¶ Dark Citadel
Approx. Level: 50
Near the war-ravaged city of Medienne, deep in the heart of its darkest woods, rises a citadel of evil. A dark mist shrouds the tower from afar, while up close it is evident that a mighty thunderstorm rages atop the dark granite walls of the citadel. A great dark shape can sometimes be seen in the sky, but if that is fact or rumor no one knows for certain. A small force of dark knights, clerics, and wizards guard the secrets of the citadel. Not many lost adventurers who find themselves within the citadel return to see the light of day. It is said that the guardians of the citadel possess the power of its chief evil, as if it possesses each of them.
¶ Directions to Zone:
General speaking it is east of East of Castle Lag. From the Troll Bridge outside the east gate of Medienne go > speed e2seses2e2sesw3s5e > north is the Dark Citadel
Pro Tip: There is a stream you can drink from at repop.
¶ How to Run Zone:
Level 1:
Straight north from where you enter, if you push north (push south to leave) and go west and down, there is a door locked to the west that is where you custom the belt of demonic fortitude. The door the the south is the guy that practices off hand parry. To the east is a locked door, which can be picked. Behind it is a dark bishop. Who drops a long, needle-like beak.
On this level there are just a bunch of pikemen and dark knights. I believe behind one of these locked doors is the guy that teaches off hand parry. The key to open the doors pops off the Lord (on Level 3). Also, there should is a custom guy who customs the belt of demonic fortitude (quest to get the key).
A lanky goblin is busy drawing a diagram on the floor.
Item Price Weight Lvl Ingredients
Belt of demonic fortitude 25000 1.00 70 four small moonstones; four tattered shreds of black demonskin
NOTE: A pass door phial will not work, the door must be open in order to custom the belt.
If you “pull candlestick” and on the north west side of the first floor you will fall into a jail cell. The room is no.summon and no.recall, but if you “taunt guard”, he will open the door and attack you. You can walk around and come up through the center of level one be “push south” on the wall where it deadends.
If you “untrap candlestick” first and then “pull candlestick” it will reveal a room north. This is where you have a chance to “steal darkgem”. I believe doing this calls the zone so be careful.
Pro Tip: You can recite a recall scroll from inside the room with the darkgem
The middle locked door on the west side has a mirror that if you “touch mirror” will either deal some damage to you or spawn a shadow demon that pops a midnight-hued strand (strand of twilight).
Level 2:
On this level there is an invisible wizard, hidden thief, a monk and a cleric.
Level 3:
A couple wizards, clerics, knights, bishops all walking around. Lord is on this level too (in the middle). From what I can tell, he does not call. If you are running for key (to get off hand parry) please note that a thief cannot pick these locks and the key doesn’t save. You can use a pass door phial or blink to get into the room.
¶ Pops:
• Powerful Lord of Darkness (dark lord) – glittering electrum ring (electrum ring of eternal light), head of a dark lord, dark grey tabard (black dragon tabard), small rusty key, pair of hauberk mail sleeves, an uncut ebony gem (uncut black diamond), spiked black greaves, spiked black arm guards
• Dark Wizard – hand mirror, black amulet (amulet of darkness)
• Dark female warrior (dark blade) – black shield (shield of darkness) , black blade (blade of darkness)
• Stern Cleric - long, needle-like beak, unholy symbol, a black hammer (hammer of darkness), vial of holy water
• Dark Pikeman - dark grey tabard (black dragon tabard), cabasset helmet, bronze pike, leather doublet
• Dark Bishop - a glass flask containing a clear liquid, an iron hammer, a leather doublet, runed battle flail (nightbringer), mail hauberk, long, needle-like beak
• Dark Knight - mail hauberk
• Dark Monk – pair of weighted monk’s gauntlets (pair of gauntlets of smiting)
• Everyone - Lock of human hair
• Chest - phial filled with a dark brown liquid, a phial filled with a clear liquid, a phial filled with a blue-white liquid, an uncut ebony gem (uncut black diamond), an elliptical disc (to the dark forest), sable and cobalt hood (hood of attuned senses)
• Darkgem – follow instruxtions above north west side of level one.
• Altar on level 1 - Black Wax Candle
¶ Mad Hermit
Here is in the shack just a few rooms south of Dark Citadel. Search bone for a chance to pop a shard of bone.