The Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid is aimed at Adepts but a tough group of well-equipped Experts might be fine. If you try it out be careful. There is also a death trap in this zone marked 'DT' on the map to the east of the Unstable Tunnel (Ut). Running east and west through it will enable you to get through it - and you need to to complete the quest in this zone. There are also a number of booby traps in the pyramid and they range from 30 to 60 damage per trap - bring a thief if you're worried.

Shortly after you enter the Pyramid you'll find a locked, stone seal. To open it you need to collect four disks from around the Pyramid and put them into the Dias to unlock the seal. The first is from the Tomb Robber in the End of Hallway (Eh) in a large bag. The second Disk is In a Narrow Recess (Nr). Examine the sand to see what is hidden there but beware - you can be made to fall asleep. The third disk is held by a mummy in the Crypt on the Second Level. The last disk is hidden in a Small Alcove (Sa) and to get to it you have to run past a timed DT (the Unstable Tunnel) marked DT on the map Beneath the Pyramid. Once you have all four use 'put disk stone' in Before the Great Seal (Bg) to open the way east.

There are several Treasure Rooms (Tr) in the Pyramid but most of them are actually mimics. Silver Key held by the Stone Golem in the Stone Chamber (Sh). Unlocks the silver treasure chest in the Treasure Room at the top of the pyramid. The Golden key form the CLay Golem in the Chamber of Clay (Cc) unlocks the door to the Treasure Chamber itself.

To get to the Secret Treasure Room you must kill the Pharoah and use the Sandy key in the Dusty CHamber (Du). To open the way down to Beneath the Pyramid type 'push statue' in the Altar Room (Ar) on the Ground Floor.

Lastly, if you want to get out of the zone from Beneath the Pyramid you can use the Sledgehammer in the Dead end (De) to smash the ceiling up (type 'unlock ceiling'). It opens a way up to Outside the Great Pyramid (Op) in Anauroch.

If you'd like to make a quick run to this zone, we recommend the following directions, starting at The Common in Shadowdale: 4s2wn4w4n2w3s8w2n2w2nwnue2nw2n2ws. You must be flying to use this route.

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Al	- Small Altar	Ar	- Altar Room
Bg	- Before the Great Seal	Bs	- Blocked By Sand
Cs	- A Circular Shaft	De	- Dead End
Du	- A Dusty Chamber	Ec	- Entrance to the Crypts
Eh	- End of Hallway	Em	- Embalming Chamber
En	- End of Tthe Tunnel	Et	- Empty Treasure Room
Gg	- The Grand Gallery	Ic	- Into the Crypts
Kc	- King's CHamber	Ll	- Lower Level of the Pyramid
Lp	- A Large Pit	Lt	- A Large Tomb
Nr	- in a Narrow Recess	Ns	- A Narrow Shaft
Nt	- Nearing the Top	Oc	- An Open Chamber
Pc	- Prince's Chamber	Ph	- Pyramid Hallway
Pi	- Passage Intersection	Ps	- A Plugged Shaft
Qc	- Queen's Chamber	Sa	- Sandy Tunnels
Sc	- Stone Corridor	Se	- Secret Treasure Room
Sh	- A Stone Chamber	Sm	- Small Alcove
Sp	- Stone Passageway	Sr	- Storage Room
Ss	- A Spiral Staircase	St	- Stone Crypts
Tb	- Tunnels Beneathe The Pyramid	Tc	- Tomb Chamber
To	- TOmb of the Pharoah	Tp	- Top of the Pyramid
Tr	- Treasure Room	Tt	- Twisted Tunnel
Up	- Underground Pool	Us	- Underground Stream
Ut	- Unstable Tunnel