prjames on 22/8/2007 at 19:23

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Fire Eater,

Went through this yesterday.

[SPOILER]The bad news is you will need some health and healing potions to do this as I haven't found a way to get the fire arrows (necessary to kill treebeasts) without losing health.

Given your location: Look down from where you're at. You should see a coffin. (If you have enough health to jump towards one of the towers and grab a fire arrow without killing yourself, do so.) Otherwise, drop to the coffin and then drop to the floor. Then, run to the other side of the room. Mantle up to the areas on the back on either side of the closed door - you can then do multiple mantles up pretty high on either side, including the left side where you see the side passage.

Your first goal is to slaughter the treebeasts and 2 fire arrows each (from either of these "high mantle" areas or the starting area for this room) seems to be the best way to do it. The way I got the fire arrows was to jump from these high mantle areas towards a tower and then frob it as I'm flying past (and unfortunately take some falling damage). You can do similar things from the starting area or the "mid-point on the left hallway" to get the 2 fire arrows on the towers closest to you as you start the room.

Once you've killed the treebeasts (I know, easier said than done), mantle up on the back on either side of the door as before, then go to the left to find a hallway right next to the room. Go to the end of the hallway and press a button. The coffin will move, revealing the guardian's skull. Pick up the skull and walk towards the door and the door will open. Once you reach the viewpoint of the next room, you can drop the skull.

The good news is that after you do this sequence with the treebeasts, you will not need to return to this room or the water maze to complete the level.[/SPOILER]

Hope this helps....

- prjames

prjames on 22/8/2007 at 20:05

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Thanks! Interesting clarification (and I had known that, my own trip through the area might have been easier.) :cool:

- prjames

The Fire Eater on 23/8/2007 at 02:17

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However, [SPOILER]don't think I'm able to frob arrows while doing a flying leap and taking a harder fall in the motion vice a drop-down from my ledge, alerting treebeasts search mode (spuing nasty magic casts). [/SPOILER] :( Of course either way might do it anyway as they seem to be on higher alert, but think it would be a less damaging fall. After I shot my first arrow, I immediately put away my bow and waited till they returned to position and settled back down but just bringing my next arrow back up again, sent them on search again. My current health is about three less from a basic full, not all the way to fullest mark...and again I do have my two life potions (hope they give more than just five fillers especially since you did make this last part...some very damaging potentials!).

One other thought however that I wished you would have incorporated I.T.,[SPOILER]for us less gifted jumpers to get arrows, would have been a place to put rope arrows as you did in first ver.; but still forced a jumping sequence to get at them. A few rocks could have fallen down exposing wood from a tree root...since you apparently endup out in a forested area or something like that? Maybe I'm just imagining that I heard another beast outside of this area, but I thought I read something about a forest someone had posted they had to go though in this other area, which would still be in keeping with next area?[/SPOILER] Anyway, I'll try to see if I can get over and up to where I need to go without dying but in sneak mode (or maybe at least to kill one to better my chances before drop-down). LOL :rolleyes:

EDIT: Much later...[SPOILER]Well so far kindof OK. I ended up tossing my mine in front of one beast near his station and he died...good! But two fire arrows for one...no, no not for me. I hit him both times in head (this was tried a couple of times before as I explained earlier and it didn't work then either) so after he went back to his station, I decided to see if I could drop-down safely. Put a moss arrow on top of casket (which didn't spread) but landed safely without damage or noise. Beast had actually moved to where he was sortof half off his pedestal furthest away side. So I continued around to back and mantled up..not sure if I needed to crouch mantle or stand mantle (hard to tell which way works at times). So I crouched first which didn't work and caused noise which sent Beast out again, but since I immediately stood and tried again that way got up. Now I have to get up the rest of the way. The only thing that confuses me a bit is: do I have to mantle up that same hole in the wall I spotted from my first entry out of portal? That's a long way around for sure.

Well on my earlier comment about hearing possible other Beast...ha, ha...it's the you-know-whats that I'm not thrilled about playing against. That maybe the stick that broke the camels back, so to speak. :eek: Not sure how much further I will go again in this one..have to wait and see.[/SPOILER] Bye again.

The Fire Eater on 23/8/2007 at 02:34

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That's the bldg. near City Watch [SPOILER]where you find Gold skull and a mask. You had to go there to get one or two quest items depending on your play mode.[/SPOILER]

Note to I.T. incase you read this post. Look above prjames post again as I added another new post that will get buried again as new ones are added on. :) Thanks

The Fire Eater on 23/8/2007 at 07:44

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I need some help cause I hit switch, dropped down by dead Beast as I decided I'd better use moss arrow on marble landing since I will be dropping down from there and other Beast is moaning in pain since I did shoot him twice...poor beastie. :( However the problem is when I got to skull...it won't highlight for me to frob???? what the heck is the matter??? I see you were here just now when I got on board and hope your still here to read this. Thanks

EDIT: darn..you left before I could get this posted. Guess I'll have to wait again till you return sometime or other. :( LOL, now your back again and I'll wait to see if you reply for a bit. :)