Age of Conan - Walktrough: Treasury of the Ancients

In the Eastern part of the Province of Khopshef, on the outskirts of the Pyramid of the Ancients lies the Treasury of the Ancients, one of the smallest dungeon in Age of Conan. Though small, it can also be one of the most difficult if your character is low level as the monsters are level 38 to level 40. The objectives of the scenario are to obtain the Queen’s head, and get the Archaic Sculptures of Anger, Disgust, Happiness, Sadness and Fear.

The second sets of objectives are to help an “old friend” from King Conan named Thutmekri and help lift his curse. The third set of objectives is related to the second one - you need to help Thutmekri again but this time he will ask for a barrel of Ale from the Alekeep in Caravanseral. The last objective in the Treasury of the Ancients quest is to defeat Thutmekri at his own game.

When you enter to the Dungeon for the very first time, the first feature you will see is a really long hallway filled with 20 statues. While you walk down the long hallway you will hear a strange noise. As it turns out that noise is coming from the statues as they are waking up and preparing to attack you. However, they won't actually do anything until you return to the entrance/exit point.

When you reach the end of the hallway an invisible force will block you from entering the Boss lair. Theres really nothing you can do about that, so you have to return to the entrance/exit point only to find that entrance has been blocked by two of the statues. Now it is time to fight the twenty of them.

All the statues are level 38 and they use three main attacks: Electrical Spells, Fire Spells and Physical Attacks. Most of the statues will only actually use one of these, but you must be prepared for all three. There are different tactics against the statues. In my case, I used a series of melee attacks to fight them, but the best strategy is going to be one that suits your particular class and plays on your avatar's strengths.

As soon you defeat them the invisible force will disappear and you will have access to the Archaic Queen chamber. Remember, some of the statues will drop heads in the floor. Pick up those heads as they are the Archaic Sculptures that were mentioned earlier.

The Archaic Queen is probably the most annoying battle you will face in the entire game. She is one of the tallest bosses but at the same time one of the weakest. The Queen may be weak as far as hit points and attacks are concerned, but she has one of the strongest healing spells in the entire game. She can regain more than a quarter of her life status in a couple of seconds.

The attacks that the Queen uses are Lighting spells and Summoning. Those techniques will help her while she recovers from any injury. One of her abilities that you should beware of is the Summoning. She will summon level 38 minions that look a lot like the previous statues you fought, only they are weaker and their purpouse is to distract you while the Queen heals.

When you defeat the Queen you will get the Queen’s head, but don’t go out of the Queen chamber. Explore a little and you will find the next part of the Treasury of the Ancients quest.