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but since the guards didn't attack on their way to the mess hall it didn't seem critical, but it was. Saumun says they will attack you on the way to Mess Hall, but that didn't happen with me. It seems they're on a path of monster attactors and as long as the player isn't on that path, then they ignore him. I guess the point is that as long as the guards can see you, even though they don't attack you, then they just stay in the hallway instead of going into the mess hall. I'm not sure you have to hide behind the barrel, you might just be able to go into the food room and they wouldn't be able to see you then either?

With Saumun's hint about the middle guards, I went ahead and blocked them in before I locked the first guards in the mess hall. If I hadn't had the hint then I probably would have died a couple of times before figuring out I needed to block them first, but that's something I think a player would figure out after a couple of trys.

put 3 items on 3 pressure pads for this puzzle to drop the ladder. I did the one to the E that opens the door and the one to the N behind the opening/closing pits, but don't see how to get to the 3rd one. With the magic map, I can see a pad to the S in the room with the monsters, but a pit blocks access to that room.

The pads drop the ladder and also open the door to the small room in the centre.

There is another pad in the area with the monsters, just out of sight. Try using an object. Something aerodynamic.

both a dagger and a shuriken across the pit but nothing happens. There are quite a few monsters in that area, so I've tried throwing the items when it looks like none are in the way, but maybe they still are? I'm assuming the path has to be entirely clear. Maybe it just takes many tries?

Something like a dagger will make it, no problem. There might be more monsters lurking near the pad. I usually just fire des ven over the pit until they’re cleared out.

I usually just fire des ven over the pit until they’re cleared out.

killed enough monsters to get a clear path for the dagger.

purchased the used spell book so they can cast des ven, I don't see a way to clear out the monsters to allow something to be thrown onto the pad

going back to buy the spellbook and then returning.

the prison guards not attacking after you have sounded the gong must be a mistake I have missed. They are supposed to.

Ir rune, is there a way to turn off the fireballs?

sandstone castle seem fixed in place and un-killable and you can't open the doors they're guarding?

The fireballs turn off when you go back up the ladder.

are indeed invincible... at the moment. Have you been to the guy surrounded by worms? He has eight clues that he says at random. One of them mentions a secret entrance to one of the houses in the row of four. When you speak to Elija, he will explain what needs to be done.

When you speak to Elija, he will explain what needs to be done.

with the green and yellow hazes. Haven't yet figured out the sequence that enables something to be thrown through the door to drop the ladder to that room.

Elija will only join if you have Meseu in your party, but in the conversation he mentions that Lady Mirlana controls the power crystal, and that the crystal keeps Mirlana and the Ettin Guards invincible.

Meseu is still in prison. You’ll need to complete the tower to get to him.

In the part of the tower you’re in, stepping on a square keeps it in that state (unless you use the reset lever to start again). Yellow hazes turn things left, green right, and stepping on a square with no haze leaves it empty.

When you’ve made the path, the turn and throw after opening the door needs to be quick... and use something that will travel a good distance, like a dagger or shuriken.

I guess you found how to reach the Sunblade. You won’t be able to get it until later. You’ll find pieces of something as you go to deeper levels that help the clue make sense.

When you’ve made the path, the turn and throw after opening the door needs to be quick... and use something that will travel a good distance, like a dagger or shuriken.

it looks like you're teleporting the party to different areas from the up stairs from these two rooms. Mapping indicates you go to the same place at the top of the stairs, but the chambers you enter are different depending upon which room you ascended from. I've also seen this done with movable walls and making things visible or not, but teleportation seems like the easier way and requires fewer mechanics.

you get another coin key when you go up from the room where you get the first coin key. In this chamber there's a room with 4 pads and there are 2 barrels. I thought you needed to put the barrels on the correct pads to open the door and get the other coin key, but I tried all 6 ways of barrels on pads and the door didn't open?

I’m not sure which coin you have. One is in an alcove after you press a small button, but it closes quickly. You have to be fast (southwest room).
The other is in an alcove that closes if the floor pad has pressure on it, so you need to remove the object you threw (northwest room).

You need both coins because you need to approach the floor above from both ways, to unlock both north and south areas. You need to get four barrels on the pads.

The sound you heard was the wall activating in the next room. If you don’t push the button, the object you throw through the door will fly over the pad, and miss.
It also briefly opens a nearby alcove, but as I said... it closes quickly.

water elemental level. The final water mnnster takes hundreds of hit points without dying.
Also, I've no clue what to put into the alcoves or how to open either door.

can only be killed with the Oh Key (which is the objective for this level).

The door in the centre north can be opened with a winged key. Look for something hidden in fake walls to reveal it.

The northeast door requires a flask of Oh Water in each alcove, so make sure you have at least two flasks.

The water flowing into the two fountains is poisonous. These fountains need to be emptied. First you need to stop the flow, then empty the basins. Then you must fill the basins with Oh Water to fill your flasks.

The elementals come through several small holes in the wall. If you haven’t already done so, they can be prevented from respawning by blocking the holes. There are some objects that will do this, in a place you’ve already been

can only be killed with the Oh Key (which is the objective for this level).

If you haven’t already done so, they can be prevented from respawning by blocking the holes.

Put the Oh Key in your action hand. You’ll see how to use it. It won’t go in the lock until you’ve killed the elemental near the stairs.

Block the holes with the same material as the walls. Check in the prison.

the one purchased from the NPC for a blue gem (which to this point hasn't worked on any other doors except for the tower door) and the one you get after trapping the guards (which isn't released after it's used)