again from another Rotting face on a shelf above the doorway
into the W chamber.
>War Demons Room
>Rotting Face (Drop Mpotion)
>3 War Demons/Red/Sword (Drop Keenest Broad Sword, Shining Plate)
>2 War Demons/Blue/Axe (Drop Righteous Sword)
>Find: (floor) Cune
>Chests: SE = Key of Delusion; NW = Deadly Bastard Sword
The easiest way to finish these guys off is with the Bows. Run into the room
and IMMEDIATELY to the left behind the chest and into the SE Corner. Target
the Rotting Face first, then use a Divine Symbol. Without moving, Target the
first War Demon (Red) coming into the room from the small N chamber. When he
dies, another will appear in the NW corner. Move in front of the chest and
use the bow & arrow again. Another will then appear in the SW corner area.
Take him out. Now, a Blue War Demon with an axe appears in the middle of the
room. Back towards the doorway you entered through, still using the bow.
When he dies, move into the room and target the War demon in the S chamber.
Now collect everything and leave the room. Take the S corridor and turn W.
The 2 S corridors that branch off of this one contain an Hpotion trader and
the second Save point. The door at the far W end of the corridor leads to
Worship Domain.
The best thing for you to do is walk and when necessary, WARP, your way back
to the Watery Labyrinth and heal up the durability of your equipment. By
now, if you have not traded a lot of things away for Hpotions and Mpotions,
you should have a pretty big arsenal of equipment to choose from. Now you can
really start having fun. Start combining equipment, weapons, amulets,
bracelets and rings to bring out special abilities, like wear all the items
you can that increase the Critical hit ability, which is actually a way of
doubling the regular damage you can do. But, on occasion, I have managed to
do 4x damage when the plusses exceeded +80. A VERY RARE occurrence, but
taking down an opponent that took 10 normal hits alone with 3 hits was great
fun!
This level is really pretty straightforward. Each set of opponents gather
together in their own large chamber giving you plenty of room to maneuver and
deal with them. It is this level that I will specifically recommend use of
Holy Magic rings (and supporting equipment, if you have it), Frozen Hornet
rings which by now are the primary ring you are wearing, Critical Hit
Equipment (the Shadow Wolf, especially), And any equipment that has special
properties that increase the Cold and Holy magic use. Otherwise, Go for
Strength increasing equipment and a Great Sword and the Frozen Hornet. The
Bows will be key in one chamber.
This level has 3 "LORDS of ILLUSION"; Gorthur, Willowess, and Fester. You
must take all three out before you can continue on from here. It is possible
to enter the next level with the boss in it, but you will not encounter her
until you beat these three. So finish them here and you will have access to
the Boss of Illusion World.
This place has Intra-Warps that I will reference using the following
designations like A1, A2, B1, B2, etc., where A is a connecting Warp and 1
and 2 reflect which 'door' you are using. Thus A1 and B2 do not connect but
B1 and B2 would.
To start out, first you should use a Bottle of Light. Equip yourself with
one of the Illuminating Crowns, then proceed into the next chamber.
SURPRISE! That silly Mole beat you here, too! Talk to him once and then he
disappears. No head E into the next chamber where you can hear the clinking
of armor, the grunting of effort as a big sword 'whiffs' through the air.
Yep, they're called Master Knights.
They usually appear in pairs and as soon as one goes down, another appears.
They do not stun easily and continually try to jab you with their sword.
Critical equipment and Frozen Hornet (FH) are best to bring them down, with
Holy Magic a good backup/alternative. I usually only got one of them to drop
one of the three swords I found here, but once I got 2 of them. Finish them,
check your stats, and move on.
>Lord Gorthur Room
>Lord Gorthur (Drops Ring of Ice)
>Find: nothing (intra-Warp A1 is here)
Holy magic and FH help a lot, Holy magic can stun him if powerful enough.
Critical plusses help make this a short battle, but do NOT use the bows here.
Save them for later. He has no one to help him, so take him down (pretty
easy) and move to the back wall in the E that is 'pulsating' in and out. This
is what I call intra-Warp A1, a minor WARP point that teleports you to
another point on the same level. If you face the wall as you approach, you
will walk 'out' of the other intra-Warp point facing the same direction.
WARNING. If while you are battling creatures in rooms with the Warp points
and you back into a Warp, you will appear at the other Warp point facing the
direction you were facing, NOT into the other room. It is therefore wisest
to always walk face first into these points.
After exiting the Warp point A2, you find yourself in an apparently empty
room.
You will not find any Cross Breeds in here until after you have entered the
next chamber proper and then return. The Cross Breeds are flying crosses
with faces in the middle. They are VERY FAST moving and shoot fireballs at
you. Guess what their secret weakness is? Believe it or not, it is FIRE.
Hard to believe that something that shoots fireballs can be brought down fast
with the same thing, but then there is the old adage to 'fight fire with
fire'... Trying to catch them to hit them can be tricky and will cost you a lot
of HP, unless you protect yourself with lots of Fire Protection and a Fire
World Stone prior to entry.
The next room is perhaps the easiest and most important.
>Warpoor Chamber
>7 Warpoors (Drop Ring of Poison, Poison Vaccine, 2x Mpotion, 2x Hpotion)
>Find: nothing
The maps show that there is something to find in this room, but each time I
come here there is nothing to find. I think that it is a unique item that I
had already found. If anyone finds something here in the SW corner area
before they kill anything, let me know.
Warpoors are essentially the shelled fish called the Nautilus but with a face
in it that spits acid and floats in the air. They do not move but do pivot
in place. I usually equipped the bow, made sure I had a Bottle of Light
going, equipped Critical plusses, and headed into the far NW corner and, one
by one, emptied my quiver until the room was clear. Easy. The occasional
acid-ball did hit me, but I could live with that and it was the easiest and
least painful tactic. Using Critical plusses and the Shadow Wolf is
beautiful, especially when you get nothing but Critical hits on each one of
these guys. You can one-swing each one!
Save the Warrior bow for the next level if you can.
Once finished, you have 2 directions you can go: E into the room with Fester
and S into the Warp point B1 that lead to more Warpoors and Willowess. I
recommend the Warp B1.
>Lord Willowess Room:
>Lord Willowess (Drop: nothing)
>3 Warpoors - Drop Key of Delusion, Harden Plate mail
>Find: Deadly Gauntlet (Warp point B1 is here)
Upon entry, a Warpoor appears right in front of you to distract you while the
other 2 on the left and right and Willowess (straight ahead) start taking
points away from you. Instead of that, turn left (N) and go grab the
Gauntlets on the floor. They increase your Critical hits +5.
Now, using Shadow Wolf or your most Slashing or Piercing weapon, take out the
Warpoors. Willowess is just draining your magic, not your health. The
Warpoors drain your health AND durability of what you are wearing with acid.
Holy magic works well on Willowess, when you can nail her when she is not
teleporting. But if you watch the floor when she does, you can follow her
shadow to where she is going and hit her when she re-materializes. When done
enter Warp B2 and go to the E (and last) room where Fester (the Jester) is
waiting for you all alone.
Now for the easiest level of all the levels in this game. Sure the first
Human World level has the weakest monsters and is pretty straightforward, but
at the beginning with only the Short Sword, no armor, no items, etc versus
the armory you carry in the bag and on your back, the knapsack bursting with
items to use, and the jewelry to grant you magic use with only 4, count 'em,
four opponents to take out in one room, makes this really the easiest level
you will complete for 100% in the stats.
And this is a Boss Level!
OK, you appear in a wide corridor that slowly does a 180 turn to the E - SE.
You will pass a WARP POINT to the BEAST WORLD - False Eye Area at the apex of
the curve but just go pass it for now to the huge double doors at the bend of
the corridor. Stop and equip as follows. Emphasize Strength, Critical,
Piercing, and Speed in as best a combination that suits you. Magic should be
Holy and Frozen Hornet. First weapon upon entry should be the Warrior Bow,
or the Bow if you do not have the WB. Now use another Bottle of light (if
you need it) and enter the chamber of Disguise.
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BOSS FIGHT - DISGUISE
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Remember how I said this would be an easy level? Well, upon entry, move just
a little to the left until you can just make out in the far distance
something floating in the air. Do not go behind the pillars. You don't need
their protection at all. The things floating in the air are called Dark
Spirits.
>3 Dark Spirits (Drop Sacred Feather, Evil Eye, Spirit Book)
>Find: Anti-Paralysis, Soul Pod +14, Soul Pod +29
As soon as you can see the first DS, draw a bead on it and start shooting
arrows into it. These guys attack with Dark Gas (you are effectively out of
range), MP Drain (you are barely in range, but the heads alternate between
attacks; it does not happen often enough to worry about) and Poison Gas
(again, you are out of range). So you see, by taking these 3 out first, it
will just be you and Disguise, mano y masko. (sorry all you female players -
no insult intended). These guys are also magic resistant. So long range
physical attacks are the best solution and hey, less hassle in the long run!
Once you finish off the first slowly move forward until the next DS becomes
barely visible. At this point so will Disguise who is either on the throne
or in front of it. Ignore her. Take out the DS. Finish it, then strafe right
(R1) until you can line up and see the one behind Disguise to your right.
Take it out.
OK, now it is you and Disguise.
>Disguise (Drop either Mystic Great Helm or Amulet of Winter - preferred
item!)
Pick your attack, Smashing, Slashing or piercing (weakest choice). Equip
yourself as you see fist, but keep the Magic the same as noted before. Get
ready to use the Weapon-Magic-Weapon combo. Disguise only seems to stun on
physical attacks but she keeps throwing magic and physical attack combos
herself. She can WARP around but rarely did in my encounters with her. You
should be able to get through this by losing less than half your HP, perhaps
only 1/4.
Attack with Holy magic first because 1) it did occasionally stun her and 2)
you are still a distance from her when she threatens to finish you off.
Frozen Hornet does more damage up close. Then, after you fire the Holy
attack move right up to her, hit her, dance to her side and then use Frozen
Hornet. Do NOT try to get behind her because that insures that she will
teleport. Stay to the side or to her front. She will go down pretty fast,
say 2 minutes tops.
There it is. You have just gotten 100% on this level.
Now collect the items here and head to the WARP stone to the next World.
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BEAST WORLD
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Welcome to the world of the beasts. Only 2 levels face you, but there is a
trick to the second one. All the creatures there are invisible unless you
can obtain the one object that will make them visible. And that is located
somewhere in the False Eye Area.
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BW - False Eye Area
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You WARP into this area facing W.
This room you find yourself in has a Save point and MP trader. Make use of
them.
Now equip Holy Magic Rings and Frozen Hornet. You will be able to one-shot
most of the smaller beasts with these magics, but physical attacks still are
the best first line of offense. Conserve the magic for the real bad ones
later.
Now enter the first Chamber.
>Night Howler Chamber
>3-4 Night Howlers (Drop Cunes)
>Chirper (Drop Dust of Rage)
>Find: nothing
Night Howlers are headless apes. Remember these guys because you will meet
them later, and their BIG daddy will play a very important part in the future
when you meet him. These guys can poison you with a touch OR if you get too
close to them. They do NOT have to hit you to poison you. Be careful of
your attack plan or just use magic.
To the E is the corridor with the door into the Tower, your exit from this
level. To the W is a corridor with stairs leading to a small room with a
secret door in each wall. Call this the Junction Room. But as you arrive, you
meet the lizard servant who serves Necron, Lord of Beast World. If you
survive and meet him again, you will obtain a special something (weapon).
After he disappears, move to the S wall and open the secret door to the
Howler Den.
>Night Howler Den
>5 Night Howlers (Drop Cunes)
>'Big Daddy' Howler (Drop Young Dragon Gem)
>Find: Great Sword, Soul Pod +5, Soul Pod +29
You will first encounter 4 NH's back to back, one at a time. You will have
to clear most of the level before 'Big Daddy' appears. The Young Dragon Gem
is what will make the creatures on the next level visible. More on that
later. The 5th NH appears as you re-enter the room later on. The Big Daddy
makes his appearance.
When finished, move back to the Junction Room and go through the W wall and
take out the one Night Howler in that room who drops a Cune.
Then get yourself ready for some bigger and badder beasts.
Open the N secret Door.
>The Main Corridor
>3 Saurian Soldiers (Drop Swift Gauntlet)
>2 Dinogon (Drop Anti-Paralysis)
>Find: nothing
You will need to equip the most potent Poison attack rings you have and any
magic attack increasing equipment you have. The next creatures you will
encounter receive the most amount of damage and can be stunned by Dual Poison
occasionally. The Deadly Bastard sword backed up by Critical plusses worked
best and was the most consistent in dishing out high damage.
The Green Saurian Soldiers never stop swinging their man-sized meat cleavers
and can cut you down to size quickly. They also have good movement ability.
But there is an advantage you have. As you enter this portion of the
corridor, look for the second blue flame torch on the left (W) wall. There
is an imaginary line that the Saurians will NOT cross right about here. Make
good use of it as they appear.
After the three big guys are dispatched, there are the 2 Dinogons, fire-
breathing mini-dragons, that attack you. Dual Poison works well again and so
does the Deadly Bastard sword.
Now there are three rooms off of this corridor. Go back to the secret door
that led into the Main Corridor and search the E wall.
>Freak Room
>Hermit Crab (Drop Ring of Dark Souls)
>4 Freaks (Drop Poison Vaccine, Living Axe, Deadly Battle Axe)
>Find: nothing
The Hermit Crab is subject to Acid attacks and the Deadly Bastard Sword. But
the Freaks go down quickly with Holy magic, especially the weak double ring
attack, Judgement.
In the NW wall of Main Corridor is another door leading to the next
opponents.
Similar to their green brothers, keep moving and hitting. You WILL take
damage in here so keep an eye on the HP and pop an Hpotion if necessary.
The last room off the Main Corridor has a Saurian Warrior in it that only
appeared for me after I killed the Lizard Servant in the room at the top of
the stairs. The Map says there is an item in the room, but I never have found
it nor did the SW drop anything. This room is located in the far NE section
of the corridor in the N wall. If anyone else found something please let me
know.
Now head up the stairs to the E and claim the fist major prize of this level
from the Lizard Servant. DO NOT attack him. Instead, talk to him.
The gift he gave me alternated between the Shadow Wolf Katana and the Shadow
Tiger Katana. Give me the Wolf any day. But since MAGI MAGUS can Drop the
Wolf every so often, you can hope to get the Tiger in addition to it here.
From here, head back to the NH Den and see if Big Daddy appears. You may
encounter another of the smaller ones but the Big one is almost as tall as
the ceiling. He is the same creature, just bigger. After he dies, pick up
the Gem and head for the next Area. Exit into the Tower and take the path to
the left instead of the stairs down.
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BW - Screeching Area
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You enter this area facing W. And a wall. Turn to the right.
The WARP stone ahead leads to the secret room in the WATER WORLD Impure Pool
Area. This is the shortcut back into the upper levels of the Tower.
This is the level where you will need to use the Beast Key traded from the
Cune trader and the level where the creatures are invisible until you place
the Young Dragon Gem on a pedestal. This level is the best justification for
the lack of music that the game offers. You will be able to hear your
opponents and know they are there, but not se them. If you get here without
the Young Dragon Gem, you will thank the game designers that music was left
out. I will get you to the pedestal as fast as possible.
Head around the corner into a wide but short corridor with 2 doorways on the
S wall. Take the first one and you will find the Save stone, Cune trader,
and Smithy.
Repair and Save.
In the room next to this, you can talk to Auriel again. She will give you a
Soul Pod +53(!), a very nice addition to your constantly increasing
abilities.
The next phase of this level is to get to the pedestal. Head into the next
corridor that has several creatures that can appear to interfere with your
progress.
It is likely you will encounter an Oblid or two before you can get to the
pedestal. Run past them if you can. Otherwise, finish them off. Near the
end (far N) of the corridor there is a doorway on the E wall. At this point
you will hear some groaning. You may even become paralyzed. That is caused
by the Wardens that are near the ceiling to each side of this doorway. You
cannot see them, but if you look at the Creature Book, you can see what they
look like when they are visible. If you hear 'boinging' sounds, that is the
King Hopper in the alcove at the end of the corridor. Ignore them for now;
enter the doorway into the Dragon Pedestal Room.
>Dragon Pedestal Room
>Find: nothing
Move to the pedestal, use the Young Dragon Gem, and now you will be able to
see all your opponents on this level. The next room (Cursed Demons Room)
contains creatures that will only appear after you pass through it once and
then come back through it. I will explain them later. Pass through this room
to the locked door. Use the Beast Key to open it.
Trying to fight these guys while they were invisible got me dead more times
than I care to remember. Visible is much preferred. They hurl fireballs and
move moderately slow. But they do punch pretty well. Dance around them but
try to isolate one of them and take it out fast. It easier (and safer) to go
1 vs. 2 than vs. 3. Wear fire protection gear and use a Fire World Stone for
extra protection.
As you leave here, the Cursed Demons will begin appearing.
>Cursed Demons Room
>4 Cursed Demons (Drop Mpotion x2, Soul Pod +29, Great Shield of Balance)
>Find: nothing
As soon as you exit the Oxelus room, the Cursed demons will appear and they
carry a Cursed field around each one. Slashing attacks worked well and
Frozen Hornet too. They are easy to maneuver around. Finish them, go back
and heal up durability and health, and save. Now return to the formerly
locked door to the Oxelus Room, head S down this corridor, and enter the
Great Hall to the E.
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BOSS FIGHT - NECRON
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>Great Hall of Necron
>3 Death Serpents (Drop Arm Guard Of Composure)
>Necron (Drop Ring of Dead Spirit)
>Find: nothing
At this end of the hall will appear a creature called the Death Serpents.
More fireballs, and again, easy to maneuver around. Standard tactics work
well. But at the other end is one of the bosses you need to finish off,
Necron. And no, he is not the Necron in KF. He fires cold waves and
occasionally tosses and acid-based attack or paralysis. Move in and use
smashing or slashing attacks and Holy magic. Combo him and he goes down
quickly. But watch your HP. A lot of Cold attacks will make your HP drop
fast. Use ranged attacks with Critical plusses if you feel more comfortable.
Remember, there is a smithy on this level. Remember this smithy. It is the
last one in the Tower. You will be coming back here a few times, I am pretty
sure.
Once done, the WARP stone to the DEATH WORLD Dark Castle Layer is now
accessible.
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DEATH WORLD
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Death World is obviously the realm where 'undead' and their minions dwell.
Everything considered, with the walking arsenal you currently have, you
should have little trouble dealing with most of the creatures you encounter.
Usually, if you just keep moving, dancing around, doing hit and back-off
attacks combined with a magic spell, the same old combo, then really nothing
can escape you.
By now, you will have developed your own style of battle and tactics that
work for you. I will now streamline the commentary on battles and make minor
commentary where it will be helpful to know in advance.
All of these levels have a constant 'darkness' field in place, so torches,
lamps, and bottles of light are ineffective here. You will also keep running
into people who 'seal' your magic. This can be easily overcome by the use of
the Spirit Books you have been collecting.
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DW - Dark Castle Layer
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You enter from the WARP stone facing N.
There is a Cune in the SW corner and a Save point here.
Exit the door in the N Wall, and equip yourself to inflict slashing damage
and Holy, Fire or Ice damage.
You enter into the SW corner of the Arena.
>Arena contains:
>3 Armored Warriors-Mace (Drop Hpotion, Crushing Great Sword)
>4 Armored Slayers-Axe (Drop Keenest Great Sword)
>Find: nothing
Hell Hunters are the archers that teleport. Keep the pressure on them and
they will not be able to get a bead on you. Similar for the Karasu. There is
secret door in the W wall, but you have to teleport into it to open it. Save
that for later and let's go upstairs.
Head back into the corridor between this room and the Arena and take the
small corridor going N and up to the door. Open it.
Take the N door first and then all the way N into the Tree Ogres Room. Take
a Poison Vaccine before entering.
>Tree Ogres Room contains:
>4 Tree Ogres (Drop Hpotion, Cune, Spirit Book, Metal Gloves)
>Find: Harden Bracelet-3 rings style
Use Fire and Criticals for fast results.
Return to the corridor and take the W branch of the corridor around to the
walkway over the Hell Hunters Room and into the Guard Room overlooking the
same room.
>Guard Room contains:
>1 Hell Hunter (Drop Cune)
Return to the Junction Room and take the E door/corridor. There is a Armored
Slayer there that Drops a Cune. Continue to the next Door/Room.
You are in 4-way intersection of 2 corridors. This is the Throne level of
King Edward, as heartless a King as ever you shall meet. (Hint!)
To do ANYTHING on this level of ANY note, you need to appropriate the Kings
Key. Head straight ahead (W) into the corridor leading to the Throne Room
with a slight detour into the small chamber to the S. There is an old friend
in here that wants to say something smart-alecky to you. Bloodthirsty little
rodent!
Enter the Throne Room.
>Throne Room contains
>King Edward (Drops nothing) - Indestructible, for now.
>4 Skeletons (Drop Divine Symbol)
>Find: Kings Key
The fastest way to deal with the skeletons is the Holy Spell Judgement and
the Crushing Broad Sword, backed up by items that increase Smashing ability.
Spell and Swing and they are gone. Now it is just you, the King (on the
throne, wearing the crown) and the key. Grab the key and leave because the
King has 6500 HP points. You can damage him all you want but you cannot KILL
him, yet.
Head to the 4 way junction you entered at and take the N direction. Go to
the first door in the N wall, unlock it and move towards the next door. You
will encounter a Clawhead that will block your progress. After you finish it,
enter the next room which contains an Hpotion trader and a Save point.
Back to the Main corridor and head W to the next-door but not before
encountering 2 Hell Hunters in the Corridor. One of them Drops a torch
(whoopee!) that is useless in these levels. Go figure. Open the next door,
and there is another Clawhead that can Drop the Keenest Battle Axe. Enter
the next room. This room is currently empty but will have opponents after
you get to the heart of this level (2nd Hint!). Now go to the N wall, open the
secret door and pick up the 2 Cunes and the Soul Pod +29. Back to the Main
Corridor.
Head W again and into the arrows of 2 more Hell Hunters that Drop a Torch and
a Divine Symbol. Before opening the next door here, equip yourself for fire
damage and use a Fire World Stone. A strong Slashing or Piercing attack will
work best in the next rooms. The Bows are definite options, but slow.
Criticals help to speed them up!
The pulsating heart on the wall, once stilled, will permanently still King
Edward. The Demon Eyes on the ceiling shoot lasers at you. Take them out
and break the King's Heart. Go around the corner to finish off 2 more Demon
Eyes. But wait! You keep getting hit by lasers from behind the wall? Yep.
The 3 other Demon Eyes have appeared in the room mentioned earlier and you
need to go back into the corridor and enter the second door again to finish
them off. They only Drop a Mpotion.
Head into the Throne room because 1 of 2 possible prizes awaits you. And one
of them is NOT King Edward. He vanished when his heart gave up the ghost.
On the N & S wall each you will find special placards with sword on them. If
you use the Sealed Sword Stone on one of them, you will obtain the (N) Fiery
Great Sword or the (S) Magical Bastard Sword. (Personal Preference = S)
Now head to the throne itself and 'open' it. This is the way out of this
level.
Go through the door into a chamber with another door in the W wall. But
first find the secret door in the S wall, and go pay a visit with Auriel.
She will give you a Soul Pod +53! Now return to the prior chamber and
consider your next move carefully.
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BREAKTIME
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OK, there is some explaining to do here. In order to enter the Lingering
Curse Layer prior to entering the Boss Level, you NEED the Key of Knowledge
to successfully complete it. The Key is IN the Lingering Curse Layer and
there are 2 directions you can go to get it. One is the path I will take you
through, which is through the Tower Core. The other is through the Gate of
the Dead layer which is where Hallow Mage, the Death World Boss resides. And
you stand at the door to the Gate of the Dead.
You can go through right now, but that would force me to break up the next 2
levels into chunks, which is not how I want to write this Walkthrough. So I
am going to remain semi-consistent and help you the reader to clear each
level before going on to the next one, leaving the Boss level for last.
So, I need you to go all the way back to the Dark Castle Layer and into the
Arena room. In the SE corner of this room is a doorway that leads to a
chamber with an exit in the S wall that leads into the Tower Core.
As you walk out, there are stairs going up, the path goes around to the left
and down to the platform with the WARP headstone leading into the Void and
the Final Bosses. If you look to the right from here, you can see a platform
that seems inaccessible from here with a low fence around it. It is there
you are going. Head up the stairs and around to the right until you are on
the walkway just above this fenced in platform. Now step off the edge and
down onto the platform AGAINST the WALL with the corridor leading off of it.
The corridor goes down and then up. At the bottom here, there is a barred
window that looks into another corridor with writing on the wall. Head up
the stairs and onto a walkway over a darkened room. The Bows are THE weapons
of choice here.
Meet Nyet, Lord of Memory Realm in Death World. You will never fight him, so
just listen to him and get ready to shoot the bow. When he finishes, move
forward to encounter Amon, Librarian of Nyet. He shoots Light balls at you,
so equip Holy defense. There are actually 3 of them, 1 in front of you and 2
across the space to the N on a walkway you cannot access. The bow is the
most efficient way to take them down.
When done, you now need to drop down through the gap in the railing to the
room below. If you venture into the corridor on the other side of this
walkway, you will encounter a door that needs the Key of Knowledge to open.
And the Key is presently down below.
You will drop down towards the N side of the room, but head immediately for
the SW corner of the room where a corridor with stair going up can be found.
Stop at the top of these stairs. Recognize the window and writing on the
wall? Ok, proceed forward into the room with the blocks on the floor.
Move immediately to the E side of the room with the box sitting on a short
pedestal. Open the Box and voila! The Key of Knowledge is yours. Another
advantage of entering the room from this direction is that a certain creature
called Panak doesn't get to seal your magic! If you come in through the WARP
or pass through here again, though, you probably will get your magic sealed.
Now for the obstacles.
>Key of Knowledge room contains:
>6 Stack Eyes (Drop Bottles of Light, Ashes)
>Find: Key of Knowledge
The best magic for these creatures is Corrosive Elements.
Now go through the WARP stone in the W to the Dark Castle Layer and the
secret room.
STOP HERE a moment.
There is a Cune behind the Warp stone you just entered here from and a Soul
Pod +14 in the SW corner.
The other WARP Stone lead to the Gate of the Dead near the Boss. Keep this
in mind for now and leave the room by going through (and thereby unlocking)
the secret door into the Hell Hunters Room. Go into the Arena, head to the
exit into the Tower Core again. Take the stairs again, drop down onto the
fenced platform and reenter the Lingering Curse layer, heading to the locked
door that uses the Key Of Knowledge. Welcome to the beginning of the real
fighting in this level.
>Old Face Room contains:
>10 Old Faces (Drop God Plate, Gothic Shield of Honor, Sacred Feather,
Mpotion x2, Gothic Shield of Resistance, more???)
>Bugler (Drop Evil Eye)
Drop down into the main room and kill the Bugler first. The Crushing Great
Sword is a GREAT weapon in this room.
Now, one by one, take out the Old Faces. They can paralyze and slow you. But
that should not be too big a problem.
Head into the Corridor in the N wall and ready the Bow for more targeting and
the Fireballs to fly. There are 2 items to claim here, a Spirit Book and the
Dark Sorcerers Ring.
>Book Room contains:
>3 Apocrypha (Drop Ring of Seal, Priest Ring of Frost, Ring of Dark Souls)
>2 Descrypha (Drop Spirit Book, Mpotion)
>1 Wizcrypha (Drop Black Ring)
Each of these books fires a spell at you. You best bet is to line up for a
long shot and either fireball them to death or drop down into the room and
Bow and Arrow them to death. This is due to good attack angle. Work out
your own strategy against these opponents. Take the corridor in the S wall
and into the main chamber where you had met Nyet and the 3 Amon's.
There is an Evil Eye on the floor in the NW area and then exit through the SW
corridor and into the Key of Knowledge room. Take the WARP stone to the Dark
Castle and into the Arena room. Go to the secret door in the SW area where
you initially WARPed into the Castle from fighting Necron. Go back to the
smithy, fix yourself up, and then return here. Now return to the secret door
on the W wall in the Hell Hunter room of the Dark castle and enter the room
with 2 WARP points. Use the one in the S part of the room to Warp to the
Gate of the Dead. Prepare for the next to last level.
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DW - Gate of the Dead
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You enter this level facing NW.
This level is a series of 5 perfectly square platforms, each with their own
combination of creatures. These platforms have no railings and long drops
into total darkness.
This should go pretty fast.
If you decide to enter this place from the door behind King Edwards throne,
you will be greeted by a voice telling you that your magic has been sealed.
Unseal it with a Spirit Book.
>WARP Platform contains:
>3 Blue Wyverns (Drop Sacred Feathers)
>2 Bone Wolves (Drop Spirit Books)
>Find: nothing.
The Blue Wyverns have a distinct 'chirp/squeak' and they like to fly around
behind you. The Bone Wolves have a type of bark that announce their coming.
Just keep moving and you will easily take them down. Once you find one, stop
walking around and try to concentrate on keeping in a small area. If you
roam too much, you will find yourself surrounded and dying very fast.
After coming to this platform probably 3 dozen times or more, and killing
these guys off, it was when I came through here on my second (finished) game
while I was not trying to 'milk' the place of items that the shield above was
dropped. This tells me that probably each of these guys has something they
can drop, but would not for me.
Anyway, these guys are strong, fast, deadly attackers who do not stop
swinging their blades and are good at orienting on you. Try to take only one
at a time on. For a real challenge (!), take 3 on at one time.
When finished, head W again across another bridge.
Doriwi are large, tall humanoid creatures that walk like gorillas and can
paralyze. They are slow and if you hit them and stun them, THEN use frozen
Hornet on them and most of the 4 balls will stun them also.
Head back to the Entry Platform and take the N bridge to another platform.
Now head all the way back to the WARP Platform and go up the stairs to the
last platform.
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BOSS FIGHT - Hallow Mage
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Hallow Mage is actually very easy, because the same tactics that took out
Magi Magus work here, just without the throne to assist you. The twist is
the Blood Bones.
>Hallow Mage Platform contains:
>5 Blood Bones (Drop Broad Sword, Blood Sword, Swift Great Sword)
>Hallow Mage (Drop Endless Amulet)
>Find: Soul Pod + 5, Soul Pod + 53
Move to the NE and you may hear some bones rattling as you approach. This is
good. Blood Bones each have a Curse field about them but will drop some nice
weapons. Let them come to you. It is when you approach the middle N to NE
corner that Hallow Mage comes into play. Leave him out of it for now, and
try to get the BB's to come to you. Earth Magic from the KF series would be
SOOOO nice right now. Oh, well. Just use weapons like the Crushing
Great Sword and either Holy or Frost Magic and they go down FAST.
Hallow Mage has the standard area effect magic attach that radiates out from
around him. While this is a strong deterrent to closing with him to attack
him, it is also a weakness to exploit. I will explain.
Remember how I mentioned that there is a constant darkness field everywhere
inhibiting Bottles of Light, etc? It also limits your line of sight. Well,
Hallow mage also likes to teleport in quick short jumps. Sometimes to places
out of sight. But then he 'radiates a spell that you CAN see in the darkness
that pinpoints him at the center of it!
I recommend the Warrior Bow and all the Critical Plusses you can wear.
Forget high physical defense. Go for Magic defense if at all. Emphasize
Criticals and high strength! This will help your arrows to do the maximum
damage and sometimes double or quadruple damage. Just target the center of
the spells and shoot. Sometimes he will 'port just before the arrow hits.
That is ok; you have the Bow and/or Bow Gun also.
Forget magic casting, since this guy is highly resistant to them. In a short
time he goes down.
The way is now open for you to enter the Void! The final Bosses await!
(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
FINAL BOSSES - - - - - THE VOID
(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)
There are only 2 of them and the game is done.
Go back into the Tower Core and walk all the way down to the bottom platform
that has a WARP stone on it. Enter WARP, and you now stand in the VOID,
before an insect-like face with (hopefully) 6 Golden/Brass colored spheres
that look like eyes. If there are fewer than 6 of them, then you have missed
killing a Boss somewhere. To determine which one(s), look at the Spheres
that are there. Each one has a symbol on it that corresponds to the symbol
that appeared on the doors to each WORLD. Identify those you can see on the
spheres and the one(s) you do not have is the WORLD Boss you need to
dispatch. To go back up and deal with them, walk up to the face and like a
door, open it. A mouth appears. Walk into it and it will WARP you back to
the same WARP stone at the bottom of the Tower.
Once all 6 are in place Walk to the face, open its mouth and walk in.
Walk DIRECTLY ahead from where you appear, which is a corridor that looks
like a city street almost. BALRON will appear in your path. He has a BIG
sword and stand very tall above you. Magic is weak against him, but you can
get in 100-200 point spell hits on him. Dress for high physical and magic
defense if you are going toe to toe. He DOES NOT stun easily at all, even
with high weapon attacks. He does hurl black lightning attacks.
I recommend keeping at range but running in and out to keep him from coming
after you too fast. SAVE THE WARRIOR BOW for the final Boss. Keep out of
sword range but not too far away. Dress for Dark Magic defense and the
primary magic use (Holy, Ice, Fire) in magic attack. Use up your rings as
you need to, you will NOT need them against the final boss at all. Keep
backing up a bit as needed, moving from right to left to dodge the black
lightning. This will take a while, but the payoff is that BALRON will be
impressed with you and convert to his Non-Armored form.
This guy is the creature that killed the king in the pre-game demo. He is
now fast and still has that BIG sword. Same Tactics, only this time you need
to move faster, which is not easy. Use the Bow and Bow gun NOW. It is
faster and yields better damage in less time than Magic will.
If you decide to do the Sword-Dance with BALRON, keep one eye on him and the
other on your Health meter. You will need to be ready to use an Hpotion as
soon as your health drops into the lower 2000 points or lower. His sword can
carve 2000 HP's off of you in one shot!
What is VERY important to remember is the direction you were facing when you
first came in. Because that is the direction you need to go to get to the
final Boss. Of course it is 50-50 you will get it right if you get confused,
but it will save you a lot of time if you remember correctly which way is to
the Boss.
When BALRON falls, head up the corridor to the Boss. If you walk for more
that 5 minutes, turn around and walk for 5 minutes or a bit more. He is
here, and you must find him.
Sorry to disappoint you, but this Boss is EASY! Like in NO CHALLENGE. The
Face with 3-armed tentacles is despicably easy to finish off. Like a real
King. He has the power of authority and surrounds himself with strong
warriors, but he is a weak softie. This is a big letdown for the game.
BALRON was harder than this guy.
Simple Tactics. Critical Plusses, Strength, and the Warrior Bow. No sooner
do you get 1-2 arrows into him and he starts screaming for help. You're your
distance and keep firing as soon as the strength meter reaches maximum and he
will NEVER touch you, never try to hit you. It is that easy. He goes down
and the game ends.
You are given the option to save. Take it, Save, and when you restart the
game, you will appear at the top of the Tower. You can now walkthrough the
entire Tower and clean up all those loose ends you left alive.
CREATURES IN SHADOW TOWER
Shadow Tower Creatures
By World
Human
1 Acid Slime
2 Blood Slime
3 Dark Spider
4 Demon Bat
5 Skeleton
6 Tongue Imp
7 Shadow Spider
8 Fat Mole
9 Guardian
Earth
10 Fanged Worm
11 Parasite
12 Casket
13 Acid Slime
14 Blood Skull
15 Watcher Plant
16 Elder
17 Minor Dwarf
18 Dwarfling
19 Imp
20 Auriel (Doll)
21 Star Serpent
22 Barrel Snail
23 Tondrom
24 Myconid
25 Beak Plant
26 Duhrin
27 Hanging Dead
28 Wingsect
29 Trickster
30 Dwarf Warrior
31 Auriel (Demoness)
32 Blue Flicker
33 Sand Leech (Sm.)
34 Sand Leech (Lg.)
35 Acid Pod
36 Kiljoy
37 Cocoon Plant
38 Torg
39 Dybbuk
40 Sloth Bug
41 Clay Servant
42 Hobble Worm
43 Crying Root
44 Earth Knight
45 Cannon Snail
46 Ray Plant
47 Black Onyx
48 Dread Knight (BOSS)
Fire
49 Fire Jinn
50 Armored Jinn
51 Jinn Lord
52 Berzerker
53 Iron Crusher
54 Mystic Tower
55 Abraxus
56 Horned Skull
57 Steel Servant
58 Arachness
59 Bone Demon
60 Zygote
61 Cerberus
62 Ruby Demon
63 Ebony Knight (BOSS)
64 Damned Angle
Water
65 Dementor
66 Dweller
67 Horned Slime
68 Akryal
69 Blood Brain
70 Worm Face
71 Hatchlin
72 Kabasaur
73 Water Knight
74 Great Frog
75 Gaze Hopper
76 Slashers
77 Manna Python
78 Koazul
79 Winged Worm
80 Dragon Turtle
81 Magi Magus (BOSS)
Illusion
82 Red Puppet
83 Blue Puppet
84 Dark Imp
85 Black Imp
86 Dark Bishop
87 Dark Fairy
88 Ring Demon
89 Deha
90 Maristella
91 Gorgoral
92 Gargaral
93 Gordoral
94 Demon Warrior
95 Death Mage
96 Rotting Face
97 War Demon (Red)
98 War Demon (Blue)
99 Gorthaur
100 Master Knight
101 Warpoor
102 Willowess
103 Foster
104 Crossbrood
105 Dark Spirits
106 Disguise (BOSS)
Beast
107 Lizard Servant
108 Night Howler
109 Chirper
110 Master Howler
111 Saurian Soldier (Green)
112 Saurian Warrior (Red)
113 Dinogon
114 Hermit Crab
115 Freak
116 Oblid
117 Warden
118 King Hopper
119 Cursed Demon
120 Oxelus
121 Wyvern
122 Death Serpent
123 Necron (BOSS)
Death
124 Armored Guardian
125 Armored Warrior
126 Armored Slayer
127 Hell Hunter
128 Karasu
129 Tree Ogre
130 King Edward
131 Claw Head
132 Demons Eye
133 Pulsating Heart
134 Panak
135 Stack Eyes
136 Nyet
137 Amon
138 Apocrypha
139 Descrypha
140 Wizcrypha
141 Bugler
142 Old Face
143 Doriwi
144 Hell Warrior
145 Bone Wolf
146 Blood Bone
147 Hallow Mage
148 Balron (Armored)
149 Balron (Non-Armored)
150 Demon King
Of all the thank you's for this project to go out, first and foremost to From
Software for bringing another first person RPG to the states and second for
ASCII/Agetec (pronounced Age-Tec) for distributing it. I hear RPG Maker is on
its way and King's Field IV is due later in the year for the PS2. This is my
favorite type of RPG and I am indebted to them for providing these for my
personal entertainment.
Thirdly, I'd like to thank the people posting to the Agetec Messageboard and
to my new friends at the Verdite Inn in Yahoo land. It makes all the
difference in the world to find people who like the games you do even though
most reviewers who want "the next bigger, better, more technological
adrenaline fix in the first hour of game play" to sate their entertainment
appetites bash the heck out of those games you love.
And lastly, for the same reason in #2, just because it doesn't stack up to
most people's tastes, doesn't mean it is a bad game. I believe the commonly
used word was 'dreck'. This game had many of it's own merits and I will be
the first to speak of the many problems with Shadow Tower, including a weak
ending. But to those who can understand this and judge a game on its own
merits (and de-merits), a heartfelt thank you for your support, fairness and
intelligence.
