Midootje wrote:
I wonder: has anyone ever thought ofClick here to view the secret text
×Doorwalking the green door here? It reaps another +2 ATK and DEF, but blocks off the First Level, and of course costs you two green keys. However, it might prove to be really useful in preventing damage later on.
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×It's better to doorwalk over the Yellow Doors than the Green here. If you save a Green Key from the First Level, you can get the +4 ATK/DEF immediately, and then later, spend 2 Yellow Keys to get +100 HP and the extra +2 ATK/DEF. You end up spending 2 YKeys instead of an extra GKey, but it gets you the Potion as well, which is well worth the time for gearing up for the Gauntlet. (And if you were getting the Potion anyways, then it's just a YKey spent instead of a GKey, which is always worthwhile.)
Midootje wrote:
I'm just wondering, and trying to find new tricks to this hold, since I really can't get through the Third Level without wasting so much health and keys that I get stuck on the Fourth.This hold, being the hardest I have ever played, is the only one I'd love a walkthrough for. I just can't do it by myself, even after having tried over twenty times!
Hmmm. As with a lot of things in this hold, proper planning dictates how well you do in the later levels. Now, I'm loathe to give out full walkthroughs since I'd rather people didn't just do the exact same thing as me... but... my method of optimising the First and Second Levels does not match my method of completing the hold.
So here's what I'll do. First, non-secreted, here's my stats upon finishing the First and Second Levels:
First Level: 137 HP, 32 ATK, 17 DEF, 8 GR, 1x YKey, 1x GKey
Second Level: 2152 HP, 100 ATK, 56 DEF, 397 GR, 12x YKey, 5x GKey, 1x BKey, 1x SKey
And secondly, here's my journal through the First Level and *most* of the Second Level. Please be aware that while I give the basic directions and the stats after each event, I don't give exact co-ordinates of each and every monster or item I pick up, or mention things like exactly what route to take through trapdoor mazes or what sword orientation to make your way by Goblins or whatever. You'll have to figure those things out yourself, but the journal shouldn't be too difficult to follow. Should you follow the Journal, you'll be near the end of your preparations for the Gauntlet, and have cleared out the First Level of everything I considered worth taking.
Good luck.
First Level:
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×Entr.: Open 2x Greckle Gate -> [33 GR]
Activate Orb
Open Greckle Gate -> [23 GR]
Collect Level Map
Open 2x Greckle Gate -> [3 GR]
Collect Yellow Key -> [1x YKey]
Collect Power Gem -> [21 ATK]
Collect Shield Gem -> [11 DEF]
1W: Kill 3x Wraithwing -> [419 HP]
1N2W: Collect Power Gem -> [22 ATK]
1W: Collect Power Gem -> [23 ATK]
Kill Wraithwing -> [392 HP]
1N: Kill 2x Wraithwing -> [338 HP]
2N1W: Open 2x Greckle Gate -> [1 GR]
Collect Shield Gem -> [12 DEF]
2N2W: Open Yellow Door -> [0x YKey]
Collect Power Gem -> [23 ATK]
1N1W: Kill Roach Queen -> [278 HP]
Collect Green Key -> [1x GKey]
1N1W: Kill Roach Queen -> [218 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [25 ATK]
2N2W: Kill 2x Kobold -> [98 HP]
2N1W: Open 2x Greckle Gate -> [7 GR]
Collect Power Gem -> [26 ATK]
1N: Kill 2x Roach -> [82 HP]
Activate Orb
1N: Evil Eye attack -> [62 HP]
Collect Yellow Key -> [1x YKey]
Open Greckle Gate -> [1 GR]
1N1W: Open Yellow Door -> [0x YKey]
Collect Yellow Key -> [1x YKey]
Collect 2x Power Gem -> [28 ATK]
Collect Shield Gem -> [13 DEF]
Cross 8x Hot Tile -> [38 HP]
Open Yellow Door -> [0x YKey]
Kill Evil Eye from behind -> [19 HP]
1N: Collect Potion -> [69 HP]
Kill Evil Eye from behind -> [50 HP]
2N2W: Collect Potion -> [65 HP]
Open Greckle Gate -> [1 GR]
Open Green Door -> [0x GKey]
Activate Orb
2N2W: Collect Potion -> [265 HP]
2N2W: Collect 2x Potion -> [330 HP]
Collect Green Key -> [1x GKey]
3N3W: Kill Evil Eye -> [228 HP]
Collect Potion -> [243 HP]
Kill Evil Eye -> [141 HP]
Kill Brain -> [136 HP]
Collect Green Key -> [2x GKey]
1W: Open Green Door -> [1x GKey]
Collect Yellow Key -> [1x YKey]
Collect 2x Potion -> [536 HP]
3N3W: Open Yellow Door -> [0x YKey]
Collect Shield Gem -> [14 DEF]
Collect Potion -> [551 HP]
3N3W: Kill Evil Eye from behind -> [533 HP]
Kill Roach Queen -> [477 HP]
1N2W: Collect Power Gem -> [29 ATK]
Collect 2x Potion -> [507 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [30 ATK]
2N1W: Open Greckle Gate -> [8 GR]
Kill Roach Queen -> [451 HP]
Toggle Trapdoor Gate
Collect Power Gem -> [31 ATK]
1N2W: Kill Spider -> [271 HP]
1N2W: Kill Roach Egg
1N2W: Open Greckle Gate -> [17 GR]
Kill Brain -> [267 HP]
1N2W: Kill Roach Queen -> [239 HP]
Collect Potion -> [254 HP]
Collect Shield Gem -> [15 DEF]
Kill 2x Roach Queen -> [200 HP]
Collect Potion -> [215 HP]
Collect Shield Gem -> [16 DEF]
Collect Power Gem -> [32 ATK]
Kill 2x Roach -> [207 HP]
Collect Shield Gem -> [17 DEF]
Collect Yellow Key -> [1x YKey]
1N2W: Open 4x Greckle Gate -> [0 GR]
Collect Blue Key -> [1x BKey]
2N1W: Open Blue Door -> [0x BKey]
Kill Spider -> [137 HP]
Activate Orb
1N1W: Activate Plate
Second Level:
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×Entr.: Open Green Door -> [0x GKey]
Collect 2x Power Gem -> [36 ATK]
Collect 2x Shield Gem -> [21 DEF]
Collect Yellow Key -> [2x YKey]
Open Yellow Door -> [1x YKey]
Collect Shield Gem -> [23 DEF]
Entr.: Activate Plate
=== First Level ===
1N: Kill Evil Eye from behind -> [128 HP]
Kill Roach
1W: Kill 2x Roach
1N2W: Kill 2x Roach
=== Second Level ===
Entr.: Collect Level Map
Collect Wooden Shield -> [32 DEF]
Lock Greckle Gate -> [3 GR]
1S1W: Kill Spider -> [90 HP]
Collect Green Key -> [1x GKey]
Entr.: Open Yellow Door -> [0x YKey]
Open Green Door -> [0x GKey]
Collect Short Sword -> [56 ATK]
Collect 2x Power Gem -> [60 ATK]
Collect 2x Shield Gem -> [37 DEF]
=== First Level ===
1N: Kill 3x Evil Eye
Kill Roach Queen
Kill Wraithwing
1W: Kill Roach Queen
1N1W: Kill 2x Evil Eye
Kill Wraithwing
1N1W: Kill Wraithwing
1N1W: Kill Roach Queen
2N2W: Kill Kobold
Collect Shield Gem -> [38 DEF]
1W: Open Greckle Gate -> [60 GR]
Collect Level Map
Kill Wraithwing
Open Greckle Gate -> [53 GR]
Kill Evil Eye
Mad Eye attack -> [33 HP]
Kill Evil Eye
Open Greckle Gate -> [53 GR]
Collect Power Gem -> [61 ATK]
Collect Shield Gem -> [39 DEF]
Collect Yellow Key -> [1x YKey]
Collect Green Key -> [1x GKey]
Collect Potion -> [83 HP]
Mad Eye attack -> [27 HP]
2N2W: Kill Roach Queen
Kill 3x Kobold
Collect Yellow Key -> [2x Ykey]
3N3W: Kill Evil Eye
3N3W: Kill 4x Evil Eye
Collect Yellow Key -> [3x YKey]
Kill Roach
=== Second Level ===
Entr.: Open Greckle Gate -> [87 GR]
Collect Yellow Key -> [4x YKey]
1S1W: Kill Wraithwing
Collect Yellow Key -> [5x YKey]
Kill Roach Queen
Activate Plate
Kill Mud Mother -> [18 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [63 ATK]
Kill Mud Mother -> [9 HP]
Kill Evil Eye
Kill Roach
1S: Kill 2x Evil Eye from behind
Entr.: Collect Wooden Blade
1S1W: Kill Roach Queen -> [6 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [65 ATK]
Entr.: Collect Short Sword
1S2W: Cross 2x Hot Tile -> [4 HP]
1S1W: Collect Green Key -> [2x GKey]
1S2W: Cross 2x Hot Tile -> [2 HP]
2W: Toggle Arrow Token
Activate Orb
1N2W: Collect Potion -> [102 HP]
Activate Plate
1N2W: Cross 3x Hot Tile -> [86 HP]
Activate Plate
Cross 3x Hot Tile -> [72 HP]
1N2W: Cross 3x Hot Tile -> [60 HP]
Activate Plate
Cross 3x Hot Tile -> [51 HP]
1N2W: Cross 6x Hot Tile -> [35 HP]
1N2W: Collect 3x Potion -> [565 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [67 ATK]
Collect Shield Gem -> [41 DEF]
Collect Yellow Key -> [6x YKey]
Collect Green Key -> [3x GKey]
Collect Blue Key -> [1x BKey]
Toggle Arrow Token
2N1W: Toggle Trapdoor Gate
Collect Potion -> [595 HP]
1N1W: Open Blue Door -> [0x BKey]
Collect Power Gem -> [69 ATK]
2N: Kill 2x Brain
2N: Kill 2x Brain
2N: Lock Yellow Door -> [5x YKey]
Kill Antlion
Collect 2x Shield Gem -> [45 DEF]
Open Yellow Door -> [4x YKey]
Kill Antlion
Collect Power Gem -> [71 ATK]
Kill Spider
Collect Yellow Key -> [5x YKey]
Kill 2x Mud Baby -> [565 HP]
Collect 2x Power Gem -> [75 ATK]
1N2W: Kill 3x Roach
Kill Roach Queen
1S2W: Kill Mud Mother
Collect Power Gem -> [77 ATK]
2N1E: 2x Goblin attack -> [415 HP]
Activate Orb
Collect Shield Gem -> [47 DEF]
Kill Antlion
Kill Evil Eye
Collect Green Key -> [4x GKey]
Activate Orb
Kill Mud Baby -> [402 HP]
Collect Potion -> [432 HP]
Kill 2x Spider
1N1E: Kill Mud Mother
Collect Power Gem -> [79 ATK]
1E: Activate Orb
Kill 2x Spider
Kill Evil Eye
Kill Roach Queen
Kill 2x Roach
1E: Kill Spider
Collect Yellow Key -> [6x YKey]
1S: Open Greckle Gate -> [291 GR]
Kill 2x Spider
Kill Antlion
Collect Yellow Key -> [7x YKey]
Collect Green Key -> [5x GKey]
1S1W: Kill Spider
Kill Mud Mother
Kill 2x Spider
=== First Level ===
2N2W: Kill Evil Eye
Collect Potion -> [482 HP]
Kill Evil Eye
Kill 4x Roach
1N2W: Kill 2x Evil Eye
Collect 2x Yellow Key -> [9x YKey]
2N3W: Kill Rock Golem -> [429 HP]
Collect 2x Power Gem -> [81 ATK]
Collect 2x Shield Gem -> [49 DEF]
Collect Potion -> [629 HP]
Collect Speed Potion
=== Second Level ===
1E: Kill Mud Baby -> [618 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [83 ATK]
=== First Level ===
2N1W: Lock Greckle Gate -> [409 GR]
Collect Power Gem -> [84 ATK]
Open Greckle Gate -> [399 GR]
Activate Plate
Open Greckle Gate -> [389 GR]
2N3W: Kill Tar Baby -> [254 HP]
Collect 2x Power Gem -> [86 ATK]
Collect 2x Shield Gem -> [51 DEF]
Collect Potion -> [454 HP]
Kill Goblin -> [178 HP]
Collect 2x Power Gem -> [88 ATK]
Collect Shield Gem -> [52 DEF]
Collect Potion -> [228 HP]
Kill Mud Baby -> [220 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [89 ATK]
Collect Shield Gem -> [53 DEF]
Collect Potion -> [270 HP]
Kill Evil Eye
Collect Power Gem -> [90 ATK]
Collect Potion -> [320 HP]
Kill Wraithwing
Collect Shield Gem -> [54 DEF]
Collect Potion -> [335 HP]
3N2W: Kill Evil Eye
Kill Brain
Collect Potion -> [385 HP]
Toggle 2x Greckle Gate -> [451 GR]
Activate Orb
Collect Potion -> [585 HP]
Toggle 2x Greckle Gate -> [431 GR]
3N2W: Collect Potion -> [600 HP]
Collect Yellow Key -> [10x YKey]
3N2W: Collect Potion -> [615 HP]
Collect Yellow Key -> [11x YKey]
Open Greckle Gate -> [421 GR]
Collect Potion -> [630 HP]
3N3W: Collect 2x Potion -> [660 HP]
2N1W: Lock Greckle Gate -> [411 GR]
=== Second Level ===
1S2W: Cross Hot Tile -> [627 HP]
Kill 2x Guard -> [291 HP]
Collect Power Gem -> [92 ATK]
Collect Yellow Key -> [12x YKey]
Collect Potion -> [321 HP]
Kill Reego -> [17 HP]
Kill Antlion
Open 5x Greckle Gate -> [374 GR]
Collect 2x Blue Key -> [2x BKey]
Cross Hot Tile -> [16 HP]
=== First Level ===
1N1W: Collect Potion -> [216 HP]
1N1W: Collect 2x Potion -> [246 HP]
1N2W: Collect Potion -> [261 HP]
2N3W: Collect 2x Potion -> [361 HP]
3N2W: Collect Potion -> [411 HP]
Open Greckle Gate -> [364 GR]
Collect 3x Potion -> [526 HP]
Kill Evil Eye
3N2W: Kill 8x Evil Eye
3N2W: Kill 2x Evil Eye
2N1W: Toggle 2x Greckle Gate -> [399 GR]
Collect Potion -> [576 HP]
=== Second Level ===
Entr.: Open Yellow Door -> [11x YKey]
Collect Potion -> [676 HP]
Lock Yellow Door -> [10x YKey]
Collect Power Gem -> [94 ATK]
Collect Shield Gem -> [56 DEF]