Shade Catacombs

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Shade Catacombs
Released		18 October 2004 (Update)
Members		Yes
Location		Mort'ton
Music		Lair
See map section
Infobox • Talk page

The Shade Catacombs are found under Mort'ton as part of the Shades of Mort'ton minigame and is a complex labyrinth. The entrance is to the north of Mort'ton (directly west of the Temple of Mort'ton) and is displayed on the overview map. To access it you need to have completed Shades of Mort'ton and have a shade key of any type. In the catacombs, there are various shades and chests in which the rewards can be found. To get a bronze shade key, kill a Loar Shade in Mort'ton, sanctify some olive oil at the repaired temple to make sacred oil, then use the sacred oil on any log, making a pyre logs. Use the pyre log on one of the four pyre slabs in one of the seven shade burning areas of Mort'ton, identified by grey diamonds on the minimap. Then use the shade remains on the pyre logs, then click on the pyre again to light it. You may need to burn more than one, as sometimes burning a shade produces coins instead of a key. The key or coins will appear in your inventory or on the stand at the end of the pyre if your inventory are full.

The entrance to the catacombs.

Inside the eerie caves.

Dungeon info

Shade Catacombs
Floors	1
Cannons allowed	Allowed
Resource dungeon	No
Databox • Talk page

Keys

When you cremate the shade remains, you may be rewarded with either coins or shade keys. These keys will be made from any one of 4 different metals, and 5 different colours. Each combination of metal and colour on a key will open a specific type of chest in the catacombs, and will disintegrate once you've unlocked it. The key can also be used to open all doors of the same or lower type of metal, improving from bronze to gold, and will not be used up when doing so. There is a unique gold type of key that is used to open special chests.

Shade keys

		Colour
		Red	Brown	Crimson	Black	Purple
Metal	Bronze
	Steel
	Black
	Silver

Special key

Gold

Rewards

Main article: Shade Catacombs/Rewards

Monsters

• 

  Loar Shade, level 58 (not inside the catacombs, but in the town of Mort'ton)

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  Phrin Shade, level 67

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  Riyl Shade, level 75

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  Asyn Shade, level 84

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  Fiyr Shade, level 98

Map

Shade Catacombs

• Red Key Chest
• Brown Key Chest
• Crimson Key Chest
• Black Key Chest
• Purple Key Chest
• Gold Key Chest
• Bronze Key Door
• Steel Key Door
• Black Key Door
• Silver Key Door
• Phrin Shade
• Riyl Shade
• Fiyr Shade
• Asyn Shade

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 12 October 2011 (Update):
  • Drakan's medallion no longer uses charges when teleporting from within the Shades of Mort'ton catacombs.

• update 18 October 2004 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The tombs appear to be the resting place for at least some Zarosians, since some of the tombs have Zaros' symbol on them.