Challenge Dungeon (The After Years)/Rydia

Rydia's Challenge Dungeon is a three-floor cave. All of the doors are actually Trap Doors, while walls with torches on them are Demon Walls, some of which cause doorways to appear when they are defeated. The first two floors are mazes of doors, while the third floor consists of several platforms connected by ropes. On each platform, only one rope can be climbed safely, whereas the other two trigger either one or two scripted encounters. The dungeon is accessed by speaking to Challengingway in Agart.
On the first two floors, depending on the order in which the player opens the various doors, some of those doors leading to side areas with treasure may become permanently locked. This is especially noticeable on the second floor, where it is not actually possible to reach all of the treasure chests on a single visit, meaning the player will have to go through the dungeon at least twice if they want to open all chests.
== Treasure ==
* Chain Whip
* Mythril Helm (Monster-in-a-box, Coeurl x2, Mad Ogre x2)
* Ether
* Mythril Shield
* X-Potion
* Light Curtain
* Bronze Hourglass
* Spider Silk
* Mythril Armor (Monster-in-a-box, Mad Ogre x3)
* Remedy
* Polymorph Rod (Monster-in-a-box, Steel Golem, Skuldier x2)
* Cottage
=== Final treasure ===
* Adamantite
* Black Robe
* Elixir
* Flame Mail
* Flame Shield
* Gaia Hammer
* Gold Hairpin
* Silver Apple
* Soma Drop
* Sprint Ring
Once the player receives each item once, the final chest will contain a random consumable item, such as a Light Curtain, Hi-Potion, Ether, etc.
== Enemy encounters ==
;1F-1
* Black Knight, Frostbeast x2
* Blood Bat x4
* Ironback x2
* Mystery Egg (Lamia)
* Ogre x3
* Soldieress x3
;1F-2
* Black Knight x2, Soldieress, Sorceress
* Centaur Knight, Gremlin x2
* Coeurl x2
* Ice Lizard, Purple Bavarois x3
* Mad Ogre x2
* Mystery Egg (Lamia)
* Ogre x3
* Skuldier x3
;2F
* Black Knight x2, Soldieress, Sorceress
* Centaur Knight, Frostbeast x2
* Coeurl, Lamia, Mad Ogre
* Coeurl x2, Mad Ogre
* Gremlin x2, Ice Lizard x2
* Lamia, Mad Ogre
* Ogre x3
* Mors x4
=== 3F ===
:Note: the enemies encountered on the ropes are scripted encounters.
;Random encounters
* Balloon x2, Coeurl, Mad Ogre
* Balloon x2, Mad Ogre, Storm Anima
* Balloon x3
* Balloon x4
* Coeurl, Ghost Knight, Mad Ogre
* Ghost Knight, Sorcerer (Coeurl)
* Ghost Knight, Sorcerer (Mad Ogre)
* Lamia, Storm Anima x2
;Left Row, Bottom Platform
;Left Rope
* Coeurl, Ghost Knight, Mad Ogre
* Balloon x2, Mad Ogre, Storm Anima
;Center Rope
None
;Right Rope
* Mystery Egg (Lamia)
;Left Row, Middle Platform
;Left Rope
* Blood Bat x4
;Center Rope
* Skuldier x3
* Lamia x2
;Right Rope
None
;Left Row, Top Platform
;Left Rope
* Coeurl, Ghost Knight, Mad Ogre
;Center Rope
None
;Right Rope
* Ghost Knight x3
* Balloon x3, Storm Anima
;Center Row, Middle Platform
;Left Rope
* Coeurl x2
* Mad Ogre x2
;Center Rope
* Coeurl x2, Mad Ogre
;Right Rope
None
;Center Row, Top Platform
;Left Rope
* Balloon x3, Storm Anima
* Storm Anima x3
;Center Rope
None
;Right Rope
* Balloon x3
;Right Row, Bottom Platform
;Left Rope
None
;Center Rope
* Sorcerer, Ghost Knight x2
;Right Rope
* Coeurl, Lamia, Mad Ogre
* Ironback x2
;Right Row, Middle Platform
;Left Rope
None
;Center Rope
* Lamia, Mad Ogre
* Coeurl x2, Lamia
;Right Rope
* Storm Anima x2, Lamia
;Right Row, Top Platform
;Left Rope
* Sorcerer, Ghost Knight x2
;Center Rope
* Sorcerer, Ghost Knight x2
* Coeurl, Lamia, Mad Ogre
;Right Rope
None
=== 4F ===
* Boss Gobby, Minion Gobby x3
== See also ==
* Ceodore's Challenge Dungeon
* Yang's Challenge Dungeon
* Palom's Challenge Dungeon
* Edge's Challenge Dungeon
* Porom's Challenge Dungeon
* Edward's Challenge Dungeon
* Kain's Challenge Dungeon
* Lunarian's Challenge Dungeon
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