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I've been doing this quest recently to get the earings and would just like to say that even though you may be getting frustrated over the drop rate of the dress, keep at it cuz it's just around the corner =D
My question is this: since ive done this quest i've noticed that my faction with the Qeynos Guards has gone through the roof, i'm now considered as an ally to all of them, however i noticed that your faction with the Corupt Guards goes down each time you hand in a dress. Is it possible to become KOS with the Corrupt Guards if i continue to do this quest? I really like Qeynos, and i dont think that would be good. Thanks!

Banoldar
12th season on The Rathe
Vigilante Enterprise

I did this quest yesterday with my RL friend. We went down, a lvl 5 Enchanter and lvl 5 Wizzie. 5 Hours later we stopped. Both lvl 7 and with 4 pieces of +3 Earrings.

The trick to this quest is to find the right spot and kill all the placeholders. We timed the Spawn point and it spawns every 20 seconds. Eeeek. That means that after you kill Cubert or the placeholder you have 20 seconds before another monster will appear on that same spot. All in all, very hectic action. Good news is that only a fraction of them will aggro on you.

The placeholder spawns are:
Sewer Rat
Mangy Rat
Gelatinous Cube

Dont be fooled by the giant rats that sometimes sit on the spawn point. They are not placeholders.

A tip is to sit on the other side of the spawn point facing the spawn point. That way you can keep track on which spawn is up, and if you are high level enough or is a caster with a pet, just sit and med. The Mangy rats and Cubert will attack you, the Gelatinous Cube and Sewer Rats will not.

Another tip is to start out by rooting the sewer rats. The sewer rats have an exit route that runs from spawnpoint towards exit to SQ. I lost many pets until we came up with this strategy.

Be aware that whether its Cubert or a Placeholder that spawns is completely random. We several times had 2 Cuberts spawn with a 20 sec interval, and one time we even had 3 Cuberts in a row.

Final words. The next spawn will NOT be up until you kill the placeholder. So if you dont kill the placeholder be ready for quite alot of time spent doing nothing :)

LOCS for important points: (On the map of Qeynos Aqueducts from EQATLAS)

Cubert spawnpoint (120, -75)
Suggested Camping Site: (160, -75)
Place where rats jump in water and swim towards exit F: (220, -90)
Safe med point: (180, -25)

Good luck and happy hunting to you all.

Ok, here's what happened to me, draw your own conclusions. I wanted the earrings for my DE wiz, so I made a brand new warrior, untwinked unfortunately, leveled him up to 4 in about 2-3 hours, and then went to the aqueducts. First time I saw Cubert, he killed me, ugh. Went back but by the time I got back, somebody else had killed him and left. Killed a few more placeholders and he spawned again, killed him this time in a really close battle, got the dress went up to zamel got the earring. About 3 hours had passed since character creation, and I'm like...this quest ROCKS. I head back down to get the second earring and die a handful of times to cube placeholders (they were like level 6 I think). I get back after one death, and there is another guy camping the spot, so we figure since we're both low we'll team up. We're killing placeholders, and then this guy goes...this beggar is asking for it...against my better judgement we kill it and then lose faction. By this time I'm level 5 or so. We then camp the area for the next couple of hours kill about 15 cuberts, no dress. Then we get back to back cubert spawns both with dresses, so we each get one and go to zamel. I got a hematite, and his faction was too low to complete the quest, but not to lose the dress, of course. I then went back down alone and got one more dress, and another hematite. I then camped for another 3 hours or so, and didn't get a single dress in about 10-15 more cubert kills.

Can anyone tell me what faction this guy Zamel is?
I am a DE necro and want these earrings, but obviously I cant hand in the dress!

Thanks

M'Kay, here's the lowdown...

Cuburt spawns at 130, -60. He has 3 different place holders: A Sewer Rat, A Mangy Rat, and A Gelatinous Cube. You don't have to kill anything else to get Cuburt to spawn. All 3 place holders follow the same path that Cuburt does. Only the Mangy Rat aggros. The first time I got the dress, after the 5th or 6th kill, I only got a hematite...2 kills later, I got another dress and received the earring (yeah!). This is GREAT xp for lvls 5 to 7 or maybe even 8...I went from 5 to 7 in about 6 hrs of intense camping. The only problem was that at lvl 5, some of the Gelatinous Cubes (yellow ones) were quite difficult to kill and you gotta kill 'em to get Cuburt to spawn.

Good luck and happy hunting :)

Mystagleem, Erudite Enchanter 7th season, Karana

I have leveled a few characters in the sewers, great spot if you dont like to group and die alot in BB. There are several items to be had in this zone such as the alligator earrings, limestone rings, lockets etc.. each and every one of those are lvl capped.

The npc required will not spawn no matter how many small aligators or fish or large rats you kill. Its reasonable to assume that at some point the dress will become a rare drop for your level/class combo.

I camped cuburt with my 8th wiz and no loot or dress at all ever. Camped with my 5th warrior got a dress almost every time. 5th Necro got bones and snake skin. Camped with my wifes 4-5 druid and she gets the dress and the stud every time as well.

My point is that I believe there is more to this than simple random spawn and drop rates. I think it only seems random because of the variety of classes and levels being played.

I was just curious because I was down there and a bunch of beggars spawned. I don't know if they interfere with the spawning of Cubert. But I don't want to take a faction loss for killing the beggars either.

I guess if no one knows I can try it and see.

Well..I tried this quest for a couple of days and just got fed up! I was killed by a Big Rat and almost killed by a Spectre! You would think that as a Level 37 Enchantress that I would have done better..but noooo.....
I thought that the extra 2 points of WIZ that I could get would be easy, but I just wound up with a bunch of Silver and some Faction. Blah! I'll get my WIZ jewlery the way that I was ment to! I'll make it myself!

I am sitting there camping Cuburt right now. I have been camping him for about an hour and a half. I get the dress on 1 out of every 4 Cuburts, somtimes 5. He commonly spawns twice in a row. I have gotten 2 earings now, one out of every 3-4 dresses. This seems to be a faction thing, as another char I had done this quest with got it every 2 of 3 and had higher faction. However, this is not level dependent. This character is a 25th Druid, the other was a 13 enc. I need 2 more earings which I hope to get yet tonight.

The only problem I find is that quite often is that if he gives the dress, he will spawn one or two spawns later if you keep up with it... Its nice to have a partner there while doing the quest.

Also, you can always tell what the place holder spawns are, they all make the same path. Watch the spawns, and then you will know whats what when you go back for another dress.

Hi.

I've done this quest many, many times with several different characters. I won't repeat what others have said about how to do it.. it works. I've experienced drop rates like this: Cubert spawns randomly after you kill his placeholders, there is no pattern (I've had him spawn 3 or 4 times in a row before). He drops the dress about one in three times. Zamel gives you the earring about two thirds of the time.

I've done this quest so many damn times these ratios should be fairly accurate.

I tried this quest yesterday. The very first time I killed Cubert, I got the dress. The very first time I turned the dress in to Zamel, I got the stud. Figuring this was a fluke, I went back down. Cubert was waiting for me (I didn't have to kill any rats or anything first). Killed him, got the dress again. Turned the dress into Zamel, got the stud. The next time I went down Cubert dropped a bunch of miscellaneous things (snake scales, bone chips, etc.) but finally dropped the dress (about the eighth or ninth time I killed him). Turned the dress into Zamel, got the stud. Reading the other threads, I'd say that I'm very lucky, but I think if anyone sticks with it they can do this too. (BTW, I'm a level 13 Enchanter - agnostic - who cons indifferent to Zamel, so I don't think faction has anything to do with this.)

My name's Arkytz, just haven't found out how to log in yet.

There's a guy, Endrin or something like that, who may also give something. I overheard him asking about aqueducts, so ask "what aqueducts" and if he responds you know it's the guy. No idea what he gives though.

Hope that helps.

I think Verant should change the consistency of this quest. I read on these posts, that people go in and get the dress on the first try. I spent 5 hours down there killed about 25 Cuberts, but to no avail(not a single dress. Im still a little perturbed about wasting half a day down there.