Totem of Water and Fire  

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Level:70
Maximum Level:85
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:No
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Experience
  • Faction
  • Money
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Era:The Buried Sea
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
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Entered: Wed Feb 14 13:11:35 2007
Modified: Mon Nov 24 21:41:46 2008
This solo task begins with Brynden Snow, who is located in the Barren Coast near -225, -100 (middle of the zone).

You say, 'Hail, Brynden Snow'

Brynden Snow says 'Hail! What brings you to this forsaken shore? If you're looking for adventure, that's easily enough found out on the Buried Sea. This place is for traders and fisherfolk. Me, I'm a trader. I don't have anything for sale, getting goods out here is far too difficult. But I'm interested in [obtaining] a few items. All I have to do now is figure out what those items might be.' Brynden smiles.'

You say, 'Obtaining what items?'

Brynden Snow says 'There are a number of things that hold my interests in the direction of Suncrest.'

One of the five tasks he offers is 'Totem of Water and Fire'.

You have been assigned the task 'Totem of Water and Fire'.

Kill Tidewater and Sunstone goblins to find the missing totem pieces. It is said that the totem itself was split in two long ago when the tribes upon Suncrest Ridge diverged to worship either Prexus or Solusek Ro. You must find and kill the totem keepers in order to assemble the totem once more. Rumor has it that the goblins Lutzan and Maleko each carry a piece, but they are not often seen. Persevere!

Kill 10 Tidewater goblins 0/10 (The Buried Sea)

Collect a totem piece from Lutzan, the Magma Reaver 0/1 (The Buried Sea)

Kill 10 Sunstone goblins 0/10 (The Buried Sea)

Collect a totem piece from Maleko, the Sea Prophet 0/1 (The Buried Sea)

Return the totem pieces to Brynden 0/1 (Barren Coast)

Speak with Brynden 0/1 (Barren Coast)

Reward:
75pp, Experience, Faction with Blacksail Smugglers
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TugarEQ, same problem
# Feb 12 2012 at 6:53 PM Rating: Decent
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I've done this quest twice now as well, and I've not been given the option for this piece, only the thumb distal phalanx and another piece.
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# Mar 04 2010 at 12:47 PM Rating: Decent
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I have done this task twice now and have not received the "Jonas Dagmire's Forefinger Distal Phalanx". I get options for two other bones that I don't need. Has anyone else had this problem and how do I get my final bone to complete the hand aug?

Frustrated!
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# Mar 12 2013 at 10:59 PM Rating: Decent
There are 5 tasks for this island. The first 2 of them you complete with only give faction. Then other 3 will let you choose from 1 of 3 bone pieces. In order to get all 3 from this area you must complete all 5 tasks.
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# Nov 24 2008 at 12:35 PM Rating: Good
The quest name is not Totem of War and Fire. The actual quest name is Totem of Water and Fire it may have been a typo on the part of the dev that put it in but the spelling has been corrected since then.
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# Nov 24 2008 at 7:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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Kollin wrote:
The quest name is not Totem of War and Fire. The actual quest name is Totem of Water and Fire it may have been a typo on the part of the dev that put it in but the spelling has been corrected since then.


Fixed, thanks.
spawning Lutzan
# Oct 19 2008 at 2:10 PM Rating: Decent
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I killed for 10 to 20 minutes max around the solo mobs in the stone huts and he poped for me. Solo'd him with my 80 cleric.
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Any Kill can Spawn Named
# Jul 26 2008 at 4:33 AM Rating: Decent
Kill one at a time if you want to. No need to kill underwater or kill in huts, but the more you kill the better your chance of a spawn
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# Oct 29 2007 at 12:12 AM Rating: Decent
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Wow I didn't realise how lucky I was until I read all those posts! Well the Buried Sea has always been plagued with lag spikes, and an hour ago one was big enough to crash out me (75 ranger) and my box (74 cleric). When we came back in, I checked track and saw both these named goblins, and the named regrua all up. I killed them all for any loot items, not even knowing that they dropped the totems for the task that I (thankfully!) had already. So glad I didn't have to endure those long camps that others seem to have had to go through!

If anyone's having trouble getting these guys to spawn, I'd recommend checking after a zone/server restart.
PITA Spawn
# Oct 26 2007 at 6:46 AM Rating: Decent
I have to say something about this quest and the spawn timers on named... I have been working this quest on and off for about 2 months now. I have specifiaclly camped the water and fire named for about 30 hours total. I have tried every trick listed here, but have yet to see a named spawn. Here is what I do:

Water Side: Set up camp on the beach near the bridge. Kill the 3 or 4 that spawn at the bridge entrance and the little house at the end of the bridge. Then pull from the huts underwater until the bridge pops again. Rinse and repeat and pray for a named spawn. Nothing yet.

Fire side: I set up camp at the base of a hill just south of a clearing with 3 or 4 static spawns (not sure how many are supposed to spawn there, but have seen times when only 3 are present and times when 4 are present). I pull the closest huts first, then pull the clearing (use cleric to paci possible adds). Then pull the huts around the clearing. Nothing yet.

Have a ranger and druid camped in the zone for tracking, but nothing has poped on track yet. I would estimate that I have spent 15 hours in each camp total and have yet to see anything resembling the named listed in the quest.

Am I doing something wrong or is my luck just the worst in the game? This camp in a serious PAIN IN THE A--. It I had not set eyes on the finished aug, I would seriuously think that SoE forgot to add these mobs to the game...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Stacats - 75 Bst of Tunare

Update: After 10 hours of camping this crazy island (on Sat 27 Oct), finally go the named to spawn. Killed both and happily I will not have to do this again unless I am crazy enough to help someone get it.

Edited, Oct 31st 2007 12:13pm by Littletrollster
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# Jun 08 2007 at 1:25 AM Rating: Decent
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the Named Mobs Can pop where i put the labels on the map, but since any goblin of that race can be a PH, the chances are the same as killing any other mob. However i too can confirm that the guards at the gate the bridge is where I have seen maleko pop 3 times now, so he seems more common there.

here's some missing dialogues/task stages.. and here is a screenshot of task window

Strangely enough, Lutzan (the fire goblin) drops the water totem piece .. which i see now is listed as dropping from agitaed skeletons? strange.. the fire totem piece comes off maleko & is listed as dropping from a dusty mummy in Misc zones as well..

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:05 2007] You say, 'Hail, Brynden Snow' (found in barren coast)

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:05 2007] Brynden Snow says 'Hail! What brings you to this forsaken shore? If you're looking for adventure, that's easily enough found out on the Buried Sea. This place is for traders and fisherfolk. Me, I'm a trader. I don't have anything for sale, getting goods out here is far too difficult. But I'm interested in [obtaining] a few items. All I have to do now is figure out what those items might be.' Brynden smiles.'

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:08 2007] You say, 'obtaining'

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:09 2007] Brynden Snow says 'There are a number of things that hold my interests in the direction of Suncrest.'

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:12 2007] You have been assigned the task 'Totem of War and Fire'.

[Thu Jun 07 23:17:11 2007] Lutzan, the Magma Reaver has been slain by Mahon!
[Thu Jun 07 23:17:29 2007] --You have looted a Water Totem Piece.--
[Thu Jun 07 23:17:29 2007] Your task 'Totem of War and Fire' has been updated.

(that's all i have done so far)

Objective Instructions:
Kill 10 Tidewater goblins 0/10 (The Buried Sea)
Collect a totem piece from Lutzan, the Magma Reaver 0/1 (The Buried Sea)
Kill 10 Sunstone goblins 0/10 (The Buried Sea) 0/10 (The Buried Sea)
Collect a totem piece from Maleko, the Sea Prophet 0/1 (The Buried Sea)
uncomfirmed: Return the totem pieces to Brynden (Barren Coast)
uncomfirmed: Speak with Brynden (Barren Coast)

Edited, Jun 8th 2007 2:28am by DukeLatan

Edited, Jun 8th 2007 2:34am by DukeLatan

Edited, Jun 9th 2007 12:12pm by DukeLatan
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DukeLatan wrote:
the Named Mobs Can pop where i put the labels on the map, but since any goblin of that race can be a PH, the chances are the same as killing any other mob.

here's some missing dialogues/task stages.. and here is a screenshot of task window

Strangely enough, Lutzan (the fire goblin) drops the water totem piece .. which i see now is listed as dropping from agitaed skeletons? strange.. the fire totem piece comes off maleko & is listed as dropping from a dusty mummy in Misc zones as well..

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:05 2007] You say, 'Hail, Brynden Snow' (found in barren coast)

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:05 2007] Brynden Snow says 'Hail! What brings you to this forsaken shore? If you're looking for adventure, that's easily enough found out on the Buried Sea. This place is for traders and fisherfolk. Me, I'm a trader. I don't have anything for sale, getting goods out here is far too difficult. But I'm interested in [obtaining] a few items. All I have to do now is figure out what those items might be.' Brynden smiles.'

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:08 2007] You say, 'obtaining'

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:09 2007] Brynden Snow says 'There are a number of things that hold my interests in the direction of Suncrest.'

[Thu Jun 07 23:09:12 2007] You have been assigned the task 'Totem of War and Fire'.

[Thu Jun 07 23:17:11 2007] Lutzan, the Magma Reaver has been slain by Mahon!
[Thu Jun 07 23:17:29 2007] --You have looted a Water Totem Piece.--
[Thu Jun 07 23:17:29 2007] Your task 'Totem of War and Fire' has been updated.

(that's all i have done so far)

Objective Instructions:
Kill 10 Tidewater goblins 0/10 (The Buried Sea)
Collect a totem piece from Lutzan, the Magma Reaver 0/1 (The Buried Sea)
Kill 10 Sunstone goblins 0/10 (The Buried Sea) 0/10 (The Buried Sea)
Collect a totem piece from Maleko, the Sea Prophet 0/1 (The Buried Sea)
uncomfirmed: Return the totem pieces to Brynden (Barren Coast)
uncomfirmed: Speak with Brynden (Barren Coast)

Edited, Jun 8th 2007 2:28am by DukeLatan

Edited, Jun 8th 2007 2:34am by DukeLatan


Updated, thanks.
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# Aug 29 2008 at 8:45 PM Rating: Default
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I can confirm the last 2 steps. I recently complete this task and it does require the delivery of the totems and the hailing of brynden
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Fire and Water
# May 08 2007 at 10:33 PM Rating: Decent
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Group did this tonight, and after killing water goblins for 2hrs named poped in the building on far side of bridge, then 10 min later he spawned again at the doorway to the bridge. Seems like the named for this task are random spawns with any goblin that's the same type as a PH.
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# May 05 2007 at 4:00 PM Rating: Decent
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I got the name to spawn by clearing the bridge then i kill the mob in the water behind the hunt and on the next spawn the name spawned in front of the bridge on the left side. not sure if that will work everytime but it did work for me.
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# May 05 2007 at 4:07 PM Rating: Decent
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one more bit of info name can see invis also
re: Fire and Water
# Mar 19 2007 at 12:22 PM Rating: Decent
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Is there a CONFIRMED trick to spawning Maleko and / or Lutzan??? I spent 6-7 hours camping/killing and keeping cleared all the mobs in the Single-Mob huts underwater and the few guards at the bridge. No pops. Not 1 pop in the 6-7 hour period. Also, in another 6 hour period spent camping and killing for Lutzan, I had ONLY 1 spawn. Is there anyway to speed up spawns?

Edited, Mar 19th 2007 4:26pm by LPath
re: Fire and Water
# May 16 2007 at 5:11 PM Rating: Default
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Easiest way is to work on other tasks around the zone and periodically check back to see if someone cleared the goblins and left without waiting for repops.

Another way is to camp on the island before a patch and log in as soon as you can and hope to find them up. I got lucky on the fire goblin with a similiar meathod: I was working on Jardel Hook tasks when the whole zone crashed. When I got back in, I imediately ran to Suncrest ridge and found the Fire named up.
Fire and Water
# Mar 13 2007 at 5:03 PM Rating: Decent
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Ok the best info i can give you is about the Water named. it has a lon\g Spawn timer, and big bottle neck there, he spawns under water nere the Big Buildind that has the Back door that leads up to a Rock Tower out of the water, he can Spawn off any of the guys in there i been told byut the 2 Gaurds at the Door way are most likly. So best to start killing there becouse i been told it coulds take up to 12 hours of clearing the PH's there befor the Water named Spawns, The Fire guys is the same. O Don't use the Map-fends mark spot becouse it's not there or so i been told too.

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