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A Missing Mask (Guise of the Deceiver)

stargrace January 12, 2007 1 Comment

Level 35

– Starts from examining a crate in Nektropos Castle Basement (-14,-32).

– In order to start this quest you must find and open a crate in the Marionette Doll room in the basement of Nektropos Castle. This quests has you following a large doll by the name of Billy around the castle. Often Billy will be up in rooms when you zone into the castle, if he is not up, you can zone in and out hoping he will pop. But if you have killed any Everlings, there will be an 18 hour lockout before you can re-enter. In order to get to the Marionette Doll room, you will have to have killed Everlings, so a lockout would be in effect if you zone out.

– You can also try to spawn Billy by clearing all the mobs in the room you want him to spawn in and then leaving the room until the next spawn cycle. GMs have confirmed that Billy is shy around people, so he will not spawn if you are in the room. You will need Billy to spawn in both the chapel and the gameroom, so I would recommend bouncing these two rooms until he spawns in both; you may also want to bounce the stables for the Swine King.

– First you must first kill Billy in the basement under Elise’s room. Billy is an instant activated spawn here, so there will be no need to kill PHs. Infact, Billy will continue to keep spawning here by bug; even after you have killed him.

– Next you must then kill Billy in the gameroom. This is a spawned room, you will neeed to keep killing mobs and leaving the room until he spawns. Remember, Billy will not spawn if you are in the room during the next spawn cycle.

– Finally you must kill Billy in the chapel. This is as well is a spawned room.

– After finding Billy in the chapel, go to the library and read a book in the secret area behind the bookcase (-23,+29). It’s written by Everling and he says, “the dolls I need always come to me in the courtyard”.

– Go down to the courtyard, the zone in area. Billy should be waiting down there and is hailable. The dialogue gives you two options either give him 5gp or yell at him. If you yell at him he agros and you must kill him. There is a bug where sometimes he will attack you and you will not be able to fight back. So pay him to 5g just to be safe. He tells you about the froglok ghost guy.

– Go to the jail and hail the Froglok Assassin, he tells you to get something to soothe his soul, directions for this can be found on a scroll in the hidden area of the library again. You need three things for this:

• 21 Nyth dolls
• Fiendish blood
• Swine blood

– If you already There are only about 26 dolls in the zone, so if you killed any thus far, you may need to come back a second time. The Fiendish blood drops from an intant pop Archfiend that spawns when you leave the library. The Swine blood drops from the swine king you should have been spawning earlier.

– Once you get all 3 items, return to the froglok assassin and hail him. He depops at the end of quest conversation. If everyone finishes at the same time you’re okay, if not just wait ten minutes for him to repop. So try to time your hailing so that you all do it at once.

– The froglok tells you to kill Maltus Everling and get the mask from his chest. To finish the quest you inspect the chest that’s in the closet type area of the Everling Room (+224,+28). You must kill Everling to earn the right to open the chest.

Receive Reward: Guise of the Deceiver
Receive Reward: 43,500 Status Points

Training is a Shield (Shiny Brass Shield)

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Level 40

– Starts from Grozmag the Trainer in Zek, the Orcish Wastes (-272,-543).

– Grozmag will ask you to complete a series of trials for him. The trials are initiated by clicking on the door at the bottom of the elevator in the Vallon Foundry (+312,-111). After completing each you should return to Grozmag the Trainer.

– Each odd trial is solo, while each even trial is grouped. Only those on the same trial as you, or who don’t have this quest can accompany you. If someone else has the quest, but they are in a different trial, they will not be able to join you for your trials.

– The first trial is easily soloable, it consists of killing a single Zek Berserker.

– The second trial consists of 4 level 32 zek berserkers, dark knights and defilers. Two of them are ^. A group encounter.

– The third trial is another solo step. It is two orcs, a pummeler with a down arrowm and a warrior with no modifier. Both are level 33 solo mobs.

– The fourth trial consists of one ^ mob and 4 normal level 35 group mobs. You will need a group unless your 44+.

– The fifth trial is another solo step. It consists of a level 36 Zek Defiler, a single down level 36 Zek Berserker and a level 36 double down Zek War Wolf.

– The sixth trial is a group step that consists of a level 38 double up champion in one group. a 38 single up inquisitor and 2 level 38 weald wolves in another group.

– After completing all four trials you must kill Emperor Fyst in the Deathfist Citadel. Then return to Grozmag to complete the quest and receive your Shiny Brass Shield.

Receive Reward: Shiny Brass Shield
Receive Reward: 54,000 Status Points

Restoring Ghoulbane (Ghoulbane)

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Level 33

– Starts from Toranim Skyblade at the Temple of Life in North Qeynos.

– Before you can start this quest, you must first complete “A Dusty Blue Stone”. A Dusty Blue Stone is started by having “a dusty blue stone” in your inventory and speaking to Gruffin Goldtooth at the mines in Graystone Yard (822,-175). You can recieve a dusty blue stone by speaking to Vida Sweeps in Nettleville Hovel or buying it on the broker.

– Gruffin sends you to the Thundering Steppes to mine 40 Sunswept Stones.

– After obtaining these return to Gruffin who will then send you to South Qeynos to speak to Aristide Calais past the red teleportal in the mages tower. The mage will send you to visit Olden Highguard at the Thundermist Village in the Thundering Steppes (+613,-56).

– After this you return to Aristide Calais (the mage) who will send you to speak to Toranim Skyblade in the Temple of Life in North Qeynos. You will then be sent to Stormhold to kill undead (any will do). After doing this return to Toranim Skyblade. At that point you will be given your choice of rewards if you are a class that does not wish to use Ghoulbane. If you wish to continue for Ghoulbane then you will be given the Restoring Ghoulbane quest.

– The first step is to enter the Tomb of Valor and grab Ghoulbane. After doing this return to the Toranim.

– Recieve Reward: Weakened Ghoulbane

Finally you must kill three powerful undead beings to recharge the Ghoulbane.

• Cauldron Hollow: Descendant of the Torig
• Crypt of Betrayal: Spectre of Ire
• Ruins of Varsoon: The Creator

You must head into Nektropos Castle and kill Malthus Everliving.

Receive Reward: Ghoulbane
Receive Reward: 42,750 Status Points

Rushed Tradeskill writs.. and preparing (again) for raids

stargrace January 12, 2007 2 Comments

I’ve been trying the past little while to get 10,000 faction with the ironforge exchange. Anyone who has worked on their factions knows this is easier said then done. You get 100 faction for each writ you complete. It’s a slow and fairly boring process that takes a little bit of time and dedication.

Then I discovered the rushed orders.

Now, I’ve always hated them. I complained when they first came out about being too difficult. On some of my characters it feels as though they are. On the provisioner though, they’re fun. So for the past two days I’ve been grinding those out. My tactic? It’s all about the progress buttons, instead of durability.

I make sure I have a power totem on (my woodworker makes those) make sure I’m crafting with just a dress on and no gear so that my power regen speeds up (crafting buttons take a % of your power, if your power pool is only 500 and it takes 10% it’s much easier to regen the spent power then if your power pool is 9k and you need to regen 10%). I’m an illusionist, so I get my own power regen. For the provisioner writs, you have to make 12 items (which is 6 combines, if you hit pristine you get two of that item) in 8 minutes. I typically (if I’m not rambling away in guild) can manage these wih a minute or a bit more left over on the clock.

So Stargrace is now sitting comfortably with 3,100 status for the ironforge exchange. Hopfully if I can keep my interest up in a week or two my home will be sporting new display cases. I’ve really wanted them forever.

Raids tonight! Not sure what we’re going to be hitting, I know a few key members are not going to be able to make it. That’s the one issue I have with our (very) small raiding guild. If someone can’t make it, it hurts. We really need dedicated players in order to acomplish goals.

All week I’ve been listening to qeynos_crafting ramble on about Vanguard (that’s a channel for those of you who are unfamiliar with the term) and argue about WoW and trying to price fix the market. There are a lot of people out there complaining when someone else undercuts them, especially for crafted goods (specifically, even). So the crafting community wants to band together and add fixed prices to things. For example a tier 7 box would cost 10g. Everyone would (should) sell their box at 10g.

I hate that idea. Number one, sales are aranged in alphabetical order. So Zzuloa is screwed. Aalpfo can sell his 100 boxes a day and keep supply fairly constant if he’s a dedicated crafter, and then ta da, he has control of the market. Also. If I want to sell my boxes for lower then the cost it is to make them, because they’re taking up space and I want to move the product out, or for whatever reason, I’m in a good mood or something, then shesh, why shouldn’t I. I hate the idea of price fixing. Now, I understand that undercutting is annoying. I’m a crafter myself. But price fixing just does not seem like the answer to me.

A Final Froglok Word

stargrace January 11, 2007 No Comments

Level: 70
Starting Zone: Tenebrous Tangle (Kingdom of Sky)
Starting NPC: Item Triggered

– This quest begins and ends by talking to Lady Erillis in the Hidden Refuge in Tenebrous Tangle, and completes the epic Qeynos Claymore quest line. She reveals some interesting information regarding the Claymore and the Awakened, and then offers you a choice of final rewards.