aerial decapitator

I was just wondering: how on earth was the strange location where you can find the aerial decapitator ever discovered? I mean, it's not mentioned anywhere in the game and the location does not get marked on the worldmap when you happen to wander nearby. Don't tell me someone didn't have anything better to do than explore the whole map, pixel per pixel.

 

One of developers dropped a brick.

 

It's just like finding the Fan Graveyard. I explored the rivers and the letters of the map. There.

 

You actually did that? That's fucking sick, man. That must've taken you days. What about life and reality? Didn't you miss them?

Anyway: how can we know for sure that there aren't anymore secret locations on the map? No one ever checked the whole goddamn map, now did they? Maybe there's a city out there that doesn't get marked on the map, a secret city that is filled with wonderfull quests and loot. And who knows: maybe there is a secret location, yet to be discovered by someone with too much time on his hands, where your character can take a zeppelin and fly all the way to Cattan!

:roll:

Nah...

 

Why not? I would get awfully happy to be able to get to Cattan. I just don't understand why they put the place on the map, as it's only spoken of a very few times in the game.

 

If there is a secret area then it does not have a name / circle which appears above it i.e. you would have to walk in the normal map to find it. However I'd wager some naughty designer has dropped some items at unknown locations in the game but the chances of stumbling across it are almost none.

Everything with a location has to be listed here:

{0}{0, 0, 0, 0 /A Place Unimportant/This is the unknown area.}
{1}{90226,84176, 0, 0 /Shrouded Hills/A small mining town.}
{2}{92960,82592, 0, -5 /Crash Site/The remains of the crashed blimp.}
{3}{70218,92096, 0, 0 /Black Root/A border town.}
{4}{102768, 116894, 0, 5 /Caladon/A thriving feudal kingdom.}
{5}{79163, 105618, 0, 0 /Dernholm, capital of Cumbria/A dying feudal kingdom.}
{6}{98922, 42009, 0, 0 /Qintarra/A large elven community.}
{7}{83690, 48174, -5, 15 /The Black Mountain Mines/The abandoned home of The Black Mountain Clan./Radius:-1}
{8}{32320, 62472, 0, 0 /Ashbury/A city on the eastern seaboard.}
{9}{61050, 42562, 0, 0 /Wheel Clan/A Dwarven society deep in the Grey Mountains./Radius:-1}
{10}{76113, 48162, 0, -10 /Stillwater/A small town, famed for its swords.}
{11}{28455, 31171, 0, 0 /Tulla/A mysterious city of mages deep in the Vendigroth Wastes.} //Old Tulla 28319, 31202
{12}{104172,35969, 0, 0 /Falcon's Ache/Elven holy ground, at the edge of the Glimmering Forest}
{13}{112027, 96883, 0, 0 /Roseborough/A small town near the Ring of Brodgar}
{14}{112279,94639, 0, 0 /Ancient Ruins/Ancient Ruins/Radius:5}//Old Ring of Brodgar
{15}{22184,41521, 0, 0 /Dark Elf Camp/The dark elves' base camp near the ruins of Vendigroth}
{16}{96416, 18911, 0, 0 /T'sen-Ang/Home of the Dark Elves./Radius:-1}
{17}{82492, 45629, 0, 0 /Hardin's Pass/A treacherous snowy pass leading to the Glimmering Forest.}
{18}{96014,92287, 0, 0 /Gorgoth Pass/A long forgotten pass joining the kingdoms of Dernholm and Caladon./Radius:5}
{19}{20693, 56027, 0, 0 /Isle of Despair/A penal colony.}
{20}{29874,47350, 0, 0 /Gateway to the Wastes/A bridge leading into the Vendigroth Wastes.} // Old Leahbo 29151,48287
{21}{62243,65664, 0, 0 /Tarant/The biggest, most industrial city in Arcanum.}
{22}{19704,37452, 0, 0 /Vendigroth Ruins/The remnants of an ancient city./Radius:1}// entrance to ruins: 19689,37487
{23}{46198,120881, -60, 10 /Nasrudin's Resting Place/Reputed to be the location of the remains of Nasrudin.}//old:46827,120680
{24}{43669, 85717, 0, 0 /Stringy Petes Cove/A haunted cove./Radius:-1}
{25}{32602, 71189, 0, 0/The Williamson Homestead/A run-down shanty.}
{26}{55779, 76127, 0, 0/Vooriden/A small village just south of Tarant./Radius:20}
{27}{75486, 18380, 0, -10/The Bangellian Deeps/The resting place of the Bangellian Scourge.}
{28}{90818, 70319, 0, 0/Torin Quarry/An ancient dwarven stone quarry.}//90825, 70292
{29}{51705, 85747, -80, 10/Stringy Pete's Treasure/The final resting place of the infamous pirate's bounty./Radius:-1}
{30}{45527, 65394, 0, 10/Elven Ruins/A place that may hold untold elven riches./Radius:1}
{31}{20526, 53542, 0, 0/The home of Maximillian/A strange old man on the Isle of Despair.}
{32}{22157, 52802, -40, -15/Shades Beach/A place reputed to be full of strange objects.}
{33}{17196, 52632, 0, -10/The Women's Camp/A small village comprised solely of nomadic women.}
{34}{75497, 20051, 0, 5/The Bedokaan Village/A small village of reptilian creatures, located in the Dark Fens./Radius:-1}
{35}{77170, 17560, -120, -15/The Poachers Camp/The camp of some Bedokaan poachers.}
{36}{0, 0, 0, 0 /A Place Unimportant/This is the unknown area.}
{37}{85994, 56686, 0, 0/Stonecutter Clan/The home of the Stonecutter Clan.}
{38}{101536, 116144, 0, 0/A mysterious location/Discovered on the wall painting in the Mushroom.}
{39}{50845, 15901, 0, 0/The Ruby Glade/An eerie, ancient place./Radius:-1}
{40}{88650, 40995, 0, 0/The Castle S'nel N'fa /A trap filled ruin rumored to contain the staff of K'an T'au./Radius:-1}
{41}{75700, 101216, 0, 0/A Lair of Gyr Dolours/The last known location of the tormented Lady Druella./Radius:-1}
{42}{75470, 93736, 0, 0/Liam's Workshop/Liam Camerons Workshop./Radius:3}
{43}{40699, 76973, 0, 0/Kree/The once great city destroyed by the Bane of Kree./Radius:20}
{44}{87403, 59823, 0, 0/The Pit of Fires/The location of the Blade of Xerxes.}
{45}{59131, 108638, 0, 0/Half Ogre Island/The rumored location of the secret breeding laboratory.}// old: 59028, 108560
{46}{0, 0, 0, 0/A Place Unimportant/This is the unknown area.}
{47}{78754, 62751, 0, 0/Vollinger's Meeting Place/Vollinger's meeting place./Radius:-1}
{48}{49267, 53559, 0, 0/The Lair of Bellerogrim/A cave where they discovered Arcanum's last Dragon.}
{49}{101152, 64478, 0, 0/Lethe Wyvern Sighting/Rumored lair of the lethe wyvern./Radius:-1}
{50}{40223, 101945, 0, 0/Boat Landing on Thanatos/Landing for the Isle of Death}
{51}{47628, 108786, 0, 0/Village of the Ashlag Tribe/The home of a primitive tribe that worships a mysterious deity.}
{52}{41056, 112926, 0, 0/The Lair of the Bogaroth/The reputed lair of the monster that slaughtered the entire Ashlag tribe.}
{53}{65824, 84632, 0, 0/Ruins of Szabo/Some ancient ruins./Radius:1}
{54}{46112, 120624, 0, 0/Land Bridge/Beginning of the trail leading to the god of Thanatos.}
{55}{63608, 50488, 0, 0/Dungeon of the Dragon Pool/Dungeon of the Dragon Pool.}
{56}{49718, 58743, 0, 0/Ancient Temple/A temple rumored to hold treasures untold.}
{57}{96948, 75722, 0, -15/Secret Entrance to the Iron Clan/The entrance to the legendary dwarven clan./Radius:-1}
{58}{91902, 39305, 0, 0/K'na Tha/A place of ancient magick rumored to contain Azrams Star./Radius:-1}
{59}{96319, 113312, 0, 0/Razors Pointe/Ships fear these treacherous waters that must be passed to navigate around the tip of Arcanum./Radius:20}
{60}{31891, 56980, 0, 0/Ancient Shipwreck/The remains of an ancient pirate ship./Radius:10}
{61}{67130, 44393, 0, 0/Uncharted Cave/No one knows what mysteries may lie in this unexplored cave./Radius:10}
{62}{99225, 98206, 0, 0/Thieves Cave/Thieves Cave/Radius:25}
{63}{87907,45024, 0, -10/Strange Ceremony/Strange chanting can be heard nearby..../Radius:5}
{64}{84513,11425, 0, 0/Secret Village/You hear high pitched rejoicing...../Radius:5}
{65}{53341, 66079, 0, 0/Forbidden Pit/Dangerous looking pit filled with skeletons and widowers./Radius:10}
{66}{92830, 84702, 0, 10/Simon Fahrkus' Shack/Simon Fahrkus' Shack/Radius:-1}
{67}{92896, 83359, -140, 0/Arbalah's House/Arbalah's House/Radius:-1}
{68}{78751, 97887, 0, 0/Wolf Cave/Wolf Cave/Radius:10}
{69}{77797, 72805, 0, 0/Torg's Altar/An old, stone altar/Radius:15}
{70}{56490, 26977, 0, 0/Kerlin's Altar/An ancient, golden altar/Radius:20}
{71}{104104, 104610, 0, 0/Bolo's Altar/A weathered, stone altar/Radius:20}
{72}{84586, 53037, 0, 0/The Place of Lost Voices/A place shown to you by the map in the Iron Clan Chest/Radius:-1}
{73}{30364, 44319, 0, 0/Mysterious ruins of the wastes/A location shown to you by Weldo Rubin.}
{74}{39588, 33621, 0, 0/Strange Pond/An interesting pond in the middle of nowhere./Radius:25}
{75}{68876, 32889, 0, 0/The Bog/An evil-looking place./Radius:25}
{76}{104148, 77062, 0, 0/The Broken Cathedral/A place of old ruins./Radius:25}
{77}{108504, 84356, 0, 0/The Old Lagoon/A remote lagoon./Radius:25}
{78}{87527, 101345, 0, 0/Ancient Maze/A mysterious old maze./Radius:25}
{79}{103116, 90384, 0, 0/The Cold Place/An ominous place./Radius:25}
{80}{80738, 30497, 0, 0/Small Camp/A small camp is visible from a distance./Radius:25}
{81}{102113, 56290, 0, 0/Small Pond/You hear shouts and whip-cracking./Radius:25}

 

That was perhaps even worse than Frigo and his links. My eyes shut in self defence as I scrolled the screen.

 

I found a new city! You have to click right into the center of the monkey's left eye, the one on the map just below the glimmering forest.
Just kidding. I just spent way too much time micro clicking around the map.

 

I think this may be useful to someone at some point. Can you say that about any of your posts?

Myeh. You'd have been an idiot if you had read the whole thing for no reason.
Wait a minute...wolfsbane not taking the stupid option...
-Faint-

 

I must say that the Secret Village disappointed me. Kites disappoint me. Tsk tsk tsk.

 

Yeah, they could've done something more to improve the smurfs there, really. But I think it's cool that they're there anyway, with Gargamel and all...

 

Gargamel, YAAAY! Stringy Pete, YAAAY! Kerghan, ...

 

But I think that Kerghan is cool, really. He was just not supposed to be the final über-boss-of-doom. He should've been someone you met in Arcanum, or in the Void.

 

But he fails where he is. He didn't have enough monions or infernal devices for my liking. In fact, the whole void section was way to abbriviated. I was expecting to storm something equivalent to Sauron's Tower, or at least Isengard. Instead I got a few tough mobs and no cool loot.

 

That's true. I, too, expected more of the Void. The place only had some lizards and a few sucky legends, and that was the lot of it.

 

I agree, it seemed a bit rushed like they ran out of time

and im still sore you cant return to arcanum

 

The whole premise was that the Void was a place of nonexistance. If they wanted to upstage that they should make it reasonably the opposite, a realm of pain and suffering, but with life. Give it a few towns and villages and maybe even a few sidequests. Give it shops. In the towns, have the scaled up version of orc thugs, using demons. Maybe even make it fucking matter if you kill Golfroth or not, as an example.

 

Yeah, but like you said, that would've defeated the purpose of the void. Although, that would definitely rock. It seems more like hell than anything else.

 

The elven council thought of it as such but they did not know for sure. They were obviously wrong because the void had plants, animals and buildings (which indicate sentient life living in the void at some point).
If Kerghan could build such a big fancy castle and teleport system would he need the dwarves to build him a portal? I really don't think so. Therefore someone else built it.
Personally I think the void was another world vaguely like ours in which something catastrophic happened, shattering the world into floating islands. The people were trying to recover and rebuild their world by creating the teleporters to link the islands. Then the elven council started to dump uber monsters in the void and this finished off the struggling civilisation.