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King Vernix Quest

Vernix, king of the Green Goblins, offers a chain of two quests, the second considerably harder to achieve than the first. Untangling the Web The first quest, Untangling the Web is a straight forward monster slay quest requiring the slaying of 12 acid creatures. Although Vernix asks you to fill jars there are no actual jars given or received. Acid Slugs, either the orange ones found near Underworld entrance or green ones which form part of the Passage of Tears mini-champ in the Stygian Abyss, will count towards this quest . Acid elementals, another creature of the Passage of Tears […]


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Journey to the Athenaeum Isle

This quest is given by Queen Zhah, she can be found in the throne room of her Palace in Royal City Your reward will be the book, Chronicles of the Gargoyle Queen Vol I  This book has 500 charges which reduce mana cost when inscribing spells. This is her message: Greetings, adventurers, As you know, my people have suffered the incessant onslaught of the Void and its minions for as long as Gargish history exists. Protecting Ter Mur from darkness, and its desire to consume the land completely, is a burden passed down from one ruler to another upon ascension to the […]


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Jaacar The Gray Goblin

Jaacar offers two simple, chained ‘monster slay’ quests. The second slightly more challenging than the first. Full Quest Text: This first request requires the death of 10 of the rival Green Goblins. “We can be friends, yes? Outside kind and inside kind be friends? This is good, yes? Jacaar knows who hates our kind; Gray Goblins not hate you. We want to be friends! Jaacar want to warn you! Yes, friends give good warnings! Green goblins bad, very bad. Green Goblins buildiing up piles of weapons! When Green Goblins get enough weapons, they make war with the outside kind… Your […]


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Insurance

Item insurance is a way to allow players to keep many of their items past death. Uninsured items always will remain on the player’s corpse and may be potentially looted by monsters or, in Felucca only, by other players. Some items are not insurable, resources that stack, most containers (the exception being quivers), or items that are Cursed. Items that are Blessed are always returned to a player after they die and resurrect, such items do not need to be insured. Note: Siege Perlious ruleset shards do not have item insurance. Insuring Items This can be done in two different […]


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Huntmaster’s Challenge

The Huntmaster at the Skara Brae Ranger’s Guild offers a monthly challenge for hunting various species throughout Britannia. The Huntmaster can be found here Obtain a hunting permit from him using his context menu, it will cost you 5,000gp, the funds must be available your bank box. You will see examples of the creatures to hunt arrange around the guildhouse, here’s a list: Grizzly Bear Gray Wolf (or Grey Wolf) Cougar Turkey Bull Boar Walrus Alligator Eagle Publish 91 in late 2015 added a further list: Myrmidex Lavae Najasaurus Anchisaur Allosaurus Dimetrosaur Saurosaurus This listing has been extended again, publish […]


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House Ownership – 7. House Add-ons

Some furniture items made by a carpenter are created in the form of a deed, which becomes the actual item when placed in a house. These are known as ‘add ons’ Most add ons give an orientation choice of ‘East’ or ‘South’. It can sometimes be difficult to determine which of these you require. As a general rule of thumb the longest edge of the item determines the facing, except in the case of beds. In the image below the beds are ‘south’ while the looms and water trough are ‘East’. The items pictured also demonstrate different colors, to learn […]


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House Ownership – 6. House Decorating (The Basics)

The next step in House Ownership is to turn your house into a home, or an inn, or whatever else your imagination dreams up. Tools A hatchet , or axe is essential to remove add-ons or trash barrels with. Hitting an add-on with an axe or hatchet returns it to a deed in your backpack. The most common reason to re-deed an add-on is because you put it in the wrong place. A short trip to the architect in a town carpentry shop will get you a Interior Decorator tool for fractionally over 10.000 gold, you may have noticed it […]


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House Ownership – 2. Building a Custom House

You have placed your plot, now to put up some walls, doors, windows and a floor or two would probably be a good idea too. You can also convert a classic house into a customizable foundation, unless it is a castle, keep or “L”-shaped house; these are the exceptions. If you have any items in the house they will be placed into a secure container, called a moving crate, that will be accessible through the house sign. To begin building on your foundation, double-click the house sign and select Customize. This will place you in Edit Mode, other players will […]


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House Ownership – 3. Trading a House

An alternative to placing a house is that of buying from another player, or selling your house to another player should you choose to move. A considerable amount of information on the topic is included in the game itself through gumps. The Seller On selecting the ‘trade house’ on the ‘ownership’ page of the house sign the house owner will see the message: In order to transfer the house, you and the recipient must both be outside the building and within two paces of the house sign. On targeting the buyer both characters will see a blue deed representing the […]


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House Ownership – 5. Managing Your Home

Security (people) | Storage Availability | Inside the House | Security (items) You have placed your house and, if customised, built it. Now you must manage it. This is done through the house menu, through some spoken commands and through security settings on doors, teleporters and, when you come to furnish the house, on containers. The House Sign When you double click on the house sign a menu will open up. Each page gives information about your house and options that you can select to manage it. The first page is ‘information’ This house is properly placed – It is […]