Quest Items and their locations -------------------------------
Item Where -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deed to New Castle New Castle Crystal Key to Witch Tower F4, 9, 3 Skeleton Key to Darzog's Tower Tower of High Magic Level 4, 7, 12 Enchanted Key to Tower of High Magic Cave of Illusion Level 4, 7, 14 Jeweled Amulet of the Northern Sphinx A1, 11, 5 Stone of a Thousand Terrors New Castle Golem Stone of Admittance New Castle Yak Stone of Opening D4, 12, 3 Xeen's Scepter of Temporal Distortion Xeen's Castle Level 4, 5, 9 Alacorn of Falista Witch Tower Level 4, 7, 4 Elixir of Restoration Yak Temple, 30, 25 Wand of Faery Magic D4, 8, 14 Princess Roxanne's Tiara Rivercity, 1, 3 Holy Book of Elvenkind B4, 14, 13 Scarab of Imaging C1, 15, 11 Crystals of Piezoelectricity Asp, 8, 11 Scroll of Insight Castle Basenji Level 3, 3, 9 Phirna Root Toad Meadow Orothin's Bone Whistle E4, 5, 14 Barok's Magic Pendant Rivercity, 1, 20 Ligono's Missing Skull D4, 2, 1 Last Flower of Summer B2, 1, 10 Last Raindrop of Spring E3, 3, 14 Last Snowflake of Winter A3, 6, 1 Last Leaf of Autumn C2, 15, 9 Ever Hot Lava Rock E2, 7, 11 King's Mega Credit Yak Temple, Golem Dungeon, Tomb of Terror Excavation Permit Castle Burlock Level 1, 1, 4 Cupie Doll Clouds of Xeen, 12, 29 Might Doll Clouds of Xeen, 15, 24 Speed Doll Clouds of Xeen, 14, 26 Endurance Doll Clouds of Xeen, 11, 25 Accuracy Doll Clouds of Xeen, 12, 22 Luck Doll ?? Widget B3, 9, 6
The Quests in Might and Magic - Clouds of Xeen ----------------------------------------------
This list must be interpreted as follows:
1. Quest 2. Experience Points 3. Award 4. Reward 5. Where to finde the Solution
Rid Vertigo of the plague of Pests and report back to Mayor Gunther (Vertigo, 14, 5) 5000 Outstanding Citizen 4000 Gold + 50 Gems Vertigo, 9, 22
Gather Phirna roots for Myra the Herbalist (F3, 9, 11) for use in Antidote Potions - - 5 Antidote Potions F4, 13, 12; F4, 7, 12; F4, 5, 12; F4, 6, 7; F4, 12, 4; F4, 7, 2; F4, 12, 14; F4, 12, 7; F4, 8, 7; F3, 8, 2
Free Celia from the clutches of the Zombies in the forest and return her to Derek (F3, 4, 5) 25000 Rescued Celia 2000 Gold D4, 15, 15
Slay the King of the Mad Dwarf Clan and report back to Mayor Gunther (Vertigo,14, 5) 50000 Red Dwarf Badge of Courage - Deep Mine Omega, 30, 26
Get Barok's Pendant from the Sorceress' of Rivercity and return it to Barok (Rivercity, 25, 20) 80000 Appeased Barok Enchant Item Spell Rivercity, 1, 20
Find Orothin's Bone Whistle and return it to him (F3, 9, 6) 15000 Helped Orothin Cure Poison Spell (F3, 12, 8) + Cure Disease Spell (F3, 12, 2) E4, 5, 14
Find the Faery Wand and return it to Danulf (C3, 14, 5) 45000 Helped Danulf 25000 Gold D4, 8, 14
Find Ligono's Skull and return it to him (D3, 12, 8), so he may rest in peace 40000 Freed Ligono Recharge Item Spell D4, 2, 1
Retrieve the Alacorn of Falista from the Witch's Tower and return it to Valia (F4, 9, 3) 60000 Restored Falista Crusader Skill Witch Tower Level 4, 7, 4
Destroy the Lair of the Ogres and return to Captain Nystor (C2, 9, 1) for your reward 40000 Helped Captain Nystor 20000 Gold C2, 5, 0
Get Princess Roxanne's Tiara from the Robbers of Rivercity and return it to Princess Roxanne (Castle Burlock Level 3, 2, 11) 200000 Princess' Favorite Valuable Items Rivercity, 1, 3
Find the Holy Book of Elvenkind and return it to Tito (C3, 3, 8) 60000 Saved Elves 25000 Gold B4, 14, 13
Return the Scarab of Imaging to Carlawna (C2, 10 ,6) 75000 Helped Carlawna Moon Ray Spell C1, 15, 11
Return the Crystals of Piezoelectricity to Falagar (C2, 8, 11) 75000 Helped Falagar Megavolts Spell Asp, 8, 11
Reclaim Kai Wu's Pagoda from the Ninja Clan (A3, 15, 12) 75000 Liberated Pagoda Food A3, 15, 6
Save Winterkill from it's curse and return to Randon (Winterkill, 8, 13) 500000 Ghostslayer Extraordinaire - Winterkill, 14, 14
Find the Everhot Lava Rock and give it to Halon (B3, 9, 6) 150000 Helped Halon Widget E2, 7, 11
Retrieve the Scroll of Insight from Castle Basenji and return it to Arie (A1, 11, 5) 750000 Helped Arie Amulet of the Northern Sphinx Castle Basenji Level 3, 3, 9
Steal the Elixir of Restoration from the Yak Temple and give it to Mirabeth (D4, 12, 3) 250000 Restored Mirabeth +5 Personality Yak Temple, 30, 25
Slay the Monsters of the Lake and return to Medin (C3, 12, 13) 100000 Fisherman's Friend Very Valuable Item 3 Monsters (Around Darzog's Tower)
Destroy the Lair of the Trolls and return to Thickbark (B3, 6, 3) for your reward 95000 Civilized One Super Shelter Spell B4, 2, 7
Destroy the Lair of the Cyclops and return to Glom (A3, 10, 0) for your reward 100000 Helped Glom Valuable Items A4, 10 , 8
Free Crodo from the clutches of the evil Wizard Darzog and return to Artemus (Castle Burlock, 1, 4) 1000000 Rescued Crodo Excavation Permit Darzog's Tower Level 3, 7, 6
Climb Darzog's Tower, gain entrance to Castle Xeen, slay Lord Xeen, and save the world - DEFEATED LORD XEEN Xeen's Scepter of Temporal Distortion Xeen's Castle Level 4, 5, 9
Find the 6th Mirror and return to King Burlock (Castle Burlock, 8, 1) - - - -
Take the Last Flower of Summer to the Autumn Druid so that Autumn may begin - - Last Fallen Leaf of Autumn C2, 15, 9
Take the Last Fallen Leaf of Autumn to the Winter Druid so that Winter may begin - - Last Snowflake of Winter A3, 6, 1
Take the Last Snowflake of Winter to the Spring Druid so that Spring may begin 150000 Turned Seasons Last Raindrop of Spring, Healing of Magical Aging E3, 3, 14
Take the Last Raindrop of Spring to the Summer Druid so that Summer may begin - - Last Flower of Summer B2, 1, 10
Solution to Might and Magic - Clouds of Xeen --------------------------------------------
The Cities ==========
Vertigo -------
Your first task is to rid Vertigo of the Plague (see the mayor at 14/5 for in- structions). You do not need to kill all the Bugs and Slimes to do this, just go to the warehouse in the northwest corner and open the crate at 9/22. You will find a note and can return to the mayor for your reward (4000 Gold + 50 Gems). In Vertigo you can learn Mapmaking (8/16) and Pathfinding (25/26). After having solved the first task you can restore your hit points at the well at 14/17. Check into the Guild at 16/11. Other Locations: Tavern (24/5), Blacksmith (8/4), Training (10/11), Guild (20/13), Bank (26/17), Temple (15/28), Travel Mirror (14/10). By searching the trees you can find some gold.
Rivercity ---------
Rivercity is the largest city of Xeen. Locations: Tavern (24/16), Blacksmith (24/9), Temple (6/21), Bank (25/3), Guild (6/30), Training (12/12), Travel Mirror (19/18). You can learn Swimming (19/23), Mountain Climbing (30/30), Navigation (for the desert, 22/30), Arms Master (30/3) and Bodybuilding (30/1, improves your might). Check into the Guild at 25/27. You will find Barok at 25/20 who will charge you with retrieving his pendant from the Sorceress' (they can be reached through the Guild House, the pendant is in the chest at 1/20, together with 800 Gold). In the other chest (2/20) are 5000 Gold + 200 Gems. Don't care about the door at 6/17. There are many chests behind it, but they all contain only 1 Gold and 1 Gem. The Robbers have two other chests: at 7/3 (5000/100) and 1/3 (1000 Gold + Prin- cess Roxanne's Tiara, see Castle Burlock). Some Items can be found in the trees. In the back of the Training Ground there is a door that leads to the Yang Knights (pretty tough those guys). At 6/8 there is a secret passage behind which you will find more Yang Knights and a chest with 50000 Gold. Another chest at 2/8: 5000 Gold, 100 Gems. The Wells at 5/19 and 14/1 will always be poisoned, but the well at 14/18 will give you 100 Spell Points after you have returned the pendant to Barok.
Asp ---
In Asp you have to destroy the transformer at 8/15 to free the city and restore the magic of the well (+100 Hit Points). In order to do this you will first have to turn the southeast and northwest globe on the main square to blue by touching them. To reach the transformer you must avoid the teleport fields on the northwestern square (sort this out for yourself, it's not difficult). Destroying the transformer will give you 50000 Experience Points. You will find Falagar's crystals at 8/11. Three important locations: Join Guild at 6/7, Guild at 2/1, Travel Mirror at 12/1.
Nightshadow -----------
The main objective in Nightshadow is to kill Count Draco (1/14). To do this, turn the three sundials to 9 and wait until night (by sleeping). Open the coffin and kill him (it sounds easy, but it isn't). You will receive 50000 Experience Points and 99999 Gold, and the well at 7/7 will increase your level by 10 (temporarily) afterwards. The Guild is at 12/4, you must check in at 14/11. There is a Travel Mirror at 10/3.
Winterkill ----------
Here your task is to drive out the ghosts that haunt Winterkill. You will need a lot of spell points to make it, because the ghosts are almost immune against all kinds of weapons, you must kill them with your combat spells (the best spells are Fiery Flail and Incinerate against single Ghosts, Inferno and Holy Word against groups). Some help can be found in the broken bottles. The bottles at 5/5, 6/3, 9/8 and 14/5 contain 3 Potions of Holy Word each. Proceed as follows: Kill *all* the ghosts, bang the southern gong at 13/1, go to the mayor. Repeat this two more times (first you have the Spirit Bones, then the Spirit Polter Fools, last the Ghost Riders). Be aware that there is a secret passage at 14/7. There are more ghosts behind it. If you bang the gong when there are still some ghosts left, all the ghosts will return. To restore the magic of the well you must bang the two northern gongs twice each. The well gives you +50 Might (very important afterwards). The Guild of Winterkill is at 7/1. You can join it at 1/8. The Travel Mirror can be found at 10/14.
Shangri-La ----------
Shangri-La is the town under the volcano. You can reach it by Travel Mirror or through the volcano cave at E1, 15/2. The well in the middle (7/8) gives you +1 Level permanently. At the Guild at 0/7 you can learn all the spells that exist. At 0/3 you can learn everything (that's 17 skills) for 100000 Gold. Check into the guild at 0/11 (it's free!). Other locations: Temple (15/3), Blacksmith (14/8), Tavern (14/13).
The Wilderness ==============
There are some locations where you can earn more Experience:
Scrolls of Enchant Item are in the bottles at D3, 8/3; D3, 13/11; E3, 4/8; F3, 14/4; D3, 11/1.
Some other Items are in the bottles at D4, 10/3; D4, 1/2; D4, 12/10.
The Dungeons ============
Dwarf Mines -----------
There are 5 normal and 4 deep Dwarf Mines. The Mines 1 to 5 have entrances from the surface. You can reach all Dwarf Mines by using the wagons or through the Travel Mirrors (say "Mine 3", "Theta" etc. to a mirror). The deep mines are named "Alpha", "Theta", "Kappa" and "Omega". The Mines contain lots of treasures (about 80000 Gold). Search them thorough- ly, there are many secret passages. They contain also poison traps, so take along some potions from Myra the Herbalist. In some of the crates are Tiger Moles, but some contain valuable weapons, so search them also. The barrels contain liquids that improve your statistics by 2 each. The colors mean:
Yellow - Accuracy Green - Endurance Red - Might Blue - Personality White - Luck Orange - Intellect Purple - Speed
The skills Direction Sense (Mine 5, 8/5) and Danger Sense (Mine 3, 5/11) can be learned in the Mines. The Dwarf King can be found in Mine Omega at 30/26 (in the northwest part). You must go through many secret passages and poison traps to reach him. Sleep between them to restore your hit points.
Cave of Illusion ----------------
The most important Item in the Cave of Illusion is the Key to the Tower of High Magic. You will receive it for 300 Gems at Level 4, 7/14. But first you must kill the Water Golems in the cave (by the way: you can sleep in the Cave, it's no real water). The skulls will increase your statistics against gems (you will need about 2000 gems to satisfy them all, so perhaps you have to visit Castle Basenji first). You don't need to worry about the mirages with weapons, they are also illu- sions. The whirlpools will teleport you to other parts of the cave, try to avoid them. There is a plug at Level 4, 14/13. To pull it, you must be really strong, the best way is to set Lloyd's Beacon, teleport to Winterkill, drink from the well (see Winterkill) and return. After you have pulled the plug, the cave is dry and you can open the safes (there is a secret cavern in the southeast of Level 4, you can teleport into it and find another safe). Consider that you will now be hit by the spear traps. The safes are guarded by guardians.
Volcano Cave ------------
The Entrance to the Volcano Cave is in the middle of the great volcano (E1, 15/2). Its monsters are Devils and Demons, you need a high level to beat them. There's only one path through the cave, it leads to Shangri-La (Level 3, 9/10). In order not to get grilled you need the Jump spell. You will encounter some switches, switch them all to make a path through the lava. Two special locations: at Level 1, 9/9 there's a skull which gives you 250000 Experience Points. It's best to teleport to it because there's pretty much lava in be- tween. Use Day of Protection or Protection against Elements to stand the heat. The second special place: There are some chests on the Level 1. Only the chest at (13/15) contains a treasure: 90000 Gold and 666 Gems. The other chests explode.
Dragon Cave -----------
The Dragon cave is the toughest part of the game. It's filled with treasures (dragons hoard treasures, as might be expected) and you can greatly increase your experience by reading the Books of Lore. Don't care about the 'Dragon Tax' that you must pay. You will receive much more gold afterwards. The best way to fight the dragons is to proceed slowly and when you see a dragon in the distance, teleport to reach him and kill him by hand (your fighters will at at this stage probably be strong enough to kill a dragon in one round). Remem- ber to use Day of Protection and Day of Sorcery.
The Books: Book 1 at 16/0: 50000 Experience Book 2 at 0/31: 100000 Experience Book 3 at 31/31: 150000 Experience Book 4 at 22/16: 200000 Experience Book 5 at 27/0: 500000 Experience The Art of Taxation at 27/1: 500000 Experience
To read the books you must have a very high Intellect. Improve your Intellect at the wells (B3, 15/4 and D3, 8/9) by using Lloyd's Beacon to go there and back. In most of the games you won't be able to read Book 5 and The Art of Taxation, they require an Intellect of about 180. It's only possible when you have many magical weapons and accessories to improve your IQ.
Ancient Temple of Yak ---------------------
The Stone to the Temple of Yak is given to you by Mirabeth (D4, 12/3). You must enter the Temple to get at least 5 Megacredits and to find the Elixir of Restoration. Use Levitate or Day of Sorcery to protect your party against the traps. There are some switches that you must use to open passages. You must switch them all, and some of them three times. Use Wizard's Eye to watch if you have success. There are four altars (2/6, 2/17, 27/25, 25/7) that you must destroy (5000 Ex- perience Points each), and four coffins (2/4, 28/23, 27/27 and 2/28 - the Yak Master) which contain valuable items. The Yak Liches are hard to kill and the Master even harder - use Holy Word (or the Holy Word Potions from Winterkill). The Pool at 14/8 will increase your Personality by 5 (apart from making you drunk/diseased) and the pool at 19/8 adds 5 to your Endurance. This does not work on all characters (I didn't find out why). The pool at 25/26 gives 25000 Experience Points and kills the character (use only when having the Raise Dead Spell). There are 8 King's Megacredits in the Temple: 27/22, 27/28, 13/9, 15/9, 18/9, 20/9, 23/9, 27/9. You need at least five. The following Spells can be learned: Acid Spray (4/5), Hypnotize (30/3), Light (6/11), Sparks (0/5). The Elixir of Restoration is at 30/25.
Tomb of a Thousand Terrors --------------------------
You will get the Stone of a Thousand Terrors from Taxman at Newcastle. The Tomb of a Thousand Terrors contains 9 more Megacredits (17/29, 17/15, 11/30, 1/16, 6/9, 13/13, 19/9, 6/9, 13/5. Increase your statistics with the Tomb Juice (+5, see Dwarf Mines for the mea- ning of the colors). There is a teleport field at 3/5 that teleports you into the middle part of the dungeon. Kill the monsters, get the Megacredits and the Tomb juice and return to the exit through the teleports at 8/9 or 17/9.
Golem Dungeon -------------
Taxman at Newcastle will give you the Golem Stone of Entrance. The Golem Dungeon is the trickiest of all. It has four sections: Wood, Stone, Iron and Diamond. Follow the instructions of the statue: in the Wood section you must use the switches to close the passages, then teleport back out. In the Stone section push the buttons repeatedly until all six rocks are vi- sible. In the Iron section flip the first four switches, that should open the secret passages. The switch at 19/25 activates the teleport field at 22/25 that takes you to 15/25. The teleport at 15/29 takes you to the Diamond section. This part is hard enough, the Diamond Golems have about 1000 Hit Points. I used the Mass Distortion spell to weaken them and made the rest with Incinerate and by hand. The Golem Stopper Spell works well too. After having killed the first Diamond Golem open the secret passage at 19/9 and kill 4 more of them. Another teleport at 29/9 transports you to 29/1. Kill several Golems and take 3000 Gems from the chest at 22/1. The Statue at 13/1 dubs you Master of Golems an perma- nently adds 1 to your Level. The teleport 13/2 takes you back to the exit. The Megacredits are situated at: 4/1, 6/1, 11/22, 11/28, 17/17, 22/28, 22/22, 15/12, 15/6, 11/9, 30/6, 30/12, 18/4, 27/4. Maybe you must let the Blacksmith repair your weapons afterwards because they naturally break on Diamond Golems.
The Towers ==========
Witch Tower -----------
In this Tower you can get Gems, Valuable Items and Spells. You will get the Key from Valia at F4, 9/3. Free the Boys at Level 1, 3/8, Level 2, 11/8, Level 3, 7/8 and Level 4, 4/10 to get 5000 Experience Points each. The last boy will tell you the password "Rosebud". The cauldrons contain items, some of them (Level 3, 6/8, Level 3, 7/7, Level 4, 4/7, Level 4, 4/9) increase all statistics of one character by 1. If you tell the password to the skull at Level 4, 10/6, he will open the secret passage and you can get the Alacorn (7/4). On Level 3 you can learn the spells Beast Master (4/6), Pain (4/10), Clair- voyance (5/5), Lightning Bolt (10/6), Sleep (5/11) and Toxic Cloud (9/5).
In the cloud world above the Tower (use Levitate) you can gain experience by destroying the Harpy nests. At 1/1 (only accessible with Teleport) you will be dubbed 'Super Explorer' and your level is permanently raised by 1. The Statues will give you hints if you have the Linguist Skill.
Tower of High Magic -------------------
The Key to the Tower can be found in the Cave of Illusion. In the Tower of High Magic you can improve the resistance of your characters. The Potions increase the resistance against one element by 10. The green squares will take away all your Spell Points, so remember to sleep before en- tering a new level. The Pandorian Boxes contain gold, gems and valuable items. Open the box, fight the monsters, return to the box and take the contents. The Box at Level3, 7/4 releases a Fire Dragon. You should save your game before opening it. You can learn to cast Prismatic Light on Level 4, 7/7. The Key to Darzog's Tower is at Level 4, 7/12.
In the cloud world above the tower you can get some gems and more hints from the statues. Theoretically after banging the drums you can find some more gems on the ground around the tower (never tried it).
Darzog's Tower --------------
The Key to this Tower is in the Tower of High Magic. The green square in Level 1 takes away all your spell points, so you must sleep afterwards to restore them. Examine the floor grates, they contain valuable items. Don't touch the green squares in Level 2, they will transport you back to Level 1. Use the Jump Spell to jump over them. You can improve your statistics here. Every book increases one statistic of one character by 20. To free Crodo you must kill Darzog on Level 3 and go to Level 4. You will find two tapestries (6/8 and 8/8) with buttons behind them that will open passages. In one corner there is a rope ladder going down to a secret room on Level 3. On the bed at 7/6 you'll find Crodo and get one million experience points. Remember to search the chests at Level 3, 7/12 and Level 4, 11/8.
In the cloud world above the tower (the 'Clouds of Xeen') there's Castle Xeen. You must have high statistic values to win four dolls (Might Doll, Accuracy Doll, Speed Doll, Endurance Doll) that you can trade for the Lord Xeen Cupie Doll without which you can't enter Castle Xeen. But first you must have the Xeen Slayer Sword. Destroying the Roc Nests will give you some Experience Points.
The Castles and the Sphinx ==========================
Castle Burlock --------------
This is the Castle of King Burlock. You'll find Princess Roxanne in the West Tower, Level 3, 2/11. She charges you with getting her Tiara back from the Robbers of Rivercity. The Master Builder at Level 1, 2/7 will offer to build your castle for Megacredits (you need the Deed to Newcastle first). The King's Advisor Artemus at Level 1, 1/4 tells you to free Crodo. He will reward you with the Excavation Permit afterwards. King Burlock himself wants you to find the 6th Mirror and bring it to him (the only task in the game that can't be fulfilled). In the Dungeon of Burlock you will find some Castle Guards and a zoo of different creatures. Only the Dragon's cage at 9/4 contains something useful: a black liquid that gives 10 Might Points to one character (but you must kill the dragon first ...). It is not advisable to plunder the King's Treasures on Level 3, because the whole castle guard will await you afterwards. Only very strong parties will escape their attack. The skills Linguist and Astrologer can be learned at Level 1, 6/5 and 10/5.
New Castle ----------
The first time you come to Newcastle you will find only ruins. To get the Experimental Xeen Slayer Sword from the ruins you must rebuild the castle. Buy the Deed to Newcastle from Taxman (C4, 11/12) for 50000 Gold and let the Master Builder at Castle Burlock build new walls (for 5 King's Megacredits, get them from the Yak Temple). When you return to Newcastle you will receive the Stone of a Thousand Terrors from Taxman. If you like you can search the interior of the castle. 5 more Megacredits (from the Tomb of a Thousand Ter- rors) will buy you the keep to your castle. You have now your own Training ground (up to Level 20), your own Blacksmith, Temple, Bank and Bedroom. Also Food for free and a well that gives you +20 Armor Class. Taxman gives you the Golem Stone of Entrance. Once you have the Excavation Permit from Artemus you can make the Master Builder clear up the Dungeon for another 5 Megacredits. The password to the Dungeon is "Laboratory". You will find the Xeen Slayer Sword at 7/4 (secret passages at 3/4 or 11/4). There are also some Potions of the Gods in the dungeon (another secret passage at 7/7).
Castle Basenji --------------
Here you can improve your resistance against the elements. The scrolls give you 10 resistance points each. Free the trapped Peasants in the Dungeon (14/8, 13/1, 14/1, 1/8, 1/12). The one at 14/12 tell you the password for Level 2, 9/15: "There Wolf". You can also find Gems and some scrolls to improve your Intelligence/Persona- lity/Speed by 5. The Scrolls of Death, Depression etc. do exactly that: kill a character, make him depressive, insane etc. Depression will pass with time, the others need some treatment (too much trouble for only 5000 Experience Points). The Scroll of Insight for Arie lies on the pedestal at Level 3, 3/9.
Northern Sphinx ---------------
The Amulet of the Sphinx is the reward for bringing the Scroll of Insight to Arie (A1, 11/5). In the Sphinx you find Experience, Gems and Spells. There is a Thieves Throne in the Body at 7/13. Let your Robber sit on it, he will be given 500000 Experience Points. The Password "Golux" for the stair at 7/15 can be found by studying the inscriptions in the Sphinx Dungeon. At 14/2 in the Dungeon you may learn the Item to Gold spell, at 0/15 Teleport. The coffins can only be opened with plenty of might (use the wells to increase it temporarily). They contain valuable items, gold and gems (first kill the mummy that emerges). In the Sphinx Head there are five Thrones for the five races. Let the human characters sit on the Human Throne, the Orcs on the Orc Throne etc.: Human 7/2, Orc 4/14, Dwarf 10/14, Gnome 12/4, Elf 2/4. That brings 500000 Experience Points. You can also learn Star Burst (!) at 12/8 and Divine Intervention at 2/8.
Castle Xeen -----------
Castle Xeen is located in the Clouds of Xeen above Darzog's Tower. Use Levi- tate to not fall through the clouds (ouch). Then use Teleport to reach the northern part of the clouds (follow the sign). After you have won the four games and traded the dolls for the Lord Xeen Cupie Doll you can enter Castle Xeen. The first thing to do is to destroy the four machines in the towers and the corners of the Castle (else you would have plenty of traps on your way to Xeen): Fire (Level 4, 3/1), Electricity (Level 4, 12/1), Poison (Level 1, 14/14), Cold (Level 1, 1/14) - 200000 Experience Points each. Once you have done this you can attack the last stage of the game. Enter the middle part of the Castle, climb up to the fourth level (tricky: up and down and up again...). There is one more guard behind the door. Destroy the Guard Making Machine (200000 Experience Points - well, it's not that important) and kill Xeen's Pet. Then your way to Xeen is free - don't forget to equip the Xeen Slayer Sword. If you don't kill him on the first strike you can pass the Sword to the next fighter in combat.
The Warzone ===========
Not much to say about it: You can train in the Warzone and try to combat dif- ferent kinds of monsters. You will also receive Experience Points for the fighting.
The Clerics ===========
The Clerics can heal any magical aging. Visit them in the right order: first the Summer Druid (B2, 1/10). The first time you see him he will give you the last flower of summer. Then: Autumn (C2, 15/9), Winter (A3, 6/1) and Spring (E3, 3/14). The Spring Druid will heal your magical aging. You can repeat this circle as often as you like, but only the first time you will get 150000 Ex- perience points from the Spring Druid.
Summarized steps to solve the game: ===================================
Your objective is to kill Lord Xeen. For this you need the Xeen Slayer Sword and you must enter Castle Xeen. The Xeen Slayer Sword lies in the ruins of Newcastle. You must rebuild New- castle to find it. So you must:
- Buy Newcastle (get the Deed to Newcastle from Taxman at C4, 11/12 for 50000 Gold) - Get five King's Megacredits from the Temple of Yak - Go to the Master Builder in Castle Burlock (Level 1, 2/7) and buy the walls for five King's Megacredits - Go to Newcastle and get the Stone of Terror - Enter the Tomb of a Thousand Terrors and get five more Megacredits - Go to the Master Builder and buy the keep for the castle - Go to Newcastle and get the Golem Stone of Admittance - If you do not yet have the five Megacredits that you need now, enter the Golem Dungeon and get them - Free Crodo in Darzog's Tower (see below) - Go to Artemus and get an Excavation Permit - Go to the Master Builder and buy the dungeon for your castle - Go to Newcastle, enter the dungeon and find the Xeen Slayer Sword
Castle Xeen is in the Cloud World above Darzog's Tower, so:
- Enter the Cave of Illusion and get the Key to the Tower of High Magic - Enter the Tower of High Magic and get the Key to Darzog's Tower - Enter Darzog's Tower and free Crodo - Get the Xeen Slayer Sword from Newcastle (see above) - Climb Darzog's Tower and enter the Cloud World - Win the four games (Might, Accuracy, Endurance, Speed) - Change the four dolls against the Original Lord Xeen Cupie Doll - Enter Castle Xeen - Destroy the four machines to disable the traps - Climb up to Level 4 - Kill Xeen's Pet - Equip your fastest fighter with the Xeen Slayer Sword - Encounter Lord Xeen and kill him
After having killed Lord Xeen, you can either choose to walk around in Xeen for a while and solve the remaining puzzles, or you can end the game immediate- ly. If you touch the 6th mirror, you will see that the Scepter of Temporal Distortion and the Mirror are incompatible. This will destroy the mirror and Castle Xeen. You will be returned to Castle Burlock where your deeds are re- viewed and you will see your score.
--- End of the game ---
That's it folks. Comments, corrections and questions are welcome:
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