The Changing of the Ways

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Fletching Love!
These new bundles can be purchased in many new locations (Mayoi, Danby's Outpost). Use a wrapped bundle of heads on a wrapped bundle of shafts for an instant 250 arrows!!

Item		Value	Burden
Wrapped Bundle of Quarrelshafts		250	10
Wrapped Bundle of Arrowshafts		250	10
Wrapped Bundle of Frog Crotch Arrowheads		1500	10
Wrapped Bundle of Armor Piercing Arrowheads		1500	10
Wrapped Bundle of Blunt Arrowheads		500	10
Wrapped Bundle of Broad Arrowheads		500	10
Wrapped Bundle of Arrowheads		250	10

To apply oils to the the bundles, use the new Alchemy items (also available in locations such as Mayoi (Tired Mage) and Danby's Outpost (yes, they were the only ones I've had time to check so far! ;-)).

Item		Value	Burden	Description
Eye Dropper		25000	10	A small eyedropper filled with water. This item is used in alchemy
Vial of Concentrated Aqua Incanta		250	15	This item is used in alchemy.

Alchemy formulas were changed this month. Using an Alembic on a Pea now produces a Concentrated Infusion instead of 50 Infusions.

Use your Concentrated Infusion on a Vial of Concentrated Aqua Incanta for Concentrated Oil.

Apply the Concentrated Oil to a Wrapped Bundle of Arrowheads to get a Wrapped Bundle of Greater Arrowheads! Apply to a Wrapped Bundle of Shafts for Greater Arrows!

Use the Eye Dropper on the Concentrated Infusion to obtain 50 normal Infusions.

In addition, more varieties of arrows and quarrels are now available in many towns! Find out the best places to buy in the Bargains section.

New Titles!

Tired of being an "Adventurer"?! Travel to Eastham, Lin or Qalaba'r (73.9S, 19.1E) and solve a puzzle to get a new title. Choose wisely! 

New Text!
Read more in the Handbook of the Bestowers' Guild.
The full quest write-up can be found here: Titles Quests.

The Puzzle Base Piece spawns on the ground inside the tent. Purchase one of the Skill Puzzle pieces and combine. If your skill is high enough (rumored 250+) you will get the following message: 

Like most skill checks, there's a chance of failure even with a very high skill and a chance at success even with a lower skill. People have succeeded in the 170s and failed in the high 200s. If you fail, the timer is 24 hours before you can try again.

Give to the Examiner for your new title! Read the text above for available titles and restrictions.

Item		Value	Burden	Description
Skill Puzzle Base Piece		10	0	The base piece for the Bestowers' Guild skill puzzle. Use this on a Bestowers' Guild Puzzle Piece.
Combined Bow Skill Puzzle		1000	10	A combined Bow Skill Puzzle. Turn in to the Bestower Examiner to receive a title.

Item		Value	Burden
A [Skill Type] Skill puzzle piece. Combine it with a Skill Puzzle Base Piece. This item requires [Skill Type] skill to assemble.
Creature Enchantment Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Item Enchantment Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Life Magic Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
War Magie Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Fletching Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Cooking Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Alchemy Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Unarmed Combat Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Sword Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Staff Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Spear Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Mace Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Dagger Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Axe Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Thrown Weapons Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Crossbow Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10
Bow  Skill Puzzle Piece		10000	10

Bunny Master!
The titles above not good enough? You can also attempt to become a Bunny Master! Find Larry the Rabbit Master (2.0N, 41.6E) and give him the Order that spawns in the hut nearby (15 minute spawn). He'll portal you (only you) to a dungeon of fierce pink bunnies! Defeat them for the proud title!! It's also rumored that these killer bunnies drop "eeps" as loot. Marshmallow eeps? ;-)

The full quest write-up can here: Bunny Master Title Quest.

Thanks to Dru Down for information on Larry's location and to Sunspiral for the Purchasing Order!

Armor Love!
Metal armor is lighter with altered elemental protections! Visit the Armor section for updated stats of all store-bought armor.

New Outpost!

You can reach Danby's Outpost via a portal from Zaikhal at 16.6N, 1.6W. Inside you'll find a Leather Crafter, a few vendors, and Gunther Danby, a would-be meatball maker! So far, Gunther's secret meatball recipe continues to be TOP secret! He's been given everything from Marshmallow eeps to Auroch meat to no avail.

Gunther Danby tells you, "Hrm...Something is still missing just can't seem to figure out what that is."

Gunther Danby tells you, "I never caught that strangers name, come to think of it I don't think he told us..."

Gunther Danby tells you, "My wife is happy to be here, she grew tired of living in Eastham. If you ask me though that man that gave us the means to build this place...Well he just gave me the shakes...Him and his mask."

Gunther Danby tells you, "I guess living out here in the wilderness isn't that bad, I just wish that there was more meat around here. How am I supposed to perfect my meatballs if I can't get meat?"

Gunther Danby tells you, "If you're looking to sell something then you should visit my wife, but be careful she's a shrewd one."


New Hub!
Right outside the fort towards the beach is the Desert March dungeon. You'll encounter Tumeroks, a Virindi Servant and a few Hollow Minions. At the bottom are the following portals:
Surface
Bandit Castle
Obsidian Rim
Black Hill
Southern Mt. Esper
South Dires
North Dires

Pack Love! 
Troop posted on the Vault boards discussing some of the reasoning behind the weightless pyreal. Here's an excerpt (sorry, I have misplaced the link):

"It still comes back to fun, with a healthy dash of common sense thrown in. Not being able to use M notes? That's silly. Having to mule or dump all your stuff to buy a 50k + item? That's silly. Was this the most elegant solution? Perhaps not, but we can sit around and wait forever for resources that may never appear, or we can act. Lately, we've been deciding to act. Yes, there are macroing and buy/sell issues to consider, but this merely makes the problem worse, it does not create a whole new problem. And we're working on that problem as well."

There you have it. The weightless pyreal combined with the higher stacking counts have succeeded in giving players what almost everyone in the game was clamoring for: more pack space! Yay!

New Spear Quest!
The Explorer Society Letter Quests have been buffed. When you give Lord Aleval your Stamped Red Letter he not only gives you your reward, but also directs you to a new quest:

Lord Aleval tells you, "Excellent! Now that you have proven yourself, perhaps you could help Bach Lien, who is monitoring Tumerok activities near Dryreach. A short time ago, Ardry, Bach Lien, and I captured an excursionary band of Tumerok scouts. They escaped, but not before telling us of a legendary spear enshrined in one of their caves nearby. She is now at the Explorer Society Outpost on the road between Rithwic and DryReach. This token will serve as an introduction."

Lord Aleval gives you Exploration Society Token

Like Larry the Rabbit Master, Bach Lien is currently MIA. If you have any more information on this quest, please send me an email!

Update: CoD reports the following:

The search for Bach Lien is a bug. We apologize for the inconvenience that is has caused any of you. Perhaps some time in the future the complete iteration of her tale will reach the loremasters of Dereth but for now she will remain a mystery.

Allan Maki
Community Representative
Turbine Entertainment Software

Thanks to Danier, Sugardaddy, Ned Cleversun,  Sunspiral, Dru Down, Legolas, Veritus Venatus, Gheres Reficul, Frito D'Mojo, Morris, Rhydel, Baxlax, Terenya, Eleeos, Disturbed, MeiHarada, ronin arcane, Markus Ragnoroc.