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Ultima IX: Ascension Hints
What am I expected to do down here?
1 of 5: The Abyss consists of four Elemental Planes, plus a fifth area where Lord British is confronting Blackthorn. Your objective, of course, is to find Lord British. To do that, you must get inside each Plane and defeat the guardian monsters there.
2 of 5: Each of the Elemental Planes has a "gateway", as I call it. When you start, all but the platform you land on is blocked by an energy field. (Notice that they are color coded to signify the type of element they lead to. You begin at the doorway to the Black (Air) Level.)
3 of 5: Basically, each of the "gateways" consists of two rooms. A switch in the first room opens a corridor to the second.
4 of 5: The second room in each holds the key to opening the entry to the Planes themselves -- a shining spherical orb. Collect all four of the colored globes.
5 of 5: Also in those rooms you'll find a teleporter that will take you to the next gateway door in the sequence of colors. The teleporter must be activated first by clicking on a switch or solving a puzzle.
