Ancient Excavation Report

Quest Item
WT: 0.3 Size: MEDIUM

Language:	Common Tongue
Item Type:	Book
Stackable:	No
Lucy Entry By:	Dreds
Item Updated By:	SwiftyMUSE
Source:	Live
IC Last Updated:	2022-01-19 11:52:37
Page Updated:	Sat Nov 28th, 2020

Expansion:

Call of the Forsaken

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Rarity: Common

Level to Attain: 100

[Book Text | Drops | Quests | Comments ]

Lore:
Historic artifact of the Qeynosian expedition that set out to construct a tower in south-west Antonica.
Archivist Dominic Moore in the Dead Hills may be interested in this text.

Drops

This item is found on creatures.

Dead Hills: Excavating an Answer

NPC Name
a disciple guardian

Dead Hills: The Descending Tower

NPC Name
a crusader guardian
an excavating crusader
an excavating defiler
an excavating evoker
an excavating templar

Quests

This item is used in quests.
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Dead Hills

Quest Name
Piecing Together History

Zone(s) Found In:

Zone Name
Dead Hills: Excavating an Answer
Dead Hills: The Descending Tower

Book Text:

(The first legible entry is about halfway through the tome.)

The flimsy tools we carried with us from gate to hill have proved ineffectual against the native stone. The damage our miners do to their tools outpaces the output of our frustrated smiths twofold.

What I find most curious about the native stone is its malleability once excavated. The stone, which we have taken to calling Baylestrem, is like fine clay when placed in the palm of your hand, yet when it returns to the earth it solidifies at an almost alarming rate.

We have made a habit of storing the excavated material in crates to prevent its solidification until it is needed for construction...