Book Hunt  

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Level:85
Maximum Level:90
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
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    Era:House of Thule
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    Group Size:Solo
    Min. # of Players:1
    Max. # of Players:1
    Appropriate Classes:
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    Entered: Wed Nov 3 02:52:17 2010
    Modified: Sat Mar 16 09:10:02 2024
    This solo task begins with Curator Risald in the Library. He's located in the room next to the zone-in.

    You say, 'Hail, Curator Risald'

    Curator Risald says 'You do not appear to be a dreamer. You should not be in this place. However, since you are here, perhaps I can make use of you. I have a [problem] that must be addressed.'

    You say, 'What problem?'

    Curator Risald says 'An inventory was recently conducted and we found several books have been removed from the library. Obviously we need these books to be returned and that's where you come in. Would you be willing to [search] the house and surrounding grounds for the missing books?'

    You say, 'I'll search for them'

    Curator Risald says 'How fortunate. Some of these have been missing for quite some time, while others have vanished only recently. One such book, Fallen Gods, was most recently seen in the hands of Athmos the Poet. I look forward to the return of the missing volumes.'

    You have been assigned the task 'Book Hunt'.

    Curator Risald has asked you to locate several books that have gone missing from the library. He has advised you to search the first floor of the house and the surrounding grounds.

    Curator Risald mentioned that Fallen Gods was last seen in the hands of Athmos the Bard.



    Recover the book 'Expositions on Theology' 0/1 (House of Thule)

    Recover the book 'The Norrathian Underground' 0/1 (House of Thule)

    Recover the book 'Smooth Sailing: A Beginner's Guide to Sea Travel' 0/1 (House of Thule)

    Recover the book 'Geneaology of Kunark Wildlife' 0/1 (House of Thule)

    Recover the book 'Frostbitten: My Expeditions to Velious' 0/1 (The Well)

    Recover the book 'Zombies and You' 0/1 (The Grounds)

    Recover the book 'Denizens of the Planes' 0/1 (The Grounds)

    Recover the book 'Everything You Wanted to Know About Breeding Worgs' 0/1 (The Grounds)

    Recover the book 'Niami's Tips for Delicious Baking' 0/1 (The Grounds)

    Recover the book 'Fallen Gods' 0/1 (The Grounds)

    Inform Curator Risald that you have found the missing books 0/1 (The Library)

    You say, 'Hail, Curator Risald'

    In yellow:
    You were able to recover all the missing books from the Library and return them to Curator Risald.

    In normal coloring:
    Curator Risald says 'Ah, very good. We appreciate the return of these books.'


    Book Locations (in-game /loc):

    In the House of Thule:
    Expositions of Theology (15, 255, 5 -- northwestern part of the garden area)
    The Norrathian Underground (265, -225, 15 -- in the room next to the beastlings of rot)
    Smooth Sailing: A Beginner's Guide to Sea Travel (650, -130, 15 -- in the area where the Grounds entrance is located)
    Geneaology of Kunark Wildlife (350, -450, -45 -- in the room with the beastlings of the unknown)

    In the Well:
    Frostbitten: My Expeditions to Velious (-325, -155, 30 -- entrance area of the cavern with the Fallen Soul)

    In the Grounds:
    Zombies and You (+198,+82 on a bench, just north of entrance from the House of Thule)
    Denizens of the Planes (-690, -1500, -175 -- north of the Well)
    Everything You Wanted to Know About Breeding Worgs (380, -2560, -220 -- in the building in the northeast)
    Niami's Tips for Delicious Baking (+615.87,-1250 on top of the pedastal where a statue is standing, west of the hedge maze)
    Fallen Gods (in the possession of Athmos the Bard: see the task "You Spoony Bard!")

    Book locations (copy & paste to .txt files for in-game maps):

    thulehouse.txt:
    P -255.0000, -15.0000, 5.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Theology
    P 225.0000, -265.0000, 15.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Underground
    P 130.0000, -650.0000, 15.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Sailing
    P 450.0000, -350.0000, -45.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Wildlife

    well.txt:
    P 155.0000, 325.0000, 30.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Frostbitten

    housegarden.txt:
    P -80.0000, -200.0000, -35.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Zombies
    P 1500.0000, 690.0000, -175.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Denizens
    P 2560.0000, -380.0000, -220.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Worgs
    P 1250.0000, -600.0000, -180.0000, 0, 0, 0, 2, Baking



    Rewards:
    315 platinum
    Experience
    Faction with Dream Delvers
    20 Dream Motes
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    Manual Book Locations in Grounds
    # Mar 15 2024 at 3:38 PM Rating: Good
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    127 posts
    Two of the above map locations are flat out wrong. Using /loc, the correct loc is 198.16, 82.08, -35.11 for the Zombies book (the book is on a bench) and for the Baking book it is 615.87, -1250.21, -182.89 (on top of the pedastal where a statue is standing.)

    Edited, Mar 15th 2024 1:45pm by DaiaSpiritlight
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    Frostbitten
    # Sep 10 2017 at 2:13 PM Rating: Default
    The one in the Well was our biggest problem. The maps we downloaded have an incorrect location. The one we found it at was -325 -150 37. right at entry to big room, sometimes called the middle room. the one without an exit to the Grounds
    Solved for me: :Last step
    # Oct 11 2015 at 5:27 AM Rating: Good
    14 posts
    I did this on two toons at the same time. One i kept the books one i did not (deleted them as i went along).
    The curator would not respond until i went back and re-collected the missing books, Hailed him and completed the quest.
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    Tarell
    AA exp
    # Mar 08 2011 at 5:22 PM Rating: Decent
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    342 posts
    At level 90 I received a little over 4 AA exp.
    Closing dialogues?
    # Feb 06 2011 at 3:36 AM Rating: Good
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    191 posts
    On final hail:

    [Sun Feb 06 09:25:12 2011] You say, 'Hail, Curator Risald'

    In yellow:
    [Sun Feb 06 09:25:12 2011] You were able to recover all the missing books from the Library and return them to Curator Risald.

    In normal say:
    [Sun Feb 06 09:25:12 2011] Curator Risald says 'Ah, very good. We appreciate the return of these books.'
    Credit for Task
    # Dec 16 2010 at 11:03 PM Rating: Decent
    4 posts
    When you do the final hail you must have all the books in your inventory. When you hail and get credit they disappear.
    repop time
    # Nov 19 2010 at 5:12 AM Rating: Decent
    Scholar
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    463 posts
    Repop time on the Sailing book was 6 minutes. I didn't check the others. Most I could pick up without breaking invisibility. Occasionally I had to resort to more creative methods.

    This quest (and Athmos's quest that you need to do to get one of the books) is part of the Partisan of the Library achievement, hence part of acquiring Trophy of the Bookkeeper (which bestows a Heroic Wisdom tribute buff).
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    final step
    # Nov 12 2010 at 7:14 PM Rating: Excellent
    Final step is to "inform curator Risald that you have found the missing books"
    Task bugged
    # Nov 06 2010 at 2:11 PM Rating: Decent
    26 posts
    Having trouble getting the final hail acknowledged, anyone else have this issue?
    Task bugged
    # Nov 15 2010 at 4:13 PM Rating: Decent
    45 posts
    Have the same problem, ... only have last step left (to hail him) and it does absolutely nothing.
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