Secrets
There are numerous secret doors to be found throughout the Exiled Kingdoms, mostly hidden within dungeons and often leading to valuable treasures as well as dangerous creatures guarding them.
Detecting Secrets
In order to detect secret doors you need a high percentage of Perception, an ability granted by investing Trait Points into Awareness and Intellect as well as wearing special equipment with attribute Detection. If you stand close to a secret door, dices are rolled every few seconds to determine whether you detect this door or not. Once a door is detected and opened, you don't have to find it again (provided you made it out of the dungeon alive).
Please note that the actual chance for finding a secret also depends on the level difference between your character (or companion) and the specific door, with a ±3% bonus/malus applied to the Perception value per level difference. This bonus is capped at +15% if the character's level is far above that of the door. Unfortunately, there is no such cap in the negative direction, meaning that some high level doors can not be detected by low level characters unless they use special items (e.g. Scroll of Detection) or skills (e.g. Thelume's Wisdom).
Secret Locations
The following table provides an overview on the various areas in which secret doors can be found.
Area | Number of Secrets |
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Abandoned Smuggler Hideout | 1 |
Abandoned Tower | 1 |
Abbey of Saint Admus | 3 |
Ark of Lothasan | 1 |
Ark of Lothasan (Reactor) | 4 |
Ark of Lothasan (Upper Deck) | 4 |
Askatir Mine | 1 |
Azagul Tomb | 3 |
Bandit Hideout | 1 |
Bappasalar Cave | 2 |
Bloodpaw Cave | 1 |
Castle Bluerock | 7 |
Castle Storme | 1 |
Cave of Echoes | 2 |
City of the Ancients | 2 |
Desecrated Ruins | 3 |
Forbidden Pit | 1 |
Forgotten Temple | 2 |
Golden Cove Bank | 2 |
Gurguth Cave | 2 |
Haunted Galleries | 2 |
Hellish Cave | 1 |
Icemist Underlevels | 3 |
Imperial Fortress | 3 |
Irazur Tomb | 3 |
Jabal Grotto | 2 |
Kleyou Tomb | 2 |
Kurgua Cave | 1 |
Mausoleum | 2 |
Maze of Lamth | 3 |
Maze of Lamth (Level 2) | 4 |
Mercian Royal Crypt | 4 |
Nayau Tomb | 2 |
New Garand Sewers | 2 |
Sewer of Horrors | 3 |
Sunken Citadel | 12 |
Temple of Blood | 4 |
Temple of the Sleepers | 3 |
The Deep Cauldron | 1 |
The Grey Library | 2 |
The Undergrove | 1 |
Urzuganar Lair | 1 |
Ydaya Tomb | 2 |
Total Number of Secrets | 107 |