I got my Ivy Etched Tunic at lvl 2! I got to Qeynos and was hailed. The man who hailed me gave me a I.E.Tunic! Still got it. Best piece of armor I got.
Lrbearclaw
Lvl 10 Human Ranger on Tribunal

I am not proud ... I did not do my Ranger bretheren proud.

I bought my rubies. I killed thistle.

Tried to kill Meldrath with help from 41 druid. No luck.

Made a pathetic (but humorous) ooc plea and got a lvl 60 warrior to kill meldrath for me.

I may be pathetic but now I am a pathetic ranger in an Ivy Etched Tunic. Time to retire my Dwarven Ringmail tunic I've had since lvl 14!!

36 Ranger
Name and Server withheld to preserve pride

Hey yall I'm a lv 31 ranger and I'm tired of my banded so I decided to go for these ivy etched armor pieces. So I got the bracers not much of a problem here and I killed Thistle and bought the rubies. Now for Meldrath. I know I wouldn't be able to beat him on my own so what kind of party to you suggest to help me? I got many choices cuz we have almost everything in our guild so what is the best balanced party for fighting Meldrath? Preferrably one where no one dies :) Thanks

31 Ranger
Kirath Rootblade
Fellowship of Divine
Kane Bayle

I dont get it.. me (31 druid) and my war friend.. went inside minos to see what we could kill.. we saw him and he was dark blue to War so we wasted him.. no loses just him and his minos died =0)..

He maybe is tought but whit a warrior he is a piece of cake


31 druid PoorGubben
22 monk Ssyb
10 pally Roka
10 ranger Poormiffo

I have Collected all of the Items i need to turn into Gandari to get the Ivy etched tunic but i can't find anything that says how to turn them in am i supposed to turn them in in some sort of order? should i stack the rubies? Plz get back to me on this

First fought Thistle Underbrush at 27. He kicked my butt even though he conned Dark Blue. Lost corpse etc, etc. Tried him again at 30th, still Dark Blue, this time I had Stinging Swarm DOT and my new Centi ss. Snared him as his health went below half. Finished him off but I had no mana left and was down to one bubble health but I got my rune.
A few minutes later im in Steamfont heading towards the Mino caves (Im feeling lucky). I head into caves with the hope of pulling Guards and meldrath to the windmills where the gnome guards will take care of most of my problem. Then i'll sit back and wait. I'll attack gnome guards as meldraths health goes below half. Thats my plan but I never made it outta the caves alive.
Feeling depressed I get my corpse back and go to leave Steamfont for awhile. As Im gettin ready to zone to Lfay a 60th rogue asks me to track Yender Starpyre for him. The thought hits me that if I help him maybe hell help me. It worked and the 60th rogue took care of the Minos and Meldrath and I got my skull.
Last part of quest is the rubies. U can get them in NFreeport from Jade. She wants 150pp for each of them (Ouch!) thats 300pp. Spent all my money buying a Centi ss last week. Guess I better go hunting.

Naeuvil Ashwalker
30th Ranger

Some information on this quest, having recently done it. WOOT! Thistle is best tracked from the ranger's area in Lfay. You will need SoW to get him, as he has SoW, and it is best to chase him down while camoed. You can solo him around 32-33 for sure, but he has SoW, a damage shield and other buffs on, and will cast your tail off if you try and kite him. Best advice is to DoT him, go in swinging and snare when he runs. You will need a group for Meldrath, period. Our tactic was, I (34 ranger), went in camoed to survey. Backed away from Meldrath and two guards, cast GR on strongest mino and ran to exit. Before I hit exit, Meldrath had slowed, feared twice, dispelled twice and hit a DoT on me. MR was 44 but nothing was resisted. I died at exit, other ranger (49) and druid (27) cleaned up Meldrath and guard. Other mino never showed up. A full group should go in camoed, surround Meldrath in cave and pummel him down. Then take care of guards. You can camp there if necessary for another kill and get Meldrath before buffs are on and pet is summoned. Get rid of SoW and WALK, so fear is not as effective, then RUN back to fight when fear wears off. Pulling Meldrath will get him, but you will probably sacrifice one member of group, seen it happen 4 times, including my own. If Hero is up, you will want to take it out first and alone. If he joins the fight, youre in big trouble. Good Hunting!

Antoli Strongbow
Karana Server

I DONT REMEMBER?
Who do i give stuff to Gandari chick or Leaf Falldim?

Well I thought I would post a little information on how we obtained the items for the ivy BP (I know others have but this is just another way that we did it). First off a very kind Level 50 ranger and me, a level 27 ranger took off to Steamfront in search of the evil Meldrath and his cronies. The High level ranger ran into the mino caves to draw out the pet to lead it to the guards, problem was that once killed by the guards good old Meldrath summoned another so time for a new tactic. (Oh by the way I was waiting outside while all this was happening).

The best way we found to do it was for the high level ranger to pull the mino guards out to me where I would then take them to the guards (stopping them helping Meldrath). He would wait in the room that Meldrath spaws in (after leading him to the guards the first time because there were to many adds to handle him), and as soon as he spawned hit him with all he had. This made it easier because Meldrath did not have time to summon a pet or put up his damage shield (which can hurt a duel wielding ranger). The lev 50 ranger would make short work of the little bugger, using about 80m. So after three kills we got two skulls, then off to get Thistle Underbush.

Now this is one fast little runt!! Without SOW no way can you catch him, or snare to stop him running. He was pretty easy to kill with a lev 50 and lev 27 ranger so no need for any tactics there. We were lucky enough to get the ivy cords as well on first kill. Hehe one tip however, don’t stand around congratulating yourself for a job well done :-), other wise you may find a Brownie scout hitting you :-). Two deaths (mine, oh ding 26 :-)) later and a lost corpse, then the death of the lev 50 ranger to that damn corrupt horse while trying to lead it away from me to get my corpse, we had all the items. Thankyou to the brave Ranger for his heroic efforts and helping me to obtain the ivy BP I will wear it with pride. Now just off to get the rubies. Hope this little info helps all the budding rangers out there.

Cheers

Saamdel 26 Seasons

you turn it into a VERY mean lady!! (actually i gave her the wrong rune, so i lost out on time and money *kicks himself*)

she is located in Kithicor, at the ranger outpost. (loc is roughly - p1500, p1600).

her name begins with a G, like Galenda or soemthing, and she hands out all the Ivy Quest stuff.

Hail her, and she asks about are you interested in something. say i am interested. she comes up with a list of Ivy bracer, tunic, sleeves, and helmet. then you say something like i am interested in [insert bracer, tunic, sleeves or helmet here].

she then says i dont mess around. i demand blah blah blah and you will get [insert item here].

i messed it up and lost two rubies plus time =( gave out the wrong rune. doh!

OK this all great info, but WHO what when and where do you put all of this together? Thanks.
Make 10th Lvl Ranger
Veeshan

anyone wanna know how to get the tunic at lvl 20, PAY A HIGH LVL TO HELP.Thats right! i got it by having a high lvl help me kill thistle and meldrath.OF course i had to find the rubies my self but they r in HIGH PASS KEEP

I have gotten the left and right side of ivy...I am a druid and i do not have any identify magic spells...now i do not know how to figure out which side is which since they are not labled accordingly (ex.Left side of the Rune of Ivy, Top of the Rune Ivy ect....instead they all just say Rune of Ivy)

Is there any way....does it really matter....any info would be appreciated

Does anybody else think that with how cool all the other armor out there looks (crafted, imbued, plate, Tizmak, Ry'Gorr etc) it just is yet another oversight to rangers that we can't have better looking armor? This stuff is called "ivy-etched" but what it looks like is green banded. Bleh!

Don't get me wrong; I love the AC & stats this stuff gives! (and if it wasn't for the stats I would stick to wearing my Ry'Gorr tunic) But one would think that Verant would improve the graphics on this. I think a green/gold ivy pattern on a brown background would just rock, and make Rangers look very cool to boot.

Navarra Meritage
Ranger of 23 seasons, 7th Hammer

some lowly ranger might be scared about running right into kith... don't worry, during daytime it's a newbie zone, if u zone from wc... just follow the right wall a while and u'll see the ranger camp around the middle way through the zone, if u keep going, u'll hit hk


have a nice day 8P

I have gotten pretty lucky here... I was wandering around LFay with my sister, a druid, to get 4 ghast hearts for the Tunare Initiate, and a high level druid had killed thistle, and the rune was just there, and she looted it. I was later getting micro servos for a trueshot (which I still don't have :-( ) when a 41 pally killed meldrath, and told me it was for a ranger quest. I then looted it and looked it up here, so all I need is the rubies, if I can have my sister turn in the rune, and then me complete it. Will this work? It certainly would make getting a nice Tunic pretty easy : )

Depending on the situation, Meldrath can be easy. If the Lord's and Hero's have time to join the fight, you may just have to kiss your tail goodbye......I personally saw a lvl 40 Druid and a lvl 40 Monk get wasted by this guy and his Mino's. However, on the other hand I saw a lvl 46 aladin go in and waste the caves by himself....Go figure!!!!!!!!



Ranger of the 26th season

I just finished this quest, so here are the full details:

1) You need the rune of ivy off Thistle Underbrush. He is a brownie about level 25 and runs around Lesser Faydark.
2) You need the skull of Meldrath. Meldrath is a gnome necromancer about level 35, with a pet around level 25-27. He is deep in the minotaur caves in Steamfont, so be prepared to fight the Minotaur Guards and possibly the Minotaur Hero as well.
3) You need 2 rubies. These are NOT star rubies, but just plain rubies. I have heard that you can find them in Felwithe and Qeynos, but I got mine at Highkeep, from a female merchant at the top of the stairs that lead to the bank. They cost me about 130 pp each (with 106 charisma).

Talk to Gandari at the ranger guild in Kithicor forest (you can see the buildings from the road between Highpass and the commons). She will tell you which items you need (as above). Give them to her (make sure the rubies are NOT stacked). You will get an ivy etched tunic. :)

I am not sure whether or not it is necessary to talk to her first, but I think it is a good idea anyway and it doesn't hurt.

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Aeliya Edali'Fier
Ranger of the 27th season

This is a good quest, one of the better ones for low- and mid-level rangers, in my opinion. I've done it repeatedly with fellow guild rangers.

Getting the Rune from Thistle is tough primarily because he's so DANG FAST!!! If you have SoW or Wolf Form, you can track him down as he zips around Lfay with occasional stops. If you don't, forget about doing the quest. It's hard to tell for sure, but it seems like the brownies are placeholders for Thistle. He is fast, but not very tough. The brownies are tougher. Three rangers in our high-20s were able to drag him down easily. I wouldn't recommend taking him on with less than that.

Meldrath is a different story. 2 of us, both around 30, wandered into the Mino caves to find him. He seems to be tougher than 35. He feared us both, then sent his pet out to fry us. Lessons learned, we got some mid-30s volunteers together and went back in and smoked him, repeatedly. Meldrath's room is actually a great camping spot, especially for Mino Lords and Heros, so it'll be popular with non-rangers as well.

My advice: use lots of overkill on Meldrath, because he really is nasty. Plus, you'll need it to fight your way past the Mino Guards. This part of the quest is tricky because those guards will shred your casters while Mel sends your tanks screaming down the hall. Be careful. The reward is well worth it, however!

Elkin Sureblade
31st Ranger of E'ci

I think I can speak for everyone on this topic. Please people when you know that someone has been camping for a long time, don't pester them about when they are going to leave. Don't sit down next to them to "wait" until they are done. You might be waiting a long time and then the time it takes for you to complete your camp on top of that. The NPC will always respawn and will always be there. Just ask them kindly if they will send you a tell when they are done and 9 times out of 10 they will. These players are tired from camping that long of a period and quite understandably a little grouchy and become extremely nervous at the thought of someone possibly stealing their kill. So, be courteous.

ok i got a rune of ivy - now after several nights
of hunting - i have forgotten which npc this rune
has come from ... was it the 'fenne or brownie?
is there a way to tell? Yes i killed them both
many times and destroyed the rune if i had it in
my inventory ... anyway how to do tell?

im only a lvl 8 enchanter but twice now I've had high-lvls kill meldrath for me and he hasn't dropped the skull, and it takes a LONG time to find ppl willing to kill this nasty lil bastard.