Interesting, this item is still limited to 2 per NPC vendor. And it's LORE. This is an under-appreciated item, considering it's comparable to a druid or wizard self instant evac. 1000pp used to be real money back in the early days but now spending 1kpp to avoid a corpse recovery is a bargain. You can buy both and bank one of them in the shared bank space. Even as a druid I've been in a situation where my instant evac was down and my fade AA didn't work and I'm doubting I'll get to a zone-out before the pack of mobs that's on my tail can nuke or dot me to death. Or they can summon! This is a lifesaver in those situations. Sure, the sting of death has mostly been removed from EQ thanks to modern "care bear" policies but it still takes time to recover and is generally annoying. Ya know?!
Hey, notice how the Dino Island vendor charges 6x as much as everyone else. Price-gouging lizard!
A merchant named Vassa Nar in Sanctus Seru sells these lore items. Only one per customer if you got the plat. 1049P 9G 9S 9C per. Always good to have, especially when you are soloing.
These are great. I keep one in a bag slot and make the slot a hot button. If things get hairy. Poof. I'm out. 1049 plat. BTW chrs of 110 is the most you can use on a vendor . anything over that is wasted and does nothing to change the price.
The thing to note here is that this is insta gate. Means that if you get in a bind, you can get out right away. I.e. you do the book portion of your Rogue epic alone and want out right away...(oldish post I know but I had to share, hehe)
Does anyone know when the shaman made gate potions become trivial ? And 3 heliotropes is all it takes ? Any info on any of the other newer potions ? Like trivials, recipes, excat effects etc. ?
These saved my Dwarf Warrior butt a number of times =) Casting time is instant and can't be interrupted. They are expensive but worth it for a warrior!
You will pay at least 1054pp from a vendor for this. This was my price with Ally faction and 183 charisma. If you saw it cheaper, it was not a "Vial of Swirling Smoke". Check the name carefully, and look for the exact words "Effect: Gate".
This item is different from the crafted gate potions because it is instacast, has zero casting time. As soon as you right click it from an inventory slot, you gate instantly. That means you cannot be interrupted.
It only has ONE charge, so once you use it one time, it's gone - poof.
Might want to check your price, again. With an indifferent faction, and a CHA of only 97, I was offered this potion for 1049p,9g,9s,9c. And yes, it WAS the correct Vial. (Effect: Gate).
I'm not really 100% sure on this, but I've been told the merchants slightly vary their prices based upon the number of a certian item they have in stock. If they have a lot, they'll sell it slightly cheaper. If they're running low they try and shaft you.
What about a plain (not swirling) vial of smoke looted off willowisps? Merchants offered money for them,then refused to purchase. Is there a quest involving them?
theres a merchant in shadowhaven that sells these, hes a brewer sells a bunch of potions, all besides this one (including Enduring Breath) cost bout 15p to an indifferent con 37 charisma ogre, and he had these for sale for 135pp. Based off the price everyone else seems to be paying, this seems like quite a deal.
Grendon 54 Ogre Warrior of Southern Crusaders. Bristlebane Server
I was going around EC looking for merchants selling muffins, 'cause I needed em for the Muffins for Pandros quest in WFP. So I go to the last Inn closest to WC but not the one in between the two orc camps, the one that has a grey hut next to it. The merchant that faces the door was selling a vial of this stuff. Didn't see the price though.
Im pretty much a master alchemists my gate potions are trivial at 175 skill which is where i cant gain in skill anymore which is quite irratating. only ones i know we can make are innothule swamp, everfrost, and latly field of bone. never heard of making these but i do know they sell gate potions at a vendor in firona vie. costs 1250pp.
P.S any shamans know what can make to raise skill more, and what the hell does the herb agrimony or something that costs 105pp and dont mix with any of the other sold herbs?
Im a shaman myself and this isnt a gate potion that we can make and no to my knowledge 255+ in alcehmy isnt possible as 250 is the highest u need about 180-190 for gate potions the areas are FoB and halas but i heard vereant might be adding more destinations i would say how much they make to cost but that wouldnt be fair on all other shms )
What Your thinking of is Spirtstones and Faithstone which are clerics and shaman respectfully. They allow them to port home a unlimited number of times
There is a quest (actually a piece of one of the Coldain shawl quests), where with pottery you can make a Thurgadin gate potion. The trivial level for making the Thurgadin gate potion is pottery skill around 122.
The relevant quest is listed on this forum as "Saving Tanik".