E L V I R A - M I S T R E S S O F T H E D A R K (Playing guide) NOTES: Decisions concerning how to collect magic ingredients and when to use them are not included in this guide. However, the following spells may be of use to the player in his/her quest: PALMLIGHT & FIREWALL will deal with Maze Creatures; THUNDERFLASH & SIZZLING EGGE will take care of Elite Guards; PROPITIOUS SURPRISE for Emelda's Handmaidens and for weaker opponents, use hand-to-hand combat. LOCATION OF ALL THE MAGIC INGREDIENTS ABSINTHE........................................BAR ACONITE.........................................HERB GARDEN ALGAE...........................................CENTRE OF MAZE BEETLES.........................................DUNGEON BELLADONNA......................................GARDEN PATH BIRD'S FEATHER..................................FALCON BLEEDING HEART FLOWER...........................HERB GARDEN BIRD'S EGG......................................MAZE BLACK LOTUS.....................................CENTRE OF MAZE BLOOD LILY......................................CENTRE OF MAZE BLOODROOT.......................................HERB GARDEN CENTIPEDES......................................DUNGEON DANDELION.......................................HERB GARDEN DOGWOOD.........................................GARDEN PATH DRAGON'S BLOOD..................................BURIAL CHAMBER (Hole in skull above door) EARWIGS.........................................DUNGEON ELDERBERRIES....................................HERB GARDEN FERN............................................LIVING ROOM FLAME FLOWER....................................BACKYARD PATH FIRETHORN.......................................BACKYARD PATH FOUR-LEAF CLOVER................................BACKYARD PATH HAWTHORN........................................BACKYARD PATH HAY.............................................OUTSIDE STABLES HELLABORE.......................................HERB GARDEN HONEY...........................................PANTRY HORSEHAIR.......................................STABLES IVY.............................................BATTLEMENTS LAUDNUM.........................................BATHROOM (Hole in wall) LILY............................................CENTRE OF MAZE LILY LEAF.......................................CENTRE OF MAZE MAIDEN TREE LEAVES..............................BACKYARD PATH MAGGOT..........................................GARDEN SHED (Dead Gardener's throat) MANICORE HIDE...................................CHAPEL (Prayer book) MISTLETOE.......................................BACKYARD PATH MONSTERA........................................LIVING ROOM MOSS............................................WELL MUSHROOMS.......................................BACKYARD PATH NETTLES.........................................MAZE NIGHTSHADE......................................BACKYARD PATH (By Shed) PARSLEY.........................................HERB GARDEN PLANTAIN........................................HERB GARDEN POPPY...........................................OUTSIDE HERB GARDEN RED WINE........................................KITCHEN (Pantry) ROSE............................................HERB GARDEN SPIDER WEBS.....................................DUNGEON THISTLE.........................................MAZE VAMPIRE DUST....................................VAMPIRE'S DUST (remains after killing) WHITE WINE......................................KITCHEN (Pantry) WITCH HAZEL.....................................HERB GARDEN * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SOUVENIR SHOP Proceed to the Souvenir Shop. Collect some HAY from outside the Stable on the way. At the Souvenir Shop, TAKE the LARGE (NOT the SMALL) SHIELD and USE it. Once activated, the SHIELD will remain in use until it is dropped or replaced with a larger SHIELD. ARMOURY Enter the Castle and go to the Armoury. Obtain a weapon (a SWORD is best). Also, TAKE the CROSSBOW. LIBRARY Go to the Library. TAKE the MAGIC BOOK. KITCHEN Go to the Kitchen. TAKE the HONEY from the Pantry. MIX HONEY and HAY to make the "HERBAL HONEY SPELL". USE this SPELL. It allows you to recognize ALL herbs in the Herb Garden. UPSTAIRS BEDROOMS Go upstairs and SEARCH the bedrooms for CROSSBOW BOLTS. DON'T go into the Vampire's Room yet! GARDEN SHED Go to the Garden Shed and collect the KEY, HAMMER and SILVER CROSS. Also, collect "MAGIC" ingredients (poppy, maggots, etc) both there and along the way. HERB GARDEN Leave the garden shed and go to the Herb Garden, collecting ingredients (mushrooms, etc) along the way. En route to the Herb Garden, take the opportunity to improve your bow skills by using the Archery Target until a message of improvement is received. You will have to fight to enter the garden. OPEN the GARDEN GATE with the KEY you found in the Garden Shed. LIVING ROOM Return to the Castle and enter the Living Room to get the STAKE and more ingredients (Fern, etc). UPSTAIRS (VAMPIRE'S ROOM) Go upstairs and enter the Vampire's Room. USE STAKE and then obtain the VAMPIRE'S DUST and CROSSBOW BOLTS. UPSTAIRS (BLUE BEDROOM) Go into the Blue Bedroom. SEARCH DRAWERS to find a BIBLE. In the Bible is a PRAYER SCROLL. (Note about upstairs: You'll find more crossbow bolts in some of the other rooms). KITCHEN Return to the Kitchen and MIX as many spells as possible. If the Cook is there, she must be destroyed. You need SALT to do this. The SALT is found in the Torture Chamber. When the Cook is dead, Elvira will take her place in the Kitchen. At this point, TURN to FACE the DUMBWAITER. GIVE ELVIRA a "GLOWING PRIDE SPELL", then wait for her to get the FIRST KEY for you. MEADOW (OUTSIDE HERB GARDEN) Go to the Meadow and KILL FALCON WITH CROSSBOW. TAKE the SECOND KEY, the FEATHER and retrieve your crossbow bolt. MAZE Enter the Maze and obtain the BIRD'S EGG. Make your way towards the centre of the maze. DO NOT ENTER INTO HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT WITH THE MAZE CREATURES). Either USE the CROSSBOW or magic spells to fight them, otherwise avoid them altogether. Find the Lily Pond in the centre of the Maze and TAKE ALL the items there. Now find the Nest which is nearby. Maze Creatures are sneaky, notorious thieves. Take back any items that might have been stolen from you en route - they will be in the nest. You'll also find Elvira's lost RING in the nest. If there are "eyes" in the nest when you arrive, CAST a SPELL on the Nest to destroy remaining creatures. CHAPEL Make your way back downstairs to the Chapel. INSERT Elvira's RING in the CROSS. TAKE the PRAYER BOOK with the MANTICORE HIDE inside. UNDERGROUND CHAMBER Enter the chamber under the altar in the Chapel. Face the Crusader Wall and USE the PRAYER SCROLL. PUT the CROWN on the Crusader's head and TAKE the HOLY SWORD. USE the HOLY SWORD. BATTLEMENTS Go up to the Battlements and FIGHT until you meet the GREY KNIGHT (an Archer) who has another KEY. FIRE a CROSSBOW BOLT at him. He will fall over the battlements into the moat below - NOTE THIS LOCATION as you will need to find him later in the moat. If necessary, return to the Castle to replenish magic spells and/or make up new ones. DUNGEON Enter the Dungeon. Search for magic ingredients (earwigs, caterpillers) in the cells. Enter the Torture Chamber and LIFT THE RING on the floor. TOUCH NOTHING ELSE. TAKE the BONES and the THIRD KEY. CATACOMBS Enter the Catacombs and explore the various Burial Chambers. Find the COFFIN containing the IRON KEY and TAKE it. In another chamber, find the EMPTY COFFIN and PUT BONES IN IT. (Note: The other coffin in this same room is, in fact, the entrance to the moat, but DON'T OPEN THIS COFFIN UNTIL YOU HAVE THE IRON KEY). TORTURE CHAMBER Return to the Torture Chamber and TAKE THE BONES. WELL ROOM Go to the Well Room. Check to make sure that the well-rope is in the 'DOWN' position. CATACOMBS Make your way back to the Catacombs. If you meet the Monster with the Stone, slay him and TAKE THE STONE. Enter the Burial Chamber where you left the bones. Now you can OPEN the other COFFIN. The room will flood. SWIM DOWN and then SWIM until you find a place to SWIM UP (i.e. the UP ARROW is highlighted). This is the location of the Well. SWIM UP for air or you will drown. SWIM DOWN again, then SWIM to the GRILL at the other end of the tunnel. UNLOCK THE GRILL. ENTER THE MOAT. Find the slain Grey Knight and obtain the FOURTH KEY. Return to the bottom of the Well and go UP. TAKE THE MOSS from the Well. FOUNDRY Go to the Foundry. Find the CRUCIBLE in the WOODEN BOX and TAKE it. PLACE SILVER CROSS IN CRUCIBLE then PLACE CRUCIBLE IN FIRE to melt the cross. DIP a CROSSBOW BOLT in the MOLTEN SILVER. KITCHEN Go back to the Kitchen and USE TONGS to take the HOT COAL from the fire, then make your way IMMEDIATELY to the Third Tower. THIRD TOWER LIGHT CANNON WICK WITH COAL. It will thus fire, blasting the Fourth Tower to smithereens. STABLE Go to the Stable. KILL WEREWOLF WITH SILVER BOLT and obtain the FIFTH KEY from behind the stone in the LAST stall (the stone with the ring). There is now only one key left to obtain. This you must take from the Captain of the Guard. ARMOURY Go to the Armoury and GET ARMOUR. (Consume Strength Potions BEFORE you put it on or you may be left immobile!). DROP unnecessary items. CONSUME DEXTERITY POTIONS. Enter the Captain's Room and ATTACK THE CAPTAIN WITH MAGIC to reduce his effectiveness. Use any magic that will increase YOUR Hit Points (Palmlight, Fingerlight, Demon's Brew...............anything to weaken him). Then defeat him in hand-to-hand combat. TAKE BULLETIN off the Captain's Bulletin Board, then TAKE THE SIXTH KEY. (You should now have ALL the KEYS). DESTROYED (FOURTH) TOWER Go to the destroyed tower.....the one you blew away with the cannon. You will find a CHEST. OPEN the CHEST using the KEYS in the CORRECT ORDER. This can be determined by EXAMINING each KEY. In the CHEST you will find a DAGGER and a SCROLL. TAKE them but DO NOT use them yet. CATACOMBS Go to the Catacombs and find the stone impression on the floor (located at the "Y" juncture in the passageway) where you can INSERT the STONE KEY obtained from the monster. This will open a secret passageway. Enter the passageway - BUT BE SURE YOU'VE TAKEN ALL AVAILABLE HEALTH POTIONS FIRST!!. You want to boost your LIF quotient: a good potion for this is "Wooden Heart". If you meet Emelda's Handmaidens, they can only be destroyed by magic. At the end of the corridor, Emelda will confront you. If you do nothing, she will drain your Life Force. To kill her, PLACE THE CRUSADER'S SWORD IN THE PENTANGLE, then USE THE SCROLL you found in the chest. Finally, STAB EMELDA WITH THE DAGGER. The game is now won and Elvira will reward you with a display of gratitude!! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *