The Enchanted Earth: Difference between revisions

|nlevel = [[The Ant Caves]]<br>[[Pools of the Ancient Dead (MediEvil)|Pools of the Ancient Dead]]

Run all the way down to a symbol on a rock slab. You could go to the right, but it is blocked by a gate, so go to the left.

Use your shield for the projectiles of the plants as well. Plants can be killed, but do not count towards your Chalice percentage. Ignore the Cauldron area and the book there. With the Cauldron before you, go to the right. You will pass a chest behind a gate that you cannot reach yet. Keep going until you are in a shallow pool of water.

Going left is very painful because of the red energy, so do not. You cannot avoid the red energy yet. Go to the right. Read the [[The Enchanted Earth#Book1|FIRST BOOK]].

Keep going that way and you will find a [[Health Fountain|Fountain]]. At that Fountain, run around that tree to find a Chest of Coins and another [[Treasure|Chest of Coins]] which are hidden from view. Then, go back to the steps in the huge tree stump and jump up them. Walk onto the elevator. When it comes to a stop, walk onto the next elevator. Falling down is a bad idea while on the second elevator as you will lose what is in your life meter. Once at the top of the track, jump up the ledges that go up the huge tree to reach the top.

Once in the nest, be careful as the bird will attack. When it does, use your shield so that you duck down and out of reach. You need to push the eggs out of the nest. You do this by walking into them in a direction in which they will roll. This will break them so that you can take what is inside of them. In this way you will get a Chest of Coins, a [[Copper Shield]], and the Earth Rune. Then, jump back down using the ledges.

Use the two elevators to return to the ground. Return to the pool of water. With the red energy trap to your right, go forward. You should see the Cauldron is ahead of you. Before you are close to the Cauldron, you will need to go to the left to go towards a gate. Read the [[The Enchanted Earth#Book2|SECOND BOOK]] there.

Walk into the green hand to use the Earth Rune. Walk past the gate. I would suggest using a distance weapon to kill the frog before jumping from point to point across the water. Walking jumps will work fine. The [[Information Gargoyles|Gargoyle]] will speak to you. It seems you need a [[Shadow Artefact|Shadow Artifact]]. Pick up the Bag of Coins.

If you do not have the Shadow Artifact, exit the area to the right. This is the quick exit in case you came here too early. If you do have the Shadow Artifact, you cannot exit to the right.

Approach the face with a door for a mouth. Use the Shadow Artifact, from your inventory, to open that door. Drop inside. You soon find the [[The Enchanted Earth#Book3|THIRD BOOK]].

Near the third book, you see a symbol on the floor that represents earth. It almost looks like an abstract tree. If you go to the left, you find a symbol for water made up of three waves. If you continue left, you find a symbol for fire which looks like a simplistic drawing of a camp fire. The last symbol, the spiral, must be air as that is the only element left. Above the symbol for fire, you can see an image on the wall which tells you what is trapped in the center of this room.

You need to stand on the four symbols, in the correct order, to open up the center jail. The combinations possible are limited, so trial and error works well enough. If you press them in the wrong order, they will reset.

The combination is: fire, air, water, and earth. That releases the [[Shadow Demons]]. (Aren't you proud of yourself?) It also opens up the gates. Two of those gates are in this room. In between water and earth, you can now take the [[Shadow Talisman]]. In between air and fire, you find the [[Chalice of Souls|Chalice]], but you cannot possibly take it yet. Exit from in between fire and water. You will find an [[Energy Vial]]. There is a symbol of an eye on the floor. Stand on it to leave.

The Gargoyle will speak with you. He is not happy with you. The Shadow Demons will be lurking around this forest now as well. They do, at least, finally give you something with which to fill up your Chalice. You will notice the exit to the level is here, but you need the right rune first.

Kill the three Shadow Demons, in your general area, and the gates will open up for you. Run out until you come across the symbol on the slab of rock. This is just before three plants that block the path. Then, go to the left. Watch to the right for the Merchant Gargoyle, which you can now reach since the gate was raised. Return to the symbol on the slab of rock. With it in front of you, go to the left.

With the Cauldron in front of you, go right. Watch to your left for the Chest of Coins which you can now take since the gate was raised. You should be back at the shallow pool of water.

While in the water, face the [[Demonette Statues|red energy trap]]. To the left, you should see a place in the rock that looks just like the shape of the Shadow Talisman. So, face it and use the Shadow Talisman from your inventory. This turns off the red energy trap. Walk up the steps. Do a walking jump to the block over the void. Then jump to the patch of floor. Take the Star Rune.

Taking the Star Rune will start a battle. You will be attacked by two, strong [[Demonettes|Shadow Demons]].  

I would suggest starting the battle with the [[Spear]] and then switching to the [[Flaming Longbow]]. Make sure you keep an eye on your targeting sensor so you do not throw away your weapons without hitting your targets. Remember you have to face your target to get a target lock. Also remember that it is hard to maintain a target lock on fast moving targets.

Try to stay in the center of the floor because periodically the floor will tilt. If it does tilt, try to run to stay on the floor. If you fall off, you will lose what is in your life meter.

As they are flying around you, remember you can use your shield (Gold, Silver, or Copper) to block their blasts. However, staying on the floor is more important than blocking.

As you progress in the battle, one of the Shadow Demons will hover near you and cause boulders to fall down around you. This is a good sign as the floor won't be tilting anymore at that point. If you can get a target lock on it at this time, you can do a lot of damage.

Once you defeat them, jump off on the right. Follow the stone path around to the left to find a Fountain. Then, walk the wooden path to the right to find another Fountain, a Chest of Coins, another Chest of Coins and yet another Chest of Coins. Continue onto the next wooden path to find an Energy Vial and another Energy Vial. Then, drop down the center of this tree trunk. At the bottom, you will find a Bag of Coins. (As you walk the wooden paths, be careful you do not fall or you will lose what is in your life meter.)

Turn around so that where you just fell is behind you and run past the shallow pool of water. The Cauldron should be ahead of you, but still in the distance. Then, go to the left and through the gate where you needed the Earth Rune. You may want to use a distance weapon on the plants first before you jump across. Once across, drop back down into the doorway.

From in between the air symbol and the fire symbol, take the Chalice. (If for some reason your Chalice is not full yet, proceed to the exit of this entire level where you will find more Shadow Demons to fight. Then, return to the Chalice.) Leave from in between fire and water. Stand on the eye to exit.

*This is one of the three levels across all [[MediEvil games|''MediEvil'' games]] to have multiple exits, the others being [[the Gallows Gauntlet]] and [[Gallowmere Plains]].