Castle of Lord Mhoire Quest

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Castle of Lord Mhoire Quest
Level:	125
Rec. Level:	200
Type:	Fellowship
Starts With:	Shade of Antemy
Starts At:	Mhoire Castle
Route:	Graveyard at 64.6S, 44.1W
Repeat:	20 Hours
Contracts:	Contract for Mhoire Castle

Overview

Access to the floating Mhoire Castle has finally been achieved. Secure the wards of three guardians in Graveyard before entering the castle to complete several trials, after which you are able to enter the Great Hall and confront the Shade of Lord Rytheran.

This guide breaks down each trial individually (by tower). If you have completed the quest more than once, you can do each of the trials in any order you choose.
There are additional miniquests inside the castle that can be carried out while doing the trials.

Prerequisites

Complete Guardians of Mhoire Castle.

Walkthrough & Notes

Entering the Castle

Use west gargoyle statue at 64.6S 44.1W to summon the portal to Mhoire Castle.
The portal will drop you in the ruins of Mhoire Castle up on the hill. There are various portals around the ruins which go to the different towers of the castle.
- Note: For first timers, the only portal which works is the northeast tower portal. Once you've completed the quest for the first time, you can use the individual portals around the castle to access each tower trial quickly.
Enter the northeast tower and speak with Shade of Antemy. He assigns you three trials to complete, one in each of the remaining three towers.
Optional: Speak to the Shade of Fordroth and the Shade of Ormend to flag for two additional kill tasks.

Part 1: The Trials

Southeast Tower - Flames of Courage

Optional: If you plan on using a flame protection rare, it is recommended to complete the Southeast and Southwest trials together, so you can benefit from the rare in both trials.
From the Northeast tower drop, stick left until you reach a large room; take the SE corner door then stick left into through to another large room; take the NW door then stick left to the first test.
Talk to the Guardian of Mhoire statue in the middle of the room to receive a Mhoire Sword of Courage.
- Note: The room filled with Flame Guardians and high damage Flaming Skulls. If you get hit by one, heal immediately as a 2nd hit will likely kill you.
- Tip: Watch the patterns and you can avoid most Flaming Skulls.
- Tip: If you use an Inferno's Jewel (flame protection rare), the Flaming Skulls will not harm you at all.
Once you've received the sword, kill 10 Flame Guardians and loot a Crystallized Blue Flame from each of their corpses.
- Note: The corpses (indicated by a yellow dot on the map) only last 1 to 3 seconds, so you must loot after each kill.
Once you've collected 10 flames, speak to the Guardian of Mhoire Statue to complete the trial.

Northwest Tower - Rite of Wisdom

From the northeast tower drop, stick left to a large room and take the NW door then stick left through to another large room; take the SE door and stick left to the next test.
For this test you will be harassed by several Guardian Statues that respawn as fast as you can kill them. They spam war magic, so you will need to be quick or have someone else heal you while you solve the puzzle.
Talk to the Guardian of Mhoire statue in the middle of the room to receive a block of green text similar to the following (Each clue is different):
DJZZKKE FBKV PTJ EKZCABKN MTNK
KLZB OJLNE CV TNEKN CD PTJN ZBTNK
XBK WCNDX XTJZB FCVED FBKNK WLMZTVD DTLN - Air (West)
XBK VKUX BKLN ZNLDBCVO FLHKD TV DBTNK - Water (South)
XBK XBCNE DKKQ ELIZCVO WMLIKD XBLX NTLN - Fire (North)
XBK MLDX WCVE DXNTVOKDX ITJVXLCV ZTNK - Earth (East)
RLVCDBIKVX WTN L ZBTCZK ITDX ATTN
DJZZKDD LVE XBKV C ILNQ XBK ETTN
Use each of the four stationary statues located around the room that correspond with the clues above.
- Warning: You must use the statues in the order that you read them in your clue. If you use the statues out of order (you will be portaled to the start), or run out of time, simply talk to the statue again and you will be given a new order and the task starts over.
- Optional: After receiving your clue, run to the side hallway so you can safely identify the order of the statues you need to use.
1. Guardian of Fire is the North statue.
2. Guardian of Water is the South statue.
3. Guardian of Earth is the East statue.
4. Guardian of Air is the West statue.
If you use all 4 statues in the correct order, you will receive a message stating that you have completed the task, and been awarded the title reward.

Southwest Tower - Flames of Virtue

From the drop of the northeast tower, stick left to a large room and take the NW door. From here, stick left to another large room; use the SW door then stick left to another large room. Finally, take the NE door and stick left to find the third test.
You will enter a room with high damage Flaming Skulls (similar to the Southeast tower). These skulls can one or two hit you, so be careful to avoid them!
- Optional: If you use an Inferno's Jewel (flame protection rare), you can avoid taking damage from the skulls.
Talk to the Guardian of Mhoire statue in the middle of the room to receive a Mhoire Sword of Virtue, and a green message dictating which flame to drop it in.
- Note: The map (see right) shows the names and locations of the flames.
Drop the sword into the flame that corresponds with the message you received. If you're correct, you'll receive yet another message, indicating where to drop the sword next.
- Note: It is possible to receive the same statue twice in a row.
Once you've dropped the sword into a number of correct flames, you will receive a message telling you to bring the sword back to the Guardian of Mhoire statue. Talk to the Guardian to complete the trial.
- Note: If you hand the sword to the wrong statue, simply speak with the Guardian of Mhoire again to get a new sword and start again.
Return the sword to the Guardian of Mhoire, and if you've done the test correctly, you will receive a message indicating you have passed the test and been awarded the title reward.

Part 2: The Great Hall - Cleansing the Throne

Talk to the Shade of Antemy at the northeast tower drop to flag for the Mhoire Castle Great Hall Portal (across the room from him).
Enter the Mhoire Castle Great Hall Portal and you'll be in a series of rooms with various doors. Take the following:
1. South double door
2. NE double door
3. East then North corner
4. NW double door
5. NW double door
6. North then West corner (killable doors)
7. SW double door
8. Head south through the double door (killable doors), and enter the Mhoire Throne Room
Use the Ancient Throne to spawn the Shade of Lord Rytheran and a horde of his Wights.
Each person in your group must loot a Rytheran's Jeweled Ring (drops 9) from his corpse.
- Note: For ranged characters this is solo-able, use the Throne and hop onto a pillar.
- Optional: The Shade of Lord Rytheran (Undead, weak to fire/acid/pierceSB) will spawn along with numerous GY creatures. The various GY creatures will respawn reather quickly in the spot they are killed. Make use of doors in the vicinity as you see appropriate.
Head back to the Northeast tower and speak to the Shade of Antemy to receive your rewards.
Use the keys in the the legendary chest room located with the Sealed Treasury Vaults beyond the Mhoire Throne Room. You must go back to the Great Hall and beyond the throne to use the keys. Also note that the legendary chests are in separate rooms for each type of chest (Armor, Weapon, Magic).

Notes

Important: If you die while fighting the Shade of Lord Rytheran, you will not be able to respawn him on your own. If you speak to the Shade of Antemy, he will tell you that you must abandon the quest and try again in two weeks, or else go with someone else to spawn him. At this point, your best bet is to get someone else to spawn the boss, and simply loot Rytheran's Jeweled Ring when you've killed him.
Similar to how ghosts used to not always drop bodies, the same issue seems to be true for the Flame Guardians, when they are winding up to cast and are killed there's no corpse.
The ring has a 2 week timer on pickup, but you must complete the three tower trials again before the Shade of Antemy will reward you for repeat runs. That is you can pick up the ring, but if you have not completed the three trials and used the throne, you will not be rewarded by Antemy (you can do the trials and use the throne after picking up the ring if you forget).
If you use the Ancient Throne but fail to kill Lord Rytheran you can run back (slow respawn), but you cannot activate the Throne to spawn him again. You must either get another character to spawn Lord Rytheran by using the Throne or talk to the Shade of Antemy to reset your quest entirely.

Dungeons & Maps

Dungeon	Coordinates	Wiki Map	ACmaps
Mhoire Castle Courtyard	64.6S 44.1W	462D.png	--
Mhoire Castle	N/A	8C03.png	--
Mhoire Castle Southwest Tower	N/A	Guardian of Mhoire Room Flames Map.png	--
Mhoire Castle Great Hall	N/A	8C03.png	--

Rewards

Complete Flames of Courage
Titles:	Knight of the Southeast Tower

Complete Rite of Wisdom
Titles:	Knight of the Northwest Tower

Complete Flames of Virtue
Titles:	Knight of the Southwest Tower

Experience:	1,695,225,700 (50% up to level 275)
Luminance:	15,000
Titles:	Champion of House Mhoire
Items:
Ancient Mhoire Coin (x2) Legendary Key (x2) Trade Note (250,000) (x6)

Images

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Entryway
Shade of Antemy
Noble Remains on ground in various fixed locations.
The Ancient Throne you use to spawn the Shade of Lord Rytheran.
Sealed Treasury Vault

Videos

Movie Guide by Xeo (Teresh of MT)
File:Mhoire Castle Southwest Tower Flaming Skull Test
File:Castle of Lord Mhoire Defeating Lord Rytheran

Dialog

Opening Dialog

Shade of Antemy tells you, "In life I was the Seneschal of House Mhoire. In ancient times I walked these halls and served Lord Cynreft Mhoire."

Shade of Antemy tells you, "When the vile Rytheran rained destruction on these halls he used the dark magic of his foul tome to corrupt the throne of house Mhoire."

Shade of Antemy tells you, "This corruption is bound to the throne and bears his likeness to mock us. This aberration brings despair to the spirits of this place."

Shade of Antemy tells you, "To destroy this corruption you must earn the purest flame by completing all three tests to prove your worth as a champion of House Mhoire."

Shade of Antemy tells you, "Fight your way to the top of each castle tower and complete the tests there. When you have completed all three return to me."

Trials

Northwest Tower

Order changes each time you talk and is unique to each person that talks.

Your Mhoire Defender's mark burn with blue flame, and the eyes on this ancient statue burn with that same flame.

You hear a whisper in your head that says "Your test has begun."

Burning letters appear at the base of the statue that read:

DJZZKKE FBKV PTJ EKZCABKN MTNK

KLZB OJLNE CV TNEKN CD PTJN ZBTNK

XBK WCNDX DKKQ ELIZCVO WMLIKD XBLX NTLN

XBK VKUX ZNLDBCVO FLHKD TV DBTNK

XBK XBCNE WCVE DXNTVOKDX ITJVXLCV ZTNK

XBK MLDX XTJZB FCVED FBKNK WLMZTVD DTLN

RLVCDBIKVX WTN L ZBTCZK ITDX ATTN

DJZZKDD LVE XBKV C ILNQ XBK ETTN

Translation, the 4 middle lines change order whenever you use the Guardian of Mhoire statue: Succeed when you decipher lore. Each guard in order is your chore.

The third seek dancing flames that roar.

The next hear crashing waves on shore.

The last find strongest mountain core.

The first touch winds where falcons soar.

Banishment for a choice most poor. Success and then I mark the door.

You have chosen correctly. You must choose the next guardian.

You have chosen correctly the final guardian correctly!

Defender, you have succeeded in the Test of the Northwest Tower.

You have been granted the title Knight of the Northwest Tower!

Southwest Tower

As you disturb the statue its eyes burn with flame. It's voice whispers in your head.

Guardian of Mhoire tells you, "As Lord Cynreft Mhoire looked for eight virtues in his knights, so will you seek purity in the flames of those virtues."

Guardian of Mhoire tells you, "To pass this test, you must purify the Sword of Virtue eight times before the sword crumbles to dust."

Guardian of Mhoire tells you, "The sword must be purified only in the flames specified by the test. It will bear no flame out of order."

Guardian of Mhoire tells you, "As you purify the sword in each flame, you will hear the name of a virtue where you must bring the sword next."

Guardian of Mhoire tells you, "Bring the purified sword back to me before it crumbles in five minutes."

Guardian of Mhoire tells you, "You have five minutes before the sword turns to dust."

Guardian of Mhoire tells you, "Burn the corruption from the sword until it is pure and return it to me."

Purify the Sword of Virtue in the Flames of Patience.

You allow Flames of Patience to examine your Mhoire Sword of Virtue.