Rain of Ruin  

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Level:80
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Advancement
  • Experience
  • Faction
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    Era:Seeds of Destruction
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    Group Size:Solo
    Min. # of Players:1
    Max. # of Players:1
    Appropriate Classes:
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    Entered: Fri Nov 14 02:57:02 2008
    Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
    This task begins with Lanys T`Vyl in Bloody Kithicor. She is located in a tent in the far eastern part of the zone, the Obliteration Army headquarters (near the Commonlands zone). To speak with her, you must equip an Army of Obliteration Medallion. There are no pre-requisites for requesting this task.

    You say, 'Hail, Lanys T`Vyl'

    Lanys T`Vyl says 'Battle approaches, and many plans are in motion. We are attempting to bring the enemy army to their knees before battle even begins! How will we do this, you ask? As our infiltrators slay and harass the enemy warcamps, you will slip behind enemy lines and wreck as many of the enemy supplies and as many houses as you can. Then our [invasion] will be unstoppable.'

    You say, 'What invasion?'

    Lanys T`Vyl says 'If you succeed beyond my wildest imaginings, then the lackeys of Firiona Vie may find it difficult to stand their ground when the real battle starts. Terror, despair, hunger, uselessness, these are the things I want the enemy soldier to feel in the hours before battle starts. We will push them off-balance and keep them that way. They must lose heart, break, and run. We will bring [destruction] to the whole corrupt order they represent, and the age of Teir'Dal domination shall begin.'

    You say, 'Destruction?'

    Lanys T`Vyl says 'Yes. Our Army of Obliteration shall unleash a rain of ruin upon the homelands of our foes, starting with your mission to destroy the enemy supplies. Well? Are you ready to embark on this [undertaking]?'

    You say, 'I'm ready for this undertaking'

    Lanys T`Vyl says 'Good. The first thing you'll do is speak to Laarthik. He has a list of things in Kithicor Forest that must be denied to the enemy's use. May the power of Innoruuk guide you and compel you.'

    You receive a "Glowing Firebrand".

    You have been assigned the task 'Rain of Ruin'.

    The time for decisive action against the Army of Light and their allies among the inhabitants of Kithicor has come.



    Speak with Laarthik V`Shin 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    You say, 'Hail, Laarthik V`Shin'

    Laarthik V`Shin says 'Yes, Lanys told me to expect you. There is much to do in the forest; it is now crawling with enemy patrols, every minute we wait only allows our enemy to gather more of their strength. We'll not commit our main strength to battle until we ourselves are ready, but we may still send volunteers such as yourself into the enemy's territory to sabotage their defensive works and stores of weapons. Take this fell crossbow to Pyrrdan, one of our master veterans. He will direct you now. You may find him on a hilltop vantage point, just east of the center of the forest.'

    You receive "Pyrrdan's Crossbow of Bone".



    Find Pyrrdan in the center of Kithicor Forest 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Search for Pyrrdan, one of Laarthik's lieutenants, atop a hill near the center of Kithicor Forest.

    Pyrrdan stands atop a hill next to a tree. The location is due west of the Obliteration Army HQ and a little bit south.



    Deliver the Crossbone Bow to Pyrrdan 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Pyrrdan says 'Of course, my Crossbow of Bone, I wouldn't normally leave it with Laarthik but didn't think I'd be so busy. I believe I'm supposed to give you further instructions, eh? Give me a moment.'

    Speak to Pyrrdan 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    You say, 'Hail, Pyrrdan'

    Pyrrdan says 'Ah, it is good to have my crossbow back. As for you, you may help me with my task for the Army of Obliteration, which is to deny as much lodging and materiel to the enemy now that they have arrived in the area. There is much work to be done. First, I'll require you to go to Porrindal's house near here. I'll write down the rest of your instructions for you to read as you go.'



    Find Tyron Porrindal's House 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    His house is pretty much due south of the Void portal (slightly west), on the southern boundary of the zone (location -710, -80).

    Kill Tyron Porrindal 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Note that Army of Light NPCs will assist Tyron Porrindal, so be prepared. Tyron himself is about on par with those NPCs in terms of difficulty.

    You have slain Tyron Porrindal!

    Set fire to Tyron Porrindal's house 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Porrindal's house must be set ablaze. Burn crates near Porrindal's house to get the fire started.

    A flammable box is outside in the back of the house. Use the Glowing Firebrand effect on it.



    Go to the Dragonheart Regiment camp northwest of Porrindal's house 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Head straight northwest until you come across the fork in the path which plays host to an Army of Light camp. Run around there until this step updates.



    Collect Kithicor axes from the weapon racks 0/4 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Collect five Dwarven axes from the weapon racks. This will keep several key soldiers out of the fight as they look for their weapons!

    Weapon racks are found in the Dragonheart Regiment camp and the nearby camp to its northwest. Each weapon rack contains two axes.



    Deliver Kithicor axes to Pyrrdan 0/5 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Deliver the dwarven axes to Pyrrdan as trophies.

    Pyrrdan says 'Yes, very good, these axes will do nicely, the Dwarves never let their best gear sit in a weapons rack this close to a battle brewing, but we're happy to have this gear. It's always satisfying to kill the enemy with their own weapons whenever possible.'



    Speak to Pyrrdan 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Note: This 'hail' updates anyone in your group who's also on this step, and will spawn a wave of ambush NPCs.

    You say, 'Hail, Pyrrdan'

    Pyrrdan says 'Here are your new orders. Be vigilant, for I think I hear something close by...'

    Kill the ambushers 0/4 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Four forest rangers jump Pyrrdan. If they kill him, your task will fail (NOTE: Pyrrdan can be healed by player spells). They hit for a max ~1,650 each and have a good amount of hitpoints.

    You have slain a forest ranger!
    You have slain a forest ranger!
    You have slain a forest ranger!
    You have slain a forest ranger!



    Destroy the Army of Light supply crates 0/5 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Supply crates litter the Army of Light camps. Destroy 5 of them.



    Search for Darvin Oggleby's House 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Darvin Oggleby's house is a little ways southwest of Tyron Porrindal's house.



    Kill anyone defending Darvin Oggleby's House 0/4 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Kill the Kithicor Forest Militia in the area of the Oggleby house.

    Several Army of Light NPCs can be found in Oggleby's house. Killing them updates this step. Darvin himself does not count, though he will certainly join in.



    Set fire to Darvin Oggleby's House 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    A flammable box can be found outside the residence. Use the glowing firebrand on it.



    Thin the ranks of the Army of Light 0/6 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Kill any six "Army of Light" NPCs.



    Explore Avenwood hamlet in Kithicor woods 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    This update occurs in the set of houses just west of the Oggleby house.



    Set fire to the houses in the Avenwood hamlet 0/4 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Again, use the flammable objects around the houses to get this update.



    Report your progress to Lanys T`Vyl 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Hail Lanys T`Vyl and tell her the hour of battle has arrived.

    Yes, you're done now.

    You say, 'Hail, Lanys T`Vyl'

    Lanys T`Vyl says 'A thoroughly successful effort, I am pleased with your performance. You are truly an admirable addition to our army. Now you must be ready, for the battle against Firiona Vie's army will begin in earnest. With all of our power directed against the foe, we are sure to prevail! All glory to Innoruuk!'

    Your faction standing with Silla Herald got better.

    Reward:
    200 Chronobines
    Faction:
    Level 85 +124 with "Silla Herald" faction
    Level 84 +117 with "Silla Herald" faction
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    Update
    # May 01 2009 at 7:10 PM Rating: Decent
    Update: Destroy the Impostor is not required to request this task.

    Edited, May 1st 2009 9:19pm by Mellodeex
    Update to Pre-Reqs
    # Jun 04 2009 at 9:55 AM Rating: Decent
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    I just confirmend that Destroy the Imposter is a pre-requisite. I had not done Destroy and couldn't get Rain of Ruin. Completed Destroy and now I can get Rain of Ruin.
    Update to Pre-Reqs
    # Jan 30 2010 at 12:09 AM Rating: Decent
    I was able to get rain of ruins without doing the destruction quest first
    tyron
    # May 01 2009 at 4:13 AM Rating: Decent
    easy way to do pull tyron single,aggro him and pull all away, fd or zone, he paths back slowly and sometimes gets stuck
    burning the houses, round 2
    # Apr 30 2009 at 6:42 AM Rating: Decent
    So, like a dummy, I think I destroyed my fire brand after burning the first 4 houses, and now I need it to burn another house. Are there any workarounds where someone in my group can do it, and update me? or is there any way to get the firebrand back?
    burning the houses, round 2
    # Aug 14 2009 at 8:26 PM Rating: Decent
    My husband had this same problem. He was able to destroy the firebrand, then had to say, "understanding" to Lanys. She gave him another firebrand with 12 charges. He did not have to redo the task and continued on.
    burning the houses, round 2
    # May 30 2010 at 11:12 PM Rating: Decent
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    you have to say undertaking not understanding
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    That which you may not know....probably isn't important anyways
    Dragonheart regiment camp
    # Mar 24 2009 at 10:30 AM Rating: Decent
    Here is a solid loc for the update to this step:
    loc -66.05 680.63 14.37

    Ran around in circles for awhile trying to find this spot, so I figured to post and help others a bit.
    Dragonheart regiment camp
    # May 04 2009 at 1:26 PM Rating: Decent
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    I got update walking form Camp flag/banner (Dragonheart Regiment) south toward
    Thanuel Mergon (Quest giver).
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    SOE devs were...
    # Mar 03 2009 at 12:21 PM Rating: Decent
    on crack if they think that parts of this are soloable. Take, for instance, the part where you have to kill the 4 rangers before they kill the npc. Freeging NPC died before I could even get a single root on even one of the rangers.
    How do I know I Completed?
    # Feb 28 2009 at 3:27 PM Rating: Decent
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    I'm back after a couple months and I dont' know if I have completed this task. What tangible reward should I have showing this is complete?
    Think the ranks?
    # Jan 31 2009 at 10:01 PM Rating: Good
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    Think the ranks of the Army of Light 0/6 (Bloody Kithicor)


    should say "Thin the ranks of the Army of Light 0/6 (Bloody Kithicor)" :)

    Not sure if that's a typo on the side of the site or the person that submitted, but it definitely should be Thin.
    crates
    # Jan 19 2009 at 4:07 PM Rating: Decent
    23 posts
    you can destroy the army of light supply crates at the same time as collecting the axes apparently.
    After killing the ambushers I already had 2/12 crates done thanks to my curiosity.
    crates
    # Feb 08 2009 at 9:54 PM Rating: Good
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    Yes you can pre-open the supply crates while looting axes, and you can also burn down the houses out of order.
    4 houses, not 5
    # Jan 18 2009 at 12:20 AM Rating: Good
    There are only 4 houses that need burned in the hamlet, not 5 as listed.
    got it
    # Jan 16 2009 at 8:40 AM Rating: Decent
    got this quest all so far all quests from Oceangreen hills and bloodly kithcor progression quests at 75
    GAH P@$#*(P_#()
    # Jan 10 2009 at 6:30 PM Rating: Decent
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    Ain't that a )(#*@@0$(* 3 boxing this task, and get to the "kill the ambusher's part" and hit Hail on all my toons at same time...needless to say 12 ambbushers pop in, kill the dude and disappear before I knew what happened....
    Pyrrdan's Location
    # Dec 31 2008 at 11:41 PM Rating: Decent
    Pyrrdan's Location is pos 66.43 neg 1162.94 pos 85.75
    due south of Adak Kanarin's camp ,west of kielys T'vran's camp, north of Tithoun Sevrek's camp and east of Scout Zialdiruun' location as shown on ingame map.
    a couple of hints for the ambush part
    # Dec 31 2008 at 3:38 AM Rating: Excellent
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    If Pyrrdan gets killed, you fail and are stuck either restarting or finding someone else that is at the hail point. So, have a healer keep an eye on him - I just cast a HoT as soon as he was hailed. If you don't have a reliable mezzer, or even if you do have a mezzer, make sure someone taunts ALL of the rangers off Pyrrdan. And finally, do not let the person that did the hail die or he will only get credit for those killed while he was alive. I suppose it doesn't matter if you are doing a group of people with multiple hails, but if the last person that needs the ambush update hails and then gets killed, he'll be stuck the same as if Pyrrdain died. Possibly might be able to rez or call quickly enough to get back in the zone before more of the rangers are killed, but you would have to be prepared to take that action quickly.
    Got at 76
    # Dec 13 2008 at 9:23 PM Rating: Decent
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    I got the task at 76 so you might be able to get it lower.
    loc
    # Dec 05 2008 at 7:53 AM Rating: Decent
    Quote:
    Go to the Dragonheart Regiment camp northwest of Porrindal's house 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Head straight northwest until you come across the fork in the path which plays host to an Army of Light camp. Run around there until this step updates.


    I got it to update at -54, 691, 16
    along the road heading west from the house..
    loc
    # Feb 19 2009 at 1:56 PM Rating: Decent
    -94.49, 726.56,28.99 update here - Sth side of the rocks by path opver looking the camp from the West road
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    What if the ambushers kill Pyrrdan?
    # Nov 18 2008 at 10:42 AM Rating: Decent
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    I had no difficulty with this quest up until this step:

    Quote:
    Speak to Pyrrdan 0/1 (Bloody Kithicor)

    You say, 'Hail, Pyrrdan'

    Pyrrdan says 'Here are your new orders. Be vigilant, for I think I hear something close by...'

    Kill the ambushers 0/4 (Bloody Kithicor)

    Four forest rangers jump Pyrrdan. If they kill him, your task will fail. They hit for a max ~1,700 each and have a good amount of hitpoints.

    You have slain a forest ranger!
    You have slain a forest ranger!
    You have slain a forest ranger!
    You have slain a forest ranger!


    I killed 1 ranger, but they then got me.

    The real problem is I can't get the quest going again. Hailing Pyrrdan no longer causes the ranger ambushers to pop. If you try to hand him more axes, he says he doesn't need them and hands them back.

    There are two ways to fix this I can think of:
    1) Restart the quest (a real nuisance).
    2) Find someone else at this stage in the quest, and help them kill the ranger ambushers so that I get credit too (less of a nuisance, but still a pain).

    Does anyone have any other ideas?


    Edited, Nov 18th 2008 1:44pm by galenkalala
    What if the ambushers kill Pyrrdan?
    # Dec 01 2008 at 9:42 AM Rating: Decent
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    The forest rangers are mezzable. This part very easy if you use an enchanter who ae's mezzes.

    What if the ambushers kill Pyrrdan?
    # Nov 28 2008 at 12:21 AM Rating: Decent
    Had a few people in the zone that needed this task. I had failed a few minutes before at the same point. Ended up just getting a new task and got all 3 of us credit when we did the ambush over again. Can't think of any other way to do this quest without doing it over. Sorry galan =\
    What if the ambushers kill Pyrrdan?
    # Dec 09 2008 at 4:54 AM Rating: Decent
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    If you fail on the killing ranger part, you must get a new task. I know this cause me and my wife did this task together. She went first and failed cause the rangers ate up the npc. We waited for re pop and I did mine (succeeded) but she did not get the update.
    What if the ambushers kill Pyrrdan?
    # Dec 22 2008 at 1:57 AM Rating: Decent
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    Not true. If you fail, anyone else in the group at this same point in the task can hail. If you kill the ambushers, you both will get the kill credit.

    I was doing this for 5, failed the first time. The second attempt we both got the credit. I purposely failed 2 more times so I would only have to kill the rangers once for the last 3.
    easy but long
    # Nov 15 2008 at 4:01 AM Rating: Decent
    Can pretty much all be done solo with exception of the ambush part.

    Multiple sets of rangers can spawn if multiple people hail him at the same time, so control your mentally defective group members.

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