The Vault of Shadows/Quick guide (2024)

• 1 Overview
• 2 Getting started
• 3 Ice button
• 4 Blood button
• 5 Smoke button
• 6 Pylon or Shadow Anchors
• 7 Shadow button
• 8 Finishing Up
• 9 Rewards
• 10 Required for completing

• Speak to Dr Nabanik near the bank chest at Kharid-et Dig Site. ( ✓)

• Head into the prison block section of the dig site, enter the eastern door which leads to the solitary confinement area, go down to the southern end of the corridor, there will be an inactive dial on the west wall before the last empty room.
  • If you havent done Time Served but you have the repaired artefact in your inventory, then just inspect the ancient mechanism to the North. Insert the artefact and then the eastern door will open.
• Cast an 'Incite Fear' spell scroll whilst standing next to the dial. The dial is located on the middle of the western wall; south of the corridor, just outside the southernmost room.
• Press the Ice button and enter the vault ( 1)
• Pick up the praetor's log page 1.
• Set your compass to face north (so the central vault is on the east of the screen)

Using the image, press each button in order. Backwards turns are denoted by '. For example SW' means turn south-west back.You may cancel pressing the wrong direction (e.g. SW instead of SW') by pressing the same button in the other direction (e.g. SW'). You can then proceed with the right move (e.g.SW).

• NE, E, NE', SW', S
• S, SE, SE, C, N'
• S', W, NW

If you make a mistake, you can leave and return via the button on the western wall to reset the puzzle.The final combination of the dials on the wall is, from top to bottom: shadow, blood, smoke, ice.

• The door will open and you will automatically receive praetor's log page 2.

• Head to the Main Fortress of the Kharid-et Dig Site (first room) and go to the south-east corner (with your Pontifex signet ring).
• Pass the Pontifex barrier and find the inactive dial on the northern wall, directly north of the Orcus altar.
• Cast an 'Exsanguinate' spell scroll whilst standing next to the dial.
• Press the Blood button and enter the vault ( 1)
• Walk to the large door and stand in the centre of the control dials.
• Set your compass to face north (so the central vault is on the north of the screen)

Using the image, press each button in order. Backwards turns are denoted by '. For example SW' means turn south-west back.You may cancel pressing the wrong direction (e.g. SW instead of SW') by pressing the same button in the other direction (e.g. SW'). You can then proceed with the right move (e.g.SW).

If you make a mistake, you can leave and return via the button on the eastern wall to reset the puzzle.The final combination of the dials on the wall is, from top to bottom: shadow, blood, smoke, ice.

• The door will open and you will automatically receive praetor's log page 3.

• Return to the Main Fortress of the Kharid-et Dig Site and go directly north of the Pontifex barrier, by the oven.
• Find the inactive dial on the wall immediately west of the oven.
• Cast a 'Smoke Cloud' spell scroll whilst standing next to the dial.
• Press the Smoke button and enter the vault ( 1)
• This time, set your compass so the north pointer is facing right (unlike the other puzzles), making you face the big door.

Using the image, press each button in order. Backward movements are denoted with a ' after the number, e.g. 5' is 5 dial back.You may cancel pressing the wrong direction (e.g. 5 instead of 5') by pressing the same button in the other direction (e.g. 5'). You can then proceed with the right move (e.g.5').

• 5', 2, 7', 3, 3, 4' - Top row complete (all pink)
• 2, 7', 2'
• 1, 1, 8', 1', 1'
• 3, 3, 8, 3', 3' - Second row complete (all red)
• 7', 4, 8, 4' - Puzzle complete

If you make a mistake, you can leave and return via the button on the eastern wall to reset the puzzle.The final combination of the dials on the wall is, from top to bottom: shadow, blood, smoke, ice.

• The door will open and you will automatically receive praetor's log page 4.

• Return to the Main Fortress of the Kharid-et Dig Site and enter the war room by clicking the praetorium war table (middle of the Main Fortress)
• Find the inactive dial on the western wall in the small western room.
• Cast an 'Animate Dead' spell scroll whilst standing next to the dial.
• Press the Shadow button and enter the vault ( 1)
• Set your compass so the north pointer is facing south (so the central vault is at the top of the screen)

Using the image, press each button in order. Backward movements are denoted with a ' after the number, e.g. 5' is 5 dial back.You may cancel pressing the wrong direction (e.g. 5 instead of 5') by pressing the same button in the other direction (e.g. 5'). You can then proceed with the right move (e.g.5').

• 3, 3, 1’, 3’, 3’
• 1’, 5’, 2, 2, 4
• 1’, 3’, 1, 5’, 3
• 3, 5, 2’, 3’, 2’
• 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3

If you make a mistake, you can leave and return via the button on the southern wall to reset the puzzle.The final combination of the dials on the wall is, from top to bottom: shadow, blood, smoke, ice.

• The door and now the vault will open.

• Pick up the shadow engrammeter (depleted) from the centre of the vault.
• Collect 500 divination memories (vibrant tier or higher). Click "Recharge" on the Shadow engrammeter when you have an inventory full of memories to charge it. Enriched memories count as double.
• Once your shadow engrammeter is full, return to the centre of the vault via any of the dials and Operate the engrammeter.
• Take Trindine's memory to Dr Nabanik. ( 3•#)

You will receive the memory as a book, and be granted 25,000 divination experience.

• Return to the vault using any of the dials, with your ring of visibility (or ability to permanently see the shadow realm).
• Speak to Praetor Trindine in the centre. This will complete The Vault of Shadows mystery.
• Return to and speak to Dr Nabanik.
• Speak to him again after the cutscene.

It is therefore an indirect requirement for the following quests and miniquests: