Castle Roof | Walkthrough Legend of Grimrock II Guide
Last update: 01 June 2016
Key points of Legend of Grimrock 2 - Castle Roof
20 - Puzzle/quest element
[12] - Item
Healing Crystal
Power Gem
Buried Treasure
I � To Void
20 - Puzzle/quest element
1 - Boss fight � You can find more information about fight with The Island Master below the map.
2 - first ending portal � There's also a second ending in the game, so you can try to unlock it before using the portal. You can read about it in the Castle Nex map (2)).
[1] � Lightning Bomb x3
Castle Roof is the highest floor of the Castle Nex and it resembles an arena (1). An arena on which you will fight the Island Master who will be mounting a big dragon. The dragon won't be breathing fire, but an ice instead (in a form of a range attack). Having enough of health potions, the dragon should not present much of a problem. He will, from time to time, cover himself with a special shield, summoning some smaller enemies at the same time. If you have explored most of the island, none of them should be anything new. That is, maybe except for a giant medusa, and fire elementals. The first drops a healing stone after her death. The latter will be throwing fireballs at you. There will also be two magma golems, but if you will wait enough amount of time, the dragon himself will come into a fight and he will trample them by coming onto the same square on which they are standing.
This battle is not very difficult, but it requires patience and mobility. Especially that you've collected a lot of Potions of Resurrection before.
A very important thing to know is that you shouldn't approach the boss when he activates the barrier around himself. You will not get through, but you will get hit.
When beginning the fight, hit the Dragon a few times and the boss will activate the barrier, summoning a lot of minions. He won't be moving and will attack you only after you kill them all. Hit him a few times and the barrier will appear once again - and so it goes. However, in later phases, the boss will no longer be that passive. When the last wave of minions appears, you should focus only on finishing the Dragon.
Keep in mind that the barrier stops working when there are a few minions left. Thus, during wave number four, it is good to kill all the Fire Elementals and wait until the boss destroys the Magma Golems himself (a minion ceases to exist when it comes in contact with the boss).
Waves of minions:
1. Ghouls - the Dragon is passive.
2. rats and wolves - the Dragon is passive.
3. Snakes, Alpha Medusa (drops: Crystal Shard of Healing) - the Dragon is passive.
4. Fire Elementals and two Magma Golems - the Dragon is passive.
5. Mosquitos - the Dragon attacks (no barrier).
6. Mimicks - the Dragon attacks (no barrier).
After defeating the boss, you will acquire the last Power Gem and having four of them you may try to get to the second, harder ending in the Castle Nex.