Barbarian Hord

[Diamond Fire]

As I recall, from the original, there is a tower in the main square where they ask you for the name of the Mad God(Tarjan)..once inside you can teleport a few levels up to a specific spot where you will face 4 groups of 99 barbarians. This used to be a great way to level your chars and land a bunch of gold ...if you can survive it that is....Its helpful to have a bard with a frost horn and armor near or at lo...defend defend defend defend and cast some group attacks along with the bards frost horn...I think you Probibly need to be 100+ hps to survive....Does anyone remember the teleport coords or fighting this battle? I always thought it was one of the best fights in the game.

[ryric_1999]

You're probably thinking of the 396 beserkers in the castle. It's on the third level, but in this version it's not repeatable like a few other "plot" fights.

[astrosha]

The dungeon you got it confused with, Catacombs, is now an awesome place to powerlevel, provided you can survive the fights anyway.

Since I did not want to take my main team up from the mid 30's, but still wanted the level 5 acheievement, I created a new conjurer, removed all but one of my wizards, and summoned 5 demons. I then removed the wizar from teh party and went to teh catacombs, got conjurer, magician, and sorcerer maxed out spells-wise from repeated entry into the first floor. then I went to the two good fights on teh thrid flor, as a wizard, and all in all less than an hour after creating the conjurer, I had a level 51 wizard.

[weasel.wizard]

Originally posted by Diamond Fire:

As I recall, from the original, there is a tower in the main square where they ask you for the name of the Mad God(Tarjan)..once inside you can teleport a few levels up to a specific spot where you will face 4 groups of 99 barbarians. This used to be a great way to level your chars and land a bunch of gold ...if you can survive it that is....Its helpful to have a bard with a frost horn and armor near or at lo...defend defend defend defend and cast some group attacks along with the bards frost horn...I think you Probibly need to be 100+ hps to survive....Does anyone remember the teleport coords or fighting this battle? I always thought it was one of the best fights in the game.

Ich würde mal sagen 2 gruppen zauber der beiden hauseigenen mages oder auch mehr.. ein paar mal jede menge schutzspells wie blurr.. ein song vom barden und ein recht artig hoch geleveltes team mit entsprechender schutzkleidung sollten doch ausreichen den hier viel gepriesenen 99 Barbaren endgültig das Handwerk zu legen..oder hab ich da noch was vergessen liebe community..^^

..oder tragen Barbaren stählerne Unterhosen..???

und überhaupt woher wissen wir denn woher der Name Tarjan kommt..^^

[PirateEmcee]

Originally posted by Diamond Fire:

As I recall, from the original, there is a tower in the main square where they ask you for the name of the Mad God(Tarjan)..once inside you can teleport a few levels up to a specific spot where you will face 4 groups of 99 barbarians. This used to be a great way to level your chars and land a bunch of gold ...if you can survive it that is....Its helpful to have a bard with a frost horn and armor near or at lo...defend defend defend defend and cast some group attacks along with the bards frost horn...I think you Probibly need to be 100+ hps to survive....Does anyone remember the teleport coords or fighting this battle? I always thought it was one of the best fights in the game.

The Temple of the Mad God, in Gran Plaz, is where you go to name the Mad God and enter that dungeon. There, on L3 of the Catacombs, you will find the Stone Eye. That's needed for the one-eyed Statue of the Mad God in L3 of Baron Harkyn's Castle. Also, the Name of the Mad God (Tarjan) is found on L2 of the Sewers below the Scarlet Bard Tavern. So, if you're following the "intended" progression: Sewers (for the name) ---> Catacombs (giving the name to the monks at the TotMG, and gaining the Stone Eye on L3 of the Catacombs) ---> Baron Harkyn's Castle (where you fight the Statue of the Mad God, but only if you have the Stone Eye when you get there).

The fight you're thinking of is four groups of 99 Berserkers (AKA The 396 Berserkers), on L3 of the Castle. The APAR coordinates are L3, N5, E12 -- but the fight has been modified so that it only fires off once.

As others have pointed out, there are better fights in the Catacombs beneath the Temple. L2 is not teleport shielded, so you can APAR to the stairs on L2 that go down to L3, go down to L3, and then make a quick circuit of a good six or seven repeating fights and take the stairs back up to L2 to reset those fights. Rinse-and-repeat for decent mid-level gear, good XP, and gold.

[Diamond Fire]

Thank you eveyone for the information. Cant wait to get in there and get my @zz handed to me lol!!

[weasel.wizard]

Originally posted by skru_loose:

Originally posted by Diamond Fire:

As I recall, from the original, there is a tower in the main square where they ask you for the name of the Mad God(Tarjan)..once inside you can teleport a few levels up to a specific spot where you will face 4 groups of 99 barbarians. This used to be a great way to level your chars and land a bunch of gold ...if you can survive it that is....Its helpful to have a bard with a frost horn and armor near or at lo...defend defend defend defend and cast some group attacks along with the bards frost horn...I think you Probibly need to be 100+ hps to survive....Does anyone remember the teleport coords or fighting this battle? I always thought it was one of the best fights in the game.

The Temple of the Mad God, in Gran Plaz, is where you go to name the Mad God and enter that dungeon. There, on L3 of the Catacombs, you will find the Stone Eye. That's needed for the one-eyed Statue of the Mad God in L3 of Baron Harkyn's Castle. Also, the Name of the Mad God (Tarjan) is found on L2 of the Sewers below the Scarlet Bard Tavern. So, if you're following the "intended" progression: Sewers (for the name) ---> Catacombs (giving the name to the monks at the TotMG, and gaining the Stone Eye on L3 of the Catacombs) ---> Baron Harkyn's Castle (where you fight the Statue of the Mad God, but only if you have the Stone Eye when you get there).

The fight you're thinking of is four groups of 99 Berserkers (AKA The 396 Berserkers), on L3 of the Castle. The APAR coordinates are L3, N5, E12 -- but the fight has been modified so that it only fires off once.

As others have pointed out, there are better fights in the Catacombs beneath the Temple. L2 is not teleport shielded, so you can APAR to the stairs on L2 that go down to L3, go down to L3, and then make a quick circuit of a good six or seven repeating fights and take the stairs back up to L2 to reset those fights. Rinse-and-repeat for decent mid-level gear, good XP, and gold.

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[Inasogard]

@any DEV, why did you remove such a nostalgic fight from the game? The 396 Berserkers was such a blast back in the day.