ULTIMA UNDERWORLD II - LABYRINTH OF WORLDS - Part Two

                 Solution by Hazel Bradshaw

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@~Continued from Issue 37

THE GOBLIN TOWER
This is the easiest of all the worlds - especially if you allow
someone else to do all the fighting for you!  This is the way I
have walked you through - try my way first, then if you want to do
all the fighting yourself, restore your saved game and do it the
other way (points, but hard).
*Start by marking the exit to the gem on your map, then bash in
the door.  Find in the entrance a grey stone, which you should
keep with you, oil (useful later), boots and weapons.  Bribe the
guard, ignore all insults and keep going up - you can examine
everything at leisure on your way down.

(1) Security Guard
(2) Shut the first door behind you
(3) Kitchen level - speak to Janar, then go in and talk to Felix.
He will tell you all about the Tower and its special prisoner and
will offer you a reward (which you should collect later) for a job
which you need not do.
(4) The Smithy. Listen to the Smith and tell him how you would go
about the job - in return for the password. Break off your
conversation, then speak to him again - he will be so grateful to
you that he will give you a pair of the gauntlets.
(5) Captain Bourne's quarters.  Take advantage of his mistake and
bluff him into telling you about the prisoner, then promise to
'crack' him.  Take the gauntlets Bourne offers you.
*Give the password to the guard using the "other ..." option and
go upstairs.  In the big guardroom go right round to the east and
use the pull-chain (which you will have to use on the way down as
well) and go up to the top level.
(6) Wear the gauntlets to get through the forcefield and meet
Bishop.  Pay attention to what he tells you, especially about the
'sorcerous lady high up...' Give him the spare gauntlets and he
will tell you of a small black jewel which you must find.  When he
has left, go back through the forcefield and leave the gauntlets
on the floor for next time.
(7) Be ready for lots of hostile mongbats
*Go back to Bourne and ask for the other keys - 'an order from the
Guardian' - and he will give you the codeword.  Get the keys from
Janar in the kitchen area.
(8) Go up and release Milenus after listening to his story.
(9) Now go and meet Garg.  Have a chat, release him and listen!
The tower is now yours to do with as you wish. You should collect
up all the coins lying about and upgrade your equipment (but never
change anything magical for ordinary items, even if they are in
better condition)
*First, go into Bourne's quarters and look for the black gem
Bishop told you about. Using the keys you find on the floor, open
the chest and find a purple potion of missile protect and read the

Guardian's letter.  (If you go up to the guardroom again you will
find lots of equipment)
*If you opted for unarmed combat, note that Garg will train you.
(10) Visit the armoury on the way down and empty the square box,
learning RSY for repair.  The chests here are spiked, so use a key
to open them and take no damage.
(11) Find a wand of magic torch in the debris.
*Talk to Felix and accept his gift - it will serve you well.  Go
through a door at the far end of the kitchen and find an axe, food
and a hostile rat.
*In the rooms below the kitchen find an excellent light mace,
food, coins and equipment.
*Remember all the food that is lying about - you can come back for
it later.
*The tower is finished now unless you want to do it again the hard
way, in which case don't release Garg - at least, until you have
finished fighting!
*You could leave your pack of coins, gems, goblet, etc. on the
floor beside the big gem until you need it as it will be too heavy
to carry about all the time.

*Using the quick route, go back to Miranda with your news.  She
tells you the servants are unhappy so you will need to go and
sympathise with Nanna (agree with everything she says), then go to
Lord British and plead her case.  Once you have done this, don't
go back to him again - he will accuse you of pestering him, and
you could trigger a bug in the program which prevents you from
winning the game.
*Take the cool blackrock gem to show Nystul - he will warm it.
*Spend your skill points on some training (maybe some lore this
time, if your fighting is going well)
*Now that you are stronger, you might like to have a go at the
gazers on level 3 (if you are not ready yet, leave them till after
Killorn Keep).  Best approach here is to use a purple potion of
missile protect (a little arrow appears on your shelf) and have
IBM ready to cast.  Run fast and jump down into their cell then
try to pin one against the wall and attack it with your weapon.
Save when you have killed one, then do the same again with the
other.  Now jump up and bash open the chest (it takes a lot of
bashing) and get the precious E stone, a lantern (which you should
equip), a colourless potion, chain gauntlets, coins and a
sapphire.  Crowns are useless.
*Go back to level 5 and USE the warmed gem on the Goblin Tower
facet of the big gem - note that it is now permanently lit.  One
down, seven to go!
*You will notice that two more facets of the gem are now flashing
and therefore open to you.  Save as before and take the facet next
to the Goblin Tower when it lights up.

KILLORN KEEP  - the Castle in the Sky
This is an ancient world, the layout of which is somewhat similar
to Castle British. Here you will find Bishop's 'sorcerous
lady....' Altara, trainers and merchants and you will be given
several quests.  Notice that cats can talk!  There is someone in
the castle who will eventually attack you, so don't get taken by
surprise (have IM ready to cast).

Level 1 (no light needed here)
A guard may approach and point you to Mystell, who is in charge.

(1) Entrance hall with merchants:  Aron - big talk, useless stuff,
Bishay - bad-tempered and unwilling, Merzan - he is important to
you.  Talk to him - find out what he sells.  Speak to him again
and say you want to ask a question.  Ask him what kind of payment
he will accept - now you have found a use for the valuable items
you keep finding and as long as you don't 'snap' a wand, he will
recharge it.  (Note that there are two emeralds and one sceptre of
restore mana in the game, don't trade these by mistake).  Haggle -
if you over-pay, I'm sure he will take it!
*Speak to Relk, the captain of the guard - he obviously knows who
you are and wants to see you in his quarters.
*In a small room to the north-west of the hall find an axe and
some meat.
(2) Lord Thibris - let him enjoy his memories!  He will tell you
of Praecor Loth, the great tomb in the cliff and a great horn of
extraordinary power.
(3) Lobar - a young drunk, disappointed with his lot until you
change his life!  Have a long chat - hear about Mors Gotha and
Mystell and take notes about the virtues according to the

Guardian.  Also note that Lobar is an excellent sword-trainer -
usually two points added to your stats for one skill point.
(4) Kintara - her story will provide you with cover - take notes.
Don't be conned into buying those ordinary leather boots!
(5) Ogri - another old man with a story to tell.  He gives you a
quest to find the lost blue Banner of Killorn and in return he
promises to tell you secrets about the Keep.  He is an excellent
teacher of lore - again two stats for one point.
(6) Stables.  Chirl, the keeper - much less smart than his
charges.  Meet Blackie, the leader of the Trilkhai, and learn her
sad story.  Speak to Josie and Beauty.
(7) Relk - he asked you to visit his quarters.  If he is in, he
will talk then fight to the death (hopefully his!) If not, you
will have to seek him out - but don't fight him in the big hall or
you could end up fighting the merchants.  Back off into a corridor
and fight him there.
*Next time you speak to Lobar, you will find him promoted and
happy now that Relk has gone and one of the guards may approach
you and tell you Relk was not well-liked.

(8) Altara - 'a sorcerous lady....' Be sure to mention Bishop or
Altara won't want to talk to you.  Learn of the Listener in
Britannia and take the special dagger.  Altara can train you in
mana and casting.
(9) Mystell - dangerous.  You should save here because you must
get this right.  Use Kintara's story and Lobar's info about the
Guardian's virtues (if you don't have it, ask for time and go and
get it) and agree to spy on Altara.
(10) The barracks.  Locked chests contain poor quality spare
clothing, etc.  You don't need to open the locked door until
later.
(11) Find a secret door, then another.  You find stairs down to a
small section of level 2.  Speak to the guard then leave - you
will come back much later.
(12) Pick this lock and find armour and equipment.
*Now go through the kitchen and take the main stairs down to level
2.



Level 2
(1) Empty the barrels and find a key (stained with acid)
(2) Look through the portcullis and see some lit candles
(3) Secret door
(4) Save here - there are two ways of doing this next part.  The
simple way is to move the candles on the altar and walk into the
headless pit.
*If you don't move the candles you will be transported into a kind
of nightmare. Use purple potion of fireshield then run across the
altar, through the floating skull and up some moving blocks (some
of the blocks don't move - stand on these and run quickly over the
ones that do move or you seem to be squashed on the ceiling) until
you find a black path, which will lead you to a black area with
lava and fireballs.  Here you will see an elevator block which
will carry you up to some switches (save here and use purple
potion of missile protect).  Press the two buttons and the lever
and a way will open up behind you.  Zigzag up purple slippery
squares, dodging the daemons, until you reach a square area of
lava at the top.  There is a hole in the middle of the floor which
you must avoid - it takes you back to the elevator area.  Instead,
hug the walls and you should end up in the pit with the headless.
You get extra points for doing all this, but it is not necessary.
(5) Headless pit - find the cool blackrock gem, coins and
longsword.
(6) Bash this door open
(7) The red ring is cursed.  Empty the barrel and find lockpicks
and a wand of magic arrows, then go back up the stairs.

*You have done all you can in Killorn Keep for now, so you should
go and find the Listener Altara told you about.  You will find
walls of lava beside a body of water on level 4 of Castle British,
so hold Altara's dagger in your weapon hand and walk along the
wall of lava until you find the path.  Go along the path until you
find the daemon and kill it with the dagger.
*Go back to Altara - she is alarmed that you killed Relk.  Offer
her refuge in your world and tell her you have killed the
Listener.  She will give you a black pearl and ask you to get a
dread spider's black egg and an amethyst rod.  Accept the A,C and
Q runes gladly.

*Report back to Miranda - she points you at Feridwyn and Dupre.
Take the new gem to Nystul for warming and then go back to level
5.
*You could add some more bartering items to the pack you have left
on the floor here.
*USE the warmed gem on the Killorn facet.  Two down, six to go!
*Now save, line yourself up and walk into the next facet as it
lights up.

THE ICE CAVERNS
You do not need a light here
Two big, fairly empty levels of snow, ice and water. Here you have
to master the art of moving on smooth ice and the trick is to move
slowly.  Keep your cursor in the middle area of the screen and
make small, jerky movements to stop, turn, etc.  YP helps,
especially for the holes in the ice, but don't go too fast and
start crashing into walls or you could have to give up and restore
a saved game.


There are yeti, who throw damaging snowballs at you, snow-cats,
really tough worms and some skeletons.

Level 1
Mark the exit and cast YP
(1) Skeletons, who drop a lot of useful items, the most important
being a W stone, axe, oil, scrolls, food and a map-piece which you
copy into your map (read the writing, then erase it - you can't
see the map properly).  Read about the lost city of Anodunos,
which you must find.
(2) Rock-hammer (carry this with you always)
(3) Yeti (the best way to fight them is to close the range quickly
- the snowballs hurt you more than the yeti), red potion and
colourless potion of restore mana
(4) Yeti, axe, gem, wand of frost
(5) Lots of tough worms
(6) Purple potion
*Take the stairs down to level 2


Level 2
(1) Talk to Mopko the mad.  It is not all rubbish - listen to what
he says about jumping high from a long blue pathway and climbing
high over a golden maze.
(2) Yeti, yellow potion
(3) Find the cool blackrock gem
(4) YP, kill the lurker, map the river, then land at (4)
(5) Be sure you are in good health here - there are three yeti to
the east of you and a smooth ice floor between.  Creep along the
wall and fight the yeti on the firm ground at the entrance to
their lair.
(6) Watery mud - mark it, it is special.
*Now cross the river, go north to the waterfall and land.
(7) Take the tunnel up to a different area of level 1.

Level 1
(7) Sentinel 868 will tell you about the dam controls to Anodunos,
then you will have to kill him to get the key.
(8) Through the door, use the first lever and go to the next
(9) Use the lever to open a new passage
(10) Jump across to the controls and save
(11) Pick up and read the instructions, filling in the gaps.
*Find the key.  With all the levers up, go through the teleporter
and map this bit of the maze.  No key?  Go back and press the
button, then back and get the key in a new bit of maze.
*Now to find the door!  Which is the second lever?  This took me
ages of trial and error, but finally this worked - press the
button (make it grey) then leaving the chain up, lower the other
two levers.  Through the teleporter, turn immediately right and
carry on until you find the door on your left.
(12) Unlock the door and pull the main flood chain.
*Now you have to find out what you have done and the best way
would seem to be to map the waterways.
*Go back to the control island at (11) and jump into the water.
YP west, then north through some drains, landing at (13).
(14) Ghost, ring of protection (wear it), O and L runes, red gem,
coins.
*Back to mapping the river - east this time.  Jump down the
waterfall, go north then south and you are back at the bridge near

(7).  Now go south on the river, take right fork and back to (11).
Turn back south and go through a drain at (15).

Level 2
(8) Down the waterfall from (15) you land on level 2 at (8)
*Go south until the river forks, then north.  Notice a new landing
place opposite the ice tunnel.  Land and follow the path until you
reach some more water -I still had YP left, so I mapped this new
area of water.  (Don't go through the drain to the south here -
you will be back near (8)).  Hop over the bridge and map the bit
of water to the north, then go back to the path you came up.
(9) You have found the lost city of Anadunos.  A friendly dire
ghost will hover over you - speak to it and meet Beatrice, who was
ruler here.  Learn the sad story of the Guardian's cruel
destruction of this once thriving city and promise Beatrice that
you will help her find rest by preventing the Guardian from
drawing power from this place.  Wander round mapping the city,
noticing that most of these massive doors are locked.  There is a
purple potion of shield in a corner to the north.

(10) Go through the ice tunnel to the east.  Through a door find
I, Q and M runes, a wand of smite undead, a scroll with a
(useless) recipe and a new spell BWE - locate.  This tower shield
is cursed.
(11) Unlock the secret door using EY (save before using EY - it
could backfire and take all your mana).  Use the orb until you can
see nothing more.  Find G, U and R runes and a sceptre.  Empty the
chest and find 30 coins and a gem.
Go back through the tunnel to the locked doors.  Open the massive
doors if you can (I found EY backfired on me here) but the only
door really worth opening is a 'sturdy' door which can be bashed
open.
(12) An important scroll tells you that the mud you found in the
south-east is filanium mud.  Bow and arrows.
*You are finished in the Ice Caverns for now and should go back to
the big gem.  Down-river from (8), taking the first landing on the
right is the quickest way back.
*When you come out through the gem, notice level 5 has begun to
freeze up.

*Up to level 4 of Castle British now to get an egg for Altara and
kill the spiders (grab the egg and run out of the cave, then you
won't get surrounded).  Then (fit, full of mana and saved) go and
get the headless next door and find a lantern, etc.
*Back to level 5 is the quickest way to report to Miranda.
*While you are making your report, you are told the sad news that
Lady Tory has been murdered - you will have to go round and talk
to everyone.  Take the new cool gem to Nystul, get some training
then go back to the big gem.
*Use the warmed gem as usual.  Three down, five to go!

Line up on the next facet and go in.

@~To be continued in Issue 39





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