Solution to Beneath Nightmare Castle

Beneath Nightmare Castle

This is not the shortest or easiest path; it is more gratifying to face difficult situations and barely succeed. Rather than minimizing risk, this solution includes as many interesting parts as possible, while avoiding sections that are blatantly harmful or provide no useful information. You may need high initial scores; this path assumes favorable dice rolls.

Sword, leather armor, backpack, bejeweled ring, 10 GP 1 Trust the unknown voice's offer of help -Sword, -backpack 331 Escape up the steep staircase 215 The solid oak door suddenly opens Sword, backpack 399 You head for the Southern Star tavern 119 Reveal your association with Baron Tholdur St+4 164 Show the Margrave's ring to the innkeeper 343 He offers advice and shows you your room [Old Huw] 179 Secure the shutters and go to bed 372 An appalling yelping rends the night 245 Walk about Neuburg town -5 GP St+4 137 Go west to the wharves at the riverside 90 Spy on the cart of robed swordsmen 336 Continue to wait and watch 114 Emerge from hiding and look at the crate 259 Look inside the strange crate 199 You recoil and slam the lid down Wi-1 135 You collapse on the jetty to recover 377 Explore the Temple Quarter 195 Press on and visit the derelict temple 322 Hide and watch the temple entrance 144 Fight the SNUFF HOUND 5/4 and SOUTHERN SWORDSMAN 6/5 263 Accept Huw's invitation Potion of Berserk Rage 398 Offer him Baron Tholdur's ring 344 You eat while Huw gives you information -Bejeweled ring, St+4 3 Provisions 22 Xakhaz is stirring beneath Neuburg Keep 100 Undertake the Ordeal for Oiden's gifts [Loth, Cernic, side-entrance] 54 A feeling of well-being flows through you 298 You must accomplish your mission iSt+1 iWi+1 368 The old priest bids you farewell [Curio dealer] 108 Make for the Merchants' Quarter 32 You see a hand closing around your purse Lu-1 390 Fight the GAMINE THIEF 4/3, continue St-1 149 Buy three meals at the grocery stall 383 The shopkeeper wraps your selection -1 GP, 3 Provisions 280 Buy a piece of old junk from the trader 129 Pay him for the rusty broken garden fork -3 GP 14 You make your way to the market-square Spear-head 237 Venture up Castle Hill to Neuburg Keep 289 Take the overgrown right-hand trail 95 Turn right in the untended garden 175 Enter the base of the battlement tower 284 Investigate the rotting compost heaps 122 You lower yourself into the cubical room 317 You throw yourself to the ground Green globe Wi-1 204 Kill the GIANT SPIDERS 6/8 -Green globe, -backpack 153 Put the bright globe into your backpack Backpack 36 You continue towards the next corner Green globe 44 Enter the tower through the wooden door 394 Defeat the UNKNOWN ASSAILANT 5/8, climb the stone stairs 51 Yell "I've killed the Ogre. Let me in!" 235 Tell the frail old Dwarf about your quest 312 You have some Provisions in your backpack Lu+1 3 Offer food to the Dwarf -Provisions St+ 334 Ask him about the three-pronged spear-head 375 The Dwarf has more information for you [Trident of Skarlos] 396 Use the secret passage to the cellars 25 Press on along the main passage Lantern 248 You drink from one of the upright barrels 197 Look inside the barrel St-2 366 The door opens as the implications sink in Wi-1 286 Surrender to the robed swordsmen 49 You are frog-marched to Baron Tholdur -Lantern 127 Identify yourself to the Margrave 261 You have given the bejeweled ring away 392 Follow your captors down the spiral stairs 227 The guards adopt a relaxed attitude Lu+1 64 Take the trident head from your backpack -1 Provision St+4 362 Try to pry up some ill-fitting flagstones 80 Descend into the gaping darkness 264 You advance cautiously into an orange glow 170 You have a blue spear-head 207 Open the large wooden door to your right 200 Insert the trident into the keyhole 147 The door opens and you walk through 7 Reply to the voice in complete darkness 77 You shouted "Xakhaz" 258 Continue down the steps past the crystal 109 You avoid a step that gleams in the light Lu+1 16 Snatch the length of metal from the coffin 52 You have a three-pointed spear-head Metal shaft 251 You examine the remarkable weapon -Spear-head, -metal shaft 182 The Trident is easy to use and powerful Trident of Skarlos At+2 Lu+1 Wi+2 240 Open the small wooden door and step inside 373 You can see very little 255 Stay and await the rising luminescence 287 Fight the VITRIOL ESSENCE 8/6 At+2 112 Sidle around the perimeter of the pool 345 You quickly shuffle along the uneven rock 43 The Essence howls in fury as you leave Keys 273 Unlock the massive metal door 190 You are content with the weapon you have 359 Return to your dungeon cell 206 Say you are on a mission to cleanse evil -Provisions St+ 85 The young man beckons you to follow him 29 Restrain Cernic and demand information Talisman of Loth 150 He scampers away out of the dungeon 376 Go down the stairs into darkness 300 Slink down the left-hand passage 252 Continue to the open double doors 81 Go back to the raging wall of flame 145 Take a long run and jump through 231 You teeter on the edge of a limitless gulf Lu-1 48 You walk back to the right-hand passage 155 Slip away and await developments 293 Attack the SOUTHERN SWORDSMAN 6/8 Loth, At+2 126 Battle the SOUTHERN SWORDSMAN 9/6, Robes Loth, At+2 sneak through the double doors 213 Go through the left door in the anteroom 387 Go back and try the right-hand door St+4 6 Attack the foul and bloated creature 76 Wound the VLODBLAD 3/10, At+2 escape to follow the serving-girls St-2 323 Leave through the right-hand door 115 Walk into the massive web 89 Attack the sorceress immediately 160 Defeat SENYAKHAZ 9/8, inspect the box Black box At+2 131 Push the small metal rod towards "X" 288 You step into the rainbow maelstrom 335 Reveal the Talisman of Loth 27 You have the Trident of Skarlos 378 Evade the warrior and taunt him 180 Peer through the workroom doorway 279 You stand staring in horror 389 You trip over unidentifiable fragments Wi-1 201 Use the Talisman and the green globe 18 The globe thuds into the pyramid of flesh -Green globe 134 An ear-numbing crash ends Xakhaz 271 You cleave the monstrous cranium in two Metal box 400 It's time to set off on another adventure -Metal box, title of Margrave