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Isle of Ashes
  • 1 of 4: When you arrive on the isle, go around and fight the wimp creatures and do the little starting quests as detailed in the main Isle of Ashes hint section.
  • 2 of 4: Once you make it into the little locked room near the Verhoffin Ruins, it's time to take advantage of the local treasure chest regen gimmick and to get to the three "safe" chests inside the ruins. See the following two links if you need any help with that. (NOTE: You don't want to use the Minisaves cheat with the ruins to get more stuff from it because that'll cost you artifacts.)
  • 3 of 4: After you finish with that, it's time to go for Verhoffin's silver diary. Sure, it and the key that opens its room are guarded by Terrors and other terrible monsters, but there's a way to sneak by them and get what you want. See the link below for all the details on doing that.
  • 4 of 4: Don't let too much time pass while you're doing those things. You should be able to do them all without resting and healing even once. If not, you'll have to skip something (like the diary-getting) until later. To stay on schedule, you'll need to leave the Isle of Ashes no later than January 8th.