Pyrrhotite Experiments  

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Who:
Rating:
*****
Information:
Level:35
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Experience
  • Faction
Factions Raised:
Factions Lowered:
Quest Items:
Related Zones:
Era:Shadows of Luclin
Recommended:
Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Tue Apr 9 15:31:12 2002
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Berk Thurstone may be found at -307.15, -1614.44, -266.87.

You say, 'Hail, Berk Thurstone'

Berk Thurstone startles and gazes up at you, 'Careful, careful... I am nearly out of pyrrhotite.'

You say, 'What is pyrrhotite?'

Berk Thurstone says 'Pyrrhotite is the name of this ore I have my hands on here. Ye see, I may still look an able-bodied dwarf, full o' spit and fire, but the time is coming where'n I may lose a step or two and they will take me off me post- I want to be prepared for that time. I have been doing some [experiments] on this piece of rock, trying to have something to bring to Toktonn and maybe secure a job in ore studies for meself after retirin' from the Validus Custodus.'

You say, 'What experiments?'

Berk Thurstone says 'Well, there is a powerful magnetic quality to this particular rock, but it is very inconsistent. If I can figure out what makes it tick, it'd sure be a boon to some o' that crazy engineering the gnomes're always doing. This sample is running out though, and it ain't easy to come by what with the durned grimlings hogging the mines, I'd sure appreciate it if someone were to bring me some more. Careful though, it's deceptively heavy.'

List of faction hits, additional dialogues, /loc of quest-giver, etc. needed.
Rewards:
  • Faction and Experience
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Faction Hits.
# Jul 28 2019 at 6:55 PM Rating: Good
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Validus Custodus has been adjusted by 4.
Katta Castellum Citizens has been adjusted by 1.
Magus Conlegium has been adjusted by 1.
Nathyn Illuminious has been adjusted by -1.
Coterie of the Eternal Night has been adjusted by -1.
Seru has been adjusted by -1.
Hand of Seru has been adjusted by -2.
Eye of Seru has been adjusted by -1.
Hand Legionnaries has been adjusted by -1.
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Quest giver /loc
# Mar 23 2015 at 9:38 PM Rating: Good
Berk is located at -307.15, -1614.44, -266.87
Dubious
# Jan 09 2004 at 8:44 PM Rating: Decent
Well I have turned in 50+ samples and am still a dubious Dark Elf follower of Solosek Ro 8(
Faction hit
# Mar 14 2003 at 10:01 PM Rating: Decent
I have to agree with the last poster. This quest should be under quests that LOWER your faction with Nathyn.
Nathyn faction hit
# Nov 21 2002 at 3:02 AM Rating: Excellent
17 posts
It says this quest raises faction with Nathyn.
This is incorrect as it actually lowers it.
DE Faction
# Aug 22 2002 at 2:40 PM Rating: Decent
Also about katta faction..doesnt the story go that katta and seru are at odds end because Katta LET the DE's join the Combine empire???..and Seru was against it??
If I read correctly thats why they hate each other so why is it a DE with a Neutral deity..is still dubious after all this..lol
Just stupid if ya ask me..heck I am amiable in highpass hold,wfp,thurg,CoV..among many other places..but these ppl who wanted DEs to join I cant raise faction..so instead of posting silly IMO stuff why not post some useful info like how you got faction up..tired of a Ann Landers type gossip colum board..no more IMO just the facts please.
RE: DE Faction
# Sep 09 2002 at 5:13 PM Rating: Decent
Be happy you're dubious. As a DE Cleric who has done nothing to hurt Katta faction, they still want to nail my toon's hide to the wall. I had vaguely the same understanding as you at the start, and now wish I could even enter the city safely. (For faction try killing koterie or seru guards. Just don't expect it to fix quickly.)
RE: DE Faction
# Nov 21 2002 at 3:21 AM Rating: Default
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165 posts
Kill the Nathyn guards, you will go up in every other Katta faction
Faction
# Aug 15 2002 at 1:02 AM Rating: Decent
Can anyone tell me if I will be KOS as an Iksar Shaman and if so ways I can raise my faction plz.
RE: Faction
# Jan 06 2003 at 4:17 PM Rating: Decent
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377 posts
You can bet your tail that you are. =( In order to raise your faction you best kill the Seru guards in Marus Seru or all kinds of vampires in Tenebrous Mountains and Maiden's Eye.

Edited, Sat May 31 12:28:23 2003
When
# Jun 23 2002 at 2:55 PM Rating: Default
Just wondering if anyone knows how many it take to get faction with the mages so they will even talk to you. Let alone sell
Where exactly do I find this npc?
# Jun 22 2002 at 1:04 PM Rating: Decent
I am having problems locationg him
faction
# Jun 18 2002 at 8:02 PM Rating: Default
does anyone know if this rasies the faction with phenic dioces or what faction he is on ?
Faction BS
# May 09 2002 at 10:38 AM Rating: Good
I am a DE, I turned in 2 of these rocks so far..and didnt see the faction for the citizens at all.
So I went and killed vamps for a while..got 4 fangs, 1 blood, 1ash turned in the fangs...Dude took em and said he wont do buisness with the likes of me!..After he took my fangs!
Got PO'd and took my pack to rallic..He took that too and said the same thing...now I am packless and fangless in Katta..and still at dubious..is this all really worth it??
Guess I gotta find this Seru place and kill guards but first gonna check the quest lists.
I am DE wizard of Sol Ro...they way ppl treat ya, you'd think I was innoruk himself...so much for a "new beginning" on the moon!
"Can't we all just get along?"..heh
RE: Faction BS
# May 14 2002 at 5:51 AM Rating: Decent
Wow you go DE and excpect to get faction up in 2 seconds. Sigh, of course you have to be DE like darth Wader and all. You an evil race get it. If you really want everyone to get along, I suggest tetris.
RE: Faction BS
# Jun 20 2002 at 7:35 PM Rating: Default
lol, that was funny =)
RE: Faction BS
# Jul 19 2002 at 2:23 AM Rating: Decent
Solusek Ro is a neutral diety, not evil.
Learn the game.
RE: Faction BS
# Sep 30 2002 at 11:27 AM Rating: Decent
Dark elves are and evil race no matter what god they follow!
RE: Faction BS
# Oct 21 2002 at 5:25 AM Rating: Decent
Deity has a larger impact on faction than race. Yeah, race has an impact as well, that's why a DE who's agnostic or Sol Ro they're dubious in Katta, while one who worships inny is scowls. Also, take Bertoxxulus for example, who has no other deity allies (Cazic and Inny are pals for instance), a gnome who worships bertox is kos in many parts of his own home town. Of course ogres, trolls, and darkies still have to work on faction even if they're agnostic or neutral worshipping, but not nearly as much as worshipping an evil deity.
faction hit
# Mar 10 2002 at 10:23 PM Rating: Default
I made the mistake of telling the corporal (?) in the guild halls up that i was there to annoyn him. Intantly he told me he was going to report me to his superiors and i went from indiff to the gaurds, citizens, and merchants to aprehensive.

pissed by my stupidity, i went to leave, and saw a piece of the Pyrrhotite at a merchant near the bank. remebering seeeing the dwarf on my way in, i bought a piece (11pp) and gave it to him, and was rewarded with no exp, but went back to indiff to everyone. so either the faction hit is signifigant, or you start out right on the border of indiff/aprehensive. it was my first trip to katta
Damnit
# Feb 27 2002 at 11:34 PM Rating: Default
Damn i have sold about 50 of these for 2pp each to vendors...wish i had have known...could be amiable faction or better at katta by now :(
Drops
# Feb 20 2002 at 2:53 AM Rating: Decent
16 posts
I got a chunk from a grimling orefinder wandering near the Grimling Forest zone entrance. You don't need to be in the mines to get this drop.
Finding the dorf
# Jan 26 2002 at 4:41 PM Rating: Good
Face the entrance to the bank. Turn to the right and you should see a pasage. It's sort of behind and to the right of the bank. Follow the passage back in. IF I remember right he's int the first room on the right after you cross the water.
Berk location and reward
# Jan 04 2002 at 2:48 PM Rating: Excellent
Berk is located under the graveyard =) that is, on sea level in Hobbit tunnels. The dialog:

You say, 'Hail, Berk Thurstone'
Berk Thurstone startles and gazes up at you, 'Careful, careful... I am nearly out of pyrrhotite.
You say, 'what is pyrrhotite?'
Berk Thurstone says 'Pyrrhotite is the name of this ore I have my hands on here. Ye see, I may still look an able-bodied dwarf, full o' spit and fire, but the time is coming where'n I may lose a step or two and they will take me off me post- I want to be prepared for that time. I have been doing some [experiments] on this piece of rock, trying to have something to bring to Toktonn and maybe secure a job in ore studies for meself after retirin' from the Validus Custodus.
You say, 'what experiments?'
Berk Thurstone says 'Well, there is a powerful magnetic quality to this particular rock, but it is very inconsistent. If I can figure out what makes it tick, it'd sure be a boon to some o' that crazy engineering the gnomes're always doing. This sample is running out though, and it ain't easy to come by what with the durned grimlings hogging the mines, I'd sure appreciate it if someone were to bring me some more. Careful though, it's deceptively heavy.

Now give him a Pyrrhotite sample from TM grimling caves.

Berk Thurstone says 'Aww, noice, this'll do just right. Thanks millions, Elisania. Yer ok by me, ye are.
Your faction standing with Validus Custodus got better.
Your faction standing with Katta Castellum Citizens got better.
Your faction standing with Magus Conlegium got better.
Your faction standing with Nathyn Illuminious got worse.
Your faction standing with Coterie of the Eternal Night got worse.
Your faction standing with Seru got worse.
Your faction standing with Hand of Seru got worse.
Your faction standing with Eye of Seru got worse.
Your faction standing with Hand Legionnaries got worse.
You gain experience!!
RE: Berk location and reward
# Jan 12 2002 at 4:48 AM Rating: Decent
noice. hehe
Where is Berk
# Dec 26 2001 at 11:44 AM Rating: Default
Where can I find the little guy... i looked everywere in Katta. Can someone give me a Loc on him or some direction in which building he is?
new info
# Dec 21 2001 at 6:54 AM Rating: Good
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95 posts
since one of the latest patches.. the sample weighs 10.0 and is *NOT* lore! so you dont have to make a bazillion trips from the mines to katta.. it does seem to be a little more rare now but at least you can carry a few.
Smithing
# Dec 07 2001 at 1:01 PM Rating: Decent
Me wants to forge it!

Smashie
Master Ogre Smith
Tarew Marr
Result
# Dec 07 2001 at 9:28 AM Rating: Default
I recieved the same outcome. I only had one piece of ore that I took off the Grimling Runner in Grimling Forest.

It weighs 12 stones.

Owatta
BB
result
# Dec 06 2001 at 1:38 PM Rating: Decent
result of returning him the ore is:

Text:
Berk Thunderstone says' Aww,noice,this'll do just right. Thanks millions,seldum. Yer ok by me, ye are.

Your faction standing with Valudis Custodus got better.
Your faction standing with Katta Castellum Citizens got better.
Your faction standing with Magus Conlegium got better.
Your faction standing with Nathyn Illuminious got worse.
Your faction standing with coterie of the eternal night got worse.
Your faction standing with seru got worse.
Your faction standing with hand of seru got worse.
Your faction standing with eye of seru got worse.
Your faction standing with Hand Legionnaries got worse.
You Gain experiece!
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