Kill Red Tusks
From Istaria Lexica
| Quest type: | Adventure |
| From NPC(s): | Elainor McGrubben |
| Required adventure school: | Any (level: 7) |
| Locations: | New Trismus |
| Next quest(s): | The Windmill |
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| Item(s) required to start, progress or finish the quest: |
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| Dim Essence Orb, Infected Bone, List of Symptoms, Miry's List of Ingredients, Pain Reliever, Sample of Blighted Dirt, Sample of the Cure, Sandstone Brick, Water, Wild Grulet Snout |
Elainor has been receiving reports of a highly aggressive grulet attacking travelers. She wants this problem taken care of, so as to prevent further disruptions in trade.
Quest text[edit]
Please help, Gifted! There is a monster nearby, right down the cliff from here. A gruok that has been feasting on flesh, he hunts like a predator, dragging corpses back to his territory... it's horrifying. We are calling him "Red Tusks" due to the blood that has been stained onto his tusks. Oh, don't go down there! Please don't go down there! At least not yet... I need your help.
Earlier today we sent Salinthio to deal with him and we greatly underestimated the Gruok. Salinthio barely managed to escape the bloodthirsty animal, and to make things worse, he got bitten by it!
Speak with Elainor McGrubben
It seems he contracted some sort of disease from Red Tusks; I'm afraid he might die. Please, can you go to town and speak to Acolyte Miry? Quickly too, there's not a moment to waste. Here, take this list of the symptoms present in the victim. We need a cure, and we need it now!
This is terrible, how could something like this happen under Istara's watchful eye? Every day it's getting harder and harder to still put my faith towards my Patron Goddess. I've come to rely more so on the study of healing than I have on religion.
Talk to Acolyte Miry north of New Trismus near the Cliffside Camp
However, I have never heard of anything like this before. Perhaps Red Tusks attempted to find nourishment off the blighted land and was infected? No matter, if Istara won't help us, then first things first. We have to find out what the source of this infection is. Will you go gather some blighted samples for me from the area North-East of town square, past the fortified gate?
Gather ten (10) units of Sample of Blighted Dirt from the blighted lands near town. You will need to use an Istarian Army Knife or Dragon Intuition ability.
Game Feedback: You have collected some samples of the blighted land. Return to Acolyte Miry.
Thank you. It will take me some time to identify whether or not this corrupted ground has anything to do with Red Tusks behavior. In the meantime, we need to have a quick solution to numb Salinthio's pain.
Return to Acolyte Miry
Here, take this pain reliever to Mrs. McGrubben. It should bring Salinthio's fever down a bit as well. While you are there, I'd like for you to try to grab a bone sample from a creature the Gruok has killed. I need it for some tests.
Oh Gifted! Do you have the antidote yet? No? Well, this pain reliever will have to do for now. Thank you for bringing it to me. I don't think I could handle another moment of seeing him suffer like this. So you need to go down there and get a bone?
Take pain reliever to Elainor McGrubben
Yeah, there's a lot of bones left by Red Tusks, and you seem capable enough to snatch one without getting killed. He's right down the cliff, but I recommend taking the path so he doesn't sneak up on you.
Collect an Infected Bone from Piles of Bones near Red Tusks territory. The creatures lives down the cliff on a path southwest of Pratt's Pond. You will need to use an Istarian Army Knife or Dragon Intuition ability.
Game Feedback: You have acquired an Infected Bone. Head back to town to talk to Acolyte Miry.
Return to Acolyte Miry
Do you have the bone I need? Thank you! We're ready to start collecting the ingredients for the medicine. While you were gone I found time to write them down on the piece of paper. Go collect these items and hurry back to me.
Acolyte Miry is sending you to collect ingredients for the medicine: dim essence orbs, wild grulet snouts, sandstone bricks and water. You can either loot them (for monster resources), craft them (for craft resources) or trade them from a Consigner or another player.
Game Feedback: You have obtained all the ingredients for the medicine.
Obtain or create four (4) Dim Essence Orbs
Game Feedback: You have acquired sufficient Dim Essence Orbs.
Obtain or loot three (3) Wild Grulet Snouts
Game Feedback: You have acquired sufficient Wild Grulet Snouts.
Obtain or create two (2) Sandstone Bricks
Game Feedback: You have acquired sufficient Sandstone Bricks.
Obtain or gather twelve (12) units of Water
Game Feedback: You have acquired sufficient Water.
Alright, this appears to be everything. Thank you adventurer, I'm sure Salinthio will thank you too. If this works that is, which I'm not sure it will. The bone you brought back had strange properties to it. I did what I could.
Return to Acolyte Miry with the ingredients you have acquired
Before this can be converted into a spell, it needs to be tested. Please take this sample vial to Salinthio and return to me with the results.
Game Feedback: Acolyte Miry mixes together the items, along with a few others she had stored and some healing magic.
Ohh... who are you? Can you help m-me... my head hurts.. and I feel like there's this darkness all around me... What's this? You have a cure?
Gah - it tastes terrible!
Game Feedback: You help the Saris drink the medicine. His eyes light up in disgust at the taste.
And.. I don't f-feel any better.. Are you sure it's working?
Give the sample of the cure to Salinthio
Oh.. oh I am starting to feel better! Thank you so much, Gifted! Praise the gods! Praise Merrasat!
Return to Acolyte Miry with news!
Wonderful news! Now that we know it works, please go to Ulaven the Mage to have the cure converted into a spell. He's nearby, just across the road.
Talk to Ulaven to make cure into a spell
I'm glad to hear Salinthio is okay. Poor lad, just came in from Kion recently. Seemed so driven to help our little island, it was rather admirable. Now, let me see that vial with the cure. I have some spare spellshards here.. with a bit of magic.. Add the cure.... There you go! This spell will protect you from Red Tusks' terrible curse. Time to put him out of his misery, I'd say.
Kill Red Tusks!
Game Feedback: You have killed Red Tusks! Return to Elainor McGrubben for your reward.
Return to Elainor McGrubben with words of your success.
Oh Gifted! You saved Salinthio and you killed that terrible beast! I simply cannot thank you enough. Here, take these silver coins and an honorary title as rewards. You've certainly earned them, I wish I could do more to thank you.
Steps[edit]
- Speak with Elainor McGrubben
- Talk to Acolyte Miry north of New Trismus near the Cliffside Camp
- Gather ten (10) units of Sample of Blighted Dirt from the blighted lands near town. You will need to use an Istarian Army Knife or Dragon Intuition ability.
- Return to Acolyte Miry
- Take pain reliever to Elainor McGrubben
- Collect an Infected Bone from Piles of Bones near Red Tusks territory. The creatures lives down the cliff on a path southwest of Pratt's Pond. You will need to use an Istarian Army Knife or Dragon Intuition ability.
- Return to Acolyte Miry
- Acolyte Miry is sending you to collect ingredients for the medicine: dim essence orbs, wild grulet snouts, sandstone bricks and water. You can either loot them (for monster resources), craft them (for craft resources) or trade them from a Consigner or another player.
- Obtain or create four (4) Dim Essence Orbs
- Obtain or loot three (3) Wild Grulet Snouts
- Obtain or create two (2) Sandstone Bricks
- Obtain or gather twelve (12) units of Water
- Return to Acolyte Miry with the ingredients you have acquired
- Give the sample of the cure to Salinthio
- Return to Acolyte Miry with news!
- Talk to Ulaven to make cure into a spell
- Kill Red Tusks!
- Return to Elainor McGrubben with words of your success.
Target mobs[edit]
Rewards[edit]
- Adventure Experience: 1000
- Money: 10s
- Reward: Title: The Brave
- Reward: Minor Cure Blight Poison
