Proceeding through here you'll reach a room where the light disappears except for the torches this near-blackness is something you're gonna' have to get used to, but it's just a short room here to pass through. You'll reach the atrium head through it to the "Pillars of Despair", which is a ridiculous name for a room but whatever. Proceed forward, watching out for those spike pressure plates you saw briefly last mission. To start with, re-enter Drachenfels castle. This mission is annoying and frustrating you'll see why. Take a right here, and you'll reach your wagon and the end of the mission. It's annoying and dumb, but after a short period you'll pop out a hole in the wall to the Forlorn Gorge. The only frustrating part is sometimes obstacles will pop up, blocking your path and forcing you to backtrack in the narrow side passages, so be careful you don't get bottled in. When you grab it, a trapdoor will open that drops you right back into the catacombs.įrom here, it's basically a straight shot. Once you've placed all three statuettes (or sometimes, oddly, just two of them) the chalice will appear. Be careful when you go for a statuette, because they are usually guarded by multiple stormvermin. To save a bit of time, you can jump from the top wings down to the railing of the stairs to quickly deposit the statues, taking only minimal fall damage. Since you're even more exposed if you're a runner, speed potions and moving as a group is advised. The room has a bunch of stone statuettes you need to ferry over to the central statue it's basically barrel-fetching, except a) you move much slower, and b) the statuettes mercifully don't explode. The next area is the inner sanctum, and it's the event portion of the mission. You'll come to another room with railings and a chandelier above some charnal design you want to drop down into this lower area.Įither way, you'll end up dropping down when you're ready. You'll go up some stairs to a room with a blood fountain (what scenery!) and a path tot he right to follow. The right you'll reach later if you're going for grimoires, so head left. Keep right, passing by a small room with some possible loot, and keep hugging the right walls to another room, with a junction to the left and right. Backtrack to the main path and you'll reach an open area with stairs to the left and right. Inside the catacombs, hug the left wall you'll follow it to a side passage that loops around to the first tome (1/3). Check the chest up on the broken bridge, as well as another loot location in the coffin near the ledge below, and then head towards the cliff where there's a gap into the castle. Proceed along the Grey Mountain Path until you reach the Castle Bridge. You start off outside the eponymous castle, but you'll pop into it soon enough.