Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Walkthrough for PlayStation 2 Game Name: Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Format: PlayStation 2 Submitted By: Cheat_Master#109 OK, the amulet will be on one of the stone coffins. It will "highlight" when you get near it and after you pick it up, your character will say, "This looks inportant." like when you found the Fine Wine. Save your game and head back to town. You should do this right away because of the quest reward. Back at the Elfsong, speak to Ipswitch again. Let him know that you found the Heirloom, give it to him, and he rewards you with 300 XP and a "magic mace". Look in your inventory to find a Light Mace of Disruption +1. Why was this quest so important that I had you complete it right away? Because you got a free blunt weapon with Disruption - which means that when you roll a critical hit, there's a chance the mace will instantly disintigrate and kill undead. Tres handy for this level, no? OK. Next you need to get down to Level 2. This entails finding the room that has the 3 urns that Fayed told you about. Explore and kill until you come to a big room with a circlular trapdoor in the northern part of it. You may also have noticed footprints on the floor as you travel the level. These footprints will also lead you to this room. Below this trapdoor, there are 3 boxes set into the floor in a row. These are the slot that the urns must be placed into. In this same room (clear the baddies first), you will find the urns as well. Simply slide the urns over and into each slot. You will know that you placed the right urn in the right square when you hear a "sliding stone" sound when you place it. So, if you put an urn in a square and hear no noise, it's not the right slot for it. Place all 3 urns - Bronze, Silver and Gold, and the trapdoor to Crypts, Lvl. 2 will slide open. Save your game (and/or head up to town via the staircase). Head down into Level 2 when you are ready. ======================= F. THE CRYPTS, LEVEL 2 ======================= Enemies: Skeletons, Zombies Bosses: Orb of the Undead OK. Now we're going after that Orb. Explore, backtrack, explore until you've cleared the various passages. You will eventually open a chest with a magic Morningstar of Disruption +1. When you find this you will be near the Orb. Again, like the above level, you can follow the footprints to the "Chamber of Ashes", where that thief was told to place the Orb. At any rate, should you happen to find the Orb, you won't activate the boss battle unless you attack it, so if you think there were areas you missed and did not clear, backtrack, clear them, then return to this room. Also, make sure to save before hand and stock up as necessary at the Elfsong. OK. When you're ready, start wahcking the Orb. Its lifebar will appear and it will begin to glow. A forcefield will also appear at the entrence to the room, so you can't leave. Strategy here is simple - whack the Orb with everything you've got until it floats beyond your reach. Once it's fully airborn, it will start to raise a bunch of skeletons that attack you. Kill the skel's to get the Orb back down to the pedestal. Attack the Orb again and repeat the above procedure. When the Orb is destroyed, enjoy the eye-candy and Fayed will enter the room. he expresses his gratitude and rewards you with 750 XP and an Amulet of Protection +2. Take note of the dead thief laying in the room with you - you'll find a key that was on his body. Leave the Chamber and Recall back to the Elfsong. Talk to Osala again. Let her know about Keissen (he was the dead thief) and she'll reward you with a Ring of Protection +2 and 750 XP. Next, note that there's a new guy standing next to Ethon. This is Jherek, a member of the Harpers (they're kind of like a medieval CIA / FBI / Secret Society all rolled into one). He invites you to join and gives you your next quest entitled, "Thieves' Guild" (investigate and stop it). Also note the ridiculously lazy "thing" Snowblind did as Jherek reactivates the enchantment on the key you found after the Orb. "There, it's reactivated." - gimme a break, at least have the conroller vibrate or something). Jherek advises you that the secret entrence to the Guild is back on Sewer Level 1. Hmmm, I wonder where it could be? Also, speak with Keaira, another new face in the tavern. She tells you about her stolen Spices and another quest is activated, "Lost Spice". Continue to ignore Lortimer. he's useless. OK, time to get to the Guild. Exit the Elfsong into the town area. Go back down the sewer grate way over to the left side of town. Go back to where you freed Ethon and that "spike" thing I told you to remember. Walk to the end and up and the secret door will slide away. Enter the doorway, hit "Square" and you'll be on your way to the Guild. =========================== G. THIEVES' GUILD, LEVEL 1 =========================== Enemies: Human Thieves, Kobolds, Mini-Beholders (? - someone correct this if I'm wrong). After you go through the door, another brief cinematic will unfold revealing who your real enemy, Xantam, is. Very nicely done, both the voice and animation are top-motch. Again, we are faced with 2 immediate tasks upon entry (other than kill and survive). First, we gotta find the Spice. Second, we gotta get to the second level. Explore and clear the thieves. They have 2 attacks, knife throw and stab, so they can do melee and ranged. When you start to encounter little, floating, one-eyed thingees which I think are Beholder Spawn, you'll be close to the Spice Box (watch out for them, they explode with red dust if you hang around them). Another way to find the Spice Box is to find the stairs down to Level 2, then go down the hallway south of those stairs that goes east. At the end of this windy is a room with the Spice Box. After finding the Spice Box, Recall back to the Elfsong and get your reward from Keaira, 500 XP and an Iron Shield +1. Head back to the Guild and go down the stairs to Level 2. =========================== H. THIEVES' GUILD, LEVEL 2 =========================== Enemies: Kobolds, Human Thieves, Giant Spiders, Various Traps (Fireball Pillars, Floating Disks, Broken Bridges), Green Slimes, a Gelatenous Cube, Mini-Beholders, Giant Rats Sub-bosses: *Really* Giant Spider X 2 Bosses: Karne (Human Thief-Mage - Xantam's Leuitenant) Time to run the Gauntlet (not the secret level, it's what Karne calls all the crap you're about to go through). So, we'll go area by area (and please, save after each one!): Area 1: Fireball pillars, they fire N, E, S, and W. Area 2: Floating Disks - you need to jump from disk to disk as they blink out of sight. Area 3: More Floating Disks. Much more. To get across, you must jump on the first disk. As you do, it and others will start to blink. To progress across, you need to jump to the next disk that *isn't* blinking. As you land, the same thing happens again. Just keep jumping and waiting to see where the next solid disk will be and jump to it. Repeat until you're across. Area 4: More Fireball Pillars, a watery area, and Human Thieves. Area 5: Floating Disks (same as above) followed by Giant Spiders and one REALLY Giant Spider (Giant Spider Queen?). Area 6: Mini "pens" with Giant Spiders. Area 7: Long diagonal, spiraling passage. You'll encounter, in this order: Green Slimes + Gelatenous Cube > Mini Beholders > Giant Spiders + Giant Spider Queen > Giant Rats > Fireball Pillars > Giant Rat At the end of all this, you'll hit a Save Point which preceeds an open room. Save and restock at town as necesssary. Past this Save Point lies Karne, the Leader of the Thieves Guild. After a brief conversation, it's time to battle Karne. Keep your guard up, because he'll immediately start throwing daggers at you. When you get within melee range, he'll draw his two-handed sword, which does big damage and he can block with it. Alternate blocking and attacking and he'll eventually throw a smoke bomb and reappear behind you and he'll start throwing daggers again. If he throws the smokebomb, immediately turn around and get your shield/guard up. Block his attacks and keep wailing on him until his lifebar is gone. He'll drop some loot, grab it, then head down to Level 3. =========================== I. THIEVES' GUILD, LEVEL 3 =========================== Enenmies: Floating Eye Traps, Bugbears Bosses: Xantam (The Beholder Lord of the Thieves' Guild) This area can be a real b****, so make sure you save at each interval. It seems like this area would be more aptly named, "The Gauntlet", but anyway... I'll again go area by area: Area 1: Floating Eye Trap and switch. Avoid lining up with it's gaze and time your movements with its revolutions. In all areas with these things, just stay out of it's vision as you throw whatever switches you need to. As soon as each area's switches have been thrown, you'll be able to go to the next room/area. Area 2: Floating Eye Traps and Arrow/Dart Traps (they fire in the same directions as the Fireball Traps). Area 3: Floating Eye Traps and switches. Area 4: Floating Eye Trap and a ton of switches. Area 5: 3 Bugbears At the end of this last room is the Throneroom, where the Beholder, Xantam, awaits. Save your game, restock and get ready to kill the Eye Tyrant. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +The Throne Room - Act I End Boss+ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Enter and have a short conveersation with Xantam. You'll realize that there's more to this than just the goings-on in Baldur's Gate. After trading threats, it'll be time to do battle with this Beholder. NB - Anyone else a bit amused that your now level 6 -ish character is about to take on a frikkin' Beholder? Just how are the 3rd edition rules being implemented here? I mean, it doesn't matter to me really - just curious.... OK, boss battle time. Xantam has access to all of the missile spells in the game (Magic Missile, Melf's Acid Arrow, Ball Lightning) as well as a few other unique attacks (Flame Ray and, of course, his bite attack). Strategy here is actually simple. Get in his face and block. After he attacks, hit him a few times. Heal any damage you take and after a bit, he'll be dead. Trust in your blocking - don't put speace between you and he or he'll be much, much harder. Kill Xantam to fulfill the Thieves' Guild quest. After he's dead, Jherek will show up and more of the plaot against Baldur's Gate will be revealed. Recall back to the Elfsong (you'll have to leave the Throneroom) and talk to Jherek. He'll reward you with a magic long sword, a magic shortbow, 2000 gold and 2000 XP. Recall back to the Guild, enter the Throneroom and go use the Portal that you and Jherek just discovered. And so, Act I comes to a close.... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ ++<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ACT II >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>++ ++<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ACT II >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>++ ++<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ACT II >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ =============== A. WIND'S WALK =============== Enemies: Gnolls, Ogres, Yetis After going through the portal, you'll find yourself on a trail in the Sunset Mountains. Just follow the trail, kill the badguys as they attack, and grab any loot as you progress. At the end of the trail you'll be able to enter the Dwarven Mine Camp. ===================== B. DWARVEN MINE CAMP ===================== You'll be greeted with a brief cinematic as you enter the Dwarven Mine Camp. Walk past the first NPC, Branoch and go directly to Torrgeir. Vhat with him and he'll explain that the Signal Tower needs to be lit and the Drow need to be evicted from the Mines. You need a key to the mines, which Torrgeir, alas, doesn't have. Nope, the Dwarven leader, Kolgrim, took it with him when he went to light the Tower. Translation - your first new quest, "Find Mine Key". Now go over to Branoch, the Shopkeeper of Act II. Chat with him to see what he's got, restock and/or upgrade, and then walk to the right-most part of the camp. Once there, you will exit into the Burning Eye Mountains and start your search for the missing Dwarves. ==================== C. BURNING EYE BASE ==================== Enemies: Wolves, Gnolls, Yetis TO BE CONTINUED...... ================================================================= ========= V. SECRETS AND MISCELLANEOUS T ================ A. THE GAUNTLET ================ Beat the game on any level of difficulty to unlock "The Gauntlet", a timed run through a fairly difficult dungeon. Select the Gauntlet from the New Game menu screen. Beating the Gauntlet means staying alive AND killing all of the monsters in this dungeon within the 15 minute time limit. Oh yeah, um... when playing the Gauntlet you can only use one character, ni big deal, it's just... DRIZZT DO-URDEN!!!! THE RENEGADE DROW RANGER!!!! NB: When I heard that this game was coming out, I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be cool if Drizzt was a playable character." Then I remembered how all previous game appearances of the Drow Ranger were mere cameos and he wasn't actually playable (although you can fight against him in Baldur's Gate I and II for the PC). Discovering that Drizzt is a playable character could be one of the best examples of a game company finally giving gamers what they want. But I digress.... In a nutshell, you'll fight the following monsters, in this order, as you proceed from room to room in the Gauntlet: Room 1: Giant Spiders (the little ones) Room 2: Kobolds (Warriors, Spear-throwers and Shamen) Room 3: 3 Umber Hulks Room 4: Gnolls Room 5: (Crap, I'll have to check) Room 6: Mephits / Fiends Room 7: Onyx Golem Each room will have some chests in them to restock your potions and fill your wallet. Clear all rooms and save your game. When you start a new game you'll see that a new difficulty mode, Extreme, is now available. However, Drizzt is not a fully playable character....yet. =========================== B. EXTREME DIFFICULTY MODE =========================== After beating The Gauntlet, you may now select Extreme difficulty from the New Game menu. However, unlike Easy, Normal and Hard, you must import one of your characters from a game save. You can also do this in the default difficulty modes, but under those conditions the game allows you to bring your character WITH all his equipment, skills, experience and money. In Extreme mode, you import your character awith all skills and experience but NO equipment. None. So you're powerful yet under equipped. OK, people, EXTREME is frikkin' hard. You say EASY was "too easy"? Well, EXTREME is "too, too, too hard", but not in a cheesy way, it's just really tough. The upside, however, is that the equipment you find and can purchase from merchants is SOOOO much better than in the default difficulty modes. More on this once when I get deeper into this mode - but - make sure you use Repulsion and Cleggedin's Hammer (depending on who you are). Monsters tend to warm and surround you, so these are a huge help. Beating the game on EXTREME difficulty unlocks Drizzt for the normal game. Simply start a new game, hit START, select CHOOSE PLAYER, and WALKTHROUGH General: The walkthrough really doesn't differ for each of the character classes. What does differ is the NPC interactions, not the substance of what they say but the semantics. For example, dwarves will call you "brother" if you're using the dwarf whereas they'll call you "traveler" if you are the human. I have also found that some chests always drop the same thing, while others are completely random. For that reason, I'm only going to write about what some of the chests drop, particularly those in the early part of the game where equipment vital to your survival will be. Speaking of chests, open and smash every container you can. That means barrels, boxes, crate and, of course, chests. You will need "stuff", and that's where you'll find it. Also, I made a habit of clearing every, single, stinking monster out of every nook and cranny of every dungeon. Playing through on Easy, I got my dwarf up to level 17 (I probably could have gotten him higher as my experience meter was just a hair shy of 18). Killing monsters also gets you "stuff", so it's a win-win situation. Finally, enemy and boss tactics, organized by character, will be included in a follow up version. I will likely add a separate section for that. Onward! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ ++<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ACT I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>++ ++<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ACT I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>++ ++<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ACT I >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++ ================== A. ELFSONG TAVERN ================== After the opening cinematic where you get that rather nasty bump on the head, you'll find yourself in the Elf Song Tavern. Listen to the lovely melody. You will immediately enter into a dialogue with "Lady" Alyth Elendara and her two large "friends". Gawk at the animation they chose for said "friends". Note that it puts Soul Caliber to shame. Listen to what she says and ask her whatever piques your curiosity. Bottom line - she'll give you your first quest entitled, "Rat Exterminator". She wants you to kill all the rats in the cellar to clear the way for her and Ethon, her pet drunk. You will do this because it gets you closer to those evil men who have *so* wronged you. The Lady promises the key to the sewers where you can continue your investigation in exchange for pest control, and now you have your first quest and a brand, spanking-new Rusty Dagger. Next, talk to Ethon. Inquire of the optional info if you want, but you'll get the key to the cellar from him. Next, pay the town idiot, Nebbish, a visit for your next quest, entitled, "Fine Wine". He's jonesin' for a "little-bit-o-that" but his ass has been shut off. No one likes a sloppy drunk, but Nebbish is a slob when he's sober. He wants you to gank some primo hooch from the cellar on the QT. Tell him you'll do it and you'll have the "Fine Wine" quest in your Journal Tab. Finally, say "Hi" to the shopkeeper, Bartley. You have no dough, so leave him be for now. =============== B. THE CELLARS =============== Enemies: Giant Rats, Kobolds, Giant Spiders Here's where we earn our keep. Immediately save your game and then commence the rat extermination. Move from room to room (this area's completely linear, just keep going forward). There'll be some chests, open them. You will receive a message when 15 rates are left, then 10, then 5, then 4, 3, 2, 1. After all the rats are dead, grab the Worn Wooden Shield from the chest, save your game at the save point (which should be close) and Recall back to the Elfsong. Alyth will reward you with some gold, experience, and the key to the sewers. Also, Alyth will tell you that Ethon has gone missing, and another quest will be added to your Journal tab entitled, "Rescue Ethon". Recall back to the cellars, time to get that "Fine Wine". Proceed from the last rat room and you'll start fighting those nasty little buggers, Kobolds. Kill them and proceed into a room with a pool in it. Kill those Kobolds, open the chest (Rusty Longsword), and grab the bottle sitting next to the chest. After your character expresses the importance of the item, Recall back to the Elfsong and speak with Nebbish. He'll be stealthily grateful and reward you with an Extra Healing Potion, some gold and some experience. Recall back to the cellars. Proceed from where you left off and you'll run into some more Kobolds. Dispatch them, but also be alert for the powder kegs that are in some of the rooms. Press "Square" to ignite them. Be careful, however, because a stray sword swipe will also set them off and your character will take damage. After the Kobolds, you will find a few Giant Spiders. be careful - they're a bit strong for your current level, but smart fighting will prevail over them. Kill the spiders and notice that there's a tiny room in the upper right of this room. (Use your Automap, "L1"). get close to where the entrence shows on your map and press "Square". The secret door will slide open and there's a chest and some crates for you to open. Grab the spoils and head through the north door into the next area, the Sewers. ======================= C. THE SEWERS, LEVEL 1 ======================= Enemies: Giant Rats, Kobolds, Bugbears Sub-Bosses: "Mommy Rat" Bosses: Bugbear Chieftain After a brief cinema (poor Ethon!) you'll find yourself in the watery sewers. As you proceed, you'll be immediately attacked by more rats. Dispose of them, search the north room's chests (kill more rats), then head east. Next set of rooms will have Kobold Warriors and Spear Throwers (the throwers will be behiind a row of crates, be careful.) Whack them and then head into the water through the ramp behind where the kobold chuckers were. Some more rats and kobolds will attack. Emerge from the water and you'll see a little campsite. The Kobold campers (only a few) will attack and you will kill them. Search the area for weapon racks and chests. When you see, way to the North, a long line of Kobold Spearthrowers, turn back. There's a side area we need to clear for XP. Backtrack to where you originally entered this area and look for a door leading to an area with a big "circle" passage. Ebter that area and you'll find some Kobolds and one Bugbear. Make your way through, grab the contents of the chest, then prepare to face the Kobold artillery. OK. This can be tough, but if you have a shield you'll be cool. You should come out behind that mass of crates near the Kobolds. Save your game. You need to take out the Kobolds and hit the three switches behind them. Time for some strategy. Snowblind was kind to you here. Since the Kobolds are rooted in place, they cannot swarm and surround you. The key to victory, especially if you're low level, is to also be rooted in place. And so, Grasshopper, be like the bonsai and not like the vine (if anyone knows what the Hell I just meant, please drop me a line.) Get your shield ready. Run, run, run to the left of their line. Put your shield up. Inch forward while "flashing" your shield and time the "flashings" with their throws. Inch toward the first Kobold. Let your guard down and take a few swipes. Hopefully he died. Do the same thing and keep inching your way across the line, slowly but surely whittling away at their numbers. After you've thrown all 3 switches, the round gate will slide away. Move on to the next area. (NB - I'm sure there's other ways to do this, this is just how I did it. I'm sure a mid level Sorceress would make mincemeat out of them from afar.) Through the hole we go into a big, water-filled area with some crates stacked in various places. There's also a total of 4 giant rats. Make your way through, kill the rats, then, at the place where you first cam into the water, climb the crate-stairs and then jump from crate stack to crate stack until you're near 2 chests. Nab the stuff then jump down. There's another chest on the next set of stacked crates. After that, jump up the final set of "crate-stairs" that go over the wall and proceed to the next room. Here you'll be attacked by another Bugbear and some Kobolds. Kill them, then go straight to where there's a tent and a chest.Go into the next room to the right) where there's some water, a bridge and more Kobolds. Clear that area and then proceed into the next room. Right. You should now be through the door and into a vast waterfilled area with a save point in the center. You will also note that a ton of little pointy sticks are being thrown in your direction. There's lots of spear- chuckers here, so be cautious. Clear the room and then head towards the passage with a bunch of crates blocking it. Hmm, someone didn't want something getting out. I wonder what's in here? OK. Hop over the crates. You'll notice that there's a bunch of dead Kobolds strewn about. This area is like a grid, and run through and grab the loot that the dead kobolds have dropped. When you get to the "top", you'll notice an open room with more dead Kobolds. Get your guard up - because the Mommy rat appears to be holed up here. As you enter, you will see a rat that's MUCH bigger than the others. I don't know it's official name (NB - I wish they included monster names, etc. in the manual AND that they gave the sub-bosses, like this one, life bars.) We'll call it the Mommy Rat. Kill the Mommy Rat. She's dead? Nice. Backtrack to the Big-Water-Kobold-Spear-Death area and look for a closed round door. There's a switch next to it. Throw the switch and go through the door. Enter this hallway and kill the sole Bugbear. There's a big battle through this next door, so go to town if you need potions and/or equipment. OK. Through this door is the first real boss fight. As you open the door and approach, you'll see that a big camp has been set up with tents, crates, weapon racks, etc. There's also a little meeting going on. As you enter, a brief cinematic will happen and a bunch of Kobolds will swarm and attack you. Run back into the hallway where the Bugbear was (try and bait the Kobolds in to following you). Stand in the doorway and kill the Kobolds as they attack (they can't surround you this way). After the Kobolds are dead, it's time to go after the first boss, the Bugbear Chieftain. Right. There might be a few Kobold stragglers, kill them and then run deeper into the big room. A lifebar should appear at the bottom of the screen that says, "Bugbear Chieftain". Get your guard up to block his giant Morning Star and alternated with attacks of your own. After he's dead, he'll drop some loot and a key. Search the area for chests and weapon racks, then head toward the right to find a small hallway with some jail cells. Loot the chests that are there and, lo and behold, inside one of the cells is Ethon. Free him and he'll head back to town. Also, take extra care to note the end area of the hallway. On your mini-map, you'll see that the end of the hallway has a little "spike" at the tip. Remember this spot well. Leave the jail area and head back into the "camp" where you'll see a stairway. This leads to town. Save a Recall potion by heading up the stairs and return to the Elfsong Tavern. Once inside the Elfsong, speak with Alyth and get some gold and XP. Talk to Ethon for some XP and a Amulet of Dexterity +1. Now, notice that there's 2 new faces in the tavern? Speak with both, Ipswitch and Osala for 2 more quests - "Family Heirloom" and "Find Keissen" respectively. Buy and sell what you may and head back out into town and doen the sewer grate. Once back in the big camp area, use the newly aquired key on the north door and head down the stairs to Sewer Level 2. ======================= D. THE SEWERS, LEVEL 2 ======================= Enemies: Bugbears, Gelatenous Cubes, Green Slimes, Kobolds OK, here's where I start to get less specific. From here on in, I'll highlight the important stuff you have to accomplish, but I'm not going to go room by room. It will ruin the fun of the game and will lengthen this FAQ by a magnitude of 10. In a nutshell, if I say that you have to find 3 things and you only have 2, backtrack until you find what you need. I cannot stress enough the importance of a few things before we continue. First, religious use of the mini-map is crucial (hit L1). It will show the areas you haven't searched (they won't be revealed). Second, always, ,always, always keep a shield with you, it's the only continuous blocking device for most characters. Also, never leave town without at least 5 Recall potions. Finally, SAVE YOUR GAME! Frustration is never fun. Ever. Right, ownward. As you enter the area, you'll first encounter Bugbears. Note that there's some explosive kegs in the first room. Use them if you want, but they can hurt you too. The next room is a HUGE waterfilled area. In it are Bugbears and Gelatenous Cubes. Explore, explore, explore, fighting Bugbears, Kobolds, Cubes and Green Slimes. You will eventually either reach a switch or a set of 3 consecutive round doors, all locked. In a nutshell, you need to find 3 switches. Not 1, not 2, not 4, not 5, nor 6. Not 11, but 3, and 3 shall be the number of switches you must throw. They are not in the same place, and so you must explore and backtrack as necessary until you have found all 3. If you find the set of doors first, you know that you need to find the 3 switches. OK? OK. After you've thrown all 3 switches and fought many monsters, you'll come so a set of stairs leading down to a new level. Save your game at the save point before the set of doors and then Recall to town if necessary. In the next area, you will need a blunt weapon, so if you don't have one, buy one. After you're done in the Elfsong, Recall back and take the stairs. ======================= E. THE CRYPTS, LEVEL 1 ======================= Enenmies: Zombies, Skeletons, Skeleton Archers Once you enter the stairs, there'll be a brief cutscene. After the cinema, you'll be in the crypts and instantly attacked by various undead. Clear the first room and save your game. Exploration time again. One this first level, we're looking to do 2 things. First, we need to find Ipswitch's Family Heirloom. Second, we need to get to Crypt level 2. Advance into the next few rooms, kill the undead, and you'll be greeted by Fayed, a local Priest of Illmater. Note that he seems awfully neat, clean and generally wound free for one of his faith. I don't think he's been properly suffering. No matter, his crypts are full of undead, so Karma's apparently got his number. After talking with Fayed, you'll learn of his situation as well as about the 3 urns puzzle that unlocks the way to the second level. Fayed will also activate another quest in your Journal tab entitled, "Evil Artifact. ====================================== C. SECRET CHARACTER: DRIZZT DO'URDEN ====================================== It's really simple - Drizzt rocks! He can only equip his 2 scimitars, Icingdeath and Twinkle, but thankfully they're both well up to the job of taking on this game. He also wears Mithril Chain +4, but you can switch his armor (just not his swords). Drizzt uses Repulse and Icy Orb as his active feats, but he also has access to a bunch of the passive ones. Here's his stats at the time he is unlocked (before any level up's):