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Heroes may attempt to fight the Ultimate Dragon, a fearsome adversary. Successful combatants will receive a substantial prize. To attempt the quest, contact an immortal online to arrange a time. Here are the rules of engagement:

- Participants must be level 51 with more than 500 sublevels.
  (If you are currently below sublevel 500, even as a result
  of a failed morph, you will not be allowed to try the quest.)
- The prize is non-transferable and is bound to the winner.
- You may only successfully complete the quest once.
- If you remort and thus lose the gear you can try again at Hero 500.
- If you fail, you may not attempt the quest for another week.
- All spell effects are cleared prior to starting the quest.
- The quest is a fight to the death.
- There is a 30 minute time limit to find and kill the dragon.
- Surge and track are disabled.
- It is up to the player to loot the girth and skin the corpse.

If you'd like a taste of what this quest entails, you can often watch battles with the Dragon in the viewing room one north of the Sanctum entrance.

Level Range: 51-51

Builder: DaWiz

The Dragon's Maze

The first part of the adventure is a random maze. All of the rooms are identical, so it is easy to get lost. An easy way through the maze is to drop a coin in the first room, then move in each of the six cardinal directions. Five directions will either be private or will bring you back to the first room. The sixth direction is your path to the dragon. Mark each successful advancement on a piece of paper. The maze has a total of 16 rooms including the start room and the final, preparatory room, "The Goal." Using this technique, you can navigate the maze in about 7-10 minutes.

Use the prep room to spell up and change out gear. From there, it's north to the dragon.

Tips on Facing the Ultimate Dragon

Namure's Leather Collar makes good UD gear. You sacrifice about 20 AC, but gain 100 on saves, which helps against the dragon's breath.

A full set of Hit-Point Gear will grant you an additional 590 or so hp. Spellup, switch to hp gear, quaff 3 Glacial Milk, then go to tankgear and advance.

Most classes can improve their ac by 30 by buying a Periwinkle Potion from Kelsee. It provides Barkskin.

While casters cannot Surge, they can Quicken. It behooves you to know what mana costs are associated with each quicken level and budget your mana accordingly.

Bring plenty of Glacial Milk!