Sealed Shrine – 3rd Attempt

Overview:

The Sealed Shrine is one of the features of Ragnarok Online which uses the concept of an instance dungeon. Instance Dungeons are dungeons created specifically to your party and other adventurers outside the party are not allowed to enter your own instance. On this dungeon, the team will be forced to be more strategic on how to seal the Great Baphomet. The navigation skills of the team will also be tested because the dungeon itself is a maze and the mini map will not help. The dungeon has a cool down of 12 hours so the party could re-enter the dungeon twice a day. For a more detailed info about Sealed Shrine please visit the iROwiki site.

Previous Attempt:
Our guild has now its attention on this dungeon. The Sealed Shrine dungeon opened a new adventure for us since we love exploring the things that could be done in Midgard. For the complete story of our first two attempts please visit the pages below.

• Sealed Shrine – 2nd Attempt
• Sealed Shrine – 1st Attempt

The Cast:
Our party composition for this attempt is small because our strategy requires only the key characters. Also during the time when we made the attempt we only have this many people to form the party. All members were already familiar with the dungeon so more or less we all have the idea on the mechanics of the dungeon

• Blur a High Wizard – main mob control and Ice Wall support
• Lite a High Priest – Resurrection support
• Herbie Boy a Paladin – main MVP killer and tank
• Angel Linker a Soul Linker – Eske support
• Pak a High Priest– main priest support for Sanctuary and Pnuema

The Adventure:
Our party is more prepared than the previous attempts because we already know the mechanics of the dungeon. The only thing that will be tested on this attempt will be our strategy weather we execute it successfully or not. The strategy that we will be using will still be just like on our previous attempts.


The Catacomb:
Upon our arrival at St.Capitolina we made the necessary briefing to each member regarding the proper gears to be used and other consumables that are essential for survival. Then I triggered the creation of the instance dungeon.

One by one our members entered the dungeon and right away we went straight to the Falling Grave to receive the instructions. Just like on our previous attempts, the Falling Grave asks us to find the Pendant of Spirit so that he could materialize his spirit. The team navigated the dungeon while clearing the path full of monsters. We checked every Falling Grave on the map to search for the pendant.

When the pendant has been found, we hurriedly went back to the falling grave and gave him the pendant. In that instant he materialized his soul at the center of the Catacomb. The team then runs towards the center and talked to the Soul of the Ancient Hero.

The Ancient Hero then instructed us to collect 10pcs Essence of Fire and 1pc Token of Apostle in order to enter the second floor of the Catacomb. The Essence of Fire could be gathered from the Bobbing Torch. There are more than 10 Bobbing Torch inside the Catacomb so gathering them won’t be that hard. The 4 Babbling Fire at the center of the Catacomb will be a bonus for your team. The Token of Apostle on the other hand would also be easy because as you go around collecting the Essence of Fire, you will surely meet some of the Apostles of Baphomet. Each of them will give you 1 Token of Apostle.

When the item gathering is done, we proceed at the center again and present the Essence of Fire to the Soul of Ancient Hero. He will then send the party to the second floor. The portal going to the second floor requires 1 Token of Apostle to enter. In case one of the team mates doesn’t have a Token, he can collect them from the monsters named Apostle of Baphomet.

The Battle:
The team is excited again to meet the Great Baphomet once more. We are now extra careful this time because this is our third try and we want it to have a smooth execution compared to the previous attempts. As we walked towards the center, a large mob surprised the team but we managed to clear them properly.

At this point I went to the altar to start the ritual of summoning the Great Baphomet while the rest of the team is having their preparations. When the Great Baphomet has risen I tried luring him to the set-up that my team made.

We noticed that the current set up that we have has flaws. Our High Wizard is creating Ice Walls on a large area and he hardly can keep up. The Ice Wall melts too fast which creates holes where The Great Baphomet could pass through and attack the team. During the battle Angel noticed a narrow area at the upper right part of the map where our High Wizard could cast Ice wall with minimal area. We then tried the magic using that area and our performance has improved.

The team now can concentrate on their own roles during the fight because we have fewer worries on the quick melt Ice Wall. We consistently perform the magic until the Great Baphomet died. The loots that dropped are not that great but the experience is very fulfilling. We finally made it!

Analysis:
The Sealed Shrine is a great challenge for small parties that seeks thrill in their Ragnarok Adventures. The team succeeded on this attempt because of improved strategy and some research. The actually experience also helps a lot on the adjustments of each members so just try and try until you succeed.


Credits:
I would like again to thank my guildmates in Bozanstvena Staratelje who doesn’t stop from participating on this adventures.