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September 20, 2007

Caul Updates!

Clyde Arrowny of DT reports: "Hi Maggie! Love the site! Went to Caul because I heard that was where all the cool kids were hanging out. Came to find out that there were some new shadows, and they were very mean! When I first recalled to caul there was a new black statue of BZ standing in front of the drop. So I went up and touched it and got a message saying:

As you place a hand on the statue, you feel a bone-numbing chill pass through your very soul. A child's laughter echoes from the statue, sounding very far away.

Then a bunch of high level shadows spawned. As far as I could tell they were new ones. Penumbral Shadowmage was extremely mean. It would cast what I assume was Martyr's Hecatomb 7 at me, and with 5000 health, you can guess what that did... I died. There was also a very small shadow called Forsaken Child. I was able to kill the spawn (about 6 Children and 1 Shadowmage) after a couple of deaths and going to get a magic resist rare. The children I couldn't ID, but they were level 161 and high pretty high magic resist. The background on Caul is so dark that I couldn't get a good picture of them, sorry!"

New Quest - Prodigal Shadow Child!
Thanks to Tlosk of HG for details below:

Reward: 10% level; Aegis of the Golden Flame Shield; "Prodigal Shadow Slayer" title
Requirements: 140+, Singularity Caul access
Map: Artifex Collegium (temp link)
Map: Orphanage
Map: Orphanage Wing (temp link)
Text: Isin Dule's Orders
Text: Translated Elemental Artifex Shard
Text: Translated Shadow Artifex Shard

1. Everyone needs a Pulsating Bony Lump from the bottom of the Artifex Collegium at 91.9S 93.7W. If you have time, get two, if you die before getting to the final portal you will need another lump.

2. Find a randomly spawning Orphanage portal on Singularity Caul. To get to the bottom requires getting a Pandemic key, start by going east from the drop and pulling the middle of the three levers on the east side. (If you are leading the quest it can save time by getting one or more Pandemic keys ahead of time.) Go SE from the main room and up to the door opened by the lever and pick up a Wretched Key. Go NW from the main room and open the door to get the Depraved Key, back to the SW to get the Abyssal Key, and finally NW again for the Pandemic Key. Go down the SW tunnel and there will four locked doors surrounding a pit, open any one of them using the Pandemic key and jump down three times. At the bottom run north and hook around into a large room, take either the west or the east passages out of the room to go up and south to the room with the exit portal.

3. Be careful to warn your group not to go to the red statue in the north room. The statue you want is black and is in the same room as the exit portal, a Statue of Bael'Zharon, the Hopeslayer. Everyone hands their lump to the statue to be portaled to the Orphanage Wing. Do not try clicking on or using the statue, it will just give 5% vita.

4. From the drop, head north and stick to the left until you have passed through two rooms, then at the next intersection go right. Go straight through two branching 3 way intersections and go left at the Y intersection. Take the next right and you will eventually come to a portal, go right inside. Going through it flags you for two hours of access to the Prodigal Shadow Child's Lair. If you die you can return rapidly by using the statue just north of the drop on Singularity Caul (using the statue after the two hours has expired will summon several high level shadows).

5. On the north side of the room is the prodigal shadow child, Kirienne Palacost, in a protective bubble. Kill each spawn in order to cause two protectors to eventually spawn (A Shadow of Ler Rhan and A Shadow of Black Ferah, along with Black Flames). Once they have been killed the bubble will go away and you can kill Kirienne Palacost. This room is very dangerous with lots of war, dispelling of buffs, hecatombs, etc. Be prepared with lots of items you can turn in to drop vita so you can quickly return to the fight. Once dead, everyone loots a Scrap of Shadow Essence (13 day timer).

6. Clear bodies before respawn and take the Scrap to Riordin Nightbane in Wai Jhou (61.9S 51.4W) for the xp, title, and shield reward.

Note: There are 12 lore items available. The Pulsating Bony Lump and Message to the Shadow Artifex are found in the Artifex Collegium. The Fleshy, Amorphous, Pulsing, Oozing, Throbbing, Sticky, and Shriveled Lumps and the Aerbax's Message, Obsidian and Misty Message Shards are found in a side room of the Orphanage Wing. The lumps can be translated by Bretself in Cragstone (26.0N 47.0E). The shards can be translated by Diyas al-Yat in Zaikhal (13.8N 0.1E).

Aegis of the Golden Flame!
Sergeant Stab of SC poses with the Aegis of the Golden Flame! Thanks also to Sif al Taak of MT!

 

 

Vendor Updates - New Recall Scroll & "Rares" for Sale!
Sergeant Stab of SC reports: "Maggie, I have another update for you.

- You can now purchase a Graveyard Recall scroll from Hurnmel the Smith (NPC Vendor @ Graveyard) for 5 Mhoire Coins.
- You can also purchase rares from the same vendor! The rares are only +150 skill instead of the normal +250, but they cost 2 Mhoire Coins. Not bad!

As a side note, I'm not sure if its 2 coins per rare or 2 coins per 100 rares. The vendor is pretty misleading and I was out of coins to test it..."

	Scroll of Ancient Graveyard Recall
Inscribed spell: Call of the Mhoire Forge Calls the spirit to the location of the forge of House Mhoire. Use this item to attempt to learn its spell. This item cannot be sold.
Value	5
Burden	30
Spells	Call of the Mhoir Forge
Special Props	Attuned, Bonded

Hurnmel the Smith tells you, "It has been many centuries since I have practices my craft. I will create items for the living, but only for the ancient coins of my lord's house."
Hurnmel the Smith tells you, "I have forged these ghostly items for the living."

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New Kill Tasks!
Scott reports: "A new hunter/kill quest from Malrin in Sanamar. You are given the task to kill 50 Coral Golems. At level 96 I recieved 2,035,076. He also lets you know to go kill 50 more hinting that eventually he will reward you if you kill enough of them. after killing a total of 200 "50 each time" I received a nifty looking shield which I am attaching a pic of. Thanks for the great site."

Malrin tells you, "Those detestable coral golems, every time I even go near the water I seem to step on one! Do you know what kind of damage coral does to armor? Those scratches are hard to buff out of your sollerets! It won't make them go away but I'll reward you for every 50 Coral Golems that you kill."

Malrin tells you, "Those Coral Golems won't be scratching my armor again."
Malrin tells you, "You can continue to kill Coral Golems and if you kill another 50 I'll reward you again."
Malrin tells you, "Mind if I ask what you did with all that coral? You must have build [sic] a reef out of the remnants."
Malrin gives you Coral Shield.
You've earned 2,045,376 experience.
You have been given the title of Reef Builder.

 

	Coral Shield
A shield forged from Pure Mana and Flame. This Aegis is the ultimate expression of the heraldry of the Knights of the Golden Flame upon Dereth. Inscription: In honor of one who stood strong and held back the Shadows of this world. --The Knights of the Golden Flame
Value	7,213
Burden	378
Shield Level	196
Protections	Slash: Above Ave. (274) Pierce: Below Ave. (78) Blud: Excellent (353) Fire: Unparalleled (392) Cold: Unparalleled (392) Acid: Unparalleled (392) Elec: Below Ave. (78)
Restriction	Level 50+ to wield

Zava bint Laurma [Zaikhal] tells you, "So, you wish to prove your hunting prowess? Well then. Track down and slay 150 of those lurking Sishalti Tentacles, Tendrils and Eye Stalks for me and I will reward you appropriately."

Excalibur reports: "Hiya Maggie Love your site as always anyhow heres some new content. I Kill 150 of those lurking Sishalti Tentacles, Tendrils and Eye Stalks and here is reward."

You've earned 23,106,533 experience.
You have been given the title Slithis Slayer.
 

Solange [Singularity Caul 97.4S, 94.6W] tells you, "I've spent many of my days in the place known as Singularity Caul. It was in my travels that I made an amazing discovery, one that would surely change anyone's life. I've experienced that proximity to a dieing rift has certain effects on the psyche."
Solange tells you, "It's truely [sic] amazing. Go out and experience it for yourself. Different rifts seem to have different effects."
Solange tells you, "Kill 30 Umbral Rifts and let me know of your adventures."
Solange tells you, "The experience of hunting Umbral Rifts appears to have a heavy but short lasted effect on the psyche, on the other hand Tenebrous Rifts have a minor but long lasting effect. If you seek to truely [sic] explore your own essence I'd suggest you kill 350 or more Tenebrous Rifts, it's truly amazing."

Ellysia of VE reports: "Hi, just an update on the reward for killing the 30 umbral rifts:

You have been given the title of Rift Walker.
Solange gives you Rift Orb.
You've earned 18,728,220 experience.
Solange tells you, "You need to be patient my friend, come back and tell me about your adventures when you've killed 350 Tenebrous Rifts."

Rift Orb, PierceR, +10%md, +10%mc, Tattercoat, Celcynd's Boon, Major Item Enchantment Aptitude, Wizard's Ultimate Intellect, Nuhmudira's Boon, Value 17,000, BU 50

Love your site, many thanks for maintaining it."

Danali of TD reports: "The new #1 irritating, annoying & long kill quest!

You have killed 350 Tenebrous Rifts! Your task is complete!
Solange tells you, "You truly live on the edge of the rift."
Solange tells you, "To have experienced that many rifts you must truly be chosen."
You have been given the title of Chosen of the Rift.
Solange gives you Rift Orb.
You've earned 68,910,625 experience.

Rift Orb, PierceR, +10%md, +10%mc, Gossamer Flesh, Major Life Magic Aptitude, Harlune's Boon, Wizard's Ultimate Intellect, Nuhmudira's Boon, Value 17,000, BU 50

 

	Rift Orb
Value	17,000
Burden	50
Bonuses	Melee Defense: +10% Mana Conversion: +10%
Spells	Gossamer Flesh, Major Life Magic Aptitude, Harlune's Boon, Wizard's Ultimate Intellect, Nuhmudira's Boon
Spellcraft	425
Mana	x/2000
Mana Cost	1 pt. per 30 seconds
Activation	Life Magic: 350+
Special Props	Pierce Rending, Biting Strike, Cannot be further imbued.

New Harbinger Rewards!
Sergeant Stab of SC reports: "Hey Maggie, I wanted to send you a couple more screens from this patch.  The new harbinger quest gives you 1 of 8 titles depending on your diplomacy, as well as some nice items. Harbingers Foci is a crown that gives you +1 to all attributes.  You also get a Gem that provides 80% flame protection..." Thanks also to Amaruc of MT!
 

	Harbinger's Foci
Four foci taken from the Prodigal Harbinger. When worn on the head they focus the wearer's energies.
Value	12,000
Burden	20
Shield Level	640
Spells	Focus Other Incantation, Harbinger's Coordination, Strength Other Incantation, Harbinger's Endurance, Harbinger's Focus, Harbinger's Quickness, Harbinger's Strength, Harbinger's Willpower, Aura of Resistance, Brogard's Defiance
Spellcraft	400
Mana	x/8000
Mana Cost	1 pt. per 20 seconds
Protections	Slash: Average (640) Pierce: Average (640) Blud: Average (640) Fire: Average (960) Cold: Average (960) Acid: Average (960) Elec: Average (960)
Restriction	Level 180+ to wield
Activation	Arcane Lore: 150+ Melee Defense: 310+

 

	Gem of Harbinger's Flame Barrier
A gem filled with a protective magic. Use this gem to receive its spell.
Value	1,000
Burden	5
Spells	Harbinger Flame Protection
Spellcraft	300
Mana	200/200

New Creatures!
Thanks to Clyde Arrowny of DT, Tlosk of HG!

New Creatures  (click pics to enlarge)

Please send LIVE ACTION SHOTS in addition to stats panel. Thank you!
 

New Creatures	Level	Str	End	Coor	Quik	Foc	Self	Hlth	Stam	Mana
Penumbral Shadow Mage	185	270	210	310	320	470	470	5000	910	2000
Shadow Knight Hand	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Artifice Proctor	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Enchantment Proctor	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Strife Proctor	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Verdancy Proctor	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Shadow Proctor	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Artifice Proctor	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Artifex of the Living Darkness	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Artifex of the Elements	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

New Splash Screen!
Thanks to Larceny of TD
 

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Latest News!
Thanks to Larceny of TD!

A strange new area has appeared on the Singularity Caul. There have also been reports of increased Shadow activity in the area.

We have received several reports of shadowy figures being seen in the tunnels leading to The Harbinger.

Make sure you check out the Graveyard in the Direlands. There are rumors going around that creature activity has changed in that area. There are also reports that the nearby mage vendor has changed its inventory a bit.