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During the quest for the key to Emperor Ssraeshza's chamber, Elder Glanoxx said to you:
'The prophecy will come to pass at last. Take my knowledge... the knowledge of our lord. I will not last much longer. This sickness will kill me like the others. There is one other who can help you. He claims to know some weakness of these creatures, seek him at the smelting furnaces near the mines. Now I must tell you the secret of the key.' The 'one other' he refers to is an iksar foreman in the mines. Tell him about Elder Glanoxx. You say, 'Elder Glanoxx sent me.' an Iksar foreman says 'So you've been talking to Elder Glanoxx eh? The disease has addled his mind, claiming gods speak to him. Nothing more than fever dreams if you ask me. Sometimes though... one could almost hope it was true. No! The fanatics will not catch me with unclean thoughts. If only there were some way to take advantage of the weakness I've discovered.' You say, 'What weakness?' an Iksar foreman says 'Shhh... Be quiet the Taskmasters have sharp hearing. There is a green metal found in the mines that our masters despise. We must carefully separate it from the ore before working with the purified metal. Any tainted metal is quickly destroyed. Many a slave has lost their life for not properly purifying the metal. I'm convinced the secret to the master's weakness lies in the tainted metal.' You say, 'What tainted metal?' an Iksar foreman says 'Yes, though none of us would dare wield a sacred weapon of the masters perhaps you could. Forge one of their weapons and some of the green metal from the mines and you can taint the metal of the weapon. Their own corrupted weapons shall be the instrument of their downfall.' Combine a shissar weapon, which drop from shissar elites, and Strange Green Metal, which drops from the named skeletons in the mines, in any forge and you will create a Corrupted Shissar Weapon (no skill check required). These weapons are the only ones that can harm the emperor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Via the dialogue in the quest Key to the Emperor's Chamber:
an Iksar foreman says 'So you've been talking to Elder Glanoxx eh? The disease has addled his mind, claiming gods speak to him. Nothing more than fever dreams if you ask me. Sometimes though... one could almost hope it was true. No! The fanatics will not catch me with unclean thoughts. If only there were some way to take advantage of the weakness I've discovered.'
You say, 'what weakness?'
an Iksar foreman says 'Shhh... Be quiet the Taskmasters have sharp hearing. There is a green metal found in the mines that our masters despise. We must carefully separate it from the ore before working with the purified metal. Any tainted metal is quickly destroyed. Many a slave has lost their life for not properly purifying the metal. I'm convinced the secret to the master's weakness lies in the tainted metal.'
You say, 'what tainted metal?'
an Iksar foreman says 'Yes, though none of us would dare wield a sacred weapon of the masters perhaps you could. Forge one of their weapons and some of the green metal from the mines and you can taint the metal of the weapon. Their own corrupted weapons shall be the instrument of their downfall.'
- PH will spawn named at least 1 in 6.
- Named will drop ore about 1 in 6.
- There are 6 named/PH.
That means on average you gotta wipe the place (or the named at least, but almost as easy just to do the whole place) about 6 times to get an ore to drop. I wiped it about 10 times, then got the ore to drop twice in the next 2-3 runs.
Of course the infamous EQ RNG (random number generator) will work it's will upon you!
Taatonka
Bertox
Edited, Sun Aug 8 01:49:28 2004
Did they take out the bow? I've tried in all forges in PoK, and the forge in the basement of Sshraeszha Temple.
hewp?
If I remember correctly, there were five ancient Iksar tribes: Kylong, Obulus, Kunzar, Jarsath, and Nathsar. I wonder what the name Soriz means, since the last name of the rest of the named is after the ancient Iksar tribes. Can anybody shed some light on this? =)
Dali the lizzie SK
Spirit Of The Bamboo
Rallos Zek
Hilog Jarsath
Nerla Kunzar
Rutin Kylong
Kalin Narsath
Granic Obulus
Clati Soriz
Vanidor Silverbranch, 49th Wizard, <Celestial Navigators>, Maelin server
Almost every tribe has some item named after them. Dented Kunzar, Kylong darkmail, nathsar vambraces, Obulus Death Shroud, Jarsath whatever, and Dusty Soriz Boots.
6 tribes, 5 medalions, 1 got kidnapped.
Just a bit of lore.
Edited, Sat Apr 26 21:00:20 2003
Worked.
Noslua 65 Monk
Test Server
The issue is not getting to the drop site for the green metal (you can pretty easily get to the mines if you know the way), or clicking the combine (trivial is set at 1) -- but rather the issue lies in your chances, at the moment, for looting a green metal ore. For the most part, the groups that are here in the mines are not there for exp, but rather are there for themselves, eqipping their gruild with shissar bane weapons to kill the emperor. They will not, more than likly, allow you to loot the item that they are there for, unless you brought them some nifty gifts to trade for looting rights.
Not sure if the final weapon has a reccomended level either -- if I recall correctly, there is not reccomended level
Half-elf Karana Warder of Surefall Glade
65 seasons and more -- sniffing the trails of Norrath
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<Sanctus Arcanum>
lev 65 bard
Jathir
lev 61 kitty beastlord
Tarew Marr
But is it possible for a lvl 45 Pally to get down to where the Green Metal Drops and get to the Forge?
I'd love the added stats.
second. Ssra is a killer zone. Its got some great xp and drops. I've gone there a few times for just xp and now am trying to get a couple of these warswords just for general grouping. my advice is to try to get one or two of these weapons for yourself. It never hurts to be ready incase you need to go kill some snakes. Also if people know you have shissar bane weaps it's a lot easier to get in on ssra groups.
So, if you don't have some shissar bane might as well get some. wont hurt ya to have one and makes ya look pimpsor
Arcadies 60 warrior
Veeshan
Corrupted Shissar Bow
Magic, No Drop, Range, Archery, WT: 0.0
Dmg: 20, Dly: 35, Range: 150, Dex+5, Sta+5, HP+25, Mana+25, SV Cold+5, SV Magic+5
Shissar Bane: +7
Classes: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG
Edited, Wed Aug 14 11:30:26 2002
ha most epics have a ratio far worse than 13/20, rangers off hand is good but earthcaller is 14/24, ill use 13/20 over 14/24 anyday of the week and then on sunday to.
Heh. Epics won't touch the snake you need these for. To kill the emperor, you can't really do better than 13/20 or 14/20.
-Wubao
The stats are similar to slightly better than epics but they are only useful on snakes.
Level 60 Warder
Prexus
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There's really no need for you to get these weapons. They're no drop, and you can't equip most of them. And if/when you face the emperor, you're going to be using your spells.
Unless you just want to give them to your pet.
-Wubao
many many years ago in a land far far away from norath, the gods decided to nerf giving no drop wepons and items to pets on account that enchanters were able to charm another player into a pet and hand them no drop items. thus concludes the story of pets weilding no drop stuff.
and another thing about it is that pets usually dont live too long during fights with emp or others cause AEs usually wipe them out too fast. casting aego and buffing pets is a waste of time mana and components for this reason. i dont see too many clerics activly healing a pet over MT. my suggestion is dont waste your time on your pets.
http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=257999 coladiel cerulean
This alone isn't worth all that much, but since group heals and cures also land on my pet... well, let's just say that most fights don't see my re-summoning after.
That said, I've been working on PoP, and have yet to do the emp. Who knows, perhaps his legendary spikes of damage will indeed wipe out my pet in the first few rounds.
They ruined the Greenmist the day they gave it out to every non-follower of Cazic Thule...
The vision is dead... long live the twinks... /sigh
70 Iksar Crusader of the Greenmist
F U sony
Go home fleshies
So the quest is Not broken... it works. Fact is more Non-iskar own the weapon now on my server is funny.
Server - Lanys T'vyl
http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=257999 coladiel cerulean
Blades/Ulaks/Daggers/etc are common off the Elites (guaranteed to have one). The Ore is the bottleneck. Drops off Nelza Kunzar (sp?) a skeleton in the mines, as their rare drop.
Fumus, draco magus incoluit mare.
Myrx - 70 Holy Priest, Myr - 70 Resto Shaman, Gryd - 70 Prot Warrior
Fumus, draco magus incoluit mare.
Myrx - 70 Holy Priest, Myr - 70 Resto Shaman, Gryd - 70 Prot Warrior
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