Classic Games Revisited
Ultima VIII: Pagan Walkthrough
7.7. Deeper into Upper Catacombs
If you did not pick up the magic leggings before falling into the pit to the ancient necromancers, now is your chance to get them. From where you emerge, you will have to traverse quite a ways west (a bit north) to find them lying on the ground.
You will emerge on a high platform in the Upper Catacombs. Jump off it to the west (may hurt a little) and travel south, avoiding the pools of water where the ground will sink beneath you. Follow the passage west, south (a couple of skeletons have some yellow potions) and east, and go through the door at the end. This will take you to Upper Catacombs 2. This map leads to several locations around Pagan and our current destination is Stone Cove.
7.8. To Stone Cove
Go a few strides east past the stalagmites and all the way south down the corridor. Follow the passage southwest and you will reach a shallow pit with a couple of skeletons. Kill them or evade them but jump down to the opposite side and climb up to the west (I don’t think it is possible to cross over the pit even with a running jump). To evade them, simply wait for them to bunch up directly under you and jump as far as you can to the opposite corner. They’re slow so you will have enough time to climb up. A ghoul will arise from the ground you are about to climb to, but it can be easily taken care of in combat (or evaded).
Keep following this corridor all the way to the west. You will come upon what looks like a dead end, but if you hug the black wall you can walk south and southwest along it around the pool of water. Continue south until you reach a more open chamber. Next to the north-western pillar is an executioner’s hood if you want it. Go southwest to another pool of water that you need to jump across. Depending on which side you jump from, you may need to cross two stone bridges or one (the first one from west to east, the second from north to south). Either way, follow this path south. Ignore the door in the wall with spikes atop it.
You need to go south through a very narrow passage where a ghost lurks in wait. Draw it back first or simply run past it (and any other creatures you come across on the other side) and keep going south (the passage bends southwest a bit) until you come upon another body of water. Position yourself opposite the two stalagmites and jump across (west). Once again you need to follow this passage south until you come upon a fire shooter.
An automatic gate will lower as you approach to reveal the fire shooter. Retrace your steps a bit and return here so that this time the gate will rise and block the trap, leaving you free to walk around unharmed. Now you need to run a few strides west and south to the switch on the pillar. As you do, a couple of stalactites will fall. If they hit you, so be it—at least they won’t block the way. If you are able to avoid them, they may lock you within that small space. Flip the switch to lower the gate you can see. If you are locked in, climb up the switch pillar and jump southwest beyond the stalactite.
Go east through the now-lowered gate, south through a door (watch out for a rising stalagmite), and out. You have reached Stone Cove.