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L19–35 · cave
Carved faces line the walls with jade lids sealed over their eyes. One pair has been pried open, revealing a dark passage behind it.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (9) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (3) · Iron Golem (18) · Skeleton (6) · Stone Golem (9) · War Golem (12) · Wyvern (2)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Glyph Stela · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra
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L19–35 · cave
Voices seem to follow travelers through a gallery of cracked speaking masks. The whispers grow loudest near the nests of the cavern's great predators.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (6) · Dwarf (3) · Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (9) · Troll (3) · War Golem (15) · Wyvern (3)
You may find: Mace · Spiked Club · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Terracotta Vase
L19–35 · cave
Soot coats tunnels cut by desperate hands, and every draft smells of a fire burning far below. Scaled hunters use the abandoned crawlways as lairs.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (21) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Ghoul (9) · Iron Golem (9) · Skeleton (6) · Stone Golem (18) · Troll (3) · War Golem (15) · Wyvern (2)
You may find: Hand Axe · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · +4 more
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L19–35 · cave
Low passages spiral around a throne carved with folded wings and blind eyes. The king is gone, but mighty beasts still guard his road into Xibalba.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (30) · Dragon (8) · Dragon Hatchling (6) · Iron Golem (36) · Minotaur (2) · Minotaur Archer (2) · Stone Golem (36) · Troll (2) · War Golem (27) · Wyvern (6)
You may find: Arrow · Battle Bow · Mace · Spear · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · +5 more
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L30–40 · cave
Sheets of natural obsidian reflect a torchlit city that does not exist above. Winged and scaled shapes move through those reflections before appearing in the cave.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (3) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Iron Golem (6) · Stone Golem (12) · Wyvern (2)
You may find: Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Glyph Stela
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L19–35 · cave
Roots, stakes and fallen weapons from the wilderness above pierce these contested caverns. Dragons and darker powers have claimed the abandoned breaches.
Creatures: Celestial Jaguar (4) · Crystal Golem (63) · Dragon (10) · Dragon Hatchling (10) · Dwarf (3) · Iron Golem (57) · Stone Golem (51) · War Golem (60) · Wyvern (10)
You may find: Mace · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Lunar Robe · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Crystal Shard · Dire Jaguar Pelt · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Star Fragment · Sun Shard · Glyph Stela
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L19–35 · cave
The air lies unnaturally still beneath reliefs of bound captives. Even the cavern's great beasts move quietly through this forgotten trial chamber.
Creatures: Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (6) · Stone Golem (9) · Troll (3) · War Golem (9) · Wyvern (9)
You may find: Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Glyph Stela · Terracotta Vase
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L19–35 · cave
Jagged limestone teeth divide these warrens into cramped hunting grounds. Old wall marks claim the caves were opened when the Jade Serpent shed a fang.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (9) · Dragon (4) · Dragon Hatchling (4) · Ek-Balam (4) · Iron Golem (24) · Stone Golem (18) · War Golem (24) · Wyvern (4)
You may find: Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Plate Armor · Tidecaller Leggings · Tidecaller Robe · Dragon Ham · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Star Jaguar Pelt · Glyph Stela
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L13–24 · cave
Half-buried stone figures march through these cramped halls carrying carved bundles for the dead. Cave-ins have trapped beasts among the procession.
Creatures: Dwarf (3) · Ghoul (9) · Skeleton (6) · Troll (3)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Iron Ore · Skull · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra · Terracotta Vase
L13–24 · cave
Fossilized cacao pods lie among old merchant niches cut into the walls. This gentle approach to Xibalba became a hunting ground after the traders vanished.
Creatures: Cave Bat (4) · Cave Rat (8) · Cave Spider (4) · Dwarf (12) · Ghoul (12) · Kobold (4) · Skeleton (18) · Troll (6)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Leather Boots · Bread · Ham · Meat · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Death-Bat Wing · Iron Ore · Skull · Spider Silk · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra · Terracotta Vase
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L13–24 · cave
Rows of broken clay figures face a sealed doorway at the end of these burrowed halls. Something large crushed the servants while forcing its way inside.
Creatures: Cave Bat (2) · Cave Rat (4) · Cave Spider (2) · Dwarf (12) · Ghoul (9) · Skeleton (9) · Troll (6)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Leather Boots · Bread · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Death-Bat Wing · Iron Ore · Skull · Spider Silk · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra · Terracotta Vase
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L19–35 · cave
Blackened braziers fill warrens where sacred fires once guided the dead. Frost gathers around the nests of creatures that extinguished them.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (3) · Iron Golem (3) · Stone Golem (3) · Troll (3) · Wyvern (3)
You may find: Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Glyph Stela · Terracotta Vase
L19–35 · cave
Uneven steps twist through a natural fault toward the halls beneath. Each landing bears a warning mask turned deliberately toward the surface.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (27) · Dragon (4) · Dragon Hatchling (4) · Dwarf (9) · Ghoul (9) · Iron Golem (33) · Skeleton (3) · Stone Golem (12) · Troll (3) · War Golem (27) · Wyvern (7)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · +5 more
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L30–40 · cave
Blue mushrooms cover sleeping benches once used by underworld pilgrims. Their spores conjure dreams of a road that continues below.
Creatures: Cave Bat (2) · Cave Rat (4) · Cave Spider (2) · Crystal Golem (6) · Dwarf (3) · Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (6) · Skeleton (3) · Stone Golem (6) · Troll (3) · War Golem (6)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Bread · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Death-Bat Wing · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Spider Silk · Glyph Stela · +3 more
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L19–35 · cave
A narrow paved tunnel follows a serpent relief into unmapped darkness. Every milestone has been turned around to point deeper below.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (6) · Iron Golem (6) · Stone Golem (9) · War Golem (3)
You may find: Terra Rod · Jaguar War Helm · Crystal Shard · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Glyph Stela
L30–40 · cave
Pale mushrooms bloom from abandoned pilgrim bundles and release spores shaped like drifting faces. Great scaled beasts nest beneath their cold glow.
Creatures: Celestial Jaguar (2) · Crystal Golem (12) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Iron Golem (3) · Stone Golem (12) · Swamp Troll (2) · War Golem (9) · Wyvern (2)
You may find: Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Lunar Robe · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Crystal Shard · Dire Jaguar Pelt · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Star Fragment · Sun Shard · Troll Hide · Glyph Stela · +2 more
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L19–35 · cave
Fresh tool marks break through an older burial tunnel littered with discarded masks. The robbers found something powerful and never returned for their gear.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (21) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (3) · Iron Golem (6) · Stone Golem (18) · War Golem (15) · Wyvern (8)
You may find: Mace · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Glyph Stela
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L19–35 · cave
Ancient ceiba roots have hollowed a maze through the limestone. Charred prayer cords mark where travelers once begged safe passage below.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (27) · Dragon (8) · Dragon Hatchling (8) · Iron Golem (15) · Skeleton (3) · Stone Golem (9) · War Golem (24) · Wyvern (26)
You may find: Hand Axe · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Glyph Stela · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra
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L19–35 · cave
Wind moans through skull-shaped vents above these close burrows. The sound was said to guide the dead, though it now calls fiercer things.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (9) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (6) · Ghoul (9) · Iron Golem (12) · Skeleton (6) · Stone Golem (12) · Troll (6) · War Golem (18) · Wyvern (2)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · +5 more
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L19–35 · cave
The walls are smooth as if the earth swallowed these tunnels rather than being mined. Offerings placed in their niches disappear between visits.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (6) · Iron Golem (3) · Stone Golem (9) · Wyvern (9)
You may find: Terra Rod · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Glyph Stela
L19–35 · cave
A faded jaguar mural watches over warrens scratched by enormous claws. Hunters left offerings here before entering the deeper dark.
Creatures: Cave Bat (2) · Cave Rat (4) · Cave Spider (2) · Crystal Golem (6) · Dwarf (12) · Ghoul (6) · Iron Golem (6) · Kobold (4) · Skeleton (6) · Stone Golem (6) · Troll (12)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Leather Boots · Bread · Ham · Meat · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Death-Bat Wing · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Spider Silk · Glyph Stela · Painted Skull · +2 more
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L13–24 · cave
A modest excavation circles a weathered mask of an underworld gatekeeper. The shallow galleries are quieter than the depths, but winged and scaled beasts still prowl them.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (9) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (15) · Ghoul (12) · Iron Golem (3) · Skeleton (18) · Stone Golem (9) · Troll (18) · War Golem (12) · Wyvern (8)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · +5 more
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L30–40 · cave
Golden mold outlines vanished doorways like rows of lanterns. One glowing arch frames a stair that appears only during sporefall.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (9) · Dwarf (3) · Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (6) · Skeleton (9) · Stone Golem (21) · Troll (6) · War Golem (12) · Wyvern (27)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Glyph Stela · Painted Skull · +2 more
L19–35 · cave
Moon emblems have been carefully chiseled from every wall, leaving pale scars in the stone. Travelers once crossed this place without speaking or looking back.
Creatures: Ghoul (3) · Skeleton (6) · Troll (9)
You may find: Hand Axe · Spiked Club · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Skull · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra · Terracotta Vase
L19–35 · cave
Abandoned cuts expose a black glass seam that reflects torchlight like watching eyes. Miners fled after uncovering a stair descending toward the death courts.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (6) · Dragon (4) · Dragon Hatchling (4) · Dwarf (6) · Iron Golem (18) · Skeleton (12) · Stone Golem (9) · Troll (9) · War Golem (12) · Wyvern (4)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · +4 more
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L30–40 · cave
Bones lie arranged in processions toward a small jade gate. Whatever assembled them left spaces for new travelers.
Creatures: Cave Bat (2) · Cave Rat (4) · Cave Spider (2) · Dwarf (6) · Ghoul (9) · Kobold (4)
You may find: Mace · Bread · Meat · Bone · Death-Bat Wing · Iron Ore · Skull · Spider Silk
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L13–24 · cave
Small sleeping cells crowd a winding passage marked with handprints and serpent scales. These were the last safe chambers before the old road entered Xibalba.
Creatures: Cave Bat (2) · Cave Rat (4) · Cave Spider (2) · Dwarf (9) · Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (3) · Kobold (2) · Skeleton (12) · Stone Golem (3) · Troll (6) · Wyvern (3)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Leather Boots · Bread · Ham · Meat · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Death-Bat Wing · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Spider Silk · Glyph Stela · +3 more
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L19–35 · cave
Stone feathers cover a gallery ending at a headless quetzal statue. Legend says the bird surrendered its colors here before entering the land of the dead.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (3) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Ghoul (5) · Iron Golem (18) · Skeleton (5) · Stone Golem (12) · War Golem (12) · Wyvern (5)
You may find: Hand Axe · Terra Rod · Jaguar War Helm · Dragon Ham · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Glyph Stela · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra
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L13–24 · cave
Shallow pits hold jade dust, shells and the remains of humble offerings. The silence breaks only when cavern beasts return to feed.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (3) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (12) · Ghoul (15) · Iron Golem (9) · Skeleton (12) · Stone Golem (3) · Troll (12) · War Golem (12) · Wyvern (26)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · +5 more
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L19–35 · cave
Thick roots have split an ancient limestone causeway beneath the jungle. Predators lair between the shattered paving stones and toppled guide idols.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (12) · Dragon (4) · Dragon Hatchling (4) · Dwarf (3) · Ghoul (6) · Iron Golem (9) · Stone Golem (9) · Troll (3) · War Golem (15) · Wyvern (4)
You may find: Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · +2 more
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L19–35 · cave
A vast ring of clawed tunnels where scaled predators nest around a dry underworld spring. Broken offerings suggest this was once the first station on the road to Xibalba.
Creatures: Cave Bat (4) · Cave Rat (8) · Cave Spider (4) · Crystal Golem (30) · Dragon (10) · Dragon Hatchling (10) · Dwarf (18) · Ghoul (18) · Iron Golem (36) · Kobold (2) · Skeleton (18) · Stone Golem (45) · Troll (15) · War Golem (27) · Wyvern (52)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Bread · Dragon Ham · Ham · Meat · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Death-Bat Wing · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · +9 more
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L13–24 · cave
Pale shells hang from stone hooks where pilgrims once kept tiny flames. Their path ends at a collapsed gate bearing the face of the Night Sun.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (3) · Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (3) · Skeleton (12) · Troll (6) · Wyvern (6)
You may find: Hand Axe · Spiked Club · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra · Terracotta Vase
L13–24 · cave
Dust blankets niches where pilgrims once slept before continuing below. Their dream charms remain, but the creatures now nesting here do not rest easily.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (15) · Dwarf (9) · Ghoul (24) · Iron Golem (12) · Skeleton (6) · Stone Golem (6) · Troll (9) · War Golem (9)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Glyph Stela · Painted Skull · Temple Candelabra · Terracotta Vase
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L19–35 · cave
An earthquake opened these raw tunnels through an ancient ceremonial route. Broken censers and displaced guardians lie among the rubble.
Creatures: Cave Bat (2) · Cave Rat (4) · Cave Spider (2) · Crystal Golem (9) · Dire Boar (2) · Dragon (4) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (3) · Ghoul (12) · Iron Golem (9) · Kobold (2) · Stone Golem (18) · Troll (3) · War Golem (9) · Wyvern (2)
You may find: Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Bread · Dragon Ham · Ham · Meat · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Death-Bat Wing · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · +6 more
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L13–24 · cave
White clay handprints record generations of travelers who passed into the underworld. Recent claw marks cross the oldest signatures.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (12) · Dragon (2) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (3) · Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (15) · Skeleton (3) · Stone Golem (18) · Troll (9) · War Golem (9) · Wyvern (17)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Jaguar War Helm · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Elemental Core · Golem Core · Iron Ore · +5 more
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L30–40 · cave
Black-veiled fungus grows around an altar dedicated to a forgotten widow of the death courts. Predators guard the offerings left beneath the caps.
Creatures: Crystal Golem (12) · Dragon (4) · Dragon Hatchling (2) · Dwarf (6) · Ghoul (3) · Iron Golem (3) · Skeleton (6) · Stone Golem (12) · Troll (3) · Wyvern (2)
You may find: Hand Axe · Mace · Spiked Club · Terra Rod · Wand of Inferno · Leather Boots · Plate Armor · Dragon Ham · Ham · Ancient Amulet · Bone · Crystal Shard · Dragon Claw · Dragon Scale · Golem Core · Iron Ore · Skull · Glyph Stela · +3 more
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