Crusader's Test of Pain (#2)  

They expect newbs to wait 6 hours? no wounder my friend left and only said "this game take's to much time." the day after he try'd the quest. Well on the other hand a newb wouldent usually look for quests TO much unless they know what they are doing.

Obviously VI is pulling a fast one on us, cuz the cave that leads to Trak is now unhuntable...since the Black Ravengers are now static where the iksars used to be.

Are you guys hunting the iksars at that small camp near the end of a road?

Ok, I read all the post and went last nite to do this quest. I am well long in my levels, but that is because I have mostly worried about leveling and not questing, except for the dreadscale armor. I tried doing the camp both ways first not killing the iksars, only had a bout 4 or 5 raiders spawn that way. Secondly, I cleared the camp and all mob around the camp and did not loot corpses. Doing it this way the raiders started spawning at about 7pm game time, usually only one or 2 and not every hour. Around 3 or 4 am game time is when you will see the most of them maybe 2 per game time hour, and at 5 or 6 am game time I had about 3 to 4 spawn randomly outside the camp. There is no specific spot they spawn, it could be just northwest of the camp on the hill, or it could be to the east on the hill in the trees next to the water. I also had some spawn to the south over the hill near the water, so once night time fall game wise. I would make a circle around the camp from the pillar around by the water thru the trees and back just keeping everything cleared. I had much better results this way and had many more raiders spawn. There may still be a bug with the quest, because I couldn't get the items to combine. You have 1 no drop page, 2 non-lore, and 7 lore pages. I got the non-lore to drop 3 or 4 time after I already had the first two, but swapping them out and trying to combine, but no like I'm going to petition a GM tonite to see if it is bugged. I will repost what I find out.

Kudamon Kreedknight
54 Reaver of Cabilis

You say, 'what great er concern?'

Lord Gikzic says 'A tome has been taken from us. An expeditionary unit was returning to Cabilis when they were overtaken by a band of froglok raiders. The odds were greatly in their favor, but our forces would soon cut them down. Then, as abruptly as the battle began, it came to an end. The frogs retreated. The only item they took was an ancient tome entitled 'The Origins of Pain'. What the frogs want with it is unknown to us. Will you [retrieve the tome]?'

You say, 'I will retrieve the tome'

Lord Gikzic says 'The tome ripped open in battle. There were but ten pages. This is one of those pages. You must find the remainder and the tome binder. Place the pages within the binder and once you combine them, the binder shall magically lock. Do not look upon the pages, for the words would bring a great madness upon you. Your task is simply to seek out the froglok raiders and return the magically locked tome to me. Return it with a knave's khukri and I shall give you a more powerful weapon.'


Cut and pasted from my EQLog

Lord Gikzic kindly considers you -- what would you like your tombstone to say?

Faeeldora Skywatcher
Level 42 Human Shadow Knight of Innoruuk
Erollisi Marr

1. Find a very, very bored level 40+ person.
2. Ask them if they will help you.
3. Have that person go on a murderous rampage around the camp.
4. Eventually you'll see the raider spawn increase dramatically. By the time I finished it, the raider spawn was so fast I couldn't keep up with it.

Still takes a large amount of time, but it helps.

I find that if I wipe out the bandit camp at night I can get some to spawn. I got 2 to spawn then 2 more after cleaning the camp then killing little critters that were walking around.

Where is this **** bandit camp i keep reading about?

Can anyone tell me what the non Lore/No Drop says on it...
I have 8 Lore and the one Lore / No Drop from the quest initiation.

I have gotten 3 Non Lore/No Drop pages from the raiders that look like the Monk initiation page... it says.
This Broodling has reached the age of rebirth.
This Broodling is called forth to Cabilis to
Begin training in the art of Fist and Tail
within the walls of the Court of Pain Shall I wait
This summon shal be presented to me 'upon arrival.
Grand Master Glox
The Swiftail Caste...

Any help would be appreciated. =)

Edited, Mon Apr 29 18:06:59 2002

does anyone know the possible LOC of the spawn for them? thanx in advance.

I've noticed when i killed the giant morass leeches 2 frog raiders spawn near that corpse im currently at 7 pages w/ the binder im doing good this night! Also about legends, im currently on it cant wait to go back to TZ, Legends has all high level events cya

Mwilmoth Shadowteeth
Level 22 Shadow Knight
Tallon Zek (Currently Stormhammer)

Well, I am in the process of doing this quest. It has been 2 weeks now, and I am looking for the last page. I got the first 9 pretty quickly, but I've killed almost 20 Raiders since then, and they are all duplicates!! AHhhhh! A few tips that might help:

One or two Raiders ALWAYS spawm every morning between 5AM and 9AM. ALWAYS!

I have never seen a Raider during the day, until today. I saw 4 during the afternoon, so YES, they DO spawn during the day, too.

I think killing Giant Mosquitos in the area may help spawn Raiders...

Sometimes, they spawn behind the iksar camp, so search around a little.

I think killing fishers may spawn some of the higher nasty Frogs, like shamans. I hate those things!

Careful if you are killing fishers and especially bounders, they have a tendancy to get help from there big brothers a lot.

Well, I think that is about it. I hope it clears up a little!

Gihan
12th Season Iksar
Hail Thule!

Ok you all seem to have same problem... mines different... I am a 51 iksar sk... i go back and get the first khukri... then he said something then with a [Greater Concern} in the paragraph... so i say "what greater concern" He then says that i must show my self or something more clearly to the Crusaders of Greenmist... so i cant even DO the quest and i asked him?? I wouldnt think i would have to Raise my faction with my own class/race guild... So basically im stumped ;P