Drakan: The Ancients' Gates (Sony) - Indja and Yedeen

Last modified on April 20th, 2003

Three Mace Half-Men and three Archer Half-Men (0 - 48 gold) will attempt to stop them from getting through and the first of them can be flamed as soon as they enter the cave. 66 - 160 gold can be found in the two barrels on the right, while 85 - 205 gold can be gotten from the three on the left a bit father on. Move a little forward and the other two Mace Half-Men will come running forward. Back out of range of the archers and flame those two out of existance. Heal her, then save your game, and head in to take out the remaining three archers. Four barrels behind the crates on the right yield 36 - 92 gold. A second closed gate, which can't currently be opened, is just beyond. There is however a broken board at the bottom, where Rynn can squeeze through. If you find that the gate does not appear to be closed, do not attempt to ride Arokh through or the game will freeze. Instead have her dismount and walk through the middle. If this happens, some of the following enemies and treasure will also be missing. A Mace Half-Man comes running through to attack. Destroy it, then Arokh will have to be left here for the time being. A small pile of stone blocks lies to her left after she's come through the gate, and a couple of archers lurk up on a ledge. Destroy them with spells or her bow. A small shack on stilts, with a blue spotlight slowly turning, can be seen to the southeast. She can't do anything about it for the time being. Take out the Mace Half-Man up on the ledge there with her Impale spell.

An Archer Half-Man and a Mace Half-Man wait just beyond a low ridge to the east. Use Impale on the Mace Half-Man and take out the archer with her melee weapon. Pass them and head north through the small canyon and check the lone barrel behind the wall for an Invisibility potion. Two cave entrances loom ahead. Save your status, then head to the west. Smash the barrels on the left for 125 - 165 gold, then 62 - 100 gold from the barrels and a Potion of Life from the chest. Head on outside and have her hide behind the tree and use Impale on the archer in the cave beyond. Get 45 gold from the barrels. Enter the cave to the north and get 43 - 160 gold from the chest near the fallen archer. Head down the hill past the broken arch, then turn north and get the Potion of Life from the chest (the three barrels are usually empty). Restore her health if neccessary, then save your game. Send her forward onto the ledge around a large area below, where a cut scene showing the Desert Lords Indja and Yedeen warning Maulgak, that he's failed to stop Rynn so far and their mutual boss (Jassad Duthane) is none too pleased. He tries to shuffle some of the blame to them, but they shrug it off. He then notes that he smells Rynn and orders them to attack, which they do. Their attacks consist of a burst of green energy and a dark shockwave. I accidentally had her use an Invulnerability potion before the battle and then she promptly went over the ledge during the first attack. She would likely not have otherwise survived the fall. They'll come down after her and they are very easy to take out with her thus armored during the battle. Another easier approach is to have her hide behind the nearby pile of ice blocks and simply wait for them to come through them before slashing them with her melee weapon. They are actually quite easy to dispatch.

If still up above, grab 82 - 100 gold from the two barrels next to the broken arch on the way to the elevator. Head down on the elevator and loot the area. Loot the three barrels near the campfire for 95 - 171 gold. Get 41 - 195 more from the three barrels near the ruins and another 58 - 115 gold from the chest. Smash the two near the cave entrance for 45 - 50 gold. Enter and get 0 - 35 gold from the barrel in front on the next portal, then go on in and take out the Mace Half-Man within for 60 gold. Get 293 - 405 gold from the barrels and chests, and a Skull Crusher mace from the corpse in the alcove. Exit the cave and return to the elevator. Press the 'L1' button near the switch to bring it down if neccessary. Be careful that she doesn't get crushed as it descends. Ride it up, then send her back the way she came until she reaches the wall outside the cave entrance, behind which she found the Invisibility Potion.

Save your game progress, then proceed east. A Mace Half-Men runs up to attack and drops 0 - 45 gold when dispatched. There's 50 - 75 gold in the lone non-exploding barrel up ahead to the left. Next up is another Mace Half-Man (0 - 12 gold). Continue a bit farther and the path splits. Start with the northeast path and get 22 - 50 gold from the barrel. She says "Maulgak is going to pay for this!" as two Mace Half-Men come running out of a storeroom containing 356 - 405 gold and a Health Elixir at the end of the passage. Backtrack south and exit through the cave. Head southwest along the ledge and take out the Mace Half-Man. Continue around and cross the bridge onto the cliff to the left of the closed wooden gate, where the archers were. Enter the cave and three Scavengers rush out to attack. Find 286 - 370 gold and a Full Mana Potion inside. Exit the cave and head east along the ledge and take out the two Mace Half-Men for 0 - 100 gold. Get 0 - 60 from the two nearby barrels. A set of stone ruins lies at the bottom of the hill, with seven barrels and a chest containing 268 - 315 gold and a Life Potion respectively. Save your game status, then continue onward. Turn her right as she exits the small canyon (before passing the bridge above) and then have her head northeast past a torch and up the hill. Send her right at the top of the hill and have her head north until she reaches a small pile of stones and a torch. Turn left there and enter the cave with a stone arch inside. Get the 112 - 139 gold from the chest and barrels, then take out the Mace Half-Man. Continue in and take 172 - 291 gold and the Dragon Strike bow from the room beyond.

Exit from the cave and head southwest, ignoring the cave at the top of the hill for the time being, except smash the two barrels for 9 - 64 gold. Head south along the ledge. Get 35 - 74 gold from the two crates. Continue across the bridge toward the large blue bonfire, and get 103 - 178 gold from the three nearby barrels and another 8 - 84 from the crate. Continue to the northeast across another bridge. Get 55 - 60 gold from the barrels on the bridge and another 19 - 170 gold from the crates just beyond. Find 52- 62 gold in the two barrels outside the cave entrance and another 75 - 125 gold on the way in. There's a Health Elixir, a Rusty Long Sword, and 132 - 243 gold in the cave. Return to that cave you previously bypassed. Save your game's progress before entering. Head to the right and take out the Mace Half-Man (0 - 58 gold), then get 66 - 75 gold from the two nearby barrels. Next get 223 - 241 gold from the next set of barrels and chest. Continue west and collect 50 gold from the barrel inside the exit. Head outside and get another 5 - 50 gold from the barrel outside the cave exit. Return to the main tunnel and head west. Take out the Mace Half-Man (0 - 44 gold), and get the 84 - 152 gold from the three barrels ahead. Continue south and pick up 2 - 144 gold from the chest. Turn her east and heal and save your game as she approaches a stone tunnel with a rickety appearing stone floor, which will collapse as she steps out onto it. She'll land on her feet with about half her health gone, but be quickly knocked unconscious from behind by Maulgak. She'll awake in a cell barred by an energy door and guarded by a Mace Half-Man, who's slowly pacing back and forth outside. "Oh my head! If I could just get the key from that guard!" she exclaims as she comes to. An examination of her inventory reveals that all of her weapons, armor, and potions, are gone. This doesn't look good! She can however, still cast spells!

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