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2nd Accompaniment

Brian Gordon
Updated 3/14/2006

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Table of Contents s1
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s1. Table of Contents
s2. About this PQ
s3. Getting In
s4. The Quest
s5. The Boss
s6. Exiting

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About this PQ s2
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So you want to PQ in Ludibrium... there are a lot of things you need to learn
before you begin. First of all, you need to be at least level 35 to play the
quest (and less than level 50). Because of this, I'll assume you're already
very familiar with the Kerning City PQ, and use PQ terminology without
explaining it (track, miss, etc). But there are a lot of very big changes from
the Kerning City party quest. You now have a full hour to complete the quest,
which means you'll be waiting to get in for a lot longer than before. If you
miss, you'll be waiting another 45 minutes to try again. If your party doesn't
have a track, you'll be waiting an hour and a half at least, assuming your
party gets the track the first time another party gets in. Also, you need 6
party members this time around, 2 more than in Kerning. Lastly, the boss is
much harder, and therefore the bonuses are much better.

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Getting In s3
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If you're forming a party you should be aware that your party should consist
mostly of level 40 players and up. You'll certainly have no problem if you
invite a few 35-39 players to your party, but too many and you'll have trouble
taking on the final boss. You should also be concerned with the diversity of
the party. A high-Heal Cleric is very highly recommended - almost essential.
Also, you need a Thief with Dark Sight (Assassin or Bandit) to complete the
quest. Bowmen are very helpful on some levels but unneccessary. Warriors excel
in this quest since most of the levels take place on small platforms. You
need a mage with teleport also.

If you're trying to get into a party, put on your best equips and go from
channel to channel advertising your availability. Don't stay too long on each
channel. Keep in mind that you'll have a much easier time getting in during
weekdays (Monday - Thursday), during the early afternoon and late at night,
EST. Also you'll have a much easier time if you play in a server other than
Scania or Bera. Once in a party, ask for your party's track. If they don't
have one and you're not prepared to wait a long while, don't hesitate to leave
and search for another party. If they do have a track, check it.

Once the other party is at stage 7, you need to start repeatedly checking
your track (Also, the other party may die at stage 5; see below). Stage 8
will probably take awhile for them to finish, but once they get into
A Crack on the Wall (the boss stage), your leader needs to start clicking
the stop-sign. Only a few seconds after they leave the boss stage, the PQ will
open!

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The Quest s4
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Stage One-
Move up and down the area, killing the black ratz. They've got a little more
HP than usual. Each kill will net you one coupon. Give them to your leader,
then have him talk to the red balloons NPC to open the portal to the next
stage. Have 2 or 3 of your party members go through the portal. The rest, wait
a moment.

Stage Two-
The 2 or 3 members who went through should go down to the second box. When
they hit it, all the members you sent into Stage Two will be moved to the
Tower's Trap. Basically it's just a mini-stage to do, but since you've got
3 or 4 other party members waiting to come through, you can do Stage Two and
Tower's Trap simultaneously. Once the 2 or 3 have been taken to the Trap, the
other members should go through the portal and beat Stage Two as usual. Both
groups need to hit all the blue boxes they come across; each one will drop a
coupon. You may need a Mage in the trap to teleport over to a difficult-to-
reach box. When both groups are done, give all 15 tickets to the leader and
have him talk to the orange balloons. Everyone go through the portal.

Stage Three-
Most of the boxes in this stage will spawn Bloctopus, which each drop a
coupon when killed. Your party should split up. Half can go down and smash
the boxes as they go. The bloctopus will fall down to the bottom area, where
you can easily mob attack them. The other half should go up and kill all the
bloctopus up there. Give all your coupons to the leader, who gives them to
the yellow balloons. Go through the portal.

Stage Four-
When you reach this stage, everyone should drop down to the bottom. Then
work your way up. When you reach a portal (the bottom and top portals don't
do anything), mark that you went in by dropping 10 mesos or an item near the
portal. Then go in. Inside it's completely dark and there are 1 or more
monsters inside. The monsters are black so you can't see them, but every once
in awhile they will open their eyes. You can only hit them when their eyes
are open. Once you're done, leave through one of the portals in your room.
Then if there are any more unmarked portals, do one of those rooms, otherwise
go up to the balloons and wait for the rest of your party. Drop your coupons.
The leader should click the lime-green balloons to open the portal. Everybody
through.

Stage Five-
The thief should turn on Dark Sight and go down through the golems. There are
several portals. He/she needs to go through each one and collect the passes
in each room. Some contain more golems.. make sure you remain darksighted; the
golems do 8k+ damage per hit. The rest of the party, go up. Again, mark the
portals you go into. Two members should go through each portal. In every room,
climb up and jump off the side of the rope onto the chests on the side of the
room. The mage with teleport needs to take the top portal. Have him/her
teleport (or Haste jump) up into the portal. In their room, they need to
teleport directly down into their stage. Once everyone's done, they should
drop their passes to their leader, and go through the portal.

Stage Six-
At this point, someone in your party will probably announce the order to
noobies.. this is it: 133 221 333 123 111. Hit UP while standing on the
numbered barrels in that order. At the top is a portal; use it.

Stage Seven- Once in the next room, go down to the bottom. Someone in your
party will be picked to kill ratz. Every time they kill a black ratz, a
Rombard miniboss will spawn in the bottom area. A cleric should have no problem
keeping you healed. After it takes a bit of damage it'll summon block golems..
just kill them all and after every Rombard kill, tell the guy who's up killing
ratz to kill another one. Another Rombard will spawn. Be careful! Multiple
rombards can spawn if the ratz-hunter kills more than 1 at a time, making it
difficult to beat this stage. After all the coupons are collected, give them to
your leader and go through the portal.

Stage Eight- Like the Kerning PQ, but with nine boxes. This can get tedious
and the #1 and #2 are coveted, although they're usually reliquished to the
party newbie if they're too slow. This is an example of the order, if you don't
remember: 12345 12346 12347 12348 12349 12356 12357 12358 12359 12367 12368 etc
until you get the right combination. It can get confusing after 1 and 2 start
moving, but you shouldn't have much trouble.

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The Boss s5
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Have your archer/assassin kill the ratz on the platform so its
pass drops right on the treasure chest. Alishar is summoned! Your cleric should
start healing and not stop till the end of the battle; he can't take even 2 or
3 hits from the boss. Use skills to pour tons of damage on him; his health will
get down in no time. After losing a bit of his health, he'll start summoning
Chronos on you, which are a nuisance. Kill them quick so you can get back
to Alishar, and if you're good, you can get him to the next summon-level
before he summons more Chronos. The next summons he'll make are Platoon
Chronos. These are bigger and take more damage before they go down, but your
party should be able to hold its own. About this time, if too many of your
party members have died, you'll start struggling. Alishar will constantly
Seal you or Blind you, making it impossible to mob the Chronos or hit Alishar.
You'll eventually make it to his last stage. He'll start summoning Master
Chronos, which are a real bother at this point if you're fighting the battle
on your own or with one other person. It's nearly impossible to get a hit on
Alishar unless you're a Warrior. Eventually he'll go down. Let the leader pick
up the keys he drops, and the leader will move you to Bonus.

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Exiting s6
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You have one minute to get as much loot as you can. Hitting a
box opens a cascade of mesos and items; DONT BOTHER WITH THEM unless you see
a cape, earrings, or Dew (they're worth a couple k at NPC). After a minute,
you're ejected into the conclusion stage. Go up the ladder and talk to Arturo
to recieve your prize and be sent to Eos Tower 101st Floor. Some prizes include
summon bags, elixers, ores, screws, scrolls, etc. The PQ should have netted you
40000-45000 exp total