EYE OF THE BEHOLDER 2 SOLUTION  <> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <>   OVERVIEW:- The aim of the Catacombs is to collect 4 horns and then return back to the Temple Entrance and use them (in any order) where you see a carving of the four winds on the wall. This will open the way to the Silver Tower. At the end of completing the 3rd level of the Silver Tower, you receive the Mark of Darkmoon which will then allow access past the Magic Mouth on Temple Level 2. You will also need to find the Crystsal Hammer in Silver Tower Level 3, then use it to break the Azure seal just behind the Magic Mouth to access to the Azure Tower. On the second level of the Azure Tower is a Crimson key. This will fit into the keyway on temple level 2 (located just South of the portal). You will also need the Eye of Talon on Azure Level 2, The Hilt of Talon on Level 4, and the Tongue of Talon from the Frost Giant King in the Frost Giant Prison to gain access to the Crimson Tower. There are three portals in the game. One portal is in the catacombs, one is on Temple Level 2 and the other portal is in the Frost Giant Prison. There are only two portal keys available. The Stone Dagger portal key is on Azure Tower level 4, and the Stone Gem portal key is in the Catacombs Level 3, and can be found by going through the South door of the room which has nine tread plates. Use the Stone Gem between the Temple and the Catacombs and return. Use the Stone Dagger between the Temple and Frost Giant Prison and return. Use the Stone Dagger between Catacombs and the Frost Giant Prison. Use the Stone Gem between the Frost Giant Prison and the Catacombs. Near the Temple Entrance is a button, located between the two sets of stairs This will reveal a teleporter and will take you to an area which will allow you to revive your dead characters. From here you can teleport to the second area of revival, they look quite similar, but one faces East and the other West. Each one will work three times only. Note: You cannot revive any Elf members in your party, so if you have an Elf character that dies, they will either be lost, or you can reload your last saved game.  THE CATACOMBS:- There are 4 levels to the Catacombs, some of the stairs take you to Sub Levels, and make it confusing to calculate the actual number of levels.  CATACOMB LEVEL 1: There are three sets of stairs leading down. One set is approximately East of the stairs leading up, and leads to a Sub level and goes no further. (Look for a button on the wall South of the Lever that closes the pit.) One set is approximately West of the stairs leading up, and leads down to Level 2. One set is approximately North of the stairs leading up. Look for a secret button in the room, where you find Insal the thief to access these stairs. They lead to a Sub Level with no further access for the moment. You come out here after opening up the stairs from Level 3 and by opening the wall from the other side. The magic dust will revive any party member who may get petrified later.  CATACOMB LEVEL 2: There is a secret button on the wall in the same room as the stairs leading up. Go through here, past an illusionary wall to access the Cells. There is another button and illusionary wall at the Eastern end of the corridor to take you back around again. Hack the wall to open the stairs to Level 3, just near the fireball traps. Be prepared for the tough battle in a room approximately North of the stairs leading up as there are around 20 monsters in the room. After you prize open the door and attract some monsters toward you, back away and fight them in small groups, then move forward to fight some more when you are ready. You can return here again for more battles later, if you need to gain more experience points.  CATACOMB LEVEL 3: Once you enter here you cannot rest, and you cannot return back up the same stairs again, so be prepared. West of the stairs is an area which will spin your party around. A button on the Eastern edge of this area will stop it turning. West of here is an illusionary wall, use the spider key found in this area to open the door to the North and the stairs to level 4. Note: There are four spider key locks. Three spider keys are on this level and one is on the level below. If you use the three keys without opening the stairs to the level below, you will not be able to finish the game. South of where you found the spider key is a pressure plate that opens the South door. Once the tread plate is pressed, the South door opens and the tread plate will become stuck in this position. Through the door are some items. If you pick up either the Shield, Sword or Bracers, the door will shut and two walls in this room slide away to reveal monsters. Press the button on the wall to open the door again. Note: After fighting the monsters, each time you pick up, or put down an item in this location the sound of a sliding wall can be heard. This sound relates to the moving walls in this room only (even though they have already slid back). It does not open any other wall on this Level as you may tend to think. To the South of this level is a room with nine pressure plates and the message "You must Leave many things behind". To open the door to the South, put an item on each of the four corner pressure plates and then stand on the plate in front of the door. To keep the door open, put an item on the centre plate. Behind this door are two illusionary walls and four wall buttons. You will also find the Stone Gem Portal Key here. TIP: Use the Portal to Temple Level 2 and to return, if you need to rest. So you may want to get the Portal Key first to regain your hit points.  CATACOMB LEVEL 4: There are no illusionary walls or secret buttons on this level and only one set of stairs leading up to Level 3. There is an unlimited number of Ants on this level, if you need to gain extra experience points, but beware of their poison.  TEMPLE LEVEL 1: By now you should have the four horns from each of the four levels in the Catacombs. Use them where you see the wind carving on the wall near the Temple Entrance to open the way to the Silver Tower.  TEMPLE LEVEL 2: The Magic Mouth will allow access the Azure Tower after having completed the Silver Tower and obtaining the Crystal Hammer. One of the keyways requires the Crimson key found in the Azure Tower and you will also need the three Talon parts to access the Crimson Tower. The Hooked shaped keyways can be opened by a thief. If you hack one of the statues you will reveal a button to open the way to three teleporters. Two will teleport you to other areas on this level and the other to a Sublevel location. The Sublevel has four shelves. Place three gems in one of the shelves to open a passage. You only get one chance before this area is sealed off. If you go North you will get nothing. Don't go East. West has Rations and a Sword. South is recommended. To get out again, throw the tropelet seed in the centre depression of the main room.  SILVER TOWER 1: At the top of the stairs are many Lightning pads which do tremendous damage to the party. It is not essential to go East through all the pads, however this is one way to get through them. You may need to hold some extra healing potions to save some of your characters. From the stairs, go East two squares and South one square and face East toward the Lightning pads. Watch how the first three pads in front of you turn on and off. Walk East three squares as each pad turns off. Then turn South and as the pad turns off move onto it and face East again. Move East two squares as quickly as possible taking some damage, and you will open the East wall. You will need to go East two more squares quickly to get off the lightning pads, however you will meet some Mantis Warriors who will block your way and keep you on the pad. Cast a lightning bolt spell and move off the pressure pad quickly, and then deal with the rest. The lever to the East of the Lightning pads will turn most of them off. There is a set of stairs leading to a heap of giant wasps, note that this is still Level 1. To the North of these stairs is a room with Mantis eggs. Dispose of them, and then at the Southern end of the room, take a gem and replace it again to reveal a hidden room. You will need the Mantis Idol for Silver Tower 3. East of the Mantis egg room is a corridor with a switch and two pit holes. Stand back and throw an item at the South wall and then press the switch. You will come to a room with four levers and a sign "Faith is the key". Pulling a lever will open a door to the South, an also a pit hole in this room. You need to pull them in the correct sequence to open four doors. The pressure plate at the room entrance resets the room. The sequence you need is:- From the pressure plate, pull the lever to the North, then to the South and then to the East. Go down the corridor to where your party notices a loose kickboard brick. Press it and then pull the last lever. (Remember what the sign said). Finally you have to choose which door to access the stairs to level 2.  SILVER TOWER 2: West of the stairs, is another Test to choose left or Right door. Both will reveal a key but one will cause damage. This area will then be sealed off. North of here is a room with potions it also has a secret button to open a room to the East. In a corridor North of the stairs is a dying Priest. It's a trap. There is also an illusionary wall to the South along this corridor. To the North is a seemingly endless corridor. Press a brick to move on. You will come to a corridor with Eight Mouths. One Mouth is inactive. Hack the wall near one of the Mouths and reveal two small rooms You will need to put items in the other Seven Mouths according to each riddle to open the door to the West and the stairs leading up. Note, once through the door, it will be locked, and you will be unable to return. The items needed are Rotten food, 5 rocks, Mantis Idol, Red Gem, choice of either Polearm "Leech" or Sword "Hunger", any potion, any scroll. After you insert the Mantis Idol, the door North of The Test on this level will open and give access to the Red Gem. The sword "Hunger" is in Silver Tower Level 1 through the lightning pads.  SILVER TOWER 3: At the top of the stairs is a group of random acting teleporters. Collect four keys and insert them into the four locks. Keep an eye on your Compass. You will meet several Beholders here. Quickly run past them down the corridor and run South to the open room which has a waiting monster. After killing it, let each Beholder follow you here and then you can use the keyboard to quickly move from side to side, pausing only to attack each Beholder. If you stand still too long or fight in a corridor your party will be hit by eradication spells. The first room South of the entrance has a button to an alcove and some healing potions. The wall South of here is an illusion. South of here is a large room full of illusionary walls which is mapped out on one of the scrolls you found. This room can also be accessed by presing the button near the sign which reads "The Alcove is safe....." You need to carefully map this room out in order to make your way back out again. If you come to a sign that says "In case of Emergency break glass" it's best not to press it, as it changes some of illusionary walls into solid walls and some solid walls into illusionary ones. In the far South of the illusionary walled room is a Beholder stuck in a pit hole. Pressing the button will take you to a Sublevel, where you will find the Crystal Hammer and many Beholders. The Crystal Hammer is used to break the Azure seal behind the Magic Mouth on Temple Level 2, and will open the way to the Azure Tower. You will come to an area with the sign "A test of vision. It may change without notice". This area has many invisible teleporters and and also areas and tread plates that move the walls, making it extremely difficult to map out. Leaving items on the ground may make it easier. Approximately South of this sign is a square that turns your party around 180 degrees, keep an eye on your compass. You need to go East from here to a room with a Beholder, chain mail, a ring and some rations. South from here is a room with a secret button. Save your game here. At the entrance to the next room to the East, you will meet an apparition who will close the door behind you and leave you to fight two Beholders that will try to surround your party. Kill one as quickly as possible and then move into the East room where you can attack and then sidestep those Death spells. On the Eastern wall of this room your party will obtain the Mark of Darkmoon and will then be teleported back to the Temple Entrance.  AZURE TOWER: There are 4 Levels in the Azure tower. You need to collect 6 polished shields to access Level 4. There is 1 on Level 1, 2 on Level 2 and 3 on Level 3. The shields also protect against Medusa and Basilisks.  AZURE TOWER 1: There are no monsters on this small Level. The illusionary Eastern wall of the large room will reveal a teleporter to one small room on this Level and the polished shield. There are also two other areas on this level that you arrive at, if you fall down through pits above. One area you will land has the sign "You will pay for your freedom" which requires you to put an item in the shelf to open the door. The other area is a square room with a tread plate on the North wall which you need to step on and leave an item to weigh it down. Quickly move to the South wall and press the button to reveal a teleporter.  AZURE TOWER 2: To open the way to this level cast 3 Dispel Magic spells at one of the stone Elf carvings to open 3 walls to the North. Alain will raise one party member, 1 Level of Experience. To the North of the stairs is a large room with two doors going North. Through the Left door is a carving which requires the placement of 3 gems to open the door on the Right. West of here is a small room with 4 teleporters. One will teleport you to the Heart Gem. Immediatley to the North of this area is an illusionary wall to the Body Gem. East of the large room and down the pit corridor is the Soul Gem. Going South follow behind each pit as it closes. When going North run quickly to the centre section when all the pits close and wait. Further through the North door, the first corridor to the East has a sign marked "The Sentry" and leads to the stairs to Level 3. To get past the moving wall, stand on one of the pressure plates near the side wall and throw two items across the room onto the far plate. You will also need to insert and remove the Eye of Talon into the carving on the wall, to open the door to the South and access the stairs. Note: You will get the Eye of Talon as you undertake The Challenge. Through the door which requires the Crystal key, is a room that has three levers on the North wall and a button on the South wall. To open the clear panels to the room in the South, pull the two left levers down and press the button. You will collect the Amulet of Life which can revive one dead party member. Note: You land here from the pits in the Frost Giant Prison. You will come to a room with pit holes across the room, press the button on the South wall and a Basilisk will appear on the other side. When it steps on the tread plate, quickly cross over, near the button. West from here is two corridors leading South and also many fireball traps. Quickly run South down the Western corridor and step to the East when possible to avoid the fireball behind you. To close the pit at the South end of this corridor, step on the near tread plate and weigh it down and then step on the tread plate one step North and East. To open the door, pull the two Northern levers in the corridor down, then collect the shell key past the door. To the East is a section with many fireball traps and also many monsters roaming the room setting them off, so save your game often. Collect the Crimson key and a Polished Shield in this area. Through the door requiring the shell key is the challenge. You must leave all spell books and holy symbols behind as requested. TIP: Before putting your spell books down, prepare your Mage to cast Lightning Bolt spells, that way you are still able to cast a few spells without your spell book for the first very difficult battle. Next you will have to hack the special wall 6 times taking damage each time to proceed, rest when needed. You will eventually collect the Eye of Talon and the another Polished Shield plus all your belongings. Then proceed down the corridor marked Sentry to the Stairs leading to Level 3, inserting the Eye of Talon when needed.  AZURE TOWER 3: Go through the illusionary wall near the stairs and then press the button in the room to open the South door. Note the pressure plates in this room are useless. After collecting the Shell key press the same button again to open the North door. When the first pit you see closes move on to it and then move East and wait. Move on when the next two pits close. After being teleported the room to the East has a Polished Shield. The room to the West has an illusionary North wall and can save you from using your Shell key. The Lightning pad to the North, will cause damage to the party each time you step on it and also open the East door. If you wish to collect the items in the centre of the room which has the circulating fireballs, leave an item on the plate or get four fireballs. Press a brick in the room to the North to move on. Through the next door is a pressure plate that will shoot a fireball to the North each time it is stepped on and also each time you step off it. Move into the alcove near the plate and wait. There are six monsters in each of the two rooms to the North that will come down the corridor, so step on and off the plate when possible to use the fireballs to your own advantage. Pressing the button on the wall, will close the door making it safe to travel on. Collect the Polished Shield in the room to the West and pull the lever on the North wall. Hack the glass wall to get the Starfire Sceptre and then insert it into the nearby wall carving and remove it to open the door. Down the corridor, before the next door, is an illusionary wall to another Polished shield. The message you receive here is false. Insert the Tooth key into the lock in the next room to move on. You will come to a room with 5 tread plates and two teleporters behind pits. Step on one of the centre plates and then step on the side plate and throw an item into the North teleporter. Step on the next centre plate and then the side plate and repeat as before, then repeat for the other centre plate. Then do the same to the South teleporter. You will notice your items will land onto the pressure plates behind the glass wall, when all plates have an item on them, the North door will open and you can then collect your items. Each of the following stairs will take you to four Sublevels. To get past the pits on the second Sublevel as each pit closes travel North, North, North, North and turn, move East and then move North off the pits. To get past the pits on the next Sublevel, move South and turn, move East and turn, South, South, South and turn, East, East and then move South off the pits. The next set of stairs takes you to a Crystal key and you can teleport back to the start of this level. Go back through the illusionary wall and use the two keys to open the stairs to the next level.  AZURE TOWER 4: There are many Medusae on this level, so save your game often. If your Mage cannot cast a stone to flesh spell or you don't wish to use the Magic Dust, you will need to reload a saved game when someone gets petrified. There are also several walls on this level which will change around as the party moves about. After using the teleporter, visit the Elf wall carving to open the East door. Insert the six Polished Shields where required to open the door to the North, then collect them again and ready them. You will eventually come to a long corridor leading North, along this corridor your party will be rotated 180 degrees, so watch your compass. To the North of here and through a door is a room with many Medusae. Through the North door of this room is the Stone Dagger Portal key. You will eventually come to an area with many Medusae and four pressure plates enclosed by doors. A sign on the South wall says to trap a Medusa on each pressure plate and lock them in behind the doors. You will need to lure them onto the pressure plates and then cast a Hold Monster or Hold Person spell and then run around and lock them in place. Lock a Medusa on the three plates enclosed with two doors first, and then on the plate enclosed by four doors. When this is done, a door will open and allow you to continue. Along the corridor and into the next room with skulls and bones is the Hilt of Talon. Press the secret button in this room to continue on. In the next room you will see several banners, click on one of them and a scroll will fall nearby. South of here is a pressure plate, when the party steps here, a glass panel will seal the party inside and will then be sent to the Frost Giant Prison.  FROST GIANT PRISON: There are 25 Frost Giants to encounter and three areas with closing pits on this level. The best way to kill Frost Giants is to cast a Hold Monster spell first. Note: Because of the glass panels which locked in the party before arriving from the level above, you will not be able to access this level from the same area again. If you fall through any of the pits in this level you will arrive at Azure Level 2. To get back again, you will need to travel back to Temple level 2 and use the Stone Dagger to activate the Portal, otherwise you may find it much quicker to reload your last saved game. One set of pits is behind some doors. There are three East/West pits here with a corridor to the North. To travel West, move to the centre pit when the first two close and then move North. Turn around and wait until you see the two pits close to continue travelling West. To travel East just follow behind each closing pit. The next set of pits has five East/West pits and a corridor with one pit to the South. To travel West, move onto the first two pits when they close, and then turn and move to the South. To continue West, wait until you see all four pits in front of you to open. Three of the four pits will close, but wait until the pit in front of you opens again and then closes the second time, then move forward and continue West as each pit closes. Note: You shouldn't have to move East across these pits, as there is a one way illusionary wall to the North which will take you East. The other set of pits has two North/South pits with one pit to the West, immediately in front of a door. Move North as each pit closes and kill the nearby Frost Giant. There is an illusionary one way wall here if you need to travel East again. To open the door behind the pit, move South as the pit closes and open the door. Quickly turn around and move back to the North as a Frost Giant will block your way. After killing it you can continue on. Eventually you will meet the Frost Giant king who will give you the Tongue of Talon and the Portal found here can take you to Temple Level 2 using the Stone Dagger key.  TEMPLE LEVEL 2: Use the Crimson key from Azure Tower 2 in the keyway, then insert the three Talon parts in the wall carving to open the door. The new weapon "Talon" should now be used as it is one of the best. The next room has three stairs. The centre stairs go down to a Sublevel on Temple Level 1. The stairs on the right lead up to one part of Crimson Tower Level 1 and should be used first. To open the other stairs to the part of Crimson Tower Level 1, put an item on the two pressure plates.  CRIMSON TOWER 1: There are 6 parts to this level connected by stairs. The first part, up the right hand set of stairs below, has two invisible teleport areas. Pulling the two levers down in this area will turn them off. When you kill the Priest on this level he will drop a Crimson Ring. Put any small item into the triangular shelf and then collect the Sphere of Fire. You must take at least 3 Spheres with you to allow access later on, and you will not be able to return to collect these spheres again. In the next part of Crimson Tower 1 from the left hand stairs below, click on one of the banners to get another Crimson Ring. There are two similar rooms with teleporters. Walking between these rooms will cause two Priests to surround the party, so ready some lightning bolt spells. The teleporter on the East wall as you enter through the door, will disappear after it is used once, to allow further access. Collect the sticky paper in the other room and put it in your backpack. If you put it in one of your party's hands it will become stuck. Make sure that you have three Spheres of fire before you Insert the Crimson Ring into the wall where the teleporter was to continue. Collect the two moving Crimson Rings in the next corridor by throwing down the sticky paper. Collect the coin in the next section and go through the nearby illusionary walls to the stairs to the next part of this level. Before taking the stairs, collect the second coin and Armour through these illusionary walls. In the next part is many randomly moving walls. The Northeast part of the room has a Mini Frost Giant but he offers nothing. The Northwest part of the room has a Frost Giant turned partially into a tree. Offer to touch him and he will take your two coins and leave you with another coin. The Southeast part of the room has Insal the thief and he will leave you with one coin. Cast a Disintegrate spell on the field to access Insal. Note: To get to these three areas, just keep walking around. You only need one coin to continue on, so if you cannot access Insal through the field, continue on up the stairs with the one coin from the Frost Giant which has been turned into a tree. The next part is a long S shaped corridor with two illusionary walls a Hell hound and two Priests. This area also has an invisible teleporter which makes this corridor seem long. To access the stairs, go through one or both illusionary walls. In the next part, insert a coin received from the Frost Giant tree or from Insal to access the next set of stairs. In the last room on this level you will find two disks on the wall. Turn them to both face to the right, then down, and finally up, to access the three niches behind the force fields. Insert a Sphere of Fire into each one and then pull the ring in the centre pillar to access Level 2.  CRIMSON TOWER 2: This Level has many Mind Flayers and Salamanders, so save your game often. The room to the West has many Mind Flayers and in the centre of the room is an invisible plate which closes the door behind you. There is a crystal ball in this area which tells of the past and the future. Note: It's not necessary to go to this area if you don't want to. You will find two triangular niches on this level, cast a Dispel Magic spell on each to access the last set of stairs and the final battle. The amulet of Life found here will bring back a dead party member and using the amulet of Death will kill a party member. Save your game at the top of the stairs and then map out the area to the South. You will find Dran through the door to the North. When you fight Dran, lead him into this open area in the South so that you can avoid the spells that he casts at your party. The best way to fight him is to only use your two frontline fighters to attact him with their swords, and then to move quickly around the room and from side to side and let him follow you after each attack. You will find that casting spells at Dran will delay your party on the same spot long enough to for him to cast a spell back at your party. Cast a Haste spell before you start and you will be able to attack him a lot faster. When you defeat Dran you can then enjoy the fantastic ending.  <> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <%> 34 <>