 Power Scrolls
Normally you can raise each skill to 100. At that level you are called a Grandmaster of that skill, and are guaranteed success in many of the skill-related activities you would like to do.
However you can increase the effectiveness of a skill by raising your skill level beyond 100. In order to do this you need to acquire and use a power scroll for that particular skill. Using such a power scroll raises your skill cap; you can then train that skill up to your new cap. Each power scroll specifies what it will raise your cap to - 105, 110, 115, or 120. Power scrolls are not cumulative; if you use a 105 anatomy power scroll and then use a 110 anatomy power scroll, your anatomy cap will be 110 (not 115).
Power scrolls can be acquired from several sources. Some are rewards from quests; some are rewards from animal taming contracts or blacksmithy and tailoring bulk order deeds. However the majority of power scrolls are acquired from killing champions at champion spawns.
In addition to power scrolls that raise your skill cap, it is also possible to acquire a stat scroll that raises your stat cap. Stat scrolls can be in levels of +5, +10, +15, +20, or +25. They can only be acquired by killing a special champion, the Harrower.
Champion Spawns
A champion spawn is a series of monsters leading to a champion monster. Champion spawns are always found at a champion's altar as shown above. The goal is to kill enough of the monsters fast enough for the champion to come. The champion is a specific monster which, when killed, has a chance of rewarding you with a power scroll if you did sufficient damage to the champion. When the champion is killed, gold rains onto the ground, and the champion's loot can also be valuable. In addition, artifacts can be acquired by killing the monsters and champion at a champion spawn. See the Champion Artifacts page for more details.
Champion spawns are found at altars, but altars are not always active. An active spawn is blue and lit; an inactive spawn is ark and grey. An inactive spawn can be activated by using the Valor virtue - double click the valor virtue from the virtue window (above your head in the paperdoll) and target the skull on the champion altar. You gain Valor by killing the tougher monsters in a champion spawn. If you do not have sufficient Valor to activate a champion, you can either look for another altar, or wait and check the altar some other time. Inactive champion spawns activate themselves in time, at random.
You cannot use valor to activate the same champion spawn type twice in a row. The new player champions in trammel are excluded from this - they may be activated twice in a row, and do not reset your last-activated champion. You cannot constantly switch between a new player champion and a normal champion.
Once you've found an active champion spawn, the champion will not come forth until you have proved your worth by killing the monsters there. You must kill a lot of monsters very quickly, with the monsters increasing in difficulty as you go. The red and white candles on the altar show your progress. Each red candle indicates a level you've achieved; once you have 16 red candles, you are very close to bringing forth the champion. To gain a level you must kill a certain number of champion spawn monsters within ten minutes. White candles represent your progress within the level. Once you kill enough monsters you gain a red candle; if ten minutes pass and you have not killed enough monsters, you lose the white candles. If you've made no progress in a level, you can even lose red candles.
As you gain red candles, the monsters you fight will change. All champion spawns have four stages of monsters that you will battle.
Upon completion of the 16th red candle and its white candles, the champion may appear - there is a random chance. If the champion does not appear, you will need to complete the 16th red candle and its white candles again for another opportunity to summon the champion, but each subsequent time that you proceed with the 16th red candle, the number of monsters you need to kill is reduced. Once the champion is summoned, the candles disappear and and all that remains is to defeat the champion. Using valor to advance the spawn at the 16th candle will always summon the champion.
There are a variety of different champion spawns. In some cases the champion itself is extremely tough, however usually it's the spawn itself that poses the biggest problem. Regardless, a champion spawn is not normally something you will want to tackle without a reasonable-sized party.
List of Champion Spawns
Abyss
Stage One: Imps and Greater Mongbats
Stage Two: Gargoyles and Harpies
Stage Three: Fire Gargoyles and Stone Gargoyles
Stage Four: Daemons and Succubi
Champion: Semidar
Arachnid
Stage One: Scorpions and Giant Spiders
Stage Two: Terathan Warriors and Terathan Drones
Stage Three: Dread Spiders and Terathan Matriarchs
Stage Four: Poison Elementals and Terathan Avengers
Champion: Mephitis
Cold Blood
Stage One: Lizardmen and Snakes
Stage Two: Lava Lizards, Ophidian Enforcers, and Ophidian Warriors
Stage Three: Drakes, Ophidian Justicars, and Ophidian Zealots
Stage Four: Dragons, Ophidian Avengers, and Ophidian Knight-Errants
Champion: Rikktor
Forest Lord
Stage One: Pixies and Shadow Wisps
Stage Two: Ki-rins and Wisps
Stage Three: Centaurs and Unicorns
Stage Four: Ethereal Warriors and Serpentine Dragons
Champion: Lord Oaks
Vermin Horde
Stage One: Giant Rats and Slimes
Stage Two: Dire Wolves and Ratmen
Stage Three: Hell Hounds and Ratman Mages
Stage Four: Silver Serpents and Ratman Archers
Champion: Barracoon the Piper
* This champion spawn gives less Valor than others.
Unholy Terror
Stage One: Bogles, Ghouls, Shades, Spectres, and Wraiths
Stage Two: Bone Magi, Skeletal Magi, and Mummies
Stage Three: Liches, Bone Knights, and Skeletal Knights
Stage Four: Lich Lords and Rotting Corpses
Champion: Neira the Necromancer
Undead Menace
Stage One: Skeletal Magi, Bone Knights
Stage Two: Skeletal Magi, Liches
Stage Three: Liches, Lich Lords
Stage Four: Ancient Liches, Lich Lords
Champion: Fzoul Mourngrym
Enslaved Daemon
Stage One: Mongbats and Horde Minions
Stage Two: Imps and Horde Mininos
Stage Three: Gargoyles and Gibberlings
Stage Four: Gargoyles and Stone Gargoyles
Champion: Molekh the Enslaved
* This champion only awards +5 and +10 power scrolls.
* This champion spawn gives very little Valor.
Orcish Horde
Stage One: Headless Ones and Horde Minions
Stage Two: Headless Ones and Orcs
Stage Three: Orcs and Orc Bombers
Stage Four: Orcish Mages, Trolls, and Ettins
Champion: Lord Krogibuth
* This champion only awards +5 and +10 power scrolls.
* This champion spawn gives very little Valor.
Sleeping Dragon
Stage One: Deathwatch Beetle Hatchlings and Lizardmen
Stage Two: Deathwatch Beetles and Kappas
Stage Three: Lesser Hiryus and Revenant Lions
Stage Four: Hiryus and Onis
Champion: Serado the Awakened
* This champion also awards one player with a runic saw or fletching tool.
Pestilence
Stage One: Plague Spawn and Boglings
Stage Two: Plague Beasts and Bog Things
Stage Three: Plague Beast Lords and Interred Grizzles
Stage Four: Fetid Essences and Pestilent Bandages
Champion: Ilhenir the Stained
* This champion also awards one player with a runic saw or fletching tool.
Twisted Glade
Stage One: Pixies and Shadow Wisps
Stage Two: Dryads and Centaurs
Stage Three: Satyrs and Cu Sidhes
Stage Four: Treefellows and Enraged Grizzlies
Champion: Twaulo of the Glade
* This champion also awards one player with a runic saw or fletching tool.
* Monsters at this champion spawn may appear as paragons.
Pit
Stage One: Chaos Daemons and Familiars
Stage Two: Stone Harpies and Arcane Daemons
Stage Three: Molochs and Pit Fiends
Stage Four: Archdemons and Abyssmal Abominations
Champion: Abyssal Infernal
Unliving
Stage One: Gore Fiends and Vampire Bats
Stage Two: Flesh Golems and Dark Wisps
Stage Three: Undead Gargoyles and Wights
Stage Four: Skeletal Drakes and Dream Wraiths
Champion: Primeval Lich
Champion Locations
Champion spawn altars are located in many locations.
New Haven - The Enslaved Daemon and Orcish Horde new player champion spawns can appear in two dungeons accessible from New Haven. One altar is on the third level of dungeon Wrong, and the other is in the catacombs below Haven Cemetery. These are the only non-pvp champion spawn altars.
Felucca Dungeons - There are fixed champion altars in a few of the dungeons:
- Fire Dungeon - Abyss
- Despise - Vermin Horde
- Destard - Cold Blood
- Terathan Keep - Arachnid
- Deceit - Unholy Terror
Ilshenar - There are two semi-random champion altars, plus one altar that is always the Forest Lord.
Lost Lands - There are quite a few champion altars throughout the lost lands. All of them are semi-random except for one which is always the Forest Lord.
Isamu-Jima - The Sleeping Dragon champion altar is northwest of Mount Sho.
Twisted Weald - The Twisted Glade champion altar is near the entrance to the Twisted Weald.
Bedlam - The Pestilence champion altar is in the crypt under Bedlam.
Stygian Abyss - The Pit and Unliving champion altars are located in specific areas within the Stygian Abyss.
The Harrower
In most cases, you will find a skull as loot on the champion's corpse. There are six different skulls for different champions. When you have all six different skulls, you can take them to the star room (via a moongate in the terathan keep) and place the skulls on the altar of the Harrower. The Harrower will then be summoned and will appear in a random dungeon in Felucca. A moongate will appear on the altar, leading you to the dungeon where the Harrower has appeared. Killing the Harrower will reward 8 total stat scrolls to those players who did sufficient damage to him.
Receiving Power Scrolls
When fighting a champion spawn, usually it's the waves of monsters that are the difficult part, rather than the champion itself. However, only the champion awards power scrolls; even if you did most of the work killing the monsters, if you don't attack the champion you have no chance of receiving a power scroll. All players who did enough damage to the champion to receive looting rights have an equal chance of receiving power scrolls. (You know you did enough damage by whether or not you can loot the champion's corpse without turning criminal.) Regular champions award 6 power scrolls split among the players, and if there are fewer than 6 players then some will receive more than one power scroll. The harrower awards 8 stat scrolls split among the players.
In addition to the power scrolls awarded by the champion, there is also a small chance of receiving a power scroll from killing any monster at a champion spawn. These power scrolls are always +5 scrolls. The chance of receiving these power scrolls increases as the level of the champion spawn increases, but in all cases the chances are relatively low. The justice virtue bonus does not apply to these scrolls.
Power Scroll Value
Because the power scrolls you receive from a champion are random, after doing a few champion spawns you may end up with power scrolls that you do not need. Even so, power scrolls have reasonable sell/trade value with other players. If you're in a hurry to dump your PS's, there are traders in Skara Brae who will happily exchange your power scrolls for white reward tokens.
Available Power Scrolls
This is a list of all available power scrolls, and how they are acquired.
From Champion Spawns:
Anatomy
Animal Taming
Animal Lore
Archery
Bushido
Chivalry
Discordance
Evaluating Intelligence
Fencing
Focus
Healing
Macefighting
Magery
Meditation
Musicianship
Mysticism
Necromancy
Ninjitsu
Parrying
Peacemaking
Provocation
Resisting Spells
Spellweaving
Spirit Speak
Stealing
Stealth
Swordsmanship
Tactics
Throwing
Wrestling
Veterinary
From Animal Taming Contracts:
Animal Lore
Animal Taming
Veterinary
From Bulk Orders:
Blacksmithy
Tailoring
From Quests:
Alchemy
Mining
Tracking
Imbuing
From Darkmoor Caverns:
Lockpicking
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