The Shadow Crypt/Instance Paths



There are three different instances of this dungeon.

The quest has 3 versions. Rooms have a color (Yellow, Red, Green, and Blue) and a type (Columns, Dais, Maze, Puzzle, and Underwater). Each instance has 14 rooms (a entrance room, 4 colors * 3 types = 12 regular rooms and finally a lever room).

After you've cleared the first emtramce room and picked up the Death's Door clicky (2 charges Dimension Door), in order to figure out which version you are in, go east.
 * If you are in a  blue  room, you are in what will be referred to as Instance 1.
 * Otherwise, you will either be in a  green  room (Instance 2)
 * or a  red  room (Instance 3).

12 Gears Walkthrough
If you want to be walked through the dungeon using the shortest possible route, collecting all 12 gears along the way and enabling you to open the extra chest at the end, then follow this guide, otherwise refer to the Maze directions in the next section.
 * Go east and get to a blue room - Instance 1
 * Dimension Door to the beginning
 * from the start:
 * North to green underwater
 * West to blue maze
 * West to blue torch (lighting order: south, east, north)
 * West to blue underwater
 * West to red pyramid
 * North to yellow underwater
 * North to yellow dais
 * North to yellow maze
 * South to start. Shrine now if necessary - you won't be coming back to this room again.
 * South to red torch (lighting order: east, north, west)
 * North to green pyramid
 * West to red torch (yes you have already been here)
 * West to red dais
 * East to green torch (lighting order: north, south, west)
 * East to end game


 * Go east and get to green dais - Instance 2
 * East to green maze (if you can't get to the gear from here, just proceed to next room)
 * East to red maze
 * East to yellow pyramid
 * North to blue maze
 * North to red underwater
 * North to red torch (lighting order: east, north, west)
 * North to green torch (lighting order: north, south, west)
 * North to blue pyramid
 * North to blue dais
 * North to green maze (you should be able to get the gear from this direction now if you couldn't before)
 * Dimension Door to start
 * West to blue dais (yes you have already been here)
 * South to yellow torch (lighting order: north, west, south)
 * West to start. Shrine now if necessary - you won't be coming back to this room again.
 * South to red torch (yes you have already been here)
 * East to yellow underwater
 * West to end game


 * Go east and get to red dais - Instance 3
 * East to blue maze
 * East to red pyramid
 * East to red underwater
 * East to yellow torch (lighting order: north, west, south)
 * South to blue underwater
 * South to green dais
 * North to green maze (if you can't get to the gear from here, just proceed to next room)
 * West to green pyramid
 * North to green maze (you should be able to get the gear from this direction now if you couldn't before)
 * Dimension Door to start. Shrine now if necessary - you won't be coming back to this room again.
 * South to yellow maze
 * East to yellow pyramid
 * South to blue dais
 * South to red pyramid
 * West to end

Maze
Taken from http://www.themacguild.com/forums/showthread.php?t=533



You can also figure out which version you are in by using the map. Once you make your first jump, take note of which color and type of room you are in. If you go to the West for your first door/teleporter, you will end up in 1 of 3 places:
 * Green Columns room, West doorway [GCW]
 * Blue Columns room, West doorway [BCW]
 * Yellow Underwater room, West doorway [YUW]