BAK Help Web Revisions

BAK WEB UPDATES
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The first, and very incomplete, version of the BAK Help Web was uploaded on December 1, 1995. Below you will find a complete Updates history.

February 3, 2024 - Memorials

Although never a happy thing to post news about, I have created a memorial page for people associated with Betrayal at Krondor who have now passed on over at the HEADSTONES page.

February 24, 2023 - EASTER EGGS

After nearly 24 years of dormancy, the BaK Help Web gets its first update: Krondor programmer Timothy Strelchun wrote in, and shared an easter egg that has been hidden in plain view for decades. I decided to add a new section to the Help Web that I think Eysteinn would have liked: EASTER EGGS. I hope we get to add more to this section in the future. -vga256

August 3, 1999 - BAK SOUNDS!

We are all very grateful to Paul Combetta for adding SOUNDS to the BAK HELP WEB. Paul has extracted all the NPC Intros, and they have been added to the NPC Pages in the Text Web. I'm sure you'll enjoy them as much as I do!

July 22, 1999 - SPECIAL UPDATE! BAK WEB ZIPPED!

Thanks to Paul Combetta's generous offer to host the zipped Help Web, I have finally taken this step. You can now download the COMPLETE BAK HELP WEB in zip format.
Unfortunately, I have been too busy to add anything to the Web recently. I'm sorry about this.

March 30, 1999 - SPECIAL UPDATE! BAK TEXT WEB!

For almost two months now I have been hard at work on the latest addition to the Web:
The Betrayal at Krondor Text Web
This will ultimately contain ALL TEXT IN THE GAME - dialogues, narratives, descriptions, etc. I haven't nearly finished yet - in fact I only have a vague idea what it's going to look like when it's done. It is definitely taking shape though, and some parts of it are finished enough for me to offer you a peek at it. By all means tell me what you think - but please remember it is *very much* under construction. It will take me at least another month or two to get it into final shape.
The NPC pages are (I think) more or less final, the Zone pages less so. The Chapter pages are only skeletal as yet, and will undergo a lot of revision. All of this text is hell to organize (as you will realize when you've taken a closer look). I'm constantly adding and changing as I go along.
I would never have *dreamed* of tackling this monster without the help of two staunch supporters of the BAK Help Web, Bob Freimuth and Sean Corron. Bob originally suggested the project, and isolated all the text from the game's data files. Sean spent countless hours cleaning up the text files, and has also created some beautiful graphics and logos for the NPC pages. He is now working on additional graphics for the rest of the Text Web.
Finally, I once more thank Fredrik Eriksson for the wonderful BaKHacker. As you can imagine, I have had to test most of these dialogues in the game itself. Without BaKHacker this would have been impossible.

February 3, 1999

Most ARMOR can now be LOCATED. The information is limited. Exact Locations are provided if relevant. Standard Kingdom Armor and Elven Armor were left out.

February 2, 1999

Many SWORDS can now be LOCATED. The information is limited. Exact Locations are provided if relevant. Broadsword, Two-Handed Broadsword, and Moredhel Lamprey were left out - for obvious reasons.

February 1, 1999

The LOCATE feature is now complete for POTIONS. No need to explain why RESTORATIVES were left out! Added an unimportant feature to the LOOK and WALK Menus (thanx Bob and Sean).

January 29, 1999

The LOCATE feature is now complete for OTHER ITEMS. Some Items have been left out, for obvious reasons. It would be stupid to list all sources of Manna, not only because the list would be endless and incomprehensible, but mainly because this has already been dealt with in the MAP WEB, in a comprehensible manner. Many Quest Items have also been skipped. For example, what would be the use of stating that Jared's Hand can be recovered from Glover in Lyton? The Walkthrough is needed.
I'll be adding the LOCATE feature to the other Item pages soon, but only for SCARCE and DIFFICULT-TO-FIND Items.

January 27, 1999

I'm working on a new feature, intended to help you locate diffficult-to-find Items. I've started (but not finished) OTHER ITEMS. Check it out, if you want, by clicking the [LOCATE] links. I'll be adding these links as I go along. Just thought I'd let you know.
WEBMASTER HINTS: A major new feature may be added to the Web soon, the TEXT WEB. This will contain the complete TEXT of the Game, including all dialogues. This is a *huge* project, which I wouldn't dream of doing all by myself. Fortunately the BAK Web has FRIENDS, willing to donate time and effort. Bob Freimuth has made this project possible, and Sean Corron is working on it.

January 23, 1999

Webmaster groans: I've just fixed and uploaded approximately 300 Combat pages. They looked fine in my old Browser, but in my new Browser long Item Names (like STANDARD KINGDOM ARMOR) have decided to WRAP! Gosh. So I checked every single Combat Page, and fixed the misbehaving ones. Hope I didn't miss any.

January 22, 1999

New Chapter 9 Walkthrough uploaded. Revisions finished. Some minor changes to the earlier Walkthroughs.

January 20, 1999

New (and much expanded) Chapter 8 Walkthrough uploaded. Only one more Chapter left!

January 18, 1999

New version of the Chapter 7 Walkthrough uploaded. The old version was totally out of tune with the rest of the Web, so I just rewrote it from scratch. I don't think anyone will complain - the old version was awful. Thank Ishap it's gone, now it will embarrass me no more.

January 14, 1999

New version of the Chapter 6 Walkthrough uploaded. This was *very* difficult, and has been *extremely* expanded, especially in the Elvandar Area. As a result, the page is probably TOO BIG.
If it is, I'm sure I'll be receiving complaints soon enough. I don't WANT TO split it into smaller pages, but will if I must.

January 8, 1999

New version of the Chapter 5 Walkthrough uploaded.

January 7, 1999

New (and substantially expanded) version of the Chapter 4 Walkthrough. Minor change in Chapter 3 (new Lecture Ticket).
FIRST TIME USER, PLEASE NOTE: The Walkthroughs are being rewritten and linked to the MAP WEB. If you are consulting the Walkthroughs for Chapters 5 - 9, please be aware that these pages will soon be revised drastically. In the meantime, please consult the MAP WEB, which contains more accurate information than the Walkthroughs. The Walkthroughs are basically sound, though.

January 4, 1999

New version of the Chapter 3 Walkthrough. Some minor changes in Chapter 2.

January 1, 1999

Have uploaded a new version of the Chapter 2 Walkthrough. There's also a Special Page here. I also decided to do a special Grain Quest page, since this will take the player to a very seldom visited part of Midkemia, i.e. the Western Sectors of Zone 5. Apart from that, there's nothing new, except for a few unimportant changes related to the Chapter 1 Walkthrough.
Quick observation from the Webmaster: I've though a lot about the LINKING of the MAP WEB and the WALKTHROUGHS (see below). I haven't changed my mind. After re-doing Chapter 2, I'm even more certain than before, that the two can't possibly be linked, except in the "superficial" manner I've chosen. There's really a very simple way of utilizing the Walkthroughs in conjunction with the Map Web: Open TWO WINDOWS in your Browser, with the Walkthrough in one, and the relevant Sector of the Map Web in the other. I've tested, and it works fine. As soon as the Walkthrough leads to a new Sector, switch to the Map Window and click the proper Red Arrow.

December 28, 1998

No, I haven't finished Chapter 2. I've added a NINE ZONES page to the WALK Menu, and created a SPECIAL page for players who want to travel all over the place in Chapter 1 (including Dimwood). I realized this had to be done, as soon as I started working on Chapter 2. Those of you familiar with the MAP WEB won't need to be told this, but PLEASE REMEMBER that the Combat Numbers are Zone-dependent. Combat #01 in Zone 1 is not the same as Combat #01 in Zone 2.
Webmaster observes: The most difficult aspect of revising the Walkthroughs is that of LINKING them to the MAP WEB. I've been contemplating this for months. The only feasible way of doing this is to link the various SECTOR MAPS to the Walkthroughs. I've thought about linking all the Combat Pages, but this just CAN'T BE DONE! There are 1600 of them, and the work involved in linking and back-linking would be stupendous. And ultimately useless, I think. In order to reap the rewards of both the Walkthroughs and the Map Web, you must be prepared to use BOTH - there is no way to "perfectly" integrate them. They are two different approaches, and must be kept apart. A complete integration of BOTH into ONE would result in a HUGE and unwieldy MUDDLE.
Webmaster is touched: I was overwhelmed by all the Christmas Greetings I received from BAK Web users! Thanks to all, and a Wonderful New Year to you all!

December 23, 1998

Chapter One Walkthrough has been revised, updated, and LINKED to the Map Web. This was NOT easy. All of you Nitpickers out there - please tell me what's wrong, before I repeat my mistakes in Chapter 2!
Webmaster wonders: I've received some complaints that the text colors I use are too bright. I've also received complaints about the colors being not bright enough! One user gets blinded, while another feels he has to turn on all the lights in his room. I don't think this is my fault. I know, from experience, that MONITORS can differ drastically, and there's nothing I can do about this. All I can do is to make sure that my pages can be read on DARK Monitors. If you have a BRIGHT Monitor, my pages may "blind" you, but I'm sure your computer has buttons, allowing you to control the brightness and contrast.

December 20, 1998

New WALK WEB Page and Menu. This one was a headache, and since I only just started revising the WALK WEB, it may change soon.

The Basic Walkthrough has been corrected, rewritten and redesigned, but only slightly.

Also corrected, and expanded the Tips & Tricks page. I attempted to classify the various tips, but gave up. It's not easy. If I ever come up with a way, I'll do it, but for the time being it will have to remain a linear list, with the BASIC stuff at the top, and the tips growing more and more ADVANCED as you move down.

You'll notice that I have placed my two favorite SPECIAL TRICKS in the Main WALK Menu. This is quite intentional, because both tricks can easily be performed during the start of the game. The Broken Crossbow Trick is, I feel, the greatest BAK Trick known to me, but I fear I've hidden it away too thoroughly, because nobody has ever commented on it!
Webmaster says: Having now updated all the "special" pages in the WALK WEB, I feel I can finally start my most dreaded task ever - the revision of the Chapter Walkthroughs. Some complicated solutions will be called for. I've been contemplating this for weeks, and I do have some vague ideas. Wish me luck.

December 17, 1998

New Front Page (Home). If you don't like it, I guess you'll just have to get used to it. Lots of thanks to Bob Freimuth for his suggestions.

The Updates Page has been split into Updates and Credits/History. As a result there is a completely new Credits page.

I was about to delete the LETTERS page, because it's ancient and outdated, but when I re-read it, it caused a surge of nostalgia. So I decided to keep it, at least for the time being, if only to remind me of the early days. I added a few comments, where they seemed neccessary.

LINKS and AWARDS slightly re-designed.
Webmaster says: The revisions are coming along slowly, but nicely. The LOOK WEB is done, except for a few SHOP WEB pages that nobody seems to miss anyway. Now that I've re-done the front page, and the minor pages (see above), the next step will be the WALK WEB. The basic WALK page will soon look similar to the re-designed LOOK page. Then I'll totally rewrite the Walkthroughs, and try to find a way to inter-link them to the MAP WEB.

December 13, 1998

LOOK page has been redesigned for easier access. No scrolling is now needed. CHEAT CHESTS and MOREDHEL ALPHABET pages have been redesigned and expanded slightly, deleted from the LOOK MENU, and are now accessible from links at the top of the RIDDLES page. Hope I don't get too many complaints about this ;-)
My good friend Bob Freimuth suggested a comparative table of Initial Statistics. I decided to try my hand at it, and the result is a totally redesigned page. You can still click the faces, though, and view the full-screen Stats Pages for each Character. Thanks, Bob, for one more brilliant idea.

December 9, 1998

TEMPLES Page rewritten. New info added.

December 5, 1998

Have rewritten the RIDDLES page. Lots of people have asked for Complete Riddles, so here they are, with a vengeance. Also rewrote the Moredhel Chests pages. All of this took a *lot* of time. All the data was compared with the Map Web - a few errors were detected and corrected. I tried very hard not to, but I've probably added some new errors ... Please tell me if you spot them.
Slight revision of INITIAL STATISTICS. Figured out how to do full-screen captures, hope they don't take ages to download ...

November 24, 1998

Revised BARDING page. The 1.01/1.02 version differences have been fully explored, and lots of new information added.
Revised GRAVEYARDS Page. All Headstone texts have been included.

November 18, 1998

CHAT: Feist's novelization of the game should be in the bookstores by now, and in the bestseller lists as well. I have both the American edition and the European edition on order, but still haven't received them. I don't know about the European one, but the American one is definitely accompanied by a CD-ROM containing BAK and a demo of RTK. I'm expecting a surge of visits! You may have noticed that I've placed a link to the American Edition (Avon) at the top of the Front Page. You can vote for your favorite Fantasy-related Web Site. Do it now!
GOOD NEWS: At last I've found a reliable COUNTER for my Front Page, one that I'm sure will stay there! I've had at least three counters breaking down in the past. The new one is on my own server, which is *very* reliable.

UPDATES: The SPELLS pages have been totally rewritten and redesigned. This was quite a job, and the reason why nothing has happened here for a month or so. Lots of research needed to be done, especially on the Enemy Immunities and Extra Damage. I have received invaluable assistance from Bob Freimuth while creating these pages. Thanks, Bob, not only for your suggestions, but also for your *patience* :-)))

October 17, 1998

The new BOOKS & JOURNALS page is here. As before, the Books can be Clicked and Read, but I've also redesigned the separate Book pages. Slightly.
Wish me luck. I've just bought a new computer. It is *very* powerful, and so far I am in seventh heaven. I now have access to the Internet at home, and the BOOKS Files are my very first files to be uploaded from my living room!

October 16, 1998

More LOOK revisions. BOOKS & NOTES have been split into BOOKS and SPYNOTES. I still haven't revised the BOOKS section, but the SPYNOTES have been totally rewritten. All NOTES can now be read.
As a result, lots of other unimportant changes have been made. I can't be bothered to list them here. Some are in the MAP WEB, others in the WALKTHROUGHS, CHEAT CHESTS, RIDDLES.
My next revision will be BOOKS. This won't be as time-consuming as the SPYNOTES, so it should be here in a couple of days.

October 13, 1998

The LOOK Menu has been simplified. All "extra" items (magical or otherwise) have been grouped under OTHER ITEMS, and classified accordingly.

October 2, 1998

Thanks to Fredrik Eriksson, I am happy to offer you a new, improved version of BaK-Hacker (8.2). Have updated the LINKS page to include some links to websites of interest to those eagerly awaiting the November release of RETURN TO KRONDOR.

October 1, 1998

LOOK revisions: BASICS and QUARRELS have been added to. MODIFIERS, POTIONS and KEYS have been totally re-designed, including lots of new information.

September 21, 1998

Some more LOOK pages have been revised and expanded: STAFFS, CROSSBOWS and QUARRELS. Additions and Changes have also been made to recent revisions, especially MONEY. A noticable addition to BASICS will come soon, as well as a drastic redesign of MODIFIERS.

September 18, 1998

Some more LOOK pages have been revised and expanded: MONEY & GEMS, SWORDS and ARMOR.

September 14, 1998

Frankly nothing much has happened here since the last update. I've been taking some time off to work on another (totally unrelated) website, which will soon be finished.
I've been silently correcting some minor errors in the MAP WEB. Thanks to Jeremy Martz (Volante) for pointing most of these out to me. Not much escapes his keen eye, and I actually think he knows this website better than I do!
I'm gathering the courage to face the most dreaded of challenges: the revision of the LOOK and WALK pages. This will take forever, I think. I'm too much of a coward to face the WALK pages yet, so I'll start with the LOOK Pages. My first experiment is the BASIC NECESSITIES Page - this is now totally different, and much expanded.

June 19, 1998

LOOK WEB: BOOKS. I've just researched the READING of BOOKS. As a result lots of new (and revised) info has been added to this page.

June 18, 1998

MAP WEB: Eggley Sector has been revised to include new info on Devon.
AWARDS: The BAK Help Web has received the Dragon Award.
WEBMASTER'S MESSAGE: Having completed the MAP WEB, I am acutely aware of all the errors and imperfections in the WALK WEB. The information contained in the MAP WEB is, in all cases, more reliable than the information in the Walkthroughs. The WALK WEB needs a thorough revision, and I will revise it, as soon as I can find the time to do so. There are no serious errors in the Walkthroughs, but until they have been revised, I recommend the MAP WEB for reliable data.

June 9, 1998

Fredrik Eriksson's BaKHacker is now available in version 8.01!
Thanks to SiR Havoc (aka ][cepick), I have added a completely new Money-Making Scheme. This one is my all-time favourite, as should be obvious from the Special Page I've devoted to it! For the time being, this is the only link to the Broken Crossbow Trick Page. Until I redesign the TIPS 'N' TRICKS page, it will remain so. (As you may have noticed, I like to tuck this kind of stuff into obscure corners of the Web.)

June 1, 1998

MAP WEB ASSISTANT added. I'm not really pleased with the result, but it will have to do. Any suggestions (especially comprehensive ones, dealing with the structure of the page as a whole) are welcome.
After subjecting the MAP WEB pages to rigorous tests, some unimportant errors have been found, and corrected.
Some changes in the Front Page in order to accommodate the MAP WEB. Other Changes (long overdue) bring this Page up to date (I think) .

May 25, 1998

Some minor corrections made in the MAP WEB. Also added a link to Neal Hallford's homepage (see LINKS page).

May 22, 1998

The Sethanon Caverns (Upper and Lower Levels) added to the MAP WEB. I guess that completes it, apart from the Assistant Page, which is being worked on and will be added soon. Also revised the LaMut and Questor's View sectors to include the Joke Quest.
A small addition to the LOOK WEB: A recently discovered fact concerning the effects of Strength Drain on Wind Elementals has been added to the Spell description. (Thanks to Fredrik Eriksson for solving this problem.)

May 12, 1998

While taking apart the game's data files for Zone 5, I discovered an "hexadecimal house", hitherto unfamiliar. With the help of BaKHacker, I was able to pinpoint its exact position, and discover a "NEW" SHOP! It was a very pleasant moment for someone who has been investigating BAK for as long as the Webmaster has. So now the Alchemist's Shop has been added, proudly, to the Shop Pages, and the relevant pages in the Shop Web have been updated.
My pleasure soon subsided. Re-opening the Shop Web, which I guiltily haven't looked at for ages
(mainly because hardly anyone seems to be interested), I realized that I had loads of additions to the
ITEM AVAILABILITY/PRICE INDEX that I've never uploaded, for some reason or other. Gosh.
And I have no idea why. Maybe I wasn't satisfied with them at the time, although they look fine to me today. I *did* lose interest in this project at a certain moment, and decided to concentrate my efforts on the MAP WEB instead, but I *thought* I had uploaded all the finished pages. Obviously I didn't, so I'm doing it now. My apologies to those of you who have been waiting for this info. (There are not many of you who are passionate enough about BAK to care, but your constant letters are the fuel that keeps me going!) And maybe I'll finish the project - some day.

May 11, 1998

ZONE 5 added to the Map Web, including the related Zone 6 (East) and the Diviner's Hall.

April 27, 1998

ZONE 4 added to the Map Web.

April 14, 1998

ZONE 3 is ready at last.
MAP WEB link has now been added to the Front Page.
I wasn't going to do this until I'd finished the dratted thing, but avalanches of e-mail have forced me to. You'll have to wait patiently for the rest - as you can see, it's taking me a month to do each Zone.

March 17, 1998

ZONE 7 has now been added to the MAP WEB.
It was a nightmare. Thank Ishap there wasn't a dungeon involved!
As I go along, I'm working on a Main Page for the Maps, and also a "Map Assistant" page. Bear with me. This is *very* time-consuming, and I need a month's holiday in order to finish it! But as I can only work on the WEB after 10 PM, you will have to be (very) patient.

February 26, 1998 (Webmaster's Birthday!)

ZONE 6 has now been added to the MAP WEB.
This was not easy! I almost gave up in disgust. But here it is.

January 29, 1998

I have been working hard on the MAP WEB. I knew it would be time-consuming, but I was wrong. It is practically devouring all my leisure hours. I don't have any time left over for seeing friends, watching television, going to the movies, reading books, etc. Blast! But I've started it, so I will finish it - later rather than sooner. No more sighing - here's the news:
I have finished the below Zones and their related Dungeons:
ZONE 1 (Yabon/Zun/Hawk's Hollow/TyrSog)
ZONE 2 (Questor's View/Krondor/Tanneurs/Eggley)
ZONE 8 (Elvandar)
ZONE 9 (Timirianya)
I still haven't had time to create an index page for the above. And the HELP Page is still in the works. You can access ZONE 1 via the link above and travel all the way to Krondor and Elvandar (Zones 1, 2, and 8 are interlinked). ZONE 9 is separate.
At the moment I'm trying to decide which Zone I will attack next. It will probably be ZONE 6 (Northlands). This is a challenge indeed, and I suppose I'd better do it before I get (very) old.

December 18, 1997

Availability/Price Index of the Shop Pages. I know I promised to finish this, but the mindless work involved bored me to tears. Nobody has complained yet. I don't think anyone has looked at the bloody thing, anyway.
Many of you have pointed out errors in the Web. You're probably disgusted that I haven't corrected them. I grovel. I (shamelessly) can't be bothered to correct each minor error as soon as I become aware of it. One of these days I'll gather the courage, and correct ALL of them. But then I won't get any more letters :-(
Thanks to Joe Proctor I've just realized that some of the data in my BARDING page is only valid for version 1.01. I have added a note regarding this. Thanks, Joe.
Other minor corrections have been done.
Last, but not least. I am working on a *major* new addition to the Web. The working title for this is "MAP WEB". If you're curious, you are welcome to spy on me. I've only just started this, but you can guess at what I'm up to by going to www.rhi.hi.is/~eybjorn/krondor/zone1.html Hope you like it!

September 4, 1997

Many Additions to the Availability/Price Index of the Shop Pages. I don't think ANYBODY is interested in this any more - although I used to get hundreds of letters asking for it (because it wasn't there). Now that I've finally spent hundreds of hours creating it, all the complainers have conveniently gone silent. (I'm going to finish it, though.)
The STACKBUG Page is here, at last. Almost a year has passed since this excellent bug was first pointed out to me. At least 18 correspondents have reported it since, and incredibly they all seem to have discovered it by pure accident! Isn't this marvellous? I've managed to hide the STACKBUG Page at a DEEP Level. It is definitely worth the search, and I've included a Special Riddle! From LOOK Menu, go to SHOPS. Then BASIC PRICES. Then find the BUG Link. --- OK, OK, I'm being mysterious, and you want the STACKBUG Page NOW! Never mind - here it is.

August 20, 1997

Additions to the Availability/Price Index of the Shop Pages. I will be adding these regularly until they're all done. From now on I can't be bothered to mention every little thing. When they're finished, I will definitely say so - but until then you'll just have to check. I've just added BOOKS and STAFFS.
BAK-HACKER. The latest version is now 6.8 - and I'm sure there'll be more. The latest version number will appear on the FRONT PAGE, so from now on I won't bother to count this as an update. Please check the latest version number against the one you have - and make sure you're up to date. BaKHacker is getting better all the time!

August 17, 1997

The long-promised Shop Pages are now part of the Web! At last! One section is not complete yet (the Item Availability/Price Index). I'm hoping to finish this before I give up in frustration. It's a lot of work :-( [Special thanks to Jeremy Martz, whose help with this was invaluable. And to Bob Freimuth for his observations and suggestions.]
BAK-HACKER!! Fredrik Eriksson (of Sweden) has written a magnificent BAK Editor, exclusively for the BAK Help Web. BAK-Hacker is the only BAK Editor you'll ever need. It can do all you could ever desire it to do - and then some! Special features included for Hackers and Testers.

May 30, 1997

Barding Page added.
Comments/Credits added (see above).

August 1, 1996

Some more changes to the Shops Pages. No more changes will be made until I have a LOT of time on my hands.
A couple of unimportant additions to the Chapter 1 Walkthrough .

July 24, 1996

John Pacer's RETURN TO KRONDOR FAQ is now part of the BAK Help Web.
Tiny changes to the experimental Shops Pages.
Please do not write in order to tell me that the Shops Pages are difficult to understand! They are supposed to be! If you can't understand them, they are not meant for you. Just pretend they don't exist.

JULY 19, 1996
Experimental Shops Page.
[If you're a first-time player, this will not be of interest to you.] I really don't think I ought to make this stuff accessible, but you've been asking for it! Mostly it is extremely RAW, and totally without structure. Most of the files are text notes, waiting to be turned into Web Pages. It is very difficult for me to do this, but I'll do it anyway. (BTW, most of the BAK Web looked like this originally!) When I first mentioned this possibility, I was amazed at the number of letters I received as a result. So here it is. As you may be able to imagine, a lot of work needs to be done in order to make all this information presentable! Do I hear offers of help? Would you like to do one of the pages? Anyway, here's how you access the Experimental Site. In the LOOK Menu, choose BOOKS & NOTES. Find STRATEGIES OF TRADING and Read it. Click on the pile of Gold Sovereigns, and there you are! Hope it makes sense to you ....
CHAPTER 1 WALKTHROUGH - NEW LAYOUT - MANY ADDITIONS. Hope you like it - I've now added LINKS all over the place - also to all the related pages. It's been a lot of work, but the rest of the Walkthroughs will be easier, now that I've explored the possibilities (I hope). I can't really be bothered to list all the major and minor additions to this Walkthrough - to tell the truth, I've lost track ... One thing I'm certain of: I've deleted the TIPS from the beginning of this page, and made them part of my new ...
TIPS AND TRICKS PAGE!
Unfortunately this page is in its experimental stages, as yet. You can find many other Tips'n'Tricks, not included here, in the Walkthroughs and the Letters. And I'm not saying a word about my huge backlog of letters, which I still haven't had time to add to the Correspondence Page. (Many of these letters contain suggestions crying out to be included in the BAK Web, but when will I ever find the time? I will, though.) Please feel free to suggest any Tips (minor or major) you think I should include here.
SARTH LIBRARY Page [NEW]
I knew there were books here. There are more than I thought. This one I discovered through pure coincidence.
CHAPTER 9 - Fighting Makala and the Dreads: Two links added, one showing statistics, the other illustrating the GAMBIT trick.

JULY 11, 1996 (corrections thanks to Jay Sevara)
Chapter 4: Map of Eastern Sector of Sar-Sargoth Dungeon (Lower Level).
Netscape 2.0+ made this Map disappear. Should be OK now.
James' Initial Statistics corrected.
Chapter 7: Contents of Phillip's House amended.
Correspondence: A couple of errors corrected. Eliaem's Shell bug explained.
Potions: Minor correction.
Basic Necessities: Minor Correction.
Magical Items: Info on Weedwalkers and Idol of Lassur corrected.
Modifiers: Some info and statistics have been corrected.
Spells: Quite a lot of errors corrected throughout.
MESSAGE TO CONSTANT READERS:
Since the last update, I haven't had a lot of opportunites to work on the Web. The above changes are minor (but important). You will have to be patient. In the future (as soon as I can) you can expect the following changes:
The experimental Shop Page I've been promising.
Layout changes in all the Walkthroughs.
Additions to the Walkthroughs.
A new Tips 'n' Tricks Page.

JUNE 21, 1996
Moredhel Chests retouch. "H" finished. "I" almost finished.
GAMES DOMAIN link added on Links Page.
Minor (& Major) visual changes to Basic LOOK Pages.
A MESSAGE TO CONSTANT READERS:
You may, or may not, have noticed the various visual changes in the Web. Please tell me if you dislike them. FYI, I have only, as yet, fiddled with the LOOK Section. Soon I will upload a new version of the Chapter 1 Walkthrough, and all related pages.
SHOPS PAGE.
I wish I'd never mentioned it! But all the letters asking about it have convinced me that it has to be done. I have all the data - but I don't have the time to create it! Please bear with me? I'm working on this, whenever I can, but it is a HUGE project. Soon I will be in a position to upload some raw, experimental pages. They will NOT be included in the BAK Help Web proper, but if you're interested, I can tell you what the URL is. Just remember that those pages will be experimental, "work in progress", for your eyes only. I still have no idea how I'm going to lay out the larger ones, - it's a real headache. I'm hoping to get feedback ideas from YOU.

JUNE 6, 1996
Lots of LINKS added throughout the LOOK Section and related pages.
Basically all LOOK Links are now in place - excepting all the Moredhel
Chest Pages, where I've only done the letter A (yet).

As a result all LOOK Pages have changed (visually).
The basic contents of some LOOK Pages have been altered and updated.
For example, the TEMPLES Page has been drastically re-designed.
A similar overhaul of the WALK Pages will follow (soon, I hope).

MAY 30, 1996
INITIAL STATISTICS added (LOOK)
MONEY & GEMSTONES (LOOK) expanded

MAY 10, 1996
Correspondence: More: MIND MELT
Correspondence: More: Magical Well in Elvandar
See also Chapter 6 Walkthrough (End)

Correspondence: More: General Comments
Correspondence: More: Windows 95
Correspondence: NEW: German Bug Bag Entry (PLUS NEW PAGE)
Detail added to Spells # 2 (MIND MELT)
Details added to Owyn's Spell Finder Page (MIND MELT, UNFORTUNATE FLUX)
GRAVEYARDS added to LOOK SECTION
TELEPORT PRICES added to TEMPLES
Nalar's Rib Map added to Chapter 4 Walkthrough
LINKS PAGE added (see Front Page)

APRIL 12, 1996
A few remarks added to UPDATES Page (see above).
Detail added to Chapter 2 Walkthrough (Romney Prices)
Detail added to Chapter 3 Walkthrough (Romney Prices)
Detail added to Chapter 6 Walkthrough (Magical Well)
Detail added to Chapter 9 Walkthrough (Beasthounds)
Lots of additions to Correspondence:
More: UNSOLVED MYSTERIES
More: MAKALA/BEASTHOUNDS
More: GENERAL COMMENTS (all positive as yet)
New: DIFFERENT VERSIONS (+ BAK MUSIC)
New: MAKING MONEY IN ROMNEY
New: MAGICAL WELL IN ELVANDAR
New: THE FIFE & LAUREL
New: SHOPS
New: HELP! HELP! HELP?

MARCH 28, 1996
More letters added to Correspondence Page.
Tiny detail added to Temples Page.
Chapter 2: Money-making scheme added (Plagued House near Lims-Kragma).
New solution to Catapult Trap (thanks to Gary Wilcox).
FETTERS OF RIME Double Damage info added (thanks to Caleb Lee). WE WANT MORE!

MARCH 6, 1996 (mostly thanks to Alex Moffatt)
A detail on SKYFIRE added to Owyn's Spell-Finder Page (the tireless David Bruce again).
Some flattering comments added to Correspondence Page.
Chapter 1/General Hints: Lockpicking/Haggling Improvement suggestions (thanks to Alex Moffatt).
CHEAT CENTRAL CHESTS: Alex Moffatt has discovered how to use them without REALLY cheating.
SPELLS: MIND MELT/GOBLINS - EVIL SEEK/OGRES. Alex has pointed out that these TWO SPELLS cause Double Damage against certain Enemies. Can you find other similar cases?

FEBRUARY 29, 1996
New details added in Chapter 9 (thanks to David Bruce).
Map of Sethanon Upper Level revised as a result of this.
Chapter 1: Slight change in TRAPPED CHEST Information.
OWYN'S SPELL-FINDER Page added (see LOOK : SPELLS).
What do you think of this? Is it useful?
As a result some pointers have been added in Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 (Dimwood).

FEBRUARY 27, 1996
Inclindel Enigma (Chapter 4) solved by David Bruce.
Map updated as a result of this.
Tanneurs Money Making Trick added to Chapter 1 Walkthrough, thanks to James David Allan.

FEBRUARY 26, 1996 (mostly thanks to David Bruce)
One more Moredhel Chest added (4 to go).
Malac's Cross/Sethanon Map has been revised to include this Chest.
Thanks added on this page (see above).
Minor change to Chapter 2 Walkthrough (NOTHING Chest).
Minor change to Chapter 5 Walkthrough (MIND MELT Spell).
Correspondence Page added (see link on front page).

FEBRUARY 23, 1996 (thanks to David Bruce)
Three of the missing Moredhel Chests have been added (only 5 to go now).
As a result of this, the Questor's View-Krondor Map has been revised.
CHAPTER 1: Some info added on the "long route" via Northwarden & Romney.
CHAPTER 3: Info added on returning to Krondor in Chapter 3.

FEBRUARY 20, 1996
CHAPTER 3 WALKTHROUGH complete (with MAPS).
RIDDLES: Contents of Chests found in Chapter 3 added.
Request for help added (8 missing Moredhel Chests).
Some minor errors have been fixed.

FEBRUARY 14, 1996
CHAPTER 2 WALKTHROUGH complete (with MAPS, including Highcastle Area)
RIDDLES: Contents of Chests found in Chapter 2 added.
LINK to info on BAK Sequel added.

FEBRUARY 3, 1996
CHAPTER 1 WALKTHROUGH complete (with MAPS).
RIDDLES: Contents of Chests found in Chapter 1 added.

JANUARY 15, 1996
CHAPTER 8 WALKTHROUGH complete (incl. MAPS).
RAGLAM Map in Chapter 5 cleaned up.
CHAPTER 7 WALKTHROUGH complete (incl. MAPS).
VARIOUS OTHER ITEMS: LEATHER LEGGINGS and BAG OF GRAIN added. All items found in Midkemia should now be listed.
Moredhel Alphabet complete ("Z" added).
RIDDLES: Contents of Chests found in Chapter 7 added.
A few bugs fixed in Walkthroughs for Chapters 5 and 6.

DECEMBER 15, 1995
Slight revisions to Moredhel Alphabet ("X" added).
Minor changes in descriptions of EVIL SEEK, FLAMECAST, STRENGTH DRAIN, TOUCH OF LIMS-KRAGMA.
Slight change to Chapter 6 (Winds of Eortis).
RIDDLES: Contents of Chests found in Chapter 9 added.
CHAPTER 9 WALKTHROUGH now complete with MAPS!
All CHEAT CHESTS can now be investigated. All NOTES in these Chests can now be READ.
As a result of the above a lot of readable Notes have now been added to the BOOKS & NOTES Section.

DECEMBER 8, 1995
Chapter 4: New Map - West of Sar-Sargoth
Chapter 4: New Map - Harlech
Chapter 4: New Map - Armengar/Inclindel Bridge

DECEMBER 7, 1995
Revisions file added (you're reading it)
Chapter 4: Trap north of Wyke now solved
The Inclindel Enigma (see bottom of Chapter 4 Walkthrough)
BASIC WALKTHROUGH: Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 have been added
Description of Teleport Bug in Chapter 6

DECEMBER 3, 1995
Chapter 4: New Map - East of Sar-Sargoth
Chapter 4: New Map - Cullich's House/Eastern Bridge

THINKING BACK ...
On December 1, 1995, when I uploaded the files that ultimately formed the basis
of this Website, I had no idea that I would end up creating a monster. I wish I had
the original copies of these files. To my regret, these files are lost.

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