Avernum 4 Annotated Maps

Basalt Fortress

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Edge of the world				FortSaffron
Western Wastes

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Cache: Mandrake Root, Graymold
Notable items: Icedrake Vambraces, Blessed Bracers, Stability Belt, Quicksilver Sandals, Worgskin Cloak
Stats: Divine Restoration, Divine Host, Arcane Blow

Talk with Kabraxaz, then head east. Beef up, then take the vahnatai guarding the doors out. You can then either recruit the friendly vahnatai to your cause or kill the enemies on your own. Either way works. As you make your way through the fortress, be on the lookout for crystals of divine restoration and divine host (requires a bit more arcane lore).

Head to the NW, and some wolves will be let out of pens behind you. Kill them, then explore their pen for two caches. Disable the machine immediately to the south to help the vahnatai keep fighting. Head south and kill the drake for some icedrake vambraces (cold resistance but otherwise similar to some of your items), and a nest with blessed bracers.

Head south and you'll find the room in which the three great shades were made. Grab the control rod from the west, and head down the nearby stairs.

Follow the vahnatai east, and kill the few enemies here. Then head back and south. Prep yourself, and fight a whole bunch more vahnatai. They drop a number of decent items, including a stability belt. Look at the nearby crystal to improve your arcane blow spell. Head up and hit the lever (it's a bit hard to see), then head out of this area and meet up with the vahnatai. Bless/shield/haste, and attack Rentar.

If you want the diplomatic ending of the game, be friendly to her. Otherwise, be aggressive. She has 3 forms, the first two are relatively easy. The last one summons a rain of fire every turn (heal every turn), and shields Rentar. Use acid, poison, and repel spirit on her. If the vahnatai have survived, this fight is fairly easy, relatively speaking. She teleports away. Loot Rentar's body for some quicksilver sandals, worgskin cloak, and a fine waveblade.

Now that you have the control rod, return to the castle. Tell them about what happened (especially Correlea). Now you can kill the shades. I'd head first to Silvar and take out the shade there, as Silvar has one of the best trainers in the game. You probably have a few thousand coins burning a hole in your pocket, and this is an excellent way to use them.

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