Secrets of the Sidewinder Caverns

Quest Points: 12

Difficulty: Medium

Location: Bandar Gaah, Tehur, & Snake Cave.

Description: Collectors, merchants, and explorers from all around the continent are trying to solve the secrets of the sidewinder caverns. A cave full of snake and reptiles hides an ancient temple. A temple of treasure, mazes, and other puzzles guarded by a band of thieves. Can you help the collector solve the secrets of those caverns?

Prerequisites: Basic resists and dispels, glimpse/x-ray, see invisible.

Challenges: Undead priests, undead thieves, sand demons, dark elves, fire elementals, green dragons, snakes.

Rewards: None

Getting Started

1. Go northeast of Bandar Gaah.
2. Enter the dark cave on the world map.
3. Traverse the cave until you enter the dark elf city of Tehur.

Pyrite Nugget

1. From the entrance to Tehur, go to the NE corner and cross the bridge to go east a map.
2. Enter the north doors that are the second set of doors from the west. You should enter a bank.
3. Push the barrels to reveal a staircase going down.
4. Grab the Pyrite Nugget.

The Merchant

1. Leave Tehur and go SW on the world map and enter Bandar Gaah.
2. Take the path east, through the city, to enter Jbel.
3. Enter the gold tent immediately to the east of the city gates.
4. Tap on the merchant to give him the Pyrite Nugget and receive a Small Ruby.

The Collector

1. Leave Jbel and Bandar Gaah and go directly north on the world map and enter the snake cave.
2. Go north to find another snake cave surrounded by gates. Drop your Small Ruby on the altar to open the gates and enter the cave.
3. Go west two maps and south one map.
4. Look for a bolder you can push diagonally to reveal a staircase down. Go down the staircase.
5. Tap on the collector and select all the dialogue options. Write down the password he gives you.

Poor Mitch

1. Return upstairs.
2. Go two maps north and one map east.
3. Locate the adventurer that is crushed by a boulder named Mitch.
4. Tap on him and select all the dialogue options until he reveals which chalice you need to retrieve and write it down for future use.

Small Diamond

1. Go south two maps from Mitch.
2. Move another boulder and go down another staircase. If you enter a gold room you went down the correct staircase.
3. Follow the corridor until you fall into a pit. Go north two maps to enter a room with doors in the NW and NE.
4. Enter the NE map first to enter a side-scroller.
5. Drop down each pit in the side-scroller until you find the pit with a skull key. Grab the skull key and return to the start of the side-scroller but this time traverse the side-scroller to the end.
6. You will find an undead priest chained to a fence. Tell him the password you got from the collector earlier. Lastly, tap on him and select “help” to receive a small diamond.

Quest for the Cup

1. Return to the map with the two doors, enter the NW door.
2. Traverse the maze, checking the walls for invisible paths.
3. Use the skull key from earlier to unlock the door at the end of the maze.
4. Drop your small diamond on the altar to lower the gate so you can continue. 
5. Follow the corridor until you find two undead thieves. Kill them both and grab the gold key from one of their corpses.
6. Unlock the door with the key.
7. Grab the chalice that Mitch described to you earlier. You can only grab one at a time so make sure you grab the correct one.
8. Return to the snake cave and go back down the staircase that leads to the collector from the “The Collector” section.
9. Tap on him to give him the chalice and finish the quest.