Legend of Grimrock 2 Walkthrough

Twigroot Forest

Secrets: 10, Treasures: 2, Power Gems: 3, Skulls: 0, Epic Items: 0, Gold Keys: 1, Gold Locks: 0

Sack On the ground here you’ll find a Sack. It has a Mortar and Pestle, a Note, and recipes for Healing Potions and Energy Potions. Nearby is a Borra.
Sandmole Hide Vest Here lies a Sandmole Hide Vest.
Frostbite Necklace You’ll spot a Frostbite Necklace here.
Branch You’ll find a Branch on the ground here.
Pellets Cut the bush here to find 10 Pellets.
Stairs Down These stairs lead to an isolated part of Twigroot Tunnels (A). You need to retrieve a key from there to be able to continue.

Path from Shipwreck Beach.

Twigroot Tunnels

Pit To cross this pit, you’ll need to throw an object onto the pressure plate just beyond it. Falling down the pit yields nothing.
Iron Key Here you’ll find an Iron Key needed at 3. On the adjacent tile is a Tattered Cloak. Killing the skeleton warrior on the way to here will earn you Skullcleave, an axe that is quite good for heavy weapon users.
Locked Gate Use the Iron Key from 2 to open this gate.
Chest In this chest you’ll find a Frost Bomb, a Round Key, and a Scroll of Ice Shards. The key will be required in Twigroot Forest. Next to the chest is a Lizard on a Stick.
Secret #4 A skeleton warrior in this hidden alcove is guarding a Whitewood Wand. Although wands are mildly useful for mages, they are especially useful for non-mages who invest points into spellcasting. The skeleton itself will drop an Ancient Shield, but it inflicts -15 HP in lieu of +5 Evasion. Return to Twigroot Forest via A to continue your explorations.

Stairs from Twigroot Forest.

Twigroot Forest

Sack In this sack is a Healing Potion, a Baked Maggot, and a Scroll of Poison Bolt.
Locked Gate The Round Key obtained from Twigroot Tunnels will open this gate. We will be going back to Twigroot Tunnels soon, the stairs to which are in the northwest, so we will wrap up the east first.
Pellets Hack this bush for 10 Pellets.
Lock Picks Lying on the ground is a set of Lock Picks.
Lever Flip this lever to open the gate to the Power Gem (12).
Power Gem #2 If you flipped the lever at 11, you’ll be able to reach this Power Gem. On the floor is a Leather Cuisse.
Treasure #2 Dig up a locked chest here to be rewarded with a Tome of Leadership.
Locked Chest In this chest you’ll find Embalmer’s Shoes and a Lightning Rod. Without cheating, you may not have Lock Picks right now, but neither of these items are particularly useful in the long run. Now turn your attention to the unexplored region in the west.
Treasure #3 Dig up this locked treasure chest to find a Gold Key, a Steel Armband, and a Shield Potion. You may need to cheat or return here later to open the chest.
Supplies On the ground here lie a Baton, a Xafi Robe, a Xafi Shemagh, and a Blooddrop Cap.
Stairs Down Go down these stairs to complete the rest of Twigroot Tunnels (B). When you return, you will emerge at B near the centre of the map.

Twigroot Tunnels

Scroll of Shield This shelf houses a Scroll of Shield.
Leather Cap On the shelf is a Leather Cap, while on the floor is a Salted Sausage.
Trapped Stepping on this pressure plate will open both pits in the room. The button next to the southern pit will close it, allowing you to proceed. Fall down one of the pits to obtain a secret first (or return later when you have a Rope to climb down).

Stairs from Twigroot Forest.

Twigroot Basement

Secret #5 To reach this secret, press the hidden button in the hallway, which will open a secret door and deactivate the windgate. After defeating a mummy, you’ll be able to pick up 30 Pellets and 3 Fire Bombs. North of the hidden button is a Healing Potion. You’ll need to press the button again to re-activate the windgate and return upstairs.

Twigroot Tunnels

The Four Plagues There are four empty shelves in this room with a sign next to each one. To open the door to the north, place items as shown on the map on the shelves: Battle: any weapon, Disease: any potion, Cold: any armour, and Famine: any food. You can take the items back after you have emptied 10.
Secret #6 Once you have solved the Four Plagues, you’ll find a Potion of Willpower and a Spidersilk Cloak here.
Pellets You’ll find 10 Pellets here. Also in the room is a Blooddrop Cap. You need to walk a fair way to the west (12) to your next challenge.
The Nest Beyond this door is a nest of several ratlings.
Cudgel You’ll find a Cudgel here.
Energy Potion On the floor lies an Energy Potion.
Be Quick Pressing the button here will open the door next to it as well as several gates (to 17, 18 and 19) around the nest, releasing a few wargs. Wargs are vulnerable to poison. While the door is still opening, the pit beneath you will open, and the demon face across the corridor will shoot a poison bolt at you. Falling down the pit will earn you some minor loot, plus XP and food from wargs.

Twigroot Basement

Rage Potion A Rage Potion awaits you on this shelf.
Blowpipe A Blowpipe and a Dart are discarded here. To return upstairs, you’ll need to flip the lever on the northern pillar to be able to access the windgate. Don’t forget to pick all the Blooddrop Caps—you may need them if you sustained injuries either from the fall or when battling the wargs.

Twigroot Tunnels

Be Quick When you are ready, press the button and move off the pit. If you feel nimble enough, you can also evade the poison, but the door closes fairly quickly. When the pit closes again, you will be able to go into the room.
Power Gem #3 Floating here is a Power Gem. To leave the room, press the button next to the door, and again wait for the door to open, pit to close and poison bolt to shoot by.
Food Here are two Smoked Sea Bass.
Turtle Egg You’ll find a Turtle Egg and a Salted Sausage here.
Secret #7 To access this shelf, you’ll need to press a hidden button in the corridor leading to it after fighting off a warg or two. It holds a Rogue Vest, a very decent armour. You are now ready to leave the nest and continue exploring the rest of the dungeon.
Machete Behind the grate is a Machete. You can pick it up though you can’t go through the grate.
Pressure Plate You need to weigh down this pressure plate through the grate to activate the Philosopher’s Stone (22).
Philosopher’s Stone Once activated, you need to push the stone to the orange square (east, south through the grate, west). This will open the gate to 25.
Secret #8 On the floor here is a Leather Brigandine, and nearby is a set of Lock Picks.
Secret #9 On the shelf is a Potion of Vitality, while an Energy Potion lies on the floor. A hidden button opposite the windgate will grant you access to this area.
Windgate This windgate will transport you to a secluded area to the north.
Pellets 10 Pellets are sitting here.
Brass Key First, collect the Blooddrop Cap and fall down the pit for some minor loot if you wish.

Twigroot Basement

Lever This lever will open the gate to the windgate.
Healing Potions On this shelf are two Healing Potions.
Fire Bomb A Fire Bomb is in this alcove. In the opposite alcove are two Broadhead Arrows.

Twigroot Tunnels

Brass Key When you return, pick up the Brass Key from the shelf. Doing this will close the gate to the windgate, and progressively open secret doors around the room, releasing four skeletons. After they are dealt with, search the alcoves the skeletons were in to find Leather Pants in the north, and a Blowpipe and three Darts in the west. Press the hidden button above the darts to open the way to the secret.
Secret #10 Here you will find a Reed Helmet and a Torch.
Sack On the floor here is a Sack containing a Compass, Bread, Lock Picks, and a Note. On the wall is a lever that will re-open the gate to 25. Walk into the windgate when you are done in this region.
Locked Gate The first time you passed by here, you’d have seen the Trickster scamper away after locking this gate. Open it with the Brass Key from 27.
The Trickster Stepping here will close and lock the gate behind you. First, fall into the pit to discover a secret.

Twigroot Basement

Lock Picks You’ll find a set of Lock Picks and Cheese (beneficial to ratlings) here.
Secret #11 Place three food items on this shelf to open the secret door. Beyond the door you will have to battle or evade eleven mummies to be able to claim your rewards. You can retrieve the food after clearing out the north.
Leather Gloves You’ll find a pair of Leather Gloves here.
Tome of Health On the shelf here you’ll find a Tome of Health.
Speed Potion A Speed Potion lies here. You can return upstairs via the windgate to the southwest.

Twigroot Tunnels

The Trickster When you return, flip the lever to close the pit, then explore the adjoining rooms to confront the Trickster. Be careful to not fall into pits in the middle of the fight. Also, don’t stand on any closed pits; the Trickster may flip a lever to open the pit under you. Although not designated as a boss fight, it can be a little difficult as he is very mobile and has a lot of HP to burn through. He will also flip levers at regular intervals to open secret doors and release turtles. If you manage to dispatch him quickly, you can flip the levers yourself to release them after the fight. After taking enough of a beating, he will teleport away, leaving behind a Note and a Brass Key.
Quarterstaff You’ll find a Quarterstaff here. It is a reach weapon, but does very little base damage (less than a Blow Pipe with Darts) as a two-handed weapon. Before leaving this room, press the nearby button to close a pit to the west and access one more secret.
Secret #12 Here you’ll find a Potion of Dexterity and 10 Pellets.
Power Gem #4 Floating here is a Power Gem. Northwest from it, under the lever, you will find 10 Pellets (not marked on the map).
Locked Door Open this door with the Brass Key dropped by the Trickster.
Supplies On the floor here you’ll find a Lizard on a Stick and two Shuriken.
Supplies At this spot you’ll find a Blooddrop Cap, Bread, and a Note. Remember to open the shortcut to the Crystal of Life on your way to the exit.
Scrolls On the shelf is a recipe for Shield Potions, and on the floor is a Scroll of Force Field. A hidden button on the wall will open a secret door nearby.
Secret #13 Here lies a Reed Cuirass. Nearby are 10 Pellets (not marked on the map). We are done with Twigroot Tunnels and will never need to return here. Leave via C to emerge in Twigroot Forest at B.

Stairs to Twigroot Forest.

Twigroot Forest

Locked Chest In this chest you’ll find a Buckler and 10 Pellets. Bucklers can be worn either in a hand slot or in the wrist slot. You can re-join the rest of Twigroot Forest by flipping a lever to the north.
Shrine of Fire Place the four Power Gems on the shrine to convert them into an Essence of Fire. You’ll need to repeat this with four Power Gems at each shrine you will find later.
There are a couple of areas of this map you won’t be able to visit yet. Thus, the count of secrets, treasures, items, etc. at the top only includes those found up to this point. For now, exit to the east at C to reach the Forgotten River.

Path from Shipwreck Beach.
Stairs from Twigroot Tunnels.
Path to the Forgotten River.
Path from a secret in the Forgotten River.
Exit from the Crystal Mine Entrance.

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