LANDS OF LORE (4) - General area notes

        Author ABADOO - taken from the Public Domain

                         THE SWAMP:

YOU REALLY WANT TO BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH THESE GUYS!
YOU NEED THE RUBY FOR DROEK TO ALLOW YOU TO SEE DAWN!!

USE FREEZE SPELL TO CROSS OVER PITS.

WITCH DOCTOR: WILL HELP WITH THE RIDDLE SCROLL.

IF YOU KILL THE CHIEF NO ONE WILL TRADE WITH YOU SO IT IS BEST IF
YOU GO GET THE BRASS HELMET AND RETURN IT.  ALSO THE PRICES GO
DOWN IF YOU DO THIS FIRST!!

DESTROY THE LIVING STICKS FOR THE BRASS HELMET:
YOU WILL FIND HIM IN THE AREA WITH ALL THE PITS
CAST FREEZE SPELL AND GO GET HIM
WHEN HE IS DEAD YOU WILL GET THE HELMET.
THERE IS ALSO A TRADER OF GOODS BACK THERE.
DON'T FORGET THE SWAMP WATER!

THERE ARE 2 LARGE HEADS IN THE SWAMP:
1. GIVES CROWNS FOR SOMETHING YOU FEED IT
2. RESTORES HEALTH AND MAGE POINTS TO CHARACTERS

NOTE: IF YOU MOVE TOO QUICKLY YOU WILL BECOME POISONED!!
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GINSENG!

                      DRARACLE'S CAVE:

BACCATA WILL OPEN WITH A CHANT AFTER RICHARD IS POISONED.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SOME GINSENG!

FIND LORA IF YOU GO DOWN A PIT.
TAKE HER ARMOR AND WEAPONS BEFORE YOU GO INSIDE TO DRARACLE'S ROOM
BECAUSE SHE WILL STAY WITH HIM.

BLUE, RED AND GREEN BUTTONS WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO TO THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE PITS.

USE SLEDGEHAMMER ON CRACKED WALLS.

BLUE EYE OR GREEN EYE?  IT IS YOUR CHOICE.
BLUE EYE WILL GET YOU A SILVER CUP
GREEN EYE WILL GET YOU A DAGGER.......TO OFFER TO DRARACLE.

YOU WILL NEED TO THROW A ROCK AT A BUTTON TO GET A KEY.

WHEN YOU FINISH THE CAVE YOU CAN HEAD FOR LAKE DREAD AND YOU WILL
FIND PASSAGE TO OPINWOOD.

                   OPINWOOD AND UPPER OPINWOOD:

SEARCH THE TREES AND OPEN CHESTS. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO OPEN A
CHEST YOU CAN ALWAYS USE THE SLEDGEHAMMER!

SCOTIA'S BARRIER:  CAN BE BROKEN WITH VAELAN CUBE.

VALKYRIE CROSSBOW (FOUND IN SWAMP ? ) WORKS WELL ON HORNETS! IT IS
A GOOD ITEM TO KEEP AND USE. IT WILL INCREASE YOUR ROGUE SKILLS AS
YOU USE IT. USING BOWS OF ALL KIND WILL HELP INCREASE THE ROGUE
SKILLS AND YOU WILL NEED IT LATER IN THE GAME SO START SHOOTING
THOSE CREATURES!

YOU WILL NEED TO GET HONEY FROM ONE OF THE HIVES. RIGHT CLICK THE
BOTTLE ON THE HIVE TO FILL THE BOTTLE.

                          URBISH MINES:

LAHRKON:  IS AT PASSAGE TO MINE BEHIND THE DOOR.  YOU NEED MAGIC
AND THE GREEN SKULL(S) TO DEFEAT HIM. IT WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE HITS
FULL OF MAGIC. YOU CAN RUN INTO THE FOREST AND REST TO RESTORE
YOUR MAGIC. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE SKULL -- HE CAN KNOCK IT OUT OF
YOUR HAND!!


THERE IS A DOOR THAT WILL NOT OPEN.  YOU NEED TO CLOSE THE DOOR
BEHIND YOU FIRST AND THEN IT WILL OPEN AND YOU WILL FIND A CHEST.

THERE IS A PICK AXE YOU NEED TO FIND BEFORE YOU GO DOWNSTAIRS AND
YOU WILL FIND A LIGHTNING (?) SCROLL---RIGHT CLICK ON CHARACTER
AND IT WILL GO INTO YOUR SPELLS.  YOU WILL ALSO FIND OIL FOR YOUR
LANTERN, ETC.  YOU NEED THE KEY BEFORE YOU GO DOWNSTAIRS!

LEVEL 1:

USE KEY FROM TOP FLOOR TO OPEN LOCK. BE CAREFUL OF THOSE LITTLE
GUYS BECAUSE THEY CAN POISON YOU.

IF YOU FALL THROUGH THE HOLE IT TAKES YOU TO ANOTHER PIT ON LEVEL
2 AND THAT DROPS TO LEVEL 3. IF YOU TURN RIGHT WHEEL UP AND LEFT
WHEEL DOWN AND PUSH THE BUTTON IT WILL GIVE YOU THE TELEPORTER AND
IT SPINS YOU AROUND AND PUT YOU ON LEVEL 2 WITH SECRET WALLS.
THOSE FIREBALL STICKS COME IN HANDY ON LEVELS 2 AND 3!

FOUND EMERALD BLADE AND KEY 2.

TO OPERATE THE PUMP:
NEED GEAR FROM LEVEL 4
NEED COAL FROM LEVEL 3.


LEVEL 2:

LEFT RIGHT RETNEC.

THERE IS A PASSAGE TO LEVEL 1.
MINE KEY 4 IS IN SOUTH END.
MINE KEY 5 IN EAST END.
GO WEST AND TO THE LEFT TO FIND STAIRCASE BUT YOU WILL NEED TO
HAVE THE MACHINE GOING ON TOP FLOOR FIRST.  THE PUMP REMOVES THE
WATER FROM THE STAIRCASE. YOU NEED THAT KEY ON LEVEL 4!!!!
LIGHTNING SCROLL.

CORNER WITH 3 LEVERS:  PUT THE SIDE LEVERS DOWN FIRST AND THEN THE
CENTER AND YOU CAN GET IN THE ROOM BEHIND THERE.  YOU WILL FIND
ANOTHER ROOM WITH BUTTONS AND LEVERS BEHIND IT.  LEFT UP AND RIGHT
DOWN PUSH BUTTON ---HOLD DOWN PLATE LEFT DOWN AND RIGHT UP THROW
SOMETHING AT BUTTON TO GET OUT.

LEVEL 3:

ROCK MONSTERS---USE FREEZE SPELL!!
AVIAN WORMS-----USE FIREBALL SPELL OR FIREBALL STICKS!!

THE TELEPORTER WILL TAKE YOU BACK TO THE ENTRANCE TO THE MINE.
MINE CARS: NEED JEWEL TO OPERATE--IN CHEST
LEVERS DOWN: NADA, NOTHING----NOVA--NO GO
LEVERS UP: TO COAL--USE PICK AXE
LEFT UP AND RIGHT DOWN: NADA
LEFT DOWN AND RIGHT UP: STAIRWAY DOWN---ROCK MONSTERS.

LEVEL 4:

PUSH BUTTON BEHIND YOU TO STOP BLASTERS.
GEAR FOR PUMP IS BEHIND ROCK PILE---USE PICK AXE--ROCK MONSTER.
RUSTY KEY
NEED KEY FROM LEVEL 2 STAIRCASE TO OPEN ONE OF THE DOORS.  TO GET
THE KEY YOU WILL NEED TO GET THE PUMP OPERATING FIRST!!  PAULSON
IS HERE AND HE HAS ARMOR, CUBE, ETC. IN A SECRET WALL.
TELEPORTS:  THE FIRST TWO TAKE YOU BACK AND FORTH IN LEVEL 4.

THE TELEPORT ROOM:
NORTH ---TO FIRST LEVEL
SOUTH ---TO 2ND LEVEL
EAST  ---NADA

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