Jelquar the Soulslayer drops heretic head as well.

Cindin

lvl 31 HEF DRU - got sash on 1st turn in. 3 female heads and 1 male (no clue if that makes a difference). Decent quest but the heads weigh a lot, wish they would ask for a finger or a scalp.....

If you go to the middle of the map you should be able to track pretty much the whole zone (i have a pretty high track, but you get the idea) from here you will almost always see if a heretic invader pops.

lvl 31 RNG. Ive done this about 10 times now and gotten the sash only once. I would imagine that this quest would be A LOT harder without tracking. the granite backs tend to have decent loot so one can hunt them while waiting for the heads

Best of luck... the sash is worth it.

I've done this quest about 20 times have only gotten the Sash twice. This is a difficult quest if you dont have a tracker as there are usually only max of two heretics in the zone at any given time. Respawn seems to be about 30 minutes. Heretics only have about 800 HP and are easy kill if you can find them. This is an easy quest for druids who can port in and out easily check for heretics and leave.

I've only done the quest twice now, got headband first time and second turned up 3pp and change, but no item.

I got the empty sack while I was still holding the combined sack, then turned in the combined sack and only got money.

Is this common?

Well, I finally got my first sash, on the 9th try. I was planning on doing a test, and saving all heads until I got four of each, and try different combinations, but I got impatient, and got the sash with three necro, and one SK head. So, I don't think that it matters what your faction is, or which heads... I can also confirm that Jelquar's head counts as a heretic head, but nothing more. I got the sash without his head. So, 1 in 9 is the odds for me. I will continue to do this quest, and will see if the odds improve or not.

Hello all. I've hunted Stonebrunt for several levels on both my Druid and my Ranger. I've killed many many of the Heretic Invaders. I read all the posts, tried all the different tricks. When I got the sash, I'd write down what I did, then attempt it again, only to get a headband. At this point, my advice is don't believe any "trick" to get the sash. I've gotten the sash 4 times, and lord only knows how many headbands. My faction is as high as it can get so that isn't it either. I personally think it is simply a random chance item, but weighted to the headband much like rolling on an item when Raiding. Sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. Good luck to you all.

Did this quest maybe 20 times, each time using four heads from Heretic Invaders, each time getting the Kejeken Tribal Headband.

Today I found Jelquar the Soulslayer and took him down. He also drops a Heretic head which looks identical. I put the three regular heads and Jelquar's head in the box, did the combine, and the box again looks identical - Box of Heretic Heads. Turned it in, got the Swiftclaw Sash for the first time.

Coincidence? Probably not.

I handed in today, 2 of the heads where from Jelquar the SoulSlayer.... no shash, third or fourth head band... lost count :-(

how you can wain faction with the kejeans?

I have hunted here for WEEKS of RL time and I'm very frustrated with this quest. I have killed 100 heretics and have received 25 Headbands. No Sash yet. I think this quest is broken on the Karana server. I petitioned a GM and he said that "if you receive an item from a quest, even if it's the "wrong" item (the headband and not the sash in this case) it means the quest is not broken but that you are just unlucky." Well I must be the unluckiest SOB in the world, according to my experiences and the other posts here. If anyone else has done this quest in the last 2 months on the Karana server and has received the Sash will you please post a reply to this saying so? Thank you...

ok hes the trik i found if you stand by river a lettle way from Kobld camp on the high part of hill by river thay spawn around that area just stad a track thay pop about 1 an Hr so long wait i seen 2 pop in a hr before but must been a rare thing never seen it again well good luck

hehe i finaly got it... made about 10 attempt if i'm right... better buy an other haste item, it take too much time to get this one, but i was looking for the prowler of the jungle and i was farming pelt... so i keeped killing heretics, i have just 2 info, all my previous attempt were made with my faction song up and the final attempt was't, so i think reward is not related to faction (if you ve good enough faction to make the quest), and i made this attempt right after a patch.

There is a named heretic called Jelquar the Soulslayer. He is a SK and is of higher level than the basic heretics. My lvl 35 druid snared him easily, but then the SK broke my roots very quickly and easily. He will harmtouch and dispell magic to debuff you if he is in range. Luckily, my KEI was in my eighth buff slot, so that was not dispelled, but I lost my damage sheild, SoW, and Endure magic buff. He brought me down to two bubs of health, but I was able to run out of his range to pop a few heals to myself. Eventually, two dots, two nukes and another dot finally brought him down. Looted his head and completed the quest. Got the Swiftclaw Sash the first time. WOOT! Just dont hunt in wolf form. Good Luck!

Fennell Firefoot
35 Druid, Xev server

Finally 20 hours of play, one week real time and 44 Heretics later. It still can be done. Xp isnt so bad in Stonebrunt. Went from 34 to 37. Track a lot,there are 1-2 heretics a day game time, random spawn. Anyone want a Headband.

Suyre Kwithi
Guardians of Xev
37 Seasoned Ranger
Tunare

Edited, Sat Jun 21 08:51:55 2003

could i complete this quest with a 32 warrior?

Has anyone actually completed the quest and rec'd a sash recently (like in the past month)?

I have done this quest (in addition to the Waz of FS and Miranda's Dice) and I just have 2 Waz of FS, a ball of yarn and 4 headbands.

Thanks

My ranger is currently level 33, but started here at 30. I have a few WoFS, then I saw this quest. Killed 4 heretics, forgot to hit combine in my excitement, turned in the satchel, it was given back MINUS the heads (oof). Now I'm scrambling to get my last head for the next batch, and have seemed to hit a lull in the spawn.

I have this down to as much of a science as you can get. Each EQ hour is exactly 3 realtime minutes. My track radius at level 35(170) is exactly 2845 coordinate points. I sat around -1675,-200 for a full EQ day...nothing. I have seen heretics at 1AM, 5AM, 12PM. The point being, there is no rhyme or reason to this spawn. I think they can pop at anytime, anywhere.

So I agree with lagredell. Don't waste time waiting on the heretics. Just do your thing,and let those spawns come to you. Rangers with their track maxxed out at around this level have a RADIUS of close to 2800 coordinate points. Just kill around that -1600, -200 area, keep checking track, and eventually those heretics will pop for you (at least I hope so). This zone is a Ranger's paradise for experience, but I think the well will start to run dry around 36 or so.

Best of luck to all of you.

Shrimpp Kabobb
33 Ranger
Terris-Thule

Edited, Sat Sep 7 03:49:27 2002

I have been hanging around this zone, leveling from 29 - 34, almost 35 :) I finally got my sash today. Some tips:
Don't sit and wait for the spawn, it's a waste of time. Find an appropriate hunting ground where you know the pathing that's still in range w/ track. Check occasionally to see if one's up.
When you kill one, there will often be a second one spawning almost right after, so be alert.
I've found a great spot to be loc neg3000, neg 300. Face east and sit on the ridge you see. Animals will walk right by... you can pull back to the clump of trees @ -3000,-300 and fear them from there. Plus, the Heretics will show up on track there.
When you're chasing down a Heretic, remember to Invis first. And keep Panic Animal up in case of those nasty adds.

Well got the sash today july 6 2002 have turned in 15 full satchels the only diff this time is i was amiable to them so the next person to do it please check you faction with them .. the head combo i used was 3 female 1 male all of the called heretic invaders . hope this help someone ..

Whitlie Bangle druid of the 39th

Well got the sash today july 6 2002 have turned in 15 full satchels the only diff this time is i was amiable to them so the next person to do it please check you faction with them .. the head combo i used was 3 female 1 male all of the called heretic invaders . hope this help someone ..

Whitlie Bangle druid of the 39th

I just finished this quest finally with my 35 ranger. It was easy enough but took a very long time to complete. I got the sash with the 5th attempt but the headbands are great gifts to guildmates or lower alts. I don't think the combo of the type of heads matter, since you combine them in the satchel before you turn them in and create a new item. It is a random reward and it is LORE so don't attempt another without giving your sash to a friend.

Here is what I did to complete this quest:

I took Daniel's advice and hung out at n1200, n800 by the tree on the west side. I sorted track to normal for most current spawns on top and filtered out all green. At level 35, heretics were either lightblue or blue. As soon as they popped, I'd get them. I found that their spawn rate varied from 2-3 hours and when one popped, another was not too far behind on spawning, anywhere from instant to 20 minutes.

I wouldn't recommend this quest for anyone that can't track and rangers have the advantage of modifying tracking to make it meet their needs even more than druids. So if you can't track, get a friend that can. I don't know how you'd do it by running around hoping to run into a heretic invader. They spawn about in the middle and roam the hills. Even with track, I would run right past them not seeing them, especially the female necro who wears a brown robe.

Anyway, good luck to all that try. Your patience will be well tested. I did the WAK sword quest while doing this one. Not a bad sword.

Exp is great in Stonebrunt at 35 (I actually got 36 doing this quest) but watch out for adds and always have fear animal ready!

Be safe!

Rubiana Snowraven
Ranger of Surefall
Member Heart of Bristlebane
Bristlebane Server