Chessboard

Continent: Laenor

Level Limit:
  • Some of the rooms in the caverns are blocked to players over level 30
  • Enforced by a "mysterious force"
  • The rooms aren't even that interesting, so not sure why there is a level limit there.
Description:
  • Popular place to kill monsters
    • The pawns are easy for newbies
    • The higher level chess pieces are popular for mid-level characters, and often make good hosts/zombies for players in the Nergal guild
  • The pawns are the closest thing you can find in Batmud to training dummies. You can use them to gauge how much damage you are doing and try out new skills/spells on them.

Quests:

  • None that I know of. 
Equipment:
  • The chess pieces all drop equipment you can sell, but none of the equipment is worth keeping
Open Questions:
  • I've heard that the rooms behind the "murder rooms" in the chessboard are special explore rooms. I haven't been able to verify that though.
  • Not really sure what the kings drop or what is past the "murder rooms"
  • What's so interesting about the rooms that have a level limit on them?
  • The old chamber mentions that the chateau used to go north and west from it. The tower also mentions being part of a chateau. What happened here? Is there some sort of secret or did another area belong there before getting moved?
Map:
Map of Chessboard Area

Notes:

Chess pieces will turn aggressive on you based on your alignment. So white pieces will attack if you are of evil alignment and vise versa.

Entrance (Chateau):
  • To the north/west are hallways with spiders. The spiders on their own are easy but if there are a number of them in the same room it can get tricky. They also sometimes wimpy and run into different rooms.
  • Going up the tower will be blocked if you are over level 30.
  • Also going out to the cliff area will be blocked if you are over level 30.
  • At the top of the tower are 6 bats that are aggressive. They may be a challenge for newbies exploring the area.
Chessboard:
  • I "think" the queen drops a key. There is a locked door behind where the king would be that can be unlocked by it.
    • Note: Do not go down that hallway unless you have an experienced party. There is an agro cardinal, and a bunch of supporting creatures there. Also the rooks keep you from fleeing so you will likely die.

    Kill Tracker:

    • Spider
      • 800 - 2800 exp
    • Large bat
      • 900 - 1900 exp
    • Pawn
      • Roughly 1800 exp each

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