In Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer, each race has two forms: a base form and an advanced form. Promoting your party members to their advanced classes is essential for unlocking higher skill levels and maximizing their potential. This guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough of each character promotion quest in the game, allowing you to transform your characters into formidable heroes.
- Dark Elf → Dark Elf Patriarch
- Dragon → Great Wyrm
- Knight → Champion
- Necromancer → Lich
- Minotaur → Minotaur Lord
- Priest → Cleric of the Sun
- Troll → War Troll
- Vampire → Nosferatu
To determine if a character can be promoted, right-click on their skills in the skill page. If a skill appears in yellow, it can only be learned after the character has been promoted to their advanced class. There are no specific prerequisites for starting these quests, so you can complete them as the opportunity arises. Completing these quests not only unlocks new skills but also rewards your entire party with experience and fame, regardless of their race or presence in the active party.
Dark Elf → Dark Elf Patriarch
Starting Location: Relburn Jeebes’ house in Alvar.
Relburn Jeebes, whose house is located furthest back in the main city of Alvar, next to the waterfall, tasks you with finding Cauri Blackthorn, who disappeared in the Murmurwoods.
Head west to the Murmurwoods. Inside the Murmurwoods, visit Dantillion’s house and ask him about the Circle of Stone. He’ll give you Stone to Flesh scrolls. Cauri was turned to stone by a basilisk while exploring the area.
To find Cauri, go to the Circle of Stone and then look north-northwest. You’ll see an evergreen-looking tree with a stone figure at its base. This is Cauri. Cast “Stone to Flesh” on her.
Cauri will thank you and go straight to your Adventurer’s Inn. Return to Ravenshore to pick her up and add her to your party. Cauri is a valuable character to have. Return with Cauri to Relburn Jeebes’ house in Alvar. He will promote all Dark Elves who travel with you from then on out to Dark Elf Patriarch.
Dragon → Great Wyrm
Starting Location: Auxiliary Dragon Hunter Camp in Garrote Gorge
West of the main Dragon Hunter Camp in Garrote Gorge is a field with pet dragons and dragon hunters. On the far side of that field is an auxiliary camp.
Slaughter every single dragon hunter in that Auxiliary Camp, and loot the body of Jeric Whistlebone to receive his sword. With his sword in your inventory, go to the dragon caves in Garrote Gorge. Follow the path to the right. Head to the very bottom of the dragon cave and speak with Deftclaw Redreaver. So long as all the hunters in the auxiliary camp, and Jeric, are dead, your dragons will be promoted to Great Wyrm.
Knight → Champion
Starting Location: Mad Necromancer’s Lair in Shadowspire
The Mad Necromancer’s Lair lies in the northwest portion of the Shadowspire map, surrounded by bone dragons, vampires, and skeletal archers. First, fight your way through the basement of the Lair and recover the spear Ebonest from a chest.
Once you have the spear, go back to the entrance and take the elevator across from the door. Upstairs are more enemies and a single bedroom. Inside is Blazen Stormlance, a knight who was cursed. He will ask you to find a cure and send you to speak with Dervish Chevron in Ravenshore. Dervish will give you a gemstone. Return to the Mad Necromancer’s Lair and give the gem to Blazen.
He will go to your Adventurer’s Inn. Head to Ravenshore and pick him up, putting him in your party. From there, speak to Charles Quixote, the head of the Dragon Hunter faction, in the main citadel of Garrote Gorge.
Next, report to Leane Stormlance in Garrote Gorge. She will thank you for saving her father and promote you. DO NOT go to Leane first, as it causes a glitch in the game that will leave it as an unfinished quest no matter what you do.
Necromancer → Lich
Starting Location: Sunken Library in Dagger Wound Island
In the southeast corner of the Dagger Wound map, across the water, there is a building called The Sunken Library. Fight your way to the 4th floor and summon a hidden lift to the attic. In said attic, you will find The Lost Book Of Kiehl in a chest. Take that.
Next, travel to Shadowspire and enter the Mad Necromancer’s Lair. Fight your way through the basement and recover a single Lich Jar per Necromancer in your party.
Next, head to the main city in Shadowspire. Immediately across from the Inn is Vetrinus Taleshire’s house. Speak with him, and he will promote all Necromancers in your party to Lich, provided you brought the number of jars necessary.
Minotaur → Minotaur Lord
Starting Location: Dark Dwarf Compound in Alvar
At the southwest corner of the main city in Alvar, there is a mine shaft. Enter the Dark Dwarf Compound and fight your way through until you recover the Axe of Balthazar.
Next, head to Ravage Roaming and clear Balthazar’s Lair and drain the water to activate that zone. Once active, speak with Tessalar in Balthazar’s Lair. He will give you the quest to retrieve the axe.
Then head back to Dagger Wound Island. Speak with Dadeross in the main trading house, and he will give you a scroll.
Return to Tessalar in Balthazar’s Lair and give him the scroll. All minotaurs in your party will thereafter be promoted to Minotaur Lord.
Priest → Cleric of the Sun
Starting Location: Temple of the Snake in Dagger Wound Island
Within the Temple of the Snake, there is an area comprised of a network of doors, some leading to other hallways, some leading to alcoves filled with enemies. If you fight your way through, you will eventually come to a large room with a glowing red section on the wall. Click it to expose a book, the Prophecies of the Sun.
Once you have the book, speak with Stephen in the Murmurwoods, and any Cleric in your party will automatically be promoted. Return as needed to promote other clerics in your party.
Troll → War Troll
Starting Location: Main City in Ironsand Desert
Speak with Volog Sandwin in Ironsand Desert and accept the quest to find an Ancient Troll Homeland. Volog is located in the house beside the inn.
Head to the Murmurwoods. North of the main city in the Murmurwoods is a cave surrounded by basilisk. Enter the cave and clear out every single hostile enemy.
Return to Volog in Ironsand and report that the Ancient Troll Homeland is clear. He will promote any trolls in your party to War Troll.
Vampire → Nosferatu
Starting Location: The Crypt of Korbu in Ravage Roaming
The Crypt of Korbu is located in the northern portion of Ravage Roaming, between the road to Garrote Gorge and the Ogre Fortress. It is the dirt building surrounded by Wyvern. Fight your way down and click on the giant sarcophagus in the basement. You’ll have to clear quite a bit of space in someone’s inventory to fit it.
Next, head to Shadowspire, and from Shadowspire, follow the road northwest to head to the Ironsand Desert. In Ironsand, as soon as you follow the path out of the mountains, you’ll see cyclops to your right. Kill them and follow the mountains to reach the Cyclops Lair. Within the Cyclops Lair, fight your way down to the basement. In the very back of the basement, in the room with a single large cage, you’ll see treasure chests on either side. One will give you the skeleton of Korbu.
Return to Shadowspire and speak with Lathean. If your back is to the healer’s hut on the southwest side of the city, his house is to the left of the one directly in front of you. Turn in both the sarcophagus and the skeleton, and you will be promoted.
Conclusion
By completing these character promotion quests in Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer, you’ll unlock the full potential of your party members and gain access to powerful new skills. Embrace the challenge and transform your heroes into legendary figures, ready to face any threat that comes their way. Good luck, and may your adventures be filled with might and magic!
