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the Fire Bow

a ten second window after a rocket test, three shots taken in mid air, and a rock that has to be walked to a fireplace four arrows at a time.

players
any number
solo
possible alone
difficulty
time
about 40 minutes
reward
Kreeaho'ahm nal Ahmhogaroc, which sets the ground alight and burns everything that walks through it

difficulty and time are an estimate made while writing, not a measurement.

before you start

the steps

  1. feed three dragons

    the courtyard, Mission Control and the Undercroftanyone

    every bow starts as the Wrath of the Ancients, and that starts with three stone dragon heads. kill zombies in front of each one until it has had enough and crumbles.

    • the courtyard past Double Tap, above the door down to the Undercroft
    • Mission Control, the church room, above the fireplace
    • the Undercroft, near the pyramid

    with all three fed, the bow is in the Tomb room, the one joining the Undercroft to Mission Control.

    you only get this wrong once

    they eat slowly and one at a time. wait for a dragon to finish the zombie it has before you kill the next one in front of it, or the kill does not count and you have wasted the crowd.

  2. shoot the symbol in the Clock Tower

    the top of the Clock Tower stairsone player

    up the spiral staircase inside the Clock Tower. at the top there is a glowing red symbol on the wall. shoot it with the Wrath of the Ancients and the clockwork behind it opens, dropping the broken arrow in a pile.

  3. shoot the rock while it is still hot

    the rocket platform, right of the blast doorsone player with the bow

    wait at the rocket platform for a rocket test to finish. the second the sealed doors open, get out and shoot the rock above the VMP wall buy, on your right as you come through the doors: it is glowing orange from the heat.

    a fireball comes down out of the sky towards the castle when it lands.

    you only get this wrong once

    about ten seconds. the rock cools and stops glowing, and then it is another five to seven minutes for the next test. stand as close to the doors as you can bear while the test runs.

    tip

    the second source gives a line for it: from the middle of the doorway walk straight out until you are past the tracks running across your path, turn ninety degrees right, and shoot the middle of the red glow in the upper left of the rock.

  4. hit three circles from mid air

    the Clock Tower, the death ray and the bridge by Double Tapone player with the bow

    three glowing circles on the ground, and each one has to be hit while you are in the air off a Wundersphere:

    • the Clock Tower, left of the landing pad
    • the death ray, in front of the Wundersphere
    • near Double Tap, on the bridge outside spawn

    a circle only glows while you are airborne, and stays glowing once you have hit it, so you can always see what is left.

    tip

    all three can be done from the Wundersphere in the room above Double Tap. for the Clock Tower one, fire just before you land. for the other two, aim and fire before you launch: the arrow takes three or four seconds to get there, so leave about two seconds and then jump.

  5. fill the three circles

    the same three circlesone player with the bow

    stand inside each circle and kill zombies there. your screen goes red while you are in one, which is the only confirmation you get.

  6. walk a volcanic rock to the right fireplace

    the Clock Tower, then one of three fireplacesone player with the bow

    back at the Clock Tower there is an exposed cog. interact with it and a symbol appears in one of three fireplaces: Mission Control, the supply room, or Samantha's room. one of your three circles lights up, and the two are linked:

    • the Clock Tower circle goes to the supply room fireplace
    • the circle at the top of the castle goes to Mission Control
    • the Double Tap bridge circle goes to Samantha's room

    stand in the lit circle and fire a charged shot towards its fireplace. a volcanic rock appears. you now have four shots to walk it there: each one fired from near the rock while your screen is red, aiming at the fireplace.

    then interact with the fire and take the broken arrow back.

  7. take the arrow out of the sun

    the top of the castleone player with the bow

    go to the top of the castle and interact with the sun. it hands the arrow back reforged, loudly.

  8. charge the reforged arrow

    your bow's altar in the Undercroftone player with the arrow

    put the reforged arrow in its own altar in the Undercroft. a Max Ammo drops, and a square lights up around the pyramid.

    kill zombies inside that square until a sound plays and the arrow has a white border on it. interact with it, let the animation finish, and the upgraded bow is yours.

    this last part is the same for all four bows.

arrow keys or j and k to move, d to tick this one off.

all of it, done.

what that got youKreeaho'ahm nal Ahmhogaroc, which sets the ground alight and burns everything that walks through it

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