I can't find Straw at all, he's just not there whatever time I go. Nor are there any siabras, the place is called Beltaine's Meadow and full of friendly faeries. I've tried all times of day and night, even though the quest giver said he is there during the day. I can't delete it from my journal either, I am wondering if it is because I have DR expansion installed but took the quest before I installed it.
When I had the 14 day trial, I did this quest with no trouble so know I am in the right place.
I've also spoken to Ordharnait who stands there like a dummy with no response!
Edited, Tue May 9 08:12:57 2006
Straw's In Town
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DISCLAIMER: Your Steps and Tasks may be different To receive this quest you MUST complete the Spicket, Spackit and Spykit quest first. I got this from Tethra as a lvl 9 Bard. Sequence of events: 1. Tethra says that there is a Spraggon named Straw who the guards have never been able to catch because he is so fast, for more information, talk to "Rolney" who is at the tower in Mardagh. 2. After finding Rolney at the TOP of the tower in Mardagh, he tells me that Straw can be located on the peninsula that sticks out to the E of Tir na mBeo, and that Straw is usually there during the day. Of course, the Ghostly Siabras are there at night, so... if you go there at night at level 9-10, you will probably be killed. Rolnoy also says that if you can't find Straw, then "Odharnait" who is in Ardagh can probably help you find him. 3. I went to the peninsula, found Straw, and proceeded to try to take his head. However, there is a major bug here. I was trying to hit Straw, but he "Quickly Evades your Blow" or something like that, so you can never hit him, and any magic you throw at him is resisted. After hanging around (and getting killed by the Siabras), I finally clicked on my journal, and it told me that I had missed Straw, and that I should contact "Odharnait" in Ardagh. 4. I finally found Odharnait in Ardagh, who wished me luck, and told me that Straw frequently appeared at night with a band of Spraggon by the Dead Tree and the Boulder at the top of the hill to the NW of town, but staying to the "right" side of the road. She also said that "Sentinel Eimile" in Ardagh would be willing to pay me well for Straw's head. 5. I went up to the top of the hill about 14 hrs, and killed the 5 or 6 spraggons there, then waited around until Straw appeared just to the West of the Dead Tree. This time I killed Straw with no problem. I took the head back to Tethra as noted in Step 1, however.... Tethra didn't want it. I then checked my Journal, and had to take the head back to "Sentinel Eimile" in Ardagh, where I got ~5000 xp, 6 sp, and the choice of 4 items: [Jewel of Health], [Belt of Nimbleness], [Charming Necklace], or [Choker of Empathetic Properties]. Jewel of Health -- Straw's Gem Belt of Nimbleness -- Straw's Belt Charming Necklace -- Straw's Bardic Beads Choker of Empathetic Properties -- Straw's Beads Rewards: |
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6 posts
I have a wee (level 9) keen ns who talked to Tethra until blue as a kobold and then risked life and limb on that tower to talk to Rolney. But none would offer the quest. :(
Scholar
47 posts
you have to do the prequest. Spicket, Spackit and Spykit in order to get this one.. should be mentioned here but its noe. you have to do Most of the quests offered in MagMell to get the additonal quests in rest of nearby places.
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Well, I got to step 4 of this quest. Waited all night at the top of the hill and killed every spraggon that popped. But never once did Straw pop. I had him on the tip of land by the water, and actually got some damage on him before he vanished, but then once I talked to the npc and got instructions to go up the hill, he never showed up.
Any ideas??
Any ideas??
After dying a couple of times at level 7, I came back at level 9 and this was a breeze. Run up to the hill on the road and pull/kill the spraggons individually. You need to kill the pack by the rock, not the ones scattered around the hill. Heal up and take down Straw asap, before the pack by the rock repops.
Anonymous
Silly dears, what's all the fuss? What's the secret [Timing!] to humor?
Same thing with our little friend Straw. I waited patiently and at 11:45 in the morning, poof! Straw showed up.
Poof! Straw disappeared. Ran down to Ardagn and chatted with a lovely lass who then pointed me in the right direction, back up the path to the top of the small hillock there. But now I have a day to kill. Well, time to start killing the day away!
Bandira Bandaland
Bard of the land
Bandira's Band of Merry Fools
(Have you been a Merry Fool lately?)
<Drunken Monkeys>
Same thing with our little friend Straw. I waited patiently and at 11:45 in the morning, poof! Straw showed up.
Poof! Straw disappeared. Ran down to Ardagn and chatted with a lovely lass who then pointed me in the right direction, back up the path to the top of the small hillock there. But now I have a day to kill. Well, time to start killing the day away!
Bandira Bandaland
Bard of the land
Bandira's Band of Merry Fools
(Have you been a Merry Fool lately?)
<Drunken Monkeys>
Anonymous
I have this quest on 2 different characters, and a friend has it on one - we've all spoken to that Rolney bloke and gone to where we USED to see Straw very often (that bank between Ardagh and Mbeo
camped for days - have not seen him once in the last week (real life)
What's going on? anyone know?
camped for days - have not seen him once in the last week (real life)
What's going on? anyone know?
Anonymous
This QEST was received by the LvL9 ranger. Is this which is not advanced to SUTTEPU 2 even if it talks by carrying out Rolney and the talk of SUTTEPU 1 a bug?
Anonymous
Did the quest, had no problems because was exactly as described here.
Do it, it's worth the effort ! (and choose the right reward)
Do it, it's worth the effort ! (and choose the right reward)
Anonymous
YOU have the it backwards the chocker is straws beads the necklace is straw bardic beads which i happened to get because i listened to your page please fix this error so another person dosen't have this same problem
Anonymous
i am an eldrich and are resonably new to the game i am trying to talk to Rolney how do you actually talk to him to get the next part of the quest
Anonymous
I just started this quest and there's THREE straws on the tip of land near the water.
Go to the one furtherest from the road (closest to the water) and he will vanish before you can do anything. That's all you need to do.
If none of them vanish.. the one you want isn't there yet and you have to wait for a respawn
Go to the one furtherest from the road (closest to the water) and he will vanish before you can do anything. That's all you need to do.
If none of them vanish.. the one you want isn't there yet and you have to wait for a respawn
Anonymous
Another note:
If you stand near the place where Straw pops on the hill, be careful.
I just died because at 7pm (I'm guessing game night time) he must have popped as all the grey--- spraggons attacked me at once and I died. I was standing on top of the huge rock on the hill waiting for him to spawn. I came back and fought him and dragged him away from the crowd, but soon as I killed him they all jumped me and my sprint kicked in way too slow to do anything about it.
By the time I released and got back again, my first gravestone had vanished.
If you stand near the place where Straw pops on the hill, be careful.
I just died because at 7pm (I'm guessing game night time) he must have popped as all the grey--- spraggons attacked me at once and I died. I was standing on top of the huge rock on the hill waiting for him to spawn. I came back and fought him and dragged him away from the crowd, but soon as I killed him they all jumped me and my sprint kicked in way too slow to do anything about it.
By the time I released and got back again, my first gravestone had vanished.
Anonymous
I just went to the tree and boulder and i saw straw.... but it was the one i coulndnt attack. Im killing spraggons right now and havent seen the real one... any ideas?
Anonymous
nm.. he spawned while appealing, and got pummeled by like 15 spraggons... ouch ;p. Be ready!
Anonymous
I got this quest at lvl 7
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If This Quest isnt open to you and you're at least the minimum level. It's because you need to do the Spiket/Spakit/Spykit quest to its completion - see that little "related quests" link above? click it! Upon turning in the bag and right-clickin Tethra again he will ask you to [aid] him again. Which is when you get this quest.
Edited, Tue Jun 25 02:47:10 2002
Edited, Tue Jun 25 02:47:10 2002
Anonymous
I talked to Tethra @ Level (I'm an Enchanter) and he doesn't say anything about this quest. What is the deal?
Anonymous
Meant to say Level 8
Anonymous
you have to type "/s Straw is in Town" before he will respond to you.
Taceht(Hiberian Elite)
lvl9 NightShade
Taceht(Hiberian Elite)
lvl9 NightShade
Anonymous
I'm not sure if the problems mentioned above have been fixed but I am writing to warn you fellow adventurer of something that no one else has mentioned. The second time you meet Straw he will be roaming around with a group of about ten Spraggons (gray to me at 8) When you take Straw down to 1/4 hit points all of these little buggers will rush you. Even though they are gtm they killed me on my first attempt. So use your long range attacks and be prepared to run. Happy Hunting....Kestrell, Ranger Bedivere
9 posts
Rolney will tell you to go find the "decoy" Straw, this appears to be something some are having some difficulty with. The oversized straw isn't the real one. If you attack him enough, he'll attack back (was trying to get him killed with an eldrich's damage shield one day, but I ran out of mana to heal *grin*).
The "real" Straw for this part usually spawns farther down the tip of the peninsula. I've seen him in the water a few times, and also walking around on land.
If you're with a group, it appears that whoever selects him first and gets closest to him will have the next part in their journal. Just wait about 5 minutes for him to respawn, and have the other person/people in the group select and run at him. Then you can do the next part at night where you have to kill the real Straw.
Quest rewards seem to be bugged, though. (Were last time I'd checked about a week ago.) The bardic neck and the empathy neck are switched. She'll offer one, but give the other, so be prepared for a surprise if you want either of those. Then again, they may fix it sneakily and surprise you anyway. ;)
Edited, Fri Jun 14 19:55:05 2002
The "real" Straw for this part usually spawns farther down the tip of the peninsula. I've seen him in the water a few times, and also walking around on land.
If you're with a group, it appears that whoever selects him first and gets closest to him will have the next part in their journal. Just wait about 5 minutes for him to respawn, and have the other person/people in the group select and run at him. Then you can do the next part at night where you have to kill the real Straw.
Quest rewards seem to be bugged, though. (Were last time I'd checked about a week ago.) The bardic neck and the empathy neck are switched. She'll offer one, but give the other, so be prepared for a surprise if you want either of those. Then again, they may fix it sneakily and surprise you anyway. ;)
Edited, Fri Jun 14 19:55:05 2002
Anonymous
I chose the belt of nimbleness
Straw's Belt (lvl 9)
dex - +4
crush - 2%
Straw's Belt (lvl 9)
dex - +4
crush - 2%
10 posts
The guy who gives it to you is Tethra, in the bar at Ardee. He's the guy that finishes the Spicket, Spackit and Spykit quest.
Anonymous
Where exactly is the NPC to start this quest off ive looked everywhere??
Anonymous
I don't know why people don't click the link of the NPC's name above...that just happens to go to the bestiary, that just happens to have to loc of the NPC /sigh
Anonymous
Anonymous
I ran into the same unkillable mob. However I found that there are 2 staws that the tip. The larger sized Straw is bugged and cannot be killed. However I walked around a bit and found a normal sized staw not 10 steps away from him that instantly disappeared. I then had my journal entry changed to go to Ardagh.
Anonymous
Try to kill him but do not worry if you can't. Proceed to the lady
in Ardagh. Whisper to her "Where the crap is Straw?"
You'll be bumped to the next step.
disclaimer: don't include the word crap unless you really
want to. Just threw it up there for laughs. :)
in Ardagh. Whisper to her "Where the crap is Straw?"
You'll be bumped to the next step.
disclaimer: don't include the word crap unless you really
want to. Just threw it up there for laughs. :)
Anonymous
it worked eventually, but i didnt know I could be bumped to the next step by saying that.. the straw by the water seems to be unkillable always. but there was another lower level straw that attacked us after we got the next quest message, so there was 2 straws at the time. one killable and one not killable.. however we still had to kill the straw on the hill after that, so we attacked 3 straws all together and killed 2 of them, how many of these little evading buggers are there ?
Anonymous
the #2 step is deffinatly bugged.. either that or only one person can do the quest a day, I am not sure, but me and my partner both did the quest, the first time we went to attack straw neither of us got the message to go to ardath, the second day, I got the message but my partner didnt, and is still waiting to get his message, how long do you have to stand there with combat mode on before u get the msg, or is this just a problem with the quest? BTW it says when it does work that he runs away, but he never runs away.. does anyone know whats wrong here !
Anonymous
Fixed now. You can kill straw (after I spent 4 game days staring at him and trying to talk to the chick in Ardagh)...
Now you can kill him, but the quest doesn't end, it sends you to Ardagh like it's supposed to, and the quest ends shortly after that (you have to chase Straw down again at the boulder east of the path north of Ardagh).
Becareful when making your reward choice, I clicked for the empathy reward but got the bard one.. bleh. (the bard one was listed right below the empathy reward brackete word.. so be careful where your mouse is)
Now you can kill him, but the quest doesn't end, it sends you to Ardagh like it's supposed to, and the quest ends shortly after that (you have to chase Straw down again at the boulder east of the path north of Ardagh).
Becareful when making your reward choice, I clicked for the empathy reward but got the bard one.. bleh. (the bard one was listed right below the empathy reward brackete word.. so be careful where your mouse is)
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i just finished the quest, went to get my reward, and having read you note, was very careful about what I clicked on... still got the "Bard's Beads" instead of the empathy reward. I put in an appeal, we'll see what they say.
Anonymous
Actually, what CSR told me was something like "this issue is knon, Straw sometimes spawns as an unkillable mob, check herald for...".
So, I guess, you might run into the killable one now and then, I don't know...
Darko
So, I guess, you might run into the killable one now and then, I don't know...
Darko
Anonymous
My lvl 9 BM got the quest. When you talk to one of the NPCs, before you go to find Straw, they tell you that you should contact Oldraith in Ardagh, if Straw runs away... Well, I figured it will run away.
I'm stuck at step #2, Straw dodges blows, and nothing happens. Went to the Oldraith in hope something would happen, of no avail.
/appeal - CSR: "It's a known issue, check herald for the latest news/patches"
:(
Darko
I'm stuck at step #2, Straw dodges blows, and nothing happens. Went to the Oldraith in hope something would happen, of no avail.
/appeal - CSR: "It's a known issue, check herald for the latest news/patches"
:(
Darko
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