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from: James D. Buskirk
70571.2357@compuserve.com
jbuskirk@ix.netcom.com
this file was scanned (along w/ my whole hard drive) w/ Norton A-V,
july 1996 defs before i upliaded.
This a Star Strail: Realms Of Arkania walkthru. it may be late, but with
with part 3 out soon, i thought some might still want to finish. i have
now played the games about 7 times.
please give me feedback if you don't mind. this is my first attempt at
anything short of lurking!
if i have done anything inappropriately, please let me know!
i hope this helps, feel free to send corrections or clarifications to me.
Thanks To:
- whoever put together ROA threads on compuserve. no credits
in thread, but its called STARTRAL.TXT, and it was a HUGE help.
- a FAQ from CServe, ST-TRAIL.TXT
Credits: Garfield (4darkow@informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
Bobbie (bobbiekat@aol.com)
Dirk (Dirk.Bruggemann@durham.ac.uk)
Rick (redrick@delphi.com)
Lance (pfrench@clark.net)
Ernst
(Ernst.Eigenbauer@VM.AKH-WIEN.AC.AT)
Drifter (banz@pegasus.rutgers.edu)
Mike (Spectre350@AOL.com)
Lord Soth (cmd@aimnet.com)
Barbara (barbara@albion.franken.de)
Scott (author of a mini-FAQ)
+ others!
Tim (tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
***********************
* Calendar Of Arkania *
***********************
********** *********
* Months * * Days *
********** *********
Praois \ Rohalsday
Rondra > Summer Fireday *
Efferd / Waterday
Travia \ Windsday
Boron > Fall Earthday
Hesinde / Marketday
Firun \ Praiosday **
Tsa > Winter
Phex / * open market in Kvirasim
Peraine \ ** open market in Gashok
Ingerimm > Spring
Rahja /
9 days with no name
*******************
* Holidays *
*******************
1 Praios: Summer Solstice
2,3 Praios: Festival Of Praios
5 Rondra: Oath Day
30 Efferd: Feast Of Testing
24 Boron: Emperor's Birthday
1 Peraine: Sowing Festival
1 Ingerimm: Day Of Fire
30 Rahja: Cleansing Festival
unknown: Sword Festival
unknown: Day Of Water
unknown: Fourth Rastullahellah
unknown: Mistfestival
unknown: Fisherman's Festival
unknown: Feast Of Testing
unknown: Homecoming Day
unknown: Harvest Festival
unknown: Day Of Heroes
unknown: Day Of Loyalty
unknown: Festival Of The Dead
unknown: Fifth Rastullahellah
unknown: Day Of The Big Sleep
unknown: Rohal's Cloaking
unknown: Enlightenment Festival
unknown: Hunt Day
unknown: Ifirn's Day
unknown: First Rastullahellah
unknown: Day Of Renewal
unknown: Phex Day
unknown: Lucky Day
unknown: Comtemplation Festival
unknown: Sowing Festival
unknown: Second Rastullahellah
unknown: Day Of Fire
unknown: Embarkation Day
unknown: Day Of Weaponsmiths
unknown: Festival Of Joys
unknown: Cleansing Festival
*****************************
* Cities & Towns of Arkania *
*****************************
Kvirasim: Fireday Market, armorer, merchant, herbist
herb woman w/ ALL herbs, no blacksmith, inn
Gashok: Praiosday Market, armorer, merchant, herbist
blackmith, anti-disease elixir, inns
Lowangen: limited supplies, weapons
2 blacksmiths, warehouse, 2 brothels, inns sometimes
Teifhusen: herbs, armorer, 2 blacksmith, warehouse, inns
Tjolmar: blacksmith, warehouse, 2 inns, herbs
Norhus: inn, boats
Hillvalla: inn, ferry
Hillhouse: inn
Svall: inn
Hiltorp: inn. blacksmith, temple of ingerimm
New Lowangen: inn, temple of praios
Temple Of Tsa: (no village name)
********************
* Gashok Adventure *
********************
NOT NECESSARY!
a. goto gashok, see the herbalist in the tent that is open everyday.
ask ARTHERION, she will tell you where to find him.
b. find Artherion, tell him "you will avenge him".
c. go back to gashok. see herbalist again, ask FOREIGNERS.
then ask VALPOR.
d. find valpor, he will tell you of erhold and deregorn.
e. see erhold, kill.
f. see deregorn, kill, seize evidence.
g. leave gashok immediately, seek out artherion, he will give you
sword and bow.
h. you will be jailed by the people of gashok if you go near there
again, and they tell tell you never to return. they take nothing
and i've gone back many times, so don't worry aboout it.
********************
* Finsterkamm *
********************
a. enter through the front or back. each is one way. the back entrance
collapses after you enter or leave. the key to the front entrance
gets stuck.
b. leave through the front or back. to go in the front, keep asking
the priest in the temple in the finsterkoppen for the key until he
relents. this key will get stuck after you enter. you will need the
rich silver key to exit this way.
i went in the back entrance. level 1 is the 1st level town entrance.
DON'T TOUCH ANY GRAVES OR RELIGIOUS LOOKING STUFF. i pillaged all
chests.
GRAB ALONG WAY!!! chain, crank, torch, crowbar,
Level 1:
a. climb shaft all the way to top. get a double-bearded key. you will
need it on level 4 to get stone.
b. get asthenil ring from charcoal bin near entrance.
Level 2:
a. use chain, crank to escape room.
b. "moose" is answer to golems riddle. give him something worthless as
a gift. he'll take anything. get rich silver key from him. this is
key to 1st level exit out of the 'Kamm.
c. get stone medallion from undead in room w/ switch on wall. flick
switch, kill dwarves.
d. fight gargoyles, approach painting, fight them. i dont know if this
is necessary.
Level 3:
a. found copper key, dont know if it is needed.
b. switch on wall of path i did not touch.
c. round wheel on wheel drains pool. might be on level 2. swim in it first
and you will find magic water bottle.
d. use crowbar to open cover to level 4 once pool is drained.
Level 4:
a. take 1 set of leathers. have someone put them on. wear asthenil ring.
take torch. go alone. cross plates. use torch on round wall thing to
open secret door. explore room. golem will find you. give him stone
medallion. he will start to forge sword. find chests, open. you will
find salamder stone. ypu will be asked to trade it for sword. press
escape. take stone. find golem. he will give you sword. leave.
b. leave the pits.
********************
* Lowangen *
********************
leave two people in camp outside lowangen to hold stuff. be sure to leave
them water and food. you will have to leave two people in lowangen and go
to the swamps, so plan well and have the 4 people you really want to go
to the swamps.
a. ask about dragan, find him.
ask dragan GAVRON, TRAVEL
ask dragan weapons or food, whatever you need most.
you will be asked to do a favor for each of the questions. all pretty
easy.
- get vinsalter. he is on east half of town, middle, on the west river
bank. drink water at toll bridge to increase CH.
- deliver package to guy at hall. go to hall of power. ask about the
guy (i forgot his name). his house is on west half of town, all the
way north, then west, facing south, give package, then book.
- steal brooch, pretty easy, dont get caught! museum is in east half of
town, below hall of power. go at night.
b. got white house inn, ask ALIEN SILVERSPRINGS,
c. find him, kill, take stone, this is the real one!
d. go to tavern, wait, gavron will post.
e. follow him, he will snitch on vindaria, she is 1 pace east, 3 paces south
of canal tavern.
f. find her, kill, take fake stone.
g. find black jandora, 4 paces north of rod and mare brothel. she will tell
of way out.
h. go see academy guy to leave town. you will have to leave two members of
of your party behind.
********************
* Swamp *
********************
a. see witch in sw of swamp. take herbs, doesn't matter. she will tell
you of wizard, that she want a crystal ball.
b. goto chest near empty house. turn STEPWISE OFF in game options. click
on chest until it opens. turn STEPWISE ON again. take net and document.
c. find wizard. in tower in water in north of swamp. use words against
spirit monster, LOVE MERCY PITY. take crytal ball, document.
d. find single rantzy. in canal running east-west west of wizard tower.
in a 4 square area w/ no access except back in canal. put net in
persons left hand. use it in battle. catch him.
e. west in canal to land north of canal. find heather. take 18th one.
read both documents. give that person heather, rantzy, and both
documents. use heather. he will turn into agdan. if you do not have
extra shoes for him you maight want to wait until closer to lowangen
to transform him. you will given lowangen key to keep.
f. pretty good fight with "t-rex" in middle of swamp.
********************
* Blood Peaks *
********************
i entered thru northenmost blood peaks entrance. almost all the way west,
if you all the way west from tiefhusen, then south while keeping to the
west, you find this entrance.
Level 1:
a. 2 secret doors. one in room w/ weapons, one in room w/ table.
b. take spear.
Level 2:
a. go south, then west into prisoner cells. here you will find the
salamander stone.
b. find pliers key, will open chest in north cell.
c. find lynx key.
d. find spectacled key west of calls.
e. spear opens door behind cabinet.
Level 3:
a. find copper key, will open secret 1st level door.
b. find cast iron key, will open secret 1st level door.
When leaving the peaks, BOOK to tiefhusen. FORCE MARCH the whole way.
"The Pursuers" are bad!
********************
* Phex Dungeon *
********************
NOT NECESSARY!
a. ask HENSGER in town. you will be referred to him.
b. find hensger outside of town walls, n area. he will tell you to return at
sunrise.
c. if you miss sunrise don't worry. i met him at sunrise 5 days later.
d. he will lock you in phex dungeon.
e. anwser to question riddle is "NIGHT". opens door facing south.
f. anwser to puzzle. click until you get 3 foxes. opes door facing north.
g. five 1000 ducats and door facing E opens.
h. i still don't know if this is the real star trail axe you find?
i. at end, bow to statue or you will killed in town.
********************
* Tjolmar Pit *
********************
a. goto tjolmar. find ingramoshs house. stone wil cancel spell.
go in.
b. kill attackers. take vellum. Look at it. if it says "2L 4R 4L" on
it, push the walls in the right order, ie. 2 Left, 4 Right and 4
Left from that passage.
c. trapped in room w/ plant, split party, send one to back of room,
stick fingers in hole, other people can hold door up while guy in back
rejoins party. dont forget to take flame key from bush.
d. take black statue form large statue, secret door will now exist east
of statue. this will take you to next level w/o teleport.
d. combination to west door after stone is taken, 1325, no clue
e. to release the girl in ice, leave room, then cast melt solid spell.
be sure to take flame key from room as well.
f. when you find crack in SE that won't open, you must find 4 amulet pieces,
then door will open. very hard. must fight skeleton for each one and they
disappear for a while. go back, get it again. this was ridiculously hard.
the last couple of times i played, i used the UGE to give myself the
pieces.
g. i found door facing N i could not get through. used penetrate spell, then
teleported to other side. this technique WILL work sometimes, use it!
h. to defeat the dragon, have plenty of whirlweed, use blindness spell.
after 500 or hit points the dragon will quit.
70571.2357@compuserve.com
jbuskirk@ix.netcom.com
this file was scanned (along w/ my whole hard drive) w/ Norton A-V,
july 1996 defs before i upliaded.
This a Star Strail: Realms Of Arkania walkthru. it may be late, but with
with part 3 out soon, i thought some might still want to finish. i have
now played the games about 7 times.
please give me feedback if you don't mind. this is my first attempt at
anything short of lurking!
if i have done anything inappropriately, please let me know!
i hope this helps, feel free to send corrections or clarifications to me.
Thanks To:
- whoever put together ROA threads on compuserve. no credits
in thread, but its called STARTRAL.TXT, and it was a HUGE help.
- a FAQ from CServe, ST-TRAIL.TXT
Credits: Garfield (4darkow@informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
Bobbie (bobbiekat@aol.com)
Dirk (Dirk.Bruggemann@durham.ac.uk)
Rick (redrick@delphi.com)
Lance (pfrench@clark.net)
Ernst
(Ernst.Eigenbauer@VM.AKH-WIEN.AC.AT)
Drifter (banz@pegasus.rutgers.edu)
Mike (Spectre350@AOL.com)
Lord Soth (cmd@aimnet.com)
Barbara (barbara@albion.franken.de)
Scott (author of a mini-FAQ)
+ others!
Tim (tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
***********************
* Calendar Of Arkania *
***********************
********** *********
* Months * * Days *
********** *********
Praois \ Rohalsday
Rondra > Summer Fireday *
Efferd / Waterday
Travia \ Windsday
Boron > Fall Earthday
Hesinde / Marketday
Firun \ Praiosday **
Tsa > Winter
Phex / * open market in Kvirasim
Peraine \ ** open market in Gashok
Ingerimm > Spring
Rahja /
9 days with no name
*******************
* Holidays *
*******************
1 Praios: Summer Solstice
2,3 Praios: Festival Of Praios
5 Rondra: Oath Day
30 Efferd: Feast Of Testing
24 Boron: Emperor's Birthday
1 Peraine: Sowing Festival
1 Ingerimm: Day Of Fire
30 Rahja: Cleansing Festival
unknown: Sword Festival
unknown: Day Of Water
unknown: Fourth Rastullahellah
unknown: Mistfestival
unknown: Fisherman's Festival
unknown: Feast Of Testing
unknown: Homecoming Day
unknown: Harvest Festival
unknown: Day Of Heroes
unknown: Day Of Loyalty
unknown: Festival Of The Dead
unknown: Fifth Rastullahellah
unknown: Day Of The Big Sleep
unknown: Rohal's Cloaking
unknown: Enlightenment Festival
unknown: Hunt Day
unknown: Ifirn's Day
unknown: First Rastullahellah
unknown: Day Of Renewal
unknown: Phex Day
unknown: Lucky Day
unknown: Comtemplation Festival
unknown: Sowing Festival
unknown: Second Rastullahellah
unknown: Day Of Fire
unknown: Embarkation Day
unknown: Day Of Weaponsmiths
unknown: Festival Of Joys
unknown: Cleansing Festival
*****************************
* Cities & Towns of Arkania *
*****************************
Kvirasim: Fireday Market, armorer, merchant, herbist
herb woman w/ ALL herbs, no blacksmith, inn
Gashok: Praiosday Market, armorer, merchant, herbist
blackmith, anti-disease elixir, inns
Lowangen: limited supplies, weapons
2 blacksmiths, warehouse, 2 brothels, inns sometimes
Teifhusen: herbs, armorer, 2 blacksmith, warehouse, inns
Tjolmar: blacksmith, warehouse, 2 inns, herbs
Norhus: inn, boats
Hillvalla: inn, ferry
Hillhouse: inn
Svall: inn
Hiltorp: inn. blacksmith, temple of ingerimm
New Lowangen: inn, temple of praios
Temple Of Tsa: (no village name)
********************
* Gashok Adventure *
********************
NOT NECESSARY!
a. goto gashok, see the herbalist in the tent that is open everyday.
ask ARTHERION, she will tell you where to find him.
b. find Artherion, tell him "you will avenge him".
c. go back to gashok. see herbalist again, ask FOREIGNERS.
then ask VALPOR.
d. find valpor, he will tell you of erhold and deregorn.
e. see erhold, kill.
f. see deregorn, kill, seize evidence.
g. leave gashok immediately, seek out artherion, he will give you
sword and bow.
h. you will be jailed by the people of gashok if you go near there
again, and they tell tell you never to return. they take nothing
and i've gone back many times, so don't worry aboout it.
********************
* Finsterkamm *
********************
a. enter through the front or back. each is one way. the back entrance
collapses after you enter or leave. the key to the front entrance
gets stuck.
b. leave through the front or back. to go in the front, keep asking
the priest in the temple in the finsterkoppen for the key until he
relents. this key will get stuck after you enter. you will need the
rich silver key to exit this way.
i went in the back entrance. level 1 is the 1st level town entrance.
DON'T TOUCH ANY GRAVES OR RELIGIOUS LOOKING STUFF. i pillaged all
chests.
GRAB ALONG WAY!!! chain, crank, torch, crowbar,
Level 1:
a. climb shaft all the way to top. get a double-bearded key. you will
need it on level 4 to get stone.
b. get asthenil ring from charcoal bin near entrance.
Level 2:
a. use chain, crank to escape room.
b. "moose" is answer to golems riddle. give him something worthless as
a gift. he'll take anything. get rich silver key from him. this is
key to 1st level exit out of the 'Kamm.
c. get stone medallion from undead in room w/ switch on wall. flick
switch, kill dwarves.
d. fight gargoyles, approach painting, fight them. i dont know if this
is necessary.
Level 3:
a. found copper key, dont know if it is needed.
b. switch on wall of path i did not touch.
c. round wheel on wheel drains pool. might be on level 2. swim in it first
and you will find magic water bottle.
d. use crowbar to open cover to level 4 once pool is drained.
Level 4:
a. take 1 set of leathers. have someone put them on. wear asthenil ring.
take torch. go alone. cross plates. use torch on round wall thing to
open secret door. explore room. golem will find you. give him stone
medallion. he will start to forge sword. find chests, open. you will
find salamder stone. ypu will be asked to trade it for sword. press
escape. take stone. find golem. he will give you sword. leave.
b. leave the pits.
********************
* Lowangen *
********************
leave two people in camp outside lowangen to hold stuff. be sure to leave
them water and food. you will have to leave two people in lowangen and go
to the swamps, so plan well and have the 4 people you really want to go
to the swamps.
a. ask about dragan, find him.
ask dragan GAVRON, TRAVEL
ask dragan weapons or food, whatever you need most.
you will be asked to do a favor for each of the questions. all pretty
easy.
- get vinsalter. he is on east half of town, middle, on the west river
bank. drink water at toll bridge to increase CH.
- deliver package to guy at hall. go to hall of power. ask about the
guy (i forgot his name). his house is on west half of town, all the
way north, then west, facing south, give package, then book.
- steal brooch, pretty easy, dont get caught! museum is in east half of
town, below hall of power. go at night.
b. got white house inn, ask ALIEN SILVERSPRINGS,
c. find him, kill, take stone, this is the real one!
d. go to tavern, wait, gavron will post.
e. follow him, he will snitch on vindaria, she is 1 pace east, 3 paces south
of canal tavern.
f. find her, kill, take fake stone.
g. find black jandora, 4 paces north of rod and mare brothel. she will tell
of way out.
h. go see academy guy to leave town. you will have to leave two members of
of your party behind.
********************
* Swamp *
********************
a. see witch in sw of swamp. take herbs, doesn't matter. she will tell
you of wizard, that she want a crystal ball.
b. goto chest near empty house. turn STEPWISE OFF in game options. click
on chest until it opens. turn STEPWISE ON again. take net and document.
c. find wizard. in tower in water in north of swamp. use words against
spirit monster, LOVE MERCY PITY. take crytal ball, document.
d. find single rantzy. in canal running east-west west of wizard tower.
in a 4 square area w/ no access except back in canal. put net in
persons left hand. use it in battle. catch him.
e. west in canal to land north of canal. find heather. take 18th one.
read both documents. give that person heather, rantzy, and both
documents. use heather. he will turn into agdan. if you do not have
extra shoes for him you maight want to wait until closer to lowangen
to transform him. you will given lowangen key to keep.
f. pretty good fight with "t-rex" in middle of swamp.
********************
* Blood Peaks *
********************
i entered thru northenmost blood peaks entrance. almost all the way west,
if you all the way west from tiefhusen, then south while keeping to the
west, you find this entrance.
Level 1:
a. 2 secret doors. one in room w/ weapons, one in room w/ table.
b. take spear.
Level 2:
a. go south, then west into prisoner cells. here you will find the
salamander stone.
b. find pliers key, will open chest in north cell.
c. find lynx key.
d. find spectacled key west of calls.
e. spear opens door behind cabinet.
Level 3:
a. find copper key, will open secret 1st level door.
b. find cast iron key, will open secret 1st level door.
When leaving the peaks, BOOK to tiefhusen. FORCE MARCH the whole way.
"The Pursuers" are bad!
********************
* Phex Dungeon *
********************
NOT NECESSARY!
a. ask HENSGER in town. you will be referred to him.
b. find hensger outside of town walls, n area. he will tell you to return at
sunrise.
c. if you miss sunrise don't worry. i met him at sunrise 5 days later.
d. he will lock you in phex dungeon.
e. anwser to question riddle is "NIGHT". opens door facing south.
f. anwser to puzzle. click until you get 3 foxes. opes door facing north.
g. five 1000 ducats and door facing E opens.
h. i still don't know if this is the real star trail axe you find?
i. at end, bow to statue or you will killed in town.
********************
* Tjolmar Pit *
********************
a. goto tjolmar. find ingramoshs house. stone wil cancel spell.
go in.
b. kill attackers. take vellum. Look at it. if it says "2L 4R 4L" on
it, push the walls in the right order, ie. 2 Left, 4 Right and 4
Left from that passage.
c. trapped in room w/ plant, split party, send one to back of room,
stick fingers in hole, other people can hold door up while guy in back
rejoins party. dont forget to take flame key from bush.
d. take black statue form large statue, secret door will now exist east
of statue. this will take you to next level w/o teleport.
d. combination to west door after stone is taken, 1325, no clue
e. to release the girl in ice, leave room, then cast melt solid spell.
be sure to take flame key from room as well.
f. when you find crack in SE that won't open, you must find 4 amulet pieces,
then door will open. very hard. must fight skeleton for each one and they
disappear for a while. go back, get it again. this was ridiculously hard.
the last couple of times i played, i used the UGE to give myself the
pieces.
g. i found door facing N i could not get through. used penetrate spell, then
teleported to other side. this technique WILL work sometimes, use it!
h. to defeat the dragon, have plenty of whirlweed, use blindness spell.
after 500 or hit points the dragon will quit.