A Piece of the Puzzle
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DISCLAIMER: Your Steps and Tasks may be different Brief Walkthrough: 1) Speak with Sordaya at loc=15838,14909 Midgard's Underground Forest 2)/USE the Torn Journal, Second Half from Sordaya 3)Go to the Deadlands of Annwn and fight your way to the Inconnu Crypt Artifact Room room and kill Somahryk. 4) Once Somahryk is dead /search near the chests for the first part of the torn journal. 5) Return to Sordaya for your reward. lvl 50 received 4,800,000,000 xp and 2400 Champion XP and 7 gold Dialog from the quest: Speak with Sordaya at loc=15838,14909,16105 dir=247 Midgard's Underground Forest Sordaya says, "Hello, friend. My name is Sordaya, and I am a student of history and lore. Is not this forest under the world a wonder to behold? It is simply magnificent. One wonders what secrets it yet holds. In fact, it is about [secrets] that I would like to speak with you." Sordaya says, "It saddens me to say it, but the war against Gullveig's thrall army is not going well for us. Truly, dark times lay ahead if we cannot find some way to defeat this evil witch and her minions. Being a historian, I naturally suspect that we might do well to look into the past for some [clue] to the events of the present." Sordaya says, "Did you know that it was Kolfinna, daughter of Astrior, who first ventured down here? That was over a century ago. Astrior led a separatist faction of Kobolds out of the Undercity, and deeper into this maze of caverns. She feared that, as the Kobolds of the Undercity began to venture into the overworld, they might betray the secret location of the [city]." Sordaya says, "You must understand that the Kobolds have historically had tremendous misfortune with the other races of the world. This dates back to the Morvaltar of Aegir. It was the torments of the Morvaltar that drove the Kobold race away from those lands, and here to Midgard, where they built the Undercity, so that they might dwell in peace and [privacy]." Sordaya says, "It's easy to understand, then, why Astrior and her people feared further contact with the world above. So it was that the separatists explored these deeper caves led by Kolfinna. In her time, she was a great explorer, as curious as she was [cunning]. " Sordaya says, "In fact, Kolfinna kept a journal of her explorations and adventures. Within the pages of that journal, there must be tremendously valuable information about the ancient powers that dwell here, beneath the world. There might even be some clues regarding the nature of the present [evil] that we face." Sordaya says, "Now we come to the point. I have been sent here to offer a reward to those adventurous souls willing to search for Kolfinna's journal, which alas was lost decades ago during an expedition into the Lower Crypt, which is home to the pale-skinned Inconnu, and to which this Forest is in fact [connected]." Sordaya says, "Do you have the courage and resourcefulness to try to locate Kolfinna's journal? It will be a challenging task, but I will reward you well for your efforts, should you be successful. Also, you will have rendered your realm a great service, for we might well find the information we need to save our people within the pages of that book. " Will you seek Kolfinna's journal? [Level 45] You have been given the A Piece of the Puzzle (Midgard) quest. [Step #1] Speak with the Kobold historian Sordaya about the [mission] to locate Kolfinna's lost journal. Sordaya says, "Splendid! I praise your stout heart and noble spirit! Your name shall be forever honored when I speak it. Now - let's discuss your [mission] in more detail, shall we?" Sordaya says, "What little we know about Kolfinna's journal is that it was torn in two when she and her scouting party were chased out of the Lower Crypt by the Inconnu that discovered them. The half that she brought back with her was passed along to the historians of the Undercity. The other half, we assume, is still somewhere in the [Crypt]." Sordaya says, "I have here the second half of Kolfinna's journal. Her account of the expedition into the Lower Crypt is included within these pages. Hopefully, by reading this, you can learn the location of the other half of the journal, if it still exists. Return to me with the rest of the journal, or with some evidence of its destruction, if you can find such. Beware - the Lower Crypt is perilous! Bring many friends on your journey. Good luck on your search! I will be waiting here for you." You receive the Torn Journal, Second Half from Sordaya! [Step #2] READ the second half of the journal and look for clues that might help you find the other half of the journal somewhere in the Lower Crypt. (to read the journal, right-click on it and type /use). You attempt to use the Torn Journal, Second Half.
The Torn Journal, Second Half reads, "As I was recording all of this in my journal, the dust overcame me and I sneezed. The black-robed figure whirled about and loosed a bolt of magical energy at us. I fell back to avoid it, and my journal slipped from my hands and flew into the air. The energy bolt tore it in two. I had time only to grasp one of the halves of my journal before the pale wizard loosed another bolt toward us. Alas, my entire account of the cave was lost. (continues)" The Torn Journal, Second Half reads, "We fled from the Artifact room, heading north across the antechamber and out onto the ledge. We knew that we had to go east, but many of the strange, decomposing hounds we had spied earlier blocked our path. We fought through them and crossed the culvert to the opposite ledge by way of a small bridge that lay before us. Continuing east, we soon came to a corner, and turned south." The Torn Journal, Second Half reads, "We continued south along the ledge and soon came to the base of the great stone steps which led upward to the door of the crypt. We had no choice to fight our way through, as there were many foes. We moved as quickly as we could and managed to climb the steps and open the gate. We dropped our weapons and fled back into the strange land of the dead." The Torn Journal, Second Half reads, "All the while my mind dwelt on the loss of my beloved journal. If the black-robed figure found it, he would likely have thrown it in one of his chests along with the other artifacts. However, I knew he would not part with the key, which I had spied on a chain around his neck, without a fight. He would likely defend it with his life." There is more dialog to this quest than what is posted. When you get to the spot in the Deadlands it is blocked by Haunted Lieutenant's that con yellow to grape to a level 48. To get past these mobs you will either need a group or if you are solo it has been said that you can sprint past these mobs and zone into the instanced dungeon to erase agro and then proceed to the Artifact Room where Somahryk resides (said to con OJ to a lvl 50). It has been mentioned that it is "easiest" to go along the ledge to the right of the door once inside the crypt. In sight is one pet class with pet, around the corner another + stealther type. Once past those 3, no more aggro until you reach the spot near the gargoyles where you can see a small black stone outcropping on the walkway, same on the ledge across, above the entrance into the secret tomb. Jump down (takeing 25-30% falling damage) and run in. MAKE SURE TO USE JOURNAL BEFORE ATTACKING Somahryk! (or else you have to wait for him to repop...) Once you kill Somahryk you'll need to /search near the chests in the room for the first part of the Torn Journal. Search quickly though, as it has been said that Somahryk can respawn fast. Once you have that then return to Sordaya for your reward. Note: Mobs in the Crypt BAF for every 3/5/7 players in group, so optimal party is 2/4/6/8. A Shield tank helps a lot. Getting out of there again... seems to be best to go through the gargoyle, but you will need to fight up to 8-10 of them if unlucky. A lot of them are clustered around the Instance door, so it's not easy/safe to use the door to clear aggro. lvl 48 received 4,050,000,000 xp lvl 49 received 4,800,000,000 xp lvl 50 received 4,800,000,000 xp Champion lvl exp gained: 2,400 Rewards: |
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Gargoyles didn't follow me into the room with named guy. Of course he respawned and attacked me while I was searching. Ten searches that all said keep searching. As I ran so I could take him, Negal showed up and raped me. Not worth the time and effort.
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I solo'ed with a level 50 skald. Rest up when you're at the door, hit SoS and sprint into instance dungeon. You'll get aggro from gargoyles when u zone out from dungeon. Usually about 2 (red & oj). Keep zoning in and out from dungeon until you get probably only 1 aggro. Hug the wall to get away from the rest of the gargoyles. Jump down from a safe spot. Get in chamber and kill named mob. HOWEVER, if you don't search fast enough or stay too long inside the chamber, there will be a lvl 65 roaming mob named, Nagel, near the chamber. I managed to search the chest but shortly, i get aggro from Nagel inside the chamber room. :(
Champion xp dings nearly a bulb (0.75) for a 50.
Champion xp dings nearly a bulb (0.75) for a 50.
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Just did it and im 48 BD sup specced .. had a 50 lock and 50 skald with me .. cleared the entrance, ran through no agro to door.
Went through door killed the red con alb caster on right of door and maybe 3 other mobs after that.. then got to the long straightaway where you can just see the gargoyles in clip range.
Went to middle of that and dropped down onto the crossing bridge where you can see the named. went into room and killed the named. Searched 3 times once in front of each chest and finally got journal.....
Used our recall stones back out and ported to UF for reward....
AWESOME XP for lvl 49 is about 2 bubs... or 1.5 bubs was exactly 4,800,000,000 7 gold and some silver... rocks if you now what your doing.
Went through door killed the red con alb caster on right of door and maybe 3 other mobs after that.. then got to the long straightaway where you can just see the gargoyles in clip range.
Went to middle of that and dropped down onto the crossing bridge where you can see the named. went into room and killed the named. Searched 3 times once in front of each chest and finally got journal.....
Used our recall stones back out and ported to UF for reward....
AWESOME XP for lvl 49 is about 2 bubs... or 1.5 bubs was exactly 4,800,000,000 7 gold and some silver... rocks if you now what your doing.
Scholar
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Just solo'ed this quest with my 48 warlock. The tactic of running into the instance makes it possible. Got 4,050,000,000 exp too =D
Just did it with bot and lvl48 savage, only healed 3 times for the entire thing and only killed 3 mobs (and the boss mob)
Just follow the instrcutions and run up the steps past gargoyls and keep running to get out :p don't stop.
Just follow the instrcutions and run up the steps past gargoyls and keep running to get out :p don't stop.
This quest sucks, tried doing it with 3 level 50's, and got wiped. So, I came here and read up on it :)
It did give a good amount of champion level xp, 2,400 to be exact. If you follow Ivorr's instructions exactly, you can do it.
The reward is junk for the level needed to be able to do the quest. I gave mine to an alt.
It did give a good amount of champion level xp, 2,400 to be exact. If you follow Ivorr's instructions exactly, you can do it.
The reward is junk for the level needed to be able to do the quest. I gave mine to an alt.
at 50 4,800,000,000 xp and 2400 Champion XP(about 3/4 bar)
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This quest can be SUPER easy if you do it right. Fight your way into the hall, open the door, get everyone ready to sprint to the right side all the way around to the instance dungeon. Go inside the instance, wait for aggro to reset, pop out, buff up, drop down one floor go across and open door, wtf pwn the named mob search the chests go back out the door, line up with exit drop down climb ladder and sprint to the obilisk and port to KU. 2.5 bubbles at 49.
As Doobles said this is really an extreamly hard quest to do for a pitifull reward. There has to be a mistake here, a level 45 cannot do this alone or even with a couple of friends. I tried to do this with my 48 Thane and 50 Shaman and failed miserably. As explained the mobs outside are yel to Red to a 50 and once inside it's wall to wall yel to Purp agro.
What i cannot understand is i did this same quest on Albion with my 48 Minstrell unbuffed ans solo without any problem at all. I really do think that a mistake has been made here on Mythics/Goa's behalf.
What i cannot understand is i did this same quest on Albion with my 48 Minstrell unbuffed ans solo without any problem at all. I really do think that a mistake has been made here on Mythics/Goa's behalf.
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Wow, those boots sure are mediocre for one of the hardest quests I have run into. To get to the lower crypt, there are about 20 mobs in front of the door, the four closest are red to 50. Then inside the crypt is crawling with (all to a 50) yellow-prp mobs, some with oj-prp pets that won't pull off whoever the main mob sets them on. A conservative estimate would be 10-15 kills in cramped, easy aggro areas with wandering prps and almost instant pops to make your way to the black robed inconnu. Unless you are super stealth with plenty of RAs, take a decent sized grp.
Reward is veeeery subpar with the rest of the catacombs stuff I have gotten. I received better items from my mid-30s frontlines quests.
I mean, 77DD? Come on. You get this same strength ability in the late 30s.
It cost 15g a charge to refill. Is the DD worth even the gold it costs to refill the dam thing?
Reward is veeeery subpar with the rest of the catacombs stuff I have gotten. I received better items from my mid-30s frontlines quests.
I mean, 77DD? Come on. You get this same strength ability in the late 30s.
It cost 15g a charge to refill. Is the DD worth even the gold it costs to refill the dam thing?
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