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Overview

As you explore the world of Eschalon: Book III, you'll sometimes stumble across a secret area. These secret areas will reward you with xp in the amount of 50 x the number of secret areas you've found (so 50 xp for the first one, 100 xp for the second one, and so on), and you'll usually receive some other sort of reward as well. There are 30 secret areas in the game, and we've listed them below.

1. Baasilt Dunes
   
   The secret area here is located off the coast to the west. You'll just need to follow a string of mini-islands to reach it. In the secret area you'll find a random chest.
   
   
2. Castle by the Sea
   
   If you circle around the outside of the castle as far as you can go, then you'll come to a secret area where you'll see the message: "Don't trust Cornelius. He steals shoes."
   
   
3. Deadman's Strand
   
   While in this area you'll meet Crazy Bernard, who will blow himself up when you talk to him. The explosion will be bad for Bernard, but it will be good for you, because it will clear the way to a secret area north of his camp. Inside the secret area, you'll find a barrel containing 100 gp.
   
   
4. East Mirkland Delta
   
   In the southern part of the map you'll discover an anvil. Walking up to the anvil will credit you with finding a secret area. The anvil can't be used for anything.
   
   
5. East Mirkland Delta
   
   You'll find a second secret area by walking up to the barrel behind the giant fish bones. You'll find about 50 gp inside the barrel.
   
   
6. East Mirkland Delta
   
   You'll find a third secret area on the western side of the kingspawn's camp, located in between the wooden walls and the water. You won't be able to do anything with the smooth stone there.
   
   
7. Eastern Astral Range
   
   You'll find the secret area here inside Master Warren's crypt. To enter the crypt, you'll need to figure out that "dida tihvees cnta slaet" is a jumble for "dead thieves can't steal." Inside the crypt, you'll discover a red ceramic jar containing a Diamond Key. The key will unlock Master Warren's chamber in the Gildedmoon Repository section of the Moonrise Underground, where you'll find Bittersting and more.
   
   
8. Elderoak Forest
   
   You'll find the first secret area in a tomb in the northeastern part of the forest. To enter the tomb, you'll need to blow a hole in the fence surrounding it, and you'll also need to pull the lever on the other side of the river to the south (in the next secret area). Inside the tomb, you'll find a green ceramic jar containing some reagents (including Auricflax) and a Large Emerald, and you'll also find a chest with 50-100 gp in it.
   
   
9. Elderoak Forest
   
   The second secret area is located on the eastern side of the map, in the middle of the small "island" there. You can reach the secret area by walking along the bank of the river until you reach the eastern side of the island, and then heading west through a narrow path. Inside the secret area, you'll find a lever. Pulling the lever will open up the tomb to the north (the previous secret area).
   
   
10. Elderoak Forest
    
    The third secret area is located on the eastern edge of the map, on the bank of the river. You'll only be able to reach it via a narrow path from the Valley of the Wanderer. At the secret area you'll find a chest containing a Potion of Invisibility III and over 200 gp.
    
    
11. Lair of the Emayu Witch
    
    The secret area here is located in the gated treasure chamber next to the sacred pool where Baizel appears. To get the chamber open, you'll need to shoot the lever visible through the window to the southwest. Inside the secret area you'll find a random chest.
    
    
12. Macross Point
    
    You'll find the first secret area here on the "island" on the western side of the map (where the Bog Roaches are). To reach it, you'll have to make your way through a narrow path in the mountains to the south. In the secret area you'll find a chest containing 200-400 gp.
    
    
13. Macross Point
    
    You'll discover the second secret area in Macross Point in the northwestern corner of the map, behind a metal wall. You won't be able to blow up the wall, so you'll only be able to reach the secret area via a path from the Eastern Astral Range. Inside the secret area you'll find a skeleton with some random loot.
    
    
14. Mirkland
    
    The secret area here isn't really hidden. You'll find it on the southern coast next to a chest. You'll find random loot inside the chest.
    
    
15. Moonrise
    
    One secret area in Moonrise is located in the cemetery next to the Temple of Rai. To reach it, you'll need to pick open the back door of a house and then walk along the beach for a bit. Inside the cemetery, you'll find a headstone that you can turn, which will open up the secret door in the back wall of the temple. You can also open up the secret door by completing the quest Baptism in Fire.
    
    
16. Moonrise
    
    The second secret area in Moonrise is located in the southeastern corner. You can reach it via a path starting in the Baasilt Dunes and going through the Southern Boglands. Inside the secret area you'll find a trapped and locked random chest, two random barrels, a giant clam with a Pearl inside, and a red ceramic jar containing some gp. To the west of the secret area you'll also find an odd, empty chest.
    
    
17. Moonrise
    
    The third secret area in Moonrise can be found behind the stone wall in the northeastern corner. You won't be able to blow up the wall, so you'll only be able to get behind it via a bridge in the Western Astral Range. In the secret area you'll find a giant clam containing a Large Diamond.
    
    
18. Moonrise Underground
    
    The secret area here is located in the central prison cell in Atrox Deeps. To get sent to the prison cell, you'll need to say the wrong (or right, depending on your perspective) thing to Baelgar in the Gildedmoon Repository. To escape from the cell, you'll need to kill a Spineback Basilisk to get a key, and you'll also have to have previously opened the entrance gates to the prison. You won't find anything particularly interesting inside the prison cell.
    
    
19. Oceana Lowlands
    
    You'll get credit for finding a secret area here when you enter the Wizardtorium in the southwestern part of the map. See the Oceana Lowlands section for information on how to figure out the code for the entrance door. Inside the Wizardtorium, you'll get to choose between increasing an attribute or claiming some equipment.
    
    
20. Omentor Temple
    
    In the second part of the temple, you'll come to a graveyard where you'll need to "feed" a Cheap Glass Crystal to a chest. Right next to the chest you'll discover a secret door that will take you to a secret area. Inside the secret area you'll find a random chest.
    
    
21. Omentor Temple
    
    In the fourth part of the temple, you'll find some secret doors on the western side of the maze with the Goblin Archers. The secret doors will take you to a secret area, which is "a safe place to hide."
    
    
22. Rockhammer
    
    The first secret area here is located in the small clearing on the eastern side of the map. To reach it, you'll have to navigate the narrow path through the trees to the east (starting at the lamp post next to the pond). Inside the secret area, you'll find a chest containing about 100 gp.
    
    
23. Rockhammer
    
    The second secret area here is located in an isolated part of the map only accessible from the Mirkwood Gate in the Southern Boglands or from a path in Deadman's Strand. To reach the secret area, you'll have to use a Powder Keg to blow up the fence blocking the way. At the secret area, you'll discover two levers. If you pull the left lever then you'll gain an attribute point. If you pull the right lever then you'll gain a skill point.
    
    
24. Rockhammer Mine, Level 1
    
    In the southwestern part of the mine (past the dining hall) you'll find a stone wall at the end of a tunnel. If you walk behind the wall (the gap granting access is on the western side), then you'll find the secret area. All you'll see in the secret area is "Thorin was here."
    
    
25. Ruined Castle Dungeon
    
    You'll find the secret area here in a prison cell. To reach it, you'll need to enter the open cell at the far end of the prison, and then walk through the secret doors connecting all of the cells together. In the secret area you'll discover a skeleton with a Copper Plated Belt, Copper Plated Boots, a Copper Grand Axe, and a Hemp Heavy Cloak.
    
    
26. Valley of the Wanderer
    
    You'll find the secret area here in a small clearing to the west of the skull entrance to Omentor Temple. In the secret area you'll find a green ceramic jar that will give you a skill point when you click on it.
    
    
27. Warlord's Pass
    
    You'll find the secret area here in the northeastern corner of the map. You'll only be able to reach it via a path from Alundar's Domain or the Eastern Astral Range. At the secret area you'll find a sealed barrel with eight bottles of Vintage Whiskey inside.
    
    
28. Weeping Mountains
    
    The secret area here is located in the southwestern corner of the map. You can reach it by navigating a narrow path through the mountains. Inside the secret area, you'll find a chest containing The Fabulous Adventures of Captain Hale (the Cartography skill book).
    
    
29. Western Astral Range
    
    The secret area here is located in the "West Astral Ranger Hostel." You'll only be able to enter the hostel if you can hit the bullseye of a target with an arrow. Inside the hostel, you'll find A Master's Guide to the Bow, a well, and a variety of food and arrows.
    
    
30. Wrecked Ship
    
    On the second level of the ship you'll run into a locked door with a lock rating of 5. The secret area is in the small room beyond the door, where you'll find a bag with 50 gp inside.