Hello ddaniiel Feel welcome to join my escape from meridell castle guild It includes a lot of help and support for Escape from Meridell Castle and related issues, including a picture of 80% of Level 15, including monsters. Tips for Escape From Meridell Castle are as follows CONTENTS: (If i'm missing anything please neomail me) ~Introduction ~Link to Practice version ~General tips (levels, stars and boxes) ~Red door secrets ~Point system ~Monster help (points, splykes, moving spikes, floating fire things) NEW: Level 20 Boss ~Flying high (with pathetic visuals) ~Facts ~Level 12 stratergy and level 6 stratergy ~My Stratergy and LEVEL 15 STRATERGY ---NEW--- Level 12 and 15 maps (Almost complete) ~Firstly, I did NOT cheat to get my score, i gained it after playing a stratergy i will explain below. This game is very long and difficult. You can get a high score higher then mine if you play enough. NOTE: People with scores above 2500 are definate cheaters if they had no previous high score. You cannot get a high score by accident or as a "fluke". Do not ask them for help, do not say "wow, everyone else must be really bad if that person can get 99,999 points!". They deserve to be frozen (and usually will be) ~no points, no point ~>> http://images.neopets.com/games/g197_v1.swf < ~there are 20 levels (1-20) Most professionals believe level 15 is the most challenging, and 16 or 1 the easiest ~100 stars = 1 more life ~Boxes VERY VERY RARELY give out 100 points, but when they do... :D Boxes give points of 1, 2, 3, 4 (all very common) and also 100 points. Nothing in between, nothing above. *The ? box in level 3, to the right, is easy to get, but WILL kill you, as it rebounds you into the spikes below. ~There are red doors on level 6, 10, 11 and 19. *Level 11 red door: keep going up at the exit. *Level 19 red door: when you get 4 pathways with 3 stars in each, go to the rightest one. touch the red door, and get reborn in a bonus level (about 100 stars) Wait for time to run out again and then redo the bonus level! I'll explain this again differently: Level 11, when you get past the last 2 cannons and go to the huge yellow door, DONT GO IN, go right of it, and fly up and up and up, you'll see a blue orb, when you go near it, you'll recharge instantly. Basically, hold up until you get the second orb, then press left a bit while still going up and get the next one, then keep going up for the last orb, then you'll see a platform with a red door: touch it and you go to a bonus level. Level 19 red door is easier, eventually you'll come to a part where theres four paths you can take going down. the second from the left goes to the yellow door, the right most path takes you to a red door, which goes to a neverending bonus level. Its level 11 bonus level over and over. The most stars I've ever gotten is 91. I WILL PAY 80 000 FOR LEVEL 6 AND/OR 10 RED DOOR SOLUTIONS. NEOMAIL ME ~Point scoring system: *number of monsters per level = number of points first monster gives. *number of monsters per level -1 = number of points second monster gives. *number of monsters per level -2 = number of points third monster gives. ETC *1 star=1 point ~Cannons, splykes, korbats and grarls can all give points, but cannons will still shoot. Cannons in level 12 are worth attacking. ~Splykes are random but just need good timing, attack from above is easist ~NEW~ When swiping a splyke, who is in its attacking position (hurricane) neither of you die. This is the easiest way to kill them: run at them, and attack before you touch each other, if you dont kill it, you'll run through it unharmed. ~Tips for Moving Spikes *you can go to the very edge of whatever platform the spike is on and it won't touch you. This is a very helpful tip, but it needs a lot of practice to get right. It is in particularly helpful for level 12 (the hard part). -I suggest the level skip version of the game to practice, just keep repeating a level (eg. 12) *Another point to mention is that you can get very close to a moving spike if it's moving AWAY from you (This is how you get that star in level 7 and the 2 stars in level 12) This is also very hard to do, and needs a lot of practice. I suggest the level skip version of the game for practicing, just keep repeating a level. ~Floating fire things You can get past the "floating things" in level 18 by falling right in between them when they are moving DOWN. They shouldn't kill you when they're moving down at that part. Try it out in the level skip version of the game. I fly up high and fall down and try to get the right timing so they turn around and go down just as i near them. ~LEVEL 20 BOSS - THE WIZARD *The real version of the game is different to the level skip version of the game. In the level skip version you only have to attack the boss once (when resting), then he will explode and hurray! you've escaped. Now beat him in the real version... *When you get up to level 20 in the real version, after the text, he will shoot fireballs at you, and eventually (sometimes takes 2 seconds, sometimes takes 1/2 a minute) the boss will land on the ground and rest (He will look somewhat different too). He rests for about 2 seconds then goes back to normal and shoots at you straight away. *When he rests and looks different, ATTACK HIM. He will turn grey and fly to the middle of the screen, then will keep attacking. Wait again till he rests, attack, wait attack, and he will die. You earn 300 points (I think) then get a game over. In the real version there is no point in versing him, at level 19 always go to the bonus level instead, it will give you eventually thousands of points, depending on how many stars you get and how many lives you have. ~Flying high and saving flight energy Another important skill. To get the 30 something stars in level 9 and the two ? boxes in level 12, and be able to make your way out, you must use the following stratergy (explained very poorly..) *Hold up until draik reaches full speed, then let go for a split second, hold for about 1/2 a second, then let go for a split second, then hold for about 1/2 a second. to make this easy I will use visuals: ______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (where _ is holding down, and (blank) is letting go breifly) that whole senario should take about 4 seconds; each ___ should be about 1/2 a second. NOTE: this is only my method, it may be better to let go every 1/4 of a second, it's up to you. Practice in the level skip game, level 12. Another example: hhhhhhoooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllddddddddddddddddddddddd LETGO hhhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllddddddddddd LETGO hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooolllllllllllllllllddddddddddddd LETGO... This method can get you 5 squares higher on a full ammount of energy, compared to just holding up. If this is too complicated, just try tapping up, usually works ok to. Mail me if you still don't understand. ~Facts: *16, 18, 19 are all very short and easy. Be prepared at the start of 16. *level 12, 5 killable monsters on the left but that path ends, to finish level must go right. *The draik is positioned slightly to much to the left, so when flying between spykes on each side, stick moreso to your left. *The floating enemies engulfed in flame won't kill you if they're moving DOWN, unless you are very very close to them. Level 18 requires you fall in between the two enemies when they're moving down. *Cannons can't hit you if you're in the same square as they are. *You can still kill an enemy even if you attack when you're facing the opposite direction. *Write if you need additional help *You can glitch the game and get trapped in the ground after you die(you have to reset the game). Has happened to me on level 15 and vsing the level 20 boss. ~3 CANNONS LEVEL 12 METHOD: Land on the small ledge with the metal star (you'll have a moving metal star below you) and stand on the edge for a second before going up then you can usually miss the cannons. Go up and swipe at the middle one and then land for a second to recharge and then go up and swipe at the one on the left as you're headed for the upper ledge. (SEE PICTURE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE) ~LEVEL 6 beginning: you can kill the korbats (the flying things) by swiping at them, but you cant swipe when holding up, so go near them or to one side of them and attack after letting go of up. After killing the two korbats walk onto the ledge with the moving spike, wait for it for come, walk off then go back on once it turns around and either walk right under the korbat then fly over the moving spike or fly and swipe at the korbat. After this fly up and kill the ggrarl and get the "q" box. The rest of the level is pretty simple compared to that part. Neomail me if you need more help. ~MY STRATERGY *head through every level up to 11, getting as many boxes, monsters and stars without dieing. go to level 11 red door (up, up, up) in bonus, hold down right then push left, right, left right etc, until time (10 seconds) runs out. *Head through level 12, getting all points (except cannon in the corner and last grarl on the left side, until door, then die WITHOUT GOING INTO DOOR. (THIS LEVEL GIVES ABOUT 120 POINTS ALTOGETHER PLUS 2 ? BOXES) *Repeat until all lives are lost except 1 or 2 (lives=0 or Lives=1) *On this turn do same as last, but continue through the door, past level 13, past level 14, past level 15(hopefully), 16, 17, 18, 19, get to the bonus level! ~Yay! I have gotten up to the bonus level (SIX) times in total. ~Most people think there are two hard parts in level 15, i'll explain them both. firstly, get past the first splyke (in the real version, if you attack them while they're spinning neither of you die, and you can get closer to them from above without dying to), then go up the middle path (or right if you want to get the extra points from the cannon and the '?' box), now you'll get up to a splyke. *This is the first hard part. For the real version you can try and kill it, or time it right so you fly right past. Then go up to the spike and dripping blood, get onto the platform where the spike is for a split second and recharge, then fly up and get to the top of the level (in the practice level skip version you die when you go past the blood, but if you attack it you can fly past it) *For the second hard part: falling down is basic, until the last section. Here you can rest on either side. This part i used to never get past. You can cut through the first spike on the left by a bit (1/4) so use this to your advantage and stay away from the middle spike on the right. The last spike is easy but dont forget to get away from it. Dont go to close to the first spike on the right either. And always remember to fly straight away when you go to the next level, or you'll fall into spikes at level 16... I've done it :( Hope this helped. Beating the game this way will give up to 2500 points (and I think thats enough to get recognised) enough said. Get out there! Show that castle who's boss. ddaniiel ;)

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