"So you want to descend into Bludrut Keep do ya? Well let me tell you sonny, you aren't the first to try. These old bones lost track at 4 score adventurers who went a'hunting down there. Just too many of 'em to keep track of. Even been down myself once, narrowly escaped with my hide in tack."

     "What? No I won't come with you! Though I might be willing to offer a few words of advice if ya happen to have a keg of good stout ale."

     "You do? Well isn't that handy. Sit yourself down and we'll see what we can't remember..."

     "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."

     "Whoops! Wrong story. Let's see now... There was once a man from Nantucket an-- That's not it either? Hmm. Here we are! "

     "Peace-loving Queen Tyrall has seen her small realm plundered and taken over by a darkness demon know only as the Groglurk. Those few who survived say that the Groglurk holds her captive still to this day, after many years, in the remains of her realm: the deep dungeon below the ruins of Bludrut Keep. It is said that a great reward awaits the Adventurer who defeats the Groglurk and frees the Queen."

     "That the right one? Good. Now back in my day, when a darkness demon takes over a realm, captures the Queen and holds her captive, the least he could do is publicly state what's in it for the Adventurer who kills the demon, frees the Queen and restores peace to the land. Hah! Nowadays they all have copies of 'The Top 100 Things I'd Do if I Ever Became An Evil Overlord' and actually follow the advice. The Heroes Union is still up in arms about that. "

     "But back to the treasure. I've heard rumors that a magical sword lies in the throne room, locked away inside a chest. Some say that it's element fluctuates between fire and darkness, others say it's a bunny in disguise. No one's quite sure. Let me draw an incredibly accurate depiction of the blade in question right here in the dirt with this awkward axe handle."

Visit the stats here.

    "Of course, you have to get there first. I still have a few scrolls with some maps that I sketched out, you might want to take a look at them."

Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4

    "Well lookie here, it's my old journal. This should have some helpful information for you. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to spend some quality time with my ale."

Monster Encounters

    The monsters that you'll encounter on any given level are randomly selected from a list of monsters unique to that level. Let's say I just entered Level 1: I have equal chance of facing a Dark Knight, a Stone Golem, or one of the Undeads. This is totally random. After you have dispatched the first monster (let's say it was a Dark Knight), the next monster you face will be any one of the 6 remaining monsters (Stone Golem, Undead Archer, etc. but not the Dark Knight). Keep track of what order you face the monsters in, because after you work through the list and have fought each monster once, the game will cycle through the list and give you the same monster that you first started with, in our case a Dark Knight. Dispatch him, and you'll get a Stone Golem next, just as in our first go around. This will continue going in order and will loop again if need be, until you've explored the whole level.

 !  The dungeon resets itself when you return to town. You can go as far as the cave entrance and still keep your progress, but if you go to Twilly to get healed, you'll have to fight all the monsters again.

Heal All potions

• Because the Heal All heals both health and mana (HP and MP), try and use spells like Heal Wounds or Heal Scratches to avoid using a Heal All when you have full mana.

• When you're ready to fetch a Heal All potion, go back to the first level to get it. Once you've used all three from there, start using the second level's stash, and so on. This makes it easier to keep track of how many Heal Alls you have left.
• There are three Heal Alls on every level, all of which are roughly in the same place. Make it your objective to clear a path to these quick as you can. If you keep track of the order of monsters you fight, you'll know when you should go get fully healed and when you can do without. With 15 monsters and only 3 potions per level, maximizing the health benefits is important. You really don't want to be down to 6 hp and realize you have to fight another monster to be able to get to the Heal Alls.

A Note on Equipment Selection

    The following suggestions have been offered with regards to what works best on what level of the keep. It's important to note that there is no ultimate combo, no perfect weapon that assures victory. The right equipment for you is the equipment that works. Elements, stats, character type and play style all influence what type of gear you'll buy, and what works for someone else won't necessarily work for you.

    Try going through the keep a few times and determine where your weak points are. Do you always get killed on the third level? Buy something that reflects that. Always loose a battle with your enemy only 2 hits away from death? Train up your endurance. Can't afford the weapon that everyone is raving about? Make up for it by getting a hole bunch of health potions before descending into the keep. The advice offered below is a jumping off point for you to use when molding and forming your own character.

Level 1

• Armour Element: Dark
  Suggestion: Dark Plate
• Pet Element: Light or Fire
  Suggestion: Vampragon or Light Vampragon
• Guest: Pixie (Spell: 'Summon Pixie')
• Shield Element: Dark
  Suggestion: Shield of Darkness or Night Shield
• Weapon Element: Light or Fire
  Suggestion: Blinding Blade or SolSaber
  (Volcano Mace is a good fire element weapon, for dealing with the trolls and will prove useful later on)
• Spell Element: Light or Fire
  Suggestion: Daybreak or Light of Mana
  (Light of Mana has a chance to give a Mana potion, useful if you play as a mage)

Level 2

• Armour Element: Fire
  Suggestion: Fire Plate or Dusk Robe
• Pet Element: Ice or Water
  Suggestion: Penguin or IceCat
• Guest: Pixie (Spell: 'Summon Pixie')
• Shield Element: Fire or Neutral
  Suggestion: Fire Shield or Gyrate Shield
• Weapon Element: Ice or Water
  Suggestion: Ice Bolo or Ice Katana
  (Use a dark element weapon for the Thrachee such as the Evil Battleaxe)
• Spell Element: Ice or Water
  Suggestion: Ice Dragon Spirit or Iceball

 ! Groglurk attacks with a double dark melee attack.

Level 3

• Armour Element: Ice or Neutral
  Suggestion: Blob Form
• Pet Element: Fire
  Suggestion: Vampragon
• Guest: Skull (Spell: 'Summon Skull')
• Shield Element: Ice or Neutral
  Suggestion: Crystal Magic or Demonbreaker
• Weapon Element: Fire
  Suggestion: Hotshot Sword or Volcano Mace
• Spell Element: Fire
  Suggestion: Burn or FireStorm

Level 4

• Armour Element: Neutral
  Suggestion: Breakneck Robe or Blob Form
• Pet Element: Fire
  Suggestion: Vampragon
• Guest: Pixie (Spell: 'Summon Pixie')
• Shield Element: Neutral
  Suggestion: Demonbreaker or Gyrate Shield
• Weapon Element: Wind or Fire
  Suggestion: Lightning Grip Axe or Eye of the Sphinx
• Spell Element: Wind or Fire
  Suggestion: Griffen Strike or Cosmic Blaze
  

 ! Angered Groglurk attacks with a quadruple dark magic attack.

Fighting the Angered Groglurk

Once you've found the Angered Groglurk, the next time you come to battle the monster, you should properly equip your character right before you fight the Groglurk. That is, ready your pet and summon a guest if you're able while battling the monster right before you are to battle the Groglurk. Then after you finish off that monster, go get a Heal All, and then go fight the Groglurk. This eliminates needing to waste 2 turns casting a guest and readying your pet, and you can go in to the fight fully refreshed. If you're still unable to vanquish your foe, try getting a few extra potions before entering the keep, such as by doing the Seed Spitter quest. If that still isn't enough, try getting the WereWolf Form by doing the Willow Creek quest.

Finishing

To get back out, you'll need to backtrack all the way back up to Level 1.

If you clear the entire Keep (explore every room on every level), the total amount of gold and experience you receive will be within the following ranges:

Minimum Gold for Keep: 2,761
Maximum Gold for Keep: 3,429
Average Gold per Monster: 61

Minimum Experience for Keep: 10,527
Maximum Experience for Keep: 12,167
Average Experience per Monster: 200