Investigating the Combine Ruins  

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Level:70
Maximum Level:125
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:
    • All
    Appropriate Races:
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    Entered: Wed Feb 14 19:11:40 2007
    Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
    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 'Investigating the Combine Ruins'.

    You have been assigned the task 'Investigating the Combine Ruins'.

    It is said that the Combine were so powerful that their mere presence began to influence the creatures around them. There is a set of Combine ruins upon Suncrest Ridge. Investigate the ruins themselves and creatures nearby for signs of increased power. Bring back pieces of stone from the ruins so that Brynden can sell them off to those who would be interested in studying such things.

    Kill 10 firemaw tiger - The Buried Sea
    Kill 10 sharpfang raptor - The Buried Sea
    Kill 10 darkclaw basilisk - The Buried Sea
    Collect 10 combine stone(s) - The Buried Sea
    Deliver 10 Combine Stone to Brynden Snow 0/10 - Barren Coast

    Reward:
    75pp, Experience, Faction with Blacksail Smugglers
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    not at location
    # Jan 19 2010 at 11:57 PM Rating: Default
    edited

    Edited, Jan 21st 2010 8:04pm by toomanygames
    not at location
    # Jan 20 2010 at 10:51 PM Rating: Excellent
    Guru
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    The description reads "near" - not "at."
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    Stone drops
    # Jul 02 2008 at 9:26 AM Rating: Decent
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    The combine stones also drops from the goblins you need to kill for the quest 'Totem of War and Fire' and seem to drop more often from them.
    drop rate
    # Apr 08 2008 at 3:02 PM Rating: Decent
    I think the drop rate for Combine Stones has been fixed. Just got all 10 within an hour
    Combine Stone drop rate?
    # Jan 17 2008 at 12:14 AM Rating: Decent
    The drop rate on the Combine Stones is horrible - I'm getting one stone per roughly 12 mobs. I would expect to see 1 in 3, or even 1 in 5; but this is just atrocious. Did they nerf the drop rate for some stupid reason?
    Missing Quest step
    # Nov 02 2007 at 10:20 PM Rating: Decent
    Last step in quest


    Deliver 10 Combine Stone to Brynden Snow 0/10 Barren Coast
    Missing Quest step
    # Nov 03 2007 at 10:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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    Jesserin the Irrelevant wrote:
    Last step in quest


    Deliver 10 Combine Stone to Brynden Snow 0/10 Barren Coast


    Updated, thanks.
    Task Info
    # Oct 16 2007 at 5:10 AM Rating: Decent
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    This task requires you to kill, "a firemaw tiger", "a sharpfang raptor" and "a darkclaw basilisk". They wander in front of the waterfall area. Location neg1300, neg3100 is the approximate middle where you can find these 3 animals. Druids and Rangers are amiable to them all. Each one has the ability to drop a, "Combine Stone".

    These three animals hit upwards of 1k and are pure melee. They do not summon. They can be snared/rooted. I would guess they are friendly to each other, though I never checked. They are all Dark Blue con to a level 75. I would compare them to the difficulty of The Nest undead drake/spider areas.

    As a self buffed ranger(15,265HP/2672AC), mostly CoA & DP geared, I could melee them singled, without much of a problem.
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    other rewards
    # Apr 01 2007 at 11:34 AM Rating: Decent
    reward can be little finger middle phalanx or thumb distal phalanx too
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