Author - mystwyzeFirst
off, I would like to start this with telling you that I myself am still
exploring everything the dungeon has to offer. What I have in here are the
things that I know, and hopefully someone finds useful. I wish to add more
information still, either by having someone with more experience than I to post
what they know here, or do the dungeon numerous times until I have memorized
every single detail of it
I. Introduction The Choice of Fate are
the dungeons found in Zhengzhou (white) and Shi Zhang (black). To enter, you
must have three passes, either purple, green or red. Each pass color corresponds
to the difficulty level of the dungeon. Purple being the easiet, green being
moderate, and red being the hardest. You can get these passes as drop from
certain mobs, or doing collection quests.
II. Getting the Passes These mobs drop
the passes:
Purple Pass of Death Valley - Drunken Swordsmen, Iron
Flowers
Green Pass of Death Valley - Superior Giants, Heartless Iron Flowers
Red Pass of Death Valley - Black Confiucianists, Frozen Iron Flowers
For the Resource Collection, press "L", click on Resource Collection,
and then Click on one of those yellow squares with symbols. Those should show
you what you need for the passes. The Collection Merchant is right in front of
the gate to Choice of Fate (*will be updated)
III. Entering the Choice of Fate If you
have already acquired the passes, you may now enter the keys into the slots to
start Choice of Fate.
If you
are the party leader: Right click on the passes to enter them into the
slots. Wait until all the party memebers confirmed to enter, and then there will
be an option that will appear for you to enter.
If you are a member: There will be a
message that will appear on your screen asking if you would like to enter CoF.
Click yes, of course
(Thank you to Tabbe for the additional
info) WARNING: Do not attempt to solo CoF until your
Golden Blossoms level.
Recommended party members are from Five Dragons 6 and up. Always enter with a
healer, two healers would be much better. The boss, Double-faced beggar, will be
orange at FD6, so be careful at those earlier levels. A combination of Five
Dragons 10 to Sun and Moon levels up will have no problem defeating him though.
IV. The Choice of Fate
There are Four Major Parts of the Choice of Fate:
1) This is where you start. Those little chambers you see are
where you have to break four skulls to open the first gate. Be careful, since
there is
bleeding at this first part, so
either stick to your healers or keep an eye on your HP very well. There will be
no mobs at this point of the dungeon.
Starting:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/start.jpg
The Skulls:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/skull.jpg
Tip (thank you lentz): Move around in peace mode to
save your HP from the bleeding. Unless you have heals, of course.
2)
When the gate has opened, you will face the first wave of mobs. They will be
relatively easy to defeat. Just hack away at them until you see the message that
the second gate has opened.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/mob1.jpg
3) The mobs here are just a little more fiesty than the first wave of
mobs, but still will be no problem (if you are at the recommended levels).
Tip: Before finishing off the last mob, get
everyone to meditate. Finishing off all the mobs releases the Double-faced
beggar, so you want everyone's HP and VE to be full before you face him.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/mobs2.jpg
4) The loot rooms are rooms where chests that
may contain goodies for you are located. You
may enter if you a) have the Throne Pass to Death Valley (you loot if from the
boss) or b) breaking down the wall. Also located here are the Exits to Shi Zhang
Tip: Break down the Exit walls before
going through the loot chests! This is to ensure that you safely exit Choice of
Fate should you run out of time. Better to leave out the elixirs, rather than
the all important epithets!
Tip:
Drop the Throne passes you get from the Boss if you are soloing, since the
passes are one way and you can only go through one loot room.
(Thanks, Seawolf ^^) http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/loot.jpg
V. The Double-faced Beggar, Master of
the Death Valley The Double-faced Beggar has
two forms. The first form is released
when you have defeated the second wave of mobs. This form is relatively easy to
defeat, just hack away at him, making sure that your healers are safe, and
healing the tankers. You get major bleeding, and the confusion debuff (when you
think your mouse is going the wrong way), but you can easily kill him.
Tip: Before finising him off, get the whole
party to meditate. You'll need the full HP and VE for the second boss. Just get
one member to tank him while the others meditate.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/boss1.jpg
His second form is much nastier. You get a pre-defined time in finishing
him off depending on your choice of difficulty.
(Thanks to lentz for pointing that out, and Seawolf for
confirming) Make sure your tankers are ready for a beating, since this
guy inflics major bleeding and tangled steps (cannot move, or cast anything).
Keep your healers a safe distance away from him, and keep hitting him so he does
not target your healers. Use all your debuff skills and hope they stick. I
personally couldn't get anything on him until Five Dragons 10, but hey, that's
just me
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/boss2.jpg
VI. Rewards From the Double-faced Beggar:
The Double-faced Beggar drops a variety of items. He usually drops green
clothes though (the ones with stats added to them). And he sometimes drops green
weapons (the ones I know of are the 500/10000 crit, - VE weapons). I can't list
them all specifically at the moment, but the clothes that I know of include
stuff like: + HP/VE recovery rate; + movement speed, + defense; +HP and movement
speed. You also get the throne passes from him, which are used to open the loot
rooms. They will disapper after you have finished the Choice of Fate.
From the Loot Rooms:
So far I have only gotten Level 1 elixirs and supplementary elixirs from
the loot chests. And gold, of course.
Epithets: Conqueror of Death Valley (You get this epithet
when you finish the Choice of Fate)
+100 Block rate, Damage +3% on Critical,
Critical Dodge 100/10000
Killer of Shuan
Mian (You get this epithet if you are the one who has inflicted the most
damage on the Double-faced Beggar)
Defense +50, Chi Kung Defense +50, Attack
rating +2%, Critical Rate 300/10000
*Note: Not sure
if it's the same for Killer of Meng Mian Congratulations! You
have succeeded in defeating the Choice of Fate. If you have safely exited the
dungeon, you will respawn in Xuanshe Village.
Frequently Asked Questions: Where do I find Ming, for the Trace the
Master Hand quest? You find him inside the Choice of Fate, at the
first part of it. He shoould be lying dead near the gate. Be careful, though,
when you enter alone, since the first part of the dungeon has bleeding. Just
talk to the corpse and reconnect. You will respawn at Xuanshe Village.
Regarding Difficulty
Levels
| Seawolf wrote: |
For example, with "purple," the time will always
shift to around high 7 mins (i.e. around 7:45), and for "green," the time will
always shift to around high 5s and so forth. This is independent of the first
part of the CoF, so really there's no big hurry to finish since most people are
going to get to the 2nd form with plenty of time to spare.
The reason
they're in quotes is that the difficulty you face is random. There is an easy
difficulty, medium difficulty, hard difficulty, and really hard difficulty. If
you put in purple, you'll get easy most of the time but once in a while, you'll
get the medium set. You can kind of tell based on poison damage, number of mobs
in the areas and obviously the time shift when you hit the 2nd form. If you put
in green, most of the time, you'll get the medium but sometimes you'll get the
easy and so on. Same with red.
|
What happens when the time runs out?
Well, you die. If you haven't broken down an exit yet...RELOG!
That's about it, folks! If you have anything else in mind, feel free to
post it here
On a side
note, if anyone needs a tanker in CoF, I could probably help. If you catch me
online, just send me a whisper: Countess on Bardo. Get your party
together and I can tank for you :3
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