The Keep of the Vampire Lord - A Walkthrough!
by Aginoth

Area written by Hieronymous
Designed for a reinc level of i15, and a level range of 35 to 50.

Directions from Midguaard, Outside the East Gate: 2nw7n4w3n


Note: All through-out this area, especially in the Demonic and Undead Mustering Grounds, aggressive mobs abound. If you are lower reinc (r1 or r2 especially) do not attempt this area without sanct, heal, and/or other people. If you are r3, heal will still help, as well as a decent amount of HP.

Note 2: If you are evil aligned and cannot lose alignment (ie, a necromancer, defiler or darkbringer), DO NOT attempt this area. If you have to kill a mob from here, have someone good aligned kill the evil mobs for you.


Vampire Keep - Upper Part
1.) Kill treants, get acorn corpse, unl n, op n, n

2.) After going north through the doors, go east, op east, east, to Master Cho. Kill him, then open east, go east, open rags in that room, and get the golden key. This is a no exit room, so then you must recall and re-enter the area.

3.) After coming back, from the entrance go all north, op north, all north again, and then 1 down into the well. This is not a DT (yet). Do NOT open the down exit. Instead, open stones (hidden container), and get the iron key.

4.) Go back up, 1 south, and all west, open west, west, kill guardians. Unlock down in that room, open down, down, open altar, get all altar (a black key, and the Helm of Wonder - you don't need the Helm, its just an item). This might set off a blindness trap. After getting cured or waiting for this to wear off (it only lasts a few ticks), go on to the next step.

5.) Go up, 2 east, south, and then Go up and kill the living banister. Then go 2 south, unlock south, south, kill daemon, unlock desk, op desk, get key desk (a small key).

6.) Go back 1 north, op west, west, unlock desk, op desk, get key desk (the invisible key). This key is invis, as you may have guessed. BUT it is the last key you need for the upper part of the area. Go back east, all north, and down, and on to the next part.

Vampire Keep - Lower Part
7.) Unlock the down exit at the base of the stairs. Go down, north, kill those mobs, and then go either west (Undead Mustering Grounds - Step 8) or east (Demonic Mustering Grounds - Step 9). In this room is a locked door to the north, which you don't have the key to yet. Finish steps 8, and 9, then come back here for step 10.

8.) Op west, go all 2 w and north, then 1 more west. In that room, open head, get all head (hidden container). Then open brain, get all brain (a bone key). Then go east, and 2 south. Unlock west, op west, go west. Then op n, north. Kil Skeith, and get the key from his corpse (a skeleton key). You are now done with the western part, so go back (s,e,2n,2e)

9.) Op east, go 2 east, south, then east. Kill the babau for his key (a steel key). Then go west and 2 north, unlock east, op east, east (hidden invis quasit in that room...you won't need to kill him tho). Then op south, go south, kill Fremus who has the last key for the western part (a demonic key). So go back and finish the western part or to continue on (n, w, s, 2w)

10.) Go back to the room in step 7. Unlock north, op north, north, then unlock north, op north, north again. There will be 3 exits in this room - a door you can open to the east (step 11) and west (step 12), and a locked door to the north.

11.) First, open east, go all east, kill Wendy, get sacrificial dagger from her corpse (it's a key). Unlock south, south, unlock wardrobe, open wardrobe, get all wardrobe (a spider key). NOTE: Sometimes Wendy doesn't load the dagger. In that case, drop all the keys you have gotten so far, and quit the game to let the area repop. Once you get the spider key, go back north, and all west to the room in step 10.

12.) Open west, and go all west to the torturer. Kill him for "a ring of keys". NOTE: Sometimes he doesn't load his ring of keys. If this happens, drop all the keys you have gotten so far, and then quit the game to let the area repop. Once you get the ring of keys, go back 2 east, unlock north, open north, north. Open flagstones, get all flagstones (a crystal key). Now go back south and east to the room in step 10.

13.) Unlock north, open north, north. Unlock north, open north, north AGAIN. Then north, open north, north, and kill some aggressive vampires. Open east, east, and kill more aggressive vampires. Make sure to loot the vampire lieutenants corpse for the next key (a platinum key). Unlock east, open east, east, and kill the tarrasque. He has the "practically unattainable key". Funny, eh? On we go. Unlock east, open east, and go east. Nothing to kill here, just some naked succubi and stuff. If you need to regen your hp/mana, or refresh your spells, now would be a good time. The next room is no-magic, and after that...well...
Open south, south to a no-magic room. Do NOT get ANYTHING from this room. The stuff sets off teleport traps, and it would SUCK to get this far and get teleported out. Unlock south, open south, and go south to kill 4 nasty, mean, and aggressive mobs, including Hieronymous, the Vampire Lord. Once you are done looting their corpses and everything, go back 1 north to recall from the area.