Level Restriction: 20-35

The Story So Far...

  The Quiddity Orb was originally added during the Virindi events of the summer of 2001.  As I was traveling with my job too much during this period, I am not sure exactly which month and it took me quite a while to dig up the details for this orb.  There are apparently no texts that explain this quest.  If you know of one though, please email it to me so I can add it to this write-up.

Step 0: Preparation

• Mostly Mid-Level Drudges - Wear Acid, Lightning, and Slashing Protection primarily, as they cast these spells most often.  Try to have all protects on if at all possible

Step 1: Find the Northern/Southern Black Claw Raider

  The hardest part of this quest is finding the two raiders you need to kill to get their perspective dungeons open.  I found the Southern Raider enroute from Linvak Tukal to the 2nd part of that quest.

  Update, 15 Dec:  Here is a nice route to get to the northern claw raider, provided by Amber Sky of Leafcull:

Take a (Arwic) subway ride to Yaraq, then run to South Mt Esper portal (18.7s by 6.8e not far), life stone when you land, its right in front of you.  No fighting along the way the monsters up there are a lot bigger then the ones around the south half.  Then run to the next life stone at the Banderling Fortress (65.9n by 2.6w), then on to the life stone at Garold's Gully (79.2n by 15.7w). This way you can fetch a body without retracing all your steps, this life stone is very close to most of the known spawn spots.

  The only known spawn points for the raiders are listed below, please email me at thespectre@aclore.com if you discover a new location:

Thanks go out to Sheneth, Re Elladan, Ben Ressler, Ali ul-Haq, and Irene Guo for these locations!

Step 2: Navigate the Dungeon

  The dungeons for this quest are identical (just reversed north to south), and pretty straight forward.  Kill the drudges as you go until you get to the Leader at the end.  When you kill him, he will drop the appropriate orb fragment as shown below.  You need both to complete the quest, and they are givable until you combine them, so a matched set make a nice trade item.

Step 3: Combine the pieces

  Once you have both halves, you simply use one on the other, and you will now have a Quiddity Orb!