Serpent Temple problem, missing Heretic key!

Hi!

I've really done it now....
The first time I went to the Serpent temple, I ran straight
past Kol the Heretic, and never got his key. Now I can't find
him anywhere, and I'm pretty stuck inside the temple.

Anyone know how to beat this?


Greetings from
Ole Morten

[Sazerac]

The only thing the Heretic key opens is the secret room to get to the Kerah statue. Once there, the statue will tell you the tale of the Mavin, Anephas, and Cet. I don't know if this is required to continue with the main quest; I don't think so. You don't need it to finish the Temple, I know that much.

The main things you need to do in the temple are: (MAJOR SPOILER)
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A) Find the 4 Monkey Statuettes and the Serpent Idol
B) Get Incense Cones from the large Serpent Statue with a coin slot
C) Free the Arcane Prisoner (H'Thark); give him his lockpicks and he'll tell you how to open the Serpent Head
D) Make Spider Nectar with spider eggs and a large wheel
E) With the statuettes and Idol, get the Serpent Wand from the room above the library and the Book of the Servant in the library
F) Perform the Spirit Summoning and answer the questions in the Book to enter the Serpent Head
G) Slay the Naga (make sure you get the quest in the Temple in Ishad N'ha before you do this!)
H) Find the Serpent Master in the Lift Maze and get the Skull Key from him
I) Use the Skull key to open the stairs to Elyssia
J) Kill Elyssia, her minions, and get the Masque (the only required quest item in the dungeon; you'll need it later in Shurugeon Castle).

Hope this helps. If you're stuck, check to see if there are places you haven't yet visited. You pretty much have to explore the whole place before you can do the Spirit Summoning.

Sazerac.

and if you never got lockpicks from whoever then you can always use the red hot poker in the next room to help H'tark decide to help you anyways.

I did the serpent temple also without the Heretic key
(anyway I killed the head baddies and got the mask). So
his key isn't required. He did tell me about the backdoor.
BUT if anyone knows where the heretic now hangs out I would
like to know so I can get the key and go back to get the
info from the Kerah statue - hate to miss anything. I can't
find him anywhere so I suspect that's the end of it.

[carg]

You will run into Kol later, but you won't be able to get the key from him then I guess. So I'm afraid you'll have to replay the game to get to Kerah's statue.

[carg]

You will run into Kol later, but you won't be able to get the key from him then I guess. So I'm afraid you'll have to replay the game to get to Kerah's statue.

I have explored the maze a far as I can, ie can not get through the metal gate with no lock just after killing the naga or the metal gate into a circular room (with lock but do not have key). Have followed instructions for the lifts, can only find 2 Serpant Keepers with no keys, can not find any Serpant Masters. Both the keepers are together in a passage way with a table and some crates and barrels, no other badies in this area.

Any one have clues on where to find the Serpant Master with the key?

In the elevator maze there 4 rooms, arranged in a square.
You need to get to the NE room and take the north elevator
up. Follow a passage and fall down to the serpent master.
This last elevator will only work if you have flicked a
lever in the SW room. You can figure all this out by a
systematic exploration (map making) and using spirit eye to
see levers, etc., although the lever is obvious.