I bounced through several messages attemptin to gather all the
information I needed for this quest. Just my opinion, but this quest
completely sucks. =) I spent several hours reading messages and
looking for what was required, and then due to the NO RENT item
disappearing on me once I had to partial complete the quest again. I'm
hoping I can save future people who do this quest some time by
outlining specifics and such. It's not perfect, just my version. =)
Start with Master Rixiz in your Necro temple, middle floor. Acquire
the Glass Canopic when you tell them you want the quest.
Crypt Raider:
I give credit to Nanto for this one. To summarize, hunt around the
small tower at +1700, -50. It took me about 30min to find one roaming.
At L17 when I did this quest a lot of stuff was blue to me in the
lands, but tons of people were hunting there (130+) and the Crypt
Raider was green to me. Kill and retrieve brain. =)
Busted Froglok Slave Shackles (x2), found on escaped frogloks
This one threw me for a loop, everywhere I read for the most part said
"2nd isle" but I roamed everywhere in this zone looking for such.
Killed some stuff that was blue to me, ran from stuff that was red..
then went back to the newbie grounds and followed the right path out
from Cabalis that runs by the pillars. Swam through the water and up
to the path as it continued. This general area is where I hunted.
Finding escaped frogs:
(NPC bugged pathing, Swamp of No Hope, +732, +2667)
This was the only place I ever saw them when they did spawn, they
simply run back and forth between the 2 trees. I killed everything in
the area until they spawned.
Side note: Verant probably will never fix this pathing error but the
hillside just to the right of the area "traps" a ton of stuff up on the
ledge, in fact at +1051, + 3174 I found one escaped frog. When I had
to do this quest a 2nd time because of the NO RENT portion I had both
shackles needed within 20min after clearing the hillside and going back
into the woods.
Toil Master
(East Cabalis - near long stone bridge, +826, -41)
Give 2 broken shackles to receive "Pile of Granite Pebbles"
Note: This is the default spawn area he can be found in, although he
tends to roam when frogloks roam. I found the 3 froglok slaves he
normally resides over and he wasn't around so I killed them. You can
kill these frogs anytime with no retribution, I believe. About 15min
later the Toil Master and his 3 frogs spawned at the above mentioned
location once I had killed all 3 frogloks.
Forging Hammer:
Weaponsmith Grugal
(East Cabilis - near warrior guild, -422, -35)
Creating the Bog Juice:
1 water flask
1 snake scale
1 Bottle
[Combine] in a Brew Barrel (next to Bank in East Cabalis)
Note: I had put 15 points into training for Brewing so I thought I
would be ok. After attempting to combine several of these and getting
the following message:
You have fashioned the items together to create an alternate product.
And getting an empty bottle back, and skill in Brewing not raising, I
camped and went to the Chat area to ask about Brewing being bugged.
Not taking into consideration the *granite powder* I had made in a
forge was NO RENT it decided to go *PooF* when I logged to get some
help. =( Back to previous steps to get shackles again. =/
I later found out from guild members when they logged on that this is
Verants way of returning items to you when you failed.
** Don't do the following steps UNTIL you have the rest of what is
required **
Place in Forge:
Pile of Granite Pebbles
Forging Hammer
1 bone chip
1 bone chip (separate slot)
Hit [Combine] and receive: Bone Granite Powder (***NO RENT)
So now you should have:
Bone Granite Powder
Bog Juice (x2)
Rubbing Alcohol (x1)
Return to the Brew Barrel next to the bank, place each item in a
separate slot. Make sure to separate the Bog Juice. Hit [Combine] and
you should now have Embalming fluid.
So you should now have:
Embalming fluid
Crypt Raider Brain
Place both these items in the jar container and hit [Combine] and you
should now have a [ Preserved Sarnak Brain ].
Return this last item to claim your boobey prize!
Summarized tips from various other messages:
Embalming Fluid:
Rubbing alcohol can be purchased from the mortician in West Cabilis.
Bog Juice:
Snake scales can be purchased from a merchant just outside Cabilis in
the Swamp of No Hope. Flasks of water can be purchased in West Cabilis.
Bottles can be purchased from a merchant standing next to the brew
barrel by the bank. The bottle is returned to you upon failure.
There are plenty of How-To's on raising Brewing and Smithing so I won't
go into it, however at L17 I had racked a ton of training points and
put as many into Brewing and Smithing as I could without paying
anything and then went at it for the required Brewing / Smithin parts.
I smithed both times with success, I had to Brew several times to get
the Bog juices.
Hope this editorial helps!
Sarakk, Fennin Ro Server
L17 Necromancer