Wizardry Variants Daphne – Ancient Mausoleum Tips + Map

Helpful Tips for Ancient Mausoleum

After some tests in the Ancient Mausoleum, I discovered that there’s a point in fighting as many enemies as possible in there.

• First, because it costs a ton of fortitude to get there but mostly because you can find more than the one-time find bones.
• Each battle has a set chance to drop a Treasure Chest from low grade to high grade.
• Low Grade chests: Azureous Ore, Minor potions
• Medium Grade chests: Class Equipment Junk from what Class Mausoleum you selected
• High Grade chests: Adventurer’s bones (Yeah you read it right I was so happy when I found this)
• Also for those that are not in the know: Each character’s bone can be found only 1 time each.
• Once the number of bones left are fewer and fewer, there will also be Class Equipment Junks.
• Once the bones found is dried up for that Class Mausoleum: only Class Equipment Junk will be found.
• What I never tried and someone needs to confirm this: If the God of Death Blessing increases the % of Drop rates for chests.

Also, the big bad Undead Centaur may be scary but he is manageable with the right team and Undead Bane weapons. I also think his value is not the XP he gives but the higher % drop rate of Chests. (Thanks to CoffeeGamer.com for the additional information).

Preparations for Your Mausoleum Runs

• Party Level 20 (Level grade is better).
• Equipment +4 to every character (+5 is better). Every weapon should have the “of the Bane” affix or else you won’t do much in battle.
• Priest with Way of Priest for reducing support and healing MP costs (Emil has it before but I’m pretty sure Galina at level 25 would be better since she increases Insta-Kill Tolerance to Evil Adjacent allies and herself). Be sure to put Gerulf and another evil character on her sides. MC might count in any Synergy but it has to be tested.
• Priest with at least Marein for Undeads and Centaur count as one!
• Any Insta-Kill Tolerance items, Bondmate (Bunny), Well of Mind Bonuses will help. I think Evasion might help as well to dodge enemies’ skills.
• Beware of the Centaur and the skeleton guards that might join him because they each have a skill that might Insta-Kill a party member if it succeeds.

Bonus From Uncommon Harken Blessing

If you happen to choose a Harken Blessing that has a blue (uncommon) or purple (rare) name, your MC gets to revive for free without costing any Flame of Resurgence at all. I died like 5-6 times before I could succeed in a hard battle (first 2 Ent battles then Mimic on the Beginning Abyss rerun number 2). It lasted until I changed floors the last time I used it (blue color).

Ancient Mausoleum Map

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Mausoleum Remains