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Full Designs of the Duergar Walkthrough

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Though dwarven sappers had cut off access to the forge from their Halls, the verbeeg managed to break in through the exterior gate.

What they didn't count on were the duergar who had their own designs on Annuragon's Forge.

The duergar had hidden the runestone keys to lock the forge gate. We would have to recover those keys before we could enter the forge and deal with the verbeeg inside.

Main Objectives

♦ Reach the Portal
♦ Reach the submerged cavern
♦ Reach Annuragon's Tomb
♦ Retrieve the Annuragon's Tomb's runestone
♦ Locate Gruuln Threechin
♦ Retrieve the runestone from Gruuln Threechin
♦ Reach the statue of Annuragon
♦ Retrieve the runestone near Annuragon's statue
♦ Reach the mushroom field
♦ Retrieve the runestone hidden at the mushroom field
♦ Locate the runestone sockets
♦ Place all of the runestones to gain entry to Annuragon's Forge
♦ Defeat Thurn Dreamreader

Optional

♦ Retrieve Dwarven Mugs 0/10
♦ Defeat Hoarks Shalefoot

Walkthrough

Reach the submerged cavern

Start moving forward and take the right, break the wooden barricade and loot the place. Go back and go up the stairs. Follow the way to the first large gate. Defeat the Duergar.

Reach Annuragon's Tomb

Jump to the next platform. Break the stones on the right corner and collect the tablet. Destroy the barricade on the left, and collect the crystal with a ranged attack. Advance to the next area, and defeat the Goblins and a Duergar. At this point you will be able to perform a Short Rest.

To the left there's a short path with a chest and a few steps ahead there's also another path where you have to jump and climb teh wooden platform, explore to the right and at the very end there's a Big Chest. Go back and follow the waypoints, climb the wall, through the bridge until you move to the next area and defeat the Goblins, the Duergar and the Verbeeg. Climb the wooden platform on the right and loot the chest, and collect the Explosive Barrel behind those other barrels. Jump down next to the poisonous field and place the explosive barrel next to wooden structure. Blow it, and collect the Dwarven Mug. Return to the area where you fought the last enemies, up the stairs jump to the other platform. Defeat the Duergar and the Verbeeg in the next area, you may use the explosive barrels around to defeat them quickly. You will be able to perform a Short Rest at this point. On that bridge there's a stretch wood that leads you to a piece of red carpet that you can climb to the left. Loot the chest. Break the wooden wall in front of the chest and collect the Dwarven Mug inside that cage on the left. Keep going forward, and pull the lever to make a platform accesible for later. Follow the waypoints back to the main way and pass through the big gate.

Retrieve the Annuragon's Tomb's runestone

Loot around every breakable thing, go up the stairs and collect the Tablet over the big altar, the stones around the room are all breakable and there's also a Dwarven Mug behind one of them. To the left of the altar there's a Dwarven Runestone. Collect it.

Locate Gruuln Threechin

Follow the waypoints, jump to the other side, cross the bridge, to the left there's a breakable floor, hit it with your ranged attack. Before you jump down, break the stones behind you and gain the Warmth status effect, now jump down, and sprint to the Big Chest at the end, do this quickly to avoid Cold Damage. Loot it, collect the tablet on the table to the left and go back. Reach the gate, open it with the lever close to it. Gruuln Trheechin is located in the center of this area.

Retrieve the runestone from Gruuln Threechin

Defeat the Goblins, the Duergar and Gruuln Threechin. When you defeat the last of them, you will be able to perform a Short Rest and the Runestone will appear next to Gruuln Threechin body.

Reach the statue of Annuragon

Follow the waypoints through the barricades. Cross the bridge. You can jump to a cave inside the mountain to your left. Break the stones, loot the chest and pull the lever at the end of the cave. Jump to the arena in the middle and defeat the Duergar. Loot the chest at the corner and then follow the wooden bridge, jump to the platform you just lifted with the lever and to the other side, pick up the Dwarven Mug and loot the big chest on the right. Go back to the arena, break the stones to reveal the firesword, gain the Warmth status effect and jump to the next platform full of stalagmites, break them and find Hoarsk Shalefoot. Defeat him. Loot the big chest. Regain or recharge Warmth if necesary. Go back, follow the waypoints, to the left, climb back up, use the lever to go up. 

Retrieve the runestone near Annuragon's statue

Defeat the Trolls. At this point you will be able to perform a Short Rest. Collect the Dwarven Runestone and the Dwarven Mug.

Reach the mushroom field

Jump down to the next area, turn right and collect the Tablet. Loot the chest and go back up. Advance a little and go down the stairs. Follow the waypoints, jump, and before you climb up, ltake the ladder down to the right a loot the chest. Go back up, climb the wall to the mushroom field.

Retrieve the runestone hidden at the mushroom field

Defeat the Verbeeg, the Goblins, the Goblin Booyahg. At this point you will be able to perform a Short Rest. Collect the Dwarven Mug on the right close to the wall on the floor. Go back to the main area, climb the ladder on the wall, use a ranged attack to make the barrels explode and you will be able to cross the tunnel without receiving any Acid Damage. Follow the railway, defeat the Duergar and collect the Runestone. 

Locate the runestone sockets

Go to the left, jump to the other side. On the right there's a sign that you can press to activate it. And behind it, there are some breakable stones hiding another sign to activate. To the left there are another two signs, then to the right another two. Solve the puzzle and interact with the Shrine to gain an extra attribute point. Loot the chest next to it. Follow the waypoints back, turn to the right, at the end, then to the left there are some platforms that you can jump to reach the other side, careful not to fall to the poisonous field. Defeat the Verbeeg and the Duergar. On the right corner, there's a Dwarven Mug on a table and a tablet next to it. Opposite to it, there's a wooden wall that you can break hiding a chest. Going back to the main path there's a Big Chest on a hidden path that is revealed by breaking the wooden wall. The path is very stretch. Loot it and go back to main. Follow the waypoint until you reach a big gate.

Place all of the runestones to gain entry to Annuragon's Forge

There 4 slots where you can place the runestones you collected throughout the mission.

Defeat Thurn Dreamreader

Once you placed all the runestones, you'll get surrounded by Gnolls and Duergar. Defeat them and defeat Thurn Dreamreader. Thurn Dreamreader does not present a big battle, and it becomes much easier and quick if you saved your ultimate for him.

 

 

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