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          -=Unofficial FAQ for Hellfire Version 1.0c=-
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  Improvements made to the 2nd version of this faq - v1.0b.
  1.Added some notes on how to kill diablo and blood knights etc.
  2.Added some notes on where to find the grey suit.


  Improvements made to the lst version of this faq - v1.0a.
  1.Fix some strategies on defeating monsters -some strategies
    which does not work.
  2.Added notes abt the new quests and the new character class.

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   Disclaimer:
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   The folowing information are what I found out during
   mine playing of the game hellfire- diablo add-on.
   The old quests of diablo still remains so go and
   search for "quests in diablo" in infoseek and you
   will find them.This FAQ mentions only the new
   quests, monsters, weapons etc.

   Some of the monsters Sierra did not mention at their
   site like the flesh thing, the reaper etc.So I hope
   the information below will help you complete the
   quests.Right now, there is no hellfire FAQ out there
   in the net, so I decided to make one :).There is also
   a rpg messageboard at Sierra,check there also for
   some useful hints for hellfire.

   The author is not related to Sierra.
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   General Hints:
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   If you can't defeat them, run,
   refill your health and mana potions
   and make a town portal but only at
   a safe place.
   You don't want monsters attacking you
   when you return from town , do you?
   Save your game when you see no monsters
   around you.Do not save your game when
   you die or you will lose your money and
   inventory!

   Spellbooks are difficult to find throughtout
   the game, so keep a lot of money to buy them
   from the witch. If you find a piece of useless
   weapon in your inventory, why not sell it
   to buy a spell? The witch keeps on changing
   her spellbooks each time you visit her
   so buy some rare spells like book of berserk, immolation
   or you will never find it again.


   I played this game without any trainer so if there
   is any trainer for this game, pls inform me.Maybe
   I will have another go at it.There is an unofficial
   multi-player patch for this game, but some says it
   has bugs, like items left on town disappears.Try
   it yourself and find out.No Battlenet support though.


   You can get this faq at either
   http://www.avault.com/cheat or at my very own web page
   -> http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/muses/94/diablo.htm
   My main page is at
   -> http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/muses/94/index.htm

   Enjoy!
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  What's new in Hellfire?
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  New spells: immolation, reflect, ring of fire,
              lighting wall, warp, berserk, search.


  New weapons: Gnat Sting, Thunderclap, Blitzen,
             Flambeau etc

  New Armor: Demon Plate Armor, Bone Chain Armor,
             Armor of Gloom, Bovine Plate.

  New Quests: Farmers Orchard, The Defiler,
              Grave Matters, Na-Krul.

  Hidden Quests: The little Girl, The JersayÆs Jersey.

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  Number of Levels in Hive: 4
  Number of Levels in Demon Crypt: 4

  How to access the Hive Level:
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  Get the Rune Bomb from the farmer after you venture
  deeper in the dungeons and drop the bomb near the
  bridge to the witch where you see strange plants
  curling up like snakes.

  How to access the Crypt level:
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  Kill the defiler and get a map. Right-click the map
  and you will see a location on where to drop it.
  The location is near the cathedral, a tomb like place
  with a devil statue-like figure on the tomb.Drop
  the map there and you will see a opening.

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  There are 29 new creatures in Hellfire.

  Monsters in the Hive level:
  1. HellBoar  *
  2. Hork Spawn  *
  3. The Defiler *
  4. Torch Ant  *
  5. Psychorb  *
  6. Nechromorb  *
  7. Lashworm  *
  8. Stinger  *
  9. Venomtail  *
  10. Spider Lord  *
  11. Hork Demon  *
  12. The Shredded  *
  13. Felltwin  *
  14. Archanon   *

  Monsters in the Demon Crypt level:
  1. Biclops    *
  2. Gravedigger  *
  3. Tomb Rat   *
  4. The Reaper  *
  5. Skeleton Demon *
  6. Winged Demon   *
  7. DevilKin Brute  *
  8. Lord Sayter    *
  9. Flesh Thing  *
  10. Fire Bat   *
  11. Hell Bat   *
  12. Lich   *
  13. Arch Lich  *
  14. Na-Krul     *
  15. Crypt Demon *


Finally, I listed all the monsters that Sierra has
in this new add-on :)

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Interesting places in hellfire:
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1. Cornerstone of the World:
   You have to drop something either gold or some weapon/armour
   before you can hear somebody telling you
   something about the cornerstone. Before I drop something on it, I saw
   some gold on it.But the gold is 0 gold. Pretty
   interesting, heh? Some say it is the place where
   you left your gold or possessions on it and left
   the game so you can use another character to
   take the possessions. Sort-of a exchange of possesions
   between different characters you play.

2. I noticed there are no shrines in either the Hive
   or the Crypt. Maybe the Sierra guys can include some.


3. I found a Town shrine in the dungeons, opens up a town
   portal for me.. cool eh?

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Strategies to fight the new monsters:
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1. Flesh Thing:
   This monster is huge with a sting-like
   tail , like the bosses
   themselves, quite scary isn't it?
   Use stone curse on them one by one.
   They move very slower, so lure them
   out with u standing in front of a
   door.You can use lighting also while
   many of them are gathered together.

2. Fire Bat:
   This bat shoots out balls of fire.
   It resists fire I think. Use lighting
   or chain lighting when many of them
   are around.

3. Hell Bat:
   Use the same strategy as the Fire Bat.

4. GraveDigger:
   Use Fireball or berserk. Look out for his shovel.

5. HellBoar:
   Their tusks thrown you back giving you no chance
   to attack them, so fire firebots before they
   get to you.
   Use lighting also, they are look strong
   but they are weak.When they die,
   they look like paper hellboars :)

6. Hork Spawn:
   Use lighting, they look like small
   ballish things jumping around, quite
   cute but have to kill them anyway.
   Lighting or firebolt will burst their bubbles.

7. Hork Demon:
   This monster gives birth to one Hork Spawn
   at a time.Use stone curse on him and let your golem
   punch him while you watch :), or you can
   do the hacking yourself. If you do not enabled
   the new theoquest, he will drop an amulet after
   he dies, but if u enabled the new quest,
   he will drop a cute teddy bear which squeaks
   when you click him.

8. Psychorb:
   Eyelish things that look like octopus.
   Fires balls of magic at you.
   The magic blasts minus a lot of blood from u, so watch out!
   The effect looks cool , but not so cool if you die.
   Fire lighting , chain lighting or
   use lighting walls.
   The other thing you can do to kill this
   monster is to learn the guardian / golem
   spell and get some infravision scrolls.
   Use infravision to see where they are
   and then use guardians to kill them.

9. Nechromorb:
   Another relative to Psychorb.Use the
   same strategy as in Psychorb.

10. Spider Lord:
    Use firebolt/fireball as it is resistant to lighting
    I think.It spits balls of acid at you like the
    acid beasts in diablo. Aim probably with
    firebolts and you kill them b4 they kill you :).

11. Lich:
    Use fireball, guardians, stone curse and mana shield.
    The magic blasts minus a lot of blood from you so watch out.
    One or two fireballs should kill this thing. I always
    use 2 guardians to kill 1 lich.Or you can use stone curse
    and hack quickly at them.

12. Arch Lich:
    A relative to Lich.Use the same strategy.

13. Torch ant:
    Use lighting and have a good aim. They always run away
    when you chase them.Can be deadly if many are around.

14. The Reaper:
    This guy is red in color and uses the
    knife used to harvest corn as a weapon.
    Quite huge like the flesh thing.
    Use lighting or chain lighting or berserk.

15. Stinger:
    Use fireballs/firebolts or simply
    let your guardians kill them. It is resistant
    to lighting so don't use lighting or charged bolt against them.

16. Venomtail:
    A relative to Stinger.Use the same strategy.

17. Lashworm:
    use guardians on them. 2 guardians should be enought for 1
    Lashworm.

18. The Shredded:
    This looks exactly like the old monster in diablo
    -The Unraveler
    This monster will not appear
    until you use a trainer with diablo
    or you played Hellfire in the Hive level.
    Mummy-like character which floats around
    quite deadly when many crowd around you.
    Make them fight against each other instead
    Use the berserk spell or lighting.Firebots also work.
    But it takes many firebolts to kill one.Use fireballs,
    is stronger.

19. Skeleton Demon:
    Appears also in old diablo, have to use trainer to enable
    it. Fires blue blasts of magic. Use
    Stone curse or berserk, holy bolt
    or many firebolts should kill him.

20. Winged Demon:
    A relative to Skeleton Demon.Use holy bolt/lighting/firebolts/berserk.

21. Biclops:
    Carrys a huge axe around. Two eyes monster when
    compared to one-eyed monster in a cyclops.
    Lighting/guardians should work on him or stone curse.
    It takes 3 balls of fire from my guardian to kill one of them.

22. DevilKin Brute:
    This is an old monster in diablo, will not
    appear until you use a trainer with diablo
    or played Hellfire.
    Use lighting/firebolt or use a sword or staff
    to hack at him when your damage is high especially
    he has the club or many surrounding you.

23. Tomb Rat:
    Use berserk/firebolt/fireball/lighting.
    The rat is quite strong, so
    maybe he will be a strong helper to you as in berserk spell.

24. Lord Sayter:
    This is an old monster in diablo, will not
    appear until you use a trainer with diablo
    or played Hellfire.
    Use lighting or fireball or a staff
    to kill him.

25. Crypt Demon:
    This monster is a giant version of the tomb rat.
    But it is harder to kill as its skin is hard
    like metal or metallic in nature. I uses lighting
    or lighting wall to kill this guy.Not sure whether
    fireball works on him.When using lighting, you can
    hear the sounds like metals clashing against each other :)

26. Felltwin:
    This monster looks like the Invisible Lord from the old
    diablo, hidden in the diablo CD, now merges as Felltwin.
    Use firebolt or fireballs. Looks like a relative to The
    Hidden but has 2 heads.

27. Archanon:
    Ant-like creature. Fireball/firebolts should work on him.

Interesting Notes:

1. In the Hive level, use plenty of guardians and 1 golems
   should be enought to help you clear the level. I use
   the mage when I am trying this strategy.The only spell I
   use are mostly firebolt when they get closer to me.

2. You cannot use berserk at the bosses
   at Hive or Crpyt level and to the horn-like monsters
   that charge at you in the caves.

3. You can use the elemental spells at Hell level to
   draw out the blood knights one by
   one. The blood knights and the bosses are quite angry when you use
   guardian and elemental on them.
   Don't use too many guardians or elemental. Use one
   at the time or it defeats the purpose.
   The blood knights are resistant to lighting so don't
   use lighting or charged bolt.It's no use.Use fireball instead.


4. Use berserk when some of the monsters are resist to
   both lighting and fire.

5. When using berserk, stay clear of the monster you
   cast the spell on. The monster will help you kill
   the other monsters. If there are no monsters around
   him, he will come and find you.So there is no point
   in using berserk with one monster.

6. The staff of jester - new staff BTW, this staff
   changes the magic each time you uses it.
   So u can use many spells with just one staff.

7. Some monsters in the crypt are said to be resistant to
   lighting and fire but excessive fire/lighting kills
   them.

8. Monsters in the Crypt/Hive don't usually go chase you
   when you put lighting walls or firewalls.So u can
   use firewalls/lighting walls to escape when u are out of
   blood or mana.

9. There are two hidden quests in hellfire and one new
   character class you can use -the Bard. The 2 new quests
   are - The little girl and the JersayÆs Jersey.
   These two are easter eggs.
   Below, I will talk briefly abt them.

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                     Hidden Quests in Hellfire
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1. The Little Girl -
   She will ask you to find Theodore, which is
   a teddy bear.She and her teddy bear are playing
   near the overgrown vegetable garden when a huge
   bug came out and grabbed her teddy instead of her.
   This little girl will appear after you went to
   the Hive.After you find her teddy bear, she will
   give you a Drake's Amulet which increases your mana
   by 48.Quite useless amulet so i advised you
   to keep the teddy bear and deprive this
   little girl of her teddy ;). After you complete
   this quest, she will be standing near the
   tree with her teddy that's if u returned her the teddy ;)
   But you cannot talk to her after u complete the quest :(.

2. The JersayÆs Jersey -
   The Complete Nut will be there instead of the
   farmer if you enable this quest.
   This dressed-like a Cow Man will give
   you a rune bomb but not the auric amulet.
   He will ask you to help him find his brown
   suit not the gray one, as he looks more
   presentable in it.His home is invaded by the
   bugs and he ran out in his "cow suit".
   My mage was at level 15 and my monk
   was at 28 when he gave me the quest.
   The brown suit I found is at Hive level 4.

   The grey suit can be found on level 3.

   I returned the suit and get the Bovine Plate.
   This is a unique item and I think its the
   only plate and one of the kind that stands when you drop it on the
   ground and it looks like a cow costume.Quite
   Cool eh? :)

   Here's a description of the Bovine Plate, in case u guys
   never get it:

   Armor Class: 150
   Indestructible
   +50 % light radius
   Resist all: +30 %
   -5 damage from enemies
   spells are decreased 1 level

   There is no voice from this guy when u talked to him
   unlike the towners and the little girl. Maybe the Sierra guys can
   fix this in their upcoming patch?
   After you complete this quest, he will wear
   his reindeer costume and now looks more
   handsome than b4 ;) He will *Moo* when u approached
   him again.

3. Any more new quests you find, pls e-mail them to me telling
   me how to enable them and I will put them in this faq.

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                New Character Class - The Bard
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This new character uses the same graphics like the rogue. But
she can use two swords at one time and the damage is the sum of
the two swords.I try this character and found out that she is
quite weak in the dungeons..guess you have to build up her strength
and find more health potions as there are quite few in the dungeons.
Maybe she can carry both unique swords and the damage is higher!
Like the Grisworld edge and flacon's talon..imagine the sum of the
damage of these two swords together! I have not tried this yet..Try
it yourself and let me know via e-mail.


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         How to defeat the Defiler in the Hive in level 4:
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        This creature is quite tough, he chases you so fast,
        and he is quite angry when I uses the guardian spell.
        If you did not defeat this creature,
        you cannot go to the crypt level :(. I have
        to sell all my valuable stuff to get the stone
        curse spell.Use stone curse and mana shield
        a few times and use a staff with damage like 8-16.
        Other spells would not work with this creature,
        if you find out what spells works with this creature,
        e-mail me.

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        How to defeat the Na-Krul Boss in the Crypt:
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        If you never find the torn note, I guess you never
        stand a single chance against him. Although, some may say,
        you do not need to find the notes to defeat them.
        The torn notes tells u you have to read the spellbooks
        each one in a different sequence to get the door to open.
        Try many combinations till you get it right!
        Do not use the lever to open the door as Na-Krul will
        not be weakened and it will be hard to kill him!
        It takes 2 fireballs from my mage to kill him.

        Use your search skill to find the 3 pieces of
        torn notes.The notes will appear to be white in color.
        His damage is quite high and when he hits you,
        you get thrown back, this is when he is not weakened.
        My character is level 26 and I am the monk.

        Right-click to read the message in level 4.
        The torn note if you put all three together, they
        will form a message which tells of a person who
        trap the creature within the great walls and
        wrote the journals outside, only spells from the
        spellbooks outside the walls can weaken the creature.

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        If u use the lever to open the door, read on..
        The message gives you a clue to defeat the monster.
        Analyse it carefully. I keep getting myself killed
        in level 4 in the crypt level by this monsters, all the
        other monsters I have killed them all except this one.
        I have released this monster from the walls and
        he is standing just near the place he was trapped.
        I guess I use the lever to released him. So he was so
        strong.Now, use the mana spell, and go to one of the spellbooks
        sequently and read them out.The monster will chase you
        but keep reading and refilling your mana.After you read
        the third spellbook, use the fireball spell on the monster
        .It took me just 3 or 4 fireballs to finish him off.
        Before I never read the spellbooks, he was so tough
        even fireballs has no effect on him. Now he is a wimp,
        so easy to kill :). After you have killed him, there
        is a orange patch on the ground. The weapons I get
        after killing him are the book of apocalypse and a teleport
        staff, a samurai sword and a war bow.

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         How to defeat diablo in the Hell level:
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         Diablo is tougher than before, he does not stops shooting
         out balls of fire when you stop walking.
         I am using the Bard against Diablo.She is Lvl 26,
         Strength 89,Damage 52, Vitality 61. I use mainly mana
         shield, immolation spell, stone curse, golem and infravision
         to clear the Hell Levels.As for Blood Knights and Advocates,
         use immolation and golem to kill them, quite useful if many are
         around you.If there is one advocate against you use stone curse
         or golem on him.When you are at Lvl 16 where Diablo is,
         use teleport spell to go into one of the four cages where
         the Blood knights and Advocates are, and then use immolation
         to kill them.

         When your blood/mana is low again, teleport out of the cage
         and refill your mana and blood and the Blood knights and Advocates
         will not chase you as they are trapped inside the cage and then
         go back again.Do not pull the levers untill you killed
         all the blood knights and advocates in the 3 cages where
         Diablo is not in them. Finally for the cage Diablo in, release
         all the levers in the cages.Use infravision to see whether
         Diablo is in the cage.

          As for Diablo, I use golem and manashield against him
         after I have cleared the Blood Knights and Advocates around him.
         Find a block of wall, square one preferred. I run around the
         wall and have Diablo to chase me , then I use a Golem to fight
         with him.The Golem will last 5 seconds I think.After the golem
         is killed by Diablo, summon another one to fight with Diablo.
         Refill your mana while Diablo is busy fighting with him.
         Do it about 5 or 6 times and Diablo will be killed by your
         golems :) Watch the final ending of the game after that.



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         Closing thoughts abt Hellfire and this FAQ:
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         If you have any valuable comments for this faq or
         the game hellfire:
         e-mail me also.I will give you credit in the faq.
         I will not tell you how to enable the hidden quests
         and the new character class in this FAQ as many
         people will e-mail me when they don't understand
         what I am talking abt and flood my e-mail.That's
         not fair for me, so I would not do it.
         You can go to sierra very own rpg messageboard
         and find out yourselfs or go to diablo messageboard
         and you will find many pple asking abt this.
         Or you can search infoseek abt this subject.
         The multi-player patch that is offered in many
         web sites is unofficial..it's not released by the
         Sierra guys, so if there is any problem with the
         patch, don't bug me and ask me anything abt it.

         Ciao, gotta go and play Hellfire.:)

         PS: Anyone know of any hidden levels in diablo
             that can be re-enabled like in hellfire
             like the legendary Cow level in Diablo, pls
             e-mail me.Thanx.
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