Rabbit Hole and The Prince's Gem

Ok...I've crawled all over the maps but still cannot find either Zook's Gem (which is supposed to be in the Lord's Castle), nor can I find This Uncle O III that is in the "Rabbit Hole". Where exactly am I supposed to go/look?

 

lower level in the castle of the lords have smb with high search skill comb the stair cases for the secret entrannce .......... tho the actual appropiate quest line would be to solve the drow problem in gnome quarter and from there on let gnomish prince zook point u towards 'uncle O'

 

There is a Game Guide & Walkthrough thanks to gazra_1971.

I find his guide most useful when I just can't wait for someone to answer my question.

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I'm a bit lost.

I found a passage leading from the lower level of the Castle of the Lords before I'd even heard of the Rabbit hole or Uncle Orrengaard, but I don't know if I've got the right passage?

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The passage is a clearly visible doorway that leads to a long series of tunnels, containing nothing but a single, non-hostile rat. It exits at the far end at a secret door into the basement of the ruined church of Pelor

...and so if that's not the right passage, I cannot find it. Is there Another passage I have yet to find ?

 

If memory serves me, the rabbit hole is one that you will have to actively search for via the radial menu just like a hidden door.

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I'm pretty sure you need to search very near the staircase you're talking about. Search before going down it.

 

Absolutely can't find the thing. I'm wondering if my game is corrupted, my search skill isn't high enough (it's 13) or I've actually found it already but what I expected to be in there wasn't there.

So there's the main floor of the Castle, the Entrance-level, which is slightly elevated so I'll call it the 1st floor. There there's the 2nd floor with Bedrooms, 3rd floor which is the roof.

Below the Entrance level there's a level with 6 bedrooms which I'll call the Ground floor and below that, the "Basement" where there are some chests and a tunnel leading off to The old Pelor church ruins.


So where the hell is the Rabbit Hole?

Is the Rabbit Hole in fact the long tunnel under the river to the Ruined Church? Or is there something else I am unable to find?

 

When you enter the castle basement with a high enough spot skill then you will notice a panel on a wall. You will activate an option to examine the panel and enter the rabbit hole.

 

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Phillip, you need to really boost your Search skill. A lot of different ways to do this via spell.

 

I've got a Rogue with a search skill of 20 (30 if I'm wearing the Robe of Eyes) but I can't find the switch on the lowest level of the staircase. Zook has already given me the quest to find the Jewel but no matter what I do I can't reveal the hidden switch. I have tried the lowest level, the one just above that and have experimented with standing in positions closer and further away from the place I recall the switch being in 7.2 NC. FYI I'm playing 7.6 NC.

Any ideas?

 

What's your Spot skill?

 

14. It's not factoring Spot in is it?

 

You need Spot to find the switch, not Search. I don't recall the minimum value, but I always max Spot on one of my characters.

 

Spot is used on NPCs such as invisible and concealed characters, not objects. If that is how it is implemented here I don't get it.

http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Spot_Skill