Revision as of 17:42, 15 November 2009

Overview

The Halloween 2009 quest is a limited time event quest as part of Halloween 2009.

Listen and converse with various people regarding a recent disappearance and assist in the investigation starting with Jasper the Inspector in Yew.

Spoiler Warning: Read no further lest you wish to betray unwinding the mysterious disappearance on your own!

Investigation

Jasper the Inspector

Speak with Jasper the Inspector at the Court of Truth in northwest end of the village of Yew. He will stand there repeating the following:

• "If you wish to Assist in this investigation, ask me about Jared's disappearance!"

• Jasper - "Yes, that is my name. Do you wish to Assist us?"
  • Assist - "Much appreciated! Jared is the Toymaker's assistant. His Wife just filed a missing person's report this morning."
    • Jared - "He is the Toymaker's assistant. His Wife just filed a missing person's report this morning."
      • Toymaker - "Tomas O'Neerlan has been training Jared in his craft. Dame Eliza has a lot to say about him."
        • Tomas - "He's the Toymaker in Trinsic. I would strongly suggest you speak to Dame Eliza before you question him."
        • Eliza - "Both her and her husband are tinkers in Minoc. Jared recently began apprenticing as a Toymaker while she ran the shop."
    • Wife - "Dame Eliza, is very distraught. She says her husband has been acting very strangely since working on his secret Project."
      • Project - "Eliza had very little information on it. Jared was very secretive. But maybe you can find out more than I did."

You must say "Eliza" to move on to the next part.

Eliza the Tinker

Speak with Eliza the Tinker at the Gears and Gadgets tinker shop in northern Minoc.

• Eliza - "I am Jared's wife. My husband has been missing for days now. Will you Help me find him?"
  • Jared - "He disappeared a few days ago while working on some secret Project in his Lab."
  • Help - "Jared disappeared a few days ago while working on some secret Project in his Lab."
    • Lab - "My husband has a secret place he loves working in. He said he focuses better there. But he wouldn't tell me where it was."
    • Project - "He didn't say much about it, but he was excited about how impressed his Master would be once he finished it."
      • Master - "Tomas O'Neerlan, the famous Toymaker. My husband recently became his apprentice."
        • Tomas - "I was in the process of writing him a Letter when you arrived."
        • Toymaker - "Jared literally worships him. I was writing Tomas a Letter about the disappearance when you arrived."
          • Letter - "Could you deliver it to him at his shop in Trinsic when you go question him about my husband's disappearance?"

A rolled up parchment A Letter From Eliza will drop into your backpack.

Tomas O'Neerlan the Famed Toymaker

Speak with Tomas O'Neerlan The Famed Toymaker at the Tinkers Guild in northwest Trinsic.

• Tomas - Before giving him the letter: "I am sorry, but I cannot discuss with anyone not officially on this case. If you have proof that you are, please provide it!" After giving him the letter: "Accomplished Tinker and Toymaker, at your service!"
  • Give the letter to Thomas - "Ah! Eliza sent you! Of course, I will assist any way I can. Ask me any question."
    • Eliza - "She is a gifted Tinker and wife of Jared, my apprentice."
    • Jared - "Very talented in our craft but also for getting in Trouble. His Disappearance worries me."
      • Trouble - "He gets involved in all sorts of crazy Projects but only worries about the consequences when it's too late."
        • Projects - "He said it was a Secret but would blow me away and make me proud."
          • Secret - "He wouldn't let anyone, not even his wife, know what he was up to. So he worked in some private Lab."
            • Lab - "I'm afraid I cannot help you locate it. He was very secretive about it."
      • Disappearance - "I feared something bad might happen when the Gypsies started Rumors about him and his Project."
        • Gypsies - "Jared has apparently been visiting their camp outside of Minoc quite often of late."
        • Rumors - "Bad things in truth. They were saying he had the evil eye and other such nonsense."

All that is required is handing the Letter From Eliza to Tomas to continue on(drop the letter on him).

Alana the Gypsy

Head to the Gyspsy Camp of tents just south of Minoc and west of the road. Alana the Gypsy will speak with players regarding the investigation.

• Jared - "He has caused a lot of Trouble here. And now, there's way more than just him Missing."
  • Trouble - "He came recruiting some Transients. Easy job, easy money, he said. I knew it was bad news."
    • Transients - "Gypsies and vagrants. After Isham went Missing, no one else would work for Jared. Now he's missing too."
  • Missing - "All five Transients who worked for him never Returned. And now Lydia has left with a broken heart."
    • Returned - "Leto, Carl, Sam, Laura and Isham went to Jared's Lab for his little Project and were never seen again."
      • Leto - "The intellectual kind of guy. Very friendly but mostly quiet. He was quite the entomologist."
      • Carl - "He was quite the handyman. Last I heard, he was trying to adapt the Orcs' drilling technology to something more modern."
      • Sam - "He and Laura are twins. Inseparable and identical in so many ways. They wanted to become great mages."
      • Laura - "She and Sam are twins. Inseparable they were. Too bad they also liked to hang out with the bad type of mages."
      • Isham - "He was Lydia's man. A strange fellow with a bizarre obsession for snow and cold. He really Disappointed her."
        • Lydia - "She was Isham's mate. When he failed to meet her again despite the Note he wrote her, she left the camp for good."
        • Disappointed - "He stood her up so many times, when he didn't show up after leaving that Note, she had enough and left for good."
          • Note - "It was a rendez-vous note. But Isham didn't show up so Lydia Tore it up in anger and left the camp too."
            • Tore - "The pieces have been scattered throughout the camp. You can always try to find them and piece the Note back together."

You must say "note" to continue. Locate the 5 torn notes scattered around the area. Two are inside tents, three are not. Double-click each you find and a copy will appear in your backpack. The torn note locations change daily, but are always located close to camp.

Once you have all five, double-click one of them to obtain A Note From Isham

Isham's Hideout

Inside one of the Minoc mining caves is a grey skull. Stand next to it and say "loki". You will then be transported to Isham's lair. Give the Note From Isham to Tiny the Guard and he will let you pass. You can now open the door to get inside. Read the journal on the east table. Then double-click the cauldron to get a Murky Morph Potion.

Grizelda the Hag

Visit Grizelda at her ruined house in the woods. Read the Magical Herbs book on the table. Then hand her the Murky Morph potion by dropping it on her.

Go back to the table and double-click the Soul Harvester to the left of the Magical Herbs book. A Soul Harvester will appear in your backpack with an expiration timer of 12,000 seconds(200 minutes).

Wayward Soul Collection

The first step is to acquire a piece of Moon Grass. The easiest locations to find them is at Britain Cemetery and Jhelom Cemetery. They can also be found in some dungeons such as Deceit and Covetous. Double-click the grass to collect some for use. It will appear in your backpack and have an expiration timer of 600 seconds(10 minutes).

Kill monsters and use the moon grass on their corpse. The corpse will turn green and, if you are lucky, a Corporeal Residue will appear in your backpack with an expiration timer of 12,000 seconds(200 minutes).

Once you have four residues, combine them by double-clicking which will then yield a Corporeal Essence with an expiration timer of 600 seconds(10 minutes). Using the essence turns you into a troll. While in this form, monsters will not attack you unless they see you turn into the monster or were already attacking you prior to transformation.

While in monster form, you are able to see Lingering Essence (represented by red sparkles). They are found inside Anti-Virtue Dungeons. When you see one, walk on top of it to capture the soul. A message will inform that "You capture the essence." It takes 5 souls to fill your Soul Harvester. If you do not manage to capture 5 souls before your Corporeal Essence expires, you will still have the souls already collected in the Soul Harvester but will need to get another Corporeal Essence to be be able to see the Lingering Essences. Thus, you must begin again by collecting Moon Grass.

Crystallized Essence

When your Soul Harvester is full go back to Grizelda. Double-click your Soul Harvester in your backpack, then target the Alchemy Table to the left of the Soul Harvester on the table. A Crystallized Essence will appear in your backpack in one of three colors.

• Red - Give to Thomas the Toymaker for Halloween Costumes. After the first, 5 more are required per costume.
• Blue - Used to heal gypsies who have used Jared's potion. When successfully cured, they will give you a Conjurer's Garb that includes 140 luck.
• Yellow - Summons a Harbinger monster which is as tough as as champion or peerless

Note: You can complete the Crystallized Essence collection part as many times as you wish. Simply grab a new Soul Harvester. Also, if your Soul Harvester is full but you still have time left on your Corporeal Essence, you can turn it in for a Crystallized Essence, grab a new, empty Soul Harvester and go collect more souls from Lingering Essence.

This guide is a Work In Progress