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Navigation: General Hints, Shops, People and Quests, Notes, Job Board
List of all towns and shops in Avernum
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| Blosk | Cellars |
This is a slightly complicated town. You can find the ring Dexter in Almaria wants. You can also pick up some quests and get a hint on how to find the Scimitar.
| Person | Function | Items, Quests and Notes | Rating |
| Jonnhalyn |
Shopkeeper (Armour/Weapons) |
She has a good selection of weapons and armour, buys loot for a good price and will buy Iron at 20 coins for each bar. |
slightly expensive Quest |
| Leith |
Shopkeeper (misc. Items) |
Leith is a jack-of-all-trades. He buys loot at the normal prices and sells a variety of good items. He also asks you to take a message to Shaynee, for which she will reward you well. For 100 coins he will tell you that the Wand of Carrunos will make foes fiercer. |
slightly expensive Quest |
| Bruce |
Shopkeeper (Fletcher) |
He has a good selection of bows and a few javalins. |
slightly expensive |
| Jeff | Child | Leith's son, is growing up to be an adventurer. | |
| Demel |
Shopkeeper (Rations) |
Sells only mushroom meal for 56 coins (which can be sold to Jen in Formello for 15 coins – not exactly worth it!) You can however find many bags of meal which do not cost anything and sell them to Jen. |
pretty average |
| Bartholomew | Trainer | A man of few words who will train you in a few martial arts. | exorbitant |
| Vicky | Innkeeper | Not only is he an innkeeper but also the mayor. She does not however have any missions. | |
| Sabrina | Priest | If you have already spoken to Dilbert in Fort Saffron she will tell you about the pike called Smite in the Pit of Drake and will give you the mission to recover this pike and show it to her. She will not join your party even if you have killed the acursed Chasm Drake but will reward you with an Invulnerability Potion, a Scroll – Return Life, about 20xp and 1 rep. if you can show her Smite. (In the text this spear is called Smite – like in A1 – but on the inventory the name Spite appears. Probably a spelling mistake, which has been corrected in the newest version.) | Quest |
| Royce | Guest | He tells you to talk to Calder in Bargha about the Scimitar. If you have not already recieved the quest to contact him this will be registered as a quest. Since there are so many people in this game, who tell you about this organisation, you can hardly avoid getting the "quest" which in any case brings no reward when it is "completed". | Quest |
| Kathy | Begger | She is an absolutely rundown achoholic who will tell you her sob-story if you give her some coins. | |
| Talking Statue | (Erika has Password) | This poor statue is in a bad way. It is cracked and broken and is missing an arm and both legs. It will however tell you that it heard a man called Edlin bragging that he had stolen a brooch and was going to sell it in Dharmon. Not exactly new info. |
It is always a good idea to talk to everybody. The following notes give hints on hidden rooms, traps and puzzles.
The Ring Dexter wants is in an isolated building in the NW.
There is a staircase down to the cellar in the NE corner of walkway in the fortifications. Directly to the south is a pylon which unfortunatly does not function. The way west from the pylon is blocked by a magical barrier. There is a wheel to the north which will open a portcullis to the western chamber, where you will be attacked by some Rats (3 Experimental and 2 Brain). When you have dealt with them you can find a few bags of meal in the storage heaps and some items on a corpse in the SW corner. The barrier to the south needs Dispel Barriers L3 and is protecting a blue chest containing some coins; 5 Rubies and a Rod of Battle all of which you can steal. The others can be removed with L2 and were protecting a cupboard containing a few useful items.
There are no secret doors in this town. There is however a trap (TU 10) guarding a 5 Bars of Iron and an Ensnaring Wand in the disused shop to the west of Bruce's fletcher's shop.
The Job Board is near the eastern town wall just north of Demel' shop and store room and east of the Black Cascade Inn.
| Job | Description | Originator |
| Bounty – Lord Chuckles | For too long now, our industrious farmers have been tormented by the cruel pranks and japes of the infamous gremlin jester Lord Chuckles. His mischief must come to an end! Lord Chuckles was last seen hiding in the labyrinthine tunnels of Gremlin's Gold. | Leith |
| Slith Fort Intelligence | Message from Mayor Vicky: We need to determine what mischief our slith enemies are planning. So great is our need that we will even, this once, hire mercenaries.Brave raiders are directed to the slith fort north of Fort Emerald. If you can obtain any knowledge about what they are planning, take it to Captain Scarlet | Captain Scarlet. Fort Emerald |
| The Walking Dead | A large and growing cluster of Walking Dead have been seen in the Scree Caves north of Blosk. These hideous zombies are adding corpses to their number day by day, and they may wander into the Great Cave at any point. Any bounty hunter who can find and destroy these creatures can collect a reward. | Mayor Vicky |
| Savage Gardening | Great Cave farmers have reported a new clump of lethal fungus, in the wall of the Great Cave south of the Castle. A bounty has been offered for whoever can root them out with vengeance and fire. Otherwise, they will spread. | Demel |
He is skulking in the NE corner of the Gremlin's Gold cave but is rather difficult to eliminate. If you manage it Leith rewards you with 500 coins, about 40 xp and 1 reputation.
The plans Vicky is talking about are in the Slith Fortification. When you have found them you must report to Capt. Scarlet who will reward you with a Ruby Breastplate (value 500 coins), around 70xp and 1 reputation.
This one is relatively straight forward if a bit difficult: the undead are to be found wandering around the Scree Pit. Be careful not to attack the merchants who are trying to cross this hostile territory. The undead drop nothing when you dispose of them but Vicky rewards you with a Drakeskin Shield, about 70xp and 1 rep.
These fungi are in a side passage to the south of the GreatCave at X. When you have killed them Demel will reward you with 200 coins two Scrolls – Group Heal, Speed Burst, around 65xp and 1 reputation.