Disappearing Dragons  

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Level:95
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
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Era:Empires of Kunark
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Min. # of Players:1
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Entered: Fri Oct 14 20:48:36 2016
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Speak to Indagatrix Salus Acilia in Lceanium up near the Scorched Woods zoneline tunnel.

You say, 'Hail, Indagatrix Salus Acilia'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia says 'Greetings Gidono. I've heard good things about you. If you are up to it, I have a [task:What task?] for you. The task may involve some [risk:I thrive on risk!].'

You say, 'What task?'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia says 'Great, Gidono. I noted the task in your journal. As mentioned, this task does involve some [risk:I still enjoy risk.] that I would be happy to explain.'

You say, 'I still enjoy risk.'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia says 'When we first came here, the great dragon [Gorenaire:Tell me more about Gorenaire] menaced the city. While she did not outright attack the city or any of it's inhabitants, she did sit atop a mount and [watch:She just watched?]'

You say, 'Tell me more about Gorenaire'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia says 'She is a magnificent white dragon. I have never seen anything as terrifyingly beautiful.'

You say, 'She just watched?'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia says 'She didn't just watch us. She would also [fly] over us.'

You say, 'fly'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia has a far away worshipful look in her eyes. 'She [was:What do you mean was?] simply majestic. She wouldn't just fly high above, she would glide regally through the great spires and let her tail brush the smaller spires.'
You say, 'What do you mean was?'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia says 'Well. A while ago she simply disappeared. She's no longer watching us, nor is she in the dreadlands nor with the other dragons. She [vanished:A dragon vanished?].'

You say, 'A dragon vanished?'

Indagatrix Salus Acilia says 'Yes. And that is your task. Use whatever means you can to find her. Start your search near the entrance to the yeti caves. From there see where the path leads you. Be warned that you may need to kill some of the beings in the area to find what has become '

You have been assigned the task 'Disappearing Dragons'.




  • 1. See if you can find any traces of Gorenaire near the yeti cave

    In front of the Yeti cave in the southeast part of the zone, stand at location: -965, -1502, 56 and you will receive yellow text stating "You continue to carefully search the area.". Stand there for a minute until the task updates.


  • 2. See if you can find any traces of Gorenaire near the druid ring

    Stand at the southern end of the druid ring at location 908, -414, -36


  • 3. See if you can find any traces of Gorenaire near the wizard spire

    Stand in the middle of the wizard spire at location 1348, 1444, -56 in the northwestern part of the zone until the task updates.


  • 4. Follow the trail

    A trail should appear however it didn't for me, but a red X appeared on the map. Before you get there be prepared to kill a drake for each member of the group who has the task, one will spawn at a time. You will need to go back over the spot to retrigger the other drakes for the other group members. They will attack you as soon as you reach the spot at the island in the middle of the lake.

    The aggressive drakes are triggered by standing at the highest point on the peninsula. One spawns for each player at this stage of the quest standing on this spot.

    The drakes are rootable but not mezable or stunable.


  • 5. Defend yourself and kill the Drakes coming after you 0/4

    Kill all 4 of an aggressive drake. It's best to send in just one person to grab these drakes and drag them back to a camp.


  • 6. Follow the trail

    Look at your map, it should show another red X that is back in the city on the east ramp.


  • 7. Ask the guard if they have seen anything [unusual]

    When going up the ramp, the guard on the right, say unusual to this guard and then go through the rest of the dialog.


  • 8. Follow the trail

    On your map again should be a red X inside the main temple in the center of the city.


  • 9. Ask the golem if it has seen anyone out of [place]

    Target the golem and say place and follow the dialog.


  • 10. Follow the trail

    Another red X appears on your map at the harried page.


  • 11. Ask the page if it has seen anyone [suspicious]

    Target the harried page and say suspicious. Follow the dialog.


  • 12. Follow the trail

    A red X appears on your map again to the south of the city at the entrance of the Drachnid tunnels.


  • 13. Kill Drachnid to look for clues 0/10

    Kill 10 Drachnids.


  • 14, Go into the Scorched Woods

    Scorched Woods tunnel is in the northeast corner of Lceanium. This step will update in Scorched woods as you zone over from Lceanium. (Levitation appears to bug the update so it is advisable to drop it before zoning).


  • 15. Ask one of the salus soldiers if they have seen anyone [suspicious]

    Target one of the salus soldiers at the entrance, one standing at the dirt path, close to the quest NPCs: Strategus Pommori and Domina Caelestis and say suspicious and then go through their dialog.


  • 16. Follow the trail

    Another red X appears on your map up in the northeast section of the zone, go to it.


  • 17. Kill sarnak to look for clues 0/10

    Kill 10 Sarnak's up in the northeast section of the zone towards Chardok.


  • 18. Share your (conclusions) with Indagatrix Salus Acilia

    Come back to Lceanium and talk to Indagatrix Salus Acilia. Say conclusions and follow the dialog.



    Reward(s):
    319pp
    Experience

    Need detailed information such as dialog for each step on this quest.
  • Rewards:
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    quest - Disappearing Dragons
    # Jan 09 2024 at 7:45 AM Rating: Default
    More info on step 15 hail of guard - FACTION MUST BE MINIMUM OF AMIABLE WITH NEW COMBINE GUARDS !!!
    quest - Disappearing Dragons
    # Jan 09 2024 at 7:37 AM Rating: Default
    HOT: THIS QUEST STEP 15 - ask 1 of the soldiers if they seen anyone suspicious ;
    THIS STEP IS FACTION RELATED
    MUST HAVE MINIMUM of AMIABLY FACTION

    FACTION IS REQUIRED TO GET NPC TO ACKKNOWLEDGE!!!!!!
    Levitation can bug the step into Scorched Woods
    # Jul 19 2023 at 4:56 AM Rating: Good
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    As somebody said earlier, having levitation on can bug the step in the Scorched Woods where you have to talk to the soldier. It is hit and miss as I had three chars do it, two of them had levitation on and one got a response from the guard, and the other one didn't.

    If this happens, I found zoning back into Lceanium (after dropping levitation) and then zoning back into Scorched Woods generally fixes it.
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    Still broken
    # Aug 29 2022 at 2:21 PM Rating: Decent
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    This **** is still broken. I get that fixing crap doesn't pay and it's much more important to push out new content than fix the broken quests...so may borked quests
    n case someone has trouble with vanishing paths
    # Jul 27 2022 at 2:04 AM Rating: Good
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    In case someone has trouble with vanishing paths:

    Location for first "Follow the Trail" - from spire across the lake (777, 108) atop the little hill there. 4 "an aggressive drake" spawn one by one when you trigger the spot.

    Location for second "Follow the Trail" - inside the walls of Lceanium, top center of the east ramp (-950, 515).

    Location for third "Follow the Trail" - straight west from the ramp, passt the fountain into the main temple entrance area next to the golem there (-970, 1030).

    Location for fourth "Follow the Trail" - main temple center room between the two braziers next to the harried page (-940, 1060).

    Location for fifth "Follow the Trails" - entrance to the Drachnid Cave (-1935, 965).

    Location for sixth "Follow the Trails" - in Scorched Woods northeast of the crater, east of the path leading further up north (3095, -4100).

    Edited, Jul 27th 2022 3:15am by Thintalle
    watch out boxing...drakes
    # Mar 16 2021 at 5:34 PM Rating: Excellent
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    when u go to kill the drakes ... RUN TO TOP OF HILL WITH ONE GUY ONLY i took my 7 box group up there and got 7 right off bat.... wiped ..I just backed all but warrior off hill and cake from then on out .....and it update's EVERYONE in group.. FYI it bugged out on me ,, after i got first path to guard then golem guy.... that's it ... said follow path to PAGE guy - no red "x" and no yellow path to him. .i had to track him with druid - i quit there - quit there ... its double exp (or AA) so didn't want to waste evaluable time on bugged quest... will try later next month ,,
    Go into the Scorched Woods
    # Dec 27 2020 at 6:58 PM Rating: Decent
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    Go into the Scorched Woods

    For update to Going to Scorched Woods

    say 'suspicious to an indagatrix vitali salus on the right

    Then for ask one of the soldiers

    say 'suspicious to a praetor salus in the middle
    Go into the Scorched Woods
    # Dec 28 2020 at 8:46 PM Rating: Excellent
    woodsyyyyyy wrote:
    Go into the Scorched Woods

    For update to Going to Scorched Woods

    say 'suspicious to an indagatrix vitali salus on the right

    Then for ask one of the soldiers

    say 'suspicious to a praetor salus in the middle


    So step 14 isn't updated by a location, you have to speak those phrases?
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    golem dialog/updates
    # Aug 23 2018 at 11:40 PM Rating: Excellent
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    Move around the golem, regu praesitor, until you get the update. The first dialog will be yellow: It's possible this golem has some information. It may be pointless, but it is worth a try to see if it was aware of anything out of (place). Say, place. A regu praesitor stares ahead impassively. Maybe you should ask in a more logical manner. Did it notice anything outside of normal (parameters
    ). Say, parameters. A regu praesitor stares ahead impassively. This isn't working (is anyone in there)? Say, is anyone in there. A mystical path appears before you. Your task 'Disappearing Dragons' has been updated. A regu praesitor stares ahead impassively. A voice emits from the energy in its chest. 'Be quiet. It's just a golem. Are you daft? Go make noise somewhere else.' 'You think you can hear an echo of the voice coming from the doorway to the north. It also sounds like a bigger chamber.' Follow the path.
    Also have lev off when moving around the golem or be as close to the ground as possible.
    If you DON"T get an update
    # Dec 21 2017 at 8:38 PM Rating: Good
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    The updates are VERY specific. If you didn't get an update and the path is gone (as people posted below) just use the below text to get a general idea of where you need to be and then move all around that area. The LOCs given below all work. For the Golem, you have to stand BEHIND him to get the update. For the spider tunnels, you have to stand at the LEFT EDGE of the very entrance to get the update.
    Step 15
    # Jul 09 2017 at 7:29 PM Rating: Good
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    The only salus soldier that I could get the 'suspicious' dialogue tree with was the one standing at the dirt path, close to the quest NPCs: Strategus Pommori and Domina Caelestis.
    4 x drakes
    # May 02 2017 at 3:05 AM Rating: Decent
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    If at any point you lost your map, drop quest and restart it. I could not find another way.
    4 x drakes
    # Jul 07 2017 at 12:04 PM Rating: Decent
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    I disagree. Whenever you get a task stage with a map trail, make a mental note of where you need to go (or take a photo/screenshot) and if you then lose the guide, just refer to your picture.
    Quest
    # Apr 30 2017 at 3:18 PM Rating: Decent
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    This quest still appears to be bugged if you don't complete it all at once... Is this the case??? I cannot find the path to the original four drakes again... I really can't recall many quests that I've done that were this broken, though I'm sure there are many... Guess they need twenty years to get rid of the bugs...

    two toons
    # Dec 18 2016 at 4:31 PM Rating: Good
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    Both of my toons had the task. I decided not to get the wiz spires update for one to avoid multiple spawns.

    When I got all four updates on the other toon, they both got the path and each (separately) got credit for the remaining steps of the task (I did through drachnids).

    When I went back to get the wiz spires and drakes for the other toon, I got the path. Once I followed it and got the update, one aggressive drake appeared and that toon got credit for following the path and already had credit for killing the drakes (before they were revealed). Couldn't even spawn more than one aggressive drake (though, didn't need).

    Then .. off to scorched woods .. all finished :)
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    Checkpoint for spiders
    # Dec 07 2016 at 8:44 AM Rating: Good
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    Quote:
    11. Ask the page if it has seen anyone [suspicious]

    Target the harried page and say suspicious. Follow the dialog.


    12.Follow the trail

    A red X appears on your map again to the south of the city at the entrance of the Drachnid tunnels.


    Unfortunately for whatever reason, player no longer neither has the trail nor the red x. So the question is where is the checkpoint that turns the quest from follow the trail to kill spiders. Player reports confronting three spiders stationed in the wide part of the entry to the spider caves just before the path narrows to the actual spider trails. Is it there?

    Edited, Dec 7th 2016 9:46am by Grove
    Checkpoint for spiders
    # Dec 07 2016 at 9:48 AM Rating: Excellent
    Grove wrote:
    Quote:
    11. Ask the page if it has seen anyone [suspicious]

    Target the harried page and say suspicious. Follow the dialog.


    12.Follow the trail

    A red X appears on your map again to the south of the city at the entrance of the Drachnid tunnels.


    Unfortunately for whatever reason, player no longer neither has the trail nor the red x. So the question is where is the checkpoint that turns the quest from follow the trail to kill spiders. Player reports confronting three spiders stationed in the wide part of the entry to the spider caves just before the path narrows to the actual spider trails. Is it there?

    Edited, Dec 7th 2016 9:46am by Grove


    It should be at the entrance of the tunnel.
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    Drakes bugged?
    # Nov 24 2016 at 5:24 AM Rating: Decent
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    It appears that the drake part is bugged, I spawned 4 and got over 40... people are saying that if someone else dies and doesn't complete there 4 add on, so it appears there have been several deaths and when you spawn them, you get whatever leftover there are....

    Another quality quest working as normal....
    Drakes bugged?
    # Nov 25 2016 at 9:49 PM Rating: Excellent
    miltross wrote:
    It appears that the drake part is bugged, I spawned 4 and got over 40... people are saying that if someone else dies and doesn't complete there 4 add on, so it appears there have been several deaths and when you spawn them, you get whatever leftover there are....

    Another quality quest working as normal....


    Report this on the official Everquest forums or make a ticket at https://dgcissuetracker.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa.
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    Cannot progress due to unknown faction
    # Nov 21 2016 at 12:44 PM Rating: Decent
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    Cannot get past this step, somehow I am at dubious faction when conning a soldier at Scorched Woods entrance. Soldiers will not give me the dialog so I cant progress and don't know how to raise that faction, any ideas?

    Quote:

    Ask one of the salus soldiers if they have seen anyone [suspicious]

    Target one of the salus soldiers at the entrance and say suspicious and then go through their dialog.
    Cannot progress due to unknown faction
    # Nov 21 2016 at 2:04 PM Rating: Excellent
    MCprogram wrote:
    Cannot get past this step, somehow I am at dubious faction when conning a soldier at Scorched Woods entrance. Soldiers will not give me the dialog so I cant progress and don't know how to raise that faction, any ideas?

    Quote:

    Ask one of the salus soldiers if they have seen anyone [suspicious]

    Target one of the salus soldiers at the entrance and say suspicious and then go through their dialog.


    Try doing some mercenary quests in Katta Castrum: Deluge or killing Sarnak's in Chardok [EoK version], they give faction hits for New Combine which is what faction those NPC's are on.

    Edited, Mar 5th 2017 12:44pm by Gidono
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    Steps
    # Nov 17 2016 at 9:30 PM Rating: Decent
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    5) Defend yourself and kill the Drakes coming after you 0/4
    6) Follow the trail
    7) Ask the guard if they have seen anything (unusual)
    8) Follow the trail
    9) Ask the golem if it has seen anyone out of (place)
    10) Follow the trail
    11) Ask the page if it has seen anyone (suspicious)
    12) Follow the trail
    13) Kill Drachnid to look for clues 0/10
    14) Go into the Scorched Woods
    15) Ask one of the salus soldiers if they have seen anyone (suspicious)
    16) Follow the trail
    17) Kill sarnak to look for clues 0/10
    18) Share your (conclusions) with Indagatrix Salus Acilia
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    # Nov 18 2016 at 12:22 AM Rating: Excellent
    GOMN wrote:
    5) Defend yourself and kill the Drakes coming after you 0/4
    6) Follow the trail
    7) Ask the guard if they have seen anything (unusual)
    8) Follow the trail
    9) Ask the golem if it has seen anyone out of (place)
    10) Follow the trail
    11) Ask the page if it has seen anyone (suspicious)
    12) Follow the trail
    13) Kill Drachnid to look for clues 0/10
    14) Go into the Scorched Woods
    15) Ask one of the salus soldiers if they have seen anyone (suspicious)
    16) Follow the trail
    17) Kill sarnak to look for clues 0/10
    18) Share your (conclusions) with Indagatrix Salus Acilia


    Thanks, added.
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