Tomte Jerkin  

I got this quest like everyone else at level 5. I then became a berserker and went to the camp at level 7. The camps are still hard at 7 never mind 5 but i eventually got three bracers and headed back to Gwaell. She wont accept the bracers and doesnt talk to me because I have chosen my path (berserker). If your going to do this quest, dont choose a path first cause it doesn't work. What a waste of time.

FYI
I just got my Tomte Jerkin last night. Soloed as a Level 5 Kobold Shaman, (yes, I had already chosen my career path, and also my craft) before starting this quest. I did speak to Gwael first before going to the Tomte camp, and she offered to make the Jerkin for me at that time, so this may be part of the secret. I waited untill I had all 3 bracers (only the Thugs drop them) before going back to her, and had no problem geting the Jerkin.
Today, I find out that there have been new items added (as of 22Mar) ... Tomte leggings, sleeves, etc that are monster drops .. quess they were added after my kills as later on in this morning I joined a group and went back after more Tomtes .. but none dropped any armor!

...just finished the jerkin quest. Had to kill about 10 thugs to get 3 bracers . HAd a few deaths as a lvl 5 thane , also i went back to gwaell after each death to "reup" the mission (just in case ). Tomte camp is found by turning left (while facing gwaell) and head down road , cross bridge and you'll see tent camps down on the left side of road (seen no thugs there ), but the tower and building on the rightside is where the thugs spawned. Took about 2 hours of hanging around to complete this , nice item though , good luck

got this at lvl 4

I also cannot get Gwaell to give me the jerkin in exchange for the bracers
I think possibly the reason is this:
Its not a proper quest--no accept/decline its more like a task
If u get killed getting the bracers (as i did) the task is cancelled--hence she wont accept the bracers

Swannson

The jerkin also adds to your hits, +9 I believe.

The bracers that you are looking for are dropped off of the thugs only, which are the lesser con of all tomte's. I did this quest with my Kobold Spiritmaster of level 7 and had no trouble at all getting the quest or killing most tomte's. The Tomte Jerkin, that Gweall gives you in return for the bracers, if right clicked then shift+d releases its magical component which increases your hit points.

***edit: At the time of this post this is what I was told. That WAS my first char and my first week in DAoC. I was trying to be helpful from the information I was given, obviously someone was trying to play me. So disreguard the information about the shift+d, as I was not aware at that time. Thanks.

Edited, Fri Feb 15 03:34:49 2002

I am lvl 8 spent 3 hours killing skirm and plunderers and didnt get one dropped bracer. Thugs are grey to me, are they the only ones that drop the bracers?

I found gweall in aud when get off horse shes just to left outside house..down that same road and over the bridge on the left a bit will see teepee this where tomte thugs pop...yellow at 5 and can get adds from higher mobs so be careful get three bracers and head back she would not say a word to me about quest but she took all three bracers and gave me the tunic im a level 5 viking untrained norseman

I put in an appeal about this quest when I was level 5 and couldnt turn in the bracers. By the time they answered my appeal I was level 13 so the info was useless to me, but hopefully this help other people get their armor. The CSR said that you have to do this quest before you choose your profession. Apparently its a feature not a bug because the CSR did say they were working on fixing it, but not that you should be able to do it after you have chosen a profession. In fact, they are "fixing" it so that Gwaell will not even talk to you or give you the quest once you have chosen a profession.

Any ideas? I got the quest/task from Gwaell as a lvl 5 hunter. Went and killed the thugs and got my 3 bracers. Now she won't talk to me or take the bracers. I dropped the bracers on the ground and she would then talk to me and give me the quest until I picked them up again. Then nothing. Bug? They'll probably fix it as soon as I outlevel the tunic. sigh

I can get Gwaell to tell me to return 3 bracers to her, but when I give them to her, she says she does'nt want them. Is it because I'm a troll shaman?

Working up a newbie Skald and new to Midgard and was wondering about where the Tomte camp is. Haven't explored all of the zone yet but haven't run across them yet and am at about the level to get the jerkin.