Pyramid - Pool of Radiance

This guide will help you navigate the Pyramid in Pool of Radiance.

Pyramid Maps

Area Overview

The pyramid is a confusing place, filled with teleporters and with no overhead map available. Your goal inside is to kill Yarash (#17) and to stop the pyramid from polluting the Stojanow River (#15).

The path to your objectives is as follows: #2 to #2a, #8 (throw rock) to #8b, #12 (throw rock) to #12b, and #13 (throw rock) to #13b. You can skip almost all of level one if you want to; if you do decide to explore there, you’ll have many encounters with trios of high level creatures.

1 – Starting Point

2 – One-way Teleporter

When you first enter the pyramid, this teleporter will simply take you to #2a. Later (perhaps after you’ve used the teleporter at #8), the teleporter will take you to either #2a or #3a. You can choose your destination by throwing a rock into the teleporter. Each time you throw the rock, the destination will switch between the two possibilities.

3 – One-way Teleporter

The teleporter will take you to #3a.

4 – Lizards

The lizards will accuse you of being “servants of Yarash.” If your speaker has a high enough charisma, then they won’t attack; otherwise they will. The lizards won’t drop anything interesting if you kill them.

5 – Alchemists Lab

If you “search” in the room you’ll find a notebook: “Subject 213: Progressing well, scars healing. Unable to talk yet. Subject 214: Died when treated, failed again…”

6 – One-way Teleporter

The teleporter will take you to #4.

7 – Vat Room

If you “search” in the room, you’ll be attacked by three mutant lizardmen.

8 – One-way Teleporter

This teleporter can take you to #8a or #8b, and it works like the teleporter at #2.

9 – One-way Teleporter

The teleporter will take you to #9a.

10 – One-way Teleporter

The teleporter will take you to #10a.

11 – Corpse

If you “look” at the corpse, you’ll find the journal of Tyrmor (journal entry 26).

12 – One-way Teleporter

This teleporter can take you to #12a or #12b, and it works like the teleporter at #2.

13 – One-way Teleporter

This teleporter can take you to #13a or #13b, and it works like the teleporter at #2.

14 – Door

The door requires a password, but, helpfully, it provides a hint in the form of six dwarvish runes. The password is “Noknok.”

15 – Equipment

Destroying the equipment here is necessary for completing the City Council’s quest.

16 – Lizard Slaves

If you free “parlay” with the lizard slaves, you’ll automatically free them, and they’ll tell you a code word for use with other lizardmen: “savior.” (This is explained in journal entry 35). You can use the code word in the Ruined Castle in the Wilderness.

17 – Yarash

You’ll face Yarash and some mutant lizardmen here. The “fireball” spell makes this a pretty easy battle. Once everybody is dead, you’ll find bracers of AC 4, two potions of healing, a wand of paralyzation, and a potion of speed.

18 – Dial

The dial controls where the teleporter to the west (#19) takes you: #19a (blue), #19b (copper), #19c (silver), and #19d (gold).

19 – Teleporter

The teleporter will take you to #19a-#19d (see #18). #19a is a one-way teleporter that you can use to quickly get out of the pyramid. #19b-d are two-way teleporters that you can use to get to treasure rooms. If you search in the treasure rooms, then you’ll find lots of treasure:

#19b: a magic user scroll, a broad sword +1, and a long sword +1

#19c: a voulge +2, a bastard sword +1, and splint mail +1

#19d: a long sword +2, a magic user scroll, and a ring of fire resistance