Boots of Ro  

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Rating:
*****
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Time:15 hours
Level:32
Maximum Level:100
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Loot
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Era:Original
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
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Entered: Wed Apr 11 09:43:24 2001
Modified: Sun Aug 5 19:50:03 2012
1) You need to get the mold for the item. You do this by fetching the quest items and turning them in to the NPC who gives the item quest. You need to have an amiably faction to get these quests. If your faction is not high enough, they will request that you go to their guild and talk to someone there first before getting the quest. Faction needed with the Dwarf Paladin's Guild [Clerics of Underfoot]. Bring him the plans for the Brazen Brass Kilij from a Sand Giant named Husam in South Ro and he will reward you with the mold for the boots.

2) Once you get the mold for an item, you need to talk to Lord Searfire, the Dwarven Smith in The Temple of Solusek Ro. He must consider you amiably before he will deal with you. He will then give you the Sol Cauldron and tell you how to do the next step, which is acquiring the ingredients to make the metal ronium. These are: Melatite (Dropped by MB and MC Clockworks in Solusek's Eye. You can also sometimes buy them from the Gnomes in Solusek's Eye since many players sell them if they find them), Two Bars of Enchanted Platinum, Mistmoore Granite (from Gargoyles in Mistmoore), the Sands of Ro (from sand giants) and Soil of Underfoot (Get from Priestess Ghalea in the Kaladim cleric's guild for 4 fairy dusts [you need a high faction for this]). Put them in the cauldron and hit the combine button and you will get a bar of ronium. You do not need the blacksmithing skill to combine these.

3) Once you get the ronium, you need to combine it with the mold in a forge to make your item. Any forge will do. You no longer need the blacksmithing skill for this.

Need all dialogues, faction hits if any, /loc of quest mobs.
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Raising Faction...
# Sep 30 2003 at 2:00 AM Rating: Decent
To be able to start this quest with Nicholas, you will need a faction of Ambiably. The faction you will need to raise is with the "Clerics of Underfoot" - and the best way to raise this faction is by doing the Bone Chip quest out of Kaladim North.

To do the quest, collect stacks of bone chips, and then head over to the Paladin's Guild in Kaladim North. Find Gunlok Jure, and turn bonechips into him - (4 at a time, NOT STACKED) - he will give you money, but raise your faction as well.

Going with the example of starting with a apprehensive faction, it will take at least 12 stacks to raise your faction to Amiably, took 15 stacks for me, but have a friend who did it in 12 stacks.

I hope this clears up any confusion some of the older posts may give you...
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Tydarius - 65 Enchanter of Stromm
Zuroch - 48 Ranger of Stromm
Marconius - 35 Warrior of Stromm
2pp
# Jan 04 2003 at 4:34 PM Rating: Decent
4 posts
I'm soooo happy! Found the plans in Bazaar for 2plat ! now all got left is mostly easy 8 D
Factions
# Jul 03 2002 at 6:59 PM Rating: Default
UGH! The factions as a result of this quest are disgusting from what I've seen. By the time you're done, Dark Elves love you, and Gnomes hate you. What kind of Paladin is that!?
RE: Factions
# Dec 22 2002 at 10:21 PM Rating: Decent
6 posts


How can the gnomes love you? You have to kill the clockworks!?

Plus bad fairy faction? Come on... fairies are a good race.

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Zorba the Greek
Holy Paladin Defender of Tunare - 32nd Season Xev

"You rush a miracle man, and you get rotten miracles."
RE: Factions
# Dec 22 2002 at 10:21 PM Rating: Default
6 posts
Double Post

Edited, Sun Dec 22 21:56:27 2002
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Zorba the Greek
Holy Paladin Defender of Tunare - 32nd Season Xev

"You rush a miracle man, and you get rotten miracles."
RE: Factions
# Sep 30 2002 at 11:03 PM Rating: Decent
3 posts
You don't know what your talking about. First off, to get all the peices of Ro armor you need to fix faction with EVERY paladin guild out there. You don't get postive DE faction at all. And with all the soil of underfoot I've gotten I'm warmly to the dwarves. Gnomes love me, everyone loves me, except for DE, Trolls, ogres, and iksar. :P
Ro Armor
# Jun 21 2002 at 5:45 AM Rating: Default
I left the game a year ago and I had completed ALL the Ro armor quests-- and theres no getting away from the fact that they are a royal pain in the Ass- However- The satisfaction of having a full set of Ro- that you got yourself ( I atually cried when I got my bp)is worth it, after all Paladins love questing by nature- dont we?:)

Anyway My paladin is now lwvel 16 and This time Im starting work on faction much earlier- Im hoping by the time i get to 30 or so it will all be a lot more straight foreward than it was before:) -- Or am i just kidding myself:)?

Carhina
Paladin level 16
Tribunal server
Probably a stupid question
# May 13 2002 at 8:35 PM Rating: Decent
48 posts
Is it possible for 2 Paladins levels 34 and 30 to do the ro quests together with no other help?
RE: Probably a stupid question
# May 20 2002 at 1:24 AM Rating: Decent
2 posts
Judging from reading this entire thread, I would have to say no. I am planning on starting these quests and will employ a full group of guildies, of course, this means that it will take a while to do all the steps what with having to coordinate 6 people's schedules. I already have 2 granite from MM, and need to get more. This should be a fun ride...

Radnor Eichenshild
Paladin of the 36 step program
Drinal
Clarification
# Mar 01 2002 at 3:11 PM Rating: Default
Don't look at the list of Quest Items it will screw you up. Instead read what it states in section two of the instructions. Now, i'm not clear on a lot of this right now but will be in a month or so since I'll be doing the quests. Thought I'd research it first so i'm not wasting any time. I'm fairly certain that the ingredients for making Ronium will remain the same no matter what type of armor youre after. So, you'll need:
-Melatite
-Two Bars of Enchanted Platinum
-Soil of Underfoot (received by turning in Fairy Dust)
-Sands of Ro
-Mistmoore Granite (NO DROP)
Not certain about the Fairy Dust or Fairy Princess Dust but I pray to the Gods that it is the Fairy Dust seeing that the Princess Dust is a rare drop.
Since I'm going to go for it I may as well make some Ronium and sell it because the average price of Ronium far exceeds the price of the items.
Any corrections to what i have said above will be appreciated and of course I will correct anything I find during this quest that is not exactly right.
RE: Clarification
# May 19 2002 at 2:42 PM Rating: Decent
42 posts
Aye, its Faeri dust...

But when you making it.... look out for the fact that the soil of underfoot is LORE :(
I didnt and turned in the dusts 4 and 4 to get several soil of underfoot... and got only one... sigh.

Edited, Sun May 19 15:33:35 2002
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Ndanye
70 Necromancer
<Continental drift>
Druzzil ro (Xev)
RE: Clarification
# Mar 07 2002 at 6:03 PM Rating: Decent
18 posts
It is FAIRY DUST... just got my soil of underfoot from the cleric guild :))
Who can do it?
# Feb 28 2002 at 12:46 PM Rating: Decent
1 post
I play a 35th high elf paladin, and she needs better armor. I was wondering if I could just use my druid to get the armor. Or will the guy not give the quest to a druid? Thanks in advance.
Oh, I am still in bronze/banded at 35th

Serephina Loyalheart
35th paladin of Eci
RE: Who can do it?
# Apr 19 2002 at 3:45 AM Rating: Default
I know this is a late reply. But...anyone can do the quest. It's just a matter of faction.
ro stuff
# Dec 28 2001 at 1:57 PM Rating: Default
These quest are way to tough for the rewards. But in a guild raid i personally got a bunch for granites and the 2 cauldons for the bp but in my travels i have picked up way better stuff in normally grp exp-hunting so if u wish to go for these guest i suggest stockin up on some plat for bone chips (easy quest for most cleric guilds for faction) find the guy in soro and pay him off try to get in on a MM raid and while u are in soro shout for sands of ro and the plans off hussan i picked up 4 sands and the plans for about 25pp total. The hardest one that have havent done and still want is the vambs those damn plague sharks in eurd's crossin (rare spawn and way under con'd) hope this helps some

Trusst Worthyone
50th pally-Karana server
Officer-Kinghts of the Kindred faith
Ronium
# Nov 23 2001 at 1:11 PM Rating: Default
is Ronium NO DROP?
RE: Ronium
# Dec 28 2001 at 1:58 AM Rating: Default
no
Plans of Kilij
# Nov 07 2001 at 8:33 AM Rating: Decent
3 posts
One thing i dont understand - at the top from the text i read bring *all* the questitems to get the mold, and later the plans of Kilij will do ...

i need all items, or only the plans for the mold ???
RE: Plans of Kilij
# May 19 2002 at 2:51 PM Rating: Decent
42 posts
Hi Drasek.

To make the Ro armor you need 2 things.
1. a Mold
2. A bar of the material ronium.

You get the mold by turning in different items for the different parts (the plans of kilij is for the boots, a locket is for gloves etc) to a person in Rathe mountains.

To get the ronium you have to gather the ingredianses (sand of ro, mistmoore granite, soil of underfoot, 2 enchanted platinum and Melatite) You combine them in a cauldron wich is given to you by a dwarf in Temple Of Solusek Ro. the result is the a bar of ronium.

To make the part of the armor you take the mold and the ronium and combine them in a forge, then you get the armor pieces.

That means that you can gather all the ingrediances for the Ronium before you start collecting the unike items for every part of the Ro armor.
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Ndanye
70 Necromancer
<Continental drift>
Druzzil ro (Xev)
ro armour
# Aug 09 2001 at 1:24 PM Rating: Default
2 posts
A message to all you pally's out there, I've been tryin to get all these molds and wasting time on faction and all that crap and u know what ro armour is garbage. I got a full set of rygorr armour now at lvl 38 and it rocks, it blows ro armour right out of the water and a lot easier to get. Just a little advice if you guys are getting as sick as this quest as I was because it is very time consuming and as far as I am concerned a waste of time. Just my 2 bits




Gladon Noblehart 38th season
Drinal server
RE: ro armour
# Dec 13 2001 at 9:22 AM Rating: Decent
5 posts
Unless I am mistaken, there isn't a Ry'gorr armor item for the feet.
#Anonymous, Posted: Aug 21 2001 at 8:50 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Ah but u forget...Ry'Gorr armor looks farking gay on a Dwarf (think blue jeans with rhinestones and shiny buttons for the leggings, or just plain banded if you have your ini file set to not load Velious armor). Ro at least looks respectable =)
#Anonymous, Posted: Oct 28 2001 at 2:30 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) HEY LOOK AT THAT HOLY COWBOY!!!!! GO DORFS!!!! LMOA!!!!!
Husam
# Jul 31 2001 at 9:34 AM Rating: Default
Anyone have any info on exactly where & when this guy spawns? Was in S Ro a couple hours and didn't find him.
derv rings
# Jun 28 2001 at 4:02 PM Rating: Default
I play and erudite pally and had to give Orthallius about 40 some rings to raise from indifferent to amiable. I highly recommend getting and staying in a North Ro dervish camp from levels 10-14. You'll get all the rings you'll need.
hmm i seem to have lost my recipe book =|
# Jun 09 2001 at 10:19 PM Rating: Default
10 posts
I bought three sands of ro of this guy in shady.
I am trying to get all three of these armors for my erudin paly who is lvl 1. Can i not do this since he is lvl 1? Well if I can, can one of you guys who know how to do this give me your names on EQ so I can talk to you about it becuase I have NO IDEA how to get the rest of these items. Thanks i really appreciate it.
lord Searfire
# May 01 2001 at 10:16 PM Rating: Default
ok, how do i get my faction up with Lord Searfire so that i can actually DO this quest?
RE: lord Searfire
# Jun 12 2001 at 11:41 AM Rating: Default
Kill shadowed men. That is much faster. You can also give the mage with the orc in South Ro gold coins if I remember right. That is much easier obviously. He gives rewards that can be sold so you can minimize your costs as well. I dont remember how expensive it is though.
RE: lord Searfire
# May 29 2001 at 6:06 AM Rating: Default
You have to give Otarius, a named Ork in the NW Corner of South Ro, 3 Derv Rings. Do this so often you can. Your faction with Temple of Ro will raise. Hope this may help.

Armedis Ravenhurst

Lvl 35 Pally on Xev
RE: lord Searfire
# Jun 18 2001 at 10:01 AM Rating: Decent
4 posts
There is character behind Otarius(can't remember the name). If you give him either 3pp or 30gp at a time your faction will raise with the Temple of Sol Ro. From indeifferent con it takes around 30pp to get your faction to amiable. Just performed the other day and I spent 30pp in 3pp increments and went back to Lord Searfire with amiable faction. Hope this helps. Good Luck to You.

Muztan - 31st Paladin on Druzil RO
RE: lord Searfire
# Jun 18 2001 at 10:00 AM Rating: Default
4 posts
There is character behind Otarius(can't remember the name). If you give him either 3pp or 30gp at a time your faction will raise with the Temple of Sol Ro. From indeifferent con it takes around 30pp to get your faction to amiable. Just performed the other day and I spent 30pp in 3pp increments and went back to Lord Searfire with amiable faction. Hope this helps. Good Luck to You.

Muztan - 31st Paladin of Tunare
RE: lord Searfire
# Mar 15 2002 at 10:18 AM Rating: Default
Rathmana Allin
Ronium
# Apr 30 2001 at 8:34 AM Rating: Default
Actually I'd like to know one thing that has to do with all the paladin quests (P.S. you guys all got screwed on your quests, what a royal pain they are, better have a high level enchanter as your main, geesh.) How much of the stuff is NODROP?

I'm pretty sure MM granite is nodrop, but what about the Solusek Cauldron or the soil of underfoot or the finished ronium product? I've seen people trade fairy dust and sands of ro before and I know that the platinum is tradeable but what about the rest of this stuff? Are any of the molds that you quest for to combine with the ronium tradeable too?

The reason I'm curious is I play a few different characters on the server with my paladin and most of them are pretty close in level and I'd like to know how much of this stuff I can obtain and then give to another character. This is important to me since all of these quests are such a pain to begin with and it would be a little easier if I could obtain items based on whichever character is in the right place at the right time and/or has higher faction with whoever gives each part of a given quest.
RE: Ronium
# Jan 11 2002 at 1:21 PM Rating: Decent
1 post
NO DROP items include:

The Sol Cauldron from Searfire
All Molds given in Rathe Mnt.
Granite from MM
Soil of Underfoot (Faerie Dust is tradeable tho)

Tradeable are:

Sand of Ro
Melatite (hearsay)


My spouse is doing the quest right now with her palli and I do help her (with 36 bard). A reliable Bard or Enc are great, since you can save alot of faction work if they collect and combine.
RE: Ronium
# May 10 2001 at 2:08 AM Rating: Default
pretty much all of it is NO DROP
a silly question
# Apr 25 2001 at 4:24 PM Rating: Default
This is probably a really silly question, but can someone tell me what the paladin camp in Rathe has to do with the Ro Armor quests? all the items seem to be found elsewhere; is it necessary to hail someone in the Rathe camp before you can talk to the other necessary NPC's to get other components? any help would be greatly appreciated as i am just embarking on my Ro Armor quests....thanks in advance
#estak, Posted: Apr 19 2001 at 5:17 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) paladin paladin paladin
Lord Searfire
# Apr 18 2001 at 8:19 AM Rating: Decent
if he dont give the Sol Cauldron:

ask: What about Ronium ?
he give the Sol then.

u dont need blacksmith skill.
is water needed?
# Mar 20 2001 at 10:00 AM Rating: Decent
1 post
Hi

Sorry if this is a dunb question, but do you need to combine items with water in a forge as you do for normal smithing? Just starting ro quests and didnt want to fail first time :)

Thanks all

Tavarian Pendrakon 30 paladin
RE: is water needed?
# Apr 11 2001 at 2:21 PM Rating: Default
No, you don't need water.
Just combine the bar of ronium and the mold in any standard forge ( make sure its a forge, I have heard of people accidentally using a kiln or oven ) and hit combine.
I remember sweating as I hit combine for the first time, fearing that all the work I had put into ronium questing would be wasted. Luckily I have never had a ronium mishap.

Lots of Luck

-Mazurak Bonestroker
Level 38 Paladin of The Tribunal
Member of the Mithril Heart Brigade
Kilij Plans
# Dec 24 2000 at 10:20 PM Rating: Default
Who do I give the Kilij plans to so I can get the mold for the boots?
RE: Kilij Plans
# Mar 11 2001 at 7:11 PM Rating: Default
to the dwarf pali at rathe mt pali camp its on map
#Anonymous, Posted: Dec 23 2000 at 8:06 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) FYI...they are pally only
#Anonymous, Posted: Dec 23 2000 at 8:06 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
Melatite
# Oct 20 2000 at 7:52 PM Rating: Default
Melatite seems to be scarce in Sol A, but I had better luck with it in one particular area. The clockworks around the lava elemental seemed to drop it fairly frequently. I was able to get 7 bricks of it in about an hour. There are 5 or 6 clockworks in the room, so be prepared for a big fight initially, as they will come to the aid of their comrades. Good luck
The Sol Cauldron
# Oct 20 2000 at 7:49 PM Rating: Default
This might seem a bit trivial to most, but it was a HUGE source of frustration to me, as I was unaware. The faction needed to get the Sol Cauldron (the container used to combine all the things to make ronium) from Lord Searfire is indeed amiable. It took me three weeks (yes, I'm embarrassed :) ) to get it because I didn't TARGET Lord Searfire when I talked to him. I've NEVER heard that an NPC had to show in the target window while you talked to them, but it does indeed make a difference. Good luck to you all, as the Ro armor is no easy task. Aealron, 40th level paladin of Mithaniel Marr
ronuim
# Sep 13 2000 at 12:30 AM Rating: Default
i know no skill for making the item but do u need skill for making ronuim?
RE: ronuim
# Oct 02 2000 at 10:29 PM Rating: Decent
Scholar
16 posts
No skill required for ANY of the ro armors. You can do all the quests at starting in smithin.. and it will we trivial. Have a nice day. Thankyou K mart shoppers
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Arkete Soulcleanser
Rodcet Nife
If you see me coming to save the world... god help us all.
How It Can Be Confused
# Nov 16 2000 at 1:56 PM Rating: Default
Lord Searfire DOES say that you need to be a master blacksmith to make ronium... This used to be the case, and hence, I became a master smith. But apparently now, it is no longer needed to be a master. I think they should change what searfire says so that ppl don't get freaked out when he says: You must be a master blacksmith to make the alloy.
Ro Armor Quest
# Jul 15 2000 at 1:26 PM Rating: Decent
the armor is way under scaled for the quest you have to go and do for it and no other class in the game has to go thu half as much to get as good or better. Not only do you need to do quest for the mold but then turn around and do the quest for each item need to make the armor it self, on the average it will take 6 quest to do one armor item and then you start all over again to do another.
RE: Ro Armor Quest
# Sep 07 2000 at 2:28 PM Rating: Default
The first time you do a quest for an armor piece it is absurd if you base it on just one piece of armor. But, once you get all your factions correct, the other armor pieces are much easier to do. And you also have a good source for making plat now :) The only part I don't like and don't understand is why they make obtaining melatite so frustrating. It's a rare drop and killing clockworks kills faction with gnomes. I'm not even sure that you can easily restore faction with Merchants of Akanon.

Dariuss Lvl 37 Paladin
RE: Ro Armor Quest
# Nov 02 2000 at 10:24 PM Rating: Default
I agree... the first time was such a pain.. but, after that, it wasn't bad.. I have BP, Greaves, and Boots now, and the first faction was the worst!

Trixtar, LVL 32 Half elf paladin
Prexus
skill
# Jul 10 2000 at 3:56 PM Rating: Decent
You ARE right Telpyrion. Verant said that they took the skill requierment out of the quest because the armor of RO quests were hard enough and didn't want people going through all the trouble just to have the item fail to be forged.
Ro Armor
# Jul 01 2000 at 12:42 AM Rating: Decent
I have friends who agree with my theory that no skill at all is needed for making Ro Armor. It is trivial at skill level 1, so your chances are not very highly increased by your skill level. Believe me, IT DOES NOT TAKE SKILL! try it and see (kinda costly, but I'm right)
RE: Ro Armor
# Aug 19 2000 at 9:02 AM Rating: Default
I made ro greaves with skill level of 28 or very bad. So it's true no skill level require most likely.

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