What to Do:
First off, get as many leg bones from skeletons as
you can. Use one on another to assemble them into bridges (5 in a stack
complete a bridge). You will need *lots* of bridges to complete the bone
tower, and will more than likely have to assemble more as you go along.
Each level from 1 to 9 has a blue square, and all levels (including
spider and hidden levels) aside from the first have a green jewel on the
floor that you can use to be transported back to the blue square on
level 1.
As you go through the Bone Tower, you'll need to kill the Dead Wizard
accessed from each level up the staircase. He has a key on his body that
opens a chest located somewhere in the area he is in. The chest contains
a rune, and each level has a different rune; take 2 of each rune. There
are
9 runes in all (A, B, D, E, F, H, Isa, Ing, R).
On levels 1 through 4, all you have to find is 1
lvl40 orb per level, and 2 of each rune. On levels 5 through 9, the orbs
are lvl50, and you will also be searching for scrolls found on random
zombies. The scrolls are numbered by page, with 5 pages per level (pages
50-54 on level 5, pages 60-64 on lvl 6, etc.). The important thing to
realize is that there are 3 different versions of each page! The 3
versions each tell you one rune position so that you get a combo of 3
runes for each page. I recommend you make a table to write down what the
scrolls say as you get them ("use" to read). Something like:
Page |
Rune 1 |
Rune 2 |
Rune 3 |
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60 |
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..Now what good are these runes? For starters, you can place any rune on
any table, then activate it ("use" the little button on the table) and
you will the transported to the start of the rune's corresponding level.
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Next, if you use any pair of runes (on any table),
you will be rewarded with a sizeable chunk of experience. I'd do this as
soon as you can. If you do all 9 pairs in one run, you'll probably level
once or twice.
Finally, if you use one of the combos you found from the
scrolls, or the bonus combos, you will be rewarded with +1 in the
corresponding stat shown in the tables on this page (it adds just like the
zombie showdown hp and mana scrolls). If you are going to be leveling
your char high enough to max out your bases, it's best to save these
combos till you are almost maxed out, since it costs a lot more exp to
raise a skill by one then than it does earlier on.
On level 9, random zombies also have cure poison potions on their
bodies. Take at least 10 with you, as you will need them on the spider
level (swarms of spiders in there). The orbs in the spider level are at
the far east and the far west corners of the map (north is up on your
screen). The rune table is found by entering an area similar to the
entry building of Earth Underground, which is south-west of the
western-most orb. There are some ancient diaries in this area that
explain some of the story behind the bone tower, if you care to read
about it.
The page 90 combo that you find, if used on table
in the spider level, takes you to a Hidden Level with 3 lvl50 orbs.
There are 3 skeletons blocking your way, along with about 12 on each
side of the path you walk along. These extra skeletons can't be reached,
but can be fired at with FB/LB, and if your immunity isn't high enough,
(140)
they will shoot FBs at you. After getting these 3 orbs, walk back to
where you entered from, and use the green jewel on the ground to return
to the beginning of the Bone Tower.
Now that you're done, I recommend you keep 1 of each rune in your stash
so that you can get your orbs quicker when they respawn. Be careful! The
Bone Tower is no place to die.
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