The Collector's Quest

The Collector's Quest is a classic quest from the Plague of Dispair Quest regime. It is a chain quest that essentially involves retrieving items.

Quest Begining

1) Elwood McCarrin
Visit Elwood McCarrin, The Well-Known Collector on the patio of the Provisioner Store (outside the bank) at New Haven. (Click on Elwood once and select talk).

He will ask you to fish up some Rainbow Pearls from the lake outside. You do not need fishing skill, but will need a fishing pole which may be purchased from the npc on the dock (opposite the provisioners to the south). To fish, double click the pole and target the water. You need to fish up 6 rainbow pearls. As you fish you will get one of two messages:

'you pull a shellfish out of the water, but it doesn't have a rainbow pearl' or
'you pull a shellfish out of the water, and find a rainbow pearl inside of it'

When you have fished up 6 rainbow pearls return and talk to Elwood.

2) Alberta Giacco
He will tell you to vist Alberta Giacco, the respected painter at the Coloured Canvass in Vesper and have your portrait painted. Talk to Alberta and she will tell you to sit on a stool. (you do not need to dismount) It is best to talk to her then move to the stool and talk to her again when she yells at you for moving. She will say she has to start again, sit and wait for the portrait to be complete, may take a minute or so. Once she has completed the portrait return and talk to Elwood.

3) Gabriel Piete
Elwood will then ask you to visit Gabriel Piete, the renowned minstral, at the Conservatory of Music in Britain to obtain his autograph. Talk to Gabriel who will request you to get some sheet music for him to sign. You need to visit some theatres and speak to the Impresario in each. There are 3 locations you may get the sheet music, sometimes you only need to go to one, sometimes all three depending on which one has the sheet music.

Sheet Music Locations:

Nujel'm Theatre (Nujel'm), The Kings' Mens Theatre (Britain), The Performing Arts Centre (Jhelom)

Once you have the sheet music return to Gabriel and talk to him, then return and talk to Elwood.

4) Tomas O'Neerlam
Elwood will then ask you to visit Tomas O'Neerlam the Famed Toymaker in the Tinkers Guild in Trinsic and obtain a set of toy monster figurines. Talk to Tomas. He will give you some 'enchanted paints' and ask you to capture a set of images (4). The quest gump will tell you which images you need to collect. The images you will need to obtain are 4 of the following:

Betrayer, Black Widow Spider, Bog Thing, Bogling, Gazer, Giant Beetle, Giant Scorpion, Juggernaught, Juka Mage, Juka Warrior, Lich, Meer Mage, Meer Warrior, Mongbat, Mummy, Pixie, Plague Beast, Sand Vortex, Stone Gargoyle, Swamp Dragon, or Wisp.

To capture an image double click the paints and brushes, which will give you a target cursor, target the creature you need an image of. TIPS: 1. You only need to target the 'name' if it appears on screen (press Ctrl+Shift), so you may get the image from outside buildings without the need to enter some areas. (e.g., Ruined Castle in Ilshenar for the Betrayer and Juggernaught) 2. You may take a picture of any tamed creature (e.g., Swamp Dragon with no barding on, Giant Beetle). 3. If you are a Arcanist you may cast Ethereal Voyage and take a picture of yourself for the Meer Mage.

Location Maps for areas with no recall in. Ilshenar: Compassion & Sacrifice Moongates & Trammel: Solen Hive

You need to keep the paints on you as he will take them back on completion. Once you collect the images return and talk to Tomas who will advise you he will deliver the toys to Elwood when he has made them. Return to Elwood.

5) Elwood McCarrin
Talk to Elwood, he will thank you and give you your reward. Reward is approx 650 gold pieces, an item (usually junk) and 'A Section of An Obsidian Statue' (A small black rock). Once you have 10 sections of the statue you may combine them to make a statue. To combine the pieces, double click one section and target another. It will say 'Something Happened' and turn into a larger piece called 'A Partially Reconstructed Obsidian Statue'. Keep double clicking and targetting the other pieces until your statue is formed.

Alternatively, you may use the obsidian to activate a Strange Contraption located inside the Solen Hives.

Note: to view the quest gump at any time click yourself once and/or the blue button on your status bar and 'View Quest Log'.