I would suggest a group of mid
20's to do this quest (Or I suppose a single 30+, but if you die, you've been
warned!)
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE STARTING THIS QUEST!
If you don't, don't get pissed at me if you die...
there are 5 parts to the quest:
1.) A Nobleman's Bag
2.) Hilt of a Nobleman
3.) Blade of Nobility
4.) A Ghoul's Heart
5.) Amstaff's Scroll
The bag is achieved through talking to a number of NPCs. You put the items in
the bag, click combine, and you are holding ghoulbane. NOTE: the items and bag
weigh fractions of a stone each, ghoulbane weighs 9+. you may be encumbered...
A Nobleman's Bag
Make ABSOLUTELY SURE that while you are talking, you ALWAYS HAVE THE NPC
TARGETED!!! Otherwise when you give the items to the NPC they WILL DISAPPEAR!
NPC 1. Go to West Karana and find Ryshon Huntsi, human male He was standing
at the water edge just near the North Karana border. Get a 'Letter for
Kanthuk'.
NPC 2. Head to Butcherblock Mountains and find Kanthuk
Ogrebane, Dwarf male. Get to the docks and while looking out to sea go right
(North), follow the coast, Kanthuk is fishing further on. Hail him and give him
the letter from Ryshon. Take a seat. He talks forEVER. He gives you a Pendant -
LORE NO DROP, Paly only +1 CHA This is for Llara.
NPC 3. Head to Dagnor's Cauldron off the BB zone and get to just outside the
Unrest Tunnel. Llara is standing on a rock pillar a little way in the
water. Hail her and pass her the pendant. Now people have lost pendants by not
using the correct words with her so here it is:
YOU: Hail Llara
Llara: Hail <TARGET>
(give pendant)
Llara: Oh My! This belongs to Amstaff! Where did you get it?
YOU: kanthuk gave it to me
..... now usual [bracketed] stuff
She gives you a 'Note to Ruathey'
NPC 4. Head to Lavastorm and find Ruathey, female human, she is on a
hillside near the Nektolus zone, a little to the west. Hail her and hand her the
note. She gives you a bag -this is the combine container for the LORE items.
Item #1 down. Now for the mobs...
AMSTAF'S SCROLL
Anyone who's leveled for a while in HK has seen this, drops off 'a goblin thief'
and 'a crazed goblin' anywhere in the zone (not just lookout/guard room).
Usually you can shout for it and some nice group will tell you when it drops. If
you're in your 20's just join a group and enjoy the XP. This is the longest
you'll wait, since its not a very common drop.
A GHOUL'S HEART
Simple enough. Go to unrest, kill crazed goblins, eventually you'll find the
heart.
A NOBLEMAN'S BLADE
This little gem drops off goblins in Butcherblock Mountains in a camp by some
ruins at (1300, -1500). Kill the goblins/crazed goblins there, eventually the
blade will drop.
A NOBLEMAN'S HILT
Now, listen up.
Go to Najena. Inside, there are some low level 'a large skeleton' or 'a
giant skeleton' laying around. They look like they're already dead and just for
decor, don't be fooled. Travel into the zone, and follow the path to the LEFT in
the room with the ogre guard & campfire. Keep following the path (don't go
into the tunnels made of stone, just dead ends) and you will end up in a large
open area (BEWARE: tentacle terrors (mid 20's, cast knockback.). You see that
gate? go through it. a few twists and some pithy mobs later, you're next to a
stairwell that goes into a cave.
HERE IS YOUR CAMP
at the bottom of the stairs is a mob called 'a skeleton'. that's one of 3. kill
it, check for hilt. since you're not lucky and it didn't drop right away, here
are the other two:
1. go down the stairs, and go STRAIT. There's a pool right there. On the
opposite side of the pool is another 'a skeleton'. If it ain't there, don't
worry, all spawn times are 10 minutes.
2. go down the stairs, and go LEFT. (NOTE: possible ogre guard. kill it). Follow
the path until the room with some logs on the floor (if you hit ANY mob other
than an ogre or 'a skeleton' you've gone TOO FAR. again, 'a skeleton' should be
waiting.
Ok, these drop the hilt. probably the highest level MoBs I find it worked
best to camp under the stairs and have a tank pull one at a time. By the time
you finish with the 3rd, the first will be up again. Took me bout 10 kills to
get the hilt.
Ok, got all the items? drop em in the bag, click combine, and there you go!
This quest is only worth it if you're a paladin that's too low to camp 'A
Froglok Shin Lord' in Upper Guk. Its a very rewarding quest, and fun to Boot!