Valley of Tears Side Quests

The Path to Becoming a True Fighter Series

The Book of Wisdom:

 The hint was a little more cryptic for this one, the Book of Wisdom can be found above Darkwood in the Valley of Tears at the X:

The Book is laying on the ground just behind the Valley of Tears Main Portal, but like the Weapon of Legends, there is a force field in front of it:

Speak to the Guardian in the middle:

The moment you click OK the three Guardians will attack you:

When they are dead this message will pop up:

The force field will disappear and you can pick up the Book of Wisdom... when you pick it up a funny cartoon will pop up as a bonus reward (just click anywhere on the cartoon to go to the next one and then to close it at the end):

The Book of Wisdom itself is another reward, this one is from Silver:

And the best reward you will get is 2-6 skill & attribute points!

The number of skill and attribute points you get depends on your last battle with the three Guardians of the Book... If you kill them off one at a time you will only get 2 skill and 2 attribute points. If you are able to kill two simultaneously than you will get 4 skill and 4 attribute points. Lastly if you are able to kill all three at the same time you will get 6 skill and 6 attribute points. So the trick is to use some sort of attack that will damage all three guardians equally at the same time, like Ice Shards (but only if you get them at the right angle). The following is a strategy tutorial that one of my fabulous staff created, Deon was also the first to realize that you could get more than just 2 points...

Getting 6 Skill Points & 6 Attribute Points

written by: Deonhower Colmyne

This quest is so hard you think 2 bonus points won't be enough for both your Skill and Attribute points. It actually gives a maximum of 6 for both but you have to do it right because you only have ONE chance to do it. I suggest saving just before the encounter or Quick Saving just before you talk to the guardians so you can Quick Load over and over if you didn't get the 6 points. Remember, you have one shot at this because you can't repeat the series quest again with the same character. You can only do it once, per character, per level difficulty.

The trick is to take all the 3 guardians down at the same time. THEY MUST DIE ALL AT THE SAME TIME and not a split second later than the other for you to get 6 Skill Points and 6 Attribute Points. It is possible to get only 4 Points if all 3 guards died with the same CA or spell but one died a split second later than the two. If there is even 1-2 seconds delay between the deaths of each guard, you get only 2 Skill Points and 2 Attribute Points.

First you need to prepare. These guardians are usually resistant to Physical, Magic and Poison. They are usually weak against fire. Their resistances seem to vary at times (maybe depending on difficulty level, not sure yet) so for maximum damage check out their stats. So if you intend to bring their life down quickly use a fire spell or equip all the fire damaging gear you have to the max. Next make sure that it WON'T kill them, not yet. You only have one crucial shot. I used a pure caster BM here all elements involved mainly concentrating on Water, Fire and Air. Set up a trap, aura or spell that stays in an area and creates a radius of damage like Fire Spiral. My BM takes 2-3 spirals to be effective.

2nd and 3rd spiral

You need to wait till their lives are 1/8 of their usual HP or low enough for your crowd-control CA or Spell to take them out in one blow. Bring potions if your maximum health is not as high as mine.

Next thing you've got to do is lure them down the narrow tree line south of the portal. You need to estimate your choke point so all 3 guards are crowding you. This is the best location where I have successfully created a bottleneck effect:

At this point I ran out of Healing Potions and I am waiting for them to crowd on my line of sight. I used Ice Shards to kill them all at once. Despite the fact that the spell does not do fire damage it's my strongest spell and the ONLY spell I have that can take them out in one casting. Notice their life circles are almost empty from the Fire Spiral. Make sure you don't die. And yes I don't have Constitution I like the thrill of having a low HP and a high damage output. Please don't mind the stats I covered them because they are so embarrassing. As you can see no points yet, nil, zero, zilch...:

And the moment of truth here is the screenshot of the 6 points being rewarded the moment ALL 3 GUARDIANS DIE AT THE SAME TIME.

REMEMBER: you need a CA or Spell that instantly kills 3 foes at the same time. Attack, Multi-Hit, Flamethrower and the likes will work one enemy at a time and thus you will only be awarded 2 Skill points and 2 Attribute points. Notice also I am missing one amulet. That amulet has a percentage that gives Split +% and it boosts that attribute/bonus significantly. Remember that a Split +% bonus of 8% or higher will yield a good chance that the guards may multiply. If they do you won't get the 6 points. So I unequipped the amulet and stashed it for the moment.

Again I need to emphasize that timing is everything. This last part of the quest is crucial, and it can be rewarding. It took me a while before I got it, and this was actually discovered by accident since my BM died the first time and I Quick Loaded. Unknowingly I used Ring of Ice and Fire Spiral back then to lower their health as I usually do with any boss monsters. I accidentally killed them in a precise manner and was shocked to get 6 Skill Points and 6 Attribute Points. I reloaded again and again to discover the pattern.

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So far the following players have been the first to successfully earn all 6 skill and attribute points with their character type: