Drosco the Zombie (good)  

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Level:8
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Quest
Quest Goal:
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  • Loot
  • Money
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Knights of Thunder (Min: Apprehensive)
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Entered: Thu Jun 22 15:32:31 2000
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
This quest begins in South Qeynos with Wolten Grafe, the Keeper of the Medallions of the Order of Thunder. He is located at -189, -554, +3.


Quest actually begins with a scripted dialogue between Wolten Grafe and Runethar Hamest, before players even speak to Wolten.

Wolten Grafe walks up to Runethar Hamest.
Wolten Grafe says 'Your excellency, we need to recruit a newcomer to find and infiltrate the Shrine of Bertoxxulous. The shrine's eyes are watching all our moves.'
Runethar Hamest says 'Hire one soon, Wolten. We need to get in touch with Drosco!'

You say, 'Drosco?'

Runethar Hamest says 'Have you knowledge of Sir Drosco? He is a Knight of Thunder and reports to Sir Wolten. He has been missing for quite some time. I believe Sir Wolten has begun a search for him.'

You say, 'Hail, Wolten Grafe'

Wolten Grafe says 'Hail, noble _____. Remember to spread the words of Karana throughout the faraway lands on which you shall tread. We of the Temple of Thunder are looking for new members - good people who [wish to join our cause]. Let the call go out!'

You say, 'I wish to join the cause.'

Wolten Grafe says 'That IS good news! If you walk the righteous path of the Rainkeeper, Karana, then you are truly noble. I have need of someone like that. I must find someone to perform a [dangerous mission] or perhaps you would rather seek out the [Rat King] or [crush the undead]?'

You say, 'What dangerous mission?'

Wolten Grafe says 'You must go into the catacombs and find a man named Drosco Finlayer. Pass him this note. He has been deep undercover in the Shrine of Bertoxxulous and will have directions to that vile place. To do this will surely show your allegiance to this temple.'

You receive a Tattered Note (identifies as "Note To Drosco"), which reads:

THE STORM IS NEAR !

Find "a zombie" in the Qeynos Catacombs, room 7 via eqatlas.

a zombie says 'Rele... ase... me... from... this... tor... ment... ARGH! You will die for entering the domain of the Bloodsabers! Karana... help... me?'
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Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -10.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 1.
Your faction standing with Opal Dark Briar has been adjusted by -1.
Your faction standing with Priests of Life has been adjusted by 2.
Your faction standing with Corrupt Qeynos Guards has been adjusted by -1.

a zombie's corpse says 'ARGH!... Thank... you...'

Loot Order of Thunder (a medal which identifies as "Drosco's Medal") which you need to take to Wolten Grafe.

Wolten Grafe says 'Ahh. Drosco's Order of Thunder. You are truly an honorable knight. Many vile people would pay greatly for this medal. I thank you for its return. I shall honor you by rewarding you with a thunder staff. Meant for young clerics and paladins of this temple. Never let it leave your side.'
Your faction standing with Knights of Thunder has been adjusted by 50.
Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -50.
Your faction standing with Priests of Life has been adjusted by 37.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 37.
You gain experience!!
You receive 8 gold from Wolten Grafe.

You can also occasionally loot a Sealed Letter from the zombie. It identifies as "Note to Temple," and reads:

Dear Temple of Thunder, Thank you for the lovely retreat to the Shrine of Bertoxxulous. I especially loved the bubbling hot baths, although I think I stayed in too long because all my flesh was boiled clean off my body. Oh well, back to wandering the catacombs. Love, Drosco, agent of thunder. P.S. I think the Shrine was not fooled.

On turn-in:

Wolten Grafe says 'This is terrible news. It is good you did not find your grave in the catacombs. You completed your mission regardless of the odds of survival. The temple thanks you. We still require your service, Knight of Thunder. Events have transpired which put all agents of righteousness in danger. We can not explain all as yet. Take this note to Freeport. You will give it to Eestyana Naestra at the Hall of Truth. Beware, now. The Shrine of Bertoxxulous now knows of your allegiance. Give me any other item you may have found on Drosco's body.'
Your faction standing with Knights of Thunder has been adjusted by 50.
Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -50.
Your faction standing with Priests of Life has been adjusted by 37.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 37.
You gain experience!!
You receive 7 gold from Wolten Grafe.

You will occasionally receive a Thunder Staff.
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# Jan 22 2018 at 12:45 PM Rating: Good
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Wolten won't give you the dangerous mission at dubious.
Secondary quest completion, More experience
# Feb 23 2016 at 2:16 AM Rating: Excellent
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Upon handing Drosco the zombie the Note from Wolten Grafe (THE STORM IS NEAR!) it actually completes a previously unlisted part quest:
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You say, 'Hail, a zombie'
Give the "STORM IS NEAR" note.
You gain experience!!
a zombie says 'kill me... kill...me'



Edited, Feb 28th 2016 11:24pm by SkreeMalicious
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# Feb 22 2016 at 3:08 AM Rating: Excellent
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Quest actually begins with a scripted dialogue between Wolten Grafe and Runethar Hamest, before players even speak to Wolten.

Wolten Grafe walks up to Runethar Hamest.
Wolten Grafe says 'Your excellency, we need to recruit a newcomer to find and infiltrate the Shrine of Bertoxxulous. The shrine's eyes are watching all our moves.'
Runethar Hamest says 'Hire one soon, Wolten. We need to get in touch with Drosco!'

You say, 'Drosco?'

Runethar Hamest says 'Have you knowledge of Sir Drosco? He is a Knight of Thunder and reports to Sir Wolten. He has been missing for quite some time. I believe Sir Wolten has begun a search for him.'

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# Aug 29 2015 at 1:51 PM Rating: Good
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If you want to include that here:

Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] a zombie says 'Rele... ase... me... from... this... tor... ment... ARGH! You will die for entering the domain of the Bloodsabers! Karana... help... me?'
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] You slash a zombie for 47 points of damage.
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] You slash a zombie for 93 points of damage.
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -10.
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 1.
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] Your faction standing with Opal Dark Briar has been adjusted by -1.
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] Your faction standing with Priests of Life has been adjusted by 2.
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] Your faction standing with Corrupt Qeynos Guards has been adjusted by -1.
[Wed Apr 08 17:23:02 2015] a zombie's corpse says 'ARGH!... Thank... you...'
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# Apr 27 2015 at 6:02 PM Rating: Excellent
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It's: https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=49579

That note drops off Drosco sometimes and can be turned in as well to the same guy (Wolten) for faction hits and XP.

Edited, Apr 27th 2015 8:10pm by drool
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# Apr 27 2015 at 9:50 PM Rating: Excellent
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drool wrote:
It's: https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=49579

That note drops off Drosco sometimes and can be turned in as well to the same guy (Wolten) for faction hits and XP.

Edited, Apr 27th 2015 8:10pm by drool


If you have logs from this, please post them.
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# Apr 29 2015 at 3:32 PM Rating: Good
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Scroll down on the quest page - already posted... He says "This is terrible news"...
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# Apr 09 2015 at 9:25 AM Rating: Good
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Fleven wrote:


You can identify the item. Also, if you link the item in a channel in-game, I believe it writes the ID to your game log if you have that enabled.


Thanks!
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# Apr 27 2015 at 5:58 PM Rating: Good
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I have the sealed letter again. Tried a tell, say, and /1 with the link - no item #. I can read it, I'll try and match the text to an item #.
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[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Wolten Grafe says 'This is terrible news. It is good you did not find your grave in the catacombs. You completed your mission regardless of the odds of survival. The temple thanks you. We still require your service, Knight of Thunder. Events have transpired which put all agents of righteousness in danger. We can not explain all as yet. Take this note to Freeport. You will give it to Eestyana Naestra at the Hall of Truth. Beware, now. The Shrine of Bertoxxulous now knows of your allegiance. Give me any other item you may have found on Drosco's body.'
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Knights of Thunder has been adjusted by 50.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -50.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Priests of Life has been adjusted by 37.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 37.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] You gain experience!!
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] You receive 7 gold from Wolten Grafe.
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# Apr 08 2015 at 4:14 PM Rating: Excellent
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drool wrote:
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Wolten Grafe says 'This is terrible news. It is good you did not find your grave in the catacombs. You completed your mission regardless of the odds of survival. The temple thanks you. We still require your service, Knight of Thunder. Events have transpired which put all agents of righteousness in danger. We can not explain all as yet. Take this note to Freeport. You will give it to Eestyana Naestra at the Hall of Truth. Beware, now. The Shrine of Bertoxxulous now knows of your allegiance. Give me any other item you may have found on Drosco's body.'
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Knights of Thunder has been adjusted by 50.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -50.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Priests of Life has been adjusted by 37.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 37.
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] You gain experience!!
[Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] You receive 7 gold from Wolten Grafe.


Which sealed letter?
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# Apr 08 2015 at 6:27 PM Rating: Good
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Fleven wrote:
[quote=drool][Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Wolten Grafe says 'This is terrible news. It is good you did not find your grave in the catacombs. You completed your mission regardless of the odds of survival. The temple thanks you. We still require your service, Knight of Thunder. Events have transpired which put all agents of righteousness in danger. We can not explain all as yet. Take this note to Freeport. You will give it to Eestyana Naestra at the Hall of Truth. Beware, now. The Shrine of Bertoxxulous now knows of your allegiance. Give me any other item you may have found on Drosco's body.'

Which sealed letter?


I don't know how to tell the id. I looted it off the z_zombie along with the order of thunder.
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# Apr 08 2015 at 11:57 PM Rating: Excellent
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Couldn't figure out a way to get the id to show up in a log file any more.

/outputfile inventory filename.txt

with the item in your inventory or bank. Find the item and will have the ID number.

Lucy and magelo sync can be used to get the ID also. Lucy under characters - inventory or watching the dialog scroll by when you see / get something new. Not sure on magelo, something about sync-ing your character then looking up the profile and the item.

Example /outputfile from a new Rogue. Gloomingdeep Lanter is ID 9979, Dagger* is ID 9997.
Location	Name	ID	Count	Slots 
Charm	Empty	0	0	0 
Ear	Empty	0	0	0 
Head	Empty	0	0	0 
Face	Empty	0	0	0 
Ear	Empty	0	0	0 
Neck	Empty	0	0	0 
Shoulders	Empty	0	0	0 
Arms	Empty	0	0	0 
Back	Empty	0	0	0 
Wrist	Empty	0	0	0 
Wrist	Empty	0	0	0 
Range	Gloomingdeep Lantern	9979	1	6 
Range-Slot1	Empty	0	0	0 
Hands	Empty	0	0	0 
Primary	Dagger*	9997	1	6 
Primary-Slot1	Empty	0	0	0 
Primary-Slot2	Empty	0	0	0


Identify spell gives the Lore which is generally unique also, to narrow down a multiple result item search for the named item, like the sealed letter ( https://everquest.allakhazam.com/search.html?q=sealed+letter ).

Yther Ore.

Edited, Apr 9th 2015 2:02am by Yther
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drool wrote:
Fleven wrote:
[quote=drool][Wed Apr 08 17:47:18 2015] Wolten Grafe says 'This is terrible news. It is good you did not find your grave in the catacombs. You completed your mission regardless of the odds of survival. The temple thanks you. We still require your service, Knight of Thunder. Events have transpired which put all agents of righteousness in danger. We can not explain all as yet. Take this note to Freeport. You will give it to Eestyana Naestra at the Hall of Truth. Beware, now. The Shrine of Bertoxxulous now knows of your allegiance. Give me any other item you may have found on Drosco's body.'

Which sealed letter?


I don't know how to tell the id. I looted it off the z_zombie along with the order of thunder.


You can identify the item. Also, if you link the item in a channel in-game, I believe it writes the ID to your game log if you have that enabled.
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# Apr 08 2015 at 3:46 PM Rating: Good
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Wed Apr 08 17:42:05 2015] Wolten Grafe says 'Ahh. Drosco's Order of Thunder. You are truly an honorable knight. Many vile people would pay greatly for this medal. I thank you for its return. I shall honor you by rewarding you with a thunder staff. Meant for young clerics and paladins of this temple. Never let it leave your side.'
[Wed Apr 08 17:42:05 2015] Your faction standing with Knights of Thunder has been adjusted by 50.
[Wed Apr 08 17:42:05 2015] Your faction standing with Bloodsabers has been adjusted by -50.
[Wed Apr 08 17:42:05 2015] Your faction standing with Priests of Life has been adjusted by 37.
[Wed Apr 08 17:42:05 2015] Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos has been adjusted by 37.
[Wed Apr 08 17:42:05 2015] You gain experience!!
Finishing text changed.
# Mar 20 2014 at 3:24 PM Rating: Good
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First off, you don't loot a letter. You loot "Order of Thunder", an amulet that identifies as Drosco's Medal. You give it to Wolten and this is his text:

Wolten Grafe says, Ahh. Drosco's Order of Thunder. You are truly an honorable knight. Many vile people would pay greatly for this medal. I thank you for its return. I shall honor you by rewarding you with a thunder staff. Meant for young clerics and paladins of this temple. Never let it leave your side.'

Your faction standing with Knights of Thunder got better.
Your faction standing with Bloodsabers got better..
Your faction standing with Priests of Life got better.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos got better.

Edited, Mar 20th 2014 5:25pm by Uxtalzon
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# Apr 08 2015 at 4:34 PM Rating: Good
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You do loot the letter and the medal. Both are tiurn ins. The letter gets xp and text, the metal xp, text, and the staff.
Drosco takes the note.
# Mar 20 2014 at 3:17 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm max to all factions in Qeynos, so I'm able do the quest while Drosco cons kindly to me. I handed the note to poor him, and his response is..

a zombie says, 'kill me... kill...me'
You gain experience!!

Doesn't attack, so I had to initialize combat. Order of Thunder and Rusty Halberd. Yay!
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# Jun 14 2009 at 8:54 PM Rating: Decent
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Yeah i have the tattered note that reads "THE STORM IS NEAR" and "a zombie" (drosco) wont take it.. he cons kos. and i am rodcet nife deity with fairly good faction with priests of life and knights of thunder... also tried reading the note to him with no effect. said "the storm is near" and "the disease is spreading" with no response. however i killed him and droped the note and order of thunder, lore:drosco's medal.


Edit: upon giving wolten grafe the note drosco droped i indeed got a note to take to eestyana. Upon giving wolten the medal drosco droped i got the thunder staff..

Edited, Jun 15th 2009 1:02am by Kzun
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# Dec 09 2008 at 3:40 AM Rating: Good
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Quote:
Pass him this note.


The note he gives you is Tattered Note

I tried to hand the note to the zombie, but he just gave it back to me with the standard I have no use for blah blah blah.
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# Dec 07 2008 at 12:23 PM Rating: Good
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You say, 'I wish to join the cause.'

Wolten Grafe says 'That IS good news! If you walk the righteous path of the Rainkeeper, Karana, then you are truly noble. I have need of someone like that. I must find someone to perform a [dangerous mission] or perhaps you would rather seek out the [Rat King] or [crush the undead]?'
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The One and Only fcoty wrote:

Quote:
(Missing dialogues?)


You say, 'I wish to join the cause.'

Wolten Grafe says 'That IS good news! If you walk the righteous path of the Rainkeeper, Karana, then you are truly noble. I have need of someone like that. I must find someone to perform a [dangerous mission] or perhaps you would rather seek out the [Rat King] or [crush the undead]?'


Updated, thanks.
Drosco is no longer named.
# Jul 29 2008 at 7:35 PM Rating: Good
Wolten Grafe, South Qeynos, -189,-554,+3

Wolten Grafe says 'Hail, noble Deejey. Remember to spread the words of Karana throughout the faraway lands on which you shall tread. We of the Temple of Thunder are looking for new members - good people who [wish to join our cause]. Let the call go out!'

You say, 'what dangerous mission'

Wolten Grafe says 'You must go into the catacombs and find a man named Drosco Finlayer. Pass him this note. He has been deep undercover in the Shrine of Bertoxxulous and will have directions to that vile place. To do this will surely show your allegiance to this temple.'

Find 'a zombie' in the Qeynos Catacombs, room 7 via eqatlas.

a zombie says 'Rele.. ase.. me.. from.. this.. tor.. ment.. ARGH! You will die for entering the domain of the Bloodsabers!! Karana.. help.. me?'

You have slain a zombie!
Your faction standing with Bloodsabers got worse.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos got better.
Your faction standing with Opal Dark Briar got worse.
Your faction standing with Priests of Life got better.
Your faction standing with Corrupt Qeynos Guards got worse.
You gain experience!

a zombie's corpse says 'ARGH!!!!!.. Thank.. you..'

recieved: a sealed letter
deliver the letter back to Wolten Grafe

Wolten Grafe says 'This is terrible news. It is good you did not find your grave in the catacombs. You completed your mission regardless of the odds of survival. The temple thanks you. We shall still require your service, Knight of Thunder. Events have transpired which put all agents of righteousness in danger. We cannot explain all as yet. Take this note to Freeport. You will give it to Eestyana Naestra at the Hall of Truth. Beware, now. The Shrine of Bertoxxulous now knows of your allegiance. Give me any other item'

Your faction standing with Knights of Thunder got better.
Your faction standing with Bloodsabers got worse.
Your faction standing with Priests of Life got better.
Your faction standing with Guards of Qeynos got better.
You gain experience!
You recieve 8 gold from Wolten Grafe.

(at this point I checked for the letter Wolten gave me, and it wasnt there. I will try again to see if it was just a glitch. I play on Al'Kabor so the /loc of Eestyana would be wrong anyways, I still have the old FP)
Evil zombie
# Apr 23 2004 at 3:40 PM Rating: Decent
Okay, camping the zombie at the nesting rat spawn area. I arrived, the PH geletinous cube was up, killed it and waited for the respawn, it took approx. 23minutes 20seconds, just incase anybody is sick of waiting on their *** for the stupid zombie, you can return when you know its respawned, then leave to do something else for a bit.
Working as intended
# Jan 31 2003 at 12:20 PM Rating: Decent
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Compleated the quest today with a level 10 cleric using sooth to reduce agro range and hand in the note. A Zombie dropped amulet on first try and turned it in for the back equipable ThunderStaff (which I'm using as a cape). Also picked up about 5 gold lockets (nesting rat popped about every 3rd spawn of the rats, just stood in the center of the room and cast Words to wipe out the normal rats).
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# Jul 12 2002 at 8:51 AM Rating: Default
Today I killed the Zombie got the medallion, however his PH (was facing the 2 Merc's), the Merc on the left, thats where he spawned for me, I hailed him nada, gave him the note nada, then killed him and he droped the pendant.
Success!
# Jun 21 2002 at 12:52 AM Rating: Decent
As of this date, I can confirm that the quest is still active the way it is described by Wolten. However, the Order of Thunder amulet is a rare drop off of a rare spawn. So my suggestion is to leave this quest alone if all you are after is faction or a 2hb weapon. Unless you are seriously intent on getting the Thunder Staff. If you are, here is what I found out: I spent five or six days sitting in the room with the three rats (the nesting rat was sometimes one of the spawns). Every 25 minutes "a zombie" or it's place holder (much more common) a gelatinous cube, came in and stood almost on top of the center rat. Other mobs would wander in and out during this time but they stopped a little more towards the center of the room. The zombie will attack you at any point before he gets to this spot or after he leaves unless you are invis to undead. After he stops moving, he will stay there for a few minutes (never let him leave so couldn't tell you how long). This is the ONLY time you can give him the note from Wolten. by the way, this zombie is on the Bloodsabre faction, so you can only give him the note so often before he won't take it anymore. He will then ask you to kill him and thank you as he dies. The sealed note is a 50% drop. The order of thunder is a rare drop. Killed this guy at least once a day for five or six days and finally got it tonight. Again only do this if you are determined to get the Thunder Staff. Good Luck!
what level should i be???
# May 22 2002 at 8:02 PM Rating: Default
im a lvel 8 monk. ive been in the aqceducts, and killed stuff, and BEEN killed by stuff. now what i wonder is, am i too low to do this quest? is it necessary to give Droscoe a note from anyone in order for him to drop more quest stuff? ill probably group with someone else to help, just in case. do you think i (we) would be able to pull it off?

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Evil?
# Feb 14 2002 at 10:04 AM Rating: Default
If this zombie was sent to QA to spy on the Necs and SN, is there an evil side to this quest? I'm sure the guild leaders in QA would love to know, or at least have him dead... I for one would love to remove any spies from my beloved home, any info?

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drosco
# Dec 07 2001 at 1:58 AM Rating: Decent
The previous spawn tellers are not telling true.
Drosco spawns both in the circular Nesting Rat room AND down the twisting hallway just before the spectre guards. There ARE 2 spawn points at least as I have visually witnessed. Anything that wanders into the cirle room (Nesting Rats) and stops in the center is a placeholder. Kill it. Beware the HIGH lvl Necros and Spectres that are now placeholders also. And for those of us (you) who think the quest is broken in this spot contact Everquest and let them know! The more contacts the more likely they will fix this. Its not an awesome quest item but for us roleplayers, we love closure on our quests.
RE: drosco
# Jun 19 2003 at 1:33 AM Rating: Decent
some say its drosco and sum say its droscoe!! whick is it??
RE: drosco
# Apr 12 2002 at 6:05 PM Rating: Default
I just Killed "a zombie" in the nesting rat room on test server. I was camping to get a CHA medallion with a low ENC when he walked in. Should have known something was up when he only conned apprehensive to me instead of scowls. I looted medallion and note. What I want to know is my chances of getting staff if i turn it in. Otherwise I'm just as happy with medallion for its CHA and AC. Good Hunting
just completed
# Nov 06 2001 at 2:31 PM Rating: Default
After weeks of hunting on and off I finally got the "order of thunder." Here is what I learned. The note from Wolten seems to have no relation to getting the order of thunder. when I finally got it, the "a zombie" had aggro'd on me so I could not give him the note. I was near its spawn point outside the shrine of betoxx. It looks like it is a rare drop on a rare mob.

All of Healix's information below seems to be correct.

IMHO this quest is broken but still doable.

Xothus 11th season knight of thunder (Firiona Vie Server)
#Anonymous, Posted: Aug 20 2001 at 2:03 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I just walked right into the sewers and said, "Here I am. Gimmie what I want."
The Amulet Still Drops
# Aug 15 2001 at 6:38 AM Rating: Default
WooHoo! On the fourth day of hunting the zombie I finally got the amulet and Thunderstaff. To all of those wondering if this quest still works, as of this post date, it does work. Now, I'm off for the Bonethunder Staff!

Good luck everyone!


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Any drops yet?
# Aug 14 2001 at 10:54 AM Rating: Default
I'm another poor sole who's attempted this quest without success. Here is what I've learned and varified from the info already provided in this thread.

I'm a level 11 High Elf Cleric. My faction to the Clerics and Paladins of Qeynos is Kindly. (Just below Warmly)

1. Drosco or his place holder, a gelatinous cube, spawns near the necro guild, close to the Spectres, but not close enough to be in danger of being attacked. I timed it to be about 23 minutes plus or minus a minute.

2. Drosco stands there for a minute and walks to the the room with the three rats, as mention below. It is here that you are able to hail or give him the note without him attacking you. If you cross his path before getting to this spot, he just attacks you in normal undead fashion.

3. If not attacked in the 3 rat room, after a few minutes he walks where the "Mercenaries" are and stands there for awhile. I've watched the cube do the same thing. When arriving at the sewers, check the mercenaries if he is not in the rat room (Best map to learn the sewers is at eqatlas.com)

4. I've learned that Drosco's spawn is completely random. One night I camped for nearly five hours, like those below, with no spawn. The next day I saw him several times. Camped again the day after and only saw him once. If there is one thing that seemed to vaguely help me out is that I would go out and frequently restart the quest with Wolten Grafe. (just get the letter again) You can kill all the rats and various creatures throughout the surrounding area all you want, it won't help. Believe me, I've tried. =)

I've killed him on his way to the 3 rat room. Killed him in the 3 rat room. Killed him at the Mercenaries. Killed him at the spawn point. I've killed him without giving the note or hailing him. Killed him after giving the note. I've gotten the note off him every time, except when I killed him near the mercenaries, got a rusty weapon instead. I've never gotten the pendent.

I'm at my wits end, can't believe that such a low level quest is so hard. I've wondered if because I'm level 11 and Drosco is green that the pendent won't drop. However, someone posted below that they were hunting the spectres and got the pendent. My complaint isn't that the zombie spawn is too rare, but that the pendent is never dropped.

Does anyone have any further info that might help all of us who can't get the drop? Has anyone gotten the drop recently?


Healix
RE: Any drops yet?
# Sep 01 2001 at 11:34 AM Rating: Default
I spent 10 hours in the Aquaducts last night. Killed the Zombie 4 times total, and a number of Cube place holders. Your info on the spawn seems to be about right from what I saw. Twice I gave him a note in the rat room. The second time I killed him he was in the rat room, and I could walk up and hand him the note, he dropped both letter and Order of Thunder. I tried to get a second amulet to wear, but repeating the process of the first success did not get me a second amulet.

I think the Order of Thunder is just a rare and random drop. I don't think he will spawn if you don't kill the Cube place holder though.

Good luck everyone

Boldheart
Paladin of Kaladim 10
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