One more very enjoyable quest complete. There were a few sticking points, so let's lift back the thin veil on these quests. this is not meant to be a guide, so much as a list of tight spots and my humble suggestions on how you might want to approach that part of the quest.
Mud crab quest: Found mine in the bazar, forage them in LOIO if you like.
Skull quest#1: Gathering these three skulls, Logrin, Morgl, and Waz in the East Cabilis tunnles took me an hour or less. Uncommon pops.
Skull quest#2: the Stuffed Barracuda is the easy part. The crafted skull sucks. The Rogue Shaman in the Field of Bone spawns, but rarely behind Kurn's tower and wonders as far as the ruins of Kaesora. I got lucky and found him up at a very low lvl and hung onto the mandible. The Jawless skull would not drop for me after keeping the bandit camp clear for three staright hours. I gave in and pickled this up in the bazar. the medenglow clay was rather easy to come across in baz as well. Make sure you get 2 pieces of clay, you will need another for quest 5.
Skull quest#3: Welcome to suck land. I hope you have some free time. You need 1 Lore and 5 non-lore "Skulls with an X". The Undead Crusader who drops them in Kurn's isn't really all that rare. The problem is the Lore skulls drops alot. This should be taken a hour or so at a time. If you spend too much time here you might just go bonkers.
Skull quest#4: The Goblin Bloodtracers in Warslik, who drop the tiny glowing skulls you need are easy. 1 lore 5 not lore. Did it in one setting, took me about 2 hours or less. I did see a few in the Bazar as well.
Skull quest#5:Iksar Skull helm from Sarnak fort in LOIO easy and needs no discussion. The Ton Warriors, who drop the totem and totem pieces in the Swamp of No Hope are spred out pretty well. take a tracker and this shouldn't be tooo bad. You will need another piece of mendenglow clay here again too. The sucky part is getting Overseer Dublish, who drops the Skull canopic to show his face. He pops in the Gobby caves in the Frontier Mountains. I kept the caves clear for 5+ hours before he spawned. He pops at the bottom of the ramp to the room where King Rotgus spawns. *While your in FM you can knock out a good bit of the coming quests while you wait. You might as well kill the Iksar slave and loot his skull, you wwill need it.You can Kill the Sarnaks at the ruins and get the Sarnak Partisan who drops some dust you need. You can also nab the Changling Essence from Thuuga Dengibl. lastly, pop into Nurga and forage your Sponge Mushroom while you are near as well.
Skull quest#6: On the way
Skull quest#7 : On the way
Skull quest#8, the finale : On the way
Note: The information I used to complete this quest came from the walk through originally done by Cradossk, and a heapin of advice from Ishy. Thank you.
Ykari Cazicbrood of the Champions of Cabilis The Nameless server
It surprises me how often people ask a question, then take the time to come back to their old questions and say "never mind, I found the answer" instead of just posting the answer. For anyone else that is "curious", yes, Froglok's can do the quest and use the item, per the item listing on Lucy.
This sold in bazaar for 44k on Firiona Server. Not as good as the time range items on sale,. like the stone with remove greater curse. or 190 hp/mana items... but then they go for 300k..
I completed this quest as a dark elf rogue. The 6th cudgel was clickable from inventory (counteract poison). The 8th cudgel was not.
"Your race, class, or deity cannot use this item."
The picture above is still accurate; it does not say "must equip" to cast.
It was a long quest, tedious at times, but it was absolutely worth the risk to find out if it worked. Being a rogue made it a bit easier, having iksar illusion at will and being able to pick locked doors in Howling Stones.
I personally believe it should work for anyone willing to go through all the quest trouble; particularly rogues, since deception is in our roleplay...if I could fool the Cabilis Shaman Guild (Scaled Mystics) into thinking I was their savior, shouldn't I get to use it? I think so. Overpowering? If there are weapons that proc Avatar, I don't see how this could be overpowering.
Note, if you are a rogue wanting to MQ this for others, and did the faction work, do NOT have sneak up when you do any of the handins, because they "will do nothing to aid the likes of you!"
Also...if "Dark Elf" was the reason for it not working for me (because obviously deity was not), then perhaps it would work for a non-shammy if they were among the listed race. Worth the risk to find that out too, but I'm not rolling a new char to find out.
Also, you forgot the "Class" part of the "Your race, class, or deity cannot use this item." Very possible you can't use it because you're a rogue, not just a DE.
I have to disagree. The clickable on this is obviously a secret known only to shamans. You may be able to imitate them, but you can't imitate knowledge.
It IS clickable from inventory but as with most items that are it is probably now keyed only to work for the specified class/race/diety. While I haven't tested this with the cudgel I have with black fur boots which are useable from inventory, it tells you you are not of the appropriate classe, race or diety to use the item.
Faction : You only need illusion Iksar. (with illusion iksar you are indif at start, if you dont have killed iksar). And your faction will incrase to ally with the quest. (illusion iksar = alchemy loy for 80pp or spell ench...)
Effect : Dont stack with avatar, but dont need any composante.
Now...as far as getting this and not being an evil race, let's not forget what chanters do best eh? Make a pet give to pet, get the goods. All you would need is to setup inside of cabilis, form up in a place that is fairly neutral, get a puller, pull to that spot, carefully, and do the turnin. Dedication. that's what it comes down to, how bad do you want it. It's eff doesnt work till 45 so why bother getting it till then. Just wait till 45, half the mobs in most city zones would then be green, meaning you could practically pull on top of them and charm and get it done. I doubt Cab is any dif. Great wep, every shammy should try for an item that gives such good buff stats free of mana.
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Posted:Aug 17 2003 at 8:59 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) is this item useable by from shamans yet? if so can we get an updated pic?
Just curious, my Ferine Avatar maxes just about anyones stats, but I plan on getting this for fun :-P Any idea if this stacks with Ferine Avatar? I highly doubt it.. but 180 to str/dex/agi would max my wizard friends str...
It doesn't stack with any Avatar spells, or any illusions that grant melee stats, such as wolf form, greater wolf form, boon of the garou, nights dark terror, etc etc.
It is however usable on anyone, regardless of level, so it's fun for using sub-47 friends that can't take Ferine.
57 iksar shaman. although with some iksar epics like the greenmist iksar have trouble doing both. however I am close to having both my epics and have helped several people find components for this that are not iksar. Shaman is dual epic'd for sure, if you can earn the faction to do it or gutsy enough to illusion your way thru go ahead. it's a nice piece
I didn't need to MQ the newbie cudgel though, because I hunted Explorers in Loio for faction and turned in their knives for more faction. Once I hit Amb faction, I did the penance quest listed in the above link and got my newbie cudgel..then went from there:)Don't know if my being a CT worshipper helped or not. This quest can be boring as hell and frustrating sometimes...but it is so worth it in the end:)
Grats on your cudgel! I just recently made a troll sham who worships CT also so it's great to know that it can be done. I had actually spotted that thread on the crucible and that is why I was looking it up on Allak, to see if it was worth it. Looks to be so by all accounts, and I think I will start factioning pronto while I still get exp for it! Long quests don't scare me because I just work on them when I can't find a group or don't feel like soloing. First time I tried a shaman and I love them, especially since I picked a troll!
Salkan - 54th Druid of Tunare Ulic - 54th Warrior of Ralloz Zek Crocodillia - 35th Shaman of Cazic Torvo
here is a nice walk thru http://forums.interealms.com/shaman/showthread.php?threadid=8900 i plan on doing this quest soon sounds kinda of boring but what the hell....=) Barradoom 61 shaman...Seventh Hammer http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=657664
There is Such a thing as a Pennance quest. I know because I deleted my Turn in note from my Iksar Monk. And if you have the suffecient faction you can tell the Shaman GM that you lost the piece you were given and there is a big long quest to get it back. After you complete the quest, which if it is anything like the monk pennance quest which is a BIG pain in the a$$, You return the item(s) you were sent to get and you recieve the item you WOULD have gotten if you had Turned in the note. So Any Race can do this. Its just easier to have Some one MQ the first one for you since the second isnt No Drop.
Actually there is a quest, penance i believe it is called which you can do to get the newb weapon again. First you must work up faction, the bone chip quest is a popular one.
There is a quest that can be done by Iksar shaman to regain their newbie cudgel, if they've lost it. I wonder if it's been attempted by any non-Iksar? I'm going to give it a go as soon as I get the faction.
guess I should have read a little farther down the page............
Yes i have a Barb Shaman that did complete the penance quest, twice in fact. First time i did it i turned in items for 1st main cudgel and lost them cuz she was only indifferent faction (need to use iksar illusion to boost faction high enough for good races to do turn ins). The walk through on the Shaman's Crucibal is great, explains it all, person doing write up said that good races can't do penance because you have to go to SK guild to get the mortar and pestle, but the mortician is away from KOS mobs so it does work just fine. BTW, even as a good race i didn't need Iksar illusion to compelte the penance quest, as i had to do it twice, lol.
Right, so im a barbarian shaman...do i have to be an iksar to do this quest, or do i simply have to go back to LOIO and kill about another million sarnaks and goblins ? or are there faction quests ? thanks much as id love to start this hammer quest
Everyone I know who did this quest as a non-Iksar did it by doing a quest where you hand bone chips in to an Iksar. Apparently it takes like 1200 bone chips to get your faction high enough to start the cudgel quests.
Phorm you need to complete a quest that is given out that allows you to earn the first hammer, requires getting this hammer and making it proc a whole bunch of times. Then a couple of combines and you have your shiny new cudgel.
yes... the bonecrusher quest. when you hail one of the heirophants he asks you if you have your cudgel or your symbol of your caste or something to that effect. if you say no he tells you to talk to the toilmaster and he give you a book with directions to follow. as an iksar, i don't really feel other races deserve this item, but... what do i know. :)
hope that helps (i guess)
[calm down, it's called roleplay...]
heyokah Ishkandar Fireshackle (that's EEsh...) L52 scaled mystic, hierophant of Cabilis officer of Song of the Raven of Povar
Yes, I would imagine that my ripping the flesh from your bones and using it to make a potion to look like you so I could do these quests might annoy you. ;-)
I'll have to give it a shot...i found the faction quests, and i think as soon as i finish up my level and get my new spells ill give this thing a shot- just gotta go buy about 2000 bone chips to turn in to this Trooper...sheesh.
You could buy the bonechips ... or you could go to Kirns tower in FoB ... all undead ... well some mole things but most stuff drops bone chips ... can either slaughter everything or buff newbs for bonechips ... or both.
My barb has reached max faction with all except the necros, but remains at indifferent. As such they will not give me the quest. Any help out there would be greatly appreciated, especially if it means I don't need to spend my money on the Ornate Velium Pendant for the alliance effect.
I am also a barb and have turned in over 7500 bone chips to get my faction to max with the Scaled Mystics only to find it wasn't good enough. But you can get around this by using illusion potions (essence of iksar - iksar meat and wormwood, trivial around 170) or a chanter with the AA 'project illusion'. Am up to the 3rd cudgel and have the components for the next 2 just need to find more ikky meat or a chanter with the time to help me out. Good luck to all who go through with this quest.