• Break in via the well house
• Steal Bafford's Jeweled scepter
• Get back to the streets

Note: Don't forget to stop and grab those extra water and broad head arrows on the way to the well house. Go past the front gate on your left, headed South till you can turn right (West) at the Blue "Moon & Star" sign. Walk a few feet beyond the loud ticking machine and look to your left for the arrow cache.

Breaking In

There are two ways to get to the well: (The first is more profitable)

1) Through the sewers: Continue on past the arrow cache until you see a sewer manhole plate under a gas lamp (the noisy one). Pass it and head East. You'll pass the sound of voices and come to another gas lamp on the right- look behind it for the manhole plate. Open it and climb down. Go East at the 4-way intersection. You'll see a door. Flip the switch inside and look closely for the bracelet (200) on the ground by the wood shards. Head East thru the gate you just opened with the switch and climb the ladder. You'll hear the guard singing.

2) Through the city: Continue on past the arrow cache, heading East when you reach a manhole plate (the one under the gas lamp) until you come to a large area with a drunk guard.

Sneak up behind the drunk guard and pickpocket the key, but be wary of the other patrolling guard. Open the well house door and climb in to the well. Long drop. When you hit bottom do a complete 180 degree turn and head West . When you reach the oval room with the water draining from the ceiling, dive under and go down the small tunnel to a room with a few small spiders and a chest with a ring (100). Swim back out to the oval room and head West again. Follow the current and look for a break in the wall on your right. Walk up into a room of barrels.

The Basement

Head into the next room and grab the healing potion in the chest. Sneak over to the open door to your left and wait for the guards conversation to end. When they start to walk away, blackjack the guard heading East. If you do it far enough down the hall, you can leave the body. Follow the rooms around until you come to one with an earthy floor and some metal grates. Take a left and head into the room with the chest (2 flash bombs). Take a left, heading North and go up the stairs.

First Floor

The chest on the left has some coins (5), the other has junk. Pass the room with the sleeper, going South, and take the next Right (West), then go Left (South) when the intersection ends. Follow this hall around past the blue banner and towards the gold wall with the metal door. Go thru and hide in the dark corner until the guard makes his rounds. It will be to your advantage to blackjack him in this room. Hide the body in the corner. You'll emerge in the Southern wing.

< Alternate route: at the top of the stairs, take the first right and go thru the door to the left of the torch when the hall ends. Go straight thru this room into the kitchen and blackjack the cook. On the top shelf to the right of the fireplace is a vase (100). Go out the Southern doorway and take a right thru the next door. > You'll emerge in the southern wing.

(Note: both of these routes take you to different places in the same wing. The alternate kitchen route causes you to emerge at a more vulnerable spot, but it may be worth it for the vase).

Knock out as many torches as possible here, and begin sneaking west thru the wing until you come to the next to last doorway on your left/North. Go up the stairs.

< The last door on the right in this wing opens to a room that contains a goblet (50) and a gold plate (50) on the table at the far right end of the room. Beware the patrol. Go back across to the North door. >

Grab the vase (100) and follow the staircases around. Grab the vase (100) from the table in the next room. At the foot of the stairs, blackjack the guard when he passes, then head into the courtyard.

< The door at the East end of this walkway opens to a room that contains a ring (100) on the bookshelf to the right of the door. Beware the patrol. You can continue thru this room to emerge in the hallway adjacent to the throne room or go back out and make a right into the courtyard to take the secret passage. >

In the courtyard, take the staircase to your immediate left and head East at the top. Walk right up to the yellow and gold "B" banner and slash it with your sword, revealing a secret passage to the throne room.

The Throne Room

Emerge as quietly as possible onto the beams. Take out all four torches in this room so you will have more freedom to move on the beams. This guards ears are VERY sensitive and he is trigger happy with the gong, so move as slowly as possible. This is a good place for a quick save. Get as close as you can to him, throw a flash bomb and then jump down and blackjack him. You may take a little damage from the jump. Grab his key and the scepter, then use the left door to exit the room. This brings you out into a recessed area and to the back of the two patrolling guards. If you grabbed the two vases in the round rooms earlier, you've met your requirements, but there's a considerable amount left in the rooms up and down this hall. < detailed in the Extra Loot section at the bottom >. It is easier to loot up here if you blackjack the guards first, but this is difficult in itself given the floor surface. The ideal spot for this task is at the end of the carpeted area's on the corners. The timing and position has to be just right, and you have to make sure you're standing completely in the dark, so this is a good place for a quick save if you plan on more looting.

< To loot the upstairs hallway (adjacent to the throne room), start at the Southern end. The first room contains a ring (100) on the far bookcase that you may have grabbed earlier from the other doorway. Working North down the hall the next room on the right has 100 loot on the right table. Pass the throne room entrance and the next room on the right contains a bracelet (125) and 4 stacks of coins (total 48). The last room on the left is the library- grab the bracelet on the right hand table (200) and continue on. >

Getting Out

Access the library at the North end of the hall. It's the last door on the left. Grab the bracelet (125) on the table to the right if you haven't already, then head out the door at the other end of the room. Continue West down the walkway until you come to a staircase on your right. < extra loot instructions at bottom > Follow the rooms around, stopping to loot the chest in the second room. Following the stairs will bring you into the North wing. Take the first doorway to the right, onto the carpeted hall. You will see a stone walkway. Look for the switch on the right which will open the gate, taking you back to the streets.

Extra Loot

Greedy huh? Instead of taking the stairs, follow the hall West past a second set, turn the corner and enter the first room on the right (beware the patrol). Go up the stairs and loot the last chest on the right for some coins (12). The rest are junk. Backtrack out to the hall, turn right and pass the spiral stairs on the right. Up the stairs in the next room is a crate with more coins (12). Go back to the hall, make a left, go around the corner, and back to the second staircase on the left and follow the round rooms around to the North wing (check your map), stopping to loot the chest in the second room for a gold bottle (50). From the North wing, go right thru the West door and make another left, grabbing the coins on the table (12). Go back out and head South thru the art gallery. You are now in the South wing. Thru the Western door to the right is a bench with a chalice (15). Go back out and head North thru the art gallery and across the North wing. Go up the stone path, flip the switch for the gate on the right wall, and hit the streets. (There is a way to collect all this by using the spiral staircase out front, but it's almost impossible to do it covertly. If you plan to use this method, thus alerting the guards, make sure to flip the gate switch first, or they will kill you while you're waiting for the gate to rise.)