Poet's Nightmare

"This submerged dungeon lies below Quagmire. You'll need a pack full of basic staples and plenty of sanity to complete the task. You did bring a torch, right?" - In-game description

Objective[]

Obtain the TaskMaker's Possessions.
- Bring a light source, it's dark here.
- Bring food and healing supplies, there will be many unavoidable monsters and the spawn rate is high here.

Skip the level[]

Use HEADOFF to turn off the circle and triangle force fields. Walk around the heart lock puzzle to "Out Out if you must" area but don't take the exit.
A passwall or Ethereal Potion can provide access to a shortcut stairs directly to the Taskmaker's Possessions, by passing through the "must" wall.

Monsters[]

Ship 15,120
Ship 17,120
Giant Snake 16,112 Angry
Giant Snake 17,109 Angry
Giant Snake 17,110 Angry
Giant Snake 17,111 Angry
Giant Snake 18,109 Angry
Giant Snake 18,110 Angry
Giant Snake 18,111 Angry
Aged Skeleton 17,86 Angry
Ship 23,67 Normal
Shadow 29,109 Angry
Shadow 33,107 Angry
Shadow 33,113 Angry
White Gargoyle 35,37 Angry
Dark Gargoyle 38,32 Angry
Phase Gargoyle 44,11 Angry
Max the Bird 48,56 Normal
Rusty 47,55 Normal
Large Snake 47,88 Angry
Large Snake 47,90 Angry
Large Snake 44,90 Angry
Large Snake 49,90 Angry
Lesser Zombie 59,117 Angry
Lesser Zombie 57,114 Angry
Great Zombie 52,101 Angry
Rabid Weed 64,112 Angry
Rabid Weed 64,113 Angry
Rabid Weed 65,111 Angry
Rabid Weed 65,112 Angry
Rabid Weed 65,113 Angry
Rabid Weed 65,114 Angry
Zombie 70,113 Angry
Townsperson (male) 70,81 Happy
Woman on the Street 78,76 Happy
Townsperson (female) 70,71 Happy
Man on the Street 80,68 Happy
Trish the Dish 85,72 Happy
Salesman 79,72 Happy
Zombie 83,106 Angry
Zombie 83,112 Angry

Treasures[]

Deep Thoughts 15,43
Taskmaker's Possessions 16,121
Deep Thoughts 31,89
Deep Thoughts 27,124
Enhance Aim 33,122
Deep Thoughts 40,126
Empower Damage 37,99
Enchant Armor 34,74
Iron rations 35,42
Silver pieces 49,108
Cloth armor 50,109
Healing potion 54,117
Small shield 58,113
Make monsters 55,99
Home cooked meal 56,98
Bar o' gold 57,98
Blindness ring 69,62
Bus tokens 68,65
DRUGS!! 67,69
Spoiled apple 67,76
Scroll o' noise 67,77
Depressions 69,80
Bar o' gold 68,119
Gold pieces 72,113
Wheat-back pennies 77,112
Gold pieces 76,110
Bones 76,110
Silver pieces 77,110
Bones 77,110
Copper pieces 78,110
Bones 78,110
Waste not, Wand not 75,99
Wand o' frost 75,100
Wand o' fire 75,101
Wand o' lightning 75,102
Wand o' striking 75,103
Magic missile wand 75,104
Wand o' slaying 75,105
Spoiled apple 74,80
Brewski 75,78
Bones 74,76
Butter knife 72,72
Old empty chest 74,64
Old empty chest 74,65
Old empty chest 74,66
DRUGS!! 70,67
Bus tokens 77,64
Scroll o' weakness 72,60
Old empty chest 83,60
Rubber mace 79,61
Bus tokens 86,62
Mug o' beer 82,65
Rubber mace 81,65
Bones 87,67
Spoiled apple 85,71
Bus tokens 87,74
Starving ring 79,76
Slugs 80,78
Big o' Mug o' beer 81,78
Spoiled apple 87,81
Poison 82,82
Platinum pieces 81,104
Deep Thoughts 81,105
Electrum pieces 81,106
Black leather whip 81,120

Utilities & Walkthrough[]

2nd level list items are informational / optional

Starting area[]

Square Push button 19,63 always changes the (Brick path, Square wall) at 40,45 to Brick path
Square Push button 20,63 always changes the (Brick path, Square wall) at 40,41 to Brick path
Trapbricks 23,59 toggles the Curtains at 23,61
Ladder up 20,54 takes you to 20,39 (WNW Starting area to N Starting area)
Ladder down 20,39 takes you to 20,54 (From n starting area to NE starting area)
Ladder up 20,24 takes you to 20,39 (One-way from NW starting area to N starting area)
Trapbricks 23,19 toggles the Curtains at 23,17
Ladder up 26,24 takes you to 26,39 (One-way from SW starting area to S starting area)
Ladder down 26,39 takes you to 26,54 (From S starting area to SE starting area)
Ladder up 26,54 takes you to 26,39 (From SE starting area to S starting area)

Triangle and Circle Force Field locks to the Heart Lock[]

Stairs down 17,45 takes you to 32,8 (From NNE Starting area to "A vein, an oar; a smile for pleasant Samantha." hall)
- Stairs up 32,8 takes you to 17,45 (From "A vein, an oar; a smile for pleasant Samantha." hall to NNE Starting area)
Stairs down 32,54 takes you to 41,43 (From "A vein, an oar; a smile for pleasant Samantha." hall to Circle and Triangle switches)
- Stairs up 41,43 takes you to 32,54(From Circle and Triangle switches to "A vein, an oar; a smile for pleasant Samantha." hall)
Trapbricks 40,42 always changes the Brick path at 40,45 to Square wall (In walking to the triangle switch path, the circle switch path is blocked)
Trapbricks 40,44 always changes the Brick path at 40,41 to Square wall (In walking to the circle switch path, The triangle switch path is blocked)
Circle Switch (on) 41,47 toggles the force field at 23,64
Triangle Switch (on) 41,39 toggles the force field at 23,65
Telefloor 41,37 takes you to 19,62 (Triangle switch side to Square button)
Telefloor 41,49 takes you to 19,62 (Circle switch side to Square button)
Square Push button 19,63 always changes the (Brick path, Square wall) at 40,45 to Brick path
Square Push button 20,63 always changes the (Brick path, Square wall) at 40,41 to Brick path

Repeat for other switch.

Heart Lock to Diamond and Clover Locks[]

Buttons not listed here have no effect.

Stairs down 29,45 takes you to 35,8 (From SSE starting area to "My gold, my love; A wish to be someone else.")
- Stairs up 35,8 takes you to 29,45 (From "My gold, my love; A wish to be someone else." to SSE starting area)
Stairs down 35,54 takes you to 30,93 (From "My gold, my love; A wish to be someone else." to Heart Lock Push button puzzle)
- Stairs up 30,93 takes you to 35,54 (From Push button puzzle to "My gold, my love; A wish to be someone else.")
Push button 32,105 swaps the Transparent wall with Brick path at 36,104* (Middle)
- Push button 30,105 always changes the floor at 30,102 to Transparent wall
- Push button 34,105 always changes the floor at 30,102 to Brick Path
Push button 31,108 always changes the floor at 30,107 to Brick Path* (Northernmost)
- Push button 32,108 always changes the floor at 30,107 to Star wall
- Push button 34,108 always changes the floor at 36,107 to Brick path
- Push button 35,108 always changes the floor at 36,107 to Transparent wall
Push button 32,111 swaps the Transparent wall with Brick path at 36,110* (Middle)
Push button 36,114 swaps the Transparent wall with Brick path at 30,113* (Next to southernmost)
- Push button 35,114 swaps the floor with Star wall at 30,113
Push button 33,114 swaps the Transparent wall with Brick path at 36,116* (one north of middle)
Push button 33,117 swaps the Transparent wall with Gelatin passwall at 33,121*
Heart Push button 33,124 always changes the (Heart lock) Drawbridge at 23,69 to raised drawbridge
Telefloor 33,127 takes you to 41,8 (From Heart Lock Push button puzzle to "Freedom is a state of mind." hall)
Stairs down 41,35 takes you to 38,8 (From "Freedom is a state of mind." hall to "Doom to tears, I sleep sweating and alone." hall)
- Stairs up 38,8 takes you to 41,35 (From "Doom to tears, I sleep sweating and alone." hall to "Freedom is a state of mind." hall)
Stair going up 38,50 takes you to 29,45 (One-way, from "Doom to tears, I sleep sweating and alone." to SSE Starting area)

Diamond Locks[]

Stairs down 29,33 takes you to 44,7 (From SSW Starting area to "If confronted, I will lie and hide my pain." hall)
Stairs down 44,50 takes you to 31,56 (From "If confronted, I will lie and hide my pain." hall to "Pretty eyes, petty goals; Gone mad" hall)
Stairs down 31,90 takes you to 43,86 (From "Pretty eyes, petty goals; Gone mad" hall to Diamond button, Large snakes behind iron bars)
Diamond Push button 43,90 always changes Transparent wall at 23,90 to Trapbricks
Stairs up 43,86 takes you to 31,90 (From Diamond button, Large snakes behind iron bars to "Pretty eyes, petty goals; Gone mad" hall)
Stairs up 31,56 takes you to 44,50 (From "Pretty eyes, petty goals; Gone mad" hall to "If confronted, I will lie and hide my pain." hall)
Stairs up 44,7 takes you to 29,33 (From "If confronted, I will lie and hide my pain." hall to SSW Starting area)

Clover and other buttons[]

Stairs down 17,33 takes you to 44,93 (from NW Starting room stairs to NW Jewel room)
- Stairs up 44,93 takes you to 17,33 (From NW Jewel room to NW Starting room stairs)
Trapbricks 74,92 swaps the Transparent wall floor at 16,86 with Brick Path
Clover Push button 88,121 always changes the floor at 19,90 Brick path (SE Corner)
@ Push button 73,120 always changes the Concrete at 68,7 to Stairs up (Center from east side)
Stairs down 89,126 takes you to 34,56 (From Jewel Floor room to "My soul is weekend, but unshaken in faith" hall)
- Stairs up 34,56 takes you to 89,126 (From "My soul is weekend, but unshaken in faith" hall Jewel Floor room SE corner)
Stairs down 34,98 takes you to 37,56 (One-way from "My soul is weekend, but unshaken in faith" hall to "I tried to find your name, but you had gone." hall)
Stairs down 37,100 takes you to 17,33 (One-way from "I tried to find your name, but you had gone." hall to NW Starting area Stairs Down)
- Stairs going up 37,56 takes you to 40,127 (From "I tried to find your name, but you had gone." hall to "Our last call was so sad. Do you still remember that 'you will'? I do." hall)
- Stairs up 40,127 takes you to 37,56 (From "Our last call was so sad. Do you still remember that 'you will'? I do." hall to "I tried to find your name, but you had gone." hall)
- Stairs going up 40,56 takes you to 17,33 (One-way, from "Our last call was so sad. Do you still remember that 'you will'? I do." to NNW Starting area)

To Spades Lock[]

Proceed through the circle, triangle, and heart locks...

Push button 22,77 toggles drawbridge at 24,78
- Exit 21,85 takes you to 63,94 at Quagmire Estates (West outside of the pit)
Stairs up 23,73 takes you to 24,90 (from inside heart lock to outside diamond and clover locks)
- Stairs down 24,90 takes you to 23,73 (from outside diamond and clover locks to inside heart lock)
Transparent wall 23,90 attributes 22,90,effect 434 (trapbricks)
Transparent wall 22,90 attributes 21,90,effect 434 (trapbricks)
Transparent wall 21,90 attributes 20,90,effect 98 (Trapbrick, Swap, Transparent wall and Brick path)
Telefloor 18,90 sends you to 23,101 (One-way, from inside diamond and clover locks to spade lock conveyor spiral)
Telefloor 17,97 sends you to 72,94 (One-way, from past spade lock to conveyor maze)
Spades Push button 50,100 always changes the floor at 20,98 to Brick path
Spades Push button 50,101 always changes the floor at 21,98 to Brick path
Telefloor 69,118 takes you to 23,101 (One way, from Bar o' gold brick path in conveyor maze to Spade lock conveyor spiral)
Telefloor 21,97 sends you to 23,106 (One-way, From inside Spade Lock to Outside of #7 Lock)
- Telefloor 64,104 takes you to 63,118 (One-way, from conveyor maze spiral to closet)
- Telefloor 64,118 takes you to 57,96 (One-way, from closet to conveyor maze break room with supplies)
- Telefloor 84,119 takes you to 88,119 (One-way, from Inside conveyor maze to outside conveyor maze in Jewel room)
- Telefloor 71,114 takes you to 22,75 (One-way, from copper piece zombie brick path room to inside Heart Lock)

To 7 Lock[]

Star Switch (on) 23,109 Swaps the Star Wall floor at 16,86 with Brick Path (Aged Skeleton, Stairs up)
Stairs 22,110 takes you to 15,42 (One-way from #7 Lock to "A million to luck, thirty-eight thousand to love" hall)
Stairs down 15,90 takes you to 24,112 (from "A million to luck, thirty-eight thousand to love" hall to #7 Button and Giant snakes behind a fence)
7 Button 16,110 always changes the Fire and lava floor at 20,106 (#7 Lock) to Brick path
Stairs up 24,112 takes you to 15,90 (from #7 Button and Giant snakes behind a fence to "A million to luck, thirty-eight thousand to love" hall)
Stairs up 17,85 takes you to 22,110 (from "A million to luck, thirty-eight thousand to love" hall to Star Switch, 7 Lock)
- Stairs up 15,42 takes you to 17,45 (One-way, from "A million to luck, thirty-eight thousand to love" to NE Starting room stairs)

To 8-Possessions[]

Telefloor 18,106 sends you to 27,62 (One-way, from inside #7 Lock to "Triumph, sweet triumph, leave me once more, return when I wail!" hall)
Teledirt 27,125 takes you to 14,25 (One-way, from "Triumph, sweet triumph, leave me once more, return when I wail!" hall to "If the ground is to be littered with software poets' remains then I am already dead." hall)
Recycle bin 11,16
Pit 11,109 takes you to 8,102 (One-way, from "If the ground is to be littered with software poets' remains then I am already dead." hall to Concrete and Dark stone wall hall)
Stairs down 8,34 takes you to 8,7 (One-way, from Dark stone walls and concrete with scattered bony floor hall to Lava maze)
Ladder down 29,15 takes you to 68,31 (From Lava maze to the big concrete room)
- Ladder up 68,31 takes you to 29,15 (From big concrete room to Lava maze)
- Pit 86,52 takes you to 23,47 (One-way, from vault in big concrete room to Start)
@ Concrete 68,7 Attributes 80,72,effect 0
@ Stairs up 68,7 takes you to 80,72 (One-way, From big concrete room to Happy Town)
Stairs up 64,57 takes you to 62,59 (One-way, From Happy Town to Steps)
Stairs up 60,59 takes you to 52,64 (One-way, From Steps to Dog Park)
Telebrick 51,77 takes you to 16,120 (One-way, From Dog Park to 8-Possessions)
Telebrick 52,77 takes you to 16,120 (One-way, From Dog Park to 8-Possessions)
Floating exit 19,120 takes you to 89,16 in Outer Terra (River west of Quagmire Estates leading to open ocean)
- Floating exit 13,120 takes you to 78,72 in Outer Terra (Landlocked lake west of Fierce Fold, South of castle hall)

Unconnected stuff[]

Stairs up 24,87 takes you to 16,120 (One-way from South side of "must" wall to 8-Possessions)
Exit 51,79 (end of dog park path) takes you to 61,68 Outer Terra South of Castle hall
Exit 52,79 (end of dog park path) takes you to 61,68 Outer Terra South of Castle hall
Wall 18,97 Attributes 47,99,effect 0
??? 18,97 (One-Way takes you to 47,99 Conveyor maze, spade button loop)

Map[]

TaskMaker - Poet's Nightmare — Storm Impact Technical Support's guide to Poet's Nightmare

Trivia[]

Happy Town in the bottom center of the map has a lot of low value and/or dangerous junk items. Be careful about using anything there.

It says "Get a clue - see the light - the P.C. is same old intolerence in recycled wrapper - GC" north and northeast of the dog park.

It says "Secret Message Here!" south of the dog park path.

It says "This space for rent" east of the dog park path.

It says "Empty Space" south of the dog park.

Poetry[]

Transcribed as is.

A vein, an oar; a smile for pleasant Samantha.
My gold, my love; A wish to be someone else.
Freedom is a state of mind.
Doom to tears, I sleep sweating and alone.
If confronted, I will lie and hide my pain.
Pretty eyes, petty goals; Gone mad
My soul is weekend, but unshaken in faith
I tried to find your name, but you had gone.
A million to luck, thirty-eight thousand to love
Triumph, sweet triumph, leave me once more, return when I wail!
If the ground is to be littered with software poets' remains then I am already dead.
Our last call was so sad. Do you still remember that 'you will'? I do.

Poetry references:

"Out Out", by Robert Frost