Solution to Vault of the Vampire

Vault of the Vampire

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, shield, lantern, 10 Provisions 1 Ask a local how to get to Castle Heydrich 148 Parley with the slim figure in the forest 2 GP 344 You set off with Valderesse to the river 2 Provisions St-2 13 You approach a Gnome with the Ranger 64 You cross the river free of charge 383 Talk with the man dozing before a stove 126 You eat and sleep at Barandrun's cottage [Lothar], garlic St+8 228 You head on to the base of a steep hill 362 Walk around the outside of the Castle 50 You sense powerful good in the north wall 99 You enter the half-open main gates 326 Open the south door around the corner 18 Move to the west door in this storeroom 67 Go through the west door past the rats 115 The two half-rotting Zombies hesitate 217 You dash up the stairs without a fight 311 Try to get past the talking door 342 Press on upwards to the bell tower St- 33 You drive the swarming bats off Lu-1 86 A silver bell glows with goodness 179 You ring the bell on impulse 280 The shade of Siegfried Heydrich speaks [Armor, shield, Nightstar] 337 You return to the courtyard -Sword, Magic Sword Lu+1 Fa+1 380 Investigate the family Crypt 90 Head for the brass doors to the north 2 Leave the hall through the west door 60 Search the dusty cobwebbed storage room 110 You make a lucky find in the junk 156 Return and take the east passage Crystal vial 256 Open the door to the north 305 You recognize the portrait of Siegfried 355 Open the door at the junction 351 Talk to the small winged humanoid creature 9 It gestures you to a door to the south 118 Engage the Alchemist in conversation 205 You leave through the west door 373 Open the opposite door in the corridor 240 Talk with the disheveled young man 288 Wilhelm Heydrich is fairly lucid today 151 You say goodbye and go to check the tower [Mirror in relaxation room] 252 A smoky apparition drifts from a grille 330 The Wraith shrinks back from you 44 Ascend the spiral staircase up the tower 316 Open the barred door with warding glyphs 390 The huge Ghoul backs away from you 30 Ascend the stone stairs past it 159 Cobwebs bind a young girl in a chair 225 You sense a strong good and a strong evil 269 Try waking up the sleeping girl 301 Ignore her and search the room 368 You are about to get a nasty surprise 62 The girl screams and casts a spell at you 150 You strike her and spoil the spell 263 Defeat the BAOBHAN SITH 9/7 324 You find a small secret door in one wall 51 You open the north door back in the hall -Shield, Lu+1 Fa+1 Shield of Faith 101 Open the east door in the tiled corridor 172 The Zombie workers keep well away from you 238 Go past them into the main kitchen 282 Return and open the west door 6 Provisions 221 Fight the TIGERSKIN RUG 7/7 Silver cutlery and utensils 364 Head down the eastern side-passage Brandy x2, Silver Mirror 353 Open the dimly lit north door 307 You head for the end of the side-passage Book of Healers [Gunthar] 258 Talk to Doktor Karl Adenauer 75 Ask about the missing village girl -Silver cutlery 185 The Count had her taken down to the Crypt 75 Ask about what's in the Crypt -Silver utensils 303 The Count has the iron key in his rooms 75 Ask about getting into the library -2 GP, -crystal vial 146 The Sage whips out a key from a pocket Silver Key #378 75 You leave and follow his directions 332* You open the lock with the Silver Key 378 You search for stairs to the floor above Book of Swords [188] 47 Fight each ZOMBIE 6/6 7/6 348 You climb the steps to a moonlit landing 154 Open the silver-handled door to the south 131 Talk to Gunthar Heydrich 15 Show him a book Silver Crucifix St+4 317 You show Gunthar the Book of Healers 235 You open the west door on the landing -Book of Healers, healing potion 294 Open the north door closest to you 182 Fight the four-armed skeletal figure St-4 52 Defeat the MINOR THASSALOSS 8/11, search At-2 St- 352 The chest is securely locked and bound 320 Open the north door along the corridor 267 You must fight the swirling mist 42 Fight the VAMPIRE MIST 7/9 At+1 10 Leave and open the door at the west end {1 Coffin} Fa+1 34 Talk with Katarina Heydrich 363 Say that you are here to kill her brother 399* Show the Book of Swords to Katarina 376 Refuse to kill Lothar the Castellan 248 She fails to control you by magic 80 You are fast enough to get away 31 Open the second door to the east 227 Talk with the tall well-built man 397 You refused to kill Lothar for Katarina 291 He will tell you of the Heydrichs 196 He also has some items of value to you 116 You thank Lothar for his help Castellan's Keys, Silvered Stake, [forward and back] 319 You unlock the large door to the south 87 Open the second door along the balcony 302 Try to silence the droning pipe-organ 37 Silence the organ with some nearby object St-1 149 Strike it with the heavy candlesticks 203 Go through the north door past the rats St-1 361 You guess this room is next to Gunthar's Silver pin, Ring of Regeneration 312 You destroy a coffin beyond a secret door {2 Coffins} Fa+1 289 You emerge onto the balcony and head south 244 Head straight for the west door 45 Kill the HORNED VAMPIRE BAT 8/7 St-, Regen 135 A sharp blade narrowly misses your hand Trinkets Lu-1 315 You push the door in the west wall open Lu+1 382 Open the first desk drawer {3 Coffins} Fa+1 392 Try opening the second drawer 4 GP 336 Use a key to unlock this drawer 219 You step back to avoid a cloud of gas Lu-1 130 You open the Count's safe Letters, Holy Water, gold brooch 271 The hairs on the nape of your neck rise Crypt Key 98 Strike at the green ghostly human shape 3 You have a Magic Sword 173 You wound it before it can materialize 298 Fight the SPECTER 10/12 Regen 389 You have fought a Minor Thassaloss 333 The unlocked chest still won't open 123* You whisper Siegfried's name 350 You set off for the Crypt -Leather armor, At+1 Lu+1 Fa+1 Siegfried's chainmail 191 You make your way back to the courtyard 43 You sense something wrong in the Crypt Lu-1 147 You skirt around a covered pit trap 157 Enter the tomb of Boris the Drunkard 210 Investigate the plain sarcophagus 262 Open the ornate brass bottle 306 Head for the junction along the corridor Well-aged brandy 230 Open the north black wooden door 255 Leave and open the south door 8 Walk towards the pale ghostly woman 102 Jandor's magical ring will help you Gold ring 232 Forcewall conjures an invisible sphere 102 The ring has three spells stored in it 273 Jandor's Bolt creates a bolt of energy 102 Each spell is usable only once 222 Shatter destroys a creature made of bones 102 You leave with the ghost's blessing 59 You quickly open the eastern door 371 Cast a spell at the huge skeletal creature 93 Cast the Shatter spell 109 The great black scythe falls to the floor 224 Follow the northern steps downwards 257 Open the scratched door 338 Wait a while by the quartz-crystal coffin 229 You have a Silvered Stake Holy Water 304 You have Crucifix and the Shield of Faith 104 You concentrate upon the bronze globe 12 You feel a surge of well-being St+ 35* You have the Book of Swords 94 Give up blood to release Siegfried's sword 328 A glowing longsword lies before you -Magic Sword, At+2 St+4 Lu+2 Fa+1 Nightstar 82 Go down the south stairs at the junction 161 A stone wolf-head snarls at you 356 You evade the magical guardian safely 341 The Count fails to control your mind 274 Get an item out of your backpack 17 Throw Holy Water while Reiner recoils [Free sword strike] 216 Attack the maddened Vampire by spell -Holy Water x2 158 Cast Jandor's Bolt 76 Now you must fight with the Count 26 You have Nightstar 372 Battle COUNT REINER HEYDRICH 13/21 At+3 28 Cast a Forcewall spell on the gas cloud 111 The Count returns to human form 212 Finish COUNT REINER HEYDRICH 11/ At+3, Regen 339 You have destroyed three coffins 19 You have a Crucifix and a Silvered Stake 32 The Vampire gradually crumbles to dust Lu+2 Fa+2 132 You have met Katarina Heydrich before Nastassia St+4 176 Katarina failed to charm you before 20 You are immune to any further tricks 106 Strike at her using your sword 164 She is not actually a Vampire 106 Fight KATARINA HEYDRICH 10/8 At+2, Regen 400 Castle Heydrich has been cleansed of evil