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Oooy, this one. Gotta say, been a good while since orbs, yellow doors, and roaches managed to actually stump me!

I need to get past the door at (17,13), which needs me to hit the orb to open the way. Issue is, two roaches at each side diagonally, cannot kill them both, softlock. I can avert this situation at one gate--the one at (13,7), which lets me actually kill the roach that would block my way at (8,15). The issue, is that I'm trapped due to (14,5) closing, and I do not have any other chambers open by proxy of doing so at the current state being certain death...

What am I missing? Is this not the start point at all?

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icon Re: King Nareik's Dungeon : First Level : 2 North, 1 West (+3)  
It indeed sounds like you're taking the wrong approach to the room.

If the north orb is the first orb you hit, you are stuck behind closed doors, so that can be ruled out. The SE orb also can't be first -- you can't reach it without opening a door. That leaves only the SW orb.

Problem is, once you hit this orb, you have to move NE since the door behind you closed. You can't do this if both the western roaches are flanking the door. So one of them must be elsewhere.

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Nuntar wrote:
It indeed sounds like you're taking the wrong approach to the room.

If the north orb is the first orb you hit, you are stuck behind closed doors, so that can be ruled out. The SE orb also can't be first -- you can't reach it without opening a door. That leaves only the SW orb.

Problem is, once you hit this orb, you have to move NE since the door behind you closed. You can't do this if both the western roaches are flanking the door. So one of them must be elsewhere.

Click here to view the secret text

Room solved, thanks! ...The restless nights from finals week are showin' on me, huh?

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12-18-2019 at 12:55 AM
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