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“The greatest adventures are born from the pages of the learned.”
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Quest or Grind
You will need to spend about 70% of your time with this game growing your strength and then once you are strong enough you can complete the Main quests lines to complete the game. The Main quests are described on the Guide Page here.
There are a number of repeatable Side Quests in MM2 as you will see by looking at the ↻ column in the Quest table below. Many of these quests are repeatable chains and so you will need to complete the whole chain and then you can start it over again.
List of Side-Quests
↻ | Priority | Quest Origin | Quest | Questing for | Description | Quest Rewards | Clue | Spoiler |
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Yes | Main Quest | N/A | Find the Castle Key | Castle Access | Find the Castle Key so you can enter the castles | Castle Key | Donate at all temples | in Middlegate C-2 7,7 Donate at the Temple 0,5 Port to Sandsobar in Sandsobar E-4 6,11 Donate at the Temple 4,15 Port to Tundara in Tundara A-1 11,13 Donate at the Temple 6,9 Port to Vulcania in Vulcania E-1 11,8 Donate at the Temple 8,3 Port to Atlantium in Atlantium A-4 4,7 Donate at the Temple Obtain the Fe Farthing 12,0 Port to Middlegate in Middlegate 15,15 Flick your Fe Farthing Obtain Castle Key |
No | Main Quest | A-2, Castle Pinehurst at 4,3 | Rescue Lord Peabody's Son | Lord Peabody | Find Lord Peabody's son and return with him | Access Way Back Machine | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in A-2 1,1 Enter Castle Pinehurst 10,5 Door to S 4,3 Speak with Lord Peabody for quest in B-4 10,1 Defeat Amazon (10) in Atlantium A-4 Sherman in your party Return to Lord Peabody |
Yes | Main Quest | N/A | Win Green Triple Crown | Black Triple Crown Access | Win 3 Arena battles and save a bishop | 13,000 XP; 2200g; access to Yellow | Buy Ticket and Key Middlegate | in Middlegate C-2 4,4 Green Tickets: 10 gold 1,8 Green Key: 500 gold 13,2 Venue 1: Arena in Altantium A-4 7,9 Venue 2: Colosseum in Sandsobar E-4 13,8 Venue 3: Monster Bowl in Castle Woodhaven C-1 10,6 Free Green Bishop 2,11 Collect the Radicon |
Yes | Main Quest | N/A | Win Yellow Triple Crown | Black Triple Crown Access | Win 3 Arena battles and save a bishop | 55,000 XP; 10,000g; access to Red | Buy Ticket and Key Sandsobar | in Sandsobar E-4 7,15 Yellow Ticket: 25 gold 6,2 Yellow Key: 1000 gold `in Middlegate C-2 13,2 Venue 1: Arena in Atlantium A-4 7,9 Venue 2: Colosseum in Sandsobar E-4 13,8 Venue 3: Monster Bowl in Castle Pinehurst A-2 13,3 Free Yellow Bishop 7,6 Collect the Fluxer |
Yes | Main Quest | N/A | Win Red Triple Crown | Black Triple Crown Access | Win 3 Arena battles and save a bishop | 108,000 XP; 32,000g; access to Black | Buy Ticket and Key in Vulcania | in Vulcania E-1 15,8 Red Tickets: 125 gold 0,8 Red Key: 25000 gold in Middlegate C-2 13,2 Venue 1: Arena in Atlantium A-4 7,9 Venue 2: Colosseum in Sandsobar E-4 13,8 Venue 3: Monster Bowl in Castle Hillstone D-4 11,4 Free Red Bishop 3,13 Grab the Capitor |
Yes | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,13 | Win Black Triple Crown | Queen Lamanda | Win 3 Arena battles and save a bishop | 210,000 XP; 100,000g | Buy Ticket and Key in Atlantium | in Atlantium A-4 4,4 Black Tickets: 500 gold 3,10 Black Key: 50,000 gold in Middlegate C-2 13,2 Venue 1: Arena in Atlantium A-4 7,9 Venue 2: Colosseum in Sandsobar E-4 13,8 Venue 3: Monster Bowl in Luxus Palace Royale 14,14 Free Black Bishop 0,6 Grab the Todilor |
No | Main Quest | D-2, (7,0) | Class Promotions | Jurors of Mt. Fairview | Knights and Robbers group | 5,000,000 XP; Earn a + medal | Defeat the Dread Knight in Jousters Way | Knights and Robbers Only in B-3 5,14 Defeat Dread Knight, Conjurer If you take out the Conjurer first it is a bit safer. Physical attacks on Dread Knight in D-2 7,0 Return to Mt. Fairview |
No | Main Quest | D-2, (7,0) | Class Promotions | Jurors of Mt. Fairview | Paladins and Robbers group | 5,000,000 XP; Earn a + medal | Defeat the Frost Dragon in the dungeon below Forbidden Forest | Paladin and Robbers Only in C-3 15,0 Enter Forbidden Forest Cavern in Forbidden Forest Cavern 8,8 Defeat Frost Dragon They will breath first turn but they are slow and you are flush with Robbers. Also remember your Paladins have Bless and Heroism and Heals in D-2 7,0 Return to Mt. Fairview |
No | Main Quest | D-2, (7,0) | Class Promotions | Jurors of Mt. Fairview | Archers and Robbers group | 5,000,000 XP; Earn a + medal | Stop Baron Wilfrey from terrorizing Falcon Forest | Archers and Robbers Only in B-2 11,2 Defeat Baron Wilfrey No Name's Energy Blast is effective in D-2 7,0 Return to Mt. Fairview |
No | Main Quest | D-2, (7,0) | Class Promotions | Jurors of Mt. Fairview | Clerics and Robbers group | 5,000,000 XP; Earn a + medal | Reunite the soul of Corak to his body | With Real Party in Sandsobar Cavern E-4 0,0 Obtain Admit 8 Pass in C-1 10,15 Defeat Ghost(8) Obtain Corak's Soul Clerics and Robbers Only in C-2 5,11 Enter Corak's Cave in Corak's Cave 13,3 Lower Barriers req: Corak's Soul 8,0 Defeat Crypt Fiend(8) in D-2 7,0 Return to Mt. Fairview |
No | Main Quest | D-2, (7,0) | Class Promotions | Jurors of Mt. Fairview | Sorcerers and Robbers group | 5,000,000 XP; Earn a + medal | Release Good and Evil Wizards from Isle of Ancients | Sorcerers and Robbers Only in B-3 12,4 Teleport W8 4,4 Enter Castle of Evil in Castle of Evil 4,10 Set Code 23 2,10 Set Code 46 3,10 Release Ybmug in B-3 4,0 Passage S to B-4 in B-4 4,10 Enter the Castle of Good in Castle of Good 11,5 Set Code 64 13,5 Set Code 32 12,5 Release Yekop in D-2 7,0 Return to Mt. Fairview |
No | Main Quest | D-2, (7,0) | Class Promotions | Jurors of Mt. Fairview | Ninjas and Robbers group | 5,000,000 XP; Earn a + medal | Assassinate Dawn of Dawn's Mist Bog | Ninjas and Robbers Only in D-4 3,7 Enter Dawn's Cavern in Dawn's Cavern 2,14 Defeat Giant Ogre(2) 8,9 Defeat Dawn Enchantress(2) in D-2 7,0 Return to Mt. Fairview This is a tough fight as all three of them can light up the whole party. The way I did it after a few tries at Level 16 was to Temple Buff, which was 60% magic resist, very helpful. Then I took out the Enchantresses first. The magic resistance is what made it work, otherwise I was getting hit for 150 per character from each of them |
No | Main Quest | D-2, (7,0) | Class Promotions | Jurors of Mt. Fairview | Barbarians and Robbers group | 5,000,000 XP; Earn a + medal | Defeat Brutal Bruno, the barbarian chieftain | Barbarians and Robbers Only in C-4 Brutal Bruno 0,15 Defeat Brutal Bruno Barbarians(2) in D-2 7,0 Return to Mt. Fairview |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,13 | Help King Kalohn | Queen Lamanda | Find the Element Orb | Element Orb | Dawn's Cavern, but don't bother her | Have at least 1 Hireling with you in D-4 3,7 Enter Dawn's Cave in Dawn's Cave 2,14 Defeat Giant Ogre(2) 7,12 Defeat Greedy Snitch(200) 11,12 Defeat Orb Guardian(4) Collect Element Orb Give the Element Orb to the Hireling Dismiss the Hireling Exit Dawn's Cave You are prevented from leaving Dawn's Cave with the Element Orb and at least one way around this is to give the Orb to your hireling, dismiss them.. and then go meet them at the Inn and get your Orb back. |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,14 | Help King Kalohn | Queen Lamanda | Find the Elemental Discs | Fire Disc, Air Disc, Water Disc, Earth Disc | Castle Xabran | in A-2 1,1 Enter Castle Pinehurst in Castle Pinehurst 2,5 Use the Way Back Machine Set the Dial to 8 in C-4 Walk/Fly to C-2 in C-2 14,8 Enter Castle Xabran in Castle Xabran 6,14 Collect the Fire Disc 15,15 Collect the Air Disc 15,0 Collect the Water Disc 6,2 Collect the Earth Disc |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,15 | Help King Kalohn | Queen Lamanda | Find the Water Talon | Water Talon | SW Plane | in A-4 8,8 Learn Water Transmutation 1,1 Learn Water Encasement Cast Water Transmutation 0,0 Enter Plane of Water in Plane of Water 11,10 Defeat Element Hydra Water Elemental(3) 10,10 Collect the Water Talon Rest, to pop back to present day |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,16 | Help King Kalohn | Queen Lamanda | Find the Air Talon | Air Talon | NW Plane | in A-1 8,8 Learn Air Transmutation 1,14 Learn Air Encasement Cast Air Transmutation 0,15 Enter Plane of Air in Plane of Air 10,7 Defeat Element Hydra Air Elemental(3) 11,7 Collect the Air Talon Rest, to pop back to present day |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,17 | Help King Kalohn | Queen Lamanda | Find the Fire Talon | Fire Talon | NE Plane | in E-1 8,8 Learn Fire Transmutation 14,14 Learn Fire Encasement Cast Fire Transmutation 15,15 Enter Plane of Fire 4,5 Defeat Element Hydra Fire Elemental(3) Pryo Hyrda(2) 8,8 Collect the Fire Talon Rest, until pop back to present day |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,18 | Help King Kalohn | Queen Lamanda | Find the Earth Talon | Earth Talon | SE Plane | in E-4 8,8 Learn Earth Transmutation 14,1 Learn Earth Encasement Cast Earth Transmutation 15,0 Enter Plane of Earth 7,8 Defeat Element Hydra Earth Elemental(3) 8,8 Collect the Earth Talon Rest, until pop back to present day |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,13 | Help King Kalohn | Queen Lamanda | Deliver the Orb and Talons to King Kalohn | Change History, obtain Password: WAFE | Way Back | Req: Element Orb, Air Talon, Fire Talon, Earth Talon, Water Talon in Castle Pinehurst A-2 2,5 Enter 8 on the dial in C-4 (past) 14,5 Give Items to King Kalohn Rest, until pop back to present day Present Day Go to Great Luxus Palace Royal and see who is now sitting on the throne. Speak with him for the final Quest to save CRON. |
No | Main Quest | D-2, Great Luxus Palace Royale at 8,13 | Save CRON | CRON | Solve the Secret of Square Lake and save CRON | 50,000,000 XP; Savior of CRON | Square Lake Cave | in C-2 10,7 Enter Square Lake Cave Defeat 12 Static RND Encounters on a single path through a never-ending hallway plus any wandering encounters that may happen to trigger. Once you are warmed up: 11,14 Defeat Devil King (66) 0,15 Defeat Sheltem Water Elemental Air Elemental Fire Elemental Earth Elemental Answer WAFE, as the King directed Solve the Cryptogram We, the people of Terra, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense... the above text is encrypted on your screen with a substitution cypher |
Yes | Side Quest | A-3, (7,7) | The Gourmet | The Gourmet | Try all all of the Tavern Food | 100,000 XP | Eat the 3 Meals in each town | Eating all 15 Dishes costs 14,230 gold Middlegate in C-2 has: Horrors D'oeuvres (10g) Soup De Ghoul w/Garlic Toast (50g) Dragon Steak Tartare (100g) Altantium in A-4 has: Lightly Salted Toad Tongue (1000g) Puree of Gnome (2000g) Devil's Food Brownie (3000g) Tundara in A-1 has: Sizzling Swine Soup (200g) Red Hot Wolf Nipple Chips (100g) Roast Leg of Wyvern (1000g) Vulcania in E-1 has: Pickled Pixie Brains (5000g) Deep Fried Troll Liver (500g) Cream of Kobold Soup (1000g) Sandsobar in E-4 has: Dinner B - Wyrm Chop Suey(20g) Roast Peasant Under Glass (50g) Phantom Pudding, very-low cal (250g) in A-3 7,7 Gourmet has your reward |
Yes | Side Quest | C-2, Middlegate at 10,2 | Lost Goblet | Nordon | Find Nordon's lost goblet | 2000 XP; 1000g; Eagle Eye spell | Stolen by goblins who dwell in the cave below | in Middlegate 10,2 Talk to Nordon for Quest 8,0 Enter Caverns Under Middlegate 2,8 Door to W 0,7 Collect Gold Goblet Return to Nordon |
Yes | Side Quest | D-4, Castle Hillstone at 5,2 | Page Level Trophy Hunt | Lord Slayer | Find and defeat the RND monster that is assigned | XP reward scales with Foe to hunt. Check the Foe table for the Index and lookup below: 1-47 : 2000 XP 48-63 : 4000 XP 64-79 : 5000 XP 80-95 : 7000 XP 96-111 : 10,000 XP 112-127 : 15,000 XP 128-143 : 25,000 XP 144-159 : 50,000 XP 160-175 : 100,000 XP 176+ : 250,000 XP | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in D-4 13,1 Enter Castle Hillstone 5,2 Lord Slayer about Page quest You will be asked to seek and destroy a random (RND) foe. Destroy them and return to Lord Slayer. The Foe Database may be helpful, check it out. |
Yes | Side Quest | D-4, Castle Hillstone at 5,3 | Squire Level Trophy Hunt | Lord Slayer | Find and defeat the RND monster that is assigned | XP reward scales with Foe to hunt. Check the Foe table for the Index and lookup below: 1-47 : 2000 XP 48-63 : 4000 XP 64-79 : 5000 XP 80-95 : 7000 XP 96-111 : 10,000 XP 112-127: 15,000 XP 128-143: 25,000 XP 144-159: 50,000 XP 160-175: 100,000 XP 176+ : 250,000 XP | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in D-4 13,1 Enter Castle Hillstone 5,2 Lord Slayer about Squire quest You will be asked to seek and destroy a RND foe. Destroy them and return to Lord Slayer. The Foe Database may be helpful, check it out. |
Yes | Side Quest | D-4, Castle Hillstone at 5,4 | Knight Level Trophy Hunt | Lord Slayer | Find and defeat the RND monster that is assigned | XP reward scales with Foe to hunt. Check the Foe table for the Index and lookup below: 1-47 : 2000 XP 48-63 : 4000 XP 64-79 : 5000 XP 80-95 : 7000 XP 96-111 : 10,000 XP 112-127: 15,000 XP 128-143: 25,000 XP 144-159: 50,000 XP 160-175: 100,000 XP 176+ : 250,000 XP | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in D-4 13,1 Enter Castle Hillstone 5,2 Lord Slayer about Knight quest You will be asked to seek and destroy an RND foe. Destroy them and return to Lord Slayer. The Foe Database may be helpful, check it out. |
Yes | Side Quest | C-1, Castle Woodhaven at 9,11 | Page Level Item Hunt | Lord Hoardall | Find the RND item that is assigned | XP reward scales with Item to hunt. Check the Item table for the Value and multiply by 8. | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in C-1 3,14 Enter Castle Woodhaven 9,11 Lord Hoardall about Page quest You will be asked to acquire a RND item. Find the item and return it to Lord Hoardall. The Item Database may be helpful. Check it out. |
Yes | Side Quest | C-1, Castle Woodhaven at 9,12 | Squire Level Item Hunt | Lord Hoardall | Find the RND item that is assigned | XP reward scales with Item to hunt. Check the Item table for the Value and multiply by 8. | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in C-1 3,14 Enter Castle Woodhaven 9,11 Lord Hoardall about Squire quest You will be asked to acquire a RND item. Find the item and return it to Lord Hoardall. The Item Database may be helpful. Check it out. |
Yes | Side Quest | C-1, Castle Woodhaven at 9,13 | Knight Level Item Hunt | Lord Hoardall | Find the RND item that is assigned | XP reward scales with Item to hunt. Check the Item table for the Value and multiply by 8. | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in C-1 3,14 Enter Castle Woodhaven 9,11 Lord Hoardall about Knight quest You will be asked to acquire a RND item. Find the item and return it to Lord Hoardall. The Item Database may be helpful. Check it out. |
Yes | Side Quest | B-1, (9,9) | Name the pegasus | Guardian Pegasus | Name your guardian pegasus | 100,000g | Repeatable, once per year. Be sure to Search! | in B-1 9,9 Talk to Guardian Pegasus Answer "Meenu" Search! |
Yes | Side Quest | N/A | Reduce Age | Party Strength | Rejuvenate at Murray's Hot Springs | Age-5 | Ride Ferry from Middlegate | in Middlegate 14,8 Buy a ticket for 5000g in C-3 7,9 Catch the ferry in B-4 2,3 Rejuvenate |
Yes | Side Quest | B-1, (5,5) | Help Lord Haart | Lord Haart | Travel back in time and help Lord Haart | 50,000g; 500G | Use the Way Back Machine behind Lord Peabody | in B-1 5,5 Speak to Lord Haart in A-2 1,1 Castle Pinehurst 2,5 Use WBM to 7th century req: rescue Peabody's son in 7th Century in A-1 11,3 Defeat Spaz Twit White Knight Only Males can hurt the White Knight. Be sure to Search and get the Phaser. When you finish, Rest to go back to your own time. in 8th Century in E-2 5,4 Defeat The Long One Crazed Natives(30) Rest to go back to your own time in B-1 5,5 Return items to Lord Haart |
Yes | Side Quest | C-1, (11,1) | Mark's Keys | Mark | Find and Return Mark's Keys | 10,000 XP | Find the Keys before you talk to Mark | in A-2 2,9 Answer "keys" Obtain Mark's Keys in C-1 11,1 Talk to Mark |
Yes | Side Quest | N/A | Circus Games | Party Strength | Win Statistics boosts at the circus! | Based on the Game you play: Test of Strength: MGT+10 Kissing Booth: PER+10 Horseshoes: ACY+10 Head Dunk: END+10 Sack Race: SPD+10 Lucky Dice: LUC+10 Shell Game: INT+10 All Stat raises are ADDED if the before total is less than 101. If the before total is higher than 100 then the award will be SUBTRACTED | Circus in in B-2 only Days 140-170 | Day 140-170 Only in B-2 14,4 Win a Cupie Doll in D-3 7,13 Learn about Inner Limits in E-3 10,12 Bath in the inner pool If you have not given a Cupie Doll to the madman in D-3 this pool will destroy all the items in your backpack! in B-2 14,4 Play more games |
No | Side Quest | Murray's Cave, (1,8) | Defeat Dawn | Murray | Defeat Murray's foul adversary in Dawn's Cave | 100,000g | Murray is an eccentric chap: No Hirelings, Character 1 needs at least 40 MGT, at least 1 Character must have Hero/Heroine skill. | You can raise your MGT as needed in Druid's Cave, see Permanent Boosts. You can acquire Hero/Heroine skill at 9,2 in Atlantium in B-4 2,2 Enter Murray's Cave 7,8 Door to W 6,8 Door to W 5,8 Door to W 4,8 Door to W 3,8 Door to W 1,8 Talk to Murray in D-4 3,7 Enter Dawn's Cave 1,14 Door to E 8,10 Door to S 8,9 Defeat Dawn Enchantress(2) Return to Murray for reward |
No | Side Quest | D-4, Castle Hillstone at 5,4 | Defeat Royal Envoys of Evil | Lord Slayer | Defeat Crawling Envoy, Slithering Envoy, and Winged Envoy. | 1,000,000 XP | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in D-4 13,1 Enter Castle Hillstone 5,2 Lord Slayer about the 3 envoys in E-2 11,6 Defeat Queen Beetle in E-3 5,6 Defeat Serpent King in D-1 10,12 Defeat Dragon Lord Return to Lord Slayer |
No | Side Quest | C-1, Castle Woodhaven at 9,11 | Find Swords of Chivalry | Lord Hoardall | Find Honor Sword, Noble Sword, and Valor Sword | 100,000 XP | Must have a Crusader in the party and a Castle Key to get the quests | in C-1 3,14 Enter Castle Woodhaven 9,11 Lord Hoardall about the swords in D-4 14,11 Defeat Guardian(6) Collect Honor Sword in D-1 0,8 Defeat Priest Collect Noble Sword in A-2 15,11 Defeat Mist Warrior Collect Dancing Sword Return to Lord Hoardall |
XP Grinding is very good in MM2 due to the appearance of very large groups of foes. If you master Crowd Control spells to control all the foes that can reach you then you can pick off the ones that ‘wake up’ with the (F)ight command and (S)hoot the foes in the back of the pack. This tactics is key for most encounters but be careful with large packs of foes that are resistant to Controls spells. Check out the Spells List and filters for “Control” if you are curious about specific spells and the Foe List if you are curious about foe resistance.
If you find a static encounter that you want to grind, you can infinitely reset the encounter by exiting and reloading the map. Use spells like Teleport to get back to the encounter quickly and to avoid random encounters or SET a Llyod’s Beacon next to the encounter and use Surface to get out.
List of Grind spots
Early Game
Middlegate Cavern Loop
7,4 Save at Inn
10,2 Get Nordon's Quest
8,0 Go down below
11,9 Jump over the RND encounter
4,8 Defeat fixed encounter
3,8 Defeat fixed encounter
1,8 Defeat fixed encounter
5,15 Defeat fixed encounter
3,15 Defeat fixed encounter
1,15 Defeat fixed encounter
0,7 Collect the orb
12,3 Jump over the RND encounter
14,6 Attack the Blood Sucker (60)
Yes, there are 60 foes in this fight but only the first 4 or 5 can reach you. Use Sleep to keep the first 5 asleep while you dispatch the rest. Use (F)ight instead of (A)ttack so you can target just the foes that are awake. If you have Missiles, target J with those. Keep reapplying Sleep and in a few minutes you will be done and its worth 2250 XP!
Turn in the Goblet quest
SAVE AT THE INN
and repeat
B-2 Merchant and Orc Loop
7,4 Save at Inn
Fly to B-2
9,5 Dispatch all Merchant (250)
14,10 Dispatch all Orcs (250)
Save at Inn
repeat
Both groups are susceptible to Sleep so keep 1-6 slept and (F)ight the ones that wake up. If you have Missiles target J.
C-3 Druids Loop
in Middlegate
7,4 Save at Inn
in C-3
1,2 Defeat Druid (6)
0,4 Defeat Druid (6)
1,7 Defeat Druid (6)
5,7 Defeat Druid (6)
3,9 Defeat Druid (6)
2,4 Defeat Druid (6)
2,5 Defeat Druid (6)
While these guys can hit pretty hard, they waste a lot of their turns casting Silence. They are resistance to Sleep so don't bother with that, just melee them down before they decide to start attacking. If you want to reset the encounters on C-3, just take 1 step into B-3 and then back to loop again. Just remember to take a trip to the Inn to save periodically
Mid Game
E-3 Nomadic Rift Cave
This is a cave full of static encounters and fixed loot drops. Loot drops here are randomized within a category. Exit the cave and re-enter to reset everything.
14,7 Mugger(15)
Loot: RND Weapon x 5
12,7 Greedy Snitch(10)
Loot: RND 2-Hand Weapon x 2
10,7 Thug Trainee(10)
Loot: RND 2-Hand Weapon x 2
8,7 Ninja(6)
Loot: RND Missile Weapon x 2
6,7 Viking(4)
Loot: RND Missile Weapon x 2
4,7 Hermit(4), Ninja(2)
Loot: 1000g x 2
2,7 Friar(4), Viking(2)
Loot: RND Armor x 2
1,7 Thief(6)
Loot: RND Armor x 2, 1000g x 4
B-1 Ice Caverns Loop
This place has a plethora of large static encounters and a lot of static gear drops that you can get over and over again to outfit your hirelings. Warning: Avoid the slide traps they are placed 1 step in front of each encounter use Jump to land on the encounter and avoid the slide trap.
0,8 Valiant Knight(2), Guardian Hound(2)
1,1 Rabid Rodent(100)
Loot: 2x Magic Meal
4,4 Kobold(250)
Loot: Ice Sickle +3, Cold Blade +3
7,1 Arachnoid(65)
Loot: Web Caster
10,4 Blood Sucker(150)
Dagger +15
13,1 Orc(160)
5000g
15,0 White Knight(2), Ninja
1,14 Sprite(150)
Loot: 500G
4,11 Crazed Dwarf(50)
Loot: Speed Boots +3
7,14 Goblin(250)
Loot: Cold Shield +5
10,11 Mugger(200)
Loot: Looter Knife +5
13,14 Giant Ogre(45)
Loot: Giant Sling +3
15,14 Seductress(2), Ninja
Late Game
D-1 Dragon’s Dominion
What can I say this place is full of gold, loot, and dragons
The Past
You can gain a lot of experience defeating Hydras and Elementals in the planes and also in past eras 600, 700, 800 on the surface
Hirelings
There are 24 Hirelings that can be found during your adventure. Hirelings can be swapped in and out of your party. You can add 2 hirelings to your base 6 characters to make a party of 8 or you can run a party of 8 hirelings. Hirelings require gear and level advancement. Check out the Hirelings here.
Secondary Skills
Each character, including Hirelings, can have up to 2 Secondary Skills that further specialize their value. Some of the secondary skills are required to access parts of CRON and others are unnecessary. Check out the Secondary Skills here.
Gear
MM2 has extensive gear options in Weapons, Armor and many other Items that grant early access to “spells” that cast with item charges. Gear charges can be replenished and this allows for some exploitation coupled with the Merchant secondary skill. Check out the Gear here.
Boosts
MM2 introduces the concept of Permanent and Temporary boosts. Many Permanent Boosts increase your stats and are repeatable up to a certain point ~50. If you want to maximize your statistics, you will want to find and repeat these capped statistic boosts early before you start to collect other non-capped statistic boosts. Some are very easy to collect and some are much more difficult. Check out the Boosts here.
Attribution
How to obtain a copy of this game:
eBay link – PC version (1988)
GOG link – Digital PC version (includes games 1-6)