> Hi everyone...I am wanting to get the info. on doing
> the J-boots quest. Can anyone either fwd me the info,
> or a link to a site with it? For some reason, I could
> not find it on any of the sites I looked at. Thanks :o)
allakhazam link:
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=28
basically, it is pretty easy:
1) get "Ring of Ancients" off a "Ancient Cyclops"
2) get "Shadowed Rapier" (NO DROP) off "Shadow Man"
3) find "Hasten", give above items plus "3250gp"
about (1): the AC can be found in South Ro or Ocean
of Tears.
in SR it is a "random" spawn. there is no "real
camp": it can spawn in all the sandy area of SR.
Kill Stealing is pretty common there, and GMs
won't be of much assistance there. i was able to
get a ring after 5 minutes or wait for several
hours, days. that's what i know after i killed
the AC over 10 times there. (no, i didn't sold the
MQ, i have enough ALTs and friends to serve :-)
in OOT you really can camp the AC: random spawn
at a static spawn point. people are very serious
about not KSing there. the main problems are
(a) getting the camp, (b) getting ultra bored
having the camp. location is on the isle with
the spell merchant. the AC has a pirate and a
troll on the same spawn cycle. it took me about
8 hours to get an AC ring there.
the AC in OOT is a bit tougher as its cousin
in SR: 40+-1 compared to 36+-1. but i am not
really sure about the levels. when i first
successfully hit the AC, bilt was 46.
step (2): i like to hunt shadow men in west
commons. but any place is good. the stupid
thing about shadow men drop(ping)s: almost
all of them are NO RENT. also it isn't easy
to spot them. it is possible to "see" if a
shadow men wields a shadow rapier. drop rate
is strange: it took about 3 hours to get one
once... but must of the time, you can get
one in 30mins to 1 hour.
last part (3): ok, now you have to give Hasten
(gnome, very fast, imho faster than jboots)
3250gp. i also tried it with 325pp and it
worked for me, but i also have gold on another
char if it should fail. when you have the
AC ring, you really don't care about the money
anymore, you just don't want to loose the
ring!
the "biggest" problem is to find Hasten:
- he is on a cycle with a drake and a lvl 60
brother (brother is needed by monk epic)
- their "normal" lifetime is four hours
- their respawn time is 28 minutes
- the three have a very long route they will
follow
- Hasten runs very fast
- Hasten is small (gnome)
if you don't know the route of those three, you
will need a tracker. many will help you there
(many druids are there farming the poor HGs).
if Hasten is up, someone has to stop him by
hailing him... and keep hailing him, until the
person doing the quest gets there. hand in the
items, with the person to get the jboots being
the last one to hit OK in the trade window.
if Hasten isn't up, check if the brother is up.
you only have a few choices then:
- kill him... not so easy for most chars
- wait for him to despawn
if the drake is up, kill it (i don't know the
level, but it is very low), wait for 28 minutes
and check the spawns again.
after on of the three is killed, it is randomed
which one will spawn after 28 minutes. the chances
are drake - hasten - brother, eg a drake will
respawn more often than hasten.
one more word about it: i won't go into more detail!
i know how _i_ will do it and everyone has to find
her/his own way doing the quest.
good luck
- bilt
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Biltilie Dwimmerlaik, lvl 57 gnome magician, Tarew Marr