Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Secret area in FIRST catacombs level

Hello all, I found something that I don't think has been found or discussed here, and I was hoping to find help on how to get inside.

In the very first level of the catacombs (the level where the Orcs ask you to find slasher, and where you use the Orbs to open the way to level 2) there is a secret area in the lower left most corner of the map.

It is due south of where you meet the orcs. If you could continue south, instead of being forced to the east. Also, you know the room in the south where the statue is and where you can activate her "protector" to help you? The room is DUE WEST of that statue.

I found it because of the way the game handles cutscenes. When I activated the protector, and it was in the whole "arise my protector" part, it takes away the fog of war immediately around you, and I saw a room with a couple skeletons and barells, to the west. After the cutscene it was buried up again in fog of war.

If you move the cursor around in that blackened area, you can see the barrells and stuff. But for the life of me I can't find a way in there.

I noticed that this area is NOT shown on the full maps that are posted here. Has anyone else seen this? If you have an early save game where you can go down there and look, please do, there is definately a room there, and I really wanna find my way in.

Jim

EDIT: I'm sorry if this IS known or HAS been asked, I searched here for a while and didn't see anything. I also searched usenet and other web pages, and found nothing.

hi! welcome to the forum!!!

well, iirc it hasn't been asked! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" /> and it doesn't really matter that much, j ust when 5 people in a day have the same thing <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />


many times 20 different areas are on a map to pervent even more file size (i think) so this may be just another one of those <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />


maybe the hex editor?

EDIT: no need to be mad, thats how things go, I saw a fwe with about 5 people all posting the same spoiler in teh same place for someone once, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

and once again I was first <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

First of all it doesn´t make a big difference wether something is known to us or not. We are trying to help in any case. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I´m not definitely sure but I think your secret room belongs to a completely different dungeon somwhere else. Sometimes you see rooms or enemies or barrels in the game which can´t be reached from the dungeon you are in at the moment.

They simply programmed it this way... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Bernhard

Edit: once more too late... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for your reply, I just got a reply about this on usenet as well, where I had asked about it first. The poster said that all the dungeon levels are sort of jigsawed together onto one (or more) BIG maps, and that what I see is probably part of another dungeon that I will get to later. That makes sense I suppose, I have also seen red dots on the minimap just outside of areas I can get to, and assumed that was also a secret area. But it could just be other dungeon areas I guess.

Thanks for the welcome. I really dig this game so far, and plan to play it quite a bit in the near future, so I may come back with more questions.

Thanks again for your help.


EDIT: thanks to BOTH of you, I sent that reply before I saw both replies.

its very fun! stay around for a bit more! you can join in the chats going on too, and we can help with more things.

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BTW, here is a map (30KB) showing several dungeons and sewers south of Rivertown, which are normally blacked out when not in each area. I was testing something in an old save, and suddenly the game showed the 'real' map (just once, though).

Hey, you know what? I can see the area I'm talking about on that map.

That appears (very much so) to be the first dungeon, shown on the left (not ALL the way left) about midway down. The area I'm talking about butt's right up against it in the area I'm talking about.

Thanks alot for posting that.

I had the same thing happen when I went into Stormfist Castle and the marked one that Zandalor was trying to save got Killed. I bought up the Auto map and saw to my surprise that the Stormfist map was in the centre and all around it were other dungeons that I had already explored. I couldnt get to them when zoomed in as it would only let me see Stormfist but when I zoomed out all the maps were there. On the subject of secret areas when I went into the Verdistes sewers there were a couple of spiders behind some webs that I could not get to. Does anyone know about these and if so how do you get them? I could put the pointer on them and it would say "spider" but I cant get to them or remove the webs or anything.

The map glitch happened to me in the same place.

Can you circle around from a different direction to get there? The only hard to reach place I recall in the sewers is a room that you have to toss a teleporter stone though a grate in order to enter.

I Will try the throwing of the teleporters into the room. Problem was that when I did the verdistes sewers area that imp had already stole my teleporters so I couldnt throw them in. Have now got them back though so will try this

NIK

Is that in the northern parts of the sewers?
And are those spiders small, red ones?

There is a spot where they are sometimes kinda stuck in the wall. If you play with a warrior you can try your special move to kill them.
If we're talking about the same spot you don't have to bother. There's nothing else.

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Use a bow! That worked for me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

And welcome to the forums!

hey, while we're talking about hidden areas here, does anyone know how I can get to that little room with two computers and porno posters in them? (I happened to "accidentally" see it when I was in that cave that led to the Holy Grail thing)

what? were is that? must be in the the easter egg Larian offices? I'll try them on my new game <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Larian/Silver armour-screenie-spoiler

hi all.....

Its in the Bottom of the map where you get the Holy Grail