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1.
When you enter the "Eye Tyrant Tunnels", you will immediately
be attacked by 2 beholders. One of them is a regular beholder, and the
other is an "Elder Orb". Kill the Elder Orb, and grab the
"Eyestalk of Elder Orb", "Amulet of Spell
Warding", and the "Blade of the Equalizer". At
this point, you are free to exit and then return to Ust Natha with the
eyestalk. If you feel like staying and exploring the area, be warned...
This place is dangerous. 2.
As you begin to explore the area, you will encounter a group of Drow who
are fighting a Beholder. Let them do the dirty work. Once they kill the
Beholder, they will come for you. 3.
Lurking near the center of the area is a group of 3 Beholders, and 2
Gauths. Not an easy fight to say the least. However, there is a trick
that you can pull if you are quick enough. Check #4 for the details. 4.
Just below the group of Beholders and Gauths, you will find another
group of Beholders that are under attack from a group of Illithids. The
Illithids will have no trouble dealing with the group, but it will take
them a long time. Make it a bit more difficult for them... From area 2,
summon a wizard eye and a few summoned monsters or animals. Cast haste
on them all, and then send them streaking past the group of Beholders at
location #3. If you are quick enough, you can attract the group at
location #3 and have them meet up with the Illithids at location
#4. The
difficulty in this is that the Beholders at location #3 will unsummon
your creatures most of the time. For this reason, it is a good idea to
summon about 4 or 5 creatures and then send them in a long spaced-out
line (about half a screen distance apart). Also, you may need to have
one of your summons walk a little towards the Beholder group to get
their attention. When the two groups collide, they will pretty much wipe
each other out, with the Illithids coming out on top. You will need to
clean up the leftovers. Alternatively,
you could sneak past both groups (at location #3 and
#4). 5.
At location #5, you will find another 5 Gauths. But these should not be
too much trouble (no Beholders with them). 6.
In the Beholder chamber, you need to locate an area on the wall where
you can pick up items. Inside the wall in this room, you will find
5,000+ gold and a pile of Gems. 7.
At location #7, you will find 2 Beholders and an Elder Orb.
If for some reason the Elder Orb at the entrance did not drop any items,
you will have a second chance here. A few people have told me that the
Elder Orb at the entrance did not drop items for them. Once
you have the Eyestalk of an Elder Orb", head back to the Drow
City and give it to the Matron Mother at the Temple. Tips
for dealing with Beholders 1.
The best way is to go in swinging. Cast haste on your strongest
fighters, and then send them in. If you have "Boots of Speed",
it will make this much more effective (the haste effect from the boots
can not be dispelled). 2.
If you have the "Cloak of Reflection" (Rewarded in the Sahuagin
City, at location 5), then you will be almost invincible from
Beholder and Gauth attacks. Elder Orbs cast higher level spells, so the
Cloak is only mildly effective against them. Anyway, put the Cloak on
your strongest fighter, along with a pair of "Boots of Speed",
and then send him/her in alone to take out all of the Beholders and
Gauths. The spells cast will reflect off of your Cloak and return to the
caster. Most of the time, Gauths will kill themselves before you can
even get to them. A few Beholder spells will make it past your cloak
(Slow, Mental Domination, etc), so you may want to have a cleric nearby
just incase. 3.
If you have a Clerical Character who can cast level 7 spells, and if
they have the spell "Gate", have them use it. First cast
"Protection from Evil 10' Radius" to protect your group
from the Fiend. Summon the Fiend from just outside of the visual range
of the Beholders. The Fiend will normally hold it's own against 2
Beholders. If you have an Elder Orb in the area, you can expect the
Fiend to kill one Beholder, and damage another. If your Fiend manages to
win the fight, you can kill it for a good amount of exp (tricky exp
bonus ;p ).
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