Hatching a Plan  

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Level:20
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Loot
  • Money
Time Limit:06:00:00
Quest Items:
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Related Creatures:
Era:Veil of Alaris
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Group Size:Group
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:6
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Fri Apr 13 10:33:38 2012
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
This is a shared task (1-6 players) that begins with Destrea Kinmare in the Plane of Knowledge (located outside the main bank at 480, 475, -125).

Note: The task (and mobs in the instanced zone) scale according to your group's level.

You say, 'Hail, Destrea Kinmare'

Destrea Kinmare says 'Hello, may Marr bless your day. May you remain healthy and happy, for this is not granted to [all].'

You say, 'All?'

Destrea Kinmare says 'I understand that people are more important than animals. We have to protect our own people before we can look after others. But you, me... all the others here, we have plenty. We should learn to be more generous to those that have less. But I'm not going to bother you with my thoughts on that. What we really need to consider is finding ways to prevent people from [actively harming] those that can't protect themselves.'

You say, 'Actively harming them?'

Destrea Kinmare says 'Well, I have heard that some Iksar have been capturing and torturing beautiful pegasi for some sort of awful experimentation. I don't know if this is some splinter group or if this is sanctioned or even encouraged by their leaders, but that doesn't matter. Allowing such crimes is no better than committing them. Perhaps you could [investigate] this for me?'

You say, 'I'll investigate'

Destrea Kinmare says 'Will you? Really? You are one of the rare few that cares what happens in the world and is willing to do something about the evil that lives out there. If you find that these rumors hold any truth at all, I ask you to please, please put a stop to it. Let me know when you are [ready] and I shall ask Erollisi to send you where you are needed.'

You have been assigned the task 'Hatching a Plan'.

Destrea Kinmare has sent you into the heart of The Hatchery to discover what sort of creatures the Iksar are breeding.

Upon completing this mission, the Dragonscale Skystrider mount will offer bonus health and mana when ridden.



Find where the eggs are being incubated 0/1 (Hatchery Wing)

Task Window Says: Destrea is certain that many eggs are being incubated within The Hatchery, but their exact location is unknown.

This is a location update in the northernmost room on your map (north from the zone-in). NOTE: Don't go near the room until you're ready for a fight.

Upon stepping into the room:

Your task 'Hatching a Plan' has been updated.
an iksar guard says 'You shall go no further, invader!'
an iksar guard says 'You shall go no further, invader!'
an iksar guard says 'You shall go no further, invader!'

3x "an iksar guard" auto-aggro on you. They hit for a max ~10,000.

Defeat the guards that your invasion has awoken 0/3 (Hatchery Wing)

Task Window Says: Guards have detected your presence! Defeat them before they have a chance to call for help.

Speak with Breeder Kaldur 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Clear the room before you hail him.

Destroy the eggs around the room before they hatch 0/8 (Kaesora Hatchery)

You have about 30 seconds to break all the eggs. For the ones you don't get to in time, "a hatchling" spawns (snareable; doesn’t see through invis).

Speak with Breeder Kaldur once again 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Hail him again and be ready for a fight.

Defeat Gulvak 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Gulvak spawns in place of Breeder Kaldur. He is NOT snareable and casts a knockback AE.

Take the Breeder Robes from the corpse of Gulvak 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Locate Xorik within the Hatchery 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Xorik is found in the center room of the zone.

Speak with Xorik while wearing the Breeder Robes 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

You receive an empty vial.

Fill the Empty Vial with pegasus and dragon blood 0/8 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Find the rooms with “a skittish filly” and “a young dragon”, and kill them all (total of four each).

Return the Blood-Filled Vial to Xorik 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Speak to Xorik once again while wearing the Breeder Robes 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Follow Xorik to the crystal egg 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Defeat Xorik before the crystal egg hatches 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

Command your new companion to fly to the Plane of Knowledge 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)

/say "fly to the plane of knowledge" to the dragon.

Discuss your discovery with Destrea Kinmare 0/1 (Kaesora Hatchery)


Rewards:

Option #1: Dragonscale Skystrider Scales
Option #2: 112 platinum (at Level 95)

If you have purchased a Dragonscale Skyrider Saddle from the Marketplace, you also receive an "Empowered Dragonscale Skystrider Saddle".
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No empty vial from Xorik
# Jul 08 2022 at 7:04 PM Rating: Decent
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Just tried this today with 23 Ranger half-elf; I got as far as Xorik. After clearing the room and putting on the robe, He says to me:

"Know your place, breeder. If you do not have anything of value to say, then remove yourself from my presence."

No empty vial.

Not sure what to do, other than drop the quest and start over?

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Is this quest still available or not?
# Aug 30 2020 at 6:43 PM Rating: Decent
I did this quest on the test server. I boxxed it with my second account and the character was added to the task.I finished it. I have the Empowered version on the second account. But on the first account I did not receive it. Instead, I can't even use the saddle any more. I tried to remove it from the keyring, but can't get the icon to show up where it says Stat Mount, nor any other of the mounts for that matter. Can anyone help me out with this? It's pissing me off because what's the use of having done the quest if you can't utilize the reward?
This quest is dead???
# Aug 28 2020 at 2:31 PM Rating: Decent
I did this quest with my druid on test server. Not only did it not upgrade the saddle from the original version to the empowered version, but it has been made unusable. I even tried the things found in the discussion. When I did this quest, I was boxing with my other druid and was added to the task. My other druid is in the same boat. What am I missing?
This quest is dead???
# Aug 29 2020 at 8:52 AM Rating: Excellent
Whit2k wrote:
I did this quest with my druid on test server. Not only did it not upgrade the saddle from the original version to the empowered version, but it has been made unusable. I even tried the things found in the discussion. When I did this quest, I was boxing with my other druid and was added to the task. My other druid is in the same boat. What am I missing?


Sounds like a bug. I would report it on the official eq bug forum.
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Molo bugged!
# Dec 02 2017 at 10:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Was doing the task with a merc healer and with autoloot active,

When I killed Gulvak, Autolooted the robe before the quest step updated, so I'm stuck at 'Take the Breeder robes from the corpse of Gulvak;' with the robe already in inventory!

Restarting with the robe in inventory so it wont loot due to lore, thend estroy robe to loot it after tsk step updated.
Molo bugged!
# Dec 03 2017 at 3:23 AM Rating: Good
Aanalin wrote:
Was doing the task with a merc healer and with autoloot active,
When I killed Gulvak, Autolooted the robe before the quest step updated, so I'm stuck at 'Take the Breeder robes from the corpse of Gulvak;' with the robe already in inventory!
Restarting with the robe in inventory so it wont loot due to lore, thend estroy robe to loot it after tsk step updated.

Thanks for reporting, I entered a bug report on the DBG Issue Tracker.
if the mount doesnt work after you finish..
# Jan 27 2017 at 7:49 PM Rating: Decent
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After I finished the quest I didnt have the new mount and my old mount stopped working. Removed it from the keyring and it upgraded and started working again. whew
if the mount doesnt work after you finish..
# Aug 28 2020 at 2:36 PM Rating: Decent
I did that and it didn't update or start working for me. Any suggestions or help?
if the mount doesnt work after you finish..
# Jan 29 2017 at 1:06 PM Rating: Excellent
svann wrote:
After I finished the quest I didnt have the new mount and my old mount stopped working. Removed it from the keyring and it upgraded and started working again. whew


What is the name of the mount that stopped working?
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Empowered Dragonscale Skystrider Saddle
# Jul 18 2015 at 12:03 PM Rating: Decent
I've done this quest a couple of times recently, and had some trouble getting the upgraded mount. After some experimentation and a petition, here's the solution:

Do not put the marketplace saddle on the mount keyring, it has to be in your inventory when you make the final hail. You also need to be mounted on the plain sky strider for the upgrade to work (I think).

Edited, Jul 18th 2015 2:04pm by lizarinn
Egg destroying tip
# Oct 05 2014 at 10:31 AM Rating: Decent
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Destroy the eggs around the room before they hatch 0/8 (Kaesora Hatchery)

You can only break eggs that are hatching (wobbling motion).

I didn't realize this at first and spent too much time trying to break non-moving eggs only to have all the hatchlings break out.
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ac ???
# Aug 29 2014 at 1:59 AM Rating: Default
am level 100 and it adds 500 HP 400 mana and 36 ac only with quest done
Update
# Jan 21 2014 at 1:28 PM Rating: Good
Did this quest todayand step ten "Fill the Empty Vial with pegasus and dragon blood is 0/8 not /1 as shown.
HP/MANA WITH AND WITHOUT QUEST
# Dec 14 2013 at 5:44 AM Rating: Decent
OK for the quest:

Horse adds:

252HP and 200 Mana before the hatchling quest

After: Horse adds 500HP and 401 Mana (no not added onto previous amounts). Or if you prefer, the quest adds 500HP-252HP=248hp AND 401MANA-200MANA=201 MANA

Hope this helps some make some decisions

Just noticed that it adds some AC as well. On me as a caster, it added 47ac BUT this is AFTER QUEST. I did not notice if it added less ac or no ac before quest, sorry. Likely something that someone else can verify.

I also plan on mixing this mount with a selo mount for speed.

Edited, Dec 14th 2013 6:50am by Claptrap
Does it actually DO anything?
# Apr 07 2013 at 11:17 PM Rating: Decent
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Anyone know what the Familiar does other than follow you? Does it actually DO anything? Like does it give you extra HP or Mana or AC or ANYTHING?
Reward
# Jan 19 2013 at 9:54 PM Rating: Good
The actual name for the reward is Dragonscale Skystrider Scales. https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=104093
still bugged
# Dec 29 2012 at 12:01 PM Rating: Good
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The biggest experience boost EVER! went in on my 21 necro from a long time ago and got to lvl 60 in just a few days and it starts to get harder around those levels
Mask
# Aug 01 2012 at 1:28 AM Rating: Decent
The mask of the ancient iksar does not work here btw.
Tip
# Apr 23 2012 at 4:38 AM Rating: Decent
Finished this today for toons on 2 accounts. My suggestion is take a ranger lv 95 with all AA's in headshot the eggs are easy to off with headshot. That was the most tediouse part in my opinion.
still bugged
# Apr 17 2012 at 11:00 PM Rating: Decent
this thing is still bugged .. have run it twice , it freezes up at step 10 11 .. each time the vials never fill even though the task list updates. wearing the robe all the time or not .. hoping they fix this soon i have bought two of the mounts would love to see the actual stats on it .
still bugged
# Dec 29 2012 at 12:00 PM Rating: Good
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when you are trying to fill the vials it wont fill until you have killed all the Pegasus and dragons
still bugged
# Apr 19 2012 at 5:58 PM Rating: Decent
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Ive done it twice one yesterday and once again today. I wa sable to finish both times w/o any problems. All the Pegasus and dragon blood no problem. I follow the step as sated on EQresources ... easy as cake.
Dragonscale Skystrider Mount
# Apr 16 2012 at 1:14 AM Rating: Decent
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The Dragonscale Skystrider Mount purchasable in the Marketplace provides double health and mana after this quest is completed.
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Failed to recieve a blood filled vial
# Apr 15 2012 at 12:30 PM Rating: Decent
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This is the 3rd attempt for me. first time the eggs bugged. I had to restart. 2nd time around the eggs worked all quest linesworked till we got to step 11: return the Blood-Filled Vial to Xorik. Checked my inventory no vial. The only vial i had was empty vial....the step 10: fill the empty vial with pegasus and dragon blood updated with the emote you fill the vial with a small sample of blood or something like that. (had the robe on the whole time from step nine to step 11)....submitted bug report to soe.

Today I had my favorite sk and the most awesome druid/enchanter with me and everything was updating as it should till you guessed it Step 11. This time i had the breeder robes on only on step 9. took it off when we started step 10. Step fill the empty vial with pegasus and dragon blood updates.. completes and then at step 11: return the blood filled vial to xorik cant complete cause the empty vial never changes to Blood filled or the quest never gives you one. So did i do something wrong? Or is just bugged? I along with druid,enchanter submitted a petition to this.

Edited, Apr 15th 2012 11:47am by taramisu
Destroy eggs??
# Apr 13 2012 at 9:50 AM Rating: Decent
Got to part to kill eggs...Didnt kill them all in 30secs? 8 eggs in 30secs? Anyway approx 8 Hatchlings spawned over bout 10sec period...after wipe reovery, we killed all hatchlings and saw that task updated 4 of 8 eggs, ok 4 left...played thru entire zone and only found broken eggs.. went back tried hailing again, no go. Zoned out. Hmm me or task bugged?
Destroy eggs??
# Apr 13 2012 at 2:35 PM Rating: Good
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Sounds like a bug, you dont actually get an update for each egg, unless they changed it since i ran it (ran on thursday) once the hatchlings spawn you get update to speak with breeder. you can actually speak to him without killing all the hatchlings as i did, but ended up killing them all as they aggro'd with Gulvak
Destroy eggs??
# Apr 13 2012 at 3:37 PM Rating: Decent
OK, I will try again, I did hail npc twice , well actually 3 times, The initial hail, then again after killing hathlings, then again after learing zone, no luck tho .Stayed 4 of 8 tho no change.
walk through
# Apr 13 2012 at 7:31 AM Rating: Good
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Did this with my box group, 95 Warr, 95 Wizzy, 94 Necro, 3 mercs, 2 were healers and 1 rouge.Smiley: clown
As you wish dev's, and players...

Step 1: Find where the eggs are being incubated.
I ran through the egg rooms until I got 2nd update, when you get it 3 guards spawn.
Step 2: Defeat the guards that your invasion has awoken
“an iksar guard” DarkBlue con to 94, Spawned together, was able to snare and split, doesn’t see through invis
Step 3: Speak with Breeder Kaldur
Clear the room before Hail
Step 4: Destroy the eggs around the room before they hatch
You got about 30secs(approx, i didn't really time it) to break them all. I didn’t get them all and then “a hatchling” spawned from the remaining. Darkblue cons as well to 94, snareable, doesn’t see through invis. Clear them all before next step.
Step 5: Speak with Breeder Kaldur once again
Must hail un-invis
Step 6: Defeat Gulvak
Spawns in place of Breeder Kaldur, NOT snareable, casts some knockback type spell (sorry didn’t catch name)
Step 7: Take the Breeder robes from the corpse of Gulvak
Step 8: Locate Xorik within the Hatchery
Step 9: Speak with Xorik while wearing the Breeder Robes

You receive “empty vial”
Step 10: Fill the Empty Vial with pegasus and dragon blood
Find the rooms with “a skittish filly” and “a young dragon” kill them all (total of 4 each)Darkblue cons to 94
Step 11: Return the Blood-Filled Vial to Xorik
Step 12: Speak to Xorik once again while wearing the Breeder Robes
Step 13: Follow Xorik to the crystal egg
Step 14: Defeat Xorik before the crystal egg hatches
Step 15: Command your new companion to fly to the plane of Knowledge

"/say fly to the plane of knowledge" to the lil dragon
Step 16: Discuss your discovery with Destrea Kinmare
walk through
# Aug 14 2012 at 8:46 AM Rating: Decent
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The mobs level is relevant to the players level. Light blue cons to my 49 druid/necro.
walk through
# Apr 14 2012 at 2:28 PM Rating: Decent
Thanks for the walk thru, tried this task again and finished.
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