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Posted December 08, 2017
Hi sorry for posting another question so soon but I have come across a strange problem.

After I get the 7th piece of the staff in Murkwood and go back up to the first floor the riddle door is locked again and wont give me the riddle challenge from this side of the door. The destroying walls item doesn't help me out here either as the walls are immune to it here. I am not a spellcaster and don't have any unlock items, I don't think they would work here anyway.

I have a save just before the riddle door and reloading it and trying again doesn't help. The door doesn't relock until I go down to floor 2 which I have to do to get the staff piece.

Has anyone else come across I problem like this?

I had a good look online and haven't found anything.

Any help would be great.
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Posted December 09, 2017
I haven't progressed in Arena so far for many years, and don't remember any details, except that I managed to complete the main quest - so I know it's possible.
My best guess is that there is something wrong with your save game, but I can't tell you how to check and even less how to fix it.
You could try PASSWALL, but I doubt it helps.
And you could load an older savegame, even when this means repeating a bigger chunk of the game - but it's like searching a needle in a haystack, I guess.
Perhaps you could have a look at one of the Let's Play videos on YouTube? For example this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmb4qL1cVqM
Looks like the guy is simple walking to the gate (slightly more than 4 minutes into the video), it opens and he walks through - but I may have missed something.
Good luck!
Posted December 09, 2017
Ok thanks.

Looks like I might just have to abandon the old save game then. Reinstall and start from scratch.

Thanks for all your help.
Posted December 09, 2017
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Timmy: Looks like I might just have to abandon the old save game then. Reinstall and start from scratch.
A shame - especially when you're so close to the end.
It might be a good idea to backup your saves before re-installing the game - it's as likely that a game file is corrupt as that a savegame is corrupt.

I'm still thinking about your problem. Are you saying that the gate locks when you enter level 2? I mean, if you open the gate, go through, stay on level 1, then the gate remains open, but when you enter level 2, return immediately to level 1, then the gate is closed and you can't open it? Odd - the transition to level 2 must trigger it. Doesn't sound like a savegame problem to me.

Edit: Does it make a difference for the gate whether or not you have retrieved the 7th piece on level 2?
One more idea (assuming you didn't delete your Murkwood savegame). If you have been using version 1.06 from GOG, you might try either another 1.06 download, or try 1.07. There shouldn't be any differences, but you never know.
For the downloads visit, for example, [url=http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Files]http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Arena:Files[/url].
Or modify DOSBox settings?

Can someone confirm that going through said gate is possible when you're leaving the Murkwood dungeon (using the GOG version)?
Post edited December 09, 2017 by Greywolf1
Posted December 09, 2017
Thanks again.

I installed the 1.07 from uesp, copied over all the files from my old install and recompleted the vaults of Gemin and when I got back to the same point in Murkwood the door opened no problem.

Thanks so much for your help.
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