An Elder Scrolls Legend

                    Battlespire - Part 4

                 Walkthrough by Vic Horsley

See also the map in the screenshots section

Continued from last issue

Sixth Level: Place of the Hunt.

It's nice to get out in the sunlight for a while, or is it? You
begin this level standing on a small wooden jetty, at the south
west side of a Island, there is a boat behind you, two scrolls in
front of you and a "Black Seducer" ahead of you, pick up the
scrolls and read them, then speak to the flyer (I shall carry on
calling them this), she will set the story for you, then search
the basket near by, there is also some armour under the jetty
that's worth getting.

There is now a choice of what to do, either go inland and to the
north to find the old man, which is the aim of course, or jump in
the boat and circle the Island, doing this does give you a better
idea of where to go but also takes a little time to complete the
round trip. If you take the boat stay a little way from the land,
so as not to be caught by enemy missiles and save often.

This is a small oval or egg shaped Island very green and
colourful, also very hilly. This makes it hard to see what's
coming at you, there is a inlet from the sea on the south eastern
side. This circles up to approximately half way up the Island and
makes the waterway shaped something similar to a question mark,
use this water to your advantage, you can swim anywhere providing
you are light enough.

The aim of this area or Island is to collect all the keys to
escape it, the keys are large easy to see and are spread in
various locations, although its not that easy because you cannot
kill the attackers on this Island, but they can certainly kill
you, make yourself as light as possible, you should only carry one
other weapon besides what you are using and only the armour you
are stood up in plus the potions, weapons will not harm the
enemies but they will knock them away for a little while, the
order of the day is run away,

This place is swarming with all the enemies you have faced through
the game and they come at you from all sides, you must run and
they will follow for some distance. If you go into the water they
are limited to how far they can go, so swim out a little way, use
your compass and map to get back if you lose sight of land.

Back on the Island, there are little clusters of buildings
scattered all over the land it is in these you will find the keys,
easier said than done. If you can get close to a building and
sneak in quick they will not follow although there could be others
inside, these do not move so quickly and you are given more chance
to search.

There are some scattered chests and some potions but all these are
guarded, so you have to run to them, open and get out quick,
unless your health is at premium, you will die many times on this
Island, so it can't be stressed enough the priority in saving your
game, every five minutes would seem right.

There are so many colours and images on this area and they all
come together so often that it causes real problems in the game,
my computer has crashed no less than seven times on this level and
it has corrupted some of my files (not happy).

I have had to give up on the game it has done more damage than I
am prepared to go on with, I have lost a few very special files
and it has knocked out my internet connection, but it is best to
point out that for the sake of doing this walkthrough I have been
running three set-ups alongside one another and this has
undoubtedly caused conflicts, playing just one game should not
give the same result but you will, without doubt meet some
problems as mentioned earlier in the game.

One last thing - the Cabin you need to find is plumb in the middle
of the island and close to the north tip, the small islet citadel
is also just north of it, but get into the cabin I never did.  It
is surrounded by all sorts, I made the door once, only to be
killed as I was about to enter, but had I had more health points I
would have made it, I was looking for more potions when my
computer troubles started.

Best of luck, there is only one more level after this.

@~I'll find this from another source next issue ... Sue

December 2002.







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