Introduction

Inside the Mushroom Caves, which are located directly next to the Spirituality Moongate, a teleporter takes you right into the Twisted Weald. In order to enter the dungeon you must have accepted the quest to kill the Dreadhorn from one of the elves in Heartwood.

The Twisted Weald at first seems like a nice and quiet valley in the mountains with a few harmless pixies flying around. However, when you move in further you will soon discover that this place is nowhere near nice. If you have negative karma, you most likely will not get past the pixies in the first place. You then have to pass an area of quicksand where your movement is slowed down. Unfortunately, Sartyrs, Changelings and Cu Sidhes will hide there, waiting for easy prey.

If you made it alive to the swamps in the western part, you will find several named creatures like Gnaw, Sabrix, Irk and Lissith of which you are to collect the keys for the Dreadhorn visit. You also have to pick up a Thorny Briar in the quicksand maze and a Blighted Cotton from the swamp. To gain access to the Dreadhorn island, you have to drop the keys into the Statue of the Fey at the southern end of the swamp.

Lore:

Once a pristine forest glen nestled amidst mountains, this area is now the tainted home of Dread Horn, Gnarled trees, stagnant pools of brackish water, huge spider webs, and thorny obstructions create a terrain ruled over by the influence of the blighted unicorn. Adventurers enter the dungeon by passing between a narrow gap in the bramble covered trees. Thorns bite into boots and entangle feet. Vast spider webs cling to players slowing their movement and drawing the attention of the arachnids who make this area their home.

The Dread Horn Keys

Like all Peerlesses, there are keys with timers (long timers, but timers none-the-less) on them, that need to be acquired. These keys are then exchanged for a "main key," which also has a timer on it (a VERY short one).

The keys needed to challenge Dread Horn are as follows.

The following keys are located in the swampy area:

Sabrix's Eye (kill Lady Sabrix, a spider boss);
Irk's Brain (kill Irk, a changeling boss);
Lissith's Silk (kill Lady Lissith, a spider boss); and
Blighted Cotton (greenish cotton plant, just pick it up from the swamp floor).

The following keys are located in the quicksand maze:

Gnaw's Fang (kill Gnaw, a dire wolf boss that is located in the cave at the end of the "quicksand" area); and
The Thorny Briar (purpleish thorn bush, just pick it up from the quicksand floor).

These keys are then exchanged for the main key, titled Essence of Wind, at the Statue of the Fey that is located in some ruins at the southeast corner of the swampy area.