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Dead Girl's Spellbook Quest Guide |
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Players frequent Delera's Graveyard because of the Mystery of Delera's Tomb chain of quests. It's one of those quests you should take to get a massive amount of XP. It's really great if you're looking level up your character. The loot and end reward are also something to look forward to. Because of the popularity of the quest chain, there's one other quest in the graveyard that's quite ignored. It's called the Dead Girl's Spellbook. It doesn't offer a huge amount of XP and the end reward is random.
Inside Delera's Graveyard is an NPC known as the Dead Girl. She spends her time in the graveyard. She studies a lot, but all that changed when her mentor, Valak, died. She wanted to continue studying but she needs Valak's spellbook, which is in his tomb. As one would expect, Valak (who's known to be on the looney side) has set up some deadly traps around his tomb so no one would be able to come near it.
You're objective is to acquire the spellbook before time runs out. That's right, it's a quest that should be completed in 30 minutes. Perhaps this particular requirement has deterred some players in pursuing the quest. Others who've done it surely love to race against time and against a number of skeletons, wights, fire mephits, ghasts, and wraiths. With all these cast of characters, you very well know which weapons to bring, buffs to use, and spells to cast.
After speaking to the Dead Girl, you can proceed to Valak's Mausoleum. Once inside, start buffing (by yourself or with the help of a caster) for that much needed protection - stoneskin, fire, acid, and sonic (for the traps), jump, bless, good hope, and other buffs to help increase your AC. It'll be a great idea to bring a Rogue to disable Valak's nasty traps. Finally, make sure that your Sorcerer, Bard or Wizard cast haste. They can take turns casting haste so no one caster would have a more depleted spell point level than the other. Haste is a must in this quest because of the time limit requirement.
After the first of the many haste spells is cast, run until you find the first set of switches - one on the east and the other on the west. Once you pull the switch, you'll be attacked by several skeletons. They hit hard, so make sure the Cleric is keeping tabs of your health bars. The Bard can also take the role of a back up healer, because as the group progresses, it'll be tough for the cleric to heal everyone. After subduing the pesky skellies, you can move to the second set of switches just a few steps north. The path has exactly the same design, so you wouldn't miss the switches.
There are two more switches up north, but the rogue has to disable three traps on the way there. Once the traps are disabled, you'd then get to the maze part of the area. It's easy to get lost in this area, but if you look at your map, you'd find a guided path so you can get to the switches. Head to the west part to get to the first switch, then go back to the start then head east for the second switch and a shrine. That way, you wouldn't have to run around only to get to a dead end when you take the west side. Again, check your map. Also, use the shrine at this point, because the next shrine can be found towards the end of the quest. Take note that every time you pull a switch, undead comes attacking.
Once you find your way through the maze, let the Rogue lead the way as there'll be three traps in the hallway. This hallway will lead you to a room that has a locked door to the north. It also has a ramp that goes all the way up and leads to the two valves on the upper floor. On your way there, you'd find a collectible (southeast of the room). If your group is moving too slow, you can skip the collectibles. But in all honesty, they aren't time consuming, so it really wouldn't hurt if you grab it quickly as you run to the next destination.
Heading to the end of the wooden ramp would then lead you to a trident-shaped area. To the west is an adventurer's pack and to the east is the last shrine in the quest. Taking the middle path would lead you to a room that will slam shut. A wight priest will attack. Once you kill it, the door will open. When you're inside the room, you'd find a pool of water on the NE and SW part. Dive t