Construction of Shadows  

Just ran with my cleric on 1/26/2020

Ran it tonight on Firiona Vie with no issues

Fenegar will give me this quest at Dubious but will not give me bracer quest.I petitioned an they said i have to raise facton.So am doin this quest, at maze part now 2 parts done 2 to go.Got task at lvl 67....

i have died 5 times at the ramp down to lorekeeper rome by icecrack and by the gollem at entrance to maze......any suggestions?

this is my first FC quest. haven't done anything other kill in FC yet i was able to get this task w/o hassle.

Having done this quest 6 times now I feel like a bit of an expert, so here is what I learned to go from 10 deaths the first run to no deaths the last 3 runs!

First - levitation helps speed up getting around for the first two parts, the meeting room and the Temple, but it may lead to death entering the maze! I was levi'd entering the maze and kept geting killed by the 2 golems in the cubbies on each side of the hallway. Then I clicked off levi and carefully positioned myself exactly between the cubbies and have never died on any subquent run.

Second - I do the rooms in the following order Meeting Room, Temple, Treasure Room and Prison. Occassionaly you will die entering the prision no matter what you do, but if you are running in you will finish the quest before you die and get the reward.

Third - when going to the meeting room, as you come down the ramp there is a see invisi mob Capt hectov on the left wall. Just hang onto the right wall as you enter that room and hug the wall around to the meeting room and you will be fine. Go out the same way.

Fourth - There is a wandering see invisi mob Guard Commander Bowulf up occassionally - you may see him going east to west from the round room or north south down the main hallway - just keep your eyes open for him and he's easy to avoid.

Fifth - Getting to the temple is usually no problem. the only possible problem is the wandering Commander noted above.

Sixth - I always enter the maze by turning east(right) at the Golem. After you get the Treasure Room there is a path between the 2 sides which allows you to get to the prison without running by the Golem again.

Seventh (and last) There are Named in the SW and SE corners of the maze (Fleshless and Haze respectively) usually the first entrances off the Golem turn lead to one of them - be careful - they aggro fast! (sometimes you get bitten by haze and his bite paralyzes you for 30-40 secs, but you can crawl away!)

Good luck to all! For my money this is one of the most enjoyable quests I have done!

Necik, the clumsy Necro
(Now With SoulWhisper)

Edited, Mar 23rd 2007 12:41pm by Coriganhawk

As of the 2/21/07 patch, this quest is repeatable at least at amiable to WG faction.

Also, to those having trouble getting into the maze, the trick I use is to be lev'd, open the passage, and when the golem gets to the bottom of the ramp and stops facing in the maze, run in fast and as high as you can over his head and then turn hard right up into the maze. This has worked fairly reliably...

this quest is NOT repeatable.. i completed it once, and when i tried to get it again i get this message (in yellow text)
Sorry Latan, I don't have anything for someone with your abilities.

I did manage to go through the whole thing shrouded with Rogue, but I have a couple pointers to finish it. Patience is the key for it though. When you click on the torch to slide the throne forward, go peek in and see if the ice golem is close to the front or not. If he isnt all the way in the back, dont go for it. Just let the throne slide back and wait to check it next round. If the throne slides shut and you're in the hallway you're trapped, you cant go back out again and then you get killed. Once he's at the far end though, you can sneak between the two ice golems in the cubbies, and hug the wall hard to pass the wanderer at the end. Once you're in the maze all the shades in there see through invis and will kill you, but they're all wanderers so it just takes patience and some quick moving to avoid getting smashed. They will often stand at just one point for 2 or 3 minutes straight. When I was doing it though there was only one path for me to go through to get into the deep part of the maze for each of the rooms I needed to visit, so explore, be patient, and keep an eye open in the back of your head and you can do it.

Edited, Feb 3rd 2007 3:12am by WraithKiss

how do u get into the maze?...i get to statue and i get a message i cant reach it from here, i move up and nada

After making a suicide run throug the maze to the prison/ jail area I came up to the door into the prison room...and the door wouldnt open. Is there any trick to this door? Did have invulnerability running when I first tried the door, then clicked it off...still door wouldnt open.




As far as repeatability goes, I have heard that once you doo all 4 missions in this arc ( Lost tomes, Construction of shadows, Runic ivory and Armor supplies) you can then repeat missions.



Sliggoth, druid/ tradeskiller of 7th Hammer

i would not downplay the rateing on this quest, while its basic reward is not all that great, the Faction gains are huge for completeing quests with faction as part of the reward.

its easy enough to complete with a grp that can handle the maze area

Left side of the maze as your looking at your map is the Jails, and the right side of the Maze as your lookig at your map is the Treasure room

Anyone know if you can do this if you shroud down to a rogue?
I heard of the Slipgear Gem being done in that manner, and was wondering if anyone had succeeded in using that method on this one?


Garioch, Last of the Lone Rangers
Archer for Evasion
Firiona Vie