The Black Citadel is a Dungeon located in the Undead Cove.
Entrance:[]
In the center of the Undead Cove you will find a door that requires more or less level 40 Thievery and Hero level 75.
Requirements and Optionals[]
- (optional) 10 length of rope (sold on marketplace in most of the main cities)
- (optional) Waypoint song (lvl 25 Speechcraft)
- Hero level 75 minimum
Dungeon Guide[]
Note-1: If you have level 40 Thievery and lvl 75 you can enter the dungeon without doing step 1 and 2.
Note-2: If you are looking only for a way to get Ultimate Item, look at step 12, but you will have to do most of the dungeon before you can get it. Killing the final boss (Thaerion) is not required.
- Kill the Golem Titan (he is fully Spell Immune) south-south-west of Alexandria. It will drop an item called Golem Titan Heart, wear the item on your hero and kill Golem in the area to increase the counter (Golem Titan will immediately respawn somewhere in the area, killing it again will both add 1 to the counter and drop another Golem Titan Heart which you can pick up to add another 1 to the counter).
- Then go to the Banshee Queen's Lair to the east of the gars with the Golem Titan Heart in your inventory. In this room Kill the 3 Banshee Queens. Activate the switch in the room, which will unlock the door that leads into the dungeon. Exit the lair and the dungeon entrance is a short walk to the right.
- Warning: a monster flood will trigger immediately upon entering the dungeon. When you enter, walk north then east and hit the lever, then enter the room to the left.
- An invisible Shade will be standing on one of the question marks (it moves occasionally). It can be seen with true sight, if you have no sets or class spells that give true sight both the Campfire and Reveal abilities in your hunting abilities can reveal invis. Dig under the shade to open the door below (if you can't find the shade, dig on every question mark until you find it by chance, if needed do it a few times since the Shade may move halfway through).
- Step on the switches in the following order: Mid Left, Bot Right, Mid Right, Top Left, Bot Left, Top Right. If you fail you will just need to retry, otherwise you will be given a Black Citadel Key (it will drop on your feet at the Top Right button).
- Enter the room to the direct right by unlocking it with your freshly gained key and step on the button to raise an elevator and summon the Grim Reaper. Kill the grim reaper to escape the room.
He will occasionally summon Skeletal Orcs to fight, use a Spell Shield, and teleport behind you. Drops the Grim Reaper's Scythe for the Summoning Set. Warning: whilst it's possible to teleport out and re-enter the dungeon to avoid fighting the reaper after pressing the button, this may bug the dungeon and make it impossible to re-complete without starting the map so I would advise against this. - After killing the Grim Reaper leave the room and repeat steps 3-5. This time use the key on the door above the lever and enter the room.
If you want to get your class ultimate item it may be useful to set a waypoint here with the song Tears of Ice (F, S, F, A, F, D, F) before doing step 8. - Run north and make a Demon Bloodfiend run over the button. Then run South East through the door.
- Press the button to the north on the bridge, then the button to the south. Pressing the button to the south will also summon a monster flood.
- Walk back through the door into a newly opened room right below it, press the button and you can walk back up to the bridge and into the boss room.
- You may now fight Thaerion.
- After defeating Thaerion you can exit the dungeon by walking on the red rune in the bottom left corner of the boss room.
Class Ultimate Item:[]
There is a level in the top right of the room you can hit without starting the fight with Thaerion. If you do not want to fight the boss and only want your set ultimate item, you can leave the boss room (or use the Tears of Ice song if you used it previously to teleport to the original position). Walk full north past the button that required a Bloodfiend until you enter a small, long room. Go right, the platform should be raised for you to cross from hitting the lever in the boss room. Step onto the circle to receive your class item.