| Sturdy Iron Keys (SiKs) Note: This quest evolves every month as new monsters and dungeons are added. If you find a new monster dropping SiKs, or a new dungeon with a Steel Chest, please email me, so I can update this page) RESTRICTION: Various, based on dungeon listed The Story So Far... You are running through northern Osteth when you are attacked by a party of Drudges, including a Drudge Ravener. You defeat this band of monsters, and discover a strange key on one of the corpses. What could it be for...? Why Do I want One? Steel chests, which are opened by Sturdy Iron Keys (SiKs), contain high-quality loot, ranging from level VI spells, Maximum damage and bonus weapons, Level 4-6 protection items, etc. Step 0: Preparation Step 1: Getting a Key There are quite a number of baddies throughout the land that drop SiKs. Here is a table of some of the many monsters that drop them, a dungeon or two where you may find them, and general attack info: | Monster | Attack Strategies | | Aun | Elder Shamen | Magical and Bludgeoning Protects | | Itealuan | Magical and Bludgeoning Protects | | Nualuan | Magical and Bludgeoning Protects | | Shaman | Magical and Bludgeoning Protects | | | Magical and Bludgeoning Protects | | Carenzi | Feral | Slashing and Piercing Protects (Feet & Legs), Bludgeoning Attacks | | Drudge | Altered | Lightning Protection, Fire Attacks | | Raveners | Fire Attacks, Magical Protections | | Fire Elemental | Inferno | Fire Protection, Cold Attacks | | Golem | Diamond | Bludgeon Protection and Attacks | | Magma | Fire Protection, Cold Attacks | | Obsidian | Bludgeon Protection and Attacks | | Gromnie | Ash | Lightning Protection, Piercing Attacks | | Human | Cultist | | | | Mercenary | | | | Poacher | | | Lightning Elemental | Astyrrian | Lightning Protection, Acid Attacks | | Lugian | Extas | Slashing, Piercing, Bludgeon Protection, Lightning Attacks | | | Gigas | Slashing, Piercing, Bludgeon Protection, Lightning Attacks | | | Tiatus | Slashing, Piercing, Bludgeon Protection, Lightning Attacks | | Olthoi | Eviscerator | Acid, Slashing, Piercing Protections, Bludgeoning Attacks | | | Legionary | Acid, Piercing Protections, Bludgeoning Attacks | | | Noble | Acid, Piercing Protections, Bludgeoning Attacks | | | Soldier | Acid, Piercing Protections, Bludgeoning Attacks | | Phyntos Wasp | Gold | Lightning Protection, Piercing Attacks | | Rat | Silver | Lightning? Protection, Fire or Electrical Attacks | | Shadow | Lieutenant | Magical and Bludgeoning Protections, Fire Attacks | | | Panumbri | Magical and Bludgeoning Protections, Fire Attacks | | | Umbris | Magical and Bludgeoning Protections, Fire Attacks | | Shreth | Malus | Bludgeoning Protection, Cold Attacks | | Vorous | Bludgeoning Protection, Cold Attacks | | Siraluun | Kithless | Piercing Protection | | Skeleton | Bone Lord | Acid Protection, Bludgeoning Attacks | | Tumerok | High | General Protections, All attack types have equal ratings | | | Officer | General Protections, All attack types have equal ratings | | Virindi | Director | Magical Protections, Fire or Piercing Attacks | | | Master | Magical Protections, Fire or Piercing Attacks | | | Puppet | Magical Protections, Fire or Piercing Attacks | | | Servant | Magical Protections, Fire or Piercing Attacks | | Zombie | Dark Revenant | Magical Protections, Fire Attacks | | | Revenant | Magical Protections, Fire Attacks | | | Dark Leech | Magical Protections, Fire Attacks | | Dark Magus | Magical Protections, Fire Attacks | | | |
Step 2: What do do with the key? Now that you have 1 or more keys, there are a few choices on what you can do with them: Trade them in Marketplace for other cool items. Use them on a random spawning Level VII Spell Chest (see writeup for details.) Use them on a Steel Chest in a dungeon.
Choice number three is what we will be going over here. There are a number of dungeons of varying difficulties that have SiK Chests. The table below shows them with level restrictions and directions: | Dungeon Name | Coordinates | Level Restrictions | Monsters Found there | Directions to Chest | | Black Dominion | 49s, 66.3w | 25 and up | Rats, Drudge Raveners, Virindi, Shadow Wisp | 2 Chests inside, lockpicker needed. | | Black Spawn Den | | 13.7n, 79.9w | | 56.7s, 86w | | 60s, 57.7w |
| 20 and up | Tusker Slaves, Tusker Guards, Virindi Servants, Virindi Masters | Stay along the right wall all the way and you will come to a room with a Virindi Servant, master and a few Tusker Guards. The chest is on the back wall. Beware of Bludgeon Vuln VI from the Master! | | Carved Caves | 72.1n, 35.5w | 17 and up | Skeletons, Monoguas | Upon entry, take the East passage. Stay to the left all they way from there and you will come to an area with Skeletons and locked doors. The chest is upstairs in this area. | | Crater Caves | 66.7n, 12.5e | 15 and up | Magma Golems, Infernos | Keep heading down, looking for a Magma Golem in front of a pit. Jump down into the bit. Beware the Magma Golems and Infernos down there! Fire protection a MUST! | | Crypt of Leikotha | 10.2s, 31.3e | none | Lesser Mu-Miya, Leikotha | Not a dungeon, just a cave in the ground. | | Desert Mine | 4.6s, 26.6e | none | Liches | From entrance, go right, then right again, then left through locked door, down ramp to another locked door, turn left, then straight.
Unlock first gate, kill one lich. Then lure the other liches to the second gate (unpickable), kill them too. Then head back to main room. Then go left, right, up 2 ramps (skeletons and Black rats) then you come to a jump down (into the lich room). At this point jump (you already killed the liches) 30 point damage jump. There are 2 chests, right side is good one
This chest has been known to spawn primarily Gharu items. | | Disaster Maze | 61.3s, 51w | 20 and up | Virindi, Drudge Stalkers, Lurkers | Go straight from entrance up the ramps. Take a right and use lockpick on the door to unlock it. Might be a mountain rat here. Go through the locked door. There is a block of four connected rooms with two lurkers in one, and two stalkers a piece in two other rooms. The room to the far back/left has a locked chest.
This chest is known to spawn primarily level 5 scrolls. | | Dungeon of Corpses | 56.1s, 49.6w | 25 and up | Drudge Stalkers, Lurkers, Raveners, Virindi Servants | | | The Golem Sanctum | random | ?? | 2 Obsidian Golems | | | Hall of Metos | | 4.4s, 0.6w | | 56s, 89.2w | | 61.3s, 46.7w |
| 15 and up | Iron and Granite Golems | | | Lin Lich Tower | 52.6s, 68.6e | n/a | Lich Lords, Revenants, Obsidian Golem | Top of this tower, located outside. Gain access at portal located at 52.8s, 69.1e. | | Lugian Citadel | | 56.6s, 66.9e | | 67.9s, 62.5e | | 70.2s, 24.2e |
| 15 and up | Lugians, all types up to Gigas | | | Mage Academy | 74.7n, 18.5e | 8 and up | Iron Golems, Swamp Rats, Zefirs, Wisps, Obsidian Golems | The chest room is locked and requires either a key to open the door or some one to pick the lock. After you enter there will be the sarcophagus in the middle of the room. Be sure you have lightning protect spells (Lightning Bane, etc.) because the room is booby trapped. Ever few steps you take you will be shot by lightning from the walls.
This is not the only danger but inside the room spawns 2 golems. One Iron Golem and one deadly Obsidian Golem. Do not go alone unless you can handle both of them by yourself.
Finally, after the chest respawns (every 2-3 minutes) the golems will respawn as well. Use your key on the locked chest (sarcophagus). Make sure it is locked by trying to open the sarcophagus the normal way. Then use your key if it is locked.
Once it is opened you will be caught in another trap that casts Imperil 5. Every time you bend down to pick up an item you will be shot by lightning. | | Mount Lethe Magma Tubes | 33.9s, 85.2w | 20 and up | Magma Golems, Infernos | After first entering go left. You will need to have the lockpick skill to unlock 1-2 doors. Along the way you will come across three infernos.
Once you reach the chest you will find a magma golem and a dark wisp guarding the chest | | Nevius Passage | 45.6s, 21.7e | 8 and up | Rats and Reedsharks | | | Olthoi Horde Nest | | 55.8n, 43.5e | | 64.3n, 52.8e | | 48.9n, 12.9w |
| 30 and up | Olthoi Soldiers | 2 Chests here | | Phyntos Menace | 68.1n, 20w | none | Phyntos Wasps up to White | | | Rumumba's Hidey Hole | 75.9s, 89.2e | none | Mosswart Zealots and Soul Trappers | | | Sclavus Cathedral | | 17.9s, 89.6w | | 33.5s, 80.1w | | 42.3s, 52.6w |
| none | Sclavi | | | Small Temple | 75s, 97.5e | none | Sclavi and Revenants | | | Swamp Temple | 23.4s, 47.9e | 10 and up | Sata Sclavi | | | The Pit | 64.3n, 23.4w | 15 and up | Liches, Revenants, Skeleton Lords | | | Tomb of the Dead | 18.9s, 9.3e | none | Wisps, Risen Soldiers and Knights | | | Trialos | 58.7s, 55.3e | none | Lugians up to Obeloth | One of the easiest chests to reach and spawns primarily Sho items. After entering the portal you will encounter 3-4 Lugians. Head up the passageway and to the right. Continue forward and you will see another Obeloth Lugian.
The chest is located in this room and spawns every few minutes. Late at night is the best time to go as there are not many people around. The quickest way to reach this chest is from Baishi. | | Tumerok Dungeon | 9.6s, 62.9w | unknown | Tumeroks | | | Tumerok Fortress Portal | 12.4n, 73.7w | unknown | Tumeroks | The chest is behind locked doors, but is rumored to only spawn level 5 scrolls. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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