Windurst 7-1 - The Sixth Ministry

Zodark Mon May 05, 2008 3:02 pm

The Sixth Ministry

Details
At the request of the Optistery, you are to find former minister Karaha-Baruha's laboratory in Toraimarai Canal, and delve deeper into the mystery of the Book of the Gods.

Walkthrough
The gate guard will tell you that you have a new mission, to investigate a spot in Toraimarai Canal. He mentions that the mission comes from Tosuka-Porika in the Opistery.

Head to the Opistery (windurst waters) to discover that there's an entirely different mission; the gate guard isn't "in the loop". Speak to Tosuka-Porika for this information and a cutscene, where he explains that there is a hidden room inside Toraimarai Canal, and he needs you to go there and meddle about for him. He will give you a key item equired to open the door to the hidden room: "Optistery Ring".

If you do not have a map of Toraimarai Canal, try to ensure that someone in your party does, or that you at least have a printed out version. It's a confusing place. You need to get to G-8 on the second map. There are two entrances to the second map; you need to enter via the one around J-9 so that you can get to the upper level.

Once at G-8, you're in a large room with random bats and the mobs that you must kill to gain access to the secret room. For access, kill the four NM slimes in the room, called "Hinge Oils". They do not link. Be advised that they have wide-range area effects that will knock a Taru mage to zero hitpoints in one swoop, so mages MUST stay back. Other sites advise that these mobs are defeatable by a party of 10 levels 60+; that sounds right - our group was 12 levels 54-65 and had zero trouble excepting two deaths taken by mages who did not stand back.

Once all four slimes are dead, you can enter the Marble Door, which is on
the far side of the room, up a staircase. Inside, you are to examine the "Tome of Magic" - there are several of these; the one that gives you the cutscene is the stack of books on the floor along the left wall, next to the chair with a skull in it. Go through a cutscene with the Star Sibyl, then head back to the Opistery and speak with Tosuka-Porika again to finish the mission and obtain key item "Blank Book of the Gods".