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- Solution to Elvira - Mistress of the Dark
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- Combat tips
- In this game, healing spells is very rare. So if possible try to
- win all combats without injuring yourself. This may sounds
- difficult but it is possible. I did! The best weapon is the
- crusader's sword, followed by the longsword. So, when you started
- playing, get the longsword as soon as possible, it is in the
- armoury. The armoury has lots of weapons and armours but don't
- take the armor unless you are carrying very little items, get the
- shield instead, choose the one which give the best protection.
- Weapons skill improve through practice, so stick to the
- longsword at the beginning. Don't waste your spells on the
- guards, save them for the gremlins that are inside the garden
- maze. Fight at the in until you reach the monster's lair. Cast
- two spells into the cave to finish the monsters inside. Once the
- monsters in the lair is destroyed, none will appear anymore. Get
- Elvira's ring and then use it to get the crusader's sword.
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- Make a save before any fight. When in combat, try to guess which
- direction the enemy is attacking, prepare to block when they did.
- If you are injured, carry on the fight but load in the saved
- game and try again until you have defeated the enemy without any
- injury. At first it might be difficult, but once you have a
- weapon skill of 60 and above, combat is easy. So in the mean
- time, endure! Remember one thing though, monsters get lesser and
- lesser as you finish them off. So after a time, you don't have to
- worry about combat anymore. To block an enemy attack correctly,
- all you need is to block/parry at the correct timing, after a few
- fights, you should be able to judge when to block/parry. As for
- attacking, you can try any manner of attacking, but once in a
- while change your combat style a bit to confuse the enemy.
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- Spell Ingredients
- Ingredients are very limited. So try to collect them when you
- came across them. Click on anything you see in the screen. Click
- on trees to get herb, click on plants to get flowers, leaves,
- etc. Click on hole to look inside them. Click on skull to get
- the bottle inside. So, you can see that almost anything that is
- visible is worth clicking. Try not to avoid those area you have
- been to, they might contains some useful items.
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- Six gold keys must be found to open the chest.
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- 1. Look for bolts in the drawers or cupboard upstairs. Find a
- silver crucifix. Go to the blacksmith place. Get the crucible in
- the box and place it in the fire. Place the silver cross inside
- the crucible to melt it. Then put a bolt in the crucible to make
- a silver tipped crossbolt. Go to stable. Look at man, when he
- transform into a wolf, use the silver bolt to kill it. Now go
- inside and check out the stable closely. One of the iron ring can
- be removed, behind it is a gold key.
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- 2. Go to kitchen. Mix the light spell. Turn left and click on the
- dumb waiter. When Elvira opens it, drag the glowing pride to the
- tunnel to light it up. Elvira will then enter it and give you a
- gold key.
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- 3. You will need to practice your crossbow skill with the wooden
- target some where in the garden, just opposite the locked door.
- Practice a few time until you have master it. Now go to the
- falconer, when he release the falcon, use the crossbow to kill
- the falcon. There is a gold key on the dead falcom.
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- 4. Fight you way in the jail until you reach the torturer
- chamber. You should see a fireplace with a pair of tongs. Click
- on the iron ring on the floor and drag it to your inventory, This
- will reveal a skeleton and a gold key. Bring the skeleton to the
- catacomb to one of the empty coffin and let it rest in peace.
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- 5. Kill the captain in the guardroom. Get the notice. There is a
- gold key behind it.
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- 6. Go to the knight which cannot be killed in close fight. When
- he is approaching, use the crossbow. He will fall down the
- castle. You will need to find his body in order to get the gold
- key. His body lies beyond the gate under the well. You will need
- a iron key to open it. The key is guarded by the weretiger at the
- catacombs. You will need the crusader's sword to kill it.
- Before you get the sword, you will need to find Elvira's ring.
- The ring is in the monster's lair in the garden maze. Fight you
- way in until you reach the cave. Cast a few spell into the cave
- to kill all the monsters that are hiding inside. Go in and get
- the ring. Go to the church. Go infront and click at the cross.
- Now drag the ring to the hollow in the cross. A passage will be
- revealed. Go inside and get the crown, go forward to see the
- painting. Use your prayer scroll to open up the painting. Place
- the crown on the king head and get the crusader's sword. Now go
- and look for the weretiger. TIming is criticle, only hacking at
- the right moment will you destroy it (one good hit will kill it).
- Go to the chamber it is guarding and you will find a iron key in
- the coffin. Go under the well, unlock the gate and look for the
- knight's body. It is laying in the middle area, i.e. between the
- wall and the vegetation. Remember, when you see the message
- saying that you don't have enough air, surface immediately.
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- The chest
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- Get the pair of tongs in the torturer chamber. Remember, it can
- only be place in a container or the torturer will get you. Go to
- the kitchen. Move tongs out of the container, click on burning
- coal and drag it to the inventory. The tongs will automatically
- grabs the coal. If you enter water later on, the coal will when
- off, and you can ignite it by coming back to the kitchen and
- dropping it into the oven. Now go and find the cannon. Use the
- tongs with the lit coal to light the cannon. This will blow part
- of the tower off. The chest is in the blown off area. Go find it.
- Remember, you will need 6 gold keys to open the locks. Take only
- the scroll, leave the dagger alone first. Now drag the dagger
- outside the chest, so that it is not on the screen but in the
- room. Now click on the red 'R' to exit from the close up view.
- Now drop your backpack, click on the room icon and drag the
- dagger into the backpack. Then drag the backpack into your
- inventory. You might get killed if you try other ways. So be
- really careful.
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- Emelda
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- She is hidding inside the catacombs. At exactly the middle of the
- catacombs is a small little hole in the floor. Click on it to see
- a close up view. Drag the rune stone to the hole, this will make
- the hole bigger. Make sure you have the following before
- proceeding: ceremonial dagger, scroll of spiritual mastery, and
- the crusader's sword. Go down the hole and you will find Emelda
- draining your life force, so better act fast. First you must drag
- the crusader's sword to the pentagram to weaken Emelda. Then use
- the scroll of spiritual mastery to weaken her further. Then use
- the ceremonial dagger to go for the kill. With this you have
- completed the game. Congratulation !