Ultima IX - Ascension Walkthrough by Stuart Kennedy (a.k.a. Ravage Dragon) 
slightly revised by Quill Dragon.

Quill Dragon's Note: After much consideration I have chosen to make Ravage 
Dragon's walkthrough for Ultima IX available for download, since no other 
complete walkthrough for the game seems to be available.

General Note:
You find coordinates using a sextant. Just click on a sextant and it will give 
you the coordinates of your current position in the world.

Stonegate
Open the chest in the corner and take all the items in there. There will be two 
spell scrolls (light & fireball), a map of whichever town corresponds with the 
virtue associated with your character class (eg; paladin=trinsic), and a small 
bag containing a few potions (Note: some people won't get a map). There will 
also be an extra item(s) depending on your character class (eg; if you're a 
paladin you will get a chain coif).

Walk down the stairs and take the spellbook from the podium. You can only use 
linear spells, but for now that's all you need. Use the ignite spell to light up 
the torch on the wall and remove the force field from the doorway. Keep going 
until you see the giant rat on the other side of the room. Use your stone spell 
on it and it will die. Jump across the platforms and flick the switch. Jump back 
across and pick up the leather gauntlets along the way.

Walk down the stairs, take the leather boots from the chest, and keep going 
until you get to a portcullis. Use the gust spell on the jug to knock it onto 
the pressure plate, which will open the portcullis. Walk down and use the button 
to lower the elevator. Use the valve twice and climb down and press the blue 
button. Climb up the wall which juts out and down the stairs.

As you walk fire will erupt out of the ground. Use your douse spell to make a 
clear path to the end. Use the douse spell to put out the fire in the two 
braziers. DO NOT click on the statue or it will shoot a fireball at you which 
will be very painful! Go through the exit and to the outside.

Kill any giant rats or wolves that you come across and pick up any potions that 
are lying around. If you want to you can kill the predatory fish that's in the 
pool so that you can get the gold out of the chest. You will find a cave 
entrance guarded by a Wyrmguard. Once you've talked to him he will attack you. 
Use the fireball scroll to kill him if you have a weak character, otherwise you 
can attack him normally. Enter the cave and walk on to the teleporter.

Compassion
You will appear in Lord British's castle. Talk to Hennington, the fat guy in the 
green shirt. He will tell you that Lord British wants to see you. Open the big 
double doors and walk down the red carpet and speak to Lord British. He will 
give you an update on what's going on and give you a map of Britannia. Next talk 
to Vasagralem, the winged gargoyle that's hovering above the ground.

Once you have finished speaking with him go upstairs and into your bedroom (the 
one on the right). Take the small bag of money and the map of Britain that are 
on your bed, as well as any potions that are lying around. Explore the rest of 
the castle and then exit into Britain. Explore the city, buy or sell items, and 
prepare for a trip to Paws.

Once you are ready, head to the south west corner of the city where there will 
be a gate. Exit the city and follow the path. Go left at any forks in the road 
that you come across. On the way you will meet a blind woman, talk to her and 
you will find out about karma. Keep going along the path looking out for giant 
rats and bandits. Just before the bridge there is a cave to the right. In the 
cave there will be a box with a valve in it, take the valve. You will come 
across a troll guarding the bridge. He will tell you that you must pay him ten 
gold pieces of you wish to cross the bridge. You can pay him, or you can ask him 
how much 10 gold is, he's so dumb he won't know the answer and you can just walk 
on by.

Once in Paws be careful, because it's built on a swamp which will poison you if 
you walk on it. Just walk along the wooden planks. Find the windmill, there will 
be a woman there who tells you that the valve is broken so they have no water. 
Put the valve in the hole next to the tap inside the windmill. Use it and the 
bucket will fill up. Talk to the woman again, she will thank you and you will be 
rewarded with karma. Explore Paws a bit and then head back to Britain.

To the east of Britain, just after the bridge, is a woman named Sarah. Talk to 
her about the Shrine of Compassion. She will tell you to go meditate at the 
shrine. Head east into the mountain looking out for enemies. On the way a statue 
will talk to you. What do you know? It's your old friend Shamino! After talking 
to him proceed along the path until you get to the Shrine of Compassion. What a 
wreck! Walk up and click on the broken altar in the middle. Chant the mantra for 
compassion, which is "mu". The shrine will speak to you. Once finished, head off 
back to town and prepare for an adventure into the dungeon of Despise.

If you are looking for some quick cash then follow the floating blue orb which 
is near Sarah. You will be led to a cave where you will find a diamond, which
you can sell to the gem cutter in Britain for 600 gold pieces. Head south from
the cave and you will come across a lighthouse. Take the sextant there, unless 
you don't want to steal in which case you can purchase one from the outfitter in 
town for 500 gold pieces.

Despise
Once you are ready, head east out of Britain an follow the path north. You will 
come to a fork in the road so go right. Then you will come accross a house, 
which just happens to contain Gwenno who is worried about poor old Iolo. It 
seems Lord Britsh told him to go to Despise. So head off north until you get to 
a cave entrace (there'll be a giant column in a pool of lava right near it). 
Enter the cave.

If you ever come accross any spiders webs that somehow have the strength to stop 
you from passing, just use your weapon to get them out the way. You'll come 
accross a portcullis, flick the switch and it will open. To the right you'll 
head a couple of people talking behind a door. Open the chest on the floor and 
take the key, then use it to open the door. The men will tell you about four 
Kiran stones which are keys to a secret artifact.

Head back the other way to the locked door and cast ignite on the torch to 
unlock the door. You need to get to the top of the big pillar in the middle of 
the room so just jump on the surrounding pillars until you reach the top. There 
you will find the yellow Kiran stone. Take it and jump on to the pillar ahead of 
you, and presss the button which will open a door for you to go through.

When you come to a gap in the floor, don't bother jumping over it. Just jump 
down and through the door, where you will see a painting. Click on the painting 
and take the armor. Keep going and flick the switch to open the secret door into 
a room with a big pool. Take the bucket with water in it and place it on the 
altar which is on the other side of the room. The door which was locked will now 
open.

You will eventually come accross a portcullis, flick the switch to open it. 
There is a room with a big circle in it, take the key and the bow and arrows 
from the chest in the corner and enter the next room. Use an arrow to shoot the 
target above the door and the door will unlock.

Once in the dining room, take the key off the wall and go up the steps to the 
upper platform. Step on the plate and a secret door will open. Keep going until 
you get to a teleporter, use it. You will find a room with another big circle in 
it, just wait and the blue Kiran stone will appear. Go back through the 
teleporter to the dining room. In the next room, flick the switch and the 
fountain will disappear, then open the door in the wall. Press the button which 
will open the portcullis.

Next, use the chair to jump over the fence and flick the switch, then jump back 
over (this may take you a few jumps). Take the key from the small pool of water 
in the corner. Go into the next room where you will see Iolo's lute and other 
belongings. Cast ignite on the candlestick which is on the altar and a ray of 
light will appear. It will heal you if you walk through it.

Keep going and you'll hear a man crying out asking for somebody to pull the 
lever. Do it and he will give you the green Kiran stone for saving his life. Go 
into the room with the open doorway and press the button on the back of the 
attractor orb. Pick up the key and keep going to the end of the hallway and 
through the doors.

Ignore the four columns for now and read the book and the other column. A secret 
passage will appear for you to go through. Click the button on the fountain and 
you will have access to some treasure. Go through the next passage way and into 
the water. Keep swimming until you see a switch underwater to your left. Flick 
it and a small section will open up containing the red Kiran stone.

Keep going through the water until you reach a wyrmguard in front of the column, 
who just happens to have a striking resemblance to your old friend Iolo. After 
you talk he will attack you. Hit him a bit and he will ask for you to spare his 
life, so be a nice Avatar and let him live. Take the Glyph of Compassion from 
inside the column and head back through the water to the room with the four 
columns. Put the four Kiran stones on the colour corresponding columns. The 
Kiran shield will appear in the center, take it [Note: I never actually found 
this shield to be any good and you can't sell it for very much gold]. Head all 
the way back and out of the Dungeon. There just happens to be a nasty son of a 
bitch waiting for you but don't worry because a friend will be there to help 
you!

Go back to Britain. You need to get the sigil for compassion off the mayor so go 
talk to Killigan, the mayor's assistant. He'll tell you the mayor's nicked off 
to Paws to look for his daughter. So head down to Paws and you'll find him in 
the first house being attacked by a rat. Some guy with a wooden leg will save 
him though. The mayor will ask you to save his daughter from a clan of goblins. 
Go out the back of the house and on to the left walkway made of planks. Go past 
the first house and take the right walkway. This is the house with the goblins. 
Go upstairs and there'll be two goblins, one being the leader. Kill them and 
talk to Meribeth, then head back to the mayor. He'll thank you and give you the 
sigil, called the Heart of Compassion. Head back to Britain, then exit to the 
east and go back to the shrine. Place the sigil and the glyph on the altar in 
the middle and you'll be prompted to enter the mantra, which is "mu". You will 
be asked which stat you want to advance in, so choose one and take the rune and 
sigil. Now head back to Britain.

Humility
Head to the Britain docks (south-east part of the city) where you'll find Raven 
on her ship. Jump aboard and talk to her. As long as you have the Rune of 
Compassion in your possession she will take you to Buccaneer's Den. Once there 
walk around a bit and explore the island. When your ready go visit Samhayne in 
his house which is above the tavern. From Raven's ship walk along the docks 
(don't turn right when you get the chance) until you come accross a small boat. 
You can get in it and wait for it to take you to the other side or you can just 
do what I did and swim. Once you get to the other side go right, through the 
tavern, and out the upstairs door where you will come accross a lift. Get on it 
and it will take you to the top. From there walk past the small house and turn 
left and you should come accross a rather large house. Go in and talk to 
Samhayne. He says he'll give you the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom if you deal with 
the nearby column before the others.

Once you've finished talking to him go back to Raven and she'll give you a 
password. Now you have to find the cave. Look for a lighthouse to the south-east 
of the island (look on your map), go there. There's a ghost walking around the 
lighthouse but he won't hurt you. In fact, if you give him some rum he'll tell 
you where his sunken ship is. Just south of the lighthouse you'll find a cave 
entrance.

Enter the cave and when the cave splits in two you'll be prompted for the 
password. Enter the lassword Raven gave you, which is "keelhaul", and the 
correct way will be revealed. Keep going until you come out in New Magincia.

Once out of the cave, immediately turn right and head up the hill following the 
path. You'll come accross a fallen building which acts like a bridge. Walk 
through it and keep walking until you find Katrina. She tells you where the 
shrine is and tells you the mantra for humility. She has the sigil but will only 
give it to you once you've gotten rid of the vultures and wolves which are 
killing her animals.

Find the small cliff near the bridge you came accross. There's a fallen column 
that you can use to climb up to the top. Cast ignite on the campfire there, but 
don't worry if it goes out straight away, it doesn't matter.

Now you have to kill the alpha wolf. There southern island is it's home, so find 
somewhere that you can jump accross and go into the dome-shaped building. Kill 
the large wolf and go back to Katrina. The best way to get back is to just jump 
in the water and swim back to the cave entrance so you can go back up the hill. 
When you talk to Katrina again she'll give you the sigil, called the Crook of 
Humility.

Go around to the back of her house and look down the cliff. You should see a 
small stone platform. Jump down and walk on to it. The shrine will appear out of 
the water. Jump down into the water and click on the altar in the middle of the 
shrine. You will be prompted to enter the mantra, which is "lum". You will jump 
down into the middle of the shrine and underwater until your reach the 
Gargoyle's underwater dome, Ambrosia.

You will appear next to a fountain and two wingless gargoyles. One of them won't 
speak to you but the other will. Be careful, if you offend him he will attack 
you (he's a wimp though). Go down the ramp to the east and speak to the winged 
gargoyle there. Ask about Hythloth and he'll tell you that you need to speak to 
Wislem, but you need to be able to fly as his home is floating in the sky (well 
it's not really the sky, but you get the idea).

Go back up to the fountain and head south. Head around the corner to your right 
and up the ramp. From the top of the ramp head right and look for a building you 
can enter. There is a winged gargoyle in there who doesn't seem to like you. 
Take the crystal from the pedestal and head back out the building and down the 
big ramp, then turn right and you should see two pedestals, one without a 
crystal, so place the crystal you took on it. A gap in the wall will open and 
there will be a gargoyle child there. Speak to him and he'll tell you about some 
boots that let you fly (how ironic!). Follow him and walk through the wall. You 
should come accross a dead body where you will find some flying boots. There is 
also some guy in a cave who says he's building a boat out of stone. Umm, sure 
mate, that'll work!

Put the boots on and press the spacebar. Now you can walk in all directions 
(including up and down, but don't press space when you're high up!). Look into 
the hovering buildings until you find a winged gargoyle named Wislem. Wislem 
says he won't help you unless you finish the queen's statue. Take the red power 
cube and fly up to the top-center of the dome. Put the red power cube in the 
empty pylon (slot) and everything will break. Go in the general west direction 
and into the building there. Read all three books and a fourth book will appear 
in the center. Read the book and you will get a green power cube. Then fly up to 
the building above it and put the green power cube in the empty pylon (slot), 
and you will get the Amulet of Singularity.

Go back to Wislem's workshop (it's smashed on the ground somewhere) and speak to 
him (he's outside). He'll give you a crystal. Go into the workshop and put it on 
the empty pedestal. Take the yellow power cube and go to the queen's chamber. 
Put it in the empty pylon and drop down. There's some fat ugly blob there which 
just happens to be the queen (yikes, this thing is weird)! She'll attack you but 
she's obviously too fat to move so just take an egg from behind her and nick 
off. From the passageway head left and you'll find a teleporter which will take 
you to Hythloth.

Hythloth
You'll appear in some water. Walk forward until you come accross some stairs 
leading up in to the dungeon. This dungeon is very maze-like and therefore can 
get tedious and irritating, especially when you're lost. Turn right at the first 
chance you get and turn the valve that's in the small pool. There should be a 
yellow brick sticking out of the wall. Press it and a passageway will open up 
for you to go in and collect a green statue. Go back out the way you came and 
keep heading west until you get to an area full of poison water. Jump in and 
swim around the left hand corner and up on to the platform as fast as you can. 
Use a red potion to cure the poison, then open the chest and put the swamp boots 
on. Get on the platform in the middle of the water and rise up and flick the 
switch there. Then go back down using the platform and go to the main corridor.

Go north and take the passage to the left. Jump down the hole and collect the 
brown statue from in the water. Turn the valve down there so that the water 
rises and you can swim back up out the hole. Go out to the intersection and turn 
left. Put the brown statue on the brown altar. There will be some lightning and 
the altar will turn blue and rise up. Go north and turn right. You'll come to a 
room with water in it. Turn one of the valves and the water level will be 
lowered. Go down and collect the yellow statue, then go out the way you came. 
Then keep going in the same direction until you have to turn right and you'll 
face a wyrmguard. Kill him and swim through the water to the giant column. Go 
around the back of the column and dive down. Go through the opening in the 
column and collect the Glyph of Humility (Note: There are predatory fish in the 
water). Go back and out of the water. Find your way back to the room where you 
found the swamp boots. Go up the platform and put the yellow statue on the 
altar. Go back down and out of the room, turning left as you go. Then turn 
right. As you enter the room the door will close behind you and the walls on 
your left and right will start to close in. Just keep going and out the door on 
the other side.

Keep going, take the scroll from near the dead body and turn right. Turn the 
valve in the small pool and go back the way you came, turning right as soon as 
you can. You'll end up in a room with a heap of columns sticking out the ground. 
Depending on what ones you jump on, different ones will rise or go down. Use the 
info on the scroll you just took to get accross to the other side. Place the 
green statue on the altar and turn both the valves. Go back out and turn right 
as soon as you get the chance. Collect the blue statue from the room with the 
poison water in it. Find your way back to the general direction of the big 
column that had the Glyph in it. As you walk down the corridor to get to the 
room with the big column, there will be a doorway on your right. Go in and put 
the blue statue on the altar. Find your way back to the room where you collected 
the blue statue. Head through the north corridor and head to the right as soon 
as you can. You will have access to this area now because you have placed all 
the statues in their corresponding altars.

You will enter into an underwater tunnel with clear walls. Turn right, then left 
because you have to, and then right again. You'll see a chest. Open it and take 
the pink statue if you want (you don't need it, so there's no point). Go around 
to the back of the wall that's behind the chest and pick up the key. Now head 
back out and turn right at the T-junction. Turn left when you get to an 
intersection and open the chest where you will find a winch. Flick the switch. 
Go through the door that opened behind you and turn left, step on the 
teleporter. Jump down into the water and swim until you reach a dead end. Swim 
up through the hole and keep going until you reach the surface. You will end up 
back next to the Shrine of Humility. Put both the Crook of Humility and the 
Glyph of Humility on the altar. As long as you remember the mantra you'll have 
cleansed the shrine. In case you've forgotten, the mantra is "lum".

Hythloth part II - by Quill Dragon

As you have probably noticed there is more to Hythloth than described by Ravage 
Dragon. There is actually a small part of Hythloth, which you do not need to do, 
but which you probably sooner or later will wish to complete. 
I have heard many say that there is no real treasures to be had by doing this 
part of Hythloth, yet that is both right and wrong. It is true that no rare 
artifacts like the lightning sword or the swamp boots can be found in this part 
of Hythloth. It is however no more, nor less rewarding treasurewise to complete 
second part of Hythloth than to complete first part of Hythloth. One can as an 
example find gems, gold and weapons in second part of Hythloth. Among the 
weapons is even a broad sword, which is a rather nice weapon to own (without 
stealing) so early in the game. One must remember that Hythloth is the first 
dungeon and thus both treasures and artifacts are much more scarce than later 
on. On top of the gem and weapon goodies one gets the joy of exploring and that 
is the best part of it all I think. So the question is not IF you should do the 
second part of Hythloth, but rather WHEN you should do the second part of 
Hythloth.
The good thing about the second part of Hythloth is that you can do it any time 
you want. You can do it the first time you are in Hythloth or return later, 
entering Hythloth through the flooded tunnel opening near the Shrine of 
Humility.

How to prepare for Hythloth part II

1. Remember to have the purple statue with you.
2. Wear a nice and handy swim suit.
3. Remember to bring a few potions or empty bottles.
4. The mana breathing spell can be handy, but is not necessary.

If you are ever unable to climb up from the water due to high edges then drop a 
bottle or potion in the water. Climb up onto the bottle and jump to solid 
ground. The bottle can mostly be picked up afterwards. 

After the transparent maze go into the first room on your left with the 
teleporter. Do not use the teleporter. Use however the valve on the wall. Water 
will stream down from a pipe above and when the water clears away a golden key 
lies on the floor. Take this key. Leave the room with the teleporter and turn 
left. Continue ahead until you stand before a solid stone wall. Look to your 
right. On the wall is a small box. Open it and pull the small lever inside.
This will make the wall disappear. The section revealed behind this wall will be 
referred to as "The valve puzzle room". In this room you will have to solve a 
valve puzzle by turning the valves in the right order. This can be done in more 
ways, but here is one way to do it:



	4		2
		
8	3		1	7

	5		6
		X

X = marks where you enter the room

Now both the portcullis which block the doorway and the tunnel have been opened.
Go through the doorway this will bring you into a room with a red stone block 
and two sealed doors. 

NOTE: I have never been able to find the statue, which goes with this stone. If 
anyone knows then do tell. I have tried to fly cheat through the two sealed 
doors but there is nothing behind them.

Now continuing onwards you come into a room. You stand on a bridge and the floor 
is some way below you. Jump down and look under the bridge. There you will see a 
bird bath. Drink from the bird bath by using it. Now go into the small tunnel 
near by and continue to the end of it where you will find a valve. Turn it and 
walk back to the room with the bird bath. Climb back onto the bridge and head 
back towards the valve puzzle room. The tunnel has been temporarily flooded. 
Swim into the tunnel, but keep you eyes on the tunnel floor. When you come to a 
pile of bones swim directly upwards towards the ceiling and you will see that 
there is a hole in the ceiling. Swim up through that hole. Climb up into the 
room and leave through the door. You now come to the jumping room. On each side 
of the door you enter through there are two valves, thus four valves all in all. 
These valves move the stone slaps along the walls, yet it is not necessary to do 
this at all. But it can be fun to play with.
Jump through the room to the doorway on the other side. You are now in a tunnel, 
which is blocked by portcullis by there is also an opening into a room with a 
hole in the floor. Enter this room and jump down the hole. Following the tunnel 
there will take you into a room with a winch. Pull the small lever on the winch 
to use it. This will open the portcullis which blocked the tunnel you were in 
just before. Pick up the blue statue, which you find in this room and leave 
through the door surrounded by huge boulders. 

NOTE: The room with the winch and the blue statue contains a sealed door as 
well. I have fly cheated through it, but alike to the other two sealed doors 
there is nothing behind it.

Turn left when you leave the room with the winch and blue statue and continue 
until you reach a purple stone block. Mount the purple statue on it. This will 
open the portcullis blocking the tunnel you are in right now and one of the 
portcullis in the tunnel connected to the valve puzzle room. That is the tunnel 
ending in two openings blocked by portcullis.
Go back to the valve room following the tunnel you are in now, which is now no 
longer blocked by portcullis.

NOTE: No need to go back to the hole and levitate back up even though that is 
possible too, if you do this dungeon equipped with such arcane talents.

After you have returned to the valve puzzle room enter the tunnel ending in two 
openings blocked by portcullis. It is the one, which has a yellow potion is 
stuck in a web in front of it. Go down the left tunnel which is now open. Follow 
it until you come to a blue stone block. Mount the blue statue on it. This will 
open the portcullis blocking the entrance to the room with a hole in the floor 
and a giant rat to guard. The room you just passed on your way to the blue stone 
block room. Go back and into this room.

Note: In the room with the blue stone block the entrance to some flooded tunnels 
is to be found. They appear to be empty.

Jump into the hole in the floor. Swim down and into the large room opening close 
by. Swim towards the ceiling of this large room and find the hole in the 
ceiling. (Notice the opening blocked by portcullis). Swim up into this hole and 
climb into the room. Look towards the ceiling of this room. You will see a stone 
slab attached to the roof with iron chains. On top of it a golden statue stands. 
Go to the chest and open it. Jump on top of the open lid, reach for the statue 
and take it. Jump back into the hole in the floor and swim back to the room you 
came from. The edge of this hole is rather high and you might need to drop a 
bottle into the water and climb onto it and from there jump to solid ground.

Now the golden statue will not fit the red stone block in the room with the two 
sealed doors. What you need to do is to go back to the end of the transparent 
labyrinth. As you remember three rooms are found there. One room which holds the 
teleporter, which you will not use. One room which holds a golden stone block 
and one room which is empty. Go to into the room with the golden stone block.
In case you are still puzzled the coordinates of the golden stone block are 
88 o 46 N 100 o 23 W. Mount the golden statue on top of it. This will cause a 
section of the floor in the empty room to slide away and reveal a square water 
filled pit. Go into this room and jump into the pit. On the northern wall of 
this pit, near the bottom of it, there is a valve. Turn it and the portcullis in 
the large water filled room beneath the room, which held the golden statue will 
open. All we have left now is to leave Hythloth! But NOT through the teleporter.
Go back into the valve puzzle room and into the tunnel marked by the yellow 
potion stuck in a cobweb. Follow the tunnel and turn right into the room with 
the hole in the floor. Jump into the hole and swim down into the large water 
filled room. Instead of swimming up to the hole in the ceiling keep swinging 
towards the now open arch no longer blocked by portcullis. Fear not for loosing 
your breath, for right through the arch air is welling up through a small hole 
in the floor. Swim into this stream of air and catch thy breath anew. 
When ready continue to swim ahead and turn right around the corner. Keep 
swimming but look up now and then. Shortly before the ending of the tunnel you 
will see a hole in the ceiling. Swim up through that hole towards air and 
freedom!
Once you reach the surface swim to the corrupted Shrine of Humility. Put the 
glyph and sigil of Humility on the alter and speak the mantra LUM thus cleansing 
the shrine.
Now return to the house of Samhayne for a little surprise.

After completing Dungeon Hythloth and after cleansing the shrine, make your way 
around the islands until you get back to the cave in which you arrived on New 
Magincia. You can go and find Katrina if you like, but it's not neccessary. Head 
back through the cave and out into Buccaneer's Den. Go talk to Samhayne in his 
house. Unfortunatley there's some evil prick waiting for you.

Deceit
You'll be thrown into a prison cell without your backpack or weapons. But you'll 
still have your armor. There just happens to be a secret passage leading out of 
the cell, funny that! Open the secret door (look for the outline) and walk down 
the passage to the statue of a phase spider. Click on the statue and you will be 
transported somewhere, although it's not very obvious. Go back down the passage 
and into your cell. Walk through the cell door as it's just and illusion. Click 
the button next to the door to open your real cell. Now go back and use statue 
of the phase spider and go out of your cell.

Use the key on the table to open the door. Your passage will be blocked so head 
back and use the phase spider. Go to the portcullis and open it as it's just 
another illusion. Now head back and use the phase spider again. The portcullis 
will now be open. Look for a door in the wall in the room with the rubble. There 
will be four statues in the four corners. The chest is actually a mimic, open it 
if you think you can kill it. Press the red button, then on the torch that 
lights up and the color of light in the room should begin changing. When it is 
green you can go through the door. Keep going and turn right. Click on the red 
and blue buttons. When you click on the red button you will see an invisible 
bridge in another room. If you click on the green button a sword will appear, 
but so will a skeleton.

Go back and keep going until you get to the room with the lava. Walk along the 
invisible walkway like you saw when you pressed the red button. Head right to 
the painting and two buttons on the wall. Use the button on the left and walk 
accross the blocks that appear. Get on to the yellow transporter and let it take 
you to another platform, but be careful as a statue will throw fireballs at you 
along the way. There are a whole bunch of buttons on the wall but only one 
that's real. Keep pushing them until you get one that makes a staircase behind 
you. Go up the stairs and push the purple button on the wall. Get on the yellow 
transporter and let it take you, then push the green button on the center 
platform as soon as you get close enough. Go to the other end of the platform 
and press the button in the corner. You will be taken back to the original 
painting on the wall.

Push the button to the right of the painting and get on the transporter that 
appears. It will take you to the other side next to a statue. There are five 
buttons on the wall. The two left button turn the statue around one way, and the 
right two turn it around the opposite way. The center button fires a ball. Fire 
a ball at the target on the staircase. When you hit it the forcefield covering 
the teleporter on the center platform will dissapear. Now shoot a ball at the 
opposite target, which will return the transporter to you. Get on and go back to 
the other side. Now follow the same steps you used earlier to reach the center 
platform and use the teleporter.

You will appear on a series of stone bridges. At the end of one of them is a 
pedestal with a glyph above it. As you get close to it, it will shrink and 
disappear. Push the button on the pedestal and walk along the new bridge to the 
table. Use the buttons to maneuver the transparent box with the target on it. 
The idea is to line it up with the statue at the other end of the room. Touch 
the statue to fire a ball at the target. You may have to hit the target a few 
times before it activates. Be careful, the two statues next to the big statue 
will throw fireballs at you when you walk in front of them.

There will now be a flying transporter for you to use. Get on and it will take 
you to a teleporter, use it.

You will be up on a platform in a small room. Jump down and kill the spider. 
Just use your fists (or legs, if you've been trained) to kill it or the sword if 
you took it. When you get close to one side of the room a bow will appear, take 
it. In one corner there is a statue, touch it and some arrows will appear. There 
are also two mirrors in this room, clicking on one of them heals you where as 
the other one throws fireballs at you. The one opposite to where the arrows 
appeared is the fireball one. Use your newly aquired bow and arrows to shoot the 
target above one of the platforms, then some stairs will appear. Climb up and 
stand on the pressure plate. While you're on it another target will appear on 
the other side of the room. Shoot it and a plank will appear. Cross it quickly 
because it disappears, then use the teleporter.

Use the transporter again. Once back in the original area, find the target on 
the wall next to the valve and shoot it. Another bridge will appear. Walk 
accross and turn the valve. The level of lava will be lowered.

There are four pedestal things with small pointers on the corners (I'm not very 
imaginative!) throughout this entire area. The idea is to collect a total of 
four magical orbs from their locations and place them on these pedestals in any 
order. I'm just going to tell you how to get the orbs, you'll be able to put 
them on the pedestals yourself. Note: It doesn't matter which orb goes on which 
pedestal.

Go to the area with the two small statues that shoot fireballs and the big 
statue. Jump down and get close to the small pillar sticking out the lava. Once 
you're close enough click on it and the lava will disappear, temporarily. 
Quickly open the chest and there's your first orb.

Go to the area with the table and buttons. Jump down and into the opening (don't 
forget about the pillar which makes the lava disappear). Look in the crystal 
ball if you want, although I don't know what the point is in looking at animals 
on the ceiling. Use the teleporter and you'll be in a room with two chests, 
which are actually mimics. When you walk on to the carpet on the other side of 
the room a moving target will appear on the opposite wall. It will move faster 
when you actually shoot at it. Fire an arrow or 50 at the target and when you 
hit it another globe will appear. Take it and leave.

Go to the area where you first appeared in this place and jump down and use the 
pillar to lower the lava. Run straight ahead and on to the hill with the 
pedestal and teleporter. Look for the red button and press it which will make a 
target appear. You have to run and shoot the target before the timer runs out. 
Shooting the target will spawn another target which will spawn another target. 
Once you've hit all the targets the orb will appear (and so will a warhammer). 
Take it and leave.

Go back to the main area and lower the lava. Run down the other big passageway 
and on to the teleporter behind the hill at the end. Push the green button and a 
whole bunch of targets will appear. You have to keep shooting them and shooting 
them until they >>eventually<< stop appearing. Take the orb and leave.

Once all the orbs are in place you will be able to cross the huge stone bridge 
that appears as you place the orbs on the pedestals. Cross it and walk on to the 
pentagram, it's a teleporter.

Walk around a bit and a wyrmguard will send a hellhound after you, kill it. 
Cross the lava to where the mage is. It's actually Mariah, the Avatar's friend. 
Kill the other two mage's (the ones with shields) and run towards the giant 
column. Try to aviod killing Mariah if you can. Take the transporter to the 
column and collect the Glyph of Honesty. Then get back on the transporter which 
will take you to a teleporter. Now you can exit Dungeon Deceit!


Honesty
As you exit the dungeon you will come accross a knight named Duncan. He will 
accuse you of stealing his dagger, reason with him and he'll realise you're 
telling the truth. If you look on the side of the dungeon entrance you'll find a 
note left behind by Raven.

Swim accross the small river and go up the stairs, then follow the path into 
Moonglow. There will be a boy there and he'll tell you that his father is being 
attacked by thieves. He's lying, he's also lying when he tells you a second time 
later, but the third time you come accross him he'll be telling the truth.

Once in Moonglow look around a bit. Find a mage named Batista in a house towards 
the south of the town. She'll tell you that you can have the sigil for Honesty 
if you find and give her the mage shield which is in Mariah's house. Mariah's 
house is the one on your left when you entered the town. There are floating 
steps inside which lead up to the second floor. Anyway, find the small room (on 
the bottom floor) with a trap door and open it to see a teleporter. Walk on to 
it and you'll be in the basement with heaps of barrels. Find a secret door in 
the wall and go through it, put a barrel on the pressure plate and leave the 
secret room. Go through the secret door that's opposite the one you just used. 
Go through and put a barrel on the pressure plate, then return. Go through and 
collect the mage shield and return it to Batista, she will then give you the 
Writ of Honesty.

Now all you need is the mantra. Go see Tydus, he's in the house that's on the 
right the first time you enter the town. He will tell you that you can see the 
oracle if you retrieve the staff of wisdom for him. He'll tell you to find a 
cave. Head south and out of the town. As soon as you exit the south gate turn 
left and follow the creek, then turn right and head south. Look for the cave 
with the statue in front of it. Go in and kill the two thieves. There is no 
staff of wisdom but you should pick up Duncan's dagger which is lying on the 
ground. Return the dagger to Duncan if you want and he'll help you out.

Go and see Tydus again and he'll tell you to go to a second cave. Exit the 
northern gate and turn left, then follow the mountain until you reach the cave 
with the red ruby out the front. Inside the cave you'll find a demon. Tell the 
demon you'll enter unarmed and he'll vanish (although the eyes of the big stone 
face look at you where ever you go). Take the heartstone and go back to see 
Tydus, he'll then make the Lycaeum appear in the middle of the town.

Wait until it's night time. Hop on the flying ferry which can be found at the 
top of Tydus' house. Note: Sometimes I'd fall through the bottom of the ferry, 
might be a bug. Also, when I got off the ferry would keep going so I had to jump 
down from the Lycaeum, ouch :( The ferry will travel to most of the houses 
before the Lycaeum. Once inside the Lycaeum the oracle will tell you to look at 
the stars, so look in the telescope and you'll see the mantra for Honesty for a 
few seconds. To get the Book of Truth tell the oracle that you are responsible 
for all the problems in Britannia.

Now it's time to find the shrine. Exit the town to the south and cross the 
bridge. Behind the graveyard is a cave. Go all the way through the cave and 
you'll exit outside. Follow the path up to the shrine. Cleanse the shrine using 
the Glpyh, Sigil and mantra (which is "ahm") and then head to the docks which 
are west of the graveyard. Talk to Raven and you'll have the option of going to 
Britain, Buccaneer's Den or Minoc. Go back to Britain.

Justice
Once back in Britain, go and see Lord British. If you can't find him on his 
throne then use the teleporter in his bedroom and go out on to the baclony, he 
should be there. After he tells you about the moons he will say that the passage 
to Yew is clear and he will tell you how to get there. Exit Britain from the 
west gate and follow the path past the cemetary until you get to the signpost 
that points to Paws. Take the right path and through the valley. Eventually you 
will come to a cave. There are some goblins at the start of the cave and quite a 
lot of spiders further in. Once in the cave if you take the right passage you 
will soon find the exit. If you go left it'll be longer but there are more 
treasures and stuff. Once you exit the cave keep going past the goblin camp 
until you find the road. Follow the road north past the small bandit camp (two 
tents) and you'll eventually come accross a small stone bridge that takes you to 
Yew.

Yew is basically a whole bunch of treehouses except for a couple of houses on 
the ground. After exploring Yew you'll discover that all the people are waiting 
for the big trial of a pirate woman, but nobody seems to know her proper name, 
but you know that it's Raven. Go to the courthouse in the north-east part of 
Yew. It's through a small mountain pass. The courthouse is a big ampitheatre 
(you can see the courthouse on the map that came with the game). Vasagralem, the 
winged gargoyle you met in Lord British's castle, will accuse Raven of killing 
the gargoyle race. The Avatar will try to prevent it, but Raven will be 
sentenced to burn at the stake and gets carted off.

When you leave the courthouse a wingless gargoyle will be waiting and he'll also 
accuse you of killing the gargoyle race. Tell him everything and he'll believe 
you and tell you to go speak with Vasagralem. To get to Vasagralem's treehouse 
go to the south-west section of Yew. As long as you are up in the trees you 
should be able to find the transporter which will take you over to his house. 
Talk to Vasagralem and explain everything. He'll give you the red codex lens and 
tell you to meet him outside Wrong. He'll also tell you that you can find the 
book of justice in the library.

Get on the transporter and stop as soon as you get to the next treehouse. The 
treehouse under this one is the library. Get to the library. Once in the library 
put any books that are on the floor in their place on the shelves. The center 
bookcase will clear and you can access the book of justice. The book of justice 
will tell you the mantra for Justice and give you a clue to finding the sigil.

Now you need to get to the dungeon (or prison) called Wrong. You're told where 
to go but what you probably won't realise is that it's all the way over on the 
other side of the map. If you look on your map you'll see a small island that's 
connected to the mainland via a long bridge. There will also be a giant column 
on the island. This is Wrong. To get there follow the path east through the 
mountains. Just look for the signposts that point to the correct path if you get 
a bit lost.

You can also find the ruins of Empath Abbey on your way to Wrong. The ruins are 
in a small canyon type place in the snowy area. If you look on your map you'll 
see a small gap in the mountains, this is the place. There isn't really a path 
leading to it so I'll just give you the coordinates of the monk who lives there: 
20o 57'N, 15o 22'E
You may not think there's much point in coming here but this is where you will 
find the Candle of Love which you will need later in the game. To find the 
Candle of Love head to the southern part of the canyon. There will be a big 
brazier and two small ones. Light them all and walk into the ball of fire (I 
think it's fire) that appears between the two small ones. Some large platforms 
will rise out of the ground. Climb up on to the second platform and take the 
Candle of Love.
The coordinates of the Candle are: 16o 12'N, 16o 26'E
The hard part now it getting out of here. You can try to climb the cliffs if you 
want, I believe it's possible, but I was never able to get out except for one 
way! Just jump into the ocean (beware of ice hounds) and swim east along the 
coastline until you get the chance to climb up on to land and find the path that 
goes to Wrong. Chances are you won't have the sigil yet so you can get it on the 
way back from Wrong or you can get it now. I'll tell you how to get it now.

Head back west along the path and through the snowy mountains until eventually 
you will come accross a green flag of justice in the snow. If you follow the 
path up the hill next to the flag you will come accross a vulture. This vulture 
will ask you if you seek the Quill of Justice. Say yes and he'll ask you three 
questions. Answer no to all of them and you will get the sigil. Now continue 
east on your way to Wrong.

When you get to the bridge, cross it and you'll find Vasagralem waiting down on 
the docks. Talk to him and he'll tell you there is an underwater entrance. There 
is supposed to be a boat at the dock that will take you to the underwater 
entrance, but sometimes it doesn't appear because of a bug. The entrance is on 
the northern island of the two tiny islands to the west of the island you're on. 
If there is no boat you will have to swim to the northern most part of the 
island and dive down to find the underwater entrance. If you run out of the 
breath just stay in the bubbles until you get it back. Keep going until you 
emerge out of the water. You're now in Wrong.


Wrong
You'll find a door with a skull on either side. Click on the left skull to open 
the door. Open the next door and you'll find a guard walking around. He'll try 
to capture you, so let him. This is the first and last time you'll need to get 
captured. If you do get captued again you can go on, but it wastes time. After 
you've been captured you'll be in a prison cell without your backpack or 
weapons. Move the wooden bench away from the cell and and walk through the 
passageway. If you're strong enough you can kill all the spiders (there's a 
short sword in a barrel in the room with the big spider), otherwise just go 
through to the next cell. Put the dead body or lantern on the pressure plate to 
open the portcullis.
Bug note: Do not save your game in the upper parts of this dungeon since your 
savegame will then be corrupt and cannot be reloaded again. Save before entering 
and then again deeper down.

Go through the door on the left and into the door on the right. Pick up your 
backpack and the key. Get out this room and turn left, back to where you were 
before. There's a large grate on the floor. Open the small box on the wall and 
flick the switch to open it, then jump down. Go through to the torture chamber. 
Flick the switch that's next to the winch. Go through the door that opens and 
out of the pit. Go through the double doors and you'll see Raven in a cell to 
the right. Go into the cell and the Guardian will speak, then Raven will turn 
into a zombie, as it's not really Raven! Kill the zombie. And pick up the book 
in the cell.

Go back straight through the double doors and along the passageway until you see 
a guard sitting behind the desk. You can kill him if you want, he can't seem to 
get over or around the desk! Keep going along the passageway until you reach the 
cell with 5 skulls around the door. Using the book you picked up before you can 
tell what order to activate the skulls. If you have the Telekinesis spell, use 
it to turn the valve on the left, behind the fire. If you don't then quickly 
jump through the fire (it hurts!) and turn the valve on the left which will get 
rid of the firewall. Then turn the right valve and Raven will rise up. Talk to 
her and she'll tell you to meet her back at the docks in Britain when you're 
done. 
Bug note: People have told me that they lose their cursor during this 
conversation, the same thing happened to me. Just use the 1,2 & 3 keys to select 
what you want to say.
Leave the room and go through the door to the left. You'll eventually come to a 
green banner of justice. Clicking the button will open a door, go away from that 
door and follow the passage way until you come accross a big grate in the floor 
and a dark stone in the wall. Push the stone and the grate will open. Keep going 
and click on the white rock to open the grating, then go up.

Go towards the desk at the end of the passage way. Keep going to the desk. Move 
the bottle on the desk to reveal a button, press it and the door to your right 
will open. Go through into the room and out into another area with cells. One 
cell has the slave trader from Buc's Den in it. Don't let her out. Another cell 
has the owner of the tavern in Yew in it. Free him. Push the dark brick in the 
wall next to the large grate and it will open. Go down and press the blue button 
to open the door and the red button to teleport back next to the tavern owner's 
cell (don't press the green button, it sets off and alarm). Quickly run, jumping 
over the pit, around the righthand corner and through the door before it closes.

This room has four chests, two of which are mimics. As soon as you enter the 
room, the one on your right and the one up further on the left are the mimics. 
Keep going into the next room and the floor will fall down into water which has 
predatory fish in it (they're mainly annoying). You'll see a hole in the wall 
underwater. If you look closely you can see a small valve in it. Click on it and 
nothing will seem to happen. You can now access the next part. Keep going 
ignoring the passage to the left and turn right. You will come accross a 
wyrmguard which just happens to be Janna, the Avatar's friend. Talk to her and 
say "I'm not your enemy" then "I've got to go. Goodbye". Walk over and flick the 
switch to lower a cage. If you bargain with her you can get her to open the 
portcullis before you open the cell. Once she's opened it you can free her, but 
I just left her there where she couldn't harm me.

Go into the next room, climb the rocks, and enter the column. Collect the Glyph 
of Justice and leave going back through the room with Jaana and turn right. 
You'll find a room with a spinning column with spikes sticking out of it. Push 
the stone that's sticking out of the wall and the column will disappear, 
revealing a teleporter. Walk on to the teleporter.

Leave the cell and go through the door on your left. Keep going past the 
fountain and up into the compound. Go up the stairs and out the huge double 
doors to freedom. But be careful as there are some wyrmguards and normal guards 
who want to kill you. Now you have to take the long journey back to Yew. Once 
back in Yew find the shrine of justice (it's the golden ankh on your map). 
Cleanse the shrine. Don't forget the mantra, it's "beh". Now go to the 
courthouse where Vasagralem will say you're innocent. Everything will be back to 
normal. Return to Britain.


Sacrifice
When you're ready go back to Raven at the docks and head to Minoc. When you 
arrive you'll actually be in Cove. You'll come accross a small shop and a bridge 
nearby. Go over the bridge and into the house on your right. Talk to the man 
named Raxos. You have to kill him to get the key to the prison cell. If you have 
a patched version of the game you may not have to kill him. Open the door to the 
cell and talk to the man there. His name is Nico and he's the mage from Britain 
that went to Cove to look for his brother. Apparently "Nico" is short for 
something, I get the feeling it's "Nicodemus", a mage from past Ultimas.

After you've finished talking to him head north to Minoc, you'll come accross a 
campfire, and Blackthorn just happens to be there talking to the Gypsies! After 
he places a curse on the Gypsies he will leave. Talk to the Rom Baro (I think 
that's how you spell it) and he'll ask you to get the Blackrock Crystal Ball for 
him from the blackrock mines (aka; Covetous). Head north and go up the hill on 
the left side of the pond. On your right will be a gypsy caravan with a woman 
named Morganna inside. Talk to her and she will tell you the mantra for 
sacrifice, then she'll (spontaneously combust?) be killed from the curse. Go 
back to that pond at the bottom of the waterfall and jump in. Swim along the 
creek and through the tunnel until you come accross a sword called the 
"Gringolet" sitting on a rock, take it. Head back along the creek and get out of 
the water on the east side. Now follow the path as it heads north up the hill 
and eventually you'll come to a cave. Go through the cave and when you come out 
you'll find Covetous.



Covetous
If you come accross any green pools then drinking out of them will heal you. In 
fact it's the only thing that will heal you down here because magic, including 
potions, doesn't work. While in the mines pick up at least ONE piece of 
blackrock which can be found lying around here and there. You need it later in 
the game. If you pick up three more (to make a total of four) you'll be able to 
get the blackrock sword later in the game.

As you come out into the open area head left and under the raised train tracks. 
If you climb up on to the ledge on your left you'll find a green pool, very 
handy when you're low on health! When you come accross an entrance on your left 
head down and you'll come out into another big area. Go left and down the tunnel 
with tracks that go down with it and you'll find a room with lava. Look for a 
giant gear wheel in this room. Once you've found it pick it up and head back out 
of this room and up through the tunnel to where you were before. You'll have to 
take the tunnel on the right (climb up on to the raised tracks) and climb over 
the rubble and back to where you were before. Go through the tunnel that's in 
the southeast corner of the room and go up the spiral ramp. When you get to the 
top head along the tunnel and out into the open area. Find the valve at the back 
of the room and turn it to stop the water. Place the gear wheel in below the 
smaller gear wheel and turn the valve again, the elevator now works. Head back 
through the tunnel and down the spiral ramp.

Once at the bottom of the ramp head out the small tunnel and turn right, you'll 
come accross a tunnel on your right. Follow it through and you'll come to a 
skeleton named Lothar. He'll tell you that he can only be beaten with a sword 
called the "Gringolet". Lucky you picked it up before! Use it to knock him to 
bits and pick up the key he drops. You may also want to take his skull or 
ribcage to prevent him from reforming. Use the key to open the chest next to the 
elevator and push the button, this will open the way for the elevator to go 
down. Get on and press the button 2nd from the top on the pillar. There's no 
point in pressing any other buttons because you can only go down to the next 
level anyway.

Once the elevator stops get off and head through the tunnel. When you come 
accross a mine cart push it to smash the boarded up entracnce. Go through and 
climb up on the next cart and it'll start rolling. Once on the other side go 
east and follow the wall south where you'll find a key, take it. Some where to 
the south you'll find a skull sitting on a pole. A voice will ask you to take 
the skull with you. Head back to the elevator and down to the third level.

Go through the tunnel and you'll find a track that crosses a giant hole in the 
ground. At some point the ground will shake. If you're on the track above the 
hole at the time and you fall off you can just climb back up using the rocks. 
Keep following the track through into the next room. Just up ahead a bit you'll 
see a green glow behind a wall of rocks. Climb up and over and you'll find a 
green pool. Behind this pool is the Helm of Radiance. Wear it and there will 
always be light, perfect for when it's really dark. On the north wall you'll 
find a small passage hidden behind some rocks. Go through and use the powder 
kegs to open up the next part. Go through and you'll find an area with some 
tombstones. At the back of this area you'll find a small tunnel with a grave 
sitting in it. Put Scully's skull there and you'll get a key. Head back to the 
elevator and use the key to open the chest and push the button. Now go down to 
the fourth level.

Follow the tunnel and swim into the water. You'll come accross a large area with 
some room above the water to pop your head up for air. Under the water to the 
east of the area will be a tunnel, go through it as fast as you can as you don't 
want to run out of air. Remember that stopping in the bubbles replenishes your 
air supply. Go through the tunnels and you'll eventually come out into the area 
with the giant column. Here you'll find a Wyrmguard who just happens to be 
another old companion of yours. If you tell her to resist the Guardian blah blah 
blah then you won't have to kill her. Go behind the column and jump down into 
the water. Swim through the entrance and take the Glyph of Sacrifice. Climb back 
up using the rocks and travel back through the underwater tunnels to the area 
where you can pop your head up for air.

There will be another underwater tunnel on the west side of this area. Go 
through it until you come out of the water and find some powder kegs. Blow them 
up and go into the next room. Open the door to the north and place the 
"Gringolet" on the ground to open up the next part.

I didn't have any trouble killing the lich. I was a paladin so I just wacked him 
a few times and he was dead. It doesn't matter if he's invisible, just strike 
where he disappeared. If you can't kill it the first time, just keep trying, 
you'll kill it eventually. Use the crystal ball in the center and go through the 
passage that opens up. At the end you'll find the Blackrock Crystal Ball. Push 
the loose brick in the wall and another secret passage will open up in the wall. 
Use a powder keg to blow the grate in the center of the room, then jump down. 
Eventually you surface in the ocean next to the mainland. Head back to Minoc.

Go see the Rom Baro at the campfire and talk to him. Convince him to sacrifice 
himself and he'll give you the key to his caravan. You'll have to ask the 
Blackrock Crystal Ball a question and it'll show the gypsy what will happen in 
the future if he doesn't help you. Once he is killed from the curse (more 
spontaneous combustion?) unlock his caravan (it's nearby) and you'll find the 
sigil, the Tear of Sacrifice. You'll also find the blue codex lense. Head to the 
shrine which is on the south part of the island (look for the ankh on your map). 
Cleanse the shrine using the mantra, which is "cah".

When you go back to the ship you'll be pulled to Terfin by the Guardian. Once 
there head north until you find the Guardian's head in the mountain. Keep going 
and you'll come accross the Guardian and Blackthorn waiting for you. The 
Guardian will kill Samhayne and tell Blackthorn to nick off. Then he'll start 
babbling on about this and that and attack you. He'll explain how you can't hurt 
him. Once back at the ship head to Trinsic.

Honor
When you arrive at Trinsic you'll notice a large building called the bastion 
right in front of you. Go inside and up the stairs, either ignore the ghosts or 
kill them. In one of the upstairs rooms is a ghost kneeling down. Talk to him 
and he'll tell you that you need to speak with Dupre. Head for the shrine to the 
south of the island (ankh on map) and there will be a shrine keeper. Talk to her 
and she'll tell you to get Dupre's ashes from the fort west of Trinsic. You can 
see it on your cloth map. Head there, kill the two gazers that are out the front 
and collect the urn from inside. Head back to the shrine and place the urn on 
the altar. Dupre will appear and speak to you. He will tell you that you need to 
collect the Chalice of Honor from the dungeon of Shame. Head to Shame which is 
on the north part of the island, it's the skull on your map

Shame
Enter the dungeon and you'll come accross a force field. Press the button on the 
wall and it will disappear. The portcullis is closed because the eye is open and 
it can see you. Walk right up to the portcullis so the eye cannot see you and it 
will open. Go through and you'll find two eyes on a column. One looks east and 
one looks west. Whenever you go one way the eye sees you and closes the 
portcullis. Go behind the column and look up, you'll see a target. Fire arrow(s) 
at the target until the eyes face the opposite direction. Go through the west 
portcullis.

When you enter the first room you will notice an eye on the wall. This eye 
shoots a fireball at you, followed by an orb shortly after. Dodge the fireball 
then stand in front of the target that's opposite the eye and jump out the way 
so the orb hits the target. You can now enter the next room.

You will see two statues. Click the statue on the left and a target will appear. 
You will notice two glowing balls floating around the room. These are just like 
the eye in the previous room. Dodge the fireball then jump out the way so the 
orb hits the target. A passage will open up, go through it.

In the next room push the button and a target will start moving along the wall. 
Walk in front of the target so that when the orb is fired it hits the target. It 
can be difficult but you'll get it eventually. Go through the newly opened door 
and press the button, now you can enter the next room.

Activate the statues so they keep rotating their colours. When a statue turns 
black, click on it and it will stay black. Do the same until every statue is 
black and another statue will appear. Click on it and a chest will appear. Take 
the globe out of it and return to the room with the two eyes on the column.

Shoot the target again to turn the eyes around and go through the east 
portcullis. Turn left and you'll find a room with a table and some buttons on 
it. Pressing the red button shoots an orb. Pressing the other buttons makes 
targets appear around the room. The idea is to shoot an orb and then use the 
targets to hit the orb around the room. Activate the target just before the orb 
gets to the wall and it will rebound. Here is the order for pressing the 
buttons: Top-middle button,
Red button,
Bottom-left of left section,
Bottom-right of left section,
Bottom-left of right section,
Bottom-right of right section,
Top-left of left section,
Top-right of left section,
Top-left of right section,
Top-right of right section. When the last target is hit a new passage will open 
up. Go through it and you'll be in a room with red sections on the floor. DO NOT 
walk on the red bits or you will be teleported to the other room and get 
fireballs shot at you. Shoot at the target on the other side of the room and a 
pathway will appear to the other side. Walk down and jump over, staying clear of 
the moving red section on the ground. Press the button on the wall and the eye 
in the center will turn around. Now go back and there will be no forcefield so 
you can enter the circle room with the eye in the middle.

Walk around behind the eye and flick all the switches in order. If the eye sees 
you all the switches you flicked will go back to their previous position. Once 
all the switches have been flicked a new passage will open up in the previous 
room. Go back and into this passage. Place the globe you collected earlier on to 
the pedestal and the walls will turn into stairs.

Once up the stairs press the button and hop on the transporter and you'll end up 
next to a giant statue. In the south west corner of the room is a glowing blue 
light. Make your way over to it and walk through it, you will now be glowing 
blue. BEWARE: The eyes shoot fireballs at you with a reasonably high fire rate. 
Just north of the blue light are stairs leading down, go down there and press 
the button. Return to the statue and touch it, it will turn blue.

To the west of the statue is a button, press it and you'll have access to the 
red glowing light. Walk through it and return to the statue. Touching it will 
make it turn red.

Go east of the statue and hop on the transporter. Ride it over and walk through 
the yellow light. Return to the statue by jumping down and finding your way back 
up the stairs and using the transporter. Touch the statue and a teleporter will 
appear.

You'll appear inside what seems like some sort of large crystal. Wait about 30 
seconds and you'll be prompted to enter the mantra for honor, which is "summ". 
Jump on to the floating crystal platforms and go through the cave where you'll 
find Blackthorn. He'll ask for the codex lenses in exchange for the chalice. 
Refuse and he'll go away. Go back through the tunnel, but before you can go very 
far Dupre will appear and tell you to take one of the chalices on the floor. 
Take any one and return back through the cave. When you exit the cave back into 
the column room look down the cliff to your right, and you'll see a two-handed 
lightning sword in the corner of the room. From there head towards the column 
and you'll encounter another Wyrmguard. Kill the Wyrmguard and collect the Glyph 
of Honor from inside the column then use the teleporter to go back to the first 
part of the dungeon. Exit the dungeon and return to Trinsic.

Talk to the guard outside the bastion and he'll say the chalice you've got isn't 
the real one. He'll also tell you there was a man looking for a paladin. Head to 
the inn which is to the north and talk to the woman behind the counter. She'll 
tell you that they have one guest. Go north and turn left, go through the door 
and you'll find a man there. Talk to him and he'll ask you to kill the spiders 
that are at his house. Find the paladin that's above the blacksmith (who'll make 
you a blackrock sword for 7000 gold pieces if you have 3 pieces of blackrock. 
BUG NOTE: If you haven't patched your game then the blacksmith might not make 
you a sword, or even mention it. Nothing can be done about this without the 
patch) and get him to come with you.

Go to the island that's south of Trinsic and connected to the mainland via a 
stone bridge. You'll find a house and the two men fighting spiders. Help them 
get rid of the spiders and they'll thank you, but the paladin will die 
(apparently). Head back to Trinsic and go to the bastion. Place the chalice you 
have at the foot of the statue that's out the front of the bastion and it will 
rise up and become the Chalice of Honor. Take it and head to the shrine, then 
cleanse it using the mantra which is "summ". Head back to Trinsic and to your 
ship. Head for Valoria.

Valor
Once you arrive at Valoria, head along the docks and turn left at the end. Keep 
going to the south part of the island where you'll find and entrance to your 
right. Click on the yellow stone in the statue's eye and the wooden spikes will 
disappear. Go up the volcano and into the building. Talk to the man there and 
he'll tell you to get a red dragon's head from Destard if you want entrance to 
the fort. Go back down the volcano and find your way back to the ship. Head back 
to Britain.

Go to the tavern in Britain and talk to the knight there. After speaking with 
him he'll tell you how to get to Destard. Don't worry about it if there is no 
knight there, you can still head to Destard. Head west out of Britain and follow 
the path until you get to the bridge with the goblin. Follow the path to the 
right once you cross the bridge. Eventually you will come to a small valley that 
goes north and has a wierd type of green ground (hope you understand what I'm 
trying to say!). This isn't the right one, but you still need to go this way! Go 
up here and you'll come to a mage tower. Actually it's just a tower but a mage 
lives here. After taking the lift up I found a mage flying around. He didn't 
seem interested in talking to me so I just nicked the magic scroll with the 
spell "Levitate" on it. It would be best to now bind this spell to your 
spellbook in case you want to use it again.

Keep following the path north west of Paws and keep going until the path goes 
east and there's a valley to the north, just like the knight described to you. 
Actually, there should be two valleys. The one on the right leads to a camp of 
brutes and the one on the left leads to a small stone building, and has an 
archway. Go down the left valley and to the end. Now use your levitate spell to 
make your way up the cliff face (you should only have to use it once). The 
actual entrance to Destard is a small square piece of ice and it's directy up 
north on the cliff from the valley with the small stone building and archway.
The coordinates for the mage tower are: 29o 13'S, 34o 53'W
The coordinates for the valley entrance are: 31o 59'S, 44o 57'W
The coordinates for the ice plateau are: 25o 41'S, 45o 5'W

Once you find the ice plateau melt it with fire. You can use the Bolt of Flame 
spell to melt it or about 4 shots with the Fireball spell will also melt it. The 
Bolt of Flame spell can be found in the small stone hut in the valley. Once the 
ice is melted jump down and you'll be in Destard.

Destard
You will land on a pile of rocks. Go down the passage where you'll see a lava 
pit with a broken eggshell floating in the middle. Head east and then turn left 
into the large area. To the north-east will be a man crying for someone to get 
the rats off of him. Talk to him after killing the rats and he'll ask you to 
find a key, so say you'll look for it. The key is on the mound just south-west 
of the man. Take it and talk to the man again, he'll thank you for freeing him.

Go north and turn to the right. Jump over the lava and you'll find a Wyrmguard 
guarding the Glyph. Kill him and the forcefield blocking the column entrance 
will be removed. Collect the Glyph of Valor and jump back across the lava to the 
large area. In the north-west corner is a ghost, talk to her. She'll babble on 
about the dragon and her husband, agree to help her. North of her is a 
pentagram, which is actually a teleporter, step on to it.

A man named Dartane meets you. He tells you he's the most feared warrior in the 
land, teach him just how wrong he is. Head down the passage, past the statue 
that shoots fireballs at you and turn right. Then turn right again and go into 
the cell. Take the key in the corner and the Red Skull. Put an ordinary skull on 
the pressure plate to keep the portcullis open. Leave the cell, turn right, and 
keep heading down the passage. Once inside the room, look to your left, there 
will be some display daggers on a slant. Click on them and a secret door will be 
revealed. Go down the passage and collect the green magic eggshell from the 
chest. Go back out into the main room.

Go back the way you came. Keep heading down the passage past the fountain (which 
can heal you). You'll come to a room with a key on a stand in the middle. Take 
the key but be careful, the square section under the stand will be removed once 
you take the key to reveal sharp spikes. Keep heading down the passage. When you 
get to the end turn right. Jump down into the room with lava. Avoid the demon if 
you can't kill it. Read the book next to the dead body, it has the Word of Power 
which you will need later. Jump back up and exit the room.

Head down the passage, the portcullis will open when you stand next to it. Stand 
on the first pressure plate and a stand will rise up in the center. Now stand on 
the second pressure plate and some zombies will appear, kill them. Press the red 
button on the wall and the purple button on the stand, the next portcullis will 
open.

Keep heading down the passage and turn right at the painting on the wall. After 
you turn around the next corner stop half way down the passage. There is a 
secret door to your right. Open it and take the key. Keep heading down the 
passage and then turn right to see a forcefield blocking the entrance to a 
catherdral-type area. Press the two green buttons that are on the two stands. 
You should notice two small rooms, one to your left and one to your right. There 
is a button in each of these rooms above the doorway, press them both and the 
forcefield will be removed.

Enter the cathedral and look at the book on the table at the back of the room. 
Take note of the items needed for the demon ritual. Open the door behind the 
table and go down to the pentagram room. Click on the big statue and it will 
move, revealing a doorway. Take the Severed Head and return to the cathedral. 
Enter the doorway in the south-west corner of the room. Take the Blood Flask 
that's on the bench, near the large crystal (it's behind the still). Go through 
the doorway to the west of the room. Go up the stairs and turn right. Walk along 
the balcony and take the key from the chest. Return to the passage and go down 
the other stairs. There is a woman there, talk to her. After talking to her 
she'll ask you about your plans for the red dragon. Say you intend to kill the 
dragon and she'll attack you, so kill her. Or you could say you intend to serve 
the dragon and let her live, but that would be a lie! Click on the slanted 
painting and a key will appear on the table. Take it and go through the door. 
Take the Red Globe from on top of the column and head back to the cathedral.

Head back out of the cathedral and turn right, follow the passage around the 
corner, then turn right and go down. Pick up Darim's Journal and click on the 
skull in the wall. Keep going, past the demon that appears, and turn right. 
You'll enter a room where the wall closes behind you. Look around the room, you 
will notice stone bricks sticking out of the wall. Push the one that's in the 
center of the northern wall and go down the passage of skulls.

Go down the stairs and into the next room. When you approach the glowing semi-
sphere in the center a lich will appear, kill it. Look in the crate under the 
stairs in the south-east corner of the room to find a key, take it. Unlock the 
door and enter the next room. Kill the large half-zombie and the coffin will 
open up. Take the yellow magic eggshell. Go back out to the room where you 
killed the lich, head up the stairs, and along the skull passage to the next 
room and exit it the way you entered. Don't go back through the room with the 
demon. Go the other way and you'll end up in a large room with a big fountain in 
the middle.

Take the west passage and you'll find a room with scales on the table. Smash the 
crates and you'll find a key, use it to unlock the chest and take the Red 
Candle. Head back out to the large room with the big fountain and take the east 
passage. Follow it down into a room with spider webs (and spiders!). Take the 
blue magic eggshell from the stand and head back out to the fountain. Head back 
through the southern passage, through the room with the demon, and up to the T-
junction. Turn left, follow the passage around the corner, then turn right into 
the room with the red pentagram.

Place the Red Skull, Blood Flask, Red Globe, & Red Candle on the four platforms 
in the corners of the room. Place the Severed Head on the pentagram and a demon 
will appear. Kill it and it will leave behind a Summon Demon scroll.

Head out of this room and turn right. Follow the passage around the corner and 
around the next corner. Turn left and follow the passage through the room with 
the pressure plates, the turn right. Follow the passage, just past the fountain, 
and then turn right. Keep going and walk on to the pentagram, which is a 
teleporter. Talk to the ghost and show her Darim's Journal, she will give you 
the white magic eggshell. Head back to the area with the lava pit and the large 
broken eggshell.

Head west into the area with the hellhounds. In the south-west corner of this 
area is a pressure plate. Place the spell scroll from the chest on it and an 
entrance will open up to the north. Inside will be a spectre flying around. If 
you want you can try and kill it otherwise just try to avoid it. At the back of 
this area is a passage that leads to the red magic eggshell. Take it and head 
back to the big lava pit. Now place the five magic eggshells on the five stands. 
You need to place the eggshells on the stands of the same colour. To find the 
colour of a stand just stand next to it and see what colour shines on to you. 
Once all the eggshells are in place, the forcefield guarding the red dragon's 
lair will be removed. Enter the lair.

After a short conversation the dragon will ask you to join her against the 
Guardian. She's actually lying but I'm sure you already know that! End the 
conversation and smack the dragon to bits. A few hits with a good quality sword 
or bow should do the trick. Once the dragon is dead pick up it's head and go 
back out to the lava pit. Head east. Now you can turn right and find an area 
with a heap of treasure if you want. When you're done head to the ghost and she 
will talk to you to say goodbye. Use the teleporter that's nearby.

Go down the passage and turn left. Keep going past the fountain and past the 
spike pit. Turn left and go through the room with pressure plates. Turn left and 
go around the corner. Turn left again and go down, through the next couple of 
rooms, and turn left. Follow the passage out into the large area with the big 
fountain. Go through the northern passage and you'll eventually come to a big 
stone face which will ask you for the Word of Power, which you found in a book 
earlier. Type in "INOPIA" and exit Destard. Now head back to the ship in 
Britain, and then head back to Valoria.

Once in Valoria head back to the fort and the man there will let you in as you 
have the red dragon's head. Head to the back of the fort. The stone doors will 
open when you stand next to them. Talk to Meranthon, the man lying on the bed. 
He'll tell you how he lost the Tome of Demonology when he was attacked. Head to 
the east side of the island. On your way out of the fort a demon will rise up 
and take the sigil from Eris. Once at the east side of the island you must look 
for a cave, because that's where the tome is. Look for a path heading up the 
east side of the volcano and follow it until you see a cave in your right. Kill 
the golem that's there and take the Book of Three. The coordinates for the book 
are: 88o 12'N, 46o 28'W. Now head back to the fort and talk to Meranthon. His 
wife will heal him but the Guardian will kill him shortly after.

Go talk to Lambert, the man at the front gate. His dead brother will appear and 
convince him to help you. Now speak to Artos, the man in the western room. After 
you anger him he will agree to also help you. Head to the Shrine of Valor, which 
is on the north-west part of the island (golden ankh on your cloth map). Kill 
the demon and take the sigil, the Dagger of Valor. Go back to the fort and talk 
to Artos, he will give you the mantra for valor, 'ra'. Head to the shrine and 
cleanse it. Go back to your ship and talk to Raven. Apparently Lord British 
wants to see you, so head back to Britain.
Bug note: If the demon seems invincible and you can't kill him, you've hit the 
famous "Valoria demon plot-stopping bug". Install the patch to fix it. 
Spirituality
Go talk to Hennington in Lord British's castle. He's the man standing near the 
fountain and wearing a green shirt. He will tell you that Lord British has gone 
to fight Blackthorn in the Abyss. He'll then give you a note from Blackthorn. Go 
into the throne room and up the ramp, then speak with Siona the musician. Ask 
her what she's playing and she'll tell you it's Stones. Ask if you can play a 
bit and she'll give you the sheet music. Go up into Lord British's bedroom and 
place the sheet music on the harpsichord (it looks like piano). Click on the 
harpsichord and after a few seconds the sandalwood box on the table will 
disappear to reveal the Ankh of Spirituality, take it.

The Well of Souls.

Go back to your ship and head for Skara Brae. Head along the docks and on to the 
island. Shamino will speak to you through another statue of spirituality. He 
will tell you that you need to retrieve the Ankh of Spirituality, Book of Truth, 
Candle of Love and Bell of Courage. You already have the ankh. As for the other 
three, if you don't have any of them you will have to go and get them now. The 
Book of Truth is easy to find, just collect it from the Lycaeum in Moonglow by 
telling the orcale you are responsible for the bad things happening in 
Britannia. If you didn't get the Candle of Love before, refer to the Justice 
section earlier where I told you how to get it. Now all you need is the Bell of 
Courage, which can be difficult to find. You need to manually control your ship 
and head for the Serpent's Hold ruins which are just south of the small island 
which is a fair way south from Buccaneer's Den. You should really do this during 
the day when it is light so it's easier to see. There is an underwater entrance 
just south-east of a fallen statue on the island. Here are the coordinates of 
the underwater entrance: 74o 33'N, 5o 18'E.
Dive down and enter Serpent's Hold. Kill any ghosts you come across. The 
lightning sword is an excellent weapon against ghosts. Head east and you'll come 
across a chest to your left and a chest to your right. The floor between you and 
each chest is just an illusion, when you walk over it spikes will appear. Jump 
over the spikes and open the chests, but be careful as fire spurts out then you 
open them. One of the chests will have a key, take it. Jump back over the 
spikes, then head down either of the two passages. You will find a door, enter 
the next room and you will meet Groldek the arch-mage. After he finishes 
chatting you can kill him. A few shots from a good bow or some magic should do 
the trick. You will now have access to a new room. Talk to the woman there, her 
name is Lyssa. After speaking with her take the Bell of Courage from the table, 
then speak to her again. She will teach you the master 1-handed weapon skill. 
Exit Serpent's Hold and hop on to your ship by clicking on it when you're close 
enough, and head for Skara Brae.

Once back at Skara Brae, Shamino will speak with you through the statue again. 
He will tell you how to perform the ritual to free him. Walk around to the big 
stone head that's nearby and the Sentinel of Skara Brae will speak to you. It 
will tell you to stand on it's hand, which is to the north of the stone head. 
Once on the hand you will be told the mantra of Spirituality. Head north-west 
and into the water. Dive down, avoiding the sea serpent, and into the Temple of 
Souls. Now jump into the Well of Souls.

Walk down the stairs and out into the nether world. Head to the cave that's in 
the western part of the nether world. Enter the cave and you'll eventually come 
to a door. Open it and you'll find Shamino's body guarded by a barrier. After 
reading the book on the table you will know how to get Shamino back. Cast Ignite 
on all four of the braziers in the room and the barrier will be removed. Place 
the Book of Truth, Candle of Love and Bell of Courage on their corresponding 
pedastals. Then click on the book, ignite the candle and click on the bell. You 
will be prompted to enter the mantra, which is 'om'. Shamino will now tell you a 
few things you may find of interest. Tell him that you will go after Lord 
British. He will then tell you that you need to summon a demon with enough magic 
to defeat the ritual cast by Lord British. The ghost of Malchir who was killed 
on Pagan in Ultima 8 will appear. Talk with him a bit and then get Shamino to 
talk to him. Malchir will then tell you what you need to do to summon Pyros, the 
titan of fire. Exit the cave, and the nether world, and jump back into the Well 
of Souls.

Exit the Temple of Souls and swim back up to Skara Brae. Find your way back to 
the ship and get Raven to take you to the Isle of the Avatar. But make sure you 
have some sulfurous ash, spiders silk, and a piece of blackrock (from blackrock 
mines in Minoc) before you go to the Isle of the Avatar.
Bug note: If Raven won't give you the option of going to the Isle of the Avatar, 
you've hit the famous "Shamino plot-stopping bug". Install the patch and load a 
save game from before you enter the Well of Souls to fix it. Once at the Isle of 
the Avatar, get off your ship and head east along the shore. When you find a gap 
in the mountains to the south, go that way. You'll come across another beach 
(there may be a sea serpent nearby). Not far into the water is a little box, 
open it and take the red candle. The coordinates for the box are: 87o 19'S, 57o 
41'E.
Now head back to the docks. Head south and you'll come across a pentagram and a 
demon's skull on a pole. Place the Spiders Silk, Sulfurous Ash, Blackrock and 
Demon's Skull in the center of the pentagram. Then place the red candle in the 
middle and cast Ignite on it. After summoning Pyros you will be transported to 
the Abyss.

Abyss
Find your way to the center of the lava filled room, and jump down into the hole 
that's surrounded by statues. Enter the doorway and go down the passage. A gazer 
will appear, kill it. Look for the brick sticking out of the wall and push it. 
Go back down the passage and you will notice a new passage has opened up. Go 
down it and into the next room. Walk onto the face which is on the ground, then 
get off straight away. Grab the white globe that appears and use the teleporter.

Open the gate and head down the passage. The two hellhound statues will come 
alive, kill them and push the brick that's sticking out of the wall. Now press 
the two red buttons and a red globe should appear. If not then keep pressing 
them until it does. Grab the red globe and go back through the passage and down 
the new passage. Look out, the fire will throw fireballs at you. Cast Douse on 
the two braziers and a teleporter will appear in replace of the fire, use it.

As usual, follow the passage. When the eye above the entrance sees you it will 
summon spikes from the wall. You can easily jump through the spikes without 
hurting yourself. Enter the room and kill the gazer. Go through the gap in the 
wall at the far side of the room. You should see a pressure plate on the floor 
to your right. Place an item, any item, from your inventory on the plate, a 
staircase will appear. Climb the staircase and climb up onto the ledge. Walk 
over to the ankh and click on it, the coffin will open. Walk back along the 
ledge and jump on to the next one. Push the brick that's sticking out of the 
wall and go back down to the coffin. Pick up whatever you left on the pressure 
plate. Read the book left there by the Timelord, then take the Time Stop spell 
and leave. You can just jump back through the spikes again. Go back through the 
passage and down the new passage. Quickly grab the green globe and hop on to the 
teleporter.

Walk down the passage to the room full of water. Take some armor off, enough so 
that you can float on the surface. Kill the predatory fish in the water and then 
jump in. Climb up the bits of stone at the far side of the room while they're 
jutting out. Push the brick that's sticking out of the wall and then jump back 
in the water. Climb back out, put your armor back on and go down the new 
passage. You can kill the icehound through the ice. You'll see a crystal with a 
globe in the middle. Cast Fireball or Bolt of Flame to melt it. Grab the blue 
globe and jump on the teleporter.

Place all four of the globes you collected on the stand, one by one, then use 
the teleporter. Enter the doorway and follow the passage to the right. Your back 
in the room where you collected the white globe. Climb up the floating platforms 
that weren't there before and you'll see a weird object at the other end of the 
passage. It's actually a teleporter so walk into it. Jump along the poles that 
stick into the air. Go in a north-easterly direction and you'll find a cliff 
area with a dragon flying around. Kill the dragon, a bunch of arrows or some 
good spells should do the trick. Jump back along the poles to where you first 
appeared and use the teleporter. Jump back down the floating platforms and use 
the next teleporter.

Open the gate and walk down the left passage. Some fire will erupt in the 
passageway and a gap in the wall will appear, along with one of those weird 
teleporters, enter it. Walk around, avioding any demons that appear if possible. 
You'll eventually find a big open area with a large pentagram in the middle 
that's enclosed by a ring of fire. A demon will appear, kill it and a teleporter 
will appear in the northern section of the area you're in. Use the teleporter to 
get back. Walk back through the passage but don't go through the gate, go down 
the next passage and us the teleporter there to get to the next section.

Enter the passage and turn right, enter the next weird teleporter in the wall. 
There are two directions you can go, west and south. Go south. Keep going, 
avoiding the creeper plants, and you'll come across an area full of chests. Most 
or all of the chests are mimics. Kill the earth golem there and a teleporter 
will appear, use it. Enter the next room and use the teleporter to get to the 
next section.

Enter the passage and turn left. You MUST take off enough armor so that you can 
float in water. You'll be able to collect it later. Jump into the water and swim 
down to the weird teleporter at the bottom. You will appear on a cliff with 
water below. Jump off the cliff and fall all the way into the water. Swim around 
until you find a rock you can climb onto. If you had too much armor you wouldn't 
be able to float, meaning you wouldn't be able to climb the rock. Jump along all 
the rocks until you come across the entrance to another large area. An icehound 
will appear, kill it and take note of where you are. There is a central pool 
with a waterfall at the back. Walk around and up to the pool that's above the 
waterfall. There's a sea serpent there. Use a whole bunch of arrows or some 
powerful magic to disperse of the creature. A teleporter will appear where you 
killed that icehound, go back and use it. Put your armor back on and go down the 
passage into the room with a teleporter on a stand. Use the teleporter and jump 
through the hole which is now unblocked.

You will appear in an area with a column that has faces with red eyes on it. 
Jump down all the cliff areas. You will eventually reach the bottom where you 
will see a long bridge. At the end of the bridge you'll find Lord British and 
Blackthorn. After everyone quits babbling, the two of them will proceed to 
pummel each other. Lord British will be the victor of the battle, naturally. You 
will then receive the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom and Lord British will tell you 
how to consult it. Enter the column and collect the Glyph of Spirituality. Talk 
to Lord British and he will teleport you out.

Head back through the valley towards your ship. Just before you get to the docks 
you will see a path heading up into the mountains on your left. There is an 
obvious path, then there is a smaller, steeper path to it's left. Go up the 
steeper path and follow it. Just after the area with the spiders is a cave, 
enter it. You will find a room with two gargoyle statues. Place the two codex 
lenses on the two stands either side of the table. Then place the Codex on the 
table. After reading it you will know how to defeat the Guardian. Head back to 
your ship and then back to Britain.

After talking to Hennington in Lord British's castle you will know that Lord 
British is waiting for you on the west castle grounds. Go talk to him and he 
will teleport you to the ethereal void. Jump along the floating platforms and 
you'll come across a pentagram and a ghost. After talking to him you will 
discover that he's the Wyrmguard you killed in Destard, and that he's actually 
Geoffry, your old companion. Jump along the platforms to the south. Use the 
teleporter and you'll appear next to the shrine. Restore it and remember to take 
the Sigil and Rune with you. In case you've forgotten the mantra is 'om'. Take 
the teleporter back and talk to Dupre. Jump back along the platforms to where 
you originally appeared in the void and enter the moongate there.

Terfin
You will find eight of your old companions back at Lord British's castle. 
Katrina is next to the fountain, Geoffry is in the armory, Iolo and Dupre are in 
the dining hall, Shamino & Jaana are in the throne room, Julia is in your room 
and Mariah is out on the balcony above Lord British's bedroom. Talk to them all 
and then go and speak with Lord British. Read the note that he gives you and 
then head for the docks, it's time to sail to Terfin.

Once at Terfin, talk to Raven. She will tell you about a secret entrance. Once 
on the island follow the west coast up to the north and into the mountains. 
You'll most likely encounter one or two dragon's on your way, either avoid them 
or kill them. You will eventually come across the cave entrance, if you're 
having trouble finding it here are the coordinates: 88o 25'S, 29o 37'E. Just 
inside the cave entrance you'll find a note on a dead body. It seems you need 
the eight sigils to get into the dungeon, lucky you've got them then! You'll 
still need them so don't discard them once you get past the forcefield.

Hop on the teleporter and you'll end up in a room full of spider webs and a 
phase spider. Kill the spider and look for a pressure plate in the south-west 
corner of the room. Stand on it and then quickly run out of the room before the 
portcullis closes. Start walking down the passage and a whole bunch of wingless 
gargoyles will attack you, kill them. Walk to the end of the passage and turn 
left, you'll end up in a room with some dummies and weapons, etc. Press the 
button that's behind the barrel in the northern section of the room and the wall 
at the end of the main passage will be removed to reveal some doors. Go back out 
to where the doors appeared and look on the wall to the right of the doors. You 
will see a brick sticking out of the wall, push it and go through the doors that 
appear. As you walk down the passage be careful, there are trigger wires that 
will cause fireballs to be thrown at you. Jump over (or through) the trigger 
wires and turn left into the next room. Take the key from the bar and exit, 
avoiding the trigger wires again. Unlock the doors and enter the next part of 
the dungeon.

Walk down the stairs and the walls will begin to close in on you. Quickly run to 
the other end and press the red button. Walk down the next set of stairs and 
turn left, then right. Open the door and take the copper key from the table, 
then enter the next room. Open the middle chest along the west wall, the rest 
are mimics. If you can't get back out you'll have to trigger the mimic in front 
of the door, then kill it. Go out the next set of double doors and turn right. 
As you descend into the sewer area the water will rise. Keep heading east and 
turn the valve on your right, the door in front of you will open. Go through and 
swim down, turn the valve and grab the key. If you can't float because of your 
armour, take off your chest armor and place it in your backpack, then climb out 
and put it back on. Exit the sewer area and go down the passage, then turn left 
into the area which you haven't been in yet. You will see four bricks sticking 
out of the wall. Push the right brick (as in right, not left) and some doors 
will appear to your right.

Go through the doors and turn left. When you get to a door turn right. Walk on 
the pressure plate and jump over the spikes. Click on the attractor (crystal 
ball) to remove the forcefield. Cast Douse on the torch which is on the southern 
wall. After the barrier disappears, take the key. Head through the north doorway 
and turn left. Open the door and enter the torture chamber. Open the door on the 
southern wall and enter the next section.

Want a glass sword? If so then open the secret door in the wall on your right 
after the room full of spider webs. Then open the secret door to the left of the 
spell scroll. DON'T stand on the pressure plate that's in front of you or the 
one to your left. Stand on the one to your right, take the glass sword, and go 
back out to the passage way.

Continue down the passage and you'll come to a room with a large throne and a 
demon will appear. If you don't feel like sticking around to kill him (glass 
sword anyone?), quickly grab the green power cube from on top of the sculpture. 
There's a blue button on the throne too. I'm not sure if you have to press it 
but I did anyway, just in case. Exit the room and continue down the passage. 
You'll come to a small pit. Just stand on the edge and some spikes will rise 
from the ground. Jump down and go through the small passage. Pull the lever then 
go back and climb out of the pit.

Continue down the passage and you'll come to a room. Kill the gargoyle and speak 
to the little girl beside the bed, she'll ask you to kill her. I don't think you 
lose any karma if you do it, so you can if you want. Exit the room and hop on 
the teleporter. 

Click on the slanted painting and exit the room. Kill the Wyrmguard there and 
any other Wyrmguard that come after you. Go down the righthand passage and you 
will be locked in. Take the blue power cube from the table and walk onto the 
large pentagram. Go down the passage and enter the room where the demon appears. 
Take the red power cube and exit the room. Turn right and hop onto the pentagram 
(teleporter). Place the red power cube in the pylon and the wall will open. Go 
straight down the passage and over the holes in the ground. Turn right and 
you'll see two chests, the one on the left is a mimic. Go down and turn right. 
Enter the room and take the yellow power cube and key from the table. Push the 
brick that's sticking out of the wall and exit the room. Go back through the 
passage the way you came. After you pass the holes in the ground turn left. Turn 
left again and you'll find a key behind some crates. Exit and turn left, you'll 
come to a room with a big statue of the Guardian.

Open the doors and you'll find a portcullis, press the blue button to open it. 
Take the key from next to the body and pull the lever that's near the mummy. Go 
through the passage that opens and over the fire. Turn the valve and go back 
through the passage and exit the room. Turn right and go down the passage. Go 
through the door and you'll come to a portcullis and a couple of Telekinesis 
scrolls. Click on one of the scrolls and then on the blue button behind the 
portcullis, the portcullis will then open. Turn right and go down the passage, 
then turn right again. You'll find a man who thinks you're Blackthorn. After 
talking to him he will attack you, kill him. Click on the painting above the 
chest and it will slide across, then press the button. A portcullis just outside 
the room will open. Exit the room and open the chest in the small room to your 
left. Take the key and go back out into the passage. Turn right and open the 
door. Take note of this place, you will have to come back later.

Go back to where you found the Telekinesis scrolls. Open the door and walk 
through the passage, past the portcullis and double doors, to the end where you 
then turn left. You'll come across a woman named Ciara. She'll offer you a red 
power cube in exchange for the treasure room key, which you picked up earlier. 
Talk to her again and give her the key, she'll give you a red power cube. Place 
it in the pylon and the forcefield to the north will be removed.

Go down the passage and you'll come to a small pit. Jump down, pick up the key, 
climb back out and keep moving down the passage. When you get to the long 
hallway with carpet on the floor, go down it. Go into the room and press the 
button on the main chair. Go back down the passage and turn right, you'll see a 
room blocked by a forcefield. Go right and pull the lever, now you can access 
that room.

You'll see a pylon with a red power cube in it. There are three other pylons, 
each with a faint glow. Place the three power cubes you have in the three 
pylons. You can tell which one goes where by the color of the faint glow. If you 
can't determine the color of the glow, just use trial-and-error. After putting 
the power cubes in place a rather small meteor will appear in the middle of the 
room. You can't actually carry it in your inventory so just drag it over and 
place it in the center of the platform. You will see a teleporter appear in 
another part of the dungeon.

Remember that place I told you to take note of? You have to get there. Don't 
remember? I'll try to guide you then. Make your way back through the passage to 
Ciara. From there head south and turn right, then make your way to the other end 
of the corridor. Turn right and go through the door on your left. Go straight 
ahead, then turn right. Now go straight down and open the door, then hop on the 
teleporter.

Walk straight ahead and through the door that opens. You are now in the 
Guardian's chamber. Hmm, it seems the Guardian's not home! There are eight 
pedastals surrounding the center of the chamber. Place the eight sigils on them, 
in any order. Now would be a good time to save your game. Look in your journal 
and write down the incantations for Barrier of Life and Armageddon which you 
found when you read the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom. Go to the glowing orb in the 
center of the chamber.

You will be prompted for the magic words of life, which are 'sanct vas grav in 
mani an corp'. The spell will be casted and the Guardian will appear through a 
black gate. After the Guardian quits babbling he will attack you. A good way to 
avoid the Guardian is to hide behind something then cast Invisibility on 
yourself. You must pick up three fragments of the black gate which are scattered 
around the chamber. Place one of the fragments in the circle which is in the 
center of the chamber. The Avatar and the Guardian will talk. Then place another 
fragment in the circle. The Avatar and the Guardian will talk again. After 
placing the third fragment in the circle you will be prompted to enter the magic 
words of Armageddon, which are 'vas kal an mani in corp hur tym'. Enter the 
incantation for Armageddon.

Congratulations, you've finished Ultima IX: Ascension. Now sit back and enjoy 
the end cutscene.

Walkthrough written by Stuart Kennedy (a.k.a. Ravage Dragon).THE SIDE QUESTS by 
Ravage Dragon.Lighthouse Gems
Head to the lighthouse which is to the south of the Shrine of Compassion, near 
Britain. Inside you will find a lighthouse keeper. After talking to him you will 
know that you need to find 3 different types of gems for 3 different 
lighthouses. The emerald gem goes in the Moonglow lighthouse, the Ruby gem goes 
in the Buccaneer's Den lighthouse & the sapphire gem goes in the Trinsic 
lighthouse.

You will find the emerald lighthouse gem in a small cave on the southern beach 
below the cliffs on Buccaneer's Den. You will find the ruby lighthouse gem in a 
shipwreck on the western shore of Trinsic. You will find the sapphire lighthouse 
gem in a crate to the south of Yew.

Here are the coordinates of all 3 gems:
Emerald: 77o 23'S, 8o 41'E
Ruby: 77o 33'S, 41o 41'W
Sapphire: 2o 31'N, 9o 13'W

Once you have all three gems return to Britain and see Cameron the gem cutter. 
He will polish the gems. Now place each gem in the correct lighthouse. The 
Buccaneer's Den lighthouse is on the eastern point of the southern island. To 
find the Moonglow lighthouse just follow the path south of Moonglow. The Trinsic 
lighthouse is on the north-eastern most point of the island. Once they are all 
in place go and see the lighthouse keeper near Britain and he will give you a 
small reward.

Missing Silver Serpent
Talk with the woman in the back room of the Cathedral of Love, which can be 
found in the western part of Britain. She will tell you how the silver serpent 
has been stolen and so nobody can get serpentwyne anymore.

When you visit Buccaneer's Den look for a cave on the northern island. It's 
covered with leaves and stuff but you can walk through them. These are the 
coordinates for the entrance to the cave: 59o 42'S, 7o 10'E. Once inside the 
cave you will be trapped by a cage. Push the rock on the wall to free yourself. 
Keep going and you will listen in on a conversation between two bandits. Once 
they've finished walk in and smack 'em around. Once they're dead look for a key 
in the piles of blood. If you can't see it just keep looking, it'll be there 
somewhere. Once you have the key just click on the platform that holds the 
serpent and it'll disappear. Now when you return to Britain and speak with the 
woman in the cathedral she'll thank you.

Note: If you complete the missing serpent quest you will not be able to buy 
items from the thieves guild once you have access to it later in the game.

Nun's Charity Fund
After you have cleansed the fifth shrine, talk to the woman in the Cathedral of 
Love, in Britain. She will tell you how the mayor's assistant has the nun's 
charity fund but he won't give it back. Agree to help her.

Go to the mayor's house. It's to the south-west of Lord British's castle. Look 
for the mayor, he's usually in the dining room. Talk to him about the charity 
fund and he'll say that yes, Killigan has it. Go talk to Killigan, in the 
mayor's house, and he'll say he hasn't given it back yet because the old law is 
still current or something like that.

Now look behind the tapestry that's on the wall in the same room. You should be 
able to notice that there's a door hidden behind it. Just pretend there's no 
tapestry there and open the door and enter the room. Collect the charity fund. 
If you use the ethereal sight spell you will find a letter to Killigan from 
Blackthorn. Now return the charity fund to the woman in the cathedral.

Duncan's Dagger
When you exit the Dungeon of Deceit you will find Duncan, a travelling fighter. 
He will accuse you of stealing his dagger but you can quickly convince him you 
didn't. He'll ask you to keep a look out for his dagger.

Once you have spoken to Tydus in Moonglow you will know you have to go to a cave 
to the south of Moonglow. The coordinates for the entrance to the cave are: 22o 
10'S, 43o 35'E. Head there and kill the thieves that you find. You will see a 
dagger on the floor. Pick it up and take it back to Duncan and he'll teach a new 
two-handed sword move.

Lying Boy
When you enter Moonglow for the first time you will find a boy who will tell you 
that his father is under attack at his home. Ignore him as he's lying. Later 
when you exit Moonglow to the south you will find him again, this time he will 
say his mother is under attack. Once again he is lying. When you exit from the 
northern cave on the quest that Tydus gave you, you will again find the boy. He 
will tell you that his father is under attack at his home. This time he is 
telling the truth. Head to his house in Moonglow, it's the eastern most house. 
Go in and take care of the bandits.

Talk to the boy's father and he'll tell you how his journal was stolen. Exit the 
city at the southern entrance and go over the bridge. Now follow the path to the 
docks. You will see a small shack near the lighthouse, and inside is the 
journal. Take it and return it to the boy's father, and he will reward you.

Slave Trader
On the northern island of Buccaneer's Den you will find a slave trader who is 
trying to sell a girl at an auction. Talk to the girl and she'll ask for help, 
but the slave trader will cut in.

Head along the beach to the east and you'll find more docks. Go into the ship 
there and look for a letter, it's from the girl's mother. Take it to Samhayne, 
who is in his house on the cliff above the tavern (on the southern island), and 
talk to him about the letter. Now when you visit the girl again she will thank 
you.

Note: The slave trader quest can only be completed before you go to New Magincia 
to restore the second shrine.

Bandits Near Britain
When you head to Paws for the first time, you will come across a burning shed 
with a boy inside. When you get close enough the boy will yell out for help. 
Distinguish the flames using the bucket of water or your douse spell and the boy 
will thank you. He will then proceed to tell you about how bandits killed his 
father and kidnapped his mother.

Head back along the path towards Britain, when you get to the sign that points 
to Paws, go north-west through the valley. You will eventually come across a 
small house to your left. Inside is a man who wants to be left alone. Look for a 
lever hidden in the corner and use it, a big boulder will be removed from behind 
the house. The man will now attack you, so you can just smack him a few times 
until he's dead.

Go behind the house and up the mountain. You'll see a bridge, don't cross it yet 
but instead go the other way. You will find the bandits and the kidnapped woman. 
After a short conversation the leader of the bandits will attack, kill him and 
any others that might cause you trouble. Talk to the woman and she'll thank you. 
Now read the book on the ground, it's the bandit's journal and it tells you 
about some hidden treasure.

Go back to that wooden bridge and cross it. Go up the mountain until you find a 
snowy area with a few wolves around. You should see a cave to your left. Go all 
the way through the cave and you'll come out next to a lake. Kill the bandits 
and the predatory fish in the water and dive in. Swim through the underwater 
passage and you'll find the treasure. (If you ask me it's not much of a treasure 
but it's good just the same.) Now head back to the camp where you read the book. 
Look for a lever behind a bush and use it to once gain remove the boulder from 
behind the house. Now go back down and continue on your adventure.

Ghost's Doll
Visit the abandoned burnt out house near the cemetary in Cove at night, and 
you'll find the ghost of a young girl. Talk to her and she'll tell you about the 
riot that happened, and how she lost her doll. Go to Minoc and jump in the lake, 
then swim up to the waterfall and you'll notice there is a secret area behind 
it. Pick up the doll and take it back to the little girl.
Find any false information or spelling errors? Just want to give me some 
feedback? ravage@ultimadungeon.com

Quill Dragon's Note on Easter Eggs:

Behind the fence.
While on earth go to the training area with the training dummy and the target
near the Avatar's house. Close to the training dummy there is a fence which 
cannot be opened.
On the other side of this fence, behind the tree on the right there is a hidden 
lever. Once this lever is pulled several teleporters appear. Some lead to places 
in Britannia while others dress thee in full blackrock armour, magic armour or 
full raven's choice armour. How to get in there? One way is to build a stairway 
out of bread made on the bread machine in the kitchen.

Going home.
On top of Stone Gate is a teleporter leading back to the Avatar's house on 
earth.

Written in seashells.
On a beach north of Yew, not far from the court of Yew, one can find initials 
written in sea shells.
They probably refer to Paul Sage and Amy Sage.
The co-ordinates are: 21o 13 N  10o 19 W

The drugged Avatar:
In Pagan (u8) many mushrooms held euphoric properties. Only one mushroom in 
Britannia, however, hath such effect upon those who make use of it. The easiest 
way to find it is to travel to the place with the initials written in sea shells 
(See above). Face the water. Now go left  from here, swimming along the 
mountains. The two conchs will mark the place to climb. Once up there use the 
mushroom by "clicking" on it.
The co-ordinates are: 24o 5 N  10o 41 W

He is up a tree...
This is perhaps not a real Easter egg, but many have had trouble finding Smith.
For some reason, left unspoken throughout the game, all the horses of Britannia 
have been killed. Yet, upon freeing a prisoner from dungeon Wrong the Avatar was 
told that Iolo's talking horse Smith could be found in Paws.
The prisoner speaks the truth and Smith the talking horse is to be found in 
Paws, 
but he is up a tree...
The co-ordinates are: 40o 17 S  26o 26 W

Nightshade in Abundance.
Go to Paws at night and cast ethereal sight. Walk around in Paws and along the 
edges of the swamps surrounding Paws. When thou approachest the nightshade a 
bright spiral of light will spring from the reagent, thus revealing it. Try also 
to notice that the monsters of Britannia have souls, which leaves them upon 
death in form of a vaporising light.

The bunny.
Inside the city of Yew there is a huge rock shaped like a bunny and encircled by 
carrots. 
The co-ordinates are: 19o 31 N  26o 59 W 

In memory of Lord Brinne.
The real name of Lord Brinne was Bill Iburg. He was a prominent and vivid member 
of the Ultima Horizons Community. But alas, he died before Ultima IX - Ascension 
was finished. The grief was great within the Ultima Horizons Community. As this 
became known to Lord British he made sure a tomb was erected for Lord Brinne in 
Britannia. Thus the noble Lord Brinne could rest forever in the world he held so 
dear...
The tomb of Lord Brinne is to be found near the haunted house, which lieth 
behind the graveyard of the Cathedral of Love in Britain.
The co-ordinates are: 22o 54 S  11o 17 W

If thou wishest to learn more about Lord Brinne and the mourning over him 
consultest thou then these links:

A Shrine for Lord Brinne.
http://home.earthlink.net/~turgon/brinne/

Pictures of Lord Brinne.
http://people.whitman.edu/~moorejl/

Music and poetry composed in memory of Lord Brinne.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/aaronn/lordbrinne/


The Tomb of Phyllis Jones.
This tomb is located close to the cave, which formeth a shortcut from Britain to 
Yew. 
'Tis on the Yew-side. Entering the tomb of Phyllis Jones one will pass two 
smaller graves.
The co-ordinates are: 21o 58 S  40o 31 W

The Grove of Lovers.
Just in front of the area, where the tomb of Phyllis is placed, two large trees 
are found growing. Initials are carved into one of the trees and two names 
carved into the other.
The co-ordinates are: 18o 4 S  39o 31 W