Editing MUME Supermobs and Solutions

== Theddin's Mines (ancient spiders) ==

* Location: From BM secretary 2w max s, wait till Theddin comes and say him "explore" after long conversation; then go down. Though, dwarves will not allow evil aligner to enter, but there is another entrance (heavydoor) from outside BM - decent str needed to open it though. Strategy: Zone is mudlled; at each repop the exits from all 100 rooms randomly change. But it is not true random: you will never be blocked in some rooms after repop because between each two rooms in these mines after each repop always is one way, and one only (exception - spiders' lair with secret exit). Spiders pop in their lair, and a while later they start to move randomly in the maze. They are about level 16, so they don't hit too hard and have an average amount of hps. Main danger of these spiders is that they can trap you in their web! This does not happen instantly, though. First you will get a message that the spiders start producing the web (it is not dangerous). Then you will see the second message:

If you don't flee, soon you will see message containing words "faster and faster around you". After this (fourth) message you will not be able to flee anymore - it is your last chance to call for help. After fifth message you will become cocooned - that means you must wait for death (about half-hour rl) or wait for someone to come and free you. Inside the cocoon you will not be able to do anything, even check your inventory or narrate. Though, after the last change you can tell from inside coccoon. Also, if you sleep in mines, spiders will cocoon you instantly, without any message, so NEVER sleep there! So: If you are a mage, always keep stored 2 fireballs (solo spider dies in 2 fireballs + 1-2 bolts). Warrior should have maxOB equipment and be in aggressive mood - just fight some/spam to remove webs. Same goes for thieves: spiders have very high awareness, so backstab is nearly impossible (legend pure thief has chance though). On low hps spiders spamflee, so be ready. After finishing all spiders in the maze, go to their lair (s from large sign, always same exits). There are usually 2-3 spiders in the same room, so for mage will be good to store some earthquakes, but hitter must lure spiders outside one by one. After killing them, get key from one of the corpses, open cover down from main room in their lair, turn swim on and jump down. You must have at least 60-80% swim for swimming underwater. When you notice a glinting item, type reveal key. The spider's key is for the door before the chest (in north-western part of mines, 2 n of mineshaft up), glinting key is for the chest.  

* Level: Hero mage with store/warrior/thief with good bow/cleric with blind; also needed ultra-stable link or(/and) labfriends ;)  

* Loads: Steel-shafted mattock, metal wall shield, amethyst, some gold.

* Location: Northern Blue Mountains.

* Strategy: First find the crazed dwarf, kill him and get the pry-bar from his corpse (it doesn't always load). Go w n 6e n e from him, open bushytangle, kill rattlesnake (hero thief can kill it in one fang/brd stab, otherwise get a caster with remove poison). Then unlock/open tombstone (pry-bar is the key for it - you can bash or break it though), go down and kill ghost. Next is the stone beast and 2 stone statues. Open block and start stab/flee or cast/flee. Kill beast first - it's more dangerous (bashes and poisons), but has less HPs. Get key from beast's corpse, unlock/open force and go d, 2e. The passages will close before and behind you, type search (usually even a char without "search" practised can find hidden plate). Note that 1) only 2 players can search at the same time; the more PER you have, the faster you will find plate; 3) alert paranoid helps too; 4) don't lose much time inside, or searing oil will be poured on you: it does like 120 damage, and can't be absorbed by the armour spell, so non-warriors enter on full hps only! If you are (or have if your group) a thief with high per and decent awareness, you might open passage instantly after entering the room, without even typing 'search' - in this case statues on the way back won't appear! After that in the room 2w of you (where you were already) 3 more statues will appear and guard way back. Kill them first and go 3e again. Kill the last 3 statues. To get the treasure you must have at least two chars with 16+ STR (I will name them Stout1 and Stout2). Stout1 must pull lever in the room that had the last 3 statues - this will open a passage s. Stout2 - go s. Stout1 - push lever (passage s will close), Stout2 - pull lever in his closed room (will open passage n from Stout1 and Co). Then someone (or even all group) - go n, get treasure and go back s. Then Stout2 - push lever (passage n from group will be closed), and THEN Stout1 - pull lever again to open passage s. If you will confuse last two operations, Stout2 will die... Amon Othar is nonarrate; zone will not repop while at least one player is in rooms under force. W from block are portable rooms, others noport.

* Level: Hero mage with earthquake (slow); hero mage with sleep (sleep 2 out of 3, nuke/flee one by one); legend defence mage (just nuke/flee!); legend mage with 4 charmies and heal (fast); hero thief + healer/blinder; hero buffer + 2-3 casters. And also 2 lowbies to push levers.

* Loads: Mighty dwarven axe, metal wall shield, embellished longbow, laced quiver with 12 silver-tipped arrows in it, opal, 5 gold, huge silvery bracer (on statues).

* Location: zone n from Forlond

* Strategy: first you need to receive the oaken rod from either the young Dwarf or the Shepherdess (just enter their rooms, and: ask dwarf in Khuzdul about 'Unnumbered Tears', or ask elf in Sindarin 'Nirnaeth Arnoediad'). Listen long story, after that one of them will get rod from sack and give you (though, it loads rarely, chance is like 10-15% per zonerepop). Go to the mystical rings some sw of Shepherdess and look at glyphs on the rod. There are seven different types of glyphs on the rod, and the mystical rings contains of seven stones with diffenrent paintings. Now simply place the rod (ex. "put rod wedding") in the right stone and in the right order. Here is a list of glyphs vs. stonepaintings.  

If you did this right, then stonedoor to the west will open. Go w, and now you're inside. Just small advice before entering: don't be afraid of all these messages about "something cold touches your arm", "something moving in the corner of your eye" - it's just mudlle effects, they don't hurt at all :) Go s, e, d, n, push or pull handle (no difference). If you don't, to the north is a trap and you will fall down one room. 2 mobs here - mottled snake and watersnake, kill them. In this room a trapdoor is locked up and a secret west, hiddenladder, open it and go w. Now you're back from room you fell down from. There is hidden exit w (wall) - it is another way out. Now you should go e. In this room are 1 stone beast and 1 stone statue, you must at least kill the statue to be able to go s. This room has exit s and a hidden exit e (dragonhead). Go s first, now you're in the lever room. The levers should be set to todays date, by either pulling or pushing it. I guess it will clean up the load room from water, so you don't have to fight the mobs underwater. After this go s kill statue, go either es or se and kill 1 beast and 1 statue. Here is a hidden exit e (secretdoor), open it and go e and loot all. Now go back to lever room and go n. Open dragonhead and go e, d and s. Here are 2 nonaggresive dwarf statues and a sarcophagus. If you try loot they will attack you. Kill them and loot helmet.

* Level: Same as for Amon.

* Loads: Large visored helmet, full ringmail set, battle axe, 2H axe and sometimes thin plate.

* Location: From Greenholm junction - 4w 2s 2w open trunk(fungi) s e open crypt d e pick/open plaque s.

* Strategy: When you open one-way plaque, he will instantly cast sanctuary on himself, so either go west from him, or rest outside for 3 ticks. Then start cast/flee or stab/flee him. Remember, after last changes he tracks inside his 2 rooms, so be careful! Irondoor e from him is way out, door s is locked with his black key. Don't stay too much time in his room, because he summon spectres (max 2 of them). Spectres disappear in some ticks (5?), you can kill them though. Nagrorh is level 20, spectres level 16. Also, the spectres are charmable once Nagrorh dies and before they disappear.  The have great moves for spirits and are pretty tough.

* Level: Hero thief/caster; takes VERY much time for solo warrior.

* Loads: Enruned robe, 5 gold.

* Location: From hunting place near Bombadil's house: w n 2w s 2w n w n 2e (exits mudlled)

* Strategy: He is the mob that loads the blue crystal - a component that is needed for all foci items. He hits very hard - about 50 damage. He is not aggressive, but if you attacked him at once, fled and came back - he hits INSTANTLY. He is a legend mob, and solo player will get 100k xp for killing it. For thief: stabbing him is piece of cake as he have very bad awareness. Just stab/flee. For mage: cast shield; {cast armour; (control weather until lightning; store 2 calls; unstore em on willow; sleep full) x 2} - until dead. For warriors: cleric sanc warrior with max wil, heal him during fight, no attack spells, just plainly hit it to death. For buffer+casters: plainly nuke it to death, usually in 2 rounds. He's smart mob btw, and if whole group re-enters, he will not hit the buffer but will pick a caster (maybe lowest hps). That's why it's good to send buffer in first on second round. For charmies: charmer goes in and orders all 'hit willow'. After that all casters unstore their mana on willow while it's killing one butterfly per hit!

* Level: Legend thief; legend mage with call lightning; hero thief+cleric with sanc; some warriors+legend cleric with sanc; hero buffer+cleric with sanc +several mages; legend buffer+some mages; 4+ mages, one of them with 12-15 charmed lev1 mobs (like snakes, butterflies, etc - the higher is charmies level, the harder is to charm that much).

* Loads: Blue crystal.

* Location: Sleep at the roots of Old Man Willow and you will find it! ;-)  

* Strategy: Once willow drags you inside, his soul will remove all eq from you. So better remove eq before the fight and give it to a friend who will stand outside. If no friends around - remove your eq and put it in your container (backpack). After the fight just pick up your backpack. Drink from your skin and eat as late as possible before giving away/removing your eq - because you will not be able to pick up container with food or water inside willow. After all of the party wakes up from willow's magical sleep, sanc your buffer and nuke soul - he hits almost as hard as willow, but has much less hps. After the soul is dead, you will be able to pick up your eq again, but DO NOT type "get leather", "get all.leather" etc, because black sword loads in leather satchel! This sword is mudlled - it auto attacks EVERYONE who is in the same room as you. Once you get the satchel, it will jump into your hands and you will instakill your naked friends. Anyone who wants black sword must remove his weapon first - because sword will force him to drop it otherwise. Then cleric must blind him (remove all spellsave eq before it). Then blinded he must get sword from satchel, it will jump in his hands - but as it is cursed, impossible to remove it. Cast remove curse on person with sword, and call Tom Bombadil to get out. One with sword must SPAM "remove sword" all the time while his friends and (especially!) Bombadil is in his room. If something gone wrong, and person with sword hitted someone inside willow before blind go in - both engaged should try 'escape'. Room inside willow is mudlled as well - it's MUCH easier to escape here, even if you have no escape skill pracced. And also small note: if someone outside starts killing willow while you are inside - you will mobdie! Btw, as calling Tom is ONLY way out - try NEVER be caught by willow as darkie (because Tom doesn't help darkies to get outta willow for some reason ;)).

* Level: Hero buffer+cleric with sanc, blind & remove curse+hero mage.

* Loads: The Black Sword.

* Location: From Bombadil's hunting place: max e open hatch 2d 3s w s e open barrel 2d s 2e s 2d e 2s - e is his area (random exits); back from lord's room - w n 2e n max w.

* Strategy: In lord's 6-8 rooms with random exits walk 8 wight nobles, and 2 more always stay in his room. Kill these 8 first (for solo player - label one noble, nuke him to death, rest full and repeat). Then kill nobles in lord's room, flee (non-engaged just walk west) and rest full again. There is ONE safe room to rest in lord's area - n from Sacrificial Hall (e from this safe room is way out - one-way). Lord and the nobles are undead, so colour sprays rocks vs them. Lord drains mana from casters, so either get enough casters or have bows also (not spells only!). Lord hits hard, but not as hard as willow and kraken, so no sanc for buffer needed. After lord dies, get loot and key, open statue e from him, go e, unlock/open chest and get all from it; key breaks after you unlock chest.  Because the exit from sacrificial hall is NOT random it can be helpful to kill the wandering mobs when they are in that room if you are soloing or if your group includes a fragile character.  Non-buffers can just walk north if too many mobs enter the room and engaged characters with the escape skill, like stabbers, can escape north safely.  It is also possible to scout south from the safe room so that you can avoid entering the sacrificial hall when there are too many mobs.

* Level: Legend cleric or thief; hero buffer + some hero casters; legend buffer+ legend caster.

* Loads: On lord: fine grey cloak, ruby ring, wightblade (all rarely), heavy morningstar (if blade not popped), key for chest (always); in the chest: blue scroll.

* Location: Old Fornost, from great hall: s open door d s w open floorstone d s.

* Strategy: Kraken is large evil octopus, it lives in the old lake under Old Fornost. All group members should have boats (even ones who swim well - because one or two failed swims while fleeing from Kraken means mobdeath). First wait for two tentacles and kill them - otherwise tentacles will drag all who flee from kraken back to his pool, which means mobdeath too. Then rest for full hps/mana, walk in and nuke it. Always sanc your buffer before fight, because kraken hits very hard (almost as hard as willow), and if tentacles repop during fight - buffer will be dead for sure, and some casters maybe too: they can't free their hands (read: can't cast) if trapped by tentacles. Kraken is in water, so fireballs (or any other fire) are ineffective vs him. After it dies, open secret rock, go east and quickly type: open chest, get all chest - because the strong current will move you away from chest some secs later (and of course stream is one-way).

* Level: hero buffer + hero cleric with sanc + some mages.

* Loads: Dunadan blade, 5 gold.

* Location: See Maps

* Strategy Cardolan: To achieve shield of Cardolan you must go to Malardil's castle some nw of Tharbad and kill Malardil. All doors in his castle are locked, and most can be opened with castle key. Two mobs load this key: Malardil himself and rogue above hatch (s u from entrance). First kill gypsy woman: she casts. Malardil is soloable by any legend level char, and also easy to stab at hero level. Shiny dagger, amethyst and silver key for MA picks upgrade (in the pouch) loads on Malardil too. All castle is portable.  Shields of Cardolan also load on the Excavators in Ost-In-Edhil.  But it's easier and safer in most cases to get one from Malardil.

* Strategy Arthedain: Arthedain loads on the ground in Bill Ferny's house. Kill Ferny and all his thugs (they all soloable by any class on hero level), get root from Bill's corpse - it's key for secret wall east of him (wall flagged NOFLEE btw); go east, pick/open floorboards and go down: shield doesn't always load btw. Ferny's room is portable, dunno about backrooms.

* Location: From Nen-i-Sul bridge 5e, s, open hole, d is his area.

* Strategy: First kill the half-orc and get the pouch from his corpse - it contains Necro key. Necro himself is located some north, behind closed and locked door. Ways down before his door are oneways out; though, if you fail climb there, climbdamage is pretty high. Once you go in, Necro will close and lock door, so make aliases to unlock/open to flee if you aren't sure that you can kill him! This door is nobreak/nobash, btw. No point for buffer to attack him - skeletal warriors will rescue him instantly anyway. Don't nuke skeletals - they will die at the same moment that Necro dies, and even if you kill them, Necro summons new ones instantly. Warrior must just buff skeletals and rescue caster, caster nuke Necro. After his death, get ebony key from his corpse, unlock/open board and go e for his treasure. Then unlock/open grating and go out (down). Btw: board is noblock, so if you already have ebony key, no one will be able to trap you in here.  

* Level: Hero maxabsorb warrior + hero caster; very hard but possible for solo mage/cleric/shooting thief (nice link needed for solo). For cleric - blind him first.  Thieves will find this much easier if the use envenomed arrows and let the poison do most of the work.

* Loads: Red amulet in pouch; fear scroll, fang and key for DK entrance (silver rod) in his treasure room in chest.

* Location: From Nen-i-Sul bridge 5w, 2n, open slab, 2d, insert rod runedoor, open runedoor, e is his area.

* Strategy: If you have mounts, better to leave them behind culvert (s w n from slab). To open slab you need to wait for moonrise (got to be full moon or almost full moon [3/4 waxing]). Its possible to enter during 2 moonrises (1 is 3/4 waxing, 1 is full moon). To open runedoor you need to kill Necro first and loot his silvery rod. From runedoor 7e s e pick/open fireplace e are heavy vambraces+greaves in locked chest (good pick needed, like 80% (including picks)). Try several times if you can't pick chest after first attempt - sometimes it takes like 10-20 tries. From runedoor 5e 7s is Knight's 3x3 area. There lives DK himself, 10 or so skeletal warriors, and shadowy priest which summons shadows and 1 sanced spirit. Kill them all. If you are too few/have not too much time - just lure DK and 3 his skeletals n from his 3x3 hall. But in this case lurer must be warned: if there is at least one skeletal on entrance - it will not let him pass back from hall: need to lurk around and wait until skeletal goes out, or kill him. And also one more warning: Knight randomly switches targets, so buffer must spam rescue. Loot Knight's glass key, unlock/open flagstone in the center of the hall and go d. For solo it's easy to storequake skeletals (they die in like 3 quakes), but dont cast more than two quakes at once: Knight bashes, which is deadly in this situation. From this room starts the maze. Dirs in maze are individual, and written on libram which loads on Necro: each must "read example" for exact dirs, and walk in the maze solo (is exactly 14 rooms from below the Great Hall). You even don't need to unfol leader - you will be not able to follow him in the maze anyway. BUT! If you want not just skip maze, but also kill all mobs in it - go step by step: each uses his own dirs, but you all appear in same room! And also: if libram doesn't load, it's still possible to pass maze: you just need to have one person with dirs (i.e. one who did DK before). He must walk first, and drop 1 to 13 copper pennies in each room; others just try to find a way from current room to a room with bigger amount of coins. If someone got lost - just try some random dirs until you get into start room with skeleton (pretty much of "wrong" dirs lead exactly to the start room), then start again. 8 souls pop there. After the group gathers again in the room with a mirror, "enter mirror". It is portal to one more 3x3 area, with exit s "gateway". From behind gateway any of 3 dirs will randomly lead you either to cloudy area (safe room, but you will arrive at 1hp, 0mov, 0mana, all exits lead to Nen-i-Sul area) or to sentinel (non-aggro mob which guards the palantir of Amon Sul). Sentinel has much hps and good defence, and also he's good-aligned. To kill him is enough to have a caster with align over well-meaning (to not suffer from align loss), tho it's faster with buffer. Attack warrior can solo it too (bash/flee), dunno for thief.

* Level: Hero buffer + some hero casters; 5+ hero warriors; legend thief; legend mage with quake.

* Loads: Heavy greaves/vambraces, mw and bastard sword, 3 x thick gauntlets and some regular/thin metal on skeletals; The Palantir.

* Location: From OER some east from brush (there is also clover loading on the road) - 3s 2e 2n open door n 2u.

* Strategy: This place is quite small, like a tower, exits are only up/down. If you are caster - make sure your armour is fresh, and shield is up! There is a bunch of bodyguards you have to kill first. Wight bodyguards are quite easy to stab and with decent weapon they need 2 stabs. Better to use sharp thorn: spirit type undeads are ineff vs wood. Even WC himself dies in 2 thorn stabs from legend thief! With an eket some stabs+some arrows. Also they die in a few sprays/dispels. Note that, you must not stand on the stairs too long, because eventually they will collapse, so if you get a message that something moves beneath your feet, then move out of room. There are 4 rooms in the tower where you can stand and not ruin the stairs: n from the door; n 2u from the door; max up and max d. If you ruin stairs and stay alive after fall, it is usually mobdeath to wights which come for you - as it is almost impossible to flee using collapsed stairs. ONLY way to get out is high climb (don't forget to turn climb on also!). When the bodyguards are dead, kill the captain. He is on the top of the tower, and usually has 2 bodyguards with him who follow him and don't move out of the room. You'd better kill bodyguards there too, because if you start with thecaptain, you will get hurt, because bodyguards always instaassist captain, but not each other and captain will not instaassist guards. As for the guards who move around in tower - it's better to kill them too, because if you attack captain, he calls them. Skip them in case you have more than one nuker only (thus making it fast to finish captain). For mage with call strategy is as easy as kill hobbit child. Just make clouds, store 2 calls, rest full, refresh armour - and kill WC: upper tower room is not indoors. All tower is portable.

* Level: Legend thief/caster; hero buffer+hero caster.

* Loads: Broad silver belt, metal plate, metal greaves, metal gauntlets and engraved silver ring - key for loading place of The Silvery Broadsword. Sword itself loads bit east of WC, at rolling plains. Dirs from ruined outlook are: 2s, 2w, 2n, w, 4s, 5e, 2n, open tangle, w, unlock crypt, open crypt, w.

* Location: From the Last Bridge - w n 6w 3s 3w n e 3n 2w n e, d is it's area. You have to walk through mudlled Windswept plains, which eats a lot of moves, have some loop and one-way exits (not random, so *follow* given dirs), and whirlwind here can randomly teleport you around.

* Strategy: Mormaeg area has web mudlle, which prevents you from leaving the room, and thus causes mobdeath. Web can be burned by any fire (natural or magical), but it requires to drench webs with alcohol or oil. There in Mormaeg's area loads lantern - don't forget to get it and check if it's full (try light it)! There is also instant-dt (scaling steam - so no death cry even), so examine every exit w if you don't have map! On the half-way to Mormaeg there is one-way exit; after you pass it only way out is kill Mormaeg or die: way out is down from it, and you will be not able to pick it while spider is alive (it tracks). Kill all mobs (mostly spiders and undeads) on the way. Actually you can skip them (Mormaeg doesn't call it's fellow spiders), but you will just have more place to fight and less breaking concentration hits from lesser mobs. When you enter room s from last spider before Mormaeg, you will see first mudlled room: web will trap you! Have oil or whiskey in inventory, and make short aliases to "pour oil/bottle web", "burn web" (lantern/torch must be equipped). Both are instant commands, you can do it even while fighting. Remember that new webs will catch you every time you enter mudlled room, so pour and burn it again every time. Then go w and rest full. Mormaeg is s from this room with one more spider. Buffer must enter and hit Mormaeg (not just spider - it's 2.spider in the room), then nuker enters, burns the web and starts nuking Mormaeg. It is low on hps, and dies in like 5 fballs. You must have remove poison, because buffer will be arachniated for sure. After it's death pick/open crack down, d open board s - and you are on OER near Windswept again. You can solo it too, in this case thief need brown bottle ready (after last changes it will protect you from re-poison after you remove poison for the first time), and mage must have 5 stored quakes (will not kill Mormaeg, but will get it down to bad, then quickbolts with staff work almost always). And remember: you can't quake in mudlled (web) room even if you already burned web! Burn, flee to any other [non-webbed] room and quake there.

* Level: hero buffer+hero any class; legend mage; hero thief.

* Loads: topaz (in corpse, not always), sable pouch (on the ground).

* Location: From the Last Bridge - 2e 2n e n 2e open irondoor 3e 2n.

* Strategy: Priest is soloable by any class. Just try to avoid his spells, because he blinds. Priest is perma-sanced, so don't use powerful spells like fireball or harm. The main danger when doing priest is the possibility of being trapped by other side players (e priest zone is active PK area). So the easiest, fastest (and safest) way to kill priest is to break both doors, blind priest and shoot him dead. Sometimes he loads shadow which is hard to do with defence warrior (must be legend with ob set and with ob sword, and will end on wounded/bad which is dangerous in pk area). After last change priest calls orc guards from irondoor, so either kill them first (hard to stab though, but possible to shoot|hit/flee), or block door before guards come. Portable rooms: Bell Tower and Guardroom at irondoor.

* Level: Any legend level player (may be slow with some classes).

* Loads: Fang, purple scroll (loads in priest's hand), black arm wrappings, antidote bottle in pouch.

quake needed. Legend warrior can hitflee slaves dead then kill SK.

* Location: From n gates of Tharbad - 7s w 3s w 2n e s.

* Strategy: First, find a caster with 'break door' or warrior with good bash to destroy door to chief (otherwise after you pick/open his door and enter, guard will close and lock it again - and you all mobdie). A warlock sits in the same room with chief and keeps himself and chief sanced, so sleep warlock first (or just kill him - shoot to death, preferably with venomed arrows). He is probably the most dangerous mob here - his fireballs ROCK. It is also a good idea to sleep 1.guard, he has key and closes/locks chief's door. After the warlock dies, wait till sanc on chief wears off, and start to cast/flee him (or stab/flee). If you are worrying about your alignment - don't worry anymore: chief is evil as hell. And last: if you don't want to become wanted in Tharbad, kill all of chief's guards and all city guards that saw you while killing chief. Again, better to start with 1.guard. It is a little easier for solo cleric: break door, blind warlock before he sancs chief, and just nuke chief with fast/quick spells. Btw, for caster with warrior there's another popular tactic: someone destroys door, mage follows warrior, warrior goes in and hits chief, mage casts fireball and leaves n (he's unengaged), then warrior flees. Chief dies in like 10 fballs from legend mage. But only cast one spell at a time, otherwise the warlock is going to do something nasty :) Also, it's a one-exit room with lotsa mobs on you, so it's hard to flee from there. I've seen ppl mobdying from failed flees even when using PANIC! trigger. That's especially true when warlock is still alive (fireball). And also: if you died here, NEVER pray to Tharbad on hurt/wounded. N gate guards are not aggressive only when they stay in the n gate! But sometimes they move 1s (where arrive all who pray to Tharbad), and they can instakill naked caster with no spell up. ALWAYS wait till fine - it's easier to reequip than to gain levels. If you were citizen of Tharbad before killing chief, your citizenship will be taken off; but you won't become wanted in Tharbad in any case. And last thing: rumored that chief's 1.guard doesn't lock door anymore (after some change not much time ago), but anyways better to not take a risk and getbreaker/basher :) Chief's room is of course noport.

* Level: Hero thief; legend mage (preferably with quake) + cleric/warrior to break/bash door; legend cleric.

* Loads: Iron ring, notrack boots.

* Location: s Hollin road, near demon wolf cave (1 zone w Wyrdda).

* Strategy: Enter yard of his house and kill all warriors first (Wuda calls all alive warriors to assist him). Yard is outdoors (of course), so call lightning rocks here. Then rest full, lure Wuda from indoors, do 2 warriors which always follow him. Then rest full again and finish Wuda.

* Level: Legend caster/thief; legend buffer + hero any class.

* Loads: Hemlock poison vial and (rarely) this poison lore, antidote bottle, herbal kit.

* Location: Follow Hollin road to Eregion/Dunland border, then follow road s from ford.

* Strategy: He lives in a small village (10 rooms). He isn't a very tough mob and doesn't have many guards. Just nuke/flee, exits fleeable. After his death open door of his stables, go n w. For cleric with break it's even easier - don't even needed to kill Wyrdda. Just pick/open corral east from village entrance, e, break gate - and e is Rohirrim!

* Level: Same as for Wuda.

* Loads: Steel-shafted spear, wooden wall, Horse of Rohirrim.

* Location: From Wyrdda ford 4n 4e 4n 5w n open turf.

* Strategy: First get the key from under trapdoor s 3e n e d from turf. Then enter turf, kill widow and cavebear. Wait until sunrise and say: "By the might of Aule I command thee to open" It can be said by any race, but you must speak Khuzdul well. Slab opens, enter it and clear all mobs inside (3 pairs of crazed dwarves and 3 pairs of black spiders). Be warned: crazeds hit not only the buffer, but 2.player too, so buffer should have good rescue! Unlock irondoor using engraved key from trapdoor, enter it and kill overseer+another pair of dwarves. Crazeds are not aggressive to dwarves, and overseer isn't aggressive to anyone, so start with crazeds. Get small iron key from overseer's corpse, unlock/open carpet down to his treasure room with chest. Nuggets load (if they load at all) n e irondoor. Just remember, if any member of the opposite race notices your tracks leading in - 99% it will be turf/sod/slab trap (they will have ENOUGH time to gather trap group)! All doors in the area are blockable but turf/sod, all are breakable but carpet/slab; all area is noport but room between turf/sod and stonedoor/slab.

* Level: Legend caster/thief; legend buffer + 1-2 hero any class.

* Loads: Sometimes (much more often than in Amon Othar) MDA, always 2H axe, rarely golden and silver nuggets.

* Location: From Wyrdda ford follow road: 3n 3e n 3e n e n 2e n open brush 2w ne open floor d open runes d.

* Strategy: Tall Orc is rather easy mob, and 5 lowbie orcs following him are just harmless - but watch out: members of opposite race can easily trap you inside. In suchoccasion quickly go: w open obsidian u s pick/open statue 6s w s open boulder w s w open foliage u. Though, statue is hard to pick (over 50% pick plus upgraded picks needed), but it is bashable. As quaking mage do it as fast as possible - because every darkie nearby that hears quakes will come in no time: these is nothing else to quake in that zone, except Tall. After last change tall calls for help if attacked, and demon wolves in area come to join him. Only portable rooms are 1w and 2w from brush.

* Level: lev15 mage qith quake; hero thief; legend warrior; hero buffer +hero any class.

* Loads: Full regular metal set + thick metal boots + broad scimitar.

* Location: Max sw from Dunland troll forest, open ancientslab (30 str needed), s is it's area.

* Strategy: Leave your mounts 2n 3w 4s 3e from entrance - you will arrive here on way back (don't leave inside ancientslab because someone in group can die, and thus leave you without possibility to open slab again). From behind ancientslab go e s 2e. From there you must go one-by-one: leader 2d s w open crack w open algae w get key pile e u w, others just 2d s 2w u w (solo - just because you can fail swim while following leader and be lost in the underwater). Kill shade, unlock/open granite and go w. There starts noflee area. Tons exits lead to the Deep Chasm, where you get mudlled 50 to 400 damage, and land (you or your corpse) w from Unqalome. The damage you get from fall depends on which room you fall. Deeper in the zone you are, less damage you get for fall (as you are slowly descending when going deeper). Damage also probably depends on your weight. So better to set wimpy low (like 30-50), and have aliases to rescue casters and cure buffers. Kill spirits, 3w s w kill spiders and get webbing (it can contain silvery elven bracelet btw). Go e n e, "tie web" and "throw web" ("toss web"). After that go s on webbing one-by-one(no need to rest or unfollow leader - webbing won't let more than one person to enter anyway). If you don't toss web, you fall to room w Unqalome and get like 150-200 damage (can't be absorbed by armour). After you successfully regroup on the other side of chasm, go s w s 3w open mossdoor w. You can kill spirits by the way, or just spam by (same strategy - noflee, rescue and nuke). Kill funguses, get small steel key from corpse. Go 3e s w - second bracelet can load here. Key is for slab 2e d from you. Down from slab is oneway to Grey Spider area. There starts slippery rooms - if you fall, type "exits" and go to room where group is (where room is lit). I suppose it is whitie group you are going in (thus having light) - *expirienced* darkies should do Unqa without this file :P You can't slip into chasm, btw. Spider doesn't sit in one room, but wanders around, so beware. Kill mobs all here: spider can load bracelet, and any random mob can load fragile stone key for stonedoor. Go 2e s 3e, open crack n d n 2w s w - one more bracelet loads here. And at last, e u w d e is room where you meet Unqalome for the first time. Target gloom, buffers buff, casters nuke and disengage after each Unqa spell - as when you fight dragon. Use fireballs of colour sprays - Unqa is eff vs both, fballs do more damage, but it's less chance that spray gets interrupted by Unqa's freeze area attack (because spray is faster). Don't use lightning for sure - it reflects half the damage. After it goes below hurt, it flees through locked stonedoor down (you can't prevent it) and makes door frozen shut. Cast some fireballs or burning hands on it (like 500 fire damage needed), unlock/ open it and go down. There are few rooms where Unqalome tries to hide behind animated undeads. No dts, no slipping, just few passages and 3 rooms with 3 uruks + 1-2 shadows in each. Don't enter non-locked door: Unqa is there inside! Enter 2 others and kill shadows there: you will fight there later, so less mobs - less parrysplit. Though, you can't destroy non-animated uruks :( Then only go for next Unqalome fight. Try wait when shadow goes out and enter after that. Bracelets can load on these shadows too. In the most deeper room shackles can trap you and prevent from leaving (which means mobdeath of course). Ones who get trapped just go out (if non-engaged) after Unqa flees or before buffer flees (sometimes 8 attempts needed). Buffer hits Unqa, basher spams bash dis 1./2./3.uruks, casters nuke Unqa. If 3 warriors in group - third assists buffer, if 4 - no spam bash dis, just every warrior takes his uruk, and buffer buffs gloom. After gloom flees again, fball door (like 80 fire damage), all flee (uruks can be killed later after gloom dies, they are no longer bound to their room when gloom is dead so u can take them 1 by 1) and go for next portion: it chooses random room where uruks are still not animated. Same strategy. In last room Unqalome will fight to death; rings and one rock loads in it, gems in corpses of uruks, other rocks just lie on the ground in uruk rooms (if loaded). It is also wise to let someone scout the room before charging with whole group, as it takes some time till uruks are summoned by gloom, and gloom can use room attack and engage all buffers before uruks get summoned. If you let anyone scout, Unqalome will summon them right away. Also it is good to be very careful when scouting, because zone can pop when you are in and you might mobdie locked in room with gloom. Another bad thing that can happen is this: you enter room, gloom engages you, but since it is low it instaflees, freezes the door and you mobdie to uruks, unless some friend fireballs door from outside. So better always scout these rooms with friend ready to pick/fireball door from outside. If you are fast and don't let Unqalome regen, it usually instaflees after second attack (actually 3rd attack if you count the very first encounter with gloom). Way back from stonedoor: w u 2e s u 2w n u 3e s d 2e open fracturedfloor d. Same idea: if you slip, stand and go to group. Just remember - the more you carry, the more you slip. To get out pull lever and quickly swim e 2d 2w u (while irongrid is up) - and you arrive in room with your horses. All area is noport; all d from underwater also nonarrate.

* Level: legend defensive buffer in shining (or 2 metals buffers) plus 1-2 legend casters, at least one of them must be mage with fireball or burn.

* Loads: Icy ring, banded (+10 ob/-10db, or any two of 3ob/3db/+10 attack/-10ssave) ring, up to 3 twisted rocks, diamonds/emeralds, grey fluid-sack (if loads), up to 6 silvery bracelets. Bracelets can be used to pass statues in OiE forge, for non-noldor. Rumours about save vs shackles are groundless. Btw, do not wear them on both wrists (othervise they explode immediately). P.S. Credits to Duke for sending me most features of this place :)

* Location: Dunland (see Maps)

* Strategy: Not very tough mobs - just 2 stone guardians and some wraiths. Main problem are doors. First do all undeads under altarstone (or alike doorname). Then open bones, go n, kill first statue - it loads key for sarcophagus. Go s, open shelf, s, kill second beast. Unlock/open sarcophagus down, go and nuke/ /flee rest mobs. They all are following spirit, so after you kill it, they get disbanded and start coming up, so you can whack them one by one. Then you need a star sapphire. Insert sapphire [in] hole (with the command "put sapphire hole" - opens passage n. In this room in the chest loads all treasure. You can not get sapphire back - it works like one-off key.

* Level: Hero, any class (maybe hard for warrior).

* Loads: Vellum scroll, gem-inlaid knife, opal and some other stuff.

* Location: Southern Dunland, jump down 2w s of lodgedboulder (costs like 100 hps though).

* Strategy: Statue is not aggressive, it even doesn't remember these who already attacked it. It is VERY hard to stab, and it's hits HURT - it is why almost impossible to solo it. Though, usual strategy for any non-soloable mob (hey, I'm maxbuffer, with group of 7 casters we will clear Arda!) doesn't not work here as well as usual: statue is the one mob in MUME (except Sage) which quakes! So: cleric must sanc hitters and rest outside, they go leather/aggressive and just hit statue to death, rescuing each another. Cleric enters when statue is awful to get exp. For mages it takes MUCH more time. They must store 2 fballs or 3 sprays andwear spellsave eq. If buffer is cleric, he must sanc himself. Just enter, buffer hits, mages unstore spells and flee, then buffer flees too. Be sure that each can survive 3 quakes (they are as fast as stored sprays with staff). Statue is in cave (indoors), which means call doesn't work here. Do not forget to restore armour after EACH round - because statue switches, and if non-fresh armour will drop after second or third quake, and statue will switch on this mage - he will be dead for sure. To get back go max w and "pull lever" to open a mountaingate.

* Level: 3 legend attack warriors + legend cleric with sanc; buffer (preferably cleric with sanc) + 2 legend mages; superlegend thief.

* Loads: Double-headed axe (ONE 20 OB cleaver), black horn short bow on skeleton (with low probability).

* Loads: Shard of Black Ice.  The Shard is a quest object for the Gnarled Touch quest.

* Level: 7 legends.  At least one cleric for sancing.  Ideally warriors will all use different weapon types. (Probably requires at least two to trigger)   

* Loads: Given semi-randomly by Galadriel.  Golden belt, elven longbow, finely-woven hood, finely woven cloak, small box(grows herbs somehow), mallorn brooch, and more.

* Level: I've heard that it can most easily be done with a legend mage in metal and a legend warrior.  It also helps to have a cleric waiting just outside Frycha's area to sanc, heal, and remove poison.  In my opinion, it is still quite difficult with that group.

* Loads: Fellbeast Hide Belt.  Maybe more.

*'''White chain''' loads in Moria: hood on shaman, shirt on commanding orc near wgate and in jade bracelet chest, sleeves in mattock armoury and in silvery star coffin; and also on Glorfindel ;)

*'''FGC''' also loads on Eoghha and elven hunters near Rivendell (important for orcs/trolls).

*'''Sacred cloak''' and '''ceremonial dagger''' - on Amanrandil in Eregion. As he isgood-aligned, kill him using poison or charmed mobs.

*'''Black amulet''' can be also acquired by a darkie who brings to BN sage a whitie artifact.

*'''Mithril circlet''', '''twisted crown''' and '''jewel-encrusted goblet''' - kill packrats (one of them loads ancient dwarven key), go e s 4e 2n e n 3e n e u 2w s from wgate, unlock/open flagstone, d s open trapdoor u. Goblet loads on the ground, other in the chest.

*'''Necklace''' and '''iron chain''' load in the underwater near Tharbad: from sw corner of Tharbad zone e 2n d e open plank e s - necklace; from there n d open plank s open boards s - chain. Both load hidden (reveal needed), both can be popped at same time.

*'''Piece of mithril''' loads hidden (reveal needed) in Moria, 5e s 2w u 3e s d 3w 2u from Hshkhlahk, but beware: d from it is Devastation room with same worms as in Depths of Moria.

*'''Flask of miruvor''' can be given to any whitie who brings and gives to Erestor darkie power item (crown, chain, amulet, wightblade fits; dcs and mottled of course no ;)), chances are like 20-25% though. For darkie artifacts he can give you some power whitie items, like Dunadan blade, or even circlet! Erestor sees invisibility of course, so dont bother to hit yourself to remove shroud before giving him an item.  Flasks are also sometimes given for completing Tethel's quest and returning the book from Redhorn.  Rarely, a flask can also be found in Gwathion's recovered eq. See the Quests page.

*'''Smelly piece of worm hide''' can be given by BN sage to any darkie who bring him a glowsword (Sting preferably), chance to get it is like 1% though...

*'''War mattock''' also loads on the one black uruk patrol that doesnt move. Exact dirs to the patrol from Cavern Crossroad is 3ds13e, its on the troll if it loads.

*'''Heavy warhammer''' - on Khuzur; also in cairn/cryptwall/coffinlid secretplace near Wuda, in rack.

*'''2H sword and buckler''': on whitie side - on the Old Wight near Bree; on darkie side - on GC (if he doesn't load warsword).

*'''Bastard sword''' also loads in the chest guarded by ghost in Harlond area; on the western evil priest; on the Outcast; in rack in secretplace near Wuda.

*'''Battle axe''' can be bought inside BM; crazed dwarves at Overseer, undeads at the Ghosthy Captain and some orcs in Moria load it too.

*'''Silvery morningstar''' - Moria, Halls of Mourning (from upper Mustering stairs w s 5e u 3w 4n 2e), in the sarcophagus.

*'''Gem-inlaid knife''' also loads (rarely) on the gaunt man (BN ranger) and on the Cinard the Master Thief in Eregion.  Can also load in the chest of the Bear Statue near Lorien.

*'''Bhsb''' also loads in NOOC (orkish caves in Dunland), in rack guarded by chieftain, and crossbow loads on chieftain himself. Chieftain blocks exit to bhsb, but he is a wimp, he shoots and flees around, so just lure him away if you can't manage NOOC solo and haven't group with you.

*''' Fletched Arrow ''' Can be purchased from the Dunlending Exile in Rohan.  But he only deals with Men (Including BNs) because he is racist.  Also, he only stocks a few at a time.

*''' Elven Dagger ''' - Loads on a corpse in a troll forest SW of Ingrove.  May need to talk to the Elven Scout nearby first.  Evil players can just kill the scout for his (requires dispel magic to be usable by evil chars).  OR Loads on a captive Wood Elf in Mirkwood.  Good aligned players should rescue the elf by beckoning him and leading him out prison.  He will then produce an elven dagger and fight for you like a super-mercenary.  Killing him without rescuing him will not yield a dagger.

*''' Scorched Leather Flask ''' - Dark-Draught.  Loads on corpse at Brood Mother in Mountains of Mirkwood.  All orcs can brew using the lore found in the pouches of some cunning shamans.  Z-Orcs can earn them by questing for Kral in the Mountains of Mirkwood.

*''' Vile Fetish ''' Loads on named D-Orc mobs in the Mountains of Mirkwood.  Also loads on Urdan patrol leaders, and (occasionally) on cunning shaman.  Type "Use Fetish" to break the fetish down and get the jewel from inside.  Jewel type seems random.  So far I've seen amethyst, garnet, onyx, opal, diamond, and ruby.  Z-Orcs also can trade these to Kral.

*'''  Star charm ''' BNs can get this by giving the Palantir to Azra-Zaira who dwells under the blackhatch in central anduin.