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Hidden door. Requires the Search skill, a Detect Secret Doors clickie or the Detect secret doors spell.



Collectible.



NPC that never turns against you and that you have to examine, talk to, bring an item to, protect, escort, follow, etc.



NPC that turns against you when talked to. Includes NPCs that will always turn against you (e.g. Kerx'xan from Redwillow's Ruins), that will turn against you or not, depending on the choices you make when talking to them (e.g. Annelisa from The Bounty Hunter) or that are aggressive from the start but can be talked to after you beat some sense into them (e.g. the bard guy from Delirium).



Lever/valve that opens a nearby door. Sometimes the object represented by this symbol is not a lever/valve (e.g. the gongs in Dreams of Insanity).



Lever/valve that opens a not so nearby door. Sometimes the object represented by this symbol is not a lever/valve and sometimes the lever/valve doesn't open a door (e.g. the valve in Where There's Smoke...).



Locked door. Requires the Open Lock skill.



Can be one of many things... a key, an item you can pick up, an object you have to protect or destroy, a note/book/journal, a pressure plate, an item you have to give to an npc, a puzzle wheel, a lever/valve that's part of a puzzle, etc.



Something unlocked by interacting with one or more yellow objects or something you can use a yellow object on.



Rune. Requires a stat check. Includes runes that disable traps.



Trap.



Lever/valve that disables a trap (sometimes it does the opposite, activating a trap). Does not require the Disable Device skill.



Control panel. Requires the Disable Device skill. Not added for all quests.



Quest entrance or portal destination for one way portals.



Portal or portal destination for two way portals, entrance to a cave, dungeon, underground complex, etc. Usually found in outdoors quests. Also used to mark collapsible floors.



Blocks access to an area you had access to in a previous quest or you will have access to in a later quest. Usually found in quest chains where two or more quests use the same map.