Journeyman's Boots  

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Time:20 hours
Level:35
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Items:
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Era:Original
Recommended:
Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
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Appropriate Races:
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Entered: Thu Sep 21 20:34:29 2000
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
It is advised to get the Quest items prior to looking for Hasten in Rathe as he will despawn after a certain amount of time and getting him to spawn in the first place can take hours with bad luck.`

The Shadowed Rapier is a TEMPORARY item that drops from "a shadowed man," found in several zones. Since it's TEMPORARY, it's best to get this last.

The Ring of the Ancients drops from "an ancient cyclops," found in Ocean of Tears and Southern Desert of Ro. In the Ocean of Tears, the AC spawns on the seafury cyclops island and can spawn in place of any of the seafuries. The Southern Desert of Ro AC has a much more intriciate spawn mechanic that can be found on his bestiary page.

You will also need the equivalent of 3250 Gold for the turnin. (325 Platinum works).


Hasten Bootstrutter is a semi-rare spawn in Rathe Mountains. He, or any of the mobs on his spawn cycle will spawn in the Northeast section of the map in the area where Hill Giants are found approximately every 6 minutes(provided they are kept down). Once any of these NPCs or Hasten spawns they will begin roaming throughout the zone where after running their route they will despawn and a new mob will spawn. If you set up camp at the little valley leading into the Hill Giant area every placeholder or Hasten will roam right past you provided they aren't killed by another player.

NPCs that are PHs for Hasten listed in order of how often they pop: Spawns are at exactly 4m 45sec cycles.
a drake
a grizzly bear
Brother Zephyl
Maldyn the Unkempt


You say, 'Hail, Hasten Bootstrutter'

Hasten Bootstrutter says 'Stopped, I have. Greet you, I do. What business do we have? Hmm? Speak up!!'

You say, 'Journeyman's boots.'

Hasten Bootstrutter says 'Journeyman's boots are what you seek? Ha!! Those I have upon my feet and disintegrate will they if my life is taken. Extra pair have I, and, possibly, [rare trade] can we make.'

You say, 'What rare trade?'

Hasten Bootstrutter says 'Three things I call for and journeyman boots are yours. A [shadowed rapier], [ring of the ancients] and gold... 3250 gold coins I call for !! This trade I call.'

You say, 'What shadowed rapier?'

Hasten Bootstrutter says 'Shadowed men, foes to all, have appeared. Many lands do they walk. Invisible are they, but for the items they wield. Seek them out and return to me a shadowed rapier. Return it with haste before 'poof' goes the rapier!! No time to camp have you.'

You say, 'What ring of the ancients?'

Hasten Bootstrutter says 'Ancient cyclopes [sic] do march the land. Long have they lived and crafted the rings of the ancients. I must have one and you shall go and fetch one for me. Seek the lands of the oldest cyclops clans. Seek the plains, seek the island in tears and search the dunes for there is one who is last. His clan was blown from the sands.'

Give Hasten the Shadowed Rapier, the Ring of the Ancients, and 3250 gold (or 325 platinum)

Hasten Bootstrutter says 'The time to trade has come!! I am now rich and you are now fast. Take the journeyman boots and run like the wind.'

You receive: Journeyman's Boots
Submitted by: Bobbybick
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ok ppl who have gotten jboots by sro answer this
# Apr 06 2001 at 12:31 AM Rating: Default
im reading and reading i see kill all the undead then pick another one no kill everything that moves pick another one no kill the spiders and undead then no just kill the undead in the tower and he will spawn well wtf which one is it
3250 gold?!
# Apr 05 2001 at 2:34 PM Rating: Default
so you have to give this **** 325pp?? whatt?
#Anonymous, Posted: May 23 2001 at 9:20 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) No. You have to give him 3250gp. If you give him 325pp, he doesnt give you the boots. You need gp not pp.
#Anonymous, Posted: Apr 05 2001 at 2:57 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) email me at nelly90045@hotmail.com ive gotten it spawned 5 times been ksed and i cant dfjhs take it anymore!
what lev does a wizard have to be to solo an ac in sro
# Apr 05 2001 at 2:54 AM Rating: Default
anyone know????
estimated time20 hours my ass
# Apr 01 2001 at 11:04 AM Rating: Default
ive been in oot for 3 dam days and no spawn then some *** druid who was helping me got pissed off and took the spawn good luck if ur gonna try and get the thing in oot cause i sure in hell cant get it
RE: estimated time20 hours my ass
# Apr 02 2001 at 10:59 PM Rating: Decent
So far I've spent 70 hours camping the Ancient Cyclops, never seen him.
RE: estimated time20 hours my ass
# Apr 05 2001 at 8:43 AM Rating: Default
i was in Sro just talking with friends, and someone shouted AC to Oasis. I was like OH S**T. but when he came near, he was green. i soloed him, and my ranger friend said, to my suprise theres 2 out here. so we tracked the other and killed it for him.

44th drunken meatshield
Tududan
The Rathe
Luck?
# Mar 30 2001 at 10:21 PM Rating: Default
Was sitting by the undead tower in SoRo waiting to try out a tip a druid gave me on getting the AC to spawn. I'd been sitting there for about a half hour (during which time I killed 2 pumas and a dry bone skelly that were passing by the tower) when I heard the unmistakable sound of a giant tromping about. I assumed it was an SG so I climed over the dune to see the Ancient Cyc strolling along in front of the derv camp. I sent my pet right away and about 2 DoTs and 30 seconds later I had my ring.
This is definately a thing of legend in Sro
# Mar 30 2001 at 12:47 PM Rating: Default
Well not sure if this is any help but after three days straight of camping Sro 2 spawned today...the first spawned in front of the left derv camp if you are coming in from oasis...which a fellow necro took down...the second spawned to the right of that same derv camp almost at the mountain wall kinda halfway between the derv camp and the undead tower...as for every plan to make em spawn none seemed to work...but basically everyone and their grandmother has been lawnmowering the whole place all morning...the two spawned almost 3 hours apart real time and mine spawned shortly before 4am game time...we all were stirring the spawn greatly as we were upto spawning double digit SG's during that span and not much of anything was alive in the zone anymore:)...i got exp from him at 39 and he resisted my spells quite a bit and ended up tanking em as my fear wouldn't take and was agroed on by an undead that kept interupting me:) hes not too tough tho...as for the undead tower thought last i looked it was a ghoul in there for a few gametime hours before the cyclopes poped...i didn't look to see if anyone killed it at all but either way it was the last pop in there as i was heading to look in there when the AC poped...good luck all and hope you all have it easier then i and most everyone i talked to had with em...peace
ok it says he needs 7 items but if u look it only seems like
# Mar 30 2001 at 7:55 AM Rating: Default
what 7 items if its only 3 do i have to go around and kill like 5 ac and get 7 rings or what pls help
RE: ok it says he needs 7 items but if u look it only seems
# Apr 04 2001 at 4:08 PM Rating: Default
he wants several items (3) not seven (7)
Can use either PP or GP now?
# Mar 29 2001 at 4:43 PM Rating: Default
Someone just told me that Hasten now takes 325 PP in addition to taking OR 3250 GP now. That both work. Anyone confirm this?
Multiquestable
# Mar 27 2001 at 10:18 AM Rating: Default
This can be muli quested

Have someone turn in ring them after that turn in the gold and rapier and you get Jboots :)
Mutli Quested Jboots with 1 account.
# Mar 21 2001 at 9:40 AM Rating: Default
Well, as of last night, Weds, March 21, 2001, you can still multi quest jboots, Last night I had the ring of the ancients on my primary character (52 Necromancer) and I wanted to get Jboots for my 51 Warrior. I brought both of the characters to rathe mnts. I had a friend along with me to hail and hold hasten in spot. I also had my friend holding the shadow rapier so it wouldnt dissapear. We found hasten, my friend hailed him, I handed him the ring with my necromancer, quickly logged on my troll warrior, my friend handed me the rapier, I, in turn handed the rapier along with the gold to hasten and......

JBOOTS!! woohoo!!

It still works, and can be done with 1 account (and a friend along to hold hasten in place)

Torgo
iks monk
# Mar 14 2001 at 4:07 PM Rating: Default
Could an iksar monk do this? What about under an illusion or using a clayball? How much do those things cost btw (talking bout the clayball, not boots of course)? Prolly nodrop
RE: iks monk
# Apr 01 2001 at 7:40 PM Rating: Default
I did it with my lizzie monk and Hasten was indifferent.
RE: iks monk
# Mar 15 2001 at 12:43 PM Rating: Default
I know a number of Iksar Monks with Jboots, so yes its possible.
JBOOTS
# Mar 06 2001 at 4:50 PM Rating: Default
Camped the AC in OOT. Continuous camp from 6AM to 10PM. No pop. Have been told now that the AC has been Nerfed to only appear once in any given 24hour period.
RE: JBOOTS
# Mar 20 2001 at 3:37 AM Rating: Default
Got my ring 10 minutes after the previous camper got his ring.. talk about WOOT!
RE: JBOOTS
# Mar 15 2001 at 5:43 AM Rating: Default
definately not true, completely random spawn. Got my ring after a 9 hour run, next guy got his in 4 hours.
RE: JBOOTS
# Mar 09 2001 at 5:37 PM Rating: Default
not true, guild camped ac this morning and had 2 ac's within 1.5 hours of eachother
Qestion on spawn rate
# Feb 26 2001 at 3:52 AM Rating: Default
Is there a trick to making him spawn faster? I've heard if you kill all the undead in the zone that triggers the AC's spawn? Is this true? Also, could a 39th lvl Palaladin solo him?
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Mar 16 2001 at 11:37 AM Rating: Default
Me again - guy with the pally friend - Forgot about spawn question. He has a PH, just like all other rare spawns in the game. Kill the UD in the tower. Everything else is just for fun. I hate seeing a bunch of HLs saying they are camping the AC in SRo, and I see dead bugs lying around all over the place, then I head over to tower, and sure enough, I see "Crypt Mummy" or something just sitting there. Then, of course, I kill it, and some putz who doesn't know anythinhg about the camp KSes the AC that I got to spawn -- I hate this camp P. Hope this helps, hehe :)
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Mar 16 2001 at 11:27 AM Rating: Default
Actually, a friend of mine -- 40 pally at the time -- soloed him.
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Mar 06 2001 at 1:39 PM Rating: Default
don't even try mr pally.... he was barely soloable at 45th monk'
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Mar 23 2001 at 5:10 PM Rating: Default
you forget pally's have LOH and can heal themselves hehe that's ALOT better than MEND in this case and shoudl be soloable pallys also have root in a pinch wich should by enough time to heal as at 39 pallys have gheal!
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Mar 19 2001 at 2:15 AM Rating: Default
I solo'd him lvl 47 Monk. AC might have hit me a couple times but didn't even do much dmg. Not even 1/2 bubble.
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Apr 05 2001 at 2:53 AM Rating: Default
what lev would a wizard have to be to solo the ac in sro????
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Apr 05 2001 at 2:49 AM Rating: Default
so just kill the undead in the tower till he spawns no spiders or nothing???
RE: Qestion on spawn rate
# Apr 05 2001 at 2:48 AM Rating: Default
from what i here is kill the undead and spiders till theres none on the sand then the undead in the tower keep repeating this till he spawns my friend has done this 5 times and gotten 5 rings for ppl
#Anonymous, Posted: Feb 18 2001 at 11:33 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post)
RE: Hasten's PH
# Feb 21 2001 at 6:18 PM Rating: Default
Hasten's PH is a specific black drake called "a drake" (I forget what the others are called in the zone, ebon drakes or something like it.).

There is two other quest NPC's on the same spawn table as Hasten and the PH, Maldyn (spelling?) the Unkempt - ranger Ivy Gauntlet quest - and Brother Zephyl (spelling?) - monk Robe of the Lost Circle quest. The "a drake" is pretty easy to kill, at least at level 40 and above (never tried with a lower level character to know how tough it is below that. Depending on your level and class, the other NPC's could be much more problematic to remove. I have heard they all despawn after about 3 hours if you don't want to or can't kill them.

The best place I have found to wait for him, not being a tracker myself, is at the 4-way crossroads just after coming into zone from the Ferrott. The pathing comes from the south to the middle of the intersection, then turns west and heads back for spinning rock. Its a nice safe place to sit (no HG's or cyclops spawn here), except if someone trains a HG/cyclops to Ferrott zone. If that happens, simply run with them to the zone and play it safe. Hasten or his PH will path around again, and he doesn't despawn when given the Jboots quest items (so you will only miss out on him if somone feels spiteful enough to kill him.
2 copper
# Feb 08 2001 at 5:51 PM Rating: Default
JBoots are awesome, and they're well worth the questing effort and its associated headaches and stress. Mustering the effort, however, is beyond my ability. Too many people on my server want them, and they're camping the AC spawns in each zone at all hours of the day.

Luckily, I have my L34 shaman on call 24/7 to cook up SoW potions at cost. Infravision, Shrink, and IVU potions too. Please remember that alchemists are always available, especially in auction zones like EC or Greater Faymart.

Good luck on your quest. I hope your sanity remains intact. :)
Getting JBoots with components on 2 characters
# Feb 07 2001 at 4:10 AM Rating: Excellent
Just to let everyone know, as of today (Feb 6, 2001) it is still possible to complete this quest using two people. My level 51 Wizard had the Ring of Ancients and my friends level 24 Enchanter is the one who received them. After we located Hasten, I handed the Ring of Ancients to Hasten but DID NOT click trade yet. Then my friend put the 3250 gold and the Shadowed Rapier in the trade window for Hasten but DID NOT click trade. Then I clicked trade and he clicked trade a couple of seconds later. He received the JBoots as expected.

Good luck!

Morigan
http://www.highfiber.com/~cyborg/ms
RE: Getting JBoots with components on 2 characters
# Feb 14 2001 at 12:21 AM Rating: Default
Does this work everytime? and is there a time limit on hitting the trade button? one right after the other im assuming. Ill give this a try need these bad boys bad on drinal.

Hrabovsky
33 Warrior
Hasten sighting
# Feb 04 2001 at 6:34 AM Rating: Default
I was running through the Rathe Mountains earlier today and I spotted Hasten. Someone had offered a reward for holding him so I gave chase and hailed a hundred times. I found him running from the Feerott to the Egyptian tower. He ran fast, but he cut back a few times as though trying to juke me. I had SoW and caught him rather easily. It took me ages to get him to stop because it was hard to be near enough to him to get him to hear me. Once he stopped he responded to every third hail. He was yellow and dubious to my 39 troll warrior.
Is Hasten KOS to Iksars?
# Jan 29 2001 at 4:13 PM Rating: Decent
Is there anyone out there that knows if Hasten Bootstrutter is KOS to Iksars? from reading here it appears as though he is not KOS to anyone, but would like to know if any Iksars out there have completed the quest.
#Anonymous, Posted: Feb 09 2001 at 12:08 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Dependsss.... if you a necro ikssar yesss but warriorsss shamansss ssshadowknightsss and monk are not kos
my iksar necro had no problems with hasten (nt)
# Mar 29 2001 at 4:39 PM Rating: Default
RE: WHY Is Hasten KOS to SOME Iksars?
# Feb 12 2001 at 3:20 AM Rating: Default
Not that im saying your wrong, cuz i have no clue, but why would hasten be KOS to some iksar classes, but not others? enlighten me please.
RE: WHY Is Hasten KOS to SOME Iksars?
# Feb 26 2001 at 11:18 AM Rating: Decent
He would be KOS to necros because eveyone hates necros...even necros hate necros. Its a religion thing.
#Anonymous, Posted: Feb 11 2001 at 3:41 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) You are a *** dude. Keep Role Playing in the game.
#Anonymous, Posted: Feb 23 2001 at 6:53 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Better than being an idiot.
RE: Is Hasten KOS to Iksars?
# Apr 02 2001 at 12:45 AM Rating: Default
As far as i haave seen he is not kos to my Iksar Necro. HAd him go running paaast me many times while killing Hill Giants

Searian Letum
35 Iksar NEcromancer
DE Necro
# Jan 18 2001 at 1:10 PM Rating: Default
I have the ring of the ancients and the 3500gp... I dont want to get the rapier and camp Hasten until I am sure that I can get the JBoots as an illusion or something... I have heard that skeleton illusion works, but has anyone actually tried it?
RE: DE Necro
# Mar 20 2001 at 4:53 AM Rating: Default
I am a DE Necro and got the boots with no problem. Didn't have to go to skeleton form either. He conned dubiously to me in both forms.
RE: DE Necro
# Jan 25 2001 at 5:46 PM Rating: Decent
Being a DE Necro won't make a difference. I'm A DE Rouge KOS everywhere except Neriak and I didn't have a problem with him. BTW, it's 3250gp.

Good luck
GRR
# Jan 17 2001 at 1:58 PM Rating: Default
I was in SRO for about 15-30 minutes last night, just playing around. Of course, there were about 10 other 45+ players in there. I went around killing all the undead i could, and someone had killed the named SG. All of a sudden another SG popped, so sent the pet and was lom so did only a couple nukes.

Wouldnt you know it, the AC popped behind me, started pummeling on me, then the damn DE merchants killed it. So of course the body disappears.

Sigh.

Kaeyla
JBoots
# Jan 15 2001 at 7:34 PM Rating: Decent
Need to know if the jboots quest can still be a "multi-player" quest? When was the last time you have done this?

Thanks in advance!
Multi-quest expert here:
# Jan 18 2001 at 9:25 PM Rating: Default
Suggestion: If you want to see if you can complete a quest with more than one player try to do it yourself...on a easy quest. Like with a bone chip quest for instance. If the quest dude wants 4 bone chips, have one character give him 3 bone chips, hit trade, and then have another character give him 1 bone chip. The second character will either get all of the glory or you can blame Verant for messing things up again with their latest patch.
I have completed many quests with 2 different characters, as a way of tweaking my newbies. My high level does all of the work and gets all of the items that are hard to get while my newbie picks up one of the items, the easiest to get of course, and then when I am ready to get the quest item I camp my newbie by the quest dude and then get my high level to turn in all of the items except for the one my newbie is holding. I then camp my high level and bring out my newbie to turn in the last item and get the quest item. It has always worked since I started doing this about a year ago.
The problem with trying to complete THIS quest that way though is that Hasten runs around a lot, and runs fast, so in the minute that it takes to camp my high level and bring out my newbie Hasten is usually long gone, so in this case I park my newbie by the cyclops spawn area and pick up the ring. I will have about 2 minutes when nobody can pick up the item and then it is free for all, so my newbie will be there continuously clicking on the corpse until he gets to pick it up. Kinda risky that way, but also a little more exciting. I love doing things myself )

35th lvl SK solo's with little dificulty
# Jan 05 2001 at 11:15 AM Rating: Default
I am a ShadowKnight of my 35th season and solo'd the AC in S.ro with little difficulty....Good luck getting him to spawn and not getting Ks'd though...everytime i have seen him he has spawned neer the middle of the desert around /loc 500/500 around that flat area..............

Good Luck All
Confused
# Nov 29 2000 at 7:03 AM Rating: Default
I read all these suggestion on getting the boots. DO or not turn all the stuff at once or not? Also can a friend help?
#Anonymous, Posted: Nov 22 2000 at 4:54 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) im getting mad i have a lvl 50 dude lvl 50 warrior and i killl the shadow man then i go to sk go fin the other dude and i run all over the place and do not see him one day i looked for 5 hours and then i seee him and kill him and NO ring huhuhuhuh i getting mad hehe !!!!!!! peace out
RE: JBOOTS
# Dec 06 2000 at 7:49 PM Rating: Default
try getting the ring first from the AC, then getting the shadowed rapier from the shadow'd men in WC, much easier, since you can't be positive that you'll see the AC. The Shadowed Men are a breeze for a lev 44 mage so you should be just fine...


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