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"Key" ending is the fastest, you can get it in ~30 shards.
Too bad I missed an opportunity to (probably) get help in achieving this victory. I got an event a few turns after starting the game on one of the shards, where an old man appeared that probably possessed some knowledge about them. Resurrecting him costed 25 gems, and I had 24 :( I've conquered quite a few shards after that, and so far I didn't get any news about the keys...
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In my first campaign, I had this old man coming to my castle. But I don't have enough gems to resurrect him. Anyway, I decided to restart the campaign.

Now, in my second campaign, I had this event again. This time, I have enough gem to resurrect him. But they say the spell failed. The old man failed to be resurrected.

So does it mean that I miss the key of truth again? It is so frustrating to restart the campaign, get the same event and you have enough gems to resurrect him yet the spell fail.

How exactly does the key of truth ending works?

From another thread, the guy dies anyway -- resurrecting him probably just helps your alignment. It sounds like he's supposes to indicate a certain province that you want to explore 100% to find the Key, though.

A wounded old man has come to your castle. His wounds are so terrible it's hard to believe the elderly man is still alive. Apparently, he has some powerful spell cast over him.
The old man says that he is the last of the ancient cult of the Keepers of Truth. Not long ago, their temple in the province of the Valley of the Ancients was invaded by an army of Chaos. If the demons are not stopped, sooner or later they will find the secret cache and destroy the Key of Truth, and the Ancient Knowledge will be lost forever.


You need to clear "Temple" site with guards - demons in Valley of the Ancients.
Hurry up, AI can clear these too sometimes.

Thanks. I managed to find the temple and cleared the demons. So the message I received is something like I managed to find a piece of paper. But as soon as I touch the paper, the paper crumbled into dust.

So is that normal? Is that piece of paper you found in the temple suppose to crumble into dust?

Yes, all right.

You will discover its contents once you finish the shard and return to the Astral.

How do you get the second key of truth?

Do you have to eliminate Stenriya the witch?
Is it recommended?

Yes, you need to kill Stinhria.
Kill her if you want key ending.
Easy-peasy.

So I have managed to kill the witch.

Now, the third key is in some province. I think it is called Khorian Bogs.

But I suppose I have to look for the province with the name "- -" because of translation issue?

Anyway, how do I know which shard the province is located?
Do I have to look for this province in every shard I am entering?

Or will I know in advance before I enter the shard?

I think that this issue was fixed in 1.05.02, but maybe this will take effect only in new campaign.
anyway, you will get message on right shard:
"Rumor has it that the Khorian Bogs mentioned in the Key of Truth are on this Shard."

Killing Do-Gor could give you permanent alliance with orcs(and related to second Key).


I have already killed Do-Gor long before I get the key quest.

Will it affect whether I will get the second key?

Stinhria wouldn't tell about second key until Do-Gor's death. So, game will skip this part of dialog.

The next key of truth is in an altar of undead land.

So I pay Beleth some energy to tell me the information on how to get to the undead land.
Just curious, is it necessary to ask Beleth for the information?

Anyway, is the undead land the same as the hydra swamp?
Will you also be informed of the location of the undead land in the shards itself?

You can ask L'Anshar too. And if you killed both, Zarr will tell too.
To get into undead land - you need to clear generic Altar of Death site(always in the dead lands province), and you will get dialogue on win. This will kill your hero, so have some gold and crystals for resurrection.

How many more shards do you need to win before getting all the keys of truth?

Anyway, the next key is in the Forest of Forgotten Dreams guarded by the elf?
How am I going to get the key?
Is it the same as the hydra key, where you will be informed of the location.

How about the last two keys?
How can you get the last two keys?