~ SIDE QUEST: MUTAMIN'S CHALLENGE ~

In the Green Griffon Inn, speak to Dydd and persuade him to tell you about Mutamin's competition.

Speak to Mutamin and express your desire to enter the competition. He will give you a Basement Key.

Use the Basement Key to enter the basement and speak with Jaroo. Pay 500 gold to be teleported to Mutamin's Challenge Level One. Note that leaving the challenge will require another 500 gold to re-enter.

Level One: Explore this level, preparing for battles against Dire Spiders and Ettercaps. Beware of their poison, encumbrance, strength reduction, and entanglement effects. Use your Stone of Recall if needed; returning to the challenge is free.

In the north-east corner, find the exit to Level Two (the upper of the two exits). This area is guarded by a Queen Spider.

On this level, you can find a Crystal Skull in a chest in the second room on the left of the long corridor. You can also find a Crystal Frog by answering a Yuan-Ti's riddles (15, then 12 trinkets and 6 girls). These items are not required for the quest.

Defeat all enemies on Level One for experience points and proceed to Level Two.

Level Two: This level does not contain the Crystal Egg but offers significant XP. You will encounter Minotaurs who drop Crystal Insects (not quest-related).

The exit to Level Three is on the east side of the map.

You may encounter a woman named Kama being attacked; attempt to save her.

After defeating the Minotaur Chieftan, proceed to Level Three.

Level Three: The Crystal Egg is located on this level. If you entered from the north-west bottom door of Level One, you will find a large room with a statue and eight doors leading to small rooms with chests.

Interact with the statue to receive a riddle. Find the correct signpost (answer: 19) and enter the corresponding room to obtain the Puzzle Key from a chest.

A Pillar of Light on this level is purely decorative.

This level features Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Mages, Ghouls, and other undead enemies.

In the hallway past the Pillar of Light, you will find an injured man named Gam. You can heal him, tell him to wait, or kill him. Healing him causes him to disappear; killing him yields no valuable items.

Open the door near Gam and enter the room to kill a Skeleton Chieftan.

After clearing the room, open the chest to find the Crystal Egg.

Proceed down the corridor from Gam's location to fight a Dwarf named Gorkan. Take his Great Axe, which is for completing Daelan's Tale.

The stairs to Level One are in the south-west corner. The competition exit is in the south-east corner.

Go to the competition exit and place the Crystal Egg into the purple glowing chest. Interact with the statue behind the chest to be teleported back to Jaroo.

Return to Mutamin to receive your reward: 900 gold and 500 XP. You can persuade him for an additional 300 gold and he will give you the Broewenede Family Armor.