Underground Pass

01Into the pass

Long, dark and full of ways to lose progress. Carrying two ropes rather than one is the single best preparation.

1. 1

   Talk to King Lathas in Ardougne Castle, then meet Koftik outside the entrance to the Underground Pass.

   • Rope
   • Spade

   Only ordinary metal-tipped arrows work here. Broad, ogre, ice, training and poisoned arrows all fail, and crossbows are no use at all.

2. 2

   Inside, take the northernmost of the three paths. The middle one drags you down the hillside and you have to climb back.

3. 3

   Climb the rocks around the swamp to Koftik at the fire, and take the plank he mentions.

02The rope swing and the grid

1. 1

   From the plank, walk south then back east — avoid the swamp full of blessed spiders — to the pit with the rope swing.

2. 2

   Use a rope on the rock hanging above the pit to swing across.

   Failing drops you in the pit, costs the rope and puts you back at the very start of the pass. This is why you brought a second one.

3. 3

   Past Koftik at the grid, many tiles drop you for 15 damage. Find a safe path by trial and error and write it down — Regicide uses the same grid.

4. 4

   Pull the lever once you are across.

03Traps and the well

1. 1

   Note where the furnace is to the north; you come back to it. A spare plank spawns just north-east of it.

   Do not use the obstacle pipe. It sends you back to the rope swing with no way to return.

2. 2

   The narrow corridor west has five wall traps — two on the north side then three on the south. Disarm them or find the alternative route past.

3. 3

   Climb down the well into the cage area. There is food in the crates where you land.

04Slaves and the unicorn

1. 1

   Pick the lock on the south-eastern cell first. The slaves' dialogue ranges from gibberish to offering to cook you.

2. 2

   In the next room, search the unicorn's cage for a loose piece of railing.

   If you already have a railing in the bank you cannot get another. Take it out before you come.

3. 3

   Head south up the path above the cage to the large boulder, and make sure you are carrying nothing you cannot afford to leave before moving it.

4. 4

   Doomion, Othainian and Holthion at level 91, the three level 62 paladins and Kalrag at level 89 can all be safespotted. Kalrag cannot hit through Protect from Melee at all.