Marbas the Demon Quest Guide

At a glance
JobMagician line, including Blaze Wizard
QuestMarbas the Demon!, after Returning to Ellinia
DoorwayDemon's Doorway in The Tree That Grew III
KeyMarbas' Emblem, given to you when you accept the quest
BossMarbas, level 25
Reward17,000 EXP, a Marbas Hat and a Devil Hunter's Necklace
RepeatOnce per character

Marbas the Demon is the boss fight at the end of the Magician's first-job training tour. The quest tells you to find a Dark Portal where the demon hides. That portal is the "Demon's Doorway", and the report was that it did nothing when clicked. It now takes you in, but only under two conditions.

The route

  1. Follow the Magician's training tour. It ends at Dances with Balrog in the Warriors' Sanctuary (Perion), who sends you back to Ellinia with Returning to Ellinia (1,800 EXP).
  2. Talk to Grendel the Really Old in the Magic Library, Ellinia. He explains that he sealed Marbas long ago and asks you to defeat him. Accept Marbas the Demon! and you receive Marbas' Emblem.
  3. Go to The Tree That Grew III and click the Demon's Doorway. While the quest is open and you carry the emblem, it offers to move you into the lair (Marbas' strolling path). The emblem is not used up, so you can re-enter after a defeat.
  4. Defeat Marbas and return to Grendel.

If the quest is not open, the doorway only says it is blocked by a strange force. If the quest is open but you have lost the emblem, it says the entrance is blocked by a force that only an emblem can lift.

The same fight for the other classes

Every class has its own demon, doorway and emblem. Each reward is 17,000 EXP, a hat for that demon and a Devil Hunter's Necklace.

Class Quest Doorway map Demon
Warrior line (and Dawn Warrior, Aran) Dances with Andras! West Rocky Mountain IV Andras
Magician line (and Blaze Wizard) Marbas the Demon! The Tree That Grew III Marbas
Thief line (and Night Walker) Catch Valefor! Kerning City Middle Forest III Valefor
Pirate line (and Thunder Breaker) Treasure, and Crocell the Demon The Forest East of Henesys Crocell

The Pirate version starts differently: the emblem is found in a treasure chest in the Nautilus basement during Searching for the Demon, not given by the quest. A fifth doorway in Henesys Hunting Ground III belongs to the Bowman version.

Common problems

"I am the right level but the Demon's Doorway does nothing."
Fixed. The doorway had no warp at all. Make sure the quest is accepted (not just available) and Marbas' Emblem is in your bag.
"I cannot find the doorway."
It stands in the map The Tree That Grew III, in the Ellinia region, not in the town itself.

See also