Find the Sarcophagus of Korbu and Korbu's Remains is a quest in Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer. It must be completed to promote Vampires in the party to Nosferatu.
Korbu was considered by many to be the greatest and most powerful vampire of all time. One hundred years before the Night of the Crystal, Korbu felt guilty about the vampiric need to feed on others, and began to seek forgiveness. He quarreled with the other vampire elders, and decided to construct a crypt where he could ponder his existence.
The vampire Lathean wished to seek the great vampire's counsel, so he asked the Hero of Jadame to find Korbu - or his remains, if he had perished.
Monsters[]
Smoke gog → Ember gog → Fire gog
Cyclops → Cyclops hunter → Cyclops warrior
Wyvern → Horned wyvern → Ancient wyvern
Naga → Naga warrior → Naga queen
Efreeti soldier → Efreeti knight → Efreeti lord
Walkthrough[]
Lathean can be found in the town of Twilight in Shadowspire, in his home near the tavern. The Remains of Korbu can be found in the Cyclops larder in the Ironsand Desert, southeast of Rust. The Sarcophagus of Korbu can be found in the Crypt of Korbu in northern Ravage Roaming.
There are two parts of this quest: Finding Korbu's remains, and finding his sarcophagus, since they are not together. It's best to find his remains first because the sarcophagus will take up half of a character's inventory (horizontally), so it becomes a burden to carry around.
1. Finding Korbu's remains: Enter the Cyclops larder and take the opening to the immediate right out of the large entry room. Follow it back to a winch. Enter the small room just north of the winch (beware the trap on the floor in the area between the winches) and throw the switch on the wall. This should make another, previously hidden, door open in the winch area. Enter that small room, which is actually an elevator, and take it down a level.
Follow the passage back to an area where people are being kept in cages. There are chests set between the cages. Korbu's remains can be found in one of the chests, either in the first room, or the next one (note that the hall between them is set with a fire trap). Once you have the remains, this part of the quest is complete, and you can leave the larder.
2. Finding Korbu's sarcophagus: Enter the Crypt of Korbu and proceed through the first large room back to the second. There is a secret door on the right-hand side of this main crypt. Open it and go down the stairs. Korbu's sarcophagus is found here looking like the game graphics (not an item). Click on it and it will disappear and go into someone's inventory, or, if no one has space in their inventory, it will turn into an item and stick to the end of the cursor. If so, the party can drop it while they make some space, and then pick it up again.
Once they have found both, the party can then bring the remains and the sarcophagus back Lathean in Twilight, who can reward them and promote Vampires to Nosferatu.
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