Seek the Moonstone  

Submitted by:Ilda Thistledancer
Realm:Hibernia
Start Zone: Tir na Nog
Start NPC:Trainer
Class:
Type:Regular
Related Quests:
  Roane Skin
  Strange Matters Indeed
  Merle's Informant
  Ilisa's Trade
  The Moonstone Twin (level 43)
  The Moonstone Twin (level 45)
  The Moonstone Twin (level 50)
  The Moonstone Twin (level 47)
  Seek the Moonstone B
  Criostoin's Promise
  Seek the Moonstone C
  Seek the Moonstone D
  Sylvan Shadows (level 11)
Related Zones:
  Connacht
  Lough Derg
  Silvermine Mountains
Min Level:15
Max Level:50
Grants XP:Yes
Grants Coin:Yes
Rating:
*****
(Average from 3 ratings)
Related NPCs:
  Fagan
  Macnol
  Maeve the Crone
  Merle the Old
  Nock
Last Updated:Thu Oct 26 02:23:46 2006
DISCLAIMER: Your Steps and Tasks may be different

Characters that were created after Patch Version 1.79 do not receive this Epic quest.


Per patch 1.70:

- Seek the Moonstone - The area around Macnol's tower has been named the Ruined Tower of Tir na mBeo to help players locate the correct place.


1. Speak to your trainer in Tir na Nog. He/she will tell you to speak to
Fagan in Mag Mell.

2. Speak to Fagan in Mag Mell and get the quest. He gives you a ring and
tells you to talk to Macnol in the ruined tower of Tir na mBeo.

3. Go to Ardee and take the horse route to East Lough Derg. Head north
towards the grove of trees. There will be many Dergans. Macnol spawns inside
the tower, loc: 59280, 13895. The towers entrance is on the north side and he is surrounded by several guards. Do not kill any of the Dergans or you will take a faction hit and Macnol will not talk to you. Be sure to be wearing Fagan’s ring.

4. If the Dergan are already aggressive to you, head south to find Curmudgeons. The best place to hunt is the Curmudgeon campsite southeast of the Parthanan Farm. Keep hunting Curmudgeon until you are neutral to the Dergan. It may take many kills. I believe killing the Curm leader, Hughar, in the campsite will move your faction significantly. This is unproven but
the Dergan were neutral to me right after killing him.

5. Talk to Macnol. He’ll ask you to go kill Nock, a named Sheevra.

6. From the parthanian farm, head further south. Eventually you will come to a single stone hut with a cart close by. In this camp you see normal Sheevra
Fighters and Archers. Nock spawns inside the hut (loc=54441,924). Kill him and get his head. Sheevra are also Siabra so don’t kill any of them. Just pull out Nock and kill him.(has been seen on the dergen island at loc 40776, 54122)

7. Back to Macnol. If the Dergan are aggressive to you again, go back and
kill Curms until they aren’t. Wear your ring.

8. Give the head to Macnol. He will thank you and then attack you so be
ready. His guards will defend him so either come with a group or be ready to
run.

9. Go back to Mag Mell and talk to Fagan, then give him the signet ring. You will get the ring back, and two more quest paths will open up.

Journal says you should talk to the Old or the Crone. Neither are named but
the Old is Merle the Old and the Crone is Maeve the Crone. Merle is behind
Howth on a hill and that quest is Merle's Informant. You must complete
Merle’s Informant before talking to Maeve. Maeve the Crone is between Ardee
and the mudman spot in a hut. Maeve will respond, but if you’re less than
level 20 at this point, she’ll ask you to return when you are stronger.

Official hint (from Camelot Herald):
  • Remember to wear Fagan's Signet!!

  • Reward:
      Fagan's Signet Ring

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    Post Comment
    Kimba for 20 or 25 step?
    # Dec 26 2001 at 10:43 PM Rating: Default
    What do I need to say to Kimba? She just says "Go away Enchanter". Is this a level 25 part or 20? The trackers killed me before I could finish all the text but step 7 is still in my journal. Any info would be great, thank you.
    RE: Kimba for 20 or 25 step?
    # Jan 27 2002 at 9:04 AM Rating: Default
    you have to ask her about Criostoin.
    SPEAKING TO HOUNDS???
    # Dec 26 2001 at 5:57 PM Rating: Default
    I am trying to speak to the hounds and can't seem to get them to talk to me? Are there any "Key Words" I should say? PLEEZ help... I have the collar on when I click on them but nothing happens.
    moon quest 2nd part
    # Dec 25 2001 at 12:54 AM Rating: Default
    check out doac warcries discription on Criostoin's promise after you have completed talking to watcher rylie (and dying)...

    hope that helps

    Styran of the 21 song Galahad
    Full info So far
    # Dec 21 2001 at 2:23 AM Rating: Default
    This quest is lacking a large amount of information, so I am going to sum up everything I've done so far.

    1. Find Macnol - read dirrections, you'll be led right to the tower.

    2. Speak to him alone, with teh ring on. Do not attack him, tells you story and to kill Nock.

    3. Nock is found far south of the lake in a stone hut resting by a waggon. You should pass a curm camp, some dew sheeries, and past the island in the lake.

    4. Go back to Macnol, give him Nocks head, all hell breaks loose and everyone in area attacks you. Don't need to kill anyone, jsut need to talk to him, but kill him if you really want to.

    5. Talk to ***** again.

    6. walk out of the building, head west past bind stone, and path, and by the tree is a tracker. Say "Moonstone" and you need to find the Crone and the old.

    7. Mearl the old is found on top of the hill Due west of howth. Howth is visible from the top of the hill, so it isn't too far away.

    8. Find Creeper on the Durgan Island by mBeo. He;s hiding nderneath the boats. Talk to him and he gives you the crown.

    9. head back to mearl, and he should send you on your wall to the old. Give Crown to Maeve, the Old. She is found in the hut NE of Ardee. Giddie up.

    10. Meave takes the crown, sends you on your way to Caille. Talk to Empar, an empyrian, who sends you to the standing piller by the moon lake.

    Went there, swam across the lake to teh piller and spke to the watcher. 10 seconds later I get swarmed by like 10 trackers who killed me almost instantly (lev 21 now), and I found myself back in Mag Mell after releasing. So can anyone fill me in on where to look next? I ahve the collar ready but am unsure of where to head.
    Meriach
    # Dec 20 2001 at 1:10 AM Rating: Default
    Can some PLEASE tell me where this pond is that Meriach is s'pose to be PLEASE!!!!!
    RE: Meriach
    # Jan 17 2002 at 1:42 PM Rating: Default
    Here we go I found her. She's a biggun. From Innis Carthiag go West, over an island with some horsies (nuetral) and keep going to otherside of lake. Once you hit the shore there are purples that will eat you. Keep going West avoiding the big bad purples, and you will go up on a hill with a little lake where she will appear, you can't miss her, she's huge.

    Voices level 20 Bard (Kay server)
    p.s. Still hate this quest.
    RE: Meriach
    # Dec 21 2001 at 3:40 AM Rating: Default
    Head south east just like he tells you. On your map card, it's thae lake in the corner of the valley that looks like a cresent moon
    RE: Meriach
    # Feb 03 2002 at 7:29 PM Rating: Default
    i think you are confusing this with the Watcher rylie part, that is the part the told you to go SW until you find the moonlake ( looks like a cresent moon)
    RE: Meriach
    # Jan 17 2002 at 1:08 PM Rating: Default
    Dude they did't tell me to go any direction SHE (the smith in Innis Carthaig) says it's on some freakin plateu.

    Voices Level 20 Bard (Kay Server)
    p.s. hate this quest.
    continued?
    # Dec 15 2001 at 8:03 AM Rating: Default
    after talking to Meave she tells you to find Watcher Rylie, near the standing stone by the Moonlake by Caille. lake is east over the hill and the stone on the east side of it.
    However i have so far only seen a named(purple at 21) siabra (not rylie of course whom ii suspect to be empyrean) and his band of trackers there (blue 21).
    Does anyone have any further info on the continuing of the Moonstone quest?
    Candela, enchantress, Guinevere
    RE: continued?
    # Dec 26 2001 at 10:56 AM Rating: Default
    I got to Moon Lake just as the evening arrived. At the stone, there were a handful of Empyrean Watchers and Keepers. I waited around a bit longer and discovered Watcher Rylie at the front of the stone facing the water. Went in to speak to him and quickly clicked on the key words and boogied on outta there! Braesiach and his trackers started pounding on me, but I happened to sprint away with an inch of my life. yay!

    Received the collar, but I have to talk to Kimba first who is said to be found in Lough Gur among the tall trees. After you finish Cristion's Promise, I believe you can finish the second part of the Moonstone Quest.

    Level 22 Champion
    Mikaela Celeste
    Guinivere
    RE: continued?
    # Dec 26 2001 at 12:54 PM Rating: Default
    I did this quest last night and died at the watcher but he gave me a pretty nice cloak for trouble!!
    RE: continued?
    # Dec 18 2001 at 1:54 PM Rating: Default
    I just did it, and I thought he was only supposed to appear at night, were you there at night? I don't know if it was supposed to happen but after talking to him there was a huge brawl and I died like right away. =(
    Wowawa
    # Dec 08 2001 at 1:29 PM Rating: Default
    After latest patches population of some enemy races (such as siabras) and mosnsters just got crazy causing this quest imposible for me to be done and go on. Siabras agro to me and that forest full of em. Have you tried to run away from a enchanter sibaras? i belive some of us did. they burn your *** while you running away, and sadly, i am not lucky to have 1-2 agros each time, at least 3!. best way to get this MACHOL guy is to have group and slauther all the siabras around that tower ruins! Death to Siabras!!!!!
    RE: Wowawa
    # Dec 16 2001 at 11:02 AM Rating: Decent
    Go do curmudgeons, doesn't take long to get your faction back up to nuetrel with the Siabra that way.
    siabra faction
    # Dec 07 2001 at 10:14 AM Rating: Default
    Anyone know what mobs you can kill to raise faction with siabras?
    RE: siabra faction
    # Dec 08 2001 at 5:09 PM Rating: Default
    Yeah, you gotta kill Curmudeons.
    Hounds???
    # Dec 05 2001 at 5:38 PM Rating: Default
    Can someone please post what and/or where the hounds are that Duana tells me to speak to ??
    hounds
    # Dec 05 2001 at 4:38 PM Rating: Default
    where do i find the hounds?
    RE: hounds
    # Dec 18 2001 at 9:38 PM Rating: Good
    Not the hill hounds. You need Duana. She can be found in the trees by the Parth farm near Mag Mell. You know, the place where MacNol hangs out. The burnt out Tower of Tir na mBeo.
    RE: hounds
    # Dec 16 2001 at 11:04 AM Rating: Default
    There are hill hounds on the crest of the hill just past the lucraduanes near the stepping stones east from Howth.
    opps
    # Dec 04 2001 at 1:41 AM Rating: Default
    err sorry for got to tell ya that the farm is behind Mag Mell
    Where Macnol and Nock is
    # Dec 04 2001 at 1:38 AM Rating: Default
    Oh easyer way to tell some one where Macnol is.
    Would be to tell them its beside the farm in the woods to the north.
    And Nock is south from the farm past the Curm camp with the fighters becarfull there orange to red to 16.
    easy
    # Dec 04 2001 at 1:33 AM Rating: Default
    This was a very easy quest I have a 16 level enchater did this solo.
    First dont kill any Siabras I didnt because I was neutral to them and knew of this quest.
    So you can walk right in and kill nock no one helped him.
    Macnol was a bit tricker only one helped him.
    I ran off with sprint left pet attacking the add while Macnol chased after me.
    Once I saw the pets mob was almost dead I hit attack on macnol.
    This made pet come after him and get him off me.
    Then blasted until dead then killed pet so he wouldnt go back and finish off the add.
    I want to try to keep the good faction for now.
    It made this very easy.
    Good luck its a nice ring for a Enchanter.
    Where is Nock?
    # Dec 03 2001 at 1:38 PM Rating: Default
    Where is the parthanian farm and/or the single stone hut with a cart close by? Anyone got directions from a city or the /loc?
    Tracker
    # Dec 01 2001 at 4:32 PM Rating: Default
    I have spoken to the hounds. I am now at the part where it says I am to find some nameless tracker that was last seen following the road South in Shannon Estruary. He is to be found among the siabra footpad and pillar......I spent 3DAYS!!!!! and never found the Tracker! Would someone PLEASE kindly help me out??
    RE: Tracker
    # Jan 30 2002 at 11:36 PM Rating: Default
    if u want to find the nameless tracker.....take a horse from howth to innis carthaig,just before u get to innis carthaig u will pass thru a small merchant shack/town,jump off here......follow the road south til the forest begins....go to the left side of the path,u should see rogues with names like gurite footpad and gurite pillar...search this area for Tracker Tremain..if he isnt up wait til it starts to get night time, he comes with 2 sidekicks so be prepared,and when u kill him an Ambusher pops and tries to kill ya too. Tremain was yellow con to me at lvl 25 his 2 buddies were grey,but still agro when u attack him,ambusher was blue con, after killing tremain i recieved a Master Champion necklace +1 to all wep skills +2power....and i recieved an enchanted note, which leads to next step of quest.
    hope this info helps

    Vorpal Blade 25th Champion Igraine Server
    RE: Tracker
    # Dec 18 2001 at 9:39 PM Rating: Default
    try talking to the tracker that hangs out across the path from the bindstone in Mag Mell. That lil fella. He was most helpful to me.
    Step 2 moonstone quest
    # Nov 30 2001 at 1:41 PM Rating: Default
    I cannot find NOck, I have waited by the stone hut forever and he never spawns. Does he exist, if so, when??
    Champion Epic
    # Nov 30 2001 at 8:42 AM Rating: Default
    Was wondering if anyone had any difficulty locating and talking to Watcher Rylie (night spawn) at the standing stone near the Moon Lake. When I was there he was nowhere to be seen and the area was surrounded by blue/yellow siabra trackers which conned aggressive to me. Admittedly I wasn't there the whole of the night (I got aggroed and killed by a purple) but I was there a good part of the night and he hadn't appeared up to the time I got killed.

    Replies would be appreciated.

    Cheers,
    Trystwych DeSidhe
    Lv20 Elven Champion
    RE: Champion Epic
    # Dec 04 2001 at 5:59 PM Rating: Default
    Someone finished the quest just before you. You have to wait until the next night for the NPCs to reset.

    Word of warning, when you go to speak to Watcher Rylie, expect to die. Bring a rezzer if you choose, but make sure they stay far away from the pillar and rez you after all the trackers despawn (ie they will have to wait until daybreak).

    And no, you won't survive if you bring a party of 8 - the mob that will actually kill you is a very high purple con (at that level) and will kill you in about 2 swipes.
    Cant Click Text
    # Nov 29 2001 at 6:09 PM Rating: Default
    Im a lvl 26 champ, and ive done everything but talk to rory. I talk to him and he says somethin about being on his side because [******* Signet] (in the white text that you click on). I cant click it and ive tried whispering him everything imaginable including ******* Signet exactly as it is written. Am i too low a lvl (doesnt seem like it since he talks to me), is it bugged? any help?
    Find Tracker
    # Nov 23 2001 at 1:42 AM Rating: Default
    Anyone get past the part where you are to find the siabra tracker and kill him? I simply cannot locate him. I've been S and SE all over lough Gur and where I know of the siabra footpads and pillars. Is it farther than the parth farm maybe or does anyone have a more specific loc?
    RE: Find Tracker
    # Dec 28 2001 at 8:16 PM Rating: Default
    Go to howth, take the horse to Innis Carthaig, when you come out of the hills there is a small "way station" with vendors and guards...jump off here. follow the road towards Innis...you will cross a large open meadow...the road leads into the trees...the tracker is found in the woods the the left of the road. The whole area is populated with bad guys (cut throats, robbers etc)
    I ended up killing the tracker, after trying to talk to him several times...still worked to complete this phase of quest.
    Speak with the Hounds
    # Nov 22 2001 at 9:34 PM Rating: Default
    Im at the part now where it says to speak with the hounds about the moonstone...I click on Duana and give her the collar but she just says something about a tracker blah blah blah come back. I came back at lvl 25 and no matter what i say i get no response. Edan wont speak. What am I doing wrong? Or am I still not high enough? I have said moonstone, seek the moonstone, find the moonstone and some other things and nothing. Could someone please kindly help me?
    RE: Speak with the Hounds
    # Nov 22 2001 at 11:28 PM Rating: Default
    try putting the collar on YOUR neck, then you speak to the hounds.


    Shishoo
    RE: Speak with the Hounds
    # Nov 23 2001 at 6:37 AM Rating: Default
    Aye I did nothing worked so I logged and tried again today exactly like before and it worked. It was like it wouldnt update or something...maybe I was lagging out or something. Thanks for the help =)
    Meriach
    # Nov 21 2001 at 10:21 PM Rating: Default
    What do I say to Meriach at the pond she asks what I seek, i said wand and moonstone no respone?? what am I doing wrong?? Thanks
    RE: Meriach
    # Nov 30 2001 at 11:19 AM Rating: Default
    Where can i find Meriach?
    RE: Meriach
    # Dec 28 2001 at 5:39 PM Rating: Default
    You can find Meriach this way, but be wary of the purple aggros such as pookhas and irewood greenbarks about:

    From Innis Carthaig swim to the island with the faerie horses and the unicorn. (They conned neutral orange to a level 22 Champ.) Then, from the North end of the island swim West to the shore. Again, there may be some pookhas about. Be Careful! Continue heading west through a thick forest and you'll see huge plateau, like the smith said. Head up the plateau and you CAN'T miss Meriach. :o) Hope this helps!

    Mikaela Celeste
    Level 23 Champion
    Guinivere
    RE: Meriach
    # Nov 22 2001 at 7:40 AM Rating: Default
    Just say Crio.. Promise.. you know.. the name of the Quest. And she will respond.. dont forget the "'" ;-)
    Rory>?
    # Nov 21 2001 at 1:12 AM Rating: Default
    Where is Rory in the bog of cullen for the lvl 30 portion of this Quest?
    RE: Rory>?
    # Dec 06 2001 at 3:37 AM Rating: Default
    go straight east from innis carthaig, he is in a tent a little to your left
    Criostoin's promise
    # Nov 19 2001 at 9:13 PM Rating: Default
    Where is Kimba?
    Here is Kimba
    # Nov 28 2001 at 8:02 AM Rating: Decent
    MAKE SURE IT IS DAYTIME!!!

    Take a horse from Howth to Innis Carthaig.

    Jump off at the first outpost, which would be Ceannai.

    Head west out of Ceannai, and weave your way carefully through a few aggro and purple/red mobs.

    You will run into a forest, with HUGE redwood trees. One of the trees has a door, and is actually Kimba's hut.

    Don't do this at night, the siabra waylayers will tear you apart.
    if you are kos to macnol...
    # Nov 19 2001 at 11:58 AM Rating: Default
    kill roane maidens on the shore. this improves your faction
    need help
    # Nov 19 2001 at 1:58 AM Rating: Default
    I am level 20 enchanter and my quest says speak with the old or the crone I have spoken to both however they do not respond I have said "I seek the moonstone" but nothing. Do I have to be higher than lvl 20 for them to talk? I did all the sub-quests.
    RE: need help
    # Nov 20 2001 at 9:48 AM Rating: Default
    Look in your journal. I too thought this was a dead end, however it adds a side quest of "Merle's Informant." More info on the site regarding that leg of the quest. Essentially go speak to the Tracker across from Mag Mel. He will send you back to Merle to talk to him about the Creeper Rogue (/whisper creeper). Merle will then send you to the Siabra island in the middle of the lake (can swim through the roenes to the island across from mBeo). Talk to the rogue under the boat. He gives you a crown to take back to the crone. This clears your next part to go back to ******
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