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DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN (2014, Larian Studios)

Walkthrough/FAQ

Copyright 2014 E.C.

Contact: Jedy678 (at) gmail dot com

V 1.02 9/2/2014

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Table of Contents:

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Introduction (INTRD)

Tips for Beginning (TPSBG)

Some Basic Battle Strategies (BBSTR)

Full Walkthrough (WLKTH)

Spoiler-free/bulleted walkthrough (SPFWT)

Blood Stone Locations (BLSLO)

Side Quests (SDQST)

--Side Quests in Cyseal (SQCYS)

--Side Quests in Silverglen/Hiberheim (SQSLV) *incomplete*

--Side Quests in Hunter's Mark (SQHMK) *incomplete*

Most Useful Crafting Recipes (MUCRE)

List of Crafting Recipes (CRRCP) *not yet added*

About Blacksmithing Tools (BLKST) *incomplete*

--Furnace

--Anvil

--Whetstone

List/Description of Homestead Rooms (HMSTD)

Character Customization (CHARC)

--Class Listing and Analysis (CLSSS)

--Analysis of Magic Schools (SKLLS) *incomplete*

--Talents Listing and Analysis (TLNTS) *Listing only*

Abilities and Attributes (ABLAT) *not yet added*

Skillbook Vendor Locations (SKLBK)

Special Thanks (SPTHK)

Version History (VERHS)

Contacting Me (CNTCT)

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Introduction (INTRD)

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Welcome to my walkthrough/FAQ for Divinity: Original Sin! This is a complex

game with tons to do. As you start the game, I've included several side

quests that give good experience incorporated into the main guide. As the

side quests become more varied and with better loot, you may want to pick and

choose which to do at what time. See the side quests section for a list (not

yet exhaustive).

WARNING: This guide contains major spoilers!

This guide contains solutions to many of the game's puzzles, and as such,

will

not always go into great depth about story matters. If you are simply

looking

to advance in the game, then this guide was intended for you. Enjoy the

story

and mysteries at your own pace, and consult this guide if you become stuck

for

straightforward solutions.

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Tips for Beginning: (TPSBG)

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- Explore everything. All containers (crates, barrels, tree stumps) have the

chance to contain loot. Most loot outside in towns is free to take, UNLESS

your mouse icon turns red when hovering over them.

- Design a balanced party that covers all the major skills. You'll want a

good crafter/blacksmith.

- Keep the two main characters as your primary fighters, and use your

henchmen

as crafters, pickpockets, lockpicks, or barterers. They do well as

"support."

Jahan is a wizard, while Madora is a knight, but you can branch out their

skills easily.

- Empty Potion Flask + Penny Bun Mushroom = Minor Healing Potion. This will

be one of the most frequently used crafting recipes, so steal any and all

empty flasks you find. You can combine two minor potions to make a medium

for

use in battle. As you level up crafting, you can make the biggest healing

potion by combining any 2 healing potions of the same tier (for example, weak

+ weak or large + large).

- Crowd control is king. Get as many freezing, stunning, knockdown, and

poison spells as you can. You'll often fight groups of up to 8 monsters, so

taking out a few for two turns or so will save your life.

- Loot and sell all paintings, light gold cups, etc. They have no purpose

but

to make you lots and lots of money. They'll be your primary income source,

along with weapons and armor you can't use or don't need.

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Some Basic Battle Strategies (BBSTR)

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If you give both your fastest and slowest (based on initiative points)

characters the Teleportation skill, you can bring in an enemy, attack it with

your hardest hitters, then send it away before your turn ends. This ensures

maximum damage to them without strong retaliation.

Midnight Oil creates a circle of oil on the field which slows enemies. Use

any fire-based spell to turn it into a flaming surface, which will cause good

damage to anything traveling over it (even you if you walk over it), except

enemies that are healed by fire (there are not many).

Man-at-Arms users can use Battering Ram not just to attack, but to close a

gap

between them and an enemy, or to escape. The skill can potentially cover a

very large distance.

Poison clouds can be ignited with a fire-based spell, but will violently

explode, dealing more serious fire damage to all contained near or in them.

Use rain before a fight if you expect to use electric spells. Any parts of

the terrain that form puddles as a result of rain, when struck by an electric

spell, will cause the entire puddle to deal damage as well as stun anything

standing in it.

If you only have one healer, a weak healer, or your healing skills are on

cooldown, using any size potion only costs 3 AP and can easily heal more than

a skill. You could easily make potions your sole source of health recovery,

provided you can buy enough of them or craft them.

There is a small distance over which you can walk during battle that will not

cost any AP. This distance increases with a higher speed stat. You can use

this to reposition yourself, for example, around a corner, or facing through

a

doorway to reach enemies just barely out of your line of sight.

Finally, always start battles pre-emptively if possible. In other words, you

can toss oil directly under an enemy without provocation, or use rain just

before zapping them with electricity. Spells like these that change terrain

or weather do not cause damage and therefore do not cause battles to begin.

You can also summon a fighter (several classes can do this) for your party

just before striking the enemy. Your summon will last only 3-4 turns instead

of the usual 5, since "turns" pass very quickly outside of battle, but this

kind of tactic can save you.

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Walkthrough (WLKTH)

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This guide uses X/Y coordinate markings to help guide your adventure. These

coordinates are always displayed in-game just below the minimap.

Any time compass directions (north, southeast, etc), given, it's in relation

to having the minimap displayed with north pointing straight up. Normally

you

can only rotate the game camera through a small angle. However, you can and

should unlock full 360-degree rotation under the Options -> Game menu, as it

makes orienting and searching much easier.

Any time directions are given in common terms (left, right, forward), it is

from the perspective of the character.

Let's begin!!

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Outside Cyseal

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As the game begins, you'll customize your characters using any of the desired

classes available (for detailed analyses, push Ctrl + F, then type CHARC).

You can go with the pre-made character builds and they'll serve you fine, but

feel free to change any and all attributes about the character, including the

skills they know and what talents they begin with. When you're satisfied

with

your characters, move on. Watch the introductory cutscene. You'll begin on a

beach outside the town of Cyseal.

Advance forward, checking the various crates and boxes by left-clicking; you

can auto-loot with the space bar.

Up ahead, you'll come across a corpse, which you should loot as well, as it

holds one of the few non-randomized loots in the game, a Rain Spell Scroll.

Head up the stairs around the corner and you'll engage in a battle.

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First Battle!

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This is a simple battle to get you used to using the battle system. Use

whatever skills you currently have that deal damage to defeat the three

enemies. Should you lose a lot of health, use the red health button at the

right-hand end of your skill bar. It costs 3 Action Points (AP).

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After this battle, you have access to the optional tutorial dungeon, which

can

be accessed by going northeast (from your perspective) after the battle ends.

If you want to skip the tutorial, simply continue forward. At the branch,

you

can head to the left where you'll meet Ishmashell, a giant clam. If you

choose to return him to the ocean, he'll give you a treasure chest containing

random treasure. You'll get some experience as well. If you choose to keep

him and sell the pearl, you'll get him as an inventory item. Sell it!

Get the waypoint shrine at X: 403 Y: 74. You can quick travel between these

waypoints at any time as you discover others, by clicking the small icon on

the far right of the HUD. Continue forward and you'll encounter two drunken

city guards. If you choose to fight them, you'll get more loot and gold. If

you don't fight them, they'll help you in the next battle shortly. Since

they're easy, I usually kill them. Follow the same general idea as in the

first battle.

Once you reach the edge of the terrain overlooking the battlefield, you'll

have the option of engaging the enemy however you wish. You can sneak up

behind an enemy if you have a rogue, or you can attack from far away with

ranged or magic users.

You'll want to take out the smaller guys and use status effects to your

advantage in every battle. If you can chill or slow enemies, do so.

Stunning

and blinding are both great crowd control methods. Once all enemies are

dead,

hold down the ALT key to see what loot has dropped and pick it up. Approach

the bridge leading into the city but head left to a little alcove containing

more treasure, and you'll be rewarded with "exploration XP." As you cross

the

bridge, an NPC named Arhu will speak with you about your purpose in the city.

Answer however you wish, then head into the city. On the left, you'll see

the

harbor with docked ships, including one in the far south of the harbor that

is

on fire.

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SIDE QUEST - Extinguish the flames on the boat!

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If you've been looting everything, you'll likely have a scroll that causes

rain. Casting the scroll over the burning ship will cause the flame to die

out. Alternately, have a hydrosophist use the skill "rain" on it. and you'll

be rewarded with more experience. If you don't have the scroll, you can find

it somewhere for sale, or if you've got a hydrosophist, can learn it very

soon

(as soon as you get to the vendor, most likely). Return when you've got the

spell to get some experience.

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You can loot many of the crates and boxes in the harbor area, as well as many

fish racks for food. At the far south-western area, you'll encounter three

men, Louis, Max, and Philip, looking for work. Speak with them to begin the

quest "The Shipless Sailors."

You can also visit the armory, which is directly across from the harbor area

to the east. If you place your mouse over the objects here you'll see a red

icon -- this indicates you must steal this item, since it belongs to someone

else. You can press "C" to enter sneaking mode, and if nobody is looking in

your direction, steal without difficulty.

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STEALING FROM EVERYONE - A Primer

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Double click one of your character portraits to take control of that

character, and then speak to an NPC, coming from the direction opposite that

of the item you want to steal. The NPC will turn to face you, putting his

back to the desired object. Double-click on the other character portrait,

and

taking control of that character, pilfer the object. Once you get a full

party of 4, you can "stall" 3 NPCs simultaneously to steal nearly everything

in every room.

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You won't be able to enter the storage vault behind the guard at the moment,

since it's sealed with a magical lock. However, you're about to get one (see

next paragraph). Once you're satisfied, left the armory, head north and

east,

and follow the stairs up into the city of Cyseal.

To advance the story, head to the north-east part of town at X: 357 Y: 234,

where you'll find the Legion Commander's office. On the first floor, Aureus

sells skillbooks for Man-of-War users. Talking to him will allow you to

examine the crime scene at the Inn. He will also give you the side quests

"The Scaredy Pact," "Lost Archaeologist," "Legionnaires at the Church," and

"The Undead Scourge.

Head upstairs to meet Arhu, who suggests you go to see the mortician in the

northern part of town. If you joined the Fabulous Five, talk to Arhu and

he'll let you take the operator's manual on the desk in the back of the room.

Arhu also has a Magical Unlock spell for that door in the armory, but you'll

have to steal it from him.

Head to the Inn/Tavern at X: 242 Y: 179 and talk to the man standing just

outside the entrance. Enlist in his group to receive the quest "The Fabulous

Five." Next, go to the guard in the back of the first floor to enter the

crime scene. Upon entering, you'll be transported to The End of Time. Note

that if you visited Thelyron's place before now, you'll have already done

this

part of the story. In this new area, talk to the goblin, then activate the

shrine behind you to teleport. Walk forward with the goblin to The Weaver of

Time. Speak with her as well, then report back to the goblin. You'll now

have access to 2 pyramids that are connected with each other. You can "use"

them to teleport party members to each other if they are separated, and you

can throw them across traps and pits and then use the other pyramid to

teleport past danger.

Once you return to the crime scene, open the chest by breaking it or picking

the lock to find evidence. Head to the graveyard at X: 227 Y: 234 to dig up

Jake's body, using the shovel in the eastern part of the graveyard on his

grave. Inside you'll find a backpack in the form of a sheep carcass, but no

Jake. Be careful not to dig up the grave one spot to the right; it's got a

level 8 enemy. Same goes for the grave behind you at the opposite end of the

graveyard.

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SIDE QUEST - The Philosophy of Death

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Dig up the grave TWO spots to the right of Jake's, and you'll see a ghost.

He

asks you three questions about his book. Choose the second option twice

(concurring with your partner twice as well), then the first option, and

you'll have passed the test and be rewarded with a treasure chest.

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SIDE QUEST - The Graveyard's Underground Passage

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Dig in the center of the graveyard (where you can mouse over a mound) and

you'll undercover a passage. There are some enemies down here, and the path

branches off. If you take the northeast branch at the fork, you end up

outside of Cyseal near an abandoned house which has some loot. Notice there

is a hidden chest next to the black rocks on the left side of the mouth of

the

passage where the fork begins. You need high perception to see it. Take the

southwestern ladder right around the corner from the fork, but be sure to

grab

the key in the bucket just next to the ladder. Anyway, you'll end up in a

room full of traps!

Send one character in to make this easier. Have one character run straight

through the door and grab the chest on their right, against the wall. You

can

safely walk through the back of the room, and you'll see a lever in the

northern corner. Behind you is a chest. Walk between the wall and the chest

to avoid another trap, then unlock the door.

You can't really avoid the pressure plate in the next room, so just time it

and run past the fireballs. Grab the key on the shelf (avoiding the

exploding

trap directly in front of it on the floor), then unlock the door at the end.

Grab the stuff in here, then rejoin your party with the pyramids so you're

all

in this final small room. Note that you can right click an item and send it

to another party member regardless of distance. Up the stairs!

Bet you didn't expect to be here, huh? Grab all the treasure. There is a

skillbook to the right of fireplace. Exit by clicking the painting near the

door, then hitting the switch behind it.

If you return to the passage and take the farther southwest fork, avoid the

traps by clicking past them on the ground and your characters will

automatically circle around them. Grab all the loot and treasure chests,

then

climb up the ladder. This is a chest you may have seen coming into Cyseal,

and has skillbooks inside! Now just warp out of here and you're done!

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The building northeast of this building is the Cook's House. Look to the

right of the front entrance for a well hidden chest in the alcove. Inside,

there's a trapdoor with some good food, and an upstairs floor with a weapons

vendor.

Next, go to Esmerelda, who is in the building directly west of the

Commander's

Office. Speak with her. Go to the stairs and up to the second floor and

loot the "key to Esmerelda's place" in the center area. Back downstairs,

enter the closest door right behind the staircase (sneaking if needed) and

loot the first room, then go to the second room to find evidence in the form

of a book about murder. Head down the trapdoor next. Down here, take the

hams on the right side wall at the entrance and click a hidden switch that

was

under them. You'll find a new area and a bloody dagger inside, as well as

other loot to steal. Go back upstairs and talk to Esmerelda, presenting both

pieces of evidence. She'll suggest you go to see Evelyn who is at Thelyron's

place. If you want, you can go to Aureus now and have her arrested, or you

can go to Esmerelda's place yourself.

At Esmerelda's place, talk to Thelyron to learn that she left in a hurry and

without her bag. Go into the adjacent room to grab her bag, which has a key

inside. Go to the small building directly west and unlock the door with the

key. Open the chest inside to learn of a hidden lab. Also grab the journal

on the shelf.

Your next destination is her secret lab, northwest of town. Do any final

shopping, then leave through the North Gate.

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Path to Evelyn's Secret Lair

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At the broken-down wagon just north of town, head left, sneaking by thea

zombies if you don't want to battle. At the fork, head north. You're aiming

for X:272 Y:370, which is the entrance to the passage towards Evelyn's Lair.

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Just west of this northern path at X: 149 Y: 255, there is a building.

Inside

you'll find Wulfram, who asks for an escort back to town. Accept, and you'll

engage in two fights. The first is against a single enemy, while the second

has several enemies. Both fights are simple. Return Wulfram to town, and

you

can later find him at the tavern. Turn in the quest to Aureus for

experience.

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Farther north, you'll engage a large group of undead enemies. Just past them

you'll see a strange rock formation. Enter the cave.

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SIDE QUEST - The Fabulous Five / Arhu's Failed Experiment

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Inside the cave, you'll encounter three NPCs. Advance forward and engage in

a

battle. Farther up, you'll find the robot you need to destroy.

You can destroy the boss by attacking, or use the self-destruct code in the

manual to instantly end the fight, but you won't get any reward for doing

that. If you want to destroy it, the boss can be frozen, but is resistant to

other forms of crowd control (CC).

After winning the fight, turn in the quests at Cecil's Office (east of the

tavern) and Arhu (basement of Commander's Office building).

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Go forward past the robot and exit the cave, heading down to the beach at X:

69 Y: 291. You must read the Reveal Spell document in your inventory to open

the passageway. Enter the new area.

Inside, you'll be spotted by a single enemy. Engage and kill him before he

flees. Up ahead around the corner, you'll see four orcs. Talk to them, and

you can either let them pass, or attack them for loot. Enter the next area.

Fight a preliminary battle here. Cultists will come out of both alcoves, so

position yourself far from them. Afterwards, beef up your defense and head

down the stairs to the boss.

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BOSS - Evelyn and Minions

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This is the toughest fight so far in the game. There are exploding monsters

and heavy-hitters. You can get an edge by placing terrain effects down

before

or at the start of battle. Alternatively, summon a monster near the enemies

so they are lured to it. Just like the Lighthouse battle, take out the

exploding monsters first because they'll damage the other enemies. You can't

use fire though, so use other spell types to damage them. Keep your distance

throughout the fight, taking out the giant next. Finally, whittle down

Evelyn's HP and win the fight.

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There is important story stuff next when you talk to Dead Jake. He returns

to

the graveyard afterwards. Loot the room and make sure you have Evelyn's

Amulet in your inventory. Your next destination is the forest.

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Luculla Forest

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To get there, warp to Cyseal - North Gate, then exit north. Take a right as

you exit, then take your second left, which will be just across the river.

Head north along the riverside path to reach the entrance to Luculla forest.

At X: 332 Y: 406, you'll encounter an Incandescent Walker. Make sure to use

water skills, and freeze him with Chill for an easy fight. Just north you'll

find the Silverglen Waypoint and an Inert Stone. If you now warp to The End

of

Time, you'll have access to the Hall of Heroes where you can switch your 2

henchmen characters.

At X: 314 and Y: 437, you'll find the bridge to the next part of the map,

Luculla. First, stop at the waypoint, and you might start a conversation

with

Samid. Heading northeast from the Waypoint, you'll find Silverglen on your

right. If you'd rather just continue, skip over the next section.

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Silverglen

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Places of interest:

--Nadia's Shop: X: 66 Y: 88 - Weapons and Armor

--Tavern (all spellbooks/other item vendors) X: 72 Y: 125

Directly in front of you you'll find Arhu in his cat form once again. Next,

enter the nearest building, the chapel, and speak with Loic. He asks you 3

questions before you can join his group, The Immaculates, so answer 1st, 2nd,

then 1st again. He will leave and you can explore the room, but not the

locked cellar.

There's not much to do here yet, but you can stop in to talk to Lawrence on

the raised house on the east side of town. You'll have a new journal entry

regarding the mines. All in good time.

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To the White Witch's House

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We'll advance the story for now, so head out of Silverglen and head in the

opposite direction (meaning, head east) from the waypoint until you hit an

house surrounded by a large sphere. Go talk to the mushroom to the left of

the house. You can either kill the two to open the sphere, or you can go

hunt

down the spell that removes the barriers. Since it's nearly impossible to

defeat the two mushrooms as every attack on them causes one more to sprout

up,

you're better off getting the spell. However, it's worth it to quicksave

them

attempt to fight them, as it will save a lot of time.

To get the spell, go to X: 232 Y: 123. you'll have to fight a pack of drunk

goblins and two pestilent plants. This is a very tough fight, so try to stay

at a distance and use crowd control whenever possible. Poison will heal the

plants, but you can use fire to great advantage if there is poison on the

terrain. Save stating during the fight is also recommended.

After the fight, head up to the mound to the left of the battle are. Avoid

or

disarm the three mines, then shoot the ooze barrel from a distance to make it

explode. Either time your run between the fire shot traps or throw your

pyramid to the chest and use the other pyramid to teleport to it. Open the

chest and dig just next to it to get the spell, then head back and use it on

the cottage by warping.

Next, enter the cottage, loot it, and step through the green mirror. Examine

the dark northwest corner for a switch, and then click on it to open a new

path. Inside the tunnel, loop around the western area and you'll engage in a

group of cultists. It's helpful to sneak attack from the hill, as the

enemies

will focus on the boar. If you have Pet Pal, talk to the boar after the

fight, and he'll help you sniff out the treasure chest. It's difficult to

keep him alive throughout this floor, but he isn't necessary to progress. As

you engage in several battles, you'll fight the boss.

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BOSS - Vaelanna

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Loot: Cultist Spell

You don't have a lot of room here, so it's useful to retreat if needed. A

Rain + Chill combo works best here, and the close quarters means lot of

friendly fire. You'll want Earth or Poison resist spells here because

Vaelanna will summon at least 2 Earth Elementals. A Destroy Summon spell

will

help out a lot too.

Vaelanna herself isn't anything special, but the amount of enemies can easily

overwhelm you. Try to use re-positioning spells and keep the terrain in your

favor. If you find yourself dying or losing a lot of health, make a few huge

healing potions before the fight. I ended up using 4 for each of my

characters.

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Loot the spell scroll that teleports you to Hiberheim. Enter the water nearby

at the end of the passage and use the spell scroll.

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Hiberheim

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You'll start off west of the waypoint shrine, so go up east and grab it.

There

is a moonstone hidden just to the left of it. Down the hill to the southeast

there is a chest. The northern passage is blocked for now, so head west.

The

path to the west is also blocked off, but there is a pressure plate in the

rubble in front of it. Have one character stand on the plate and send the

others through, then use the pyramid to rejoin them. Hitting the switch on

the other side will disable the gate and also drop down some Mecha-Rodent

Betas.

These enemies will self-destruct at random, running into you and exploding.

Electric spells are the best here, while fire spells do nearly nothing. They

are also immune to poison.

At X: 279 Y: 28, you'll find a treasure you need to dig up. Get the Tiny

Golden Key. Next, head northwest to X: 262, Y: 21 and pull the lever here,

using the key you just got to unlock it. You'll trigger a fight with 2

Mecha-Roosters. Teleporting them north past the level will instantly kill

them, but I don't know if other elements will do the same.

Up ahead, the poison clouds are timed, or you can use a crate or barrel from

your inventory to deactivate the pads. You'll encounter Almina here. Just

past her and the poison cloud is another chest.

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Hiberheim - To the Winter Forest and Prison

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Average Enemy Level: 11

At around X: 403 Y: 108, there is a pack of Level 11 Wolves to fight.

Head out along the southern path of the map and a statue will set off a trap.

You'll have to use your pyramids here, so throw one over the trap then use

the

other to teleport to it. In front of you are some land mines which you can

disarm or walk past. Take the northern offshoot for a chest, where you'll be

ambushed by many Mecha-Rodents. It's well worth it to use Rain and Blitz

Bolt

in combination here, because the enemies are grouped so closely that they'll

likely be stunned in groups. Dust Devil is a great skill to use here to take

out several enemies at once as well. When they're gone, head back down and

go

east. The far path here at X: 395 Y:34 has lots of boxes but the barrels

will

explode if you touch them, so take them out at a distance before looting.

The

switch to open the nearby gate is at the top of the hill, so use your pyramid

trick again to get through. Despite the weather, freezing and burning both

work great here.

Southeast at X: 431 Y: 97, you'll come across an elemental frozen in ice.

Melt the ice with a fire spell and make your selection during the dialogue.

If you side with the elemental, you'll have to fight the Snow Wardens, who

are

invulnerable to freezing, but will frequently freeze your characters.

They're

easily knocked down.

Talk to the elemental and he'll tell you how to find the prison where the

White Witch may be.

About halfway up on the left side you'll come across a camp of Immaculates

and

their leader. If you place oil on the campfire, you can deal some damage to

them before they spot you. Since they only have a narrow path to come to

you,

you can use piercing ice shard to freeze up to 3 or 4 of them at once, which

makes the battle much easier.

Notice that there is a Prison Hatch identified on your map. You need to dig

it up, right by the big rock formation. There's also a chest around the bend

to the north. You may be ambushed here by a big pack of Wolves and a Snow

Shaman after getting the chest.

The following lists other battles and optional treasures to be found in this

area:

At X: 411 Y: 147, you'll run into a small group of travelers. If you use

charm in the dialogue, you won't have to fight, and you'll learn a new recipe

for future use.

At X: 439 Y: 208, you'll come across another jailed prisoner, Haizea, and

will

have to fight more Snow Wardens. He'll help you for this fight. Note that

the Snow Wardens can be silenced to make this fight a lot easier. Haizea is

after a rift spell, which you'll need to find first before he tells you where

the prison is.

At X: 409 Y: 207, you'll see an Ice Crystal which you can melt with a fire

spell to reveal a chest.

At X: 331 Y 234, you'll find another waypoint. To the east you'll find some

elementals attacking each other, so you can sit back while they kill each

other and then pick off who's left. If you can manage to teleport the ice

elementals into the corpse of the fire elemental, you'll deal significant

damage to them.

Move north past them to find a waypoint in the northeastern corner where the

flames and spikes are. To the west, you'll see more elementals engaged in

battle.

Just north, you'll see a Level 12 boss, The Guardian. He's not worth killing

right now since you'll do about 20 damage per attack and he has an insanely

high HP. If you want to try, read on.

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BOSS (Optional) - The Guardian (HP - ~2700)

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This boss can be tamed like you learned earlier using Tenebrium Ore and a

branch, but you'll lose out on the XP if you do this. He's weak to fire

damage and not much else, but he has incredible defense. The best strategy

here is to use distancing spells like Teleport to keep him from attacking you

physically. Use all fire spells you have and keep outrunning him if

possible.

If you have trouble, come back later when you're stronger or have that taming

stick.

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Even farther north you'll see two fire elementals. Piercing Ice Shard will

freeze both of them indefinitely!

To the west of here is yet another waypoint shrine. At the point north and

equidistant between the Hiberheim North and Hiberheim Castle waypoints is a

goblin who will tell you more about the area.

North of the Castle waypoint is a group of immaculates, whom if you talk to

using reason, you can trade with.

When you're all finished here, head back to the secret hatch that leads to

the

prison.

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PRISON

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Guaranteed Loot: Ice Wall Skillbook (Near chest at entrance)

Hang a right (character's perspective) to come across a chest on ice, which

you can safely walk across by sneaking with "C."

The path ahead is full of mirage traps, but also has many real traps that

will

kill you quickly. Your best bet is to take them out in groups, using any

spells you can to set them off. Afterwards, get rid of the fire with Rain

and

blow up the poison with fire spells, or simply use Tornado (a spell scroll is

more likely to have been found by this point than the skillbook).

The path ahead diverges into two paths that will quickly rejoin at a

lightning

cloud. Use one of the barrels or the chest down the slope to place on the

pressure plate that disables the cloud. Continue blowing up any mines, then

climb the ladder at the end.

To escape this cell, use the character with Pet Pal to talk to the rat, then

give him cheese. If you don't have any cheese, go to town and buy some.

Alternatively, dig at the eastern corner of the cell to move over to the next

cell, then exit. You can actually speak with the Iron Maiden in the northern

corner here! Do that, then attack it, because it's hiding a blood stone.

You

have to loot the Imp inside of it (ew...)

Up the stairs to the southwest, you'll meet a quick death if you move in

front

of the statues. Make sure to save here (F5). Use a character with sneaking

or

invisibility. Another way to get past this is to use Featherfall or Teleport

as long as 2 characters have either ability. Move one character to the

central, circular gate on the floor then have him teleport or featherfall the

other 3 from the lower stairs to the higher stairs, then use the pyramids or

another teleport to move your last character past the trap.

For getting past this annoying trap, you'll be rewarded with a waypoint

shrine, Hiberheim Prison.

At the landing, you can easily grab the chest by using Featherfoot or

Teleport

instead of attempting to sneak or throw the chest away from the statue. Up

ahead you'll come across the witch. We need a special item to free her, so

warp back to the Hiberheim Castle waypoint.

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Hiberheim - Into the Castle

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Average Enemy Level: 12

Head northwest to where the statues are and you'll trigger 2 fights with Ice

Elementals on the bridge. You can also sneak past these fights, but they are

easy and the XP is great.

The door above is locked, so you need to head north to find a way to open it.

Warp to Hiberheim North. At X: 351 Y: 380, you'll see a group of 8 Level 11

Immaculates with 2 wolves guarding a door. You must defeat them to progress.

AoEs are crucial here, so use Cursing or Blessing spells and heal frequently.

An elemental at your side can help too. You'll be facing a lot of physical

attacks so armour potions are good here too.

Move inside the forge and talk to the people at the end.

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BOSS FIGHT - 4 Enlightened Initiate

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Fire does almost nothing here, so stick to other spells. Note that these

guys

can still be poisoned, so use that to your advantage. They can't be frozen or

stunned either.

Get the chest on the right side after the fight. You'll also get the spell

you need to take down the barrier, so head back to the castle gate. Head in

and speak with the boss.

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BOSS FIGHT - King Boreas

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Level 12

Notice the four statues around the outside of the area. If you destroy them,

they will nullify the boss's resistance to that element. If you speak to the

boss with one character and then send the other 3 around the room breaking

the

statues, you'll start with a huge advantage.

Boreas will summon Ice Elementals onto the field during his second turn.

You're pretty much stuck using either Physical or Poison attacks if you

didn't

break the statues, as all other elements will only heal him.

A few more turns in, he'll summon fire elementals and change the terrain to

fire, which you should put out with Rain. Just keep beating on him paying

little attention to the summons.

In 2 or 3 turns he'll summon Lightning elementals, and then Ice elementals

again after that. The pattern will repeat like this forever, so you need to

manage the elementals while you whittle down the boss.

After the fight, you need to get the blood stone here. From the doorway

that's still glowing blue and is locked, look to the right near the green

statue, and look on the wall. There is a part you can click on. The answer

to its question is "Lurrean." Enter the treasure room, but don't go up the

stairs. On the right side, there is a switch all the way at the end on the

right-hand side. Flip the hidden switch (you may need to increase your

perception via potion/spell). You can now run straight through towards the

back gate, which will open. Also of note are the notes concerning Weresheep

and Well Teleportation, both of which are side quests you can complete.

There's one more secret in here. At the top of the stairs, you can open the

chest using a book from Victoria's library in Cyseal. It is a Faerie book

bought from her.

Additionally, there is a path we skipped earlier for obvious reasons. It

was

the lava path at X: 254 Y: 149. Hopefully you've found a Tornado scroll or

a

spellbook, because you have to cast it here. Use the teleporter, and use

Tornado a second time inside to clear up the chest area. Use featherfall to

send a character over the gate and retrieve the chest, then use the pyramids

to join up your party.

Anyway, from the fight, you'll get the staff you can use to free the White

Witch. Warp back to Hiberheim North, since you need to use the staff at the

forge first by dragging it over the forge from your inventory. Warp back to

Hiberheim Prison. Use the Fire Rune in front of the witch. You'll need to

warp to The End of Time after this.

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INTERLUDE - The End of Time

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Talk with everyone here to advance the story and check out any new rooms.

When you're ready, warp to Silverglen. Take this time to make new weapons

and

clear out your inventory.

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Path to Silverglen Mines

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Average Enemy Level: 12

Warp to Silverglen - Cabin of the White Witch. Go north and to the right,

passing by the couple and the sick animal, then head south, killing the

goblins along the way. You're looking for the mines here, which is just

across that broken bridge and a little north, but you'll need to take the

long

way around. At the fork at X: 310 Y: 104, head east. You'll come upon a

camp, where several goblins will ambush you along with Garkulda Nightbringer.

Piercing Ice Arrow is a lifesaver here because you're in a narrow area and

you

can freeze up to 3 enemies at once. They all hit very hard.

Just past their camp are two statues. You can head up the hill here and

fight

2 Orc Troopers. Take them out with a freezing and poison combination. Past

them is a corpse, and straight down the hill and to the right you'll see a

chest with a trap guarding it. Carefully take the chest and blow up the mine

at a distance. Going across the nearby bridge, you can sneak past the enemy

or just kill him quickly. I assume he calls other enemies but I managed to

kill him in one turn so it didn't matter. Behind him is the waypoint for

Troll

King Cave, and a moonstone hides behind that waypoint.

Cross the next bridge and take out the Orcs here. Farther on you'll see a

camp of sleeping Orcs. To the right, however, is a chest hidden in a bush up

the hill. You can choose to ignore them for now or attempt to sneak past

them.

The rest of the path here is entirely linear and is easy if you ambush small

mobs of enemies. Try to separate them and attack them when they're farthest

apart and you can usually only fight 1-2 at a time. At one point the path

splits - the right side has a chest and a few land mine traps, as well as a

pressure plate poison trap. Use any object to disable the poison clouds just

ahead as well. Eventually you'll make your way to X: 115 Y: 179, which

follows

the path down into the mines.

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Silverglen Mines

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At the entrance to the mines directly to your left is a "cave-in" that you

can

attack while holding down control. Go inside and get the huge mineral vein

on

your right, then the one across from it. Be careful of the vein at the end

of

the path, because it is Tenebrium Ore, and the character who mines it will

get

Rot, which can't be cured at the moment. You'll see a bunch of NPCs on the

right hand side. Inside, talk to the NPCs, and you can get by without

fighting if your charisma is high enough. But, you'll need to destroy the

totem, so you'll end up killing them anyway. After the battle, kill the

totem

to wake the undead. Return to the entrance and talk to the group of NPCs to

get the password to progress into the temple.

You can advance around the corner, but not too far. Watch out for the death

knight that is with the first pack of enemies. He's invulnerable. Just

before the death knight is a cell with some goblins. You can pull the nearby

lever to free them but you'll have to kill them. If you go back to where you

found the first group of NPCs, you can hit the fusebox that will explode

inside the cell and probably kill a bunch of them. Take Dreksis's head when

you're finished, as it is needed for a quest.

You need to sneak past or use an invisibility spell or potion to pass the

death knights. You'll need to have one character head towards the second

waypoint, then go south and loop the long way around, destroying the fires

that are blocking your path. Once you get to the temple gates, say the

password and you'll have to outrun some more death knights. Move your

characters up the stairs and destroy the chairs and debris in the way. Reach

the green portal at the end.

If any of your characters die during this chase, just leave them -- in a few

minutes, all characters whether dead or alive will be regrouped in a better

position.

First, head to the library and loot everything along the way. At the end,

take the portal to the Director's Office. There you'll find great weapons

and

lots of notes detailing death knights. You can revive any dead characters

here, then go to the crypt. Explore here then talk to the same green portal

to go to the entrance hall. Here, go south for a chest, then loop farther

south and use the green portal to move outside. You're done here for now.

Next we have to go and finish the Immaculate Trials to obtain the Chapel Key.

It's a good idea to go back to town and clear out your inventory, as well as

return Dreksis's head to Lawrence.

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Immaculate Trials

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The entrance is directly north of the mines entrance, at X: 39 Y: 265.

You'll loop around to the west, then make your way northeast.

The entrance will be marked on your map.

Continue down the path here. You'll find there is only one path

through this dungeon, so don't worry about getting lost. Head straight

through, past the statue, and you'll suddenly get Rot.

Keep going forward to the next room. You'll find the first puzzle

room, dealing with weights.

Keep in mind that you can sort your inventory items by weight.

This will help immensely in the next section.

There are four pressure plates here. The one closest to you now

is the southwestern one. It needs a weight of 5 on it. Any of the

empty vases around here will do. If you did it right, you'll see

a little *click* on the plate.

To the northeast in this same room is another plate. This requires

a weight of 2 to be placed on it. I used a magical sword in my

inventory, but you can choose however you'd like to add it up.

Pass by the flag and into the other half of the room. At the

northeast end of this part of the room, the weight must equal 1.

If you have a hammer, just use that, but many things could work.

Finally, the one to the southwest needs a weight of 7.5. You can

use a vase plus some potions, or a few weapons. Enter the now

unlocked door to the north and head around the corner. This next

room has some levers in the central area. If you look at the western

wall, you'll see some strange marks - these correspond to the

positions that you must put the levers into. If you keep the camera

angle the same between looking at the clues and moving the levers,

then the left-most clue is the left-most lever, and so on.

The southwest door will unlock allowing you to progress. This next

room is large and windy, but you will find a blood shard on a

pedestal here. Keep moving up the stairs and you'll see an

NPC. If the blood stone did not cure your rot, you have to

manually use it from your inventory. Then, talk to the NPC.

He will begin to walk away, so QUICKSAVE YOUR GAME HERE.

Follow him into the next room for a small fight. It's best

to work on Loic first here, because he'll be the most

damaging over the long term. Rush him or teleport him to

you, then wail on him as much as possible. With him out

of the way, this fight is reduced to little more than a

standard battle against enemies your level.

After the fight, you must pick up the Chapel Key as well as

a special amulet. The key will allow you to open the locked

trapdoor in the chapel at Silverglen. We're all finished

here, so warp back to Silverglen!

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Silverglen and Luculla Again

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Head to the chapel and open the trapdoor with the key. You'll find 2 blood

stones here for any characters who were infected with rot in the mines. Use

them, as they will also open up new Homestead areas. There's a portal here.

Take it! Now you have access to a huge new part of the map to explore!

At X: 338 Y: 321, you'll find the Mysterious Stranger who was outside Cyseal

before. He sells a book that increases one of your stats, so buy it before

he

disappears!!

At the northeast part of the map, you'll see a bridge leading to the next

area

as well as a group of Immaculates. Follow them. You'll come upon a waypoint,

Luculla Prison, and other areas. In the prison, you can fight the guards to

free the prisoners. The back of the prison also leads to the Immaculate

Academy, but you'll have to break down the door. Enter either here or

through

the front door.

You can make short work of them by grouping them together with teleport, then

using a poison spell, which will explode with the candles on a desk and wipe

out most of the enemies. Either way, the waypoint is just outside down the

slope, next to the prison entrance. The Tenebrium Smith's Shop has 2

enemies,

but you can't loot anything because you'll get the Rot. That is, however,

until you go into the house next door. Kill the elementals and Immaculates

and you'll see a book called "How to Handle Tenebrium." You can use it on

any

one character to allow them to handle and use Tenebrium Ore and weapons. If

you have a weapon for the character you chose, give it to them -- Tenebrium

weapons are great.

Your next destination is the ruins to the west. Take the northwestern path.

Att the fork, head right and battle two orcs. Down the stairs at the end of

the path, show the Immaculates the amulet you got from Loic to proceed.

Inside, you'll have to light all 4 torches to proceed forward. Head down the

winding path to reach the back of the cathedral. Head up to the front and

you'll face some more monsters. These guys hit like trucks so you need to

keep your distance. You'll be killed in just a few turned with their

combination of poison and fire. Use Ice spells if possible.

Once they're dead, go up and grab the Star Stone, and your Rotted characters

will be healed as well. Now's a good time to visit The End of Time to check

out new rooms. Before that though, let's finish up here.

Facing the front of the room, check in the rubble to your right to find a

lever, which opens the altar to a new area.

The only objects of note here are the many books on the bookshelves, and you

can find regular books, spell scrolls, and skillbooks, so check everywhere.

To progress, you'll have to solve a puzzle given in "The Necronomicon of

Cooking," found in this room. If you don't have that book, just follow these

steps.

The first switch is on the landing with the compass. Face the rest of the

room, and you'll see it on the base of the railing, dead center (the

compass's

"West" points right to it). The second switch is found on the small square

walls in the center of the room. Go down the right set of stairs from the

compass landing, and approach the central room from the right side. You'll

see a large candleholder, which you can move out of the way to reveal the

second switch.

The third switch is found by heading around the front of this small room, to

the other side so you are on the western alcoves. The switch is on the far

wall in the back alcove, right next to the desk, but closer to the edge of

the

alcove. Finally, head to the back of the room, past the small central room,

and find the switch on the left-hand side of the first alcove you come to.

It's positioned in the alcove the same way as the third switch. Now you can

enter the central room. Save your game and head inside, because there's a

fight here.

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BOSS FIGHT - Mongoth & Summoned Beasts

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You're immediately surrounded here. It's good to take out the other mobs

here

first because they hit so hard. You'll need to make good use of scrolls and

buff potions to win this one. I recommend taking out the Void Supplicants

first, followed by the bigger guys, then finally Mongoth. Note that the

Supplicants can be knocked down and are extremely weak to ice. If you think

you can take Mongoth out within 2 turns or so with a strong melee fighter, go

for him first, or if he gets burning or poison on him, add to that with the

opposite to deal good damage.

If you have any Death Punch Scrolls, they will take a Supplicant down to

about

3% HP.

These guys like to used Bleeding a lot, so if any of your characters have

Leech, the fight will be much smoother. A summon here can help take the hits

off of you as provide some more attack, but not that elementals will probably

heal the enemy. You're better off with an undead swordsman-type summon.

This fight might seem insurmountable at first, but if you quick save every

turn or 2, eventually you'll come out on top.

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You'll get a huge amount of great loot for winning, including many magical

and

a few legendary items. Head inside the small room and take all the spoils.

Combine Leandra's Blood with the Death Knight Vulnerability Spell you got in

the mines. Teach it to someone in your party. Head to The End of Time and

talk to the NPCs here to advance the story. Your next stop is in Hunter's

Edge, east of the Luculla area. To get there, Warp to Silverglen - Sacred

Stone and head south just a bit. The bridge is to the east.

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Dark Forest / Hunter's Edge

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First thing's first, get the waypoint off to the right side as you enter.

There's a bridge at X: 120 Y: 41 where you have to help the humans cross the

bridge. If you pay their way, you'll get the amulet you need to enter the

village. The entrance is the bridge at X: 243 Y: 72.

To the right as you enter you'll see Arhu. Speak to him, then to the other

cat

for a side quest. Past them you'll see the guards of the city. Show them the

amulet or talk your way into entering. Inside Glen's house, you'll get a

quest for finding the Armory key. Near the central fountain, you'll talk to

an undead. Make your choice to get some experience. A bit farther south on

the world map, you'll see the waypoint for this area. To the east of this

building here is Stabigg, a vendor. He stands next to the big building with

Grutilda, who stands out front. Talk to her and a guard will walk down to

the

warehouse next to you. Head inside and talk/loot. Jarhl is now sitting to

the left of the entrance, so make sure you talk with him.

You have to catch the mice here, so use a piece of cheese you can buy at

Cyseal. But combine it with a poison flask to kill them! Place it near one

of the clickable mouse holes in the town (there's on around the corner from

the waypoint). You can kill the king mouse (he summons a cat ghost), or talk

to him to get you to kill the cat instead. It's better to talk with him than

kill him, but the choice is yours.

Talk to him with a Pet Pal character, and he'll go to the tavern cellar. He

also sell some awesome gear. Go to the Tavern next and talk to the warrior

standing by the armory. He'll give you the key. The only thing inside is a

chest for now. Go to the Tavern near this building and talk with Hershel on

the main floor, then win at a RPS game against him to learn the real key is

downstairs in the cellar, in the southeast small room of the tavern. Go down

there and also speak with the Rat King. Click on the Rat Palace on the

column

in the largest room to talk with him. Anyway, open the chest, but watch out

because it explodes. Grab the key from within, then talk to Grutilda

upstairs. If you talk to Hershel again you'll have to fight him.

If you killed the rat king, return to the cat near the fountain and you'll

get

the location of the refugees. If you didn't kill the Rat King, talk to

Jarhl,

then to the mountain warrior standing by the hatch on the other side of the

room. Go into this cellar and into the room behind the stairs. You can

charisma the orcs out of here or just kill them. Talk to Nolan, and a fight

will begin anyway. You can get the key once they're dead. If Nolan died,

you

have no other choice but to kill the Rat King. If he didn't die, talk to the

other prisoners, then go to the farthest cell with the lone enemy. Hit the

switch on the wall in the back left corner to open a passageway.

Up ahead you'll have to fight 5 mushrooms and 2 spore-infected guards. You

need to use rain here, because the mushrooms are healed by all elements and

will explode if attacked. If you use Rain, like exploskeletons, they can't

explode. Beat down on them with physical attacks only, and summon an undead

swordsman to soak up all their poison attacks, since it will deal no damage.

Enter the cave at the end of the tunnel. Go talk to Nolan again to allow you

to proceed.

Next, head towards the southeastern part of town where it's not so gloomy.

Inspect the 4 beehives behind the only building here to get the key. Now

return to the darker part of town, and look on your map to see the hidden

cellar: head here now. There's a boulder you can destroy, then go down the

trapdoor. Talk to the NPCs, then enter the green mirror.

You can use tornado on the electric cloud to get up the stairs, and avoid the

fireballs. Go into the left room and light all 4 candles, then take the

mirror

to the next room over. Pull the level to disable the doors and trap. Go into

the larger room to get the waypoint and pull another lever to get some

experience and fully disable the house. Don't forget to grab the amulet next

to his personal waypoint. Go back down and leave through the mirror. Tell

the refugees that it's safe to go. Leave the hidden cellar to the map.

Before the next area, I strongly recommend you getting a hold of "nullify

resistances," a Man-at-war skill. The next few fights are a pain if you

don't

have that to use.

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Phantom Forest

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Next, warp to Phantom Forest and head back towards the town, but you'll see a

giant hollowed-out tree. Go through this with the character holding the

amulet ONLY, and enter the forest.

Head straight forward from the entrance to the unpoisoned ground area and

call

your team with your pyramids. Fight the group to the north. The knight here

has insane resistance to almost every element, and this fight will take

forever if you don't have hints or Loremaster L. 5. He is weak only to

crushing and strongly resistant to everything else. This is why Nullify

Resistance is crucial to winning this fight (if not, expecting a 30-45 minute

boring battle).

Past this group, you'll see a group of ghosts. This will also be a tough

fight

because you'll face 8 enemies at once. Consider doing some side quests now

if

you think gaining a level will help you out, as it did for me.

North of this battle area is a large tree with a victim stuck inside of it.

Talk to her. Then follow the compass North until you enter a hidden area

with

bodies everywhere. Talk to Cassandra. You must now kill Arhu. Before you

go, head out of Cassandra's path and head southeast to find a waypoint for

easy returning. Return to Cyseal and finish the job there.

Since it's such a tough battle, you're probably better off killing Cassandra

instead, but it's a longer quest. Go to the Titan Head at X:136 Y: 202 in

the

Forest, and speak to it with the character holding "Titan Dictionary" (in the

Wizard's house on the 2nd floor. Search thoroughly for books as it doesn't

show up holding down the ALT key). Next stop is the Temple of the Dead.

It's

just southwest of you, and marked on your map. You'll see those stone

sentinels from before. Use the Death Knight Bane spell to destroy them

instantly. You'll want to go to the raised platform with the lever that

corresponds to the diamond marker on the minimap. Have one character with a

pyramid stand separate from the party, and then kill that lone party member

on

the platform. Make sure it's one of your 2 main characters, not a companion,

so you don't lose attitude points. When they're dead flip the switch, then

use your pyramid to teleport to them. Enter the cave here.

Inside, head across the narrow bridge and then northeast to the dead end.

Next to you is a skull. Click on it to lower the bridge. Move forward and

repeat the process with a 2nd bridge, which then summons some wolves. A good

strategy is to use Rain then beat down on one of them at a time, and since

there are only 4 it won't be too hard.

Go past them and notice two paths, each with smoke. Go through the north

path, placing barrels on each pressure pad if needed, or just run along one

edge. Move forward into a hallway, where a desk at the end holds lots good

loot. Retreat back to the fork with the smoke, and take the other smoky

path.

At the end, there is a door on the left that you can simply walk through.

In

here you'll find Cassandra's grave, so dig up her bones. Grab the key off of

the body, then burn the bones with a fire spell. You can now return to her

in

the forest and kill her. Note that there is a blood stone directly behind

her

grave, in the eye of the giant stone head. Head to Phantom Forest North.

Meet up with Cassandra and you'll have some undead to deal with, as she

summons 5 more minions.

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BOSS FIGHT - Cassandra

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HP: 2779

Weak to: Earth (30% resist)

Use fire spells or earth if possible, or Rain + electric spells, grouping

enemies together. The headless corpse can be taken out with 2 or 3 good

electric attacks. Cassandra herself is strong, so it's a good idea to take

her out of the fight somehow, either by teleporting her far away, stunning,

or

whatever method you prefer. Crushing Fist on a melee character has a very

good chance to knock down Cassandra and any of the minions, so make good use

of that. If you can keep Cassandra permanently unable to act, she won't

summon more minions. If you're having trouble doing this, consider using the

Lava scroll spell, or just rushing her during the first few turns.

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Interlude

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After defeating her, you'll get the spell you need for the forge. Now's a

good time to do "Closing the Rift" if you got this quest already, which you

should have upon entering the forest or through another method. Head back to

Silverglen and go up, through the desert, and to the lava area to the

northeast. You need to reach the teleport at X: 38 Y: 435, until you see the

group of Void Rams. You need to sneak past here without fighting! Use

invisible or a potion, then go past them towards the blood stone at X: 97 Y:

484. You need to break it using a Tenebrium weapon, and then the Homestead

will be safe again, and you can resume using Blood Stones to open up new

areas. Warp to Phantom Forest once more.

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Into the Temple

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We didn't get the waypoint on the way here, so let's get that now. It's

already marked on your map, so head there first. We need to enter the Source

Temple now. There's more to do in the Forest, so warp back to Phantom Forest

North. You need to go to X: 171 Y 108 to find Greal, the elemental. Talk to

him/her. Turn around and run from Greal towards the east part of the forest,

labeled on the map as "Abandoned Shack." As you head there you'll find

several paths being patrolled by Death Knights. Take the one that has stone

steps leading down and use Death Knight Bane to defeat them.

It will take some time and some fighting but you will get to the shack. Your

next stop is through the trapdoor in the bedroom. Talk to Balberith, and the

fight begins!

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BOSS FIGHT - Balberith

======================

First thing's first here. You need to take out the feared souls first,

because they heal the boss. Work on crowd controlling and whittling down the

other bigs mobs (not the boss though), and take out the souls one by one.

The

problem is they're fully resistant to all magic, but only weakly to physical

attacks. You're going to make good use of Nullify Resistances here, I

guarantee it. The cyclops should be easiest to kill, and then you'll finish

off the ghosts. After this, just keep any new summons at bay by killing them

ASAP, and then nullify the resists of the boss. It will be a long fight, but

it won't be super challenging.

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Grab the Key that the boss drops and open the central cage, then talk to the

elemental there. Now we can finally get into the Source Temple, but we'll

have to fight 3 bosses along the way. Gear up as much as you can then head

out of the shack the way you came in. Head along the path west from the

waypoint, up the stairs, then turn around and head towards those ruins at X:

227 Y: 217. Here you'll fight the first boss.

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BOSS 1 - Kalgruda Cloudpiercer

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You want to get rid of her first and fast. Drag her over with teleport then

lower her resists and hack away with melee. Once she's gone, the rest of the

group goes down pretty fast. Location matters here, so stay back and try to

separate her from the group.

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Up ahead there's a lone death knight. Just after is another boss.

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BOSS 2 - Zuridraskaz

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HP: 1661

Healed by all magics

Moderately resistant to all physical

Unless you can nullify resists, only your melee and ranged can really harm

the

boss. It's better to focus on the enemy support here, because the boss will

be healed and the spells cast on you will make it really tough. Work on the

shaman and spellcasters since they're weakest, then the sentinels, and

finally

wail on the boss. Another long boss fight but it's actually easier than the

last one.

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Once again, get the loot, save, then take a few more steps forward for the

final boss.

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BOSS 3 - Death Knight and Minions

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Kill the spellcasters first, as usual. Try to hold off the death knight

while

you kill the rest of the enemies, and definitely work on the priest, who

resurrected a guy I killed on turn one during his second turn. Thanks.

Spend the first turn buffing your guys. Potions, scrolls, haste, fortify,

whatever. A summon between you and the death knight will take the edge off

(Undead Decapitator is the summon of choice for me). If the big death

knight

gets near you, push it away with featherfoot or teleport.

Finally, you'll be all alone with the big death knight. Keep away from him,

summon a monster to take all of your hits, then don't hold back. You'll need

every trick you can think of to get through it. You'll get a whopping 57,000

experience for killing this guy.

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Down the stairs from this circular stone in the middle of the battlefield is

the Temple entrance. Open it with the character holding the rune, then go

inside to get a waypoint.

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Source Temple

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Head down the stairs to the big cracked rock on the left side. To the right

of the rock is one of those tiny little switches. Hit it and the path will

open. At the end is a talking door.

NOTE: If the door does not let you pass, it means you have 1 or more

Star/Blood Stones to collect in the game, and you cannot pass. Go back and

do

the correct quest to get the stone. You don't need to get every single one,

I

believe, but most of them. If you need Blood Stone locations, see the "Blood

Stone Locations" (BLSLO)

Everything in here is locked, so we need to solve a puzzle. The big head

looking at you when you enter has a little floor switch in front of it. Step

on it, then run off it to open the door on your right. In the next little

room, do the same, then enter the door on the left. In this very small room,

DO NOT step on the switch, as it is a trap. Instead, hit the little switch

on

the wall next to the door straight across from where you entered.

Head down the steps to the bridge. You need to throw a pyramid over the gap

then teleport to it. Open the wooden door at the end, and then you have to

warp to "Source Temple Vault" because you can't just walk in due to the

rubble. Once inside, destroy the statue on the left (it may be random, but

the right statue was incorrect for me). Now, throw one of your pyramids

through the gate to your left (it worked the most easily on the gate farther

from the statues for me). Teleport to it. Go through the green teleporter.

Grab the Earth Gate key right in front of you, then warp out to "Source

Temple

Central Room."

Go up the stairs closest to the waypoint, then through the door (it was

glitched for me, it said "locked" but if I clicked past it into the room, I

could pass), then use the earth gate key. In the next room, do not go near

the statue. Use the Death Knight Bane spell and then kill it to pass.

Repeat

once more. Do not step on the floor switches until you reach the end, then

run over, off the switch, and into the room in one smooth motion, as it will

set off flaming traps that you will get killed from if you stand still.

Inside, destroy the (at least for me) left statue. Go back to the central

room once more.

Enter the room on the right again by standing on the floor switch facing the

big head in the center of the floor. Drop a teleporter pyramid in this next

room. Stand on the switch, then go left into the smaller room from before.

Stand on the switch in this room, then quickly use the pyramids to teleport

to

the now unlocked Air door area. Go forward until you get to the room with

the

orange trapdoors.

It's worth exploring every possible room become most have good loot. If you

start from the trapdoor on the far right as you enter the room, you'll come

upon the Purple Room Chest Key after the 3rd or 4th hatch. You'll end up in

a

central room with a gate. Make sure you're at the right one: press B to make

an overhead view. Are you at coordinates X: 186 Y: 216? Good! So toss a

pyramid through the and teleport there. A character with good perception

will

spot a switch one tile to the left of the trapdoor at around eye level. Hit

it and go through the door. Use the trapdoor and a huge boomy musical cue

will tell you that you did it right!! Up ahead, attack one of the statues

(it

has to be a main character). It was the right statue for me this time. To

the left of the two statues is another green teleporter. Go through it. If

the door is opened for you, great; it wasn't for me, and I warped back to the

main hall.

Now, grab the three books that surround the big head in the main area here.

Now go all the way up the northwestern-most stairs where the circle of

candles

is. The three books give us hints on how to light candles. Have one

separated character light all the outer candles only and wait a few seconds.

You'll see a flash of lightning and a journal update. This time, only light

the center candle. Wait a few seconds until you see the lightning flash

again. Finally, light any three candles, then wait. The bookcase next to

you

will slide open. Go aaaaaallllll the way down the long hall to find Zandalor

at the end. Talk with him.

Now we can go to The End of Time for a new area. Follow Zixzax up the long

flight of stairs.

THIS IS THE POINT OF NO RETURN! Make sure you have everything you need to

finish the game, and make a save file too.

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First Garden

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Go up the stairs and make a choice during the conversation. If you side with

Icara, you won't have to do as much fighting. Follow the super long path all

the way around and your game will autosave. Get ready for a fight!

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BOSS - The Trife + Minions

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HP: 2912

Fully resistant to air, moderately resistant to all other magics

Minions weak to fire, water, earth

Both of his minions are very weak to fire, so use it as much as you can. The

Trife is really only susceptible to physical damage, so you should use

Nullify

Resistances to be able to damage him with many kinds of spells. Take out the

minions first. Astarte will help you out here greatly.

He'll continue to summon more minions as the fight goes on, but they're

easily

taken out again. Just keep his resistance low and the fight will go by with

no problems.

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Stand away from the chest and Astarte! This is the final part of the game.

Make all necessary preparations in the area where you came in, then go

towards

Astarte. The final fight begins now!

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FINAL BOSS - Void Dragon

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HP: 8160

Moderately resistant to all magics

Weak to Tenebrium

Minions weak to fire, water, earth

You need a solid battle plan here. Having a summon up is almost a necessity,

because the boss will do 450-500 damage per swing. It's important to have a

tank to eat up his attacks.

Special note: If Astarte dies during the fight, you will lose as if your

party

had died (but you get to see an amazingly awesome cutscene, so it's worth

seeing at least once, seriously, it's mind-blowing). Keep her alive at all

costs as if she were a primary party member.

Try to get the dragon attacking a very buffed melee character (I used Madora,

buffed her with Constitution potions, and had her heal herself with Cure

Wounds). The rest of your party should focus on controlling his minions and

debuffing him. His minions will die in just a few strong attacks, so they're

not really worth debuffing. Any time you can, move near the dragon and use

"Nullify Resistance," then unleash on him. Use all your most powerful spell

scrolls and such here. This fight can easily last over a half hour because

of

the huge amount of HP the boss has, and he's no pushover to begin with.

Frequently quicksave and you won't be caught off-guard.

If you want the easy way out, just use the lava scroll on the final boss to

one-shot him.

Once he's dead, you've finished this amazing game. Sit back and enjoy the

credits!

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Spoiler-free/Bulleted Walkthrough (SPFWT)

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Outside Cyseal:

Customize your characters.

Move forward around the corner to the stairs.

Fight the enemies.

Move forward to the bridge with guards.

Loop around to the battlefield.

Enter Cyseal from the bridge/speak to Arhu

Cyseal:

Talk to Aureus at Legionnaire HQ 1F.

Go to the Tavern and talk to the guard at the crime scene.

Open the door/enter the crime scene.

Talk to Zixax, look through the telescope.

Enter the portal, talk with Weaver of Time.

Warp to Cyseal.

Use the teleport pyramid/grab the second one.

Open the chest at the crime scene.

Talk to Esmerelda, take the key on 2F of her shop.

Enter locked door on 1F, find trapdoor.

Find hidden switch and evidence.

Talk to Esmerelda.

Go to Thelyron's, talk to him.

Grab Evelyn's bag and key.

Grab the reveal spell at Evelyn's house.

Secret Lair:

Enter the lair at X: 272 Y: 370 using the reveal spell.

Get key and unlock door.

Fight cultists, open side door.

Fight Evelyn, talk to Jake.

Enter Luculla from X: 314 Y: 437 on Cyseal map.

Luculla:

Head east to the White Witch's house. Talk to the mushroom.

Fight enemies at X: 232 Y: 123. Go up the hill to the left.

Get the barrier spell.

Use the barrier spell, enter the witch's house.

Take the portal.

Hit hidden switch in NW corner.

Explore until you reach a boss fight.

Get Rift Scroll. Enter water and use the scroll.

Hiberheim:

Stand on the pressure plate at the western path.

Send the other party members through. Fight enemies.

Dig at X: 279 Y: 28, use at X: 262 Y: 21. Leave.

Dig up the Prison entrance near castle.

Enter and proceed down the path. Climb ladder.

Dig at eastern corner of cell. Walk out.

Destroy Iron Maiden.

sneak past Sentinels. Move forward.

Approach the White Witch.

Fight at X: 351 Y: 380 on Hiberheim map.

Enter forge and talk to NPCs at the end.

Loot barrier removal spell.

Enter Hiberheim Castle.

Defeat King Boreas.

Combine Staff with forge. Get Fire Rune.

Use Rune at White Witch.

*To be concluded next update*

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BLOOD STONE LOCATIONS (BLSLO)

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1. Thelyron's Place OR Crime Scene at Tavern (whichever you go to first)

2. Go to the other place mentioned above.

3. Cyseal, Abandoned Church, looted from Braccus Rex

4. Cyseal, northeastern lava flows area of map near transition to Luculla map

5. The treasure room of King Boreas

6. Silverglen, Immaculate Trials area

7. Hiberheim Prison, hiding inside an iron maiden (can be attacked)

8. Black Cove, in a chest following the fight with Pontius

9. Silverglen, Cellar underneath the chapel

10. Same as above.

11. Central Silverglen, Goblin Village, Totem

12. Hunter's Edge, Knight's Tomb near Wizard's house

13. Maradino's Lair, Use the book titled "Book."

14. Cassandra's Grave, inside the statue

15. Source Temple, hiding behind a teleportation mirror, requires digging

16. Silverglen, Immaculate Trials area (where Cassandra's Blood was obtained)

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SIDEQUESTS IN CYSEAL (SQCYS)

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Warming the Crowd

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At the very southern point of Cyseal City, you'll see a bunch of flags,

chairs, and festival decorations. There are two stages across from each

other

here, and one has no audience members watching. Talk to Cedric, the lonely

entertainer here, and he'll ask you about Reginald's act, which is drawing in

all the people. Turn around and go to Reginald. You'll notice the overly

excited audience member here, Gallagher. After talking to him, you'll learn

he was paid to pretend to enjoy Reginald's show.

Head back to Cedric and tell him about this, and you'll then have to go back

to Gallagher and get him to go to Cedric's stage instead. This will involve

a

game of RPS, so get your charima stat high! Once this is done, the crowd

will

leave and Reginald will follow them, leaving his stand all alone and

completing the quest.

The head sitting atop the stage can talk to you, but you can only take it

from

the stage once you've talked to Nick and his daughter in Black Cove (see

quest

"Headless Nick.")

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The Wishing Brother

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Outside Cyseal at X: 433 Y: 316, you'll come upon a well. His brother was

taken by a king. He can teleport you to that location, so talk to his

brother

there and break the chest in the northwest corner to get some loot and the

Royal Guard Talisman. You can't complete this quest until you arrive at

Hiberheim in the story, so hold off if needed.

Once you kill King Boreas as part of the story, access his treasure room for

the scroll you need. When you have it, use the well in Cyseal to teleport

back to Hiberheim, and have one of your 2 main characters read the Well

Teleportation Scroll in front of this well. Now go back to Cyseal and talk

to

them at that same location to finish the quest. You can give them money to

make a wish, but I'm not certain that it actually does anything :-p

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Elf-Orc Blood Feud

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You'll meet Eglandaer on the raised path behind the Morgue, at X: 212 Y: 204.

He'll ask you to meet him at the inn for an offer. Go to the middle room on

the second floor of the inn and he'll ask you to kill Victoria at the Town

Hall. You can either 1) Kill him, 2) Kill Victoria, or 3) Go talk to

Victoria

and she'll give you the amulet. Show it to Eglandaer as "proof."

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The Jumping Treasure Chest

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X: 229 Y: 350

As you approach this chest, you'll see it's on fire. Use Rain to put out the

fire and the chest will start to run away. Follow it down the hill and

you'll

end up right next to an Exploskeleton. If you have teleport, simply teleport

the monster away from you and it will explode, or move all your characters

before attacking with fi