Charm of Lore  

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Level:5
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
  • Loot
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Era:Serpents Spine
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
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Entered: Wed Oct 4 22:42:13 2006
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Find Librarian Hemfar on the first floor of Crescent Reach.

You say, 'Hail, Librarian Hemfar'

Librarian Hemfar says 'Vasha, friend. I am the second-born of Keikolin the Enlightened, the most knowledgeable dragon of the Six. I am to aid in the education of drakkin and all who choose to enlighten their minds. I am a collector of artifacts and one of the founders of the Written Word and the Wanderlust Guild so we may learn from books and life. I have a unique gift that you may partake in if you [aid] in my work. Or you may simply ask me what [lore] I have gathered from artifacts in these lands.

You say, 'Aid your work?'

Librarian Hemfar says 'Yes, indeed. I have been given a sight-gift from Lady Keikolin. In many artifacts I can see within them and through the eyes of those they belonged to. It allows me to create a history that will become part of this library. Should you find any artifacts in the surrounding lands, bring them to me and I shall reward you and be able to add to the [volumes] of our great library.'

You say, 'What volumes?'

Librarian Hemfar says 'There are many creatures present and past that lived in these mountains, including the ogres that once lived in this very city. What exactly happened to them and their kind is somewhat of a mystery, but given time and the right artifacts, we shall learn more. I can reward you if you bring artifacts to me. Then, you may ask what [lore] and legend is available as people bring me artifacts and I can share the history with you when it is scribed.'



This is an ongoing quest to upgrade the charm, Serpent Seeker's Charm of Lore. After handing in at least five of the required items, you "get an option that looks like it's the same old exp, but click the option and it shows charm as reward".

As you hand in each of the following items from around the Serpent's Spine, the charm will increase in strength. It is not known which items boost stats, or how many are required for each increase. There does not appear to be any particular requirement for order, either. These are the items known to be involved. There are probably many more.

Items used in this quest read "This artifact might interest someone in Crescent Reach" when the spell Identify is cast upon them.

Ashengate
- Core of the Tyrant (dropped by Magmaraug in the west wing)

Ashengate, Reliquary of the Scale: North
- Ebonheart of Lethar the Back (dropped by Lethar, second version)
- Elddar Moonlocket (dropped by Dyn`Leth, Firstborn of Lethar)

Ashengate, Reliquary of the Scale: West
- Ambersnout's Snout (dropped by Ambersnout the Aberration)

Crescent Reach
- Ancient Jewelry Box (/open the pile of bones behind the throne on third floor: -1225, -200)
- Broken Nokk Insignia (/open discarded bones: +460, -2920)
- Linguist's Note (a book on a table: second level of the inn, second door on the right, -1605, -1510)

Blackfeather Roost
- Silvered Blackfeather Plume (/open feathered fernstem: +2455, -1030)

Blightfire Moors
- Ancient Blighted Bark (/open moss-covered rocks: +610, -1275)
- Murdunk's Rites Beads (/open pile of dusty rocks: +2060, -2060)
- Petrified Leather Boot Sole (/open ancient rocks: +930, +45)
- Preserved Hairy Halfling Foot (/open 'where the red flower grows': -1160, -2410 -- a flower amongst the vines)

Direwind Cliffs
- Gate Guardian Core (dropped by Guardian of the Gate)
- Direwind Totem (dropped by Direwind Gust in Severan the Direwind Caller event)

Frostcrypt: Raid Instance #2
- Krithgorian Royal Crest (dropped by Harfange the Black)
- Runed Sash of the Wraithguard (Dropped by Beltron the Shade King)

Goru`kar Mesa
- Cracked Waterspring Scepter (/open algae-covered stones: +1575, -45)
- Devan's Feathered Arrow (/open age-old stones: -480, +1925)
- Dromrek Worry Stone (quested from Shrynn: +1740, +2890)
- Oread's Willow Whipvine (/open forgotten bones: -1155, +1970)
- Sliver of Goru`kar's Willowstaff (/open waving woodblossom: -1070, +135)
- Sparkling Windwillow Leaf (/open silverspun petals: -600, +30)
- Split Ravenoak Bow (/open storage crate: +1050, -1160)
- Thunderhorn of the Tribe (old Tuffein lockbox: -1510, -1095)

Icefall Glacier
- Cursed Lorekeeper's Quill (dropped by ice griffons)
- Shattered Krithgor Keystone (ground spawn near spell vendors: -2035, -1155)

Stone Hive
- Preserved Kithicor Baneleaf (/open rustling banebloom: +575, -775)

Sunderock Springs
- Doomfount's Essence (dropped by Doomfount, an elemental who spawns at the geysers)
- Elven Child's Vinewand (dropped by Slave Driver Azza in front of Vergalid Mines)
- Lock of Veldyn's Hair (dropped by Obsidian)
- Oblivion's Dark Core (dropped by Oblivion, raid encounter in northwest)
- Relicstone Torch (dropped by Sulfurog: +2980, +1010)
- Trinket of the Scale (dropped by Dranadune, a drake who spawns at the geysers)

The Steppes
- Muddy Royal Scroll (dropped by burly hill giants)
- Wulfnor Crown Gem (/open a worn jug: -1645, +800, inside a house with 3 mobs)

Valdeholm: Udengar the Traitor
- Illegible Diary of Lorekeeper Baeldon (dropped by Lorekeeper Baeldon)

Vergalid Mines
- Vergalid Scale (dropped by any undead golem)

After completing all the non-raid areas except Vergalid Scale from Vergalid and Core of the Tyrant from Ashengate, you receive the title "Cartographer."

It is also useful to do the tasks for the Wanderlust Guild simultaneously.
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Broken Quest
# Oct 21 2006 at 4:27 PM Rating: Decent
I have confirmed, quest is broken. I just got a responce from GM Mapan. Should be fixed next patch, we shall see...

Workin Fine Here
# Oct 21 2006 at 4:18 PM Rating: Decent
Been on this for a few hours now. Gotten 18 drops, recieved charm just as I should have after the 1st five. I always turn items in on atta time though, I have seen and heard of issues in the past with multiple turn-ins at once. So unless absolutley necessary or requested by the NPC, I always turn items in one at a time. No problem with this so far for me.
Blank Charm
# Oct 21 2006 at 9:28 AM Rating: Decent
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I have also turned in 2o items and my charm is still blank. I have /petitioned this in game and GM Balush responded stating:
"There should be an update in the next patch where if you don't have the charm but should when you hail him you'll be offered the reward again. if you don't have the charm now you can keep turning in items and when this goes live and you hail Hemfar you'll recieve your charm with the stats earned up to that point."

Well he never really answered my question of having a blank charm, but it seems if you don't have the charm yet the fix is coming next patch.
Blank Charm
# Oct 22 2006 at 8:43 AM Rating: Decent
You have to equip the charm to see the stats
Blank Charm
# Oct 29 2006 at 7:50 AM Rating: Decent
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Obviously I equipped it to see if there was any stats. My charm is still blank after the last patch. The quest is bugged
Items
# Oct 21 2006 at 7:48 AM Rating: Decent
Is this all of the items required or are there more out there that haven't been posted yet? For those of you finding additional items, updates, mobs and locations would be greatly appreciated
No charm
# Oct 21 2006 at 2:08 AM Rating: Decent
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I've turned in 20 items so far and still no charm offered to me. What I've turned in is everything from; Crescent Reach, Blightfire Moors, Stone Hive, Goru'kar Mesa, Blackfeather Roost, and the Steppes, plus the Relicstone Torch from Sunderock Springs. On the last 5 I turned in, they were 1 at a time and I changed my UI back to default. Any help to getting my charm would be much appriciated.
quest bugg
# Oct 20 2006 at 10:19 PM Rating: Default
This Quest is bugged if you dont hand in the item's one at a time .. You need to hand them in 1 at a time and get your reward each time . If you dont you cannot recieve the Charm.. I petitioned it and GM said they are aware of the issue and the Developer's are working on the issue..

stats
# Oct 19 2006 at 4:12 PM Rating: Excellent
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The stats update upon completion of certian steps. It looks like: CR+BF+SH, GM+BFR, Steppes+IFG, Sunderock+VM, etc.. not 100% sure on that though. There is also rumor that it will be changed to update per item in the future, also not 100% sure on that.

As for loc's, edit your map files:

to convert from loc to the map file, instead of x,y,z, you have to put -y, -x, z
so... reverse the first 2 numbers, and reverse the sign of each.

stats
# Oct 26 2006 at 8:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Wow if this is true - it answers a burning question for me. My charm is statless after numerous handins, but they have not been sequential.
stats
# Oct 19 2006 at 4:15 PM Rating: Excellent
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example of map file edit:

Ancient Jewelry Box (/open the pile of bones behind the throne on third floor: -1225, -200)

P 200, 1225, 0, 255, 0, 0, 3, Ancient Jewelry Box


Yes it will take some time, but you won't have to /loc your way around to find them

-Wyre
locations of items
# Oct 19 2006 at 1:36 PM Rating: Decent
Anyone have a good source of where to find these things other than using Loc?

thanks.
locations of items
# Oct 20 2006 at 2:01 PM Rating: Decent
there might be maps out there by now with the spawns marked on em....just a guess though...
A lil help here
# Oct 19 2006 at 3:30 AM Rating: Decent
For those of you who are all knowing, Were does one find Illegible Diary of Lorekeeper Baelbon.... What drops it? Is it a ground spawn? what?, what do you need from Frostcrypt and Direwind cliffs? are they any drops that out there that are missing other then the ones from Frostcrypt and Direwind. If you know plz speak up. =)
quest is still bugged
# Oct 15 2006 at 8:20 PM Rating: Decent
Got the charm on my fifth turn in on druid, however after 14 turnins on necro I am still unable to claim my charm anyone else having this problem?
quest is still bugged
# Oct 16 2006 at 2:10 AM Rating: Decent
Hit your EQ button on your UI then goto Quests then rewards to receive your Charm it gets lost sometimes.
More!
# Oct 15 2006 at 6:39 PM Rating: Decent
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Come on, there's got to be more items. Someone found out the max stats by getting them all. Post em :)
shrynn quest
# Oct 15 2006 at 8:11 AM Rating: Decent
Anyone have any idea where the drakkin youngling sword drops? quest given by Shrynn. for this wuest in gorukar messa
Tried giants just thru pass SE of shrynn but no luck. need to go into cave of giants?
shrynn quest
# Oct 15 2006 at 11:21 AM Rating: Decent
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I had four of them dropped, when I wiped the giant caves.
turn ins before stats
# Oct 14 2006 at 9:58 AM Rating: Default
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I turned in 16 items before my charm got stats (1 to everything, 23/23/23).
ICE GRIFFONS IN ICEFALL?
# Oct 14 2006 at 9:55 AM Rating: Decent
I was able to find these griffons in the eastern paths. North of the avalanche raid area.

Edited, Oct 15th 2006 at 7:37am PDT by EQJore
weak stats
# Oct 14 2006 at 6:11 AM Rating: Default
Turned in 26 items and sitting at 70 hp still, have yet to get the raid drops yet have all groupable except vergalid drop i am camping atm. and the named in ashengate i cannot get to spawn =)

will update after those two. probably need the raid drops to get it past 100hp

imagine not useful lcharm for most then
My experiences.....
# Oct 13 2006 at 4:10 AM Rating: Decent
Turned in items 1 at a time

Crescent Reach-
1st Item - No Charm
2nd Item - No Charm
3rd Item - No Charm

Blightfire Moors-
4th Item - No Charm
5th Item - Charm
6th Item - No Stats
7th Item - No Stats

Stone Hive-
8th Item - 1st stat increase.
AC/STR/DEX/STA/CHA/WIS/INT/AGI +1
HP/MANA/END +23
SvF/D/C/M/P +1
Attack +1

Goru`kar Mesa -
9th Item - No Change
10th Item - No Change
11th Item - No Change
12th Item - No Change
13th Item - No Change
14th Item - No Change
15th Item - 2nd stat increase.
AC +3
STR/DEX/STA/CHA/WIS/INT/AGI +2
HP/MANA/END +47
SvF/D/C/M/P +2
Attack +3
(Have NOT done the quest to get last Mesa Item as of yet)

Will update as I turn in more items.



Edited, Oct 13th 2006 at 6:41am PDT by flayandlilly
My experiences.....
# Nov 01 2006 at 7:58 PM Rating: Decent
Thank you!

You just saved me a couple hours of trying it myself. ;)
My experiences.....
# Oct 16 2006 at 7:49 PM Rating: Default
With a 3rd level chanter, did loot the first 3, and then roamed Goru`kar Mesa till i found 2 loots that have no agro surrounding it, ding from 3 to 12 in one sitting, had to skill up for hours after that, but was sweet.
when do stats improve
# Oct 12 2006 at 7:12 PM Rating: Decent
After 20 turnins im showing +2 stats and 47 hp/mana/end +3 attack
Finally...
# Oct 11 2006 at 5:21 AM Rating: Decent
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After 8 turn ins, my charm is finally showing stats.
Stats
# Oct 11 2006 at 1:40 AM Rating: Decent
After you get the charm , you have to Hand the charm into the Libarian . he will hand it back with Updated stats .
Stats
# Oct 11 2006 at 12:58 PM Rating: Default
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You don't have to hand the charm to teh librarian. You just have to unequip & re-equip it for new stats to show up.
Stats
# Oct 11 2006 at 10:40 AM Rating: Decent
Will he eat an aug in it?
Getting the Charm
# Oct 09 2006 at 9:36 PM Rating: Decent
I could not for the life of me figuer out how to get the charm, NPC did not give it to me after all the chatter I went through. So i headed out to start collecting the parts requested. I turned in three parts still no charm.... Went out for the next few parts, turn them in no charm, started looking at the pop up window. IT has unlabled tabs at the top of the window, clicked on one and to my amazment there was the option for the charm. I then got the charm no stats. after 6 turn parts turned in. So we shall see what happens when i go hunting for the rest of the parts.


GL

The Foot Loc
# Oct 09 2006 at 9:02 PM Rating: Decent
The Preserved Hairy Hafling Foot is in a flower you open(not kill), in the middle of the garden where all the bee's are close to the Stone Hive.


GL to all those who have a hard time doing the /LOC thing)>
Broken Nokk Insignia Location
# Oct 09 2006 at 4:36 PM Rating: Decent
This is found on the Newbee side of Cresent reach in the caves at the top of that area. loc 460.67, neg 2919.78, neg 112.90..

GL


Edited, Oct 10th 2006 at 12:35pm PDT by pinkysbliss

Edited, Oct 10th 2006 at 12:38pm PDT by pinkysbliss
Broken Nokk Insignia Location
# Oct 10 2006 at 11:35 AM Rating: Decent
[][/]LOL...sorry bad color..or you did not find it? But other wise bad color choice. That is how I feel when I look at maps lables done in yellow and small letters, have not been able to change the lables so i can read them..hehe

Edited, Oct 10th 2006 at 12:44pm PDT by pinkysbliss

Edited, Oct 10th 2006 at 12:55pm PDT by pinkysbliss
Broken Nokk Insignia Location
# Oct 09 2006 at 6:32 PM Rating: Excellent
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pinkysbliss wrote:
This is found on the Newbee side of Cresent reach in the caves at the top of that area. loc 460.67, neg 2919.78, neg 112.90..

GL


I'm blind!
Broken Nokk Insignia Location
# Oct 10 2006 at 2:00 PM Rating: Decent
I think it was just a blank message. =D
Stats after 15-16 items
# Oct 09 2006 at 2:54 PM Rating: Good
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I handed in items 15 and 16 at the same time, so I'm not positive when exactly it upgraded (but it was after the 14th item). So after handing in the first 16 items (all of the items listed above as of today from Crescent Reach, Blightfire Moors, Stone Hive, and Goru'kar Mesa), the charm upgraded to the 2nd level of stats and looks like this:

Serpent Seeker's Charm of Lore
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE
Slot: CHARM
AC: 3
STR: +2 DEX: +2 STA: +2 CHA: +2 WIS: +2 INT: +2 AGI: +2 HP: +47 MANA: +47 Endurance: +47
SV FIRE: +2 SV DISEASE: +2 SV COLD: +2 SV MAGIC: +2 SV POISON: +2
Attack: +3
Recommended level of 5.
WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL
Slot 1, type 7: empty

The first level of stats were something like AC 2, +1 to all stats/resists, +22 HP/Mana/Endurance, and they appeared somewhere around the 7th to 9th turn in (or perhaps the Crescent Reach, Blightfire Moors, and Stone Hive items all turned in).
Mesa drops
# Oct 09 2006 at 11:55 AM Rating: Decent
how do you get the drop in pond #5 marker in Mesa?
Mesa drops
# Oct 14 2006 at 7:01 AM Rating: Decent
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Just train away the oozes and whatever potamids that want to join. Then circle around, invis, and go back to the pond and loot the rocks.
Mesa drops
# Oct 10 2006 at 4:22 PM Rating: Decent
or you can make love to a druid :P who has instant grp invis ...swim down get your target /open (druid cast instant invis- timing is everything :P) Now wait till that annoying mob paths away and loot quickly then have the druid insta evac :P

hehe
Mesa drops
# Oct 10 2006 at 3:07 AM Rating: Decent
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One way would be to kill kill all of the surrounding mobs.

What I did was make sure there was noone in The Steppes zone line, started running at the top near the Queen, and took them all to the zone line. While, by buddies opened and looted the algae-covered stones. Then one of them did the same so I could get it.

Might not be the best way, but it worked for us.
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