Overview
A simple guide showing the locations of all three runes for the underground city part of the main quest line.
Introduction
Since you decided to check out this guide, I am assuming that you are okay with the spoilers. The location of these runes are not too difficult to find, however, I could see people having trouble finding them if they missed some locations and can’t figure out where they missed.
Granted all players could probably find all runes eventually by examining every inch of the map. But I know many of us would rather just get it over with and move on with the plot/character progression.
Crystal Golem Cave
The first rune is located within the Crystal Golem Cave. The cave is located in the Northwest section of the Darkwoods map.
In the picture above, you can see Barnabas’s herb garden in the top right corner. The Crystal Golem cave is not too far away from his house and is surrounded by stone blocks.
The blocks can be pushed by a single left click. They can be pushed diagonallly, making the “puzzle” extremely easy to solve.
Once inside, you will have to clear out several Crystal Golems before reaching a room in the deepest part of the cave. if you have ways to get to the room without fighting, that also works.
The first rune is located in the chest.
Old Cemetery
The second rune is located within a Sealed Tomb in the Northeast section of the Darkwoods map.
First you will have to find the Old Cemetery, the location is big enough to have special markers on the map by default.
The picture above shows the Old Cemetery. Notice on the map how there’s black dots scattered in an area representing the graves. To the left of the Old Cemetery you will see the Sealed Tomb.
The tomb has fireball traps on two sides, there are also two Skeleton Guardians on watch. They will not move away from the Sealed Tomb. Inside the tomb, you can see a candle stand, a head on a spear, a chest, and a teleportation portal. The second rune is inside the chest.
The portal entrance to the Sealed Tomb is just North of the Old Cemetery. You will have to unequip all items (shield, weapon, armor, acessories, ammo) before the portal becomes interactable. It will take you directly into the tomb. Once you are done, you can exit by using the teleportation portal inside the tomb.
Sick Troll
The third rune is located within a chest guarded by a Sick Troll in the Northeast section of the Darkwoods map.
The troll is located in the forest shown above. The forest marker on the map is in a convenient upside down U-shape.
There were talks about whether there’s ways to cure the troll since it has the word “Sick” in its name. The devs also responded in one of the post confirming that you do not need to kill the troll. From what I heard: You need to distract it/get pass it and place a health potion in its chest.
Conclusion
It’s a pretty simple guide, hopefully the directions I gave are clear enough.
There may be changes or additions to this quest in the future, who knows.
If there’s any questions, comments or concerns, feel free to post.
Disclaimer:
I don’t own anything related to this game, except the random funny names I came up with for my custom sword and armors >.>
I made this guide after I have completed the quest quite a while ago, so if my memories failed me miserably and there’s false information presented in this guide…please don’t kill me QwQ. I will make correction asap.