Boiling Grotto

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### Enemies

Ikurr'ilb
Skeleton
Obsidian Skeleton
Anpu
Serpent
Embalmed
Mimic

### Connected Areas

Castle Le Fanu
 Tower of Abyss

### Music

*Favilla* - Kira
*Sand Tempill* - ThorHighHeels
*Serpentine Superiorem*- AsterVrisk

**The Boiling Grotto** is an End-Game area accessed after Castle Le Fanu. It hides the Tower of Abyss, and holds a lot of powerful items.

## Walkthrough

### Access

To gain access to the Boiling Grotto, the player must interact with the door on the bottom floor of Castle Le Fanu, accessed after gaining all Vampiric Symbols. To reach the door, the player must go straight after entering through the Main Gate, going past the mirage where Vampiric Symbol (E) was found and taking a left at the bottom of the stairs, then taking the 2nd corridor to their right.

### Turning off the Flames

To turn off the flames, when facing towards the serpent, you must go left and right to find & activate the 2 levers that will stop the flow of fire to the serpent's mouth.

### Sheryl's Quest

Upon speaking to Sheryl, she will request that you retrieve the armor from the corpse of Sir Hicket. To do so, you must first explore the rest of the area and find Ignis Calor. Upon acquiring this spell, you can then use it on Sir Hicket's corpse, freeing his armor. Using the torch on the body is an alternative for characters with low mana, or those who do not have Ignis Calor yet.

### Obtaining the Iron Claw

There are multiple ways of obtaining the Iron Claw weapon and surviving the trap before it kills you. These ways include:

* Using the Coffin Spell to hold up the Ceiling
* Using a Crystal Shard to teleport out.

## Items

* Fire Coral (Destructible foliage)
* Crystal Shard
* Health Vial (x2)
* Mana Vial (x2)
* Ocean Elixir
* Cloth Bandage
* Moonlight Vial
* Rock Bridge
* Ignis Calor
* Iron Claw

## Secrets

### Crystal Shortcut

Past Sheryl at the end of the hallway, there is a Secret Door, that gives direct access to the Crystal. This Secret Door leads to the opposite end of the Crystal's room.

### Silly Chests

In a room filled with multiple Skeletons, there is a Secret Door underneath a seemingly blocked off doorframe. Inside this room is a chest, behind the chest is another Secret door. Repeat this two times.☺

### Tower of Abyss

In order to gain access to the Tower of Abyss, the player must find a Secret Door near Sheryl and the Lore book about Sir Hicket. This door leads to a lone coffin, in which the player then may enter in order to make their way to the tower.

## Lore

* Gravestones
* Sir Hicket the Invincible
* Moonlight Beasts
* Calamis Cerulean
* Great Destruction
* Great One Awakes

Here layeth, Sir Jeff and Sir David. In service for the Golden Lance they sought the forbidden and frivolous purpose of lithomancy. However this quest proved to be their end. RIP.

Sir Hicket of the Golden Lance set out to slay Cursed Knight Sucsarius. While he did not possess any great strength, he was given mighty armor of which no weapon could damage. He felled many foes simply by withstanding blows until they became exhausted.

While venturing into this Boiling Grotto, on his way to fight Sucsarius, he came across a skilled fire witch. She summoned an inferno around Sir Hicket which gradually heated his armor. And though the armor withstood, unsullied by the flame, Sir Hicket was cooked alive within. And there his body remains, as no one can pierce or remove the golden armor.

The heat which arose from the poison fog seemed to melt the moon. Which in turn cascaded to the earth, lulling the Great One back to sleep. And gave rise to the Moonlight Beasts.

I heard rumors that the Great One dormant within the earth below the seeping moonlight liquid would soon awake again. So I, Calamis Cerulean of Lyria, devised a plan. Using great magics of light and dark, I hastened the flow of moonlight.

Great Destruction was caused by this act. And I became one of the first exiled. Over time I am certain to lose myself, so I leave behind these memories. Know that while I caused much turmoil, I did so for hope. Hope that we could extend our time in this realm a little longer.

When the Great One awoke, it stirred up life itself. That which should not be, tangled with that which is. And the world began to die. Like the moon wanes to wax again, I believe this was only the beginning of a new cycle. But one which does not include Humankind.

## Trivia

* The gravestones for "Sir Jeff and Sir David" are a reference to the Youtube channel TheJeffAndDavidShow.