pickaxerope and grapplewaterskin (grab a few)dwarven aleVisit the nekojin elder (Ornate Tent, Dusty Village, Scorching Desert)
ask elder traders (abil 134(1) granted)Go to the Saracen Hideout (Scorching Desert), kill saracen raider's, and collect saracen head's (25% drop rate).
Go to guard sergeant (Small Pyramid Entrance, Scorching Desert)
ask guard sergeant head (abil 134(2) granted)Go to Master Trader Tolgard (Small Pyramid, Scorching Desert) and get a heavy box
ask master trader tolgard favorGo to Meia (Curio Shop, Silvermere)
ask meia box (abil 134(3) granted)Return to Master Trader Tolgard (Small Pyramid, Scorching Desert)
ask master trader tolgard return (abil 134(4) granted)Go to seeress (Small Pyramid, Scorching Desert)
ask seeress accept (abil 134(5) granted)Go to the Secret Library (Golden Palace, Scorching Desert)
MegMUD users note: If in a party you will need to break party and have each member run the Muddy Underwater passage from the Bountiful Oasis. Your party leader will otherwise dive into the pool, leaving your other party members behind, then end up sitting in the Muddy Passage where they will drown waiting for the party
Read the blue book
peruse blue book (abil 134(6) granted)Read the red book
peruse red book (abil 134(7) granted)This action has a chance of failing as it is based on randomization roll check derived from your intellect attribute. If you see the text: "Despite countless minutes of painstaking translation, you find nothing that will help you in your quest. However, the book has many pages, and further study may yield something of benefit." - it has failed. Wait 10 seconds and try again. If you see the text beginning with: "After some time of fruitless translation, you suddenly come upon a short passage detailing a part of the history of the pharaoh:" it has succeeded.
Return to seeress (Small Pyramid, Scorching Desert)
ask seeress return (abil 134(8) granted)Go to withered old man (Storeroom, Small Pyramid) this is where you need the dwarven ale*
ask withered old man ale (abil 134(9) granted)Go to the Black Pit (Red Iron Mine, Sandstone Quarry, Scorching Desert)
Hideous abomination and spiny tentacle spawns in this room. Though killing these monsters are not actually necessary to this quest, you may have a very difficult time with the next step if you do not kill them.
mineThis action has a chance of failing as it is based on randomization roll check derived from your strength attribute.If you see the text:You toil at mining some ore, but are unsuccessful this time.- it has failed. Wait 10 seconds and try again. If you see the text: "After some minutes of hard work hacking at the ore vein, you finally manage to extract a sizeable chunk of the red metal",it has succeeded. You will be given the item red iron ore. You may drop your
pickaxeat this point. You may mine multiple red iron ore and give them to other players. No ability flags are set on themineaction.
Go to Master Smith Martok (Forge of Khazarad, Khazarad) You need 10 platinum each here
ask master smith martok red iron weaponred iron axe, red iron hammer, or red iron dagger)Go to Tomb of the Pharaoh (Scorching Desert) (see maps on mudinfo/elsewhere or use MegaMud path)
Kill Pharaoh Rahstep with your red iron weapon (abil 134(10) granted)
go portalDao Lord (Red IRON WEAPON REQUIRED TO ATTACK HIM) - (abil 134(11) granted)Go to Orfeo Talespinner (Misty Valley) and claim your reward.
ask orfeo dao+---------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------+---------------+-----------+-------+
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| B - Push Block Opens Correponding & |
| S - Sphinx |
| X - Starting Point For The Level |
| F - Floating Key (Drops Golden Lion Key) |
| % - Use Golden Lion Key |
| H - Shaft (Go Shaft) |
| P - Pharaoh Rastep |
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Level 1: Timed - Either be done within 5 minutes, or fall down to firepits
s,w,n,n,n,e,s,e,push block,w,n,w,s,s,s,e,n,e,s,e,n,n,n,n,e,n,push block,s,w,s,w,n,n,w,n,w,n,n,n,n,e,
e,push block,w,w,s,s,e,s,e,s,e,n,n,w,n,e,n,e,e,e,e,e,s,e,n,e,s,s,w,w,w,n,w,w,s,w,s,s,e,n,e,e,e,push
block,w,w,w,s,w,n,n,e,n,e,e,s,e,e,s,s,e,s,s,s,s,s,s,w,w,n,e,n,n,w,s,w,push block,e,n,e,n,w,n,n,w,w,
s,w,n,ask sphinx fire,u
Level 2: Chaos - Pitch black rooms, blades & darts (poison) hit you, weird noises
s,e,s,e,e,n,w,n,n,n,e,n,e,n,w,w,w,w,s,w,n,w,w,w,s,s,s,e,e,s,s,w,n,ask sphinx sun,u
Level 3: Doors - Some doors open by themselves, some you can bash, and some do not open
e,e,n(wait),w,w,n,n,e,e,e,e(wait),e,e,s(wait),w,s,s,w,w,e,s(wait),w(golden lion key),w,s,e,
ask sphinx stars,u
Level 4: Footpath - Follow in the path of the answer to the riddle to spell out "fourteen"
w,w,n,n,n,n,e,e,s,w,s,s,e,s,e,e,n,n,n,w,s,u
Level 5: Standard - Nothing fancy here except you can "go shaft" at the H's to get out (down to firepits)
n,w,w,s,e,ask sphinx time,u
Level 6: Pharaoh Rastep
go portal, or hangup (back to sphinx on level 5)
You will receive 1,000,000 experience and a sunstone wristband.
Name: sunstone wristband
Worn: Wrist
Armr Type: Natural
Level: 20
Enc: 0
AC/DR: 1/0
Acc: 0
Crits: 0
AC/Enc: 10
Abilities:
- Alter HP +25
- MaxDamage +1
- LoyalItem +1
- MaxMana +10
- Negates: confusion(63), hypnotic hands(300), shriek(191), creature illusion(380),
gibbers(381), desert sandstorm(713), confusion(829), song of dazzling(53),
high-pitched scream(83), gazes(328)
You will get the Sunstone Wristband!
Collect 1,000,000 points for your hard work.
(don't read if you want to figure them out yourself)
These riddles are for the Sphinx.
Riddle #1 - Feed it and it will live. Give it water and it dies.
Answer - Fire
Riddle #2 - I daily view the world around. I never eat yet by my power produce what millions do devour.
Answer - sun
Riddle #3 - At night they come without being fetched. By day they are gone without being stolen.
Answer - stars
Riddle #4 - A father gave his only son half his pile of gold plus one. The wife took half the rest plus two. One gold was left for other use. How much did the father start with?
Answer - fourteen
Read This Too - For this riddle, you don't tell your answer to the Sphinx. You have yo moves through the rooms and go over the letters to spell it out. If you go over the same letter, or go into a room with the wrong letter, you fall.
Riddle #5 - The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space.
The beginning of every end and the end of every place.
Answer - time