Nights of the Dead: Digging Their Graves  

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This Quest is Seasonal
Level:1
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
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Related Zones:
Related Quests:
Era:Seeds of Destruction
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Group Size:Solo
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:1
Appropriate Classes:
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Entered: Mon Oct 26 23:58:59 2009
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
 This is a shared Halloween task, available only while Halloween events are open. Its purpose is to serve as task updates in a grand task called "The Hunt for Tattooed Flesh" (you'll be automatically assigned this after completing "Digging Their Graves" the first time).

It begins with Edmund Strangeways in the Plane of Knowledge and has an 18-hour lockout timer.

You say, 'Hail, Edmund Strangeways'

Edmund Strangeways leans on his shovel and peers at you from beneath a wrinkled brow. 'You fool, step carefully! You're disturbing my graves! And aren't you a brash one, running here and there without a care during Harvester's Haunt, oblivious to the [danger] lurking beneath your feet!'

You say, 'What danger?'

Edmund Strangeways says 'This time of year the dead are [restless]. They can't lie still.'

You say, 'Restless?'

Edmund Strangeways says 'I know the dead. I've been putting them in the ground for many [years], and they've taken me to every corner of Norrath. If there's a fire, a plague, a battle, I am there. The dead need burying. But you best bury them deep, for every Harvester's Haunt they toss and turn, yearning to breach the barrier of earth and rejoin the living. It's the right time to [find] them.'

You say, 'Years?'

Edmund Strangeways says 'I've been digging graves since I was but a lad. The disease came swiftly, decimated my village. I buried my friends, my sister, my brother. I buried my father and mother on the hill overlooking our farm. I buried them all, every last one. The village square looked freshly tilled by a herd of oxen, sewn with the seeds of death. The wind in the trees and the rasp of metal was all I heard when I scraped my shovel over the last pile of dirt, packing the soil over the face of the village elder. Not one voice called after me as I walked out of town, carrying my shovel. Somewhere there were more people dying. Somewhere there were more graves to dig.'

You say, 'How can we find them?'

Edmund Strangeways says 'The twitching of the dead churns the soil, and disturbed earth rises. You see a gopher's burrow, I see revealed graves of men long dead and [hidden].'

You say, 'Hidden?'

Edmund Strangeways says 'Ah, made you curious, did I? You may be naive and foolhardy, but I know an adventurer when I see one. I'm old and stiff. . .too many years with the shovel. My legs won't carry me far. But you could go in my stead. You could [bring] me what I [seek].'

You say, 'What do you seek?'

Edmund Strangeways says 'Many corpses have I seen, and many coins have I earned for disposing of them. But money can rot for all I care. I'll be dead soon, and someone will bury me. All that matters is my [collection].'

You say, 'Your collection?'

Edmund Strangeways says 'That ephemeral art that dissolves with a man's flesh--tattoos. Before I cover the dead, I search every inch of their bodies. Such beautiful paintings on rotting canvas. . .I cut them free and preserve them. You should see the [images] that hang on my walls.'

You say, 'Tell me about the images'

Edmund Strangeways says 'A mother, a father, a town, a ship's maiden voyage, a lover's face--things we wish were eternal but know are not. Images of the dead on the skin of the dead, all fading from time and memory. [Bring] them to me, and I'll preserve them.'

You say, 'I'll bring them to you'

Edmund Strangeways says 'Now is the time to find the ancient corpses. Those long dead reveal themselves in the disturbed earth. The art they hide on their bodies hasn't been seen for hundreds of years. Just imagine what beautiful sights and mysteries have been lost from the world all this time. Dig up the corpses and bring me any tattooed skin you find. Here, take my shovel. By the looks of you, I'd say you should head to the Field of Scale or the Loping Plains. The dead there are worth your while. But be careful: restless as they are, the dead don't take kindly to your disturbing their place of slumber. If you forget where to dig, come to me, and I'll remind you.'

You have been assigned the task 'Digging Their Graves'.



NOTE: The zones to which you are directed depend on your level:
- Field of Scale or the Loping Plains (level 85)
- Loping Plains or the Steppes (~75)
- the Steppes or the Buried Sea (~65)
- Barren Coast or Goru`kar Mesa (~55)
- Goru`kar Mesa or Emerald Jungle (~45)
- Emerald Jungle or Firiona Vie (23-32)
- Nektulos Forest or Lake of Ill Omen (1-22)

You receive Edmund's Shovel.


  • Loot 1 intricately tattooed skin 0/1 (ALL)

    In the zones Edmund mentions, you will find piles of brown rocks called "disturbed earth". You cannot /open or attack them, but you can use the click effect on your shovel. If you do so in a zone you're not supposed to be in, you see:

    The graves in this area have nothing of interest to you.

    If you use it in a proper zone, either a disturbed spirit or a tattooed zombie spawns. Only the zombie drops the skin, so you may need to go through multiple spawns.

    Loping Plains:

    For your lopingplains_3.txt file.

    P -2852.6719, 1635.2295, 295.1371, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -2027.3898, 1967.2714, 241.9883, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -801.0338, 1497.2444, 42.3272, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3912.8870, 215.9049, 371.4138, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -2579.2732, 1195.9529, 311.9054, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3717.5474, -1098.2715, 402.3856, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3424.8401, 196.1600, 348.9677, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3616.7256, -1859.0647, 330.6135, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -2963.4373, 954.9589, 324.6428, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3142.5718, 291.9195, 350.9129, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3204.8909, -974.2498, 409.8311, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3067.6736, -262.7728, 324.5918, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -1818.2881, 2076.9058, 155.0767, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3125.2915, 1392.2825, 296.3822, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3629.8130, -80.1382, 350.7523, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3336.2986, -1362.4076, 400.3265, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3348.3296, -369.3068, 326.7838, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3458.9119, 1455.6563, 285.1343, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -2863.6323, 2086.7571, 257.7396, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3405.2007, 60.5119, 352.0024, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -1098.5266, 1642.6348, 115.4382, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3627.7727, -2284.2515, 348.7082, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3260.4424, -1615.2024, 400.8377, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3168.2424, -1822.6547, 414.0687, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3046.3374, -1096.2103, 400.6664, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)
    P -3697.0369, -1449.9814, 399.8764, 240, 127, 0, 3, Disturbed_Earth (Halloween)

  • Deliver 1 intricately tattooed skin to Edmund 0/1 (Plane of Knowledge)

  • Deliver 1 Edmund's Shovel to Edmund 0/1 (Plane of Knowledge)

  • Upon turn-in, you see:

    Your task 'Digging Their Graves' has been updated.
    Your task 'Digging Their Graves' has been updated.

    Also upon completing "Digging Their Graves" for the first time, you are assigned the task "The Hunt for Tattooed Flesh". If you are repeating this quest, Edmund Strangeways there is a 14 hour cool-down period while he "inspects" the tattooed skin you turned in before you can do The Hunt for Tattooed Flesh. This is a grand task that makes you repeat "Digging Their Graves" multiple times.
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    # Oct 27 2009 at 3:21 PM Rating: Decent
    GOMN
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    Task name id Digging THEIR Graves... not Digging THE graves as currently shown.

    I did the 1st 2 in LP and the 2nd 2 in FoS. In LP the MOB's were Light Blue at 85, both times.

    In FoS the MOB was Dark Blue at 85 (got the right one on first earth).

    On the 4th round, also in FoS, they conned even at 85.

    My guess is the MOB's get a bit tougher each round, but after 4 rounds, so far, for a 85 pally with his Merc they have not been any trouble to kill.

    In fact, if you click and back away fast enough, you can avoid aggro all together.
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    # Oct 27 2009 at 2:57 PM Rating: Decent
    GOMN
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    This task serves as "steps of the Master task called, "The Hunt for Tattooed Flesh.

    No actual rewards and a 17.5 hour lock out.

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    # Oct 27 2009 at 12:55 PM Rating: Decent
    Grokl
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    I can select between digging at EJ and Goru'kar Mesa at level 45.
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    Not Necessary to kill all spawns
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    # Oct 27 2009 at 4:43 AM Rating: Decent
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    You can use your shovel and click the stones.....IF your quick enough you can run backwards and not aggro the mob. If tattooed one don't pop move to the next one.



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    Not Necessary to kill all spawns
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    # Oct 27 2009 at 7:45 AM Rating: Decent
    amastropolo
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    Quote:

    NOTE: The zones to which you are directed depend on your level:
    - Field of Scale or the Loping Plains (level 85)
    - Loping Plains or the Steppes (~75)


    I don't know what the level range is, but you get Loping Plains or Field of Scale at level 80.

    The graves look like a pile of rocks. In LP, I found them on the path to Hills of Shade, with a lot of worgs around. In FoS, I found then not far from Kurn's Tower. They were easier in Kurns because the basepop is more wide spread (so less aggro problems. I had several worgs to deal with in LP). Was an easy root rot for a level 80 druid.

    I've only finished the first 2 tasks so far. The 2nd task was the same as the first. I got the tattooed zombie on the 3rd click for the first task (in LP) and the 1st click on the second task.

    Speculation is that the reward is a new merc that looks like a scarecrow. Yet to be confirmed though.

    Edited, Oct 27th 2009 9:48am by amastropolo
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    mob names
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    # Oct 26 2009 at 9:34 PM Rating: Decent
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    In Loping Plains, all of the mobs that pop from the rock piles (except the "a tattooed zombie" that drops what you need) are called "frenzied _____"

    In The Steppes, they are "a turbulent _____"

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