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Overview
Maradino's Lair is hidden in
Luculla Forest North. The entrance is located on the cliff above where you meet Frederick. To detect the entrance, you'll need a character with at least Perception 6, and you'll need to move him next to the tree and boulders in the area. When your character gets close enough, one of the boulders should disappear, revealing the entrance.
1 - Iron Ore Deposit
2 - Study Door
This door will start out locked. You'll find the key for it to the north (#6).
Inside the study you'll find several books about Maradino:
Maradino and the Matchbox,
Maradino's Cold Bones,
Maradino's Devouring Greed,
Maradino's Heavy Rains, and
Maradino's Stormy Nights. You'll also find the
Latest Research (it'll teach you the recipe for
Filters of the Fearless Imp), a
Weresheep Recipe (it'll teach you how to create
Weresheep Armour), and a
Book. Reading the
Book will open the secret door leading to Maradino's Inner Sanctum (#3).
3 - Inner Sanctum Door
This secret door will start out closed. To open it, you'll need to read the
Book in the shelves. Going through the door will give you an exploration xp bonus.
Inside the Inner Sanctum, you'll find a
Blood Stone Shard (which will trigger the quest
Frederick's Blood Stone if you don't have it yet), a
Lightning Bolt Skillbook, and
Maradino's Secret Files (which will give you a way to explore the
Troll King's Cave).
But be careful! When you exit the Inner Sanctum, you'll get attacked by Maradino's Ghost plus an undead adventuring band. Maradino will have more hit points than the adventuring band combined, so you should start with them first. As you kill the undead adventurers, Maradino will raise them back to full health, and they'll begin fighting anew. Normally resurrections like this are bad, but in this case you'll get full xp for killing the adventurers each time you finish them off, and so it's to your advantage to make the fight last for a while. However, eventually Maradino will stop resurrecting the adventurers and start casting spells at you, and that's when you should make a concerted effort to kill him. You'll earn 7875 xp when Maradino dies, and there's a good chance he'll drop a legendary item.
4 - Yox
Yox is involved in the quest
Slaves and Masters. Next to Yox you'll find an
Iron Ore deposit.
5 - Rafflesia Abominabla
At this spot you'll get attacked by a giant flower called Rafflesia Abominabla. It'll hit you with poison, it'll spray you with oil, it'll summon smaller flowers to attack you, and more, but we've never found it to be especially dangerous. You'll earn 4500 xp for defeating the abominabla, and it'll drop some random equipment when it dies.
Note: Around the abominabla you should notice four dirt pressure plates. There isn't a puzzle associated with them. They are just the locations where the abominabla might summon flowers.
Near the abominabla you'll also find a
Silver Ore deposit.
6 - Hidden Mound
With enough Perception, you'll detect a hidden mound here, and digging it up will produce the Key to the Study (#1).
Exits
- Exit to
Luculla Forest North.