Valkyrie quest - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* The Shrine of Destiny */ word choice

2025-05-22T18:01:49Z

‎The Shrine of Destiny: word choice

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-03-31T00:17:21Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: /* Levels */ typo

2024-02-29T06:03:54Z

‎Levels: typo

Umbire the Phantom: /* Levels */ potholes for monster gen

2024-02-29T06:03:43Z

‎Levels: potholes for monster gen

Darth l33t: move strategy section down

2022-08-30T17:26:57Z

move strategy section down

Umbire the Phantom at 22:47, 25 January 2020

2020-01-25T22:47:46Z

Netzhack at 01:02, 7 September 2019

2019-09-07T01:02:25Z

Tomsod: /* The Fortress of Lord Surtur */ 3.6.2 drawbridges

2019-05-29T03:06:22Z

‎The Fortress of Lord Surtur: 3.6.2 drawbridges

Tomsod: /* The Fortress of Lord Surtur */ more info on the goal level

2019-03-28T11:15:01Z

‎The Fortress of Lord Surtur: more info on the goal level

Chessnuts: Grammar in last edit

2018-04-24T23:13:08Z

Grammar in last edit

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-The two-way magic portal back to the [[Dungeons of Doom]] is at the marked point. The [[Norn]] occupies the building, with a [[chest]] next to her; there are eight [[warrior]]s in the Shrine with her. Distributed in the marked spots are ten fire ants, with two fire giants towards the left side (one of them stands on the downstair and is not marked); there are also six [[fire trap]]s randomly placed. The entire level is [[no-teleport]] and has undiggable walls and floor. Note that if a fire trap occurs on an ice square, triggering it will melt the ice, dumping you (or a luckless monster) into the water.
+The two-way magic portal connected to the [[Dungeons of Doom]] is at the marked point. The [[Norn]] occupies the building, with a [[chest]] next to her; there are eight [[warrior]]s in the Shrine with her. Distributed in the marked spots are ten fire ants, with two fire giants towards the left side (one of them stands on the downstair and is not marked); there are also six [[fire trap]]s randomly placed. The entire level is [[no-teleport]] and has undiggable walls and floor. Note that if a fire trap occurs on an ice square, triggering it will melt the ice, dumping you (or a luckless monster) into the water.
-The pools of water and lava will not be in the exact spots shown; they are placed randomly. Occasionally, when the level generator traces a line of solid floor for the hero to walk on, this line will cut through one or more pools, leading to some odd shape.
+The pools of water and lava will not be in the exact spots shown; they are placed randomly. Occasionally, when the level generator traces a line of solid floor for the hero to walk on, this line will cut through one or more pools, leading to some odd shapes.
 ===Upper filler level===

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 In general, the Valkyrie quest is one of the harder quests. Do be careful of the [[Titans]]. [[Quest#Quest_difficulty_statistics|Only 75% of Valkyrie quests are completed]], making it the third hardest quest by role. However, the nemesis, [[Lord Surtur]], is not particularly dangerous. In fact, some would say the [[lava]] and [[drawbridge]]s are the real quest nemeses: as of this writing, deaths to "dissolved in molten lava", "crushed to death by a collapsing drawbridge", "burned by molten lava", and "crushed to death by an exploding drawbridge" in the Valkyrie quest level combined had claimed 5.6 times more lives on [[NAO]] than Lord Surtur (a total of 420 versus 75).
-[[Excalibur]] or [[Mjollnir]] and a somewhat negative [[armor class]] should be plenty to kill Surtur easily. As for the drawbridges, you can avoid the risk of getting blown up by waking Lord Surtur up without crossing them. If you can clear out some of the fire giants, a [[wand of striking]] or [[wand of magic missile|magic missile]] will wake him up (don't stand on the drawbridge if using striking, of course); alternatively, sometimes just hanging out in his line of sight and fighting some monsters will work as well.
+[[Excalibur]] or [[Mjollnir]] and a somewhat negative [[armor class]] should be plenty to kill Surtur easily. As for the drawbridges, you can avoid the risk of getting blown up by waking Lord Surtur up without crossing them. If you can clear out some of the fire giants, a [[wand of striking]] or {{of|wand|magic missile}} will wake him up (don't stand on the drawbridge if using striking, of course); alternatively, sometimes just hanging out in his line of sight and fighting some monsters will work as well.
 The only other thing you really want is [[fire resistance]]; this will prevent you from dying instantly if you do step into lava, prevent the loss of HP from stepping on a fire trap, and prevent damage from being hit by fiery monsters. The [[fire ant]]s and [[fire giant]]s on the first level should allow you to gain fire resistance if you don't already have it.

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 Random monsters on this quest are generated with the following frequencies:
 *96/175	(55%)	[[fire ant]]
-*24/175	(14%)	random {{mscl|a}}
+*24/175	(14%)	random {{mcsl|a}}
 *24/175	(14%)	[[fire giant]]
-*6/175	(3%)	random {{mscl|H}}
+*6/175	(3%)	random {{mcsl|H}}
 *1/7	(14%)	normal random [[monster]]

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 Random monsters on this quest are generated with the following frequencies:
 *96/175	(55%)	[[fire ant]]
-*24/175	(14%)	random [[a]]
+*24/175	(14%)	random {{mscl|a}}
 *24/175	(14%)	[[fire giant]]
-*6/175	(3%)	random [[H]]
+*6/175	(3%)	random {{mscl|H}}
-*1/7	(14%)	normal random monster
+*1/7	(14%)	normal random [[monster]]
 ===The Shrine of Destiny===

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 ==Levels==
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 *6/175	(3%)	random [[H]]
 *1/7	(14%)	normal random monster
 ===The Shrine of Destiny===
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-The two-way magic portal back to the [[Dungeons of Doom]] is at the marked point. The [[Norn]] occupies the building, with a [[chest]] next to her; there are eight [[warrior]]s in the Shrine with her. Distributed in the marked spots are ten fire ants, with two fire giants towards the left side (one of them stands on the downstair and is not marked); there are also six [[fire trap]]s randomly placed. The entire level is [[no-teleport]] and has undiggable walls and floor. Note that if a fire trap occurs on an ice square, triggering it will melt the ice, dumping you (or a luckless monster) into the water. Fortunately, if this happens to you, you (unlike monsters) will get a chance to climb out, so this should not be fatal, although it might cause unexpected water damage to your inventory.
+The two-way magic portal back to the [[Dungeons of Doom]] is at the marked point. The [[Norn]] occupies the building, with a [[chest]] next to her; there are eight [[warrior]]s in the Shrine with her. Distributed in the marked spots are ten fire ants, with two fire giants towards the left side (one of them stands on the downstair and is not marked); there are also six [[fire trap]]s randomly placed. The entire level is [[no-teleport]] and has undiggable walls and floor. Note that if a fire trap occurs on an ice square, triggering it will melt the ice, dumping you (or a luckless monster) into the water.
 The pools of water and lava will not be in the exact spots shown; they are placed randomly. Occasionally, when the level generator traces a line of solid floor for the hero to walk on, this line will cut through one or more pools, leading to some odd shape.
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-The above core of the level is surrounded by empty lava plain. [[Lord Surtur]], with the [[Bell of Opening]] and the [[Orb of Fate]], is at the center of the level; also in the mapped area are twelve [[fire giant]]s (ten of which are in the marked locations), one random {{monclasssym|H}}, four [[fire ant]]s and two random {{monclasssym|a}}; 14 random objects; four [[fire trap]]s, three [[squeaky board]]s (two marked and one randomly placed), and two more random [[trap]]s.  In [[3.6.2]], drawbridges sometimes start raised: the northern one half the time, and the southern one, independently, one eighth of the time.  (They were always open in [[3.6.1]] and earlier.)  Teleportation is permitted.
+The above core of the level is surrounded by empty lava plain. [[Lord Surtur]], with the [[Bell of Opening]] and the [[Orb of Fate]], is at the center of the level; also in the mapped area are twelve [[fire giant]]s (ten of which are in the marked locations), one random {{monclasssym|H}}, four [[fire ant]]s and two random {{monclasssym|a}}; 14 random objects; four [[fire trap]]s, three [[squeaky board]]s (two marked and one randomly placed), and two more random [[trap]]s.  The drawbridges sometimes start raised: the northern one half the time, and the southern one, independently, one eighth of the time.
 ==Messages==
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   "Go now, my daughter.  I cannot tell you your fate, as the power of the
   Amulet interferes with mine.  I hope for your success."
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+{{nethack-366}}
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-The [[Valkyrie]] quest sees you fighting [[Lord Surtur]] for [[the Orb of Fate]]. For more information on the quest [[branch]] in general, see the [[quest]] article.
+The '''[[Valkyrie]] quest''' sees you fighting [[Lord Surtur]] for [[the Orb of Fate]]. For more information on the quest [[branch]] in general, see the [[quest]] article.
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-The above core of the level is surrounded by empty lava plain. [[Lord Surtur]], with the [[Bell of Opening]] and the [[Orb of Fate]], is at the center of the level; also in the mapped area are twelve [[fire giant]]s (ten of which are in the marked locations), one random {{monclasssym|H}}, four [[fire ant]]s and two random {{monclasssym|a}}; 14 random objects; four [[fire trap]]s, three [[squeaky board]]s (two marked and one randomly placed), and two more random [[trap]]s.  Both drawbridges are open.<ref>The northern drawbridge is supposed to be sometimes closed, but this is not implemented.</ref>  Teleportation is permitted.
+The above core of the level is surrounded by empty lava plain. [[Lord Surtur]], with the [[Bell of Opening]] and the [[Orb of Fate]], is at the center of the level; also in the mapped area are twelve [[fire giant]]s (ten of which are in the marked locations), one random {{monclasssym|H}}, four [[fire ant]]s and two random {{monclasssym|a}}; 14 random objects; four [[fire trap]]s, three [[squeaky board]]s (two marked and one randomly placed), and two more random [[trap]]s.  In [[3.6.2]], drawbridges sometimes start raised, with a 50% chance to the northern one and a separate 12.5% chance for the southern one.  (They were always open in [[3.6.1]] and earlier.)  Teleportation is permitted.
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 == Strategy ==
-In general, the Valkyrie quest is one of the harder quests. Do be careful of the [[Titans]], however. [[Quest#Quest_difficulty_statistics|Only 75% of Valkyrie quests are completed]], making it the third hardest quest by role. However, the nemesis, [[Lord Surtur]], is not particularly dangerous. In fact, some would say the [[lava]] and [[drawbridge]]s are the real quest nemeses: as of this writing, deaths to "dissolved in molten lava", "crushed to death by a collapsing drawbridge", "burned by molten lava", and "crushed to death by an exploding drawbridge" in the Valkyrie quest level combined had claimed 5.6 times more lives on [[NAO]] than Lord Surtur (a total of 420 versus 75).
+In general, the Valkyrie quest is one of the harder quests. Do be careful of the [[Titans]]. [[Quest#Quest_difficulty_statistics|Only 75% of Valkyrie quests are completed]], making it the third hardest quest by role. However, the nemesis, [[Lord Surtur]], is not particularly dangerous. In fact, some would say the [[lava]] and [[drawbridge]]s are the real quest nemeses: as of this writing, deaths to "dissolved in molten lava", "crushed to death by a collapsing drawbridge", "burned by molten lava", and "crushed to death by an exploding drawbridge" in the Valkyrie quest level combined had claimed 5.6 times more lives on [[NAO]] than Lord Surtur (a total of 420 versus 75).
 [[Excalibur]] or [[Mjollnir]] and a somewhat negative [[armor class]] should be plenty to kill Surtur easily. As for the drawbridges, you can avoid the risk of getting blown up by waking Lord Surtur up without crossing them. If you can clear out some of the fire giants, a [[wand of striking]] or [[wand of magic missile|magic missile]] will wake him up (don't stand on the drawbridge if using striking, of course); alternatively, sometimes just hanging out in his line of sight and fighting some monsters will work as well.