The Book of Shadows

[dgford]

I have found secret room #29, and I realized that I've somehow missed rooms #27 and #28. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Lady JJ]

I have found secret room #29, and I realized that I've somehow missed rooms #27 and #28. Any suggestions? Thanks!

All of the secret rooms are in areas that remain accessible throughout the game, so no worries about missing one or more. You can always backtrack now or later. The places you'll need to revisit are

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27 West Elmood Earth Caves
28 Thundermeadow Beach

[dgford]

I have found secret room #29, and I realized that I've somehow missed rooms #27 and #28. Any suggestions? Thanks!

All of the secret rooms are in areas that remain accessible throughout the game, so no worries about missing one or more. You can always backtrack now or later. The places you'll need to revisit are

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27 West Elmood Earth Caves
28 Thundermeadow Beach

Thank you! I had a feeling they must be there. I'm in the #27 area now, so hopefully it'll be more obvious to me, now that I know. I appreciate it!

edit: found them! Thank you! I know I can come back to them, but it's the completionist in me that makes me do this, ya know?

[darkange]

Question : are some rooms or places designed to stay locked for the entire game forever ? like the door with some colored books in the monsterball stadium or the warded places with invisible barrier ?

[bgillisp]

Question : are some rooms or places designed to stay locked for the entire game forever ? like the door with some colored books in the monsterball stadium or the warded places with invisible barrier ?

Some are, yes. That room in the Monsterball place is one of them that you can't get to, it's just there for effect. Same with some wards too.

[darkange]

Question : are some rooms or places designed to stay locked for the entire game forever ? like the door with some colored books in the monsterball stadium or the warded places with invisible barrier ?

Some are, yes. That room in the Monsterball place is one of them that you can't get to, it's just there for effect. Same with some wards too.

Ok got it .... I am currently trying to find the volumes of art of war - I am missing Vol 5 and Vol 1 - I red where I am supposed to find Vol 5 so I am going there right now ... but I am confused why am I missing Vol 1 - I thought it was supposed to be an obvious volume to get since it is the first - I didn't saw any post about it so I assume everybody else found Volume 1 easily - weird

[littlebro]

Ok got it .... I am currently trying to find the volumes of art of war - I am missing Vol 5 and Vol 1 - I red where I am supposed to find Vol 5 so I am going there right now ... but I am confused why am I missing Vol 1

If you want to know what vol. 1 is

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South Elmwood Forest on a skeleton which, iirc, is sort of to the right of the healing crystal on the way to the entrance to the lava cave.

[dgford]

Just wondering if anyone can give me any hints for these quests: one is to locate a waterstone, and the other is to locate the teacher Alexia. Thanks!

[darkange]

@littlebro oh I see ... didn't went back again to that area ... that's why .
The good news is that I found 49 out of 50 secret rooms now ... one more missing
I want to find the last one too .... then talk to Whitebeard and see what happens.

What's the purpose of these neutral items like flute or drums ? Or that wardstone that says it should open something but we don't know what - not the one for the bank in elmwood - it's another wardstone .

PS : the soundtrack that I first heard in Pegasi area in chapter 8 is the best soundtrack in the entire game in my opinion - really inspires me

[darkange]

Just wondering if anyone can give me any hints for these quests: one is to locate a waterstone, and the other is to locate the teacher Alexia. Thanks!

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the waterstone is found in the underwater area .... regarding Alexia : did you find her first and she moved away or you didn't found her so far ?

[bgillisp]

Just wondering if anyone can give me any hints for these quests: one is to locate a waterstone, and the other is to locate the teacher Alexia. Thanks!

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Alexa moves around, but she starts in the town of Riverdale, in the snowy area.

@littlebro oh I see ... didn't went back again to that area ... that's why .
The good news is that I found 49 out of 50 secret rooms now ... one more missing
I want to find the last one too .... then talk to Whitebeard and see what happens.

What's the purpose of these neutral items like flute or drums ? Or that wardstone that says it should open something but we don't know what - not the one for the bank in elmwood - it's another wardstone .

PS : the soundtrack that I first heard in Pegasi area in chapter 8 is the best soundtrack in the entire game in my opinion - really inspires me

You can talk to Whitebeard with 45, the reward doesn't change. Plus #50 is:

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In the final dungeon. So you'd have to find it and retreat if you wanted all 50 first.

The neutral items have no purpose, except for silly lines when you read the item description.

For soundtrack do you mean:

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The theme when the Holy Army shows up? Or the one when the town is safe in Chapter 9?

[kimo]

@bgillisp

I overwrote the save that could help you with this issue, sorry.

Here is what happened:
I returned to Wetlands from the Southern Woods after the bridal encounter. I accidentally stepped on the transport spot in the Wetlands and was returned to the Woods, but I could not return to the Wetlands from the Woods. So, I was effectively trapped because guards were blocking other exits at this point. Luckily I had a recent save.

I just wanted to let you know that the switch doesn't seem to be working right.

[bgillisp]

@bgillisp

I overwrote the save that could help you with this issue, sorry.

Here is what happened:
I returned to Wetlands from the Southern Woods after the bridal encounter. I accidentally stepped on the transport spot in the Wetlands and was returned to the Woods, but I could not return to the Wetlands from the Woods. So, I was effectively trapped because guards were blocking other exits at this point. Luckily I had a recent save.

I just wanted to let you know that the switch doesn't seem to be working right.

That still helps, thanks! I'll investigate it.

[darkange]

@bgillisp the soundtrack in chapter 8 when the holy army shows up in Pegassi ... that one is my favourite - really prepares you for battle and motivates you to focus - you can hear the same song again so far when you attack Gaelin in his church - I am hoping I get to hear it again in final dungeon or something like that

[watts712]

I am trying to go to Elmwood and it says( There's an Elmwood checkpoint ahead. Best we not go this way.)
So where do I go is there a Elmwood Pit somewhere????

My quest book says head to Old Elmwood and so if we can find something that will allow us to do a long range teleportation.
Thanks