The Underdark

From your starting point, head north with caution. Cast Chaotic Commands on your frontline and summon Skeleton Warriors to deal with three Mind Flayers, which can stun and drain intelligence.

Return to your starting point and travel east, hugging the southern edge, to find a settlement of friendly duergar. They speak Common and will offer trade. Carlig sells useful scrolls, including two copies of the Freedom scroll. Consider using Potions of Master Thievery to steal from Carlig.

Speak to Uder Mordin, who will mention a powerful mage imprisoned in the cavern north of the encampment.

Before proceeding, locate and farm three elemental portals for experience points (XP). The Air Portal is northwest of the Duergar Encampment, and the Earth and Fire portals are to the east of that. Each portal summons multiple elementals, with Air Elementals worth 7000XP and others worth 6000XP, up to eleven summons per portal, totaling 209000XP.

After exhausting the elemental portals, travel to a central point between them. Cast Freedom to release the imprisoned mage, Vithal, who will appear nearby. You will earn 10000XP and unlock the Freedom trophy.

Vithal will ask you to retrieve his book of rituals from a svirfneblin village to the north. Meet him at the earth elemental portal.

Head north, being wary of a drow warband composed of Fighter/Mages and Priestesses. Prioritize disrupting the Priestesses' Slay Living spell. You can loot several suits of Drow Elven Chain +3 and a suit of Drow Full Plate +5 from their remains. Drow equipment disintegrates on the surface but is powerful until then.

You will find a magical soul prison with six panels. Interacting with each panel releases a prisoner:

• Madman Aganalo: Violence will ensue. He drops the bastard sword Jhor the Bleeder +2.

Raevilin Strathi: Cast Heal on him to restore his senses. He rewards you with the bastard sword Albruin +1. Be prepared to fight him as he is a powerful spellcaster. You can loot scrolls of Conjure Earth Elemental and Summon Efreeti from his remains.

Riti: A hostile Githyanki. Kill him and take a Scroll of Improved Haste. Leave his cursed spear, Backbiter.

Alchra Diagott: A Lich. Use disruption weapons and traps. Anomen at level 18 can use Turn Undead to destroy him. Loot scrolls of Delayed Blast Fireball, Spell Turning, and Summon Nishruu.

Bedlen Dagglefold: A svirfneblin child. Let him go home to claim a reward from his father later.

Gont of Riatavin: A penniless adventurer. Let him go or kill him. If released, he warns of Kuo Toa guarding a bridge to the east.

Go west and eliminate three Spore Colonies before they summon Myconids.

Continue north, ignoring the exit to the Western Tunnels, until you reach a group of Svirfneblin.

Cross the bridge into the Svirfneblin Settlement. Speak to Therndle Daglefold at the inn/store and inform him his child is free.

You will earn 10000XP and receive a pair of Bracers of Defense AC 4. Therndle Daglefold sells Potions of Master Thievery and rare scrolls like Tenser's Transformation and Flesh to Stone.

Speak to the Innkeeper and ask about Vithal's lost book.