Balm Hunt  

Realm:Hibernia
Start Zone: Lough Derg
Start NPC:Trainer
Class:All
Type:Regular
Min Level:2
Max Level:5
Grants XP:Yes
Grants Coin:Yes
Rating:
*****
(Average from 2 ratings)
Related NPCs:
  Fyrsil
  Mudman
  Rat boy
Last Updated:Sat Feb 23 04:29:52 2008
DISCLAIMER: Your Steps and Tasks may be different

This quest is triggered by your trainer at level 2. Go talk to Fyrsil and he will ask you to collect the ingredients for him to make a balm:

From what I can tell, the ingredients seem to vary by class, so just follow his instructions.

Collect the ingredients and bring them back to Fyrsil for some decent money and experience.
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Rat Tails
# Jan 04 2006 at 1:17 PM Rating: Decent
46 posts
First, someone mentioned that if your task mob is grey it will not drop, but that is not true.. if you have a quest or task.. you will get it even from a grey. BUT.. this is a level 2-3 task and at 4, the rat boys were still purple to me... and killing the blue mudman did not change my journal.. 'errrgg
BELI!!
# Sep 16 2005 at 9:48 AM Rating: Decent
...just came across him by chance. He is standing in a merchant hut in Mardagh. :)
Defferent for everyone
# Mar 15 2002 at 6:18 AM Rating: Decent
I finished this last night. I got it a level 3.
I was told to get 2 shin bones for skel minons and kill and rat boy ot a mudman. My trainer was not sure. Got the shin bones and a ball of clay from a mudman. When I went to see Beli he would not even talk to me. Went and got a ratboy tail and bingo quest done. One thing I did notice (forgive me for being a total newbee) the items I needed for the quest where put right into my inventory. No message or anything. I kill several skels before I looked into my bags and saw the shin bones.

From the post I have read here seems the items can changes from person to person. Neat idea.

later
More info
# Dec 31 2001 at 7:39 PM Rating: Default
Ardagh has it too, it gives ten silver, and it was much easier to kill the mudman for his mud than the rat boy for his tail.
I sold my rat tail, can't get another!
# Nov 12 2001 at 11:31 AM Rating: Default
I accidently stole my rat tail to give to Beli, and now I can't find anothing one. I spent about 20 minutes last night killing dozens of ratboys, that were all grey to me, to get a tail, no luck. Is there somewhere I can get another rattail to give to Beli so I can get this quest off of my list?
RE: I sold my rat tail, can't get another!
# Dec 29 2001 at 6:28 AM Rating: Default
well as you get nothing for killing grey ever
no xps no loot i sorry to say it look like your out of luck it not that great of a quest you get 2sp for completing the job.
Beli Located!
# Oct 25 2001 at 4:25 PM Rating: Default
Beli the healer is located in the town Mardagh. This town lies to the south of Mag Mell. Good ol Muse and his maps =)
http://www.cannotlinkto/hibernia/mardaghmap.html

Baum ;-)
I cant finish it
# Oct 23 2001 at 6:53 PM Rating: Decent
Hiya,

I got the quest in Howth. I am an Elven Champion now lvl 13 (was lvl 2 when I got the quest)

I was asked to get spraggon hair and a small walking rock head. I had no problem getting the spraggon hairs but I was not able to get a head from a small walking rock even after wacking about a dozen or so.

So I carried around the hairs in my pack until one day I decided that since I cant even remember who I was supposed to give this to, I decided to delete them.

Well one fine afternoon, Im hanging around Mag Mell trying to get tasks (around lvl 12 I think... and the quest is still in my journal stuck at the gather phase) when the healer (I dont know his name) asked me if I had gathered the ingredients yet and he said "Lets start with the spraggon hair".

Well I no longer had the hairs so I decided to go whack a spraggon (takes one hit now) but I cant get the loot that I need as greys do not give loot (that may not be the problem as I did have the goods at one time)

Finally to my question. Does anyone know of a way that I can complete this quest given my situation? Or am I destined to carry this around in my journal forever?

I have even went as far as hiring newbies to get the hairs for me, but the spraggons will not drop them (I beleive) unless you have the quest.

Thanks
Wootfindle
Palomides

PS. If you play on Palomides and have this quest (spraggon hair and small walkng rock heads as ingredients for the Balm) send me a tell. I will certainly reward any takers :)
RE: I cant finish it
# Jan 06 2002 at 1:33 PM Rating: Default
i got the same quest in howth and can't finish it because i can't get the rockhead and doesn't find the man i gotta give this... i have the spraggon hair, but to finish the quest i also need this rock head, argh! ...
Milenka
# Oct 23 2001 at 1:19 PM Rating: Default
FYI when you are given a quest to get items off a mob you will not see them "dropped", they appear in your backpack when the appropriate mob is killed for the quest item. Everyone who is in your group that has the quest will recieve the quest item when the target mob is killed by the group. This means if other people are hunting a quest mob you should all group up to kill it and you will all get the quest item. Saves time and saves competition for the named mobs you may need to kill.
What is the name of the Mob?
# Oct 23 2001 at 6:53 AM Rating: Default
I am a Hero and am attempting to finish the quest. I was told to turn the items into someone named Beli or close to that. I have been unable to find anyone with that name. Anyone know who the NPC is?
Check your journal
# Oct 15 2001 at 1:58 PM Rating: Default
Keagan the Healer asked me to get 2 bits of mud from mudmen and a dried sandcake from sandmen and a shinbone from skeleton pawns. The sandcake I looted and did not know it. I then checked my journal and it told me to go back and hand the items in. I would periodically go back to your journal to see if it changes, then you know if you looted something or not. BTW, I was a Celt Guardian when I did this quest. Level 3 if I recall correctly.

#Anonymous, Posted: Oct 15 2001 at 6:45 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Mud drops off Mudmen. Clay drops off Sandmen
help
# Oct 15 2001 at 1:14 AM Rating: Default
im doin this quest as a Celt Guardian. I've been killin mudmen forever now and i cant get 2 bits of mud (got a whole bunch of clay though). am i doing something wrong??
RE: help
# Oct 15 2001 at 1:19 AM Rating: Default
when i did this i was confused as well when they didn't drop the right thing. but if you look in your back pack it should be there as the quest item goes directly in your pack and the clay
is dropped on the ground and you physically have to pick it up
Beli?
# Oct 15 2001 at 12:51 AM Rating: Default
I got the same quest as Cevik-I've got the stuff but arggg I can not find the guy. His name is Beli,hehe, not cheese ;) I've looked forever can you tell me where you found him? loosing my mind!!!!
Cannla version
# Oct 14 2001 at 8:53 AM Rating: Decent
I did this quest as a Celt Guardian. Keagan the Healer asked me to get 2 x bits of mud from mudmen, a dried sandcake from sandmen and a shinbone from skeleton pawns.

Firbolg Confirmation
# Oct 12 2001 at 11:40 AM Rating: Decent
When I did this quest as a Firbolg Gaurdian I also had to collect 2 Skeletal Minion Shin Bones and a rat boy tail OR something from a mudman.. I had to turn the items in to someone named something like 'Brie' (wasn't exactly that but I kept thinking, mmmmmm cheese!) in Mag Mel.

Interesting side note, when I turned in the items his response was something like "You wouldn't BELIEVE all the strange stuff people have been bringing me to make this balm".. perhaps it's Mythic's little inside joke about how the quest has different items for different race/class combos (perhaps a little message telling us that we will have problems doing quest spoiler sites!).
My Level 2 Quest
# Oct 12 2001 at 9:01 AM Rating: Default
At level 2 (as an elven stalker) I got the quest called "A Mild Deception". I think it may just depend on your class/race combo.
RE: My Level 2 Quest
# Oct 12 2001 at 4:34 PM Rating: Default
Well, step #2 of the quest for Mild Deception states "The Recipient is in either Howth, or Ardagh", yet I have not found anyone willing to accept the letter. Does anyone hae anymore information?
RE: My Level 2 Quest
# Oct 13 2001 at 12:16 PM Rating: Default
You have to give it to TWM in Ardagh (sp?), The town north of Howth. I sent this info to allakhazam just seconds ago so he hasn't had time to even look at it yet
RE: My Level 2 Quest
# Oct 13 2001 at 12:20 PM Rating: Default
Great, thanks for the info. I will go try to find him right now.
Bah
# Oct 11 2001 at 1:41 PM Rating: Default
its not in the Avalon Marsh!
Bah
# Oct 11 2001 at 1:41 PM Rating: Default
its not in the Avalon Marsh!
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