I am very confused right now.. Cannot continue in the game. Please help!

[maxsteele]

Hey all, I am completely missing something here...

I have went down some stairs and went into a couple of isolated areas of Deep Halls. One area I killed the jail warden, another area I got some magic, and one more I killed some monsters. Otherwise, I have not been able to find stairs going down into the actual rest of the Deep Halls area.

Also, I haven't found ANY stairs going up.

I have mapped out and went to EVERYWHERE I can in the Main Halls. The doors I cannot open are the one that needs the Dwarven Key (due to the lovely Area of the Dead key bug), but I know that just leads to a side quest. I don't have the pale blue key either, but again, I've heard there's just some stuff there. I have found the two sets of stairs that take you back up to the surface.

But I cannot find the set of stairs to take you down to the rest of the Deep Halls area, or stairs to take you up into another part of the dungeon. I have many landmarks to go by, (glyph of venom, dwarven tombs, crossroads, etc...) so could someone describe to me where these sets of stairs are? And do I need any special key in order to get to the area or do something to open up the area that these stairs are? I just can't continue on the game until I find them. Thank you in advance!

Max Steele

Max,

The stairs that you need to find in the Main Halls are guarded by a Cult Mage and a few zombies.

Head to the eastern side of the halls, down the hallway with all of the gold lying on the ground (spilled by some looting Orogs), and you'll eventually run into a huge fight with some Skeleton Knights and Lords. Just beyond them is the doorway that leads to the Cult Mage, then the stairs (up and down).

Hope that helps.