If you've made it
here, chances are you're looking for a
less-frustrating way to navigate the
labyrinth that is the
Moltara Dark Cave. Just in case you have
no idea what I'm talking about, or what this page is for, let's have a
recap.
Discovered Year-11,
Moltara is a lava-oozing city of
gears,
metal, and
precious gems. Not to mention the coveted
Magma Pool, where, if
luck be in your favor, you might just find yourself owning a
magma pet.
However,
Moltara is also brimming with
puzzles, most of which lead to only
one thing: the creation of
Moltaran Petpets.
Moltaran Petpets are
not simply
purchased from any
petpet store. They
first must be
assembled at
Tangor's Workshop through a combination of
four materials -- found
only in
Moltara by solving
five puzzles.
NOTEFor the purposes of this guide, I will
not be going into gross detail on the specific locations of the Obsidian Quarry, Miscellaneous Gears, nor the worms of the Moltara Worm Quest. My summaries are for context. Those of you looking for such specifics should go to --
Puzzle 1 - Obsidian Quarry
Shiny Obsidian is a
once-daily prize for visiting the
Obsidian Quarry in
Moltara City; a relatively
easy brain-teaser.
Puzzle 2 - Random Scrap
Scrap Stone and Metal is also an
easy item to
obtain, if only insofar as
out of your control -- it is awarded through a
Random Event alert while visiting
Moltara City or the
Moltara Caves. Keep
refreshing, it does
eventually happen.
Puzzle 3 - Gear Locations
Miscellaneous Gears ramp the difficulty up to
medium. They can be found in
one of
eight random locations in
Moltara City --
these are a rarity. They appear at
least four-times
less often than the
Scrap Stone and Metal Random Event, and are
refresh and
time sensitive; in other words,
be careful if you see them.
Puzzle 4 - Moltara Worm Quest
Red Moltite is our
hard case. You must complete
two puzzles in order to locate it.
First, the
Moltara Worm Quest.
To
begin obtain the
Empty Lantern by simply visiting
Lampwyck's Lights Fantastic in
Moltara City. Then, collect
ten worms lurking around
Moltara City and the
Moltara Caves:
All worms are
refresh and
time sensitive. Blue, Yellow, Red, and Green are the
easiest to find; Orange, Pink and Purple are
slightly harder and show up less often; White, Black and Rainbow are liable to
drive you insane in their unwillingness to appear. Be
patient, take
breaks, and check back
sparringly; longer breaks have shown to yield more worms.
Once you have
all 10 worms, you may
fill your
Empty Lantern with them, causing it to become a
Brightly Lit Lantern. Why is this important? Why, you
need light to explore the
Moltara Dark Cave!
This small,
eerie looking cave is the
Moltara Dark Cave, which holds
Red Moltite somewhere within its many corridors.
However, even
with your lantern, you
still have to find out
which corridors lead
where.
This is the
basic view of the
start of the
Dark Cave. To
proceed, you must choose
left or
right, and see where you
end up.
Some paths get you staring at a
dead end--
--
most have you
fleeing from the dreaded
lava monsters--
--
both of which send you
back to the beginning of the cave.
By this point, I found it
exhausting to still be
flailing about, clicking around
blindly to find the
Red Moltite, especially after spending
so much time and
effort to round up the
worms.
So I solved the problem.
As
random as it may
seem, the
Moltara Dark Cave is
actually a long system of
patterns. And
key to the
patterns is as
clear as day once realized:
Your
path to the
Red Moltite is comprised of
four turns that
correspond to whatever
bold sentence you encounter at the
start of the cave.
No two
patterns are the
same, and they do
not change, no matter how
many times you revisit the
Moltara Dark Cave, and no matter
which cave picture you're shown.
Let's start with an
example. Say upon entering the
Moltara Dark Cave, you are presented with
this:
For this guide, take
note of the
first four words of your sentence--
[
Does it smell like... ]
Then, simply
locate the start of your
sentence, and
follow the plotted
four turns--
Does it smell like... |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
|
Your
Red Moltite will then be at
hand!
[ Completed! ~ 01/04/2010 ]
If you
stumble and make an
incorrect turn, do
not fret. When you
restart at the
beginning of the cave, you will be
given a
new sentence; a
fresh start. Simply
follow your
new sentence to
find your
Red Moltite.
Sentence Start |
Turn 1 |
Turn 2 |
Turn 3 |
Turn 4 |
At least it's not... |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
Does it smell like... |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
Hello? Is there anyone... |
LEFT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
I hope I can... |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
I hope there's no... |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
I should have studied... |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
I sure wish Roxton... |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
I wonder where this... |
LEFT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
It's very hot in... |
LEFT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
Jordie would know what... |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
Let's go spelunking! |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
Look at the shiny... |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
This lantern is bright... |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
What a mysterious passage! |
LEFT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
Where does this cave... |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
LEFT |
Which way should we... |
RIGHT |
RIGHT |
LEFT |
RIGHT |
|
UPDATE (01/28/12):
Collecting
worms and
Red Moltite is a
once daily event. After you find
Red Moltite within the
Dark Cave, the worms will grow
tired and
no longer light up the lantern.
To fix this, visit
Lampwyck's Lights Fantastic again, where Lampwyck will
take your
lantern and promise to
nurse your sleeping worms back to
health by the
next day.
However, upon revisiting Lampwyck, you will
discover...
...that Lampwyck has
lost your worms!
You will have to
collect the worms
all over again, and
refill your lantern with them,
if you want to
collect more
Red Moltite.
Claire [fire_pets_lover]
Iliana [angelic_cow_demon]
Ayme [hisprincess]
Vikki [kounterklockwyze]
Mcshirl [loop_t_doo]
CindyMoss [tinkerbell1948]
Chris [pianomomof4]
Willa Notellya [mommajade]
bee merry [x2c5]
Kate [caiwyn]
Airy Faerie [faerieairygirl]
Helena [winx13]
To
all who have
assisted me with
this part of my guide,
or have
contacted me with
information and
support, you have my
eternal gratitude! If
you would also like to
contact me with
any information on the
Moltara Dark Cave Patterns, please
do so via my
main account here.
Now that you
have your
Red Moltite, let's see about
putting it to some good
use. Below is a
list of
Moltaran Petpets that can be
created using
Red Moltite.
|
[ Val ]
|
=
|
Red Moltite
|
+
|
Shiny Obsidian
|
|
[ Teek ]
|
=
|
Red Moltite
|
+
|
Shiny Obsidian
|
+
|
Miscellaneous Gears
|
|
[ Rav ]
|
=
|
Red Moltite
|
+
|
Miscellaneous Gears
|
|
[ Erge ]
|
=
|
Red Moltite
|
+
|
Miscellaneous Gears
|
+
|
Scrap Metal and Stone
|
|
[ Goy ]
|
=
|
Red Moltite
|
+
|
Scrap Metal and Stone
|
|
[ Albot ]
|
=
|
Red Moltite
|
+
|
Scrap Metal and Stone
|
+
|
Shiny Obsidian
|
|
[ Nik ]
|
=
|
Red Moltite
|
+
|
Scrap Metal and Stone
|
+
|
Shiny Obsidian
|
+
|
Miscellaneous Gears
|
|
[ Goyalbotnik ]
|
=
|
Goy
|
+
|
Albot
|
+
|
Nik
|
|
If
this face of the
Tonu Guard is familiar to you, then you've
joined the
club of
Magma Pool rejection. It seems
many people are
only able to let their pets
bask in the
lava when the
Tonu Guard is
sleeping.
This event is
time sensitive, but is
different for
each user. If you are
motivated to find
your window of
opportunity, spend a day
refreshing at the
Magma Pool every five minutes or so. The
time at which the guard is
sleeping will
not change once you
find it, but you are
only allowed to
paint one pet per
week.
There is
evidence to
suggest that the
creation of a
Moltaran Petpet is a
requirement to be
accepted by the
Tonu Guard, but this is
not proven. In
theory, the
petpet must be created with
found materials -- not second-hand
store bought -- and the
type of
petpet seems
not to apply.
Alas, we part.
Thank you for visiting this site! I
hope to see you
again soon!
Credits
Page Created by
Lyn (
nyllyn2 )
Thank you
Erin for all the mental support!
Links
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gerrysfluffypancakes -- Gerrysfluffypancakes Guide To Moltara
fire_pets_lover -- Moltara Guide
