Wizardry - Bane of the Cosmic Forge A walk through by Floyd Gillen - Part 3 Supplied by Phil Darke @~Continued from Issue 40 CASTLE TO THE RIVER STYX Go to the first gate and use the wizard's ring to open the gate and enter, go to "P", open chest and get the wizard's book and the spire key. Then go to the stairs by the fountain at level "castle mainent" take the east stairs and use the spire key to get through the gate all the way to the top, and use the key of spades at the door. Inside there you will encounter a spirit and you will get the horn of souls. Then go back to "CASTLE -2", go all the way down the hall to the skull door and use both of the ruby eyeballs on the door then go through to the stairs and down to the river. THE RIVER STYX I will lead you through the map in sections. To start you are in the northern end of sec.1. Go to "A" and use the horn of souls, the ferryman Charron will appear. Since you don't have any cylinder of ashes give him 500 gold and he will take you to the Isle of the Damned on sec.2. Go to "B" and get the book and key of the Damned, open the north and south gates, at "C" get the key of Minos and a cylinder of ash after the fight, then go to "D" and get a second cylinder of ash, next go back to "B" and use the Minos key to open the gate and down the stairs (there is no map for this area). Go to the end of the hall, open the chest and get the tomb key, use this key to open the north and south tomb gates. Search all of the tombs to find the book of the sirens and copy down the passages from the book. Next go back up the stairs to "E" and enter the boat, this is all automatic to the sirens and back to "E". (In the river area you will find some wooden doors that can be opened with the knock-knock spell but you may have to use it more than once per door). If you face the water and use the water wings you can walk on water so to speak. From sec.2 go to sec.1 "F", there you will find a chest with a fish hook, line and a cork bobber, merge the line and hook, then go to sec.3. At "G" there you will find a red x on the wall, from there go east 3 and north 1 and use your fishing line and hook. You will get the east exit key, then go to the Isle of the Lost on sec.3 at "H" search at the northwest wall to open the wall go through to the door, enter the door, now the key to this gate is at "J". Open gate and open chest, get the cylinder of ash, you should have three of them. Go to sec.1 at "K" and go up the stairs until you're at the gate. There use the east exit key. Use the map swamp area, go to "A" and talk to the caterpillar. ask him about RUMORS, WHERE IS THE PIPE and CLAIM NUMBER and buy some incense. Then go back to the river sec.2 point "L", the bottle oracle. Merge the bottle and the note then merge the cork with the bottle/note. Then use the bottle. Next go to the Isle of the Lost there you will find the bottle again. Look at the bottle, it will tell you the claim number. Next go the Isle of the Keep on sec.3 "M" talk to Mai Lai, then go in and get the pipe. Next go back to the caterpillar. Give him the pipe and accept his mushrooms then go back to the river sec.1 point "A" and use the horn again to summon Charron and give him all three cylinders. Then go to "N" and use the Key of the Dead to open the gate then go around to the stairs and down. NPCs THE CASTLE 1:QUEEQUEG TELL HIM "GIANT MOUNTAIN" 2:L'MONTES GIVE HIM "THE STUFFED BEAGLE" THE MOUNTAINS 3:SMITTY GIVE HIM "THE SPROCKET" THE PYRAMIDS 4:AMAZULU GIVE HER "ANY ITEM" 5:HER SIDEKICK BUY "FOOTPOWDER" THE RIVER 6:CHARRON GIVE HIM "THREE CYLINDERS OF ASH" 7:THE SIRENS TELL HER "THE LAST LINE OF THE BOOK SIRENS" 8:MAI LAI TELL HER"RECLAMATION AND THEN 38-23-36" THE SWAMP 9:THE CATERPILLAR GIVE HIM"HIS PIPE" THE FOREST 10:YOU MUST USE THE TINKER BELL TO SUMMON THE FAERIE QUEEN THE FAERIE QUEEN, ASK HER "WHERE IS THE DELPHI AND WHAT DOES DELPHI WANT" 11:THE DELPHI TELL HIM "WE ARE FASCINATION, WE SEEK DIVINATION and GIVE HIM ALL OF YOUR GOLD. 12:THE EVIL SIDE OF XORPHITUS AFTER HIS DEATH: "THE COSMIC FORGE" 13:THE CODE FOR THE GATE OF THE COSMIC FORGE "THE HAND OF DESTINY" END? - o -