Hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning. It just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
Perrin Aybara, The Eye of the World
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Gate 9 (-BW-) "Under the Sea of the Labyrinth"
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!!!WEAR BREATHWATER GEAR FOR THE ENTIRE GATE!!!
!!!MAGIC IS DISABLED UNDERWATER!!!
%-------# Under the Sea #-------%
So equip Breathewater eq and leave the rock strewn-branch
to find yourself under a vast ocean.
****Magic is disabled for every underwater room with no
regular safe rooms to speak of, instead look for an Air
Bubble to enter for a semi safe spot.
Squids roam all over the place and it seems nothing is of
interest. Head to the bottom of the ocean and look for
a Fissure. Enter this fissure.
****You may notice more Air Bubbles that show up at
random down here. Bubbles that spawn near the second
Serpent will path back to the first serpent area.
%-------# Serpents and TIM #-------%
Now its time to kill some target mobs. A serpent guards
the next enterable and he likes to trip alot - thankfully
sentinel. Enter the hole he creates and repeat the process
on the second Serpent. Enter this hole to end up below TIM.
****Tall Imposing Man is what Arnax sends after you to stop
from getting to the Coral Lords. Absorb and Compel with
Backstab makes him a serious threat. As his health dwindles
he can transform into a Red Writhing Serpent and berserk.
When he is defeated a horn can be found in the altar.
%-------# Coral Lords #-------%
Head back up into the ocean again and this time look for a
Ghost of the Herald. (He will be located 3u from the sea floor)
****Using the Horn on him will summon 8 Coral Guards
that will roam the ocean. Killing them will open the door
below where the herald was standing.
Closing the door behind you, descend the coral staircase to
the bottom to find a permanent Air Bubble spot. In every
direction you will notice a Coral Lord sits sentinel like.
****Their rooms can be made MAGIC by collecting an eel
from the corpse of a squid, and when placed in the bed
of a coral lord - will allow casting to work.
****They Compel with Dispel weapon as their weapon
crackle. Charge is also used. Sentinel too. After the 4th
one dies, a Soulstone will load.