Abandoned Places (Electronic Zoo) - Part 7
         Sands of Fire, Lake Pureheart, Xorn Hills

               Solution by Brian Burke

@~Continued from last issue.

Sands of Fire:

The task is to find part of the Staff of Supremacy.

Map four small areas. Opening area and Stairs down left on a 6 x
10. First area 17 x 11. Second area 19 x 12 and a Pit area 7 x 13.
I found the entrance to this level in the area underneath the
building.

The opening hall has a plant in the centre and three descending
stairs. To the right of the stairs ahead is a lever that opens a
door in the area down the second set of stairs to the left.
Firstly go down the stairs to the left of the lever.
To the right fight a baddie and go right to find a chest with
money, ropes, treasure and a battle hammer. Behind the door at the
end of the passage again and enter room to find another chest with
money, treasure, potions, torches, ring armour and a shield.

Return along passage, passing the stairs on the left to find a
door and a passage to the left. You can open the door but are then
blocked by another.  Go down the passage round a couple of bends
to find a button and a lever in an alcove to the left. The lever
opens the door that you've just left. Round the corner from here
is another button in the wall. Both buttons open up a passage in
the next area.

The door along from here needs a key which I didn't find.
Returning to the door which the lever opened enter to find yet
another door needing a key which I didn't find.

Go left and open the second door with the blue key. This key is
found in the pit area. So it's back up the stairs to go down the
stairs to the right.  Bear right from the stairs to find a chest
with food, a lamp and a shield.  Bearing left from the stairs
leads you to a junction. To the left and right there are locked
doors which need not be opened as the area behind can be accessed
by taking the passage left near to the chest found to the right of
the stairs.

Go round the bends, passing the door that we'll eventually open
with a green key and go on through the door opened by the lever in
the initial hall.  There's a web to the left of this door.  Down
the passage to a room with two plants. To the right of the room is
the pit entrance. Use the rope to drop down although dropping down
doesn't do too much damage.

Once down the pit cast the Swimming Spell or take a potion and
head for battle with the soldiers. Vanquish them to obtain a blue
key and a green key. At the top of the area and to the left find
some money and another green key.  Return to the pit and climb up.
Go to the door mentioned earlier requiring the green key and go
straight on, bear right passing an alcove on the left to a door
which needs the second green key to open. In this room find a
button to the left of the plant that opens a door to the left of
the pit we've just come from.  Go to this door and enter, bearing
left to find a button in the wall to the left which will open up a
passage to the right of the first green key door.

Through the door at the end of this passage past the button just
pressed is a room with two baddies and little else.  Back now to
the newly opened passage to find a chest at the end containing a
yellow key, treasure, a ring, food and torches.

Retrace steps now up the stairs and re-descend the first set of
stairs, go left and through the two doors previously opened to
open the door to the left with the blue key. Fight ogre for a
hematite key.  Regain the Entrance Hall and go down the third set
of stairs to open the door round the left hand bend with the
yellow key. Open the next door with the hematite key. Fight two
baddies and open the cupboard to find the Staff.

Exit the level and see a vision of South of Xorn Hills and the
West Shore of Lake Pureheart.

Lake Pureheart:

The Task is to find part of the Staff of Supremacy.

Map two areas. The first on a 15 x 28 grid. The second on a 7 x 28
Grid.

Enter level at 24/28 and go up passage to find a room with a
column. To the left is a door and a message 'Remembrance is
Important'. Head north to the door at 24/18 and another message
'Please Remember Every Step'. Through the door fight baddie and
fight again up the passage to gain a white key.  There's a passage
to the left at 24/12 but you don't enter yet.

Head up passing another passage at 24/7 to fight baddie and enter
passage at 23/2. Along here there's a passage to the right at 18/2
but head for door to the left at 16/4. In this room pull lever to
open a wall at 15/7.  Go to the passage at 24/7 and passing two
doors to the right find a door straight ahead at 18/7. Enter and
beware fireball trap at 14/7.  Through the door to the left at
12/8 pull a lever to open door at 22/12.  Leave this room and head
left to find stairs down at 9/12.

Map the lower level on a separate grid. Lower level references
will be marked with brackets thus (). There's a fair bit of to-ing
and fro-ing.

At the base of the stairs is a long corridor with doors to the
left and the right. Each of the rooms, once accessed, contains an
aggressive gnome who you need to wipe out. Each room also contains
a chest and a lever.  With the stairs at location (4/28) find a
pressure plate at (4/15) that closes/opens a wall at (4/26).

Go to the end of the passage to find a keyhole in the wall at
(4/1). This keyhole needs a small golden key which we will find
later. Use white key on the door to the left. After fight move to
the left to access chest as standing directly in front denies
access.

Inside the chest is food, potions and money.  The lever opens the
door at (5/15).  The chest in this room contains food and a torch.
The lever opens a door in the level above at 19/6. So it's up the
stairs and along the passage to find this door open.

Pull the lever to open a door down the stairs on the lower level
at (3/21).  In this new room the chest contains food and torches.
The lever opens a door at (3/9).  The chest here contains food and
a torch. The lever opens a door on the level at 15/26.

Yes, back up the stairs to the first room with the column and
message 'Remembrance is Important' at 22/20. Fight twice to find
left door and bear right to find open door and a yellow key. To
the left of the key is a pressure plate that opens the door at
(3/13) in the lower section.

Back down the stairs enter this room. The chest contains food and
a torch and the lever opens the door to the right of the stairs at
(5/27).  Same things in the chest. The lever opens a door in the
upper level at 9/3.

So it's up the stairs again, along the passage and turn left to
take the passage left at the top of the corridor. Round a bend to
go right at 18/2, along this passage to a room with a column and
find opened door. Fight for hematite key and pull lever to open
door further in this level at 7/13.

Back to the room with the single column and the 'Remembrance'
message to enter the door to the right this time at 18/17.  Fight
and continue round the twisting passage to find an open door on
the right. Enter and pull lever to open a door on the lower level
at (3/17).

Back downstairs you can't open this chest just yet. The lever
opens the door at (5/11).  Unlock this chest with the yellow key.
I'm sorry I didn't note what, if anything, is in this chest. The
lever opens the door at (3/5).  Again you can't open this chest
just yet. It's empty anyway! The lever opens a door on the upper
level at 3/14.

Up to the corridor we've just left to access this new room. There
are two columns blocking half the room off. To the right pull the
lever to open the door to the second half of the room. This door
is reached by leaving this room and entering the door via the
passage at 5/15.  Enter room to step on pressure plate in the left
corner that opens a door on the lower level at (5/7).

Opposite this door is a series of false walls that lead to a small
empty room.  Down again to the new room. The chest contains money,
food and a torch. The lever opens a door on the upper level at
22/6.

Up to this room to pull lever that opens a door on the lower level
at (5/3).  The chest in here contains a malachite key, money, food
and a torch. The lever allows access to the previously unopened
chests along this corridor. One chest is empty and the other
contains money, food and a torch.

Go upstairs now to enter the 'Remembrance' door and go through
the left hand door at 18/19. Bear left at the junction round
bends, fight baddie en-route, to a door at 18/25. Unlock with
hematite key.  The chest needs a carnellian key to unlock it. The
lever opens a room downstairs at (5/23).  The chest in this room
contains a small golden key and food. Don't know what the lever
opens.

Up the corridor to use the small golden key in the wall keyhole at
(4/1). This opens a door at (3/25).  The chest in this room
contains a carnellian key and food. Don't pull the lever as it
irrevocably seals the stairs off.  Back up to the chest we
couldn't open upstairs at 19/26. Use the carnellian key to obtain
part of the Staff.

For completeness sake go to the passageway at 24/12 and enter a
large room with six columns. Go straight down to open the door
with the malachite key.  The lever creates and uncreates a wall at
the bottom of the stairs preventing access to the corridor.

Leave the area and on to the next.

Xorn Hills:

The Task is to find final part of the Staff of Supremacy.

Map on a 28 x 28 Grid.

The entrance is at 28/28. On up the corridor to find a pressure
plate at 27/19. Never did find out what it activates.  Round the
next bend to fight three baddies. Along to enter a large room with
logs in the centre at 22/16.

Go right to enter door at 22/13. The lever here opens the door in
front. Fight the baddie to the right for treasure. This could
distract you from looking dead ahead to find a button in the wall
at 22/10. This opens a door behind you on the other side of the
logs at 22/21.

Leaving that door for later press on to the right to find a door
at 24/12. The keyhole in this room needs a green key.  Leave room
and go straight up to enter large room with five passages across
and four down (including passages next to the outer walls).  To
the right of the entrance to this room at 25/8 fight to win a
white key and a red key.  There's a message in the second alcove
from the right at the top of the room at 26/1 - 'Another Part of
the Globe is at...'

Head back to the passage with the button in the wall and open the
door at 19/10 with the white key. Along the passage to find a
passage to the right and a message 'Do Not Hurt My Plants'.  Go
right up the passage to fight for Treasure. Enter the room to find
a green key among the plants at 4/5. Just keep to the south wall
and go right and then left and the key is to the right.

Back now to the keyhole in the wall at 24/13. Use the green key to
open up wall in the Multiple Passage room at 19/5.  Enter this
passage to press button at 16/5 that opens a wall in a currently
inaccessible corridor at 27/11.  Return to the Log Room and go
right to use the red key on the door at 17/16 after first entering
door at 19/16.

There are doors to the left and right of this passage and both
must be visited to kill the two baddies that reside behind each.
The door that is then revealed at 11/16 is opened by retracing
steps to the Log Room.  Enter the door at 22/19. The door at 22/21
will already be opened from pressing the button in the wall at
22/10.  After fight pull the lever on the wall to open up the door
we've just left at 11/16.

Return to this door and enter. Fight baddie in a passageway to the
right at 9/15 and go up this passage. Round a bend to the left and
up another passage to the right at 8/12. At the junction find a
turquoise key to the right at 9/11. To the left is a pressure
plate that opens a door in this area at 6/16.  Continue round to
the right at the next junction and pull lever at 2/13 to open a
door at 21/24.

From here go down the passage to head right and right again to go
through at 6/16. Fight baddie and then step forward to see
recesses in front and to the left and right. The recesses to the
left and right also contain invisible buttons in the wall to the
side of each lever. Pressing these levers and buttons opens up the
wall behind the party at 9/17.  Enter this passage and go right to
pull lever that opens up a wall in an, as yet, inaccessible area
at 27/14.

Head back to the Log Room and go south to enter newly opened door
at 21/24.  At the junction fight baddies in a passage to the
right. Bearing left you'll fight a baddie down a passage at 16/27.
There's a message at 14/21 'Another Part of the Globe is Near'.
Arriving at the room with more logs go left and then right to find
a chest at 7/28. Unlock with the turquoise key to find a green
key, food, mace, robe and torches.

Go up to passage on left at 8/26, go left and left to find another
chest at 4/28. You need a yellow key to unlock this chest.

Enter passage at 4/24 after fight and open chest straight ahead at
1/24 with the green key noting door to right at 2/23. Find a blue
key, food, shield and a potion.  Go left to open chest at 1/28

with the blue key to obtain a yellow key, dagger, hammer and
torch.

Back round to the chest at 4/28 and open with yellow key. Find a
hematite key, money, treasure, potions and torches.  Return to the
door at 2/23 and unlock with the hematite key. Fight two baddies
and head straight up to the lever at 2/20. Pulling this finally
reveals a passage at the end of the initial entrance corridor at
27/15.

At the end of this passage is a chest containing the final part of
the Staff.

On leaving the level the party sees a vision of Draken Tor.

@~To be continued in the next file.