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Where's the third chest?
  • 1 of 7: It's past the west door that's in the short corridor with the exit. Again, save your game before going for this chest.
  • 2 of 7: To get to where you can open the chest, go through the door and enter the first jail cell on the right.
  • 3 of 7: To avoid triggering a trap where Skeleton Warriors drop down through the ceiling, carefully hug the right wall as you approach and enter the jail cell. You should be able to make it inside and then back out again without the monsters appearing.
  • 4 of 7: Once you're inside the cell, face the north wall and hit the Use key until you hear a chest-opening sound.
  • 5 of 7: The chest's contents won't appear right away, so turn around and leave (carefully so as to avoid activating the skeleton trap).
  • 6 of 7: Make sure you have your Disarm Trap person selected as you leave the jail cell corridor and head for the exit, because the skill check is done when the chest's contents appear, and the trap will go off and kill you if the wrong person is selected.
  • 7 of 7: And, yes, this procedure takes advantage of a game glitch, and is therefore kind of glitchy itself. However, it's reliable enough that you should be able to pull it off fairly easily.