Call of Flames  

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*****
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Level:50
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Spell
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Era:Original
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
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Entered: Wed Mar 21 16:42:16 2001
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Find the Ashwood siblings in Greater Faydark.

You say, 'Hail, Devin Ashwood'

Devin Ashwood says 'Good day to you, _____! I am Devin Ashwood. Pleased to make your acquaintance.'

You say, 'Hail, Lily Ashwood'

Lily Ashwood smiles. 'Hello there, _____. You wouldn't by chance happen to be a ranger, would you?'

You say, 'I am a ranger'

Lily Ashwood says 'I sure love a strong ranger. Especially Ganelorn Oast. He's so dreamy and handsome. I think one day he's going to ask me to marry him.'

Devin Ashwood says 'Bah! Why would the greatest forester in all of Norrath ask you to marry him? Between his time spent protecting wildlife, hunting poachers and training me, I doubt he has any spare time for a foolish girl like you, sister.'
Lily Ashwood sulks.

You say, 'Who is Ganelorn Oast?'

Devin Ashwood says 'Ganelorn Oast! For he has single-handedly caught more poachers than any other ranger. He is credited for helping numerous endangered species recover from certain extinction. I suppose I am lucky he is fond of my sister, as I am soon to train under him as an apprentice. Perhaps one day I will even [call upon the flames] in the way that he does.'
Lily Ashwood laughs. 'In your dreams, little brother.'

You say, 'How do I call upon the flames?'

Devin Ashwood says 'Aye, Ganelorn is renowned not only for his abilities as an archer and a master of melee combat, but also for his use of powerful magics. Never before have I seen a forester evoke a fireball of such great force. It would be any ranger's dream to become his pupil just to study that one spell. Ganelorn doesn't train just anyone, though. If you want to learn from him, I'm certain you would have to prove yourself as a forester.'

You say, 'I want to learn'

Devin Ashwood says 'He is a very busy individual. I believe he is currently in the eastern part of the Karanas trying to track down a poacher. Even if you can track him down, don't get your hopes up.'
Lily Ashwood says 'Oh! If you're going to see him, would you please take this letter to him? I trust you, since you're a ranger and all.'

You say, 'I will take him the letter'

Lily Ashwood smiles sweetly. 'Thank you sooo much.'

Receive a sealed love letter. You'll now need to locate Ganelorn Oast in East Karana.

You say, 'Hail, Ganelorn Oast'

Ganelorn Oast says 'Please be very quiet. I am tracking a notorious poacher.'

You say, 'Will you teach me the call of flames?'

Ganelorn Oast says 'I suppose you would like to call the flame? I must know you are a dedicated forester before I would even consider teaching such a thing.'

Give Ganlorn Oast the sealed love letter.

Ganelorn Oast says 'Ah, what do we have here? A letter? Hmm? Scented with a familiar fragrance too. You must have gotten this from Lily. I do wish I had more time to spend with her, for she is a very sweet girl. If she trusts you to deliver such a letter, I must ask you to do me a favor for me. Please take these eggs. They are a very rare species of albino rattlesnakes which were thought to have been extinct due to poachers who eat them as a delicacy and griffins which prey on them. If these eggs hatch there is hope for the species. I need you to deliver them to my master, Kithicor.'
Your faction standing with Faydarks Champions has been adjusted by 5.
Your faction standing with King Tearis Thex has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Clerics of Tunare has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Soldiers of Tunare has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Crushbone Orcs has been adjusted by -1.
You gain experience!!

Receive Albino Rattlesnake Eggs, which you'll need to take to the Ranger guildmaster in the forest named after himself, Kithicor.

Give Kithicor the Albino Rattlesnake Eggs:

Kithicor says 'Wow, this is certainly something I have not seen in a long time. It was said that this species of snake had been wiped out due to the poachers and griffins. It was very noble of you to help in saving this species. I will see that these are raised properly. Please wear this icon with pride so other rangers will know of the good deed you have done.'
Your faction standing with Kithicor Residents has been adjusted by 10.
Your faction standing with Protectors of Pine has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Jaggedpine Treefolk has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with has been adjusted by -1.
You gain experience!!

Receive a Symbol of Achievement. Bring this symbol back to Ganelorn:

Ganelorn Oast says 'This does speak highly of you, my friend, an award from Kithicor does not come easy. But I must see more of your skills before I can consider teaching you. Lily's brother Devin is my current pupil - I need you to gather some equipment for me so I can properly train him. I require the following items of you - a smoldering sash, an adamantine ring and a blade forged of electrum. I also need a favor. Take this credit slip to Aanina Rockfinder. She is a merchant from whom I purchased a gift for Lily; it should be ready by now.'
You gain experience!!

Receive a note of credit who you'll need to give to Aanina Rockfinder in Kaladim North.

Aanina Rockfinder says 'Ah, nice of you to come and pick this up for Ganelorn! I know he is a busy fellow. I certainly hope that his girlfriend will like this gift.'

Receive a Gift.

Before heading back to East Karana, you'll need to collect a few items:

-A Burnt Sash, from Imps in Nagafen's Lair
-An Adamantite Band, from the reanimated hand in Lower Guk
-An Electrum-Bladed Wakizashi, from the Vampire Teeth subquest

Bring these items and the gift back to Ganelorn:


Ganelorn Oast says 'You have done well. I sense the one I have been hunting in the distance. As your final test, you must track him down and destroy him.'
Your faction standing with Faydarks Champions has been adjusted by 100.
Your faction standing with King Tearis Thex has been adjusted by 25.
Your faction standing with Clerics of Tunare has been adjusted by 25.
Your faction standing with Soldiers of Tunare has been adjusted by 25.
Your faction standing with Crushbone Orcs has been adjusted by -25.
You gain party experience!!

Ganelorn speaks of Vance Bearstalker, who you'll need to track down and kill.

Vance Bearstalker says, 'Ha! You are not going to be able to stop me from poaching!'
Vance Bearstalker has been slain by _____!

Your faction standing with Karana Bandits has been adjusted by -10.
Your faction standing with Karana Residents has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Highpass Guards has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Circle Of Unseen Hands has been adjusted by 1.
You gain experience!!

Loot a A Poacher's Head and give it to Ganelorn:

Ganelorn Oast says 'You, _____, are a worthy forester. It brings me great pride to present you this scroll that I have only passed to the finest in all of Norrath. Now you, too, may call the flames.'
Your faction standing with Faydarks Champions has been adjusted by 100.
Your faction standing with King Tearis Thex has been adjusted by 100.
Your faction standing with Clerics of Tunare has been adjusted by 25.
Your faction standing with Soldiers of Tunare has been adjusted by 25.
Your faction standing with Crushbone Orcs has been adjusted by -25.
You gain experience!!

Receive Spell: Call of Flame.
Rewards:
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A note on Camo
# May 25 2002 at 1:41 PM Rating: Decent
30 posts
I read these posts that say, "Just camo..." Well, one thing for everyone to be aware of, is that the Undead see through camo. So, if you think you are just going to camo your way into the castle, you will get a surprise when a Thought Corrupter pops your camo and everything aggros on you.

Case in point, I camo'd and camped in the Butler's room. The next time I was on, I logged on an Alt to see what the EQ time was. 10AM. Undead should all be gone (I was thinking that MM was like Kithcor). I logged on my character, was still camo'd in the Butler's room, but an undead was there and she saw through it, attacked, and popped my camo. That aggro'd the Gargoyle in the room.

So, don't be thinking that Camo/invis is the surefire solution. Always be aware of your surroundings
Vance Bearstalker
# May 05 2002 at 2:42 PM Rating: Default
This guy is a pushover for his level, 53 ranger and 53 cleric killed him with no sweat.
RE: Vance Bearstalker
# May 18 2002 at 9:21 AM Rating: Default
sure, if you want to wait til lvl53 to get this spell, that is.. ?!
Questing Fun
# Apr 02 2002 at 9:30 AM Rating: Decent
Just finished this quest last night, here is my experience:

I solo camped the Maid and Butler in Mistmoore part of the time, had friends other times. Took me 3 days of a few hours a day to get the fangs and then turn them in for EBW. I ended up with a few Nightshade Wreaths at the end and I just traded a wreath for an Adamantite Band with someone in my guild. Saved me the trouble of Guk.

To get the Burnt Sash, I went into Sol B and sent an OOC saying I would help someone else kill Imps for no exp just to get the sash. 5 minutes after I met up with a high lvl monk and his healing partner, on the first pull I had the sash. To leave Sol B, you can just jump in the lava and hit /q. You are warped to zoneline.

I then did the questing stuff to get the final item, 'a gift'. I had a bit of difficulty starting the quest in Kelethin, I kept tweaking my lines until I was given the quest. BTW, the Ashwoods are on the platform above the bank platform.

The ranger master is simply 'Kithicor' an NPC who conned red to me in Kith Forest.

Once I had the stuff, I proceeded to Ganelorn in EK. I brought myself (50 Ranger), 53 Ranger, 53 Ranger, 56 Bard, 53 Cleric, and 41 Rogue. Two other lower level guildies came by just to whack on the mob too. Vance Bearstalker is lvl 53, but he is an overcon in my opinion. He hits relatively quickly, but his damage tops out at 110 and was frequently near 30. Noone came close to dying, but he does summon the casters and if the melees have trouble holding aggro, things might be harder. With 3 hasted rangers in our group, aggro was no problem, hehe.

All around, this was a fun quest. My favorite since Ivy questing. Can't wait to use my new spell, although I wish the /em for the spell was cooler than just the same as any Ignite spell.
RE: Questing Fun
# Oct 29 2002 at 2:08 PM Rating: Decent
18 posts
"To leave Sol B, you can just jump in the lava and hit /q. You are warped to zoneline."

I'm pretty sure this would be considered an exploit, right?
RE: Questing Fun
# Dec 19 2002 at 6:38 AM Rating: Default
if you have to ask, then yes, probably.
RE: Questing Fun
# Dec 29 2002 at 4:42 AM Rating: Decent
Hey, the programmers make the rules and we're forced to follow them. If the programmers leave a loophole in, they need to pay a little more attention to detail. Tis what they get paid for (we pay them for.)
MQ?
# Mar 09 2002 at 10:08 AM Rating: Decent
Can this quest be multiquested if one person has sword, and the other has the rest of items?
take letter wording
# Mar 01 2002 at 2:31 PM Rating: Decent
I used "I will take him the letter" to make Lily give the beginning part of the quest. This worked after having some confusion on getting her to give me the quest.
Bearstalker
# Jan 19 2002 at 4:33 PM Rating: Default
I was wondering can this guy be feared?
#REDACTED, Posted: Nov 29 2001 at 3:16 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) he si talking abt call fo sky bought at the gnomes in iceclad ist a 35 dd proc it add it to your weapons. Avery nice spell to have. call of flame IMO is a waiste of time i may o it when im lv 60 just cuz ill run out o stuf tp do prob not tho... just wait till 52 and dont wory by the time you wait for a spot at that guy in MM hahahahah ude be lv 52 atleast not to mention how anoying imp is amd th poacher god wat a waiste of time.......
#Anonymous, Posted: Nov 14 2001 at 8:55 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Just so i can see the stats- where does the ranger epic starts or is there not one?
RE: im checkn out da epics
# Nov 27 2001 at 9:47 PM Rating: Default
www.questing-ranger.com
RE: im checkn out da epics
# Nov 15 2001 at 10:52 AM Rating: Good
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360 posts
The Ranger epic starts in Burning Woods. Do a search for the Ranger Particle Weapon Quest. There are very detailed walkthroughs there.
Soloing this quest
# Nov 13 2001 at 7:54 AM Rating: Default
the reason you have to be level 50 for this level 49 spell quest is because you will damn right de-level while trying to solo the Maid/Butler in mistmoore!!
RE: Soloing this quest
# May 21 2002 at 10:50 PM Rating: Default
Reason you have to be 50 to do this quest is that the Ashwood's in Kelethin won't talk to you if you're anything less...
RE: Soloing this quest
# Mar 31 2002 at 3:06 AM Rating: Good
I soloed the maid/butler at 50. This camp is easy to break as long as you do not aggro the Ancille Cooks who will quickly drop your Hps.

Here is how I do it: Camo to the hallway that is next to Butler room. Stand so that door to kitchen (cook room) is ahead and to the right, while you are facing down hallway towards butler room. There should be a mob standing where the hallway has a branch that heads right towards Maid room door. There are two other mobs, both should be out of sight in that hall that leads to Maid. Harmony the mob at junction. Snare pull back to outside kitchen door. Solo next to kitchen door. Med/heal up. Head to junction with invis, uninvis and root whichever hall mob is melee. Solo the other. Re-root melee. This gives time between next set of pops. Make sure while fighting that you do not get too close to Butler or Maid door as you may aggro them to the hallway. Solo the melee. Now you have the hall cleared.

Inside the butler room are two mobs, gargoyle on left and some other mob on right. If you stand to the right of door, you can open door and see only the gargoyle, other mob out of sight. I could snare pull the gargoyle and fall backwards to hallway without aggroing the rightside mob. This worked every time as long as I stayed on rightside of door. Solo gargoyle. Med/heal, solo Butler or PH.

This process works exactly the same with Maid room, but you stay on left of door rather than right. For me, the maid spawned several times, but dropped 4 Nightshade wreaths and one fang. The butler spawned less, but dropped the fang on third spawn.

Moseby Dirtysouth
50 Ranger
pls forgive outdated sig hehe

Edited, Sun Mar 31 03:04:28 2002
RE: Soloing this quest
# Mar 23 2002 at 1:26 AM Rating: Default
2 words man, guild raid. Get a decent group with you there, camp out the 'rents. No problem. And while you're at it, the Mistmoore Battle drums drop right down the hall. So far I've got the Butler's Fang, Maid Issis is refusing to give me hers. Guess I just need to be a bit more convincing. Butler dropped it on the second spawn. Ranger buddy of mine in the guild and I rolled on it. He was mad as hell when he lost 20-17...I would be too though.
RE: Soloing this quest
# Dec 13 2001 at 2:52 AM Rating: Decent
I soloed the maid and butler was a little hard but i did it. camoed my way back to spawn and pulled one by one the spawns in the area and broke up the times and camp it:-) the 1st time i had some help killing spawns in area but after solo.

50lvl ranger
RE: Soloing this quest
# Dec 10 2001 at 10:07 AM Rating: Decent
For the mistmoore quest and the two vampire-parents killing :
I'm doing fine soloing them at level 51, with average equipment (I still don't have any haste slot).
It's not an "easy fight", as you always have 2 or 3 mobs on you during it, but if handled properly (root-parking the adds), you can camp the two parents (with a healing break after the first one) and heal/med/buff while waiting for the next spawn (28 minutes).
I'm ending each fights with 30h and 50m, approximatly.
Butler is a SK and opens with a 350HT (or something like that). After that, he's a piece of cake.
Maid is a necro and can be nasty. If you don't have some basic magic resistance gear, you are toasted (she will fear you and make you run outside her chamber into the other mobs... Game over). She will poison-bolt you also.

I Got Maid's fang at the first kill ; I was pretty extatic.
I still need to find Butler's fang, though. Killed him 3 times already, and only got necklaces. I guess it's just a question of time...

Good luck in this quest fellow rangers.
It's hard, but with dedication, it can be done.

_____
Arienam.
RE: Soloing this quest
# Jan 09 2002 at 6:40 PM Rating: Decent
Scholar
22 posts
A trick that has worked for me with Necro's is to do speed control.

1) No Sow.
2) Walk, not run.

3) I have only done this twice when i was sure that i would win if fear did not drive me to pull other mobs. Snare yourself. Yes it is risky, but it worked. Did not leave the room before it wore off. Had the nec snared so it did not get arround me.
#Anonymous, Posted: Oct 25 2001 at 10:53 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) hi
Bah
# Oct 01 2001 at 10:28 PM Rating: Good
You know, I hate to be negative, but this is a fairly pain-in-the-**** quest for this spell. I waited for the 52 flame DD spell and haven't missed it at all. And I *LIKE* questing. What I don't like is waiting eighty hours for a spot at the Maid/Butler to open (and they drop the fang five percent of the time). Don't like that after alllllll that work, you still need a full group to take out the last mob. If this quest was for a level 55 plus spell, fine. But it's a 49 spell.
I think Verant maybe goofed this one up too much. Just my opinion. No need to flame.
RE: Bah
# Oct 26 2001 at 11:05 PM Rating: Default
Try to keep in mind that this spell came out before Kunark and 50+ levels so it WAS a very nice upgrade to the rangers ******* of spells. Even now it cast faster and is fairly mana effecient.
RE: Bah
# Nov 18 2002 at 7:50 PM Rating: Decent
22 posts
Though the recast rate blows.
Dont listen to that guy
# Sep 15 2001 at 4:09 AM Rating: Decent
You cant buy the spell in iceclad ocean. i repeat CAN NOT. i believe the spell he is refering to is Call of Sky, not the same thing as any good ranger would know. besides, what would be the point of having it be questable and purchased? lol. dont make sense, even for verant. hehe
#Anonymous, Posted: Sep 04 2001 at 9:11 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Just buy it in iceclad for 10pp :). Thats what I did.
RE: Victorspoils Owar
# Oct 01 2001 at 10:31 PM Rating: Decent
I'm afraid you must be thinking of a different spell. This is a quest only spell. A level 49 spell that one can only acquire and use post-50. It's rather long and involved and features a fairly tough mob at the end. I like quests a lot and I decided to skip this one. /shrug
RE: Victorspoils Owar
# Sep 06 2001 at 12:54 AM Rating: Decent
Ummm.. Where in iceclad? you got a name? A loc? Is it at the igloos? If you're trying to be helpful, please include complete information. =)
#Anonymous, Posted: Aug 02 2001 at 10:05 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) IM A ******* PIMP
Below 50
# Aug 01 2001 at 1:59 PM Rating: Decent
I got all the items needed already but I am only 45, could I do the quest now? or well they not even give it to u until u are 50?
Soloing by aa druid
# Jul 26 2001 at 2:11 AM Rating: Default
Greetings !

Somone asked if the proacher can be soloed. I certainlz doubt that. Even the druids, as ueber as tehy are, would have serious problems with this guy since he can summon. And just bash the druid to pieces. Remember a mob can summon at will and without limitations.

So all in all i would not recommend to solo him.

Tunare with you.
RE: Soloing by aa druid
# Aug 19 2001 at 5:36 AM Rating: Decent
mobs cannot solo at will, there are timers which let them summon, almost like a monk and his flying kick or sk's with bash or which ever skill it is they get =) the time varies from zone to zone ranging in the 1-20 second area the tougher the mob the shorter the timer on the summoning
multiquest
# Jul 17 2001 at 5:25 PM Rating: Decent
Can this quest be multiquested
RE: multiquest
# Aug 22 2001 at 5:35 PM Rating: Decent
If I;m not istaken the scroll is no drop or lore (I remember hearing this not wanting ot camp the hand for the band, though its a very faint memery) in that case I doubt you'd want to, it would be a wastew of time.
RE: multiquest
# Sep 24 2001 at 9:45 AM Rating: Default
Well i have the band, gift and sash. If someone else turned in the sword would i still be able to get the poacher to spawn and get the spell?
Can another class begin this?
# Jul 16 2001 at 2:36 PM Rating: Default
So heres a fun question...
Can a 52nd druid solo this quest?
Meaning 3 previous questions...
1. Can a druid start this thing by telling the 1st NPC that they are a ranger?
2. Can a druid go into the ranger guild and talk to the master to continue the quest?
3. Is the spell itself, or the head for the last part, no drop, or can it given to a ranger after someone else completes the whole thing?

It just seems kinda odd that a level 49 spell would require someone to be 50 to complete it.
Looks like this was built for multiquesting...guess we'll find out...
RE: Can another class begin this?
# Oct 26 2001 at 1:52 AM Rating: Default
45 posts
It's not really odd.
This spell has been around since before Kunark. The level limit was 50 back then, and this was the last spell rangers would get. But you had to be 50.

I don't see any hint to multiquesting in this quest.
Ranger Master
# Jul 11 2001 at 8:35 PM Rating: Default
The Ranger Master is Kithcor.
RE: Ranger Master
# Oct 26 2001 at 1:56 AM Rating: Default
45 posts
The NPC in question is indeed called "Ranger Master".

Correction
# Jul 11 2001 at 3:30 AM Rating: Default
When you talk to lily you nust say "I will take the letter", if you leave out the the she will not give it to you.
call of flames
# Jul 09 2001 at 1:59 PM Rating: Default
this the only way to get this spell?
faction
# Apr 29 2001 at 1:42 PM Rating: Default
What faction change when you killed poacher?
I want to know only this info. =)

Please tell me.

Meredy
My Experience
# Apr 28 2001 at 8:20 PM Rating: Decent
Hiho !

Here a short note of my experiences. I ead the other notes and it helped a lot. thx to all that posted here :) Get the quest stuff. Not too hard. Sash is droped in Sol B. You can most likely loot it for free. Adamantie band in hand in lower guk. Not worth the effort. Simplz buz it in gfay. I think i paind 200 or 300 for mine. Do the quest to gett he gift. The sword hmmmm i paied 1.4k for both vamp theeth. I suggest that u go to MM and camp the room wiht a group. U can use that weapon when u are aorund level 30. and then put it into use as quest item later. saves u money. ok now to the important part.

First of all thanks to all that helped me today. Nazrin Katreena Lorna and all the others. A Great team.
Ok.. the mob is over level 50. Vance can summon !!! He was blue to me at 55. He hits hard. And i mean hard. Get yourself a good tank and buff up wiht care before u attack. He aggors very easy on casters. So keep him snared and rooted all the time. He has a pretty good ammount of hp. So bve rdy to invest a bit of time.
He cannot cast. So dont worry about a surprise.
Ok one last thing. We camped near the river. I handed the stuff in. Then Vance spawned and i had him on track in an instant. Pulled him wiht arrows to the river and off we go. Only time it was close was when our druid ladz got summond. Thanksto your fast clerics she made it.
Ok our group was rng, war, pally,cleric, cleric, druid. all from 47 to 55. Our caster where way out of mana afterwards but we did ok.

DO NOT try to solo him. EVen in a team you are toast. Always get a full team.
To the spell. Compared to firestrike its not that good. Mana costs 125 and the recast time is a bit higher i htink. But the great advantege is the low cast time of only 2.0. VERZ handy when u need to intterupt an npc caster. Its a spell definetly worth having. It enabels u to react more flexibel to the situation.

Ok gotta stop now before i write too much hehe :-)

tunare with all of you.

Llyweilun
Tunare Server
The poacher
# Feb 24 2001 at 12:42 PM Rating: Default
He is 53 and not magic resistant. We did him with a ranger 50, Cleric 52 & 45, Druids 51 50 and 45. It was an easy fight and the second snare took and almsot all DD hit for full.

Bostica
lvl ??
# Feb 18 2001 at 5:52 PM Rating: Default
you must be lvl 50 to do this quest ?? a higher lvl (ranger) cant ??
RE: lvl ??
# May 01 2002 at 2:06 PM Rating: Decent
no, they mean a 49 and below can't get the people to talk to them to do the quest. anything 50 and over can do it. :)
Hope that helps ya.
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