Lair of Shaitan Guide

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Last updated: Exalt Version 2.0.3.0 (Sep 2021)

Suggested Level: 20 and 6/8

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Overview

One of the four Court of Oryx dungeons, the Lair of Shaitan is a high-level dungeon consisting of a boss fight against Shaitan the Advisor. The dungeon was recently reworked and the difficulty and rewards were both increased compared to the original. However, players still generally do not consider the dungeon rewarding enough to justify its difficulty; therefore, the dungeon remains highly unpopular except when an Event Chest is active. In those cases, players will typically ‘chain’ the dungeon by opening keys for a large group of players in the Nexus or in the Grand Bazaar through Discord servers.

The boss and his minions hit hard and defense will not help here. It is highly suggested to have a 6/8 character and to maintain good dodging skills in tight spaces.


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Class Tips

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Priest

Priest
The priest can be extremely helpful in here. The tight battling area and armor-piercing bullets will hurt everyone badly, but the priest is able to heal everyone and protect them from a fiery death, especially with a Tome of the Mushroom Tribes. A Tome of Purification can also be extremely useful in preventing yourself from being overwhelmed by Paralyzed Icon Paralyzed shots.

Archer/Huntress

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With the Archer’s quivers and the Huntresses’ trap, they can Paralyze the Creepy Small Heads to allow the group to back off far away from them. Damaging abilities such as the Quiver of the Shadows and Cave Dweller Trap are good swapouts for focusing solely on the boss.

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Why & How to find the Lair of Shaitan

Why

Staff of EruptionSkull of Endless TormentWakizashi of Crossing Fires
The Lair of Shaitan drops some decent UT’s and an ST. The dungeon can drop the Staff of Eruption, the staff piece for the Magmatic Mystic Set. It actually beats out the Staff of the Cosmic Whole, with the highest damage per shot, but drawn back by its slow rate of fire and shorter range. Meanwhile, the UT’s of this dungeon include the Skull of Endless Torment and Wakizashi of Crossing Fires. The Skull of Endless Torment is similar to a more situational version of the Tome of Purification, purifying both the user and their surrounding allies depending on how many enemies are hit. It can see use in large groups in debuff heavy fights with enough minions, but is still situational. Meanwhile, the Wakizashi of Crossing Fires is focused on pure damage more than most Wakizashis. For that raw damage, it sacrifices range and the length of its Grey Down Arrow Exposed debuff.

Potion of AttackPotion of VitalityPotion of Life
The Lair of Shaitan guarantees a Potion of Attack to anyone that survives the fight, along with chances for Potions of Life (one of which is guaranteed) and Potions of Vitality.

Important Note

However, the dungeon is widely considered by players as one of the dungeons in the game with the worst risk vs reward ratios, if not outright the worst. While players are guaranteed an Attack Potion, the incredible difficulty of the dungeon makes any potion that isn’t the Life Potion arguably worthless on a character that can feasibly defeat Shaitan in the first place. The fact that many players have reservations about the practicality of most of the UT items has also discouraged many players from running the dungeon.

How

Janus the Doorwarden

The Lair of Shaitan can be accessed via the Court of Oryx, which can be accessed after defeating Janus the Doorwarden, the secret boss of Oryx’s Castle (which can be accessed after destroying all Armor Suits in the map which can be found in all hallways before the courtyard). Janus is an easy fight with a ranged but takes time if you are soloing (which is unlikely due to a high boost of Janus’s drops making him highly sought after). Janus drops the Court of Oryx when killed. Once inside, the “friendly” NPC Craig will open a portal to each mini dungeon, including the Lair of Shaitan.

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Layout and Navigation

Layout

Since this is a boss dungeon, it has only one room. Most of the room is covered with highly damaging magma. The initial arena will gradually sink into the magma as the fight progresses.

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Minions

Left hand of Shaitan/Right hand of Shaitan

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Creepy Small Hands

Creepy Small Hands

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Creepy small heads

Creepy Small Heads

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Boss

Shaitan the Advisor

Shaitan the Advisor

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Overview

The Lair of Shaitan, while a fairly difficult fight focused on micro dodging, can seem lackluster in loot due to the few usefult UT’s along with only being a reliable source of Potions of Attack. You may pursue this dungeon if grinding for these specific UT’s and ST, but there are some better sources of Potions of Attack, Vitality, and Life.