Solution to Portal of Evil

Portal of Evil

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, 2 Provisions, map 1 Help defend the enormous wounded lizard 229 Fight the SOLDIER 5/8 320 Find out more about Gartax 74 Enter the forest south-east to find Gartax 263 Rescue the tired man from the Phororhacos 176 Sheathe your sword and surrender 292 Say you are on your way to Kleinkastel 90 Ask for information about Gloten 362 Ask Gartax if anyone else can help [Let Gloten the Dwarf win] 185 You should find the Wizard of Lake Mlubz [Go south, downstream] 310 Stay with Gartax and help defend the camp 132 Hold your position and wait for the attack St+4 370 Search the bodies of the pallid attackers 200 Return to Gartax's camp Stone talisman 169 All the camp-dwellers wave goodbye 5 Provisions 2 Head south into the green forest 155 Walk downstream towards the south-west 57 Climb out of the ravine 365 You reach the top of the steep cliff 196 Draw your sword and attack the Spider 67 Kill the GIANT SPIDER 7/7 220 Offer the exhausted Goblin some Provisions 136 You journey downstream along the clifftop -1 Provision, Goblin letter, [no weapons on Wizard's island] 399 You progress downhill along the bank 15 Go to the hut and knock on the door 275 Give the Dwarf some Provisions for a boat 323 You thank him and untie a boat -1 Provision, [rapids], punt 227 Drift with the current past the commotion 25 Steer to the right towards the west jetty 382 See if the tower can provide shelter -Punt 99 Lift the trapdoor and inspect the cellar 129 Fight the blind subterranean creature 273 Defeat the ARMORED MOLE 4/10 2 Provisions At-2 359 Climb the staircase to the second story 269 Look for a way to reach the top story Candle-stub 183 Climb the insubstantial moonlit ladder 290 Wait for the enormous nest's owner St-2 53 Kill the PTERANODON 5/8 10 GP, large egg 109 You wake at dawn and return to the path -1 Provision 36 Wait for the galloping riders to reach you 294 Obey the bandit and empty your backpack 8 Your belongings include some Gold Pieces 92 Gamble for your money in a game of chance 331 Three marked and unmarked sides land up -GP 121 More blades land unmarked side uppermost -Map 157 The honorable bandit leads his men away GP+5, map, sack 27 Toss a Gold Piece towards the black shape 77 The coin disappears into the blackness -1 GP 225 Say you are searching for a wizard 117 You have a letter from the Goblin King 48 Throw your sword onto the rusty heap 357 Your sword lands on a pile of old blades -Sword Sk-4 97 Ask the tiny old man if he is a wizard 175 Tell Gartax's story and give the letter 353 You tell the wizard what you have seen -Goblin letter, Ring of Zombie Warding 234 You have a stone talisman on a thong Sword of Gravalan Sk+ St+4 31 Wait while the wizard studies his books 81 He explains the evil of the ancient Portal 199 You have clues to destroy the Warlord [Two animals, many lights] 102 Go with the wizard to Kleinkastel 398 You wait an hour and follow him to town 2 GP 143 You have money for a bed for the night 271 You sleep well and wake very hungry -1 GP, -1 Provision 61 Volunteer for the tournament 190 Force yourself to remain still 285 Say Gloten has two Silver Pieces 147 Challenge Gloten to a pickaxe-handle duel 10 Duel GLOTEN 9/16, collapse and submit Wooden stave 389 Say he fights with the strength of a Dwarf 107 Search the huge armchair in his mansion -Wooden stave 347 Await Gloten's return Small mirror 211 The eagles will aid you only once Dwarven hunting-horn 259 You set off into the forest invigorated 10 GP, 5 Provisions, Sk+ St+ Lu+ warrant, Potion of True Seeing, [Horfak and Dirlin] 22 Combat the STRUTHIOMIMUS 9/12 189 You have a Ring of Zombie Warding 349 Run eastward out of the clearing 264 Wait at the village for the men to arrive 41 Reach into the tree to pull out the heap 194 The sound of marching men is closer Hand-mirror, St-1 Lu+1 sprig of Swords-ease 363 You are escorted into the village 255 Show the Margrave's warrant to the officer 73 You eat a pleasant meal in the square St+4 327 Stay and search the village quickly 303 You continue along your eastward path Rope, torches, miner's helmet 11 Continue past the two fur-covered bodies 230 Take the wide north-east path uphill 277 Take the side-turning near the summit 84 Agree to help the bizarre old man 385 Test the clear liquid in the tank 137 Continue to help Azudraz move gold nuggets 316 Leave the old alchemist now Sack of Igneolite 45 You investigate the nearby mine entrance 106 Go through the narrow doorway 371 Release all the birds from their cages Red bird, blue bird 240 The sky becomes a kaleidoscope of colors Lu+1 5 Take the path uphill towards the fighting 319 Wait until the battle is over 161 Pass the Goblin warren and climb the mound 103 You await the Troglodytes' assault Piece of mirror 203 You have Gloten's Dwarven hunting-horn 120 The Eagle carries you up past the statue iSk+1 144 Talk to the slender Wood Elves 42 You have a Potion of True Seeing 335 You must escape at the first opportunity -Potion of True Seeing 217 Leave the windowless hut and explore 177 Climb down with a length of rope 91 Investigate the groan inside the tree -Rope 249 Remove the talisman from the guard's neck 313 You emerge from the tree into the forest 150 You set off eastwards at dawn -1 Provision 221 Go north to the Horfak and Dirlin Mines 356 You have an egg in your backpack 272 Give the baby Pteranodon a meal -Large egg 112 The palisade gate is left unguarded -1 Provision Lu+1 68 In the cavern stands a massive gateway Torch 397 You have a sack of Igneolite to destroy it 158 Step into the shadow of the Portal -Sack of Igneolite 289 You have a Ring of Zombie Warding 96 Your mind survives the Portal's onslaught 105 You have two cage-birds with you 302 You grit your teeth and stand rigid 133 You have three sources of light 307 You have survived the final attack 14 Go to the right into the jungle -Torch 322 Take the right-hand path to the ruins 245 Place a Gold Piece on the wooden tongue 124 You make for the hilltop settlement -1 GP, mirrored helmet Lu+1 140 Surrender to the motley tribe of warriors 49 Wait in the stone hut for Witta to return 360 You wait in your prison [Mirrors, Queen Anxis] St+4 110 You await the blades hurtling towards you Lu-1 85 Not a single weapon wounds you 174 Sleep and wait for the dinosaur-hunt Sign of the Spear St+4 Lu+1 350 Fight the huge horned herbivore alone 251 Wound the TRICERATOPS 8/18 Spear At+2 390 Set out to infiltrate the Warlord's base -Spear 348 Follow the right-hand uphill path 358 Toss some food to entice the beast to move 116 You continue uphill past the Ankylosaurus -1 Provision 32 Squeeze into the gully down the valley 156 Jump over the Giant Centipede and run 75 You leap clear of the long body and tail 337 You run out of the gully into the jungle 9 Go downwards at the staircase 201 Kill the GLACIATOR 6/8 Torch Sk-2 242 Melt the ice with the Sword of Gravalan 315 In front of you stretches a corridor -Torch Sk+2 372 Unbolt the cell door and walk in 108 Approach the bear and sign for silence 208 Leave Dirlin and look for the jailer 295 Unbolt another door and enter 237 You bear the Sign of the Spear tattoo 65 You lead Anxis back to Dirlin's cell Keys 138 You prepare to face Horfak St+4 395 Place your mirrors in front of his face 354 Defeat HORFAK 8/10 170 You hurry to the Portal cave 369 You left a sack of Igneolite Torch 253 The Portal melts and is destroyed 400 You have saved Kleinkastel Chest of gems, pack-horse