Defense of Sslanis: Battle Sugar Cane
From Istaria Lexica
| Quest type: | Adventure |
| From NPC(s): | Scale-Guard Kerrak |
| Required adventure school: | Any (level: 18) |
| Locations: | Sslanis |
| Previous quest(s): | Defense of Sslanis: Giant Loricatus Beetle Stomp |
| Next quest(s): | The Iron Confectioner, Mementos for Fillet, Defense of Sslanis: The Defender's Blade (Part 1) |
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| Item(s) required to start, progress or finish the quest: |
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| Ancient Iron Mixing Spoon, Tattered Book |
Investigate the source of the strange liquid you found and what purpose it might serve.
Quest text[edit]
Kerrak thinks you should speak with Sshranu about the liquid you found.
Speak to Sshranu about the unknown liquid
Hmmm. Well, it is indeed a suspension. It is similar to the Vestia's Soothing Remedy potion, but the effects caused by these other components are unknown. Analysis of the compound itself would be required for a more complete answer. The presence of the Istarian fungus is a total mystery. Although...
It may be nothing, but several days ago Vrex was ranting about some pots being vandalized at a dig site near Dryart. Someone tore the seals off the pot lids and dumped the contents of them out. Looking for treasure, no doubt. The interesting thing is that all the smashed ones had dried Istarian fungus caps in them. Sshranu was not really paying attention at that point, sadly. Perhaps <player> could speak with Fillet directly about this matter.
Speak to Fillet about the unknown liquid
It's difficult to be sure, but the plant matter looks like juniper. Not the berries, the leaves. Very aromatic. These larger, spongy bits look like Istarian fungus caps. The liquid itself seems to be a mix of partially fermented simple syrup made from sugar cane and some kind of alchemical suspension. Sshranu may be able to determine what kind of suspension is in there. As for what it could be used for, this one could only guess.
Well, the syrup and juniper may be being used to mask the taste of something. Loricatus Beetles love sugar cane when they can find it in the wild. They can devastate a stand in almost no time. That's why sugar cane is hard to find around here. If someone wanted sand beetles to eat something, pour some of that syrup on it and BAM! Loricatus Beetles will be gorging themselves.
Ask Vrex the Learned about the smashed pots at the Dryart dig site. Vrex the Learned is located at the Barricade next to the settlement of Nuthala. Follow the road northwest of Sslanis
Yes, yes, the pots. Very sad, really. The pots can be repaired, but they were intact when found! Very sad, these treasure hunters desecrating science for their own gain. What was in them? Grains, mostly wheat and some rice. The ones that were smashed held Istarian fungus caps.
Well, the humans of Mellohndar were a desert people. Cattle didn't like their environment very much. They ate a lot of fish, gruok, and Loricatus Beetle. Istarian fungus stimulates egg-laying, but the females only eat it at the beginning of mating season. The small farms near Dryart sometimes have surviving breeding records showing the fungus being used to trick female Loricatus Beetles into constantly laying eggs. It wore them out if used too much, though, so only bad farmers used it like that. Found it on a live Loricatus Beetle, eh? Well...
If this is new, someone must be harvesting large quantities of sugar cane. No, Vrex has no idea where to find sugar cane! Vrex is a Doctor of Archaeology, not a Confectioner! Fillet will know where to begin looking.
Ask Fillet where a large supply of sugar cane may be found
The best source for sugar cane around here is out on the Island of the Drowned, northwest of here. Head up the coast road. About halfway to Parsinia, there is a land bridge leading to the island. The Withered Aegis have a presence on the island, so be careful. There is a tower used by confectioners there, and the sugar cane is to the west of it, near some small gardens. It's the only location in the area where one could make a large quantity of simple syrup.
Investigate the confectioner building on the Island of the Drowned.
Game Feedback: This is the confectioner's tower Fillet talked about, and from the looks of things someone is making extra helpings of simple syrup. Maybe they're harvesting more sugar cane.
Look around the sugar cane field on the Isle of the Drowned
Game Feedback: Freshly-cut sugar cane stands all over this area. Someone was here very recently.
Kill the Ancient Mummy and check his corpse for items
Game Feedback: This mummy's wrappings are crusted with sticky blotches of drying syrup.
Search for evidence on the mummy's decaying corpse
Game Feedback: It was carrying a large amount of sugar cane, a mixing spoon, and a tattered book. Return to Kerrak and make your report.
Return to Scale-Guard Kerrak and report
Kerrak cannot wait until the Imperial Readiness Office sees this report! <player> single-handedly discovered and prevented a Withered Aegis plot! During mating season, Loricatus Beetles are voracious! They would have scoured the land bare and stormed into the cities looking for food! Who needs Kendra's militia! Sslanis has <player>! Well done! Very, very well done!
Steps[edit]
- Speak to Sshranu about the unknown liquid
- Speak to Fillet about the unknown liquid
- Ask Vrex the Learned about the smashed pots at the Dryart dig site. Vrex the Learned is located at the Barricade next to the settlement of Nuthala. Follow the road northwest of Sslanis
- Ask Fillet where a large supply of sugar cane may be found
- Investigate the confectioner building on the Island of the Drowned.
- Located at 18476/23097(map)
- Look around the sugar cane field on the Isle of the Drowned
- Located at 18318/23197(map)
- Kill the Ancient Mummy and check his corpse for items
- Search for evidence on the mummy's decaying corpse
- Return to Scale-Guard Kerrak and report
Target mobs
Rewards[edit]
- Adventure Experience: 2000
- Money: 5s
