This is one tough zone to crack. Once you zone in your in a small building. If you walk out of the door and to the right is the zone out. If you invis you can run straight to another open building wait and out straight to another. Once in the third open building you can sneak up the path. As I have found the only 2 mobs that see through invis are the Golems and Shissars and they roam the areas. Most of the time if fighting a Golem or Shissar the snakes and beetles will not aggro but it has happened from time to time. Once you fight a snake or beetle they will help each other. The little beetles are the worst because they come in 3's most of the time and are hard to hit and see. I have done this solo and this is how I did it. I snuck through to the pathway and killed a shissar there. I used that path to kill the insects there. You might also want to get the Adapting to the Environment II also since you need to kill snakes and gorillas. Alot of zoning in and out when your trained by 4-6 mobs but it can be done. I will say it is a hit or miss when you zone in the a Shissar isnt standing in the doorway to the open building. I did this with a T5 merc and Im level 85. If you do get a group it will go faster though. The center pathway has 1 gorilla that comes out but you can take care of him quickly with no aggro to other mobs. The right path goes to a river and I stopped before going any further since I got trained with 7 mobs and ran to the zone. So I would call this zone a hit and move type. The longer your fighting or standing still the more chance of getting trained.
Herachilles 85
Adapting to the Environment
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This solo task begins with Archarcanist Pintanus at location -100, +80, +8 in Katta Castrum (the port-in level).
You say, 'Hail, Archarcanist Pintanus' Archarcanist Pintanus is looking at some small pieces of broken pottery through a magnifying glass as you approach. He turns towards you, still looking through the magnifying glass and jumps back, startled. 'Ahh! Oh sorry, _____. I didn't see you there. I was just examining these [artifacts]. Are you perhaps looking for [work]?' You say, 'What artifacts?' Archarcanist Pintanus says 'I'm sorry, what did you say? If you can't speak clearly please do not expect me to pay attention to what you have to say! Now let me get back to Tactician Sodut's report. The Shissar have been far too active of late for me to be bothered about anything else.' You say, 'I'm looking for WORK' Archarcanist Pintanus says 'I've been tasked by the Combine empire to study the inhabitants of the various habitats throughout the city. One such habitat in Zhisza that I've been studying for a long time appears to have two species of animals that are evolving to overcome their inhabitants. I would like to find adventurers who would be [interested] in observing these animals and bringing back specimens for me to study. I also have another [task] that I've been assigned to complete within the next few days if you are interested.' You say, 'I am interested' You have been assigned the task 'Adapting to the Environment'. Archarcanist Pintanus says 'Yes, it appears that the beetles and insects in the Zhisza Habitat are evolving and I would like a more careful study conducted on this phenomenon. Go there and investigate and return with some specimens for me to study.' Archarcanist Pintanus has asked you to kill several of the various insects in Zhisza. He would also like you to bring back samples. Kill ten beetles 0/10 (Zhisza, the Shissar Sanctuary) Kill ten insects 0/10 (Zhisza, the Shissar Sanctuary) Beetles and insects are found all over Zhisza. Be warned that while they are not KOS, they are very social once aggro'd. Loot three beetle wings 0/3 (Zhisza, the Shissar Sanctuary) Loot three insect mandibles 0/3 (Zhisza, the Shissar Sanctuary) Turn in the parts you have collected to Archanist Pintanus 0/3 (Katta Castrum) Turn in the parts you have collected to Archanist Pintanus 0/3 (Katta Castrum) Archmagus Pintanus tells you, 'Well done ______. It appears that there are [other] animals in the Zhisza habitat that are evolving as well. If you are interested, I would like these studied as well.' Archarchanist Pintanus takes the samples and carefully files them. 'Excellent, these samples will prove most useful in determining the nature of these creatures. I only hope we can divine something useful from the information we find.' Once you select your quest reward option: Reward Options: 1) Worn Pottery Shard, experience, faction 2) Worn Pottery Splinter, experience, faction 3) 100pp, experience, faction Your faction standing with Combine Empire Merchants has been adjusted by 15. You have successfully been granted your reward for: Adapting to the Environment Completion of this task leads into a second one. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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They are Deliver steps.
Deliver the beetle wings
Deliver the insect mandibles
It also leads to "Adapting to the Environment II" in the same zone(s):
Kill 10 snakes
Kill 10 apes
Loot 3 Snake Sacs
Loot 3 ape fangs (gorilla fangs)
Deliver the snake sacs
Deliver the fangs
Edited, Jul 28th 2009 10:09pm by GOMN
Deliver the beetle wings
Deliver the insect mandibles
It also leads to "Adapting to the Environment II" in the same zone(s):
Kill 10 snakes
Kill 10 apes
Loot 3 Snake Sacs
Loot 3 ape fangs (gorilla fangs)
Deliver the snake sacs
Deliver the fangs
Edited, Jul 28th 2009 10:09pm by GOMN
...not currently noted above, are to turn in the items you looted.
GOMN wrote:
...not currently noted above, are to turn in the items you looted.
What is the exact wording for these steps?
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You can get Adapting to the Environment ll by saying "another" to him. You have to kill ten each of gorillas and snakes. Collect 3 each gorilla fangs and snake sacs. (not snake venom sacs)Turn them in to him to complete the task.
Edited, May 17th 2007 1:17pm by kazdrina
Edited, May 17th 2007 1:17pm by kazdrina
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Turn in the parts you have collected to Archanist Pintanus
Turn in the parts you have collected to Archanist Pintanus
Turn in the parts you have collected to Archanist Pintanus
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Maybe I went to the wrong place but when I zoned in there were a lot of mobs wandering and a see invis hit me for 3K normal attack, then I evac at 42% and died when I landed on a Shissar mob, so be warned, this place is not easy and task is not a solo task, think you better take a serious group to this zone
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