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Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer Hints

Obelisk Treasure Quest

  • 1 of 18: To get the obelisk treasure, you must first get all the obelisk clues.
  • 2 of 18: There's one obelisk (tall, pointy brown things that look like miniature Washington Monuments) in each of the nine major regions of the game.
  • 3 of 18: Click on each obelisk as you come to it to add its clue to your notebook.
  • 4 of 18: The notebook refers to the obelisk by number, not area, so here's a list of all the obelisks and their areas so you can use your notebook to see where the ones are that you haven't gotten yet:
  • 5 of 18: #1 - Garrote Gorge
    #2 - Regna
    #3 - Ironsand Desert
    #4 - Ravage Roaming
    #5 - Alvar
    #6 - Murmurwoods
    #7 - Ravenshore
    #8 - Shadowspire
    #9 - Dagger Wound Island
  • 6 of 18: Most of the obelisks are fairly easy to find and get to. There is one notable exception, however.
  • 7 of 18: Once you have them all, put their messages together in numerical order, providing spaces and punctuation as needed.
  • 8 of 18: Here's the completed message:
  • 9 of 18: "The Unicorn King holds old Thorn's key; among his subjects appears while the sun shines on midsummer day."
  • 10 of 18: Where have you seen Unicorns running around?
  • 11 of 18: They only appear in the Murmurwoods area, so that must be where the Unicorn King appears.
  • 12 of 18: But only on one particular day.
  • 13 of 18: Which day is midsummer day?
  • 14 of 18: In the game, at least, it's June 24th.
  • 15 of 18: The place that the Unicorn King appears on that day (between 9 am and 9 pm) is near the poison well that's a ways north of the village.
  • 16 of 18: Kill him and loot his body to get the key.
  • 17 of 18: Then go use it to open the Vault of Time in Ravenshore. Love that loot!
  • 18 of 18: The Vault of Time regenerates along with Ravenshore on a 2 year cycle, so when Ravenshore is "refilled," go get that Unicorn King again and get more treasure!