Ivy Etched Bracer  

You say, 'Hail, Gandari'
Gandari says 'Most call me Gandari the Terse. You here for [ivy armor]?'
You say, 'what ivy armor?'
Gandari says 'I reward brave rangers with ivy etched armor - [helm]s, [tunic]s, [sleeves] and [bracers]. [Interested]?'
You say, 'I am interested in a bracer.'
Gandari says 'I do not haggle; I do not bargain. The bottom of the Rune of Ivy from the plains of Everfrost, a watery ring from the Cauldron of Tears and a fire emerald to warm my heart. Bring these to me and you shall earn your reward.'

Upon giving Gandari the Fire Emerald, the Rune of Ivy [bottom], and the Water Ring:

Gandari says 'Wait, Tobynn, are you not forgetting something?'
Gandari says 'Wait, Tobynn, are you not forgetting something?'
Gandari says 'Well done. May Karana bless your soul.'
Your faction standing with Kithicor Residents got better.
Your faction standing with Protectors of Pine got better.
Your faction standing with Jaggedpine Treefolk could not possibly get any better.
Your faction standing with Unkempt Druids got worse.
You gain experience!!

Receive Ivy Etched Bracer.

I cast harmony on Redwind and it caught all but one of the icy orcs. I then snared him and dealt with the icy orc that my harmony didn't reach, backing away occasionally so Redwind wouldn't catch up and join in. Dropped the icy orc, dropped Redwinds pet then started in on Redwind himself. It was kinda shaky, between icy orc, pet and Redwind I had 11% health when it was over, but I did drop him and I was level 31 so if I can do it, so can anyone else.

just completed this quest yesterday at lvl 41. The npc that goves the quest is named gandari. She is a female ranger in back of the hut on the left Morin shadowbane. Is the npc that gives the short sword and orc impaler quests is in the center cabin. The watery ring identifies as a water ring when you right click on it so to clear up any confusion yes it is the same thing. If you aren't of enough level to take the tidal lords in DC try the dwarf vendor on the isle in the center of the cauldron. The ring can be bought for 2 copper from what i remember, from the bazaar very cheap. To me the whole point of doing the quest is getting exp and satisfaction of completing it from start to finish. The fire emerald can be bought from any jewlery merchant. I got mine for 89pp with a charisma of 115 (thats using an opal encrusted stein and a frostone stein). This is y personal recommendation. Anytime you are doing a quest always check the dialogue to ensure that the npc with give you the quest to begin with. I had done the short sword of morin quest 5 times prior to this quest so i don't know if that had anymore to do with faction. Most npcs should recognize diety alignment when it comes to quests anyway. Seems as though morin, gandari and the others are beta neutral for starters so any ranger doing these quests should have no problem.

Edited, Mon Apr 22 09:57:11 2002

er i don't know about the difficulties you all had with redwind i did him solo w/a sow and one root(at the end) from a friendly druid. harmony all four orcs pull w/bow snared redwind. dd the pet then melee and dd again (ward summoned) bow kite redwind (if i didn't run out of arrows i wouldn't of needed the druid root at end) er solo at 26th w/trueshot (made it myself)

They made these quests too hard for what you get -- but that's classic Verant for you.

i had to get 2 of everything it took a while because the monster would not drop the watery rings to get two of them it took 3hrs so if you want to get the quest done in 1 day have alot of time and you also need 200pp to buy both of the fire emeralds, but geting the runes were easy when you have someone tping you around. but the bracers are great and im glad i took the time to do it.

Don't know if it helps, but I got a rune of ivy from a gargoyle in mistmore.

I just completed my first Ivy quest, the bracer.

I had had the ivy rune (bottom) for a while, because I’d gone with guild sisters to Permafrost on a quest and we killed Redwind several times on the way. (we had a 21 ranger, 23 ranger, 28 druid, and 24 mage, I think – we harmonied the camp and did them all in several times).

It become a matter of getting the ring off the Tidal Lord. Went with guild sisters (31 warrior and 27 mage) to Dagnor’s Cauldron and offed about half a dozen of the Tidal Lords; we had two or three rings drop. Bought the fire emerald for only 40pp (all the cash I had on me!) off a nice higher-lvl player who had looted it from a dragon, and off I went to Kith.

Having been killed more than once in the trainer’s building on the NW side of the zone, I felt tense hailing all the NPCs in the area… finally found the correct one, Gandari, who is in the back room of the building on the left. You will not see her unless you actually walk into the room. (viva la tracking!) Hail her, say you’re interested in the ivy armor, tell her which one you want, give her the pieces, and you’re golden. Ding, you have a new piece of armor and experience and faction to boot!

The guy out by the tree gives the gauntlet quest. The trainer guy (middle hut) gives the quest for the Short Sword of Morin, which isn’t a bad piece – it is only 6 dmg/22 delay, STR+3, AGI+3. This quest of course gives experience, and I received nearly a full blue for doing the bracer quest at 25. So, no complaints all around for the bracer, which is AC9 and DEX+. I find myself lugging around armor now, swapping out pieces and trying to figure out which combo will help propel my specs all over 100, especially looking for items to raise my DEX and AGI without loss of STR!


Navarra Meritage, ranger of 25 seasons
Seventh Hammer server
Amazon Storm guild

Ok, the watery rings i have seen are all the same from the tidal lords in DC. The rune from redwind was just called "Rune of Ivy".. did not say bottom :). The Fire emerald i picked up in FP at the caster guild building thing that you tp into from a litte circle onthe ground.. lol Im a 30 ranger now. The tidal lords i can solo melee mostly. I just harmonize the group at the gobby camp near the unrest zone, snare then flame lick the lord to debuff some, then beat the heck out of it. lol Redwind.... I had a 32 pally buddy go with me for this. It was first time anywhere near this zone. I tracked and found redwind. Warned my buddy that he was sk with a starting HT of about 300 - 400dd. Well, i harmonized the 4 icies and him. We pulled 1 at a time to get some clean exp, then pulled Red. The HT to me was consistently 271. Pet(which we ignored till last) was no problem with Barteks undead spells.. satus at the end of the battle was me at 3 bubs hp(from the HT) and Bartek at almost full) lol So, got the rune on first shot.. then proceded to gather some exp for a few spawn rounds. This was an easy camp. Oh btw we had endure magic to help, so that may be why only 271 dd hit. Neither of us stopped to heal until after the battle. Piece of cake. Now i have my first ivy armor.. earned, non twinked, and feelin good. Safe huntin yall. Headin to mistmore to find granite next, or lfay to find the outcast brownies... ;)
Kylwen Shadowhawk 30 Wood Elf Ranger
Terris Thule

Level 32 ranger --have only one friend on server---she is seldom on---frustrated as hell because I can do none of the quests solo

Just did this quest 4 times over the weekend, twice each for me and another ranger friend. We went to Dagnor's first, and got the 2 Water Rings after killing 3 Tidal Lords. We did it with a 30 Shaman and a 25 Ranger, no problem. I easily solo'd the Tidal Lords. They spawn and wander near the goblin camp along the side of the cauldron.

We got TP's to North Karana, ran to EF, and there was a server outage on Friday, but we did it ok. The Ranger harmonied the icy orcs, we pulled Redwind, the Ranger took the HT hit, I healed him, DOT'd the pet (which died from the DOT alone), and then we took down Redwind. He hits hard, and if he gets to casting he can be tough, but he's not too bad. Killed him about 8 times to get 4 total runes. These items are both lore (ring and rune), so we actually did the quest once each, and then started all over again to do it again.

Fire emerald can be had for 96pp easily. I made a Wood Elf Druid and we gave her the money to buy them. She got them for 96pp. The merchant quoted the Ranger 200pp for them.

All told, a fairly easy quest. We both died several times due to our own carelessness and server lag. Icy orcs are awesome experience. I'm in a hell level at 30 and I got almost a full bubble from camping Redwind and killing the icy orcs on the platform for an hour.

I am a 22 ranger and i grouped with by bro a 24 rgr we easily defeated the tidal lords. But watch out for redwind we teamed up with a 30 ranger on this part, red hits you with a 300+ spell first off so just be careful and have heals ready. Both were easy though for us.

Well once you get these items what do you do with them? It fails to say up above.

Redwind is usually camped, however he drops that rune ALL the time. Think he is on a 6 minute timer. Anyway, get thee to Everfrost and yell if anyone is camping Redwind.

Harmony is a key for this guy. He is a SK and his first attack is a HT. PLUS the 4 idiots around him aggro like nobody's business.

Faern
40 Shaman
Tarew Marr

Does anyone know if this quest can be done twice, inorder to get two bracers, or if the game even allows someone to where two bracers?

Don't know the exact /loc but if you cross the ice river, there is a pantheon on the far bank, with giant statue sticking out of the snow, hard to miss, Redwind is in the center of the open building, surrounded by 4 icy orcs. I just harmonied them all, pulled redwind, and the ranger I was with, a warrior, and a rogue, all 18-22 range, easily defeated him.

The rune is common (lore/no drop) and so is redwind..the place is almost always camped, so run out there and ask to loot it

You can also get the emerald in Freeport, but note that you cant get it in High Keep, so dont head to Kithicor thinking you'll pick it up next door (like I did :(

Just about any jeweler. I know they sell in Qeynos and Kelethin.

I agree very easy lol :p