Walkthrough information
· Quest name: Dead Hills Quest
· Quest Level: 53
· Quest Giver / Location: Unnamed con, in the crypt in Dead Hills (E)
· Credit for walkthrough information: Unknown
· Walkthrough written / compiled by: Arcanic, Odacer, Telchar (Diren Hold server)
53 Dead Hills Quest
1) In Dead Hills (E), there is a tomb on top of a hill. Con the front bottom left of the door (blank con) and talk to it to begin the quest.
2) Head to Dead Hills (W) to the Lizardman ruins (3 towers). Go up the ramp into the largest tower and you will get a pop up.
3) The pop up sends you to find a NPC called Nolius Adder in Hagley Village.
4) Adder sends you to West Feerot (W). Look for the Ghastly Kin cave against the mountain. Go all the way to the back where you find a tomb surrounded by some green con mobs. You will get a pop up, and then will be attacked by a level 55 caster mob called "Ancient Spirit". After defeating it, an NPC spawns and tells you about Envar.
5) Head to Envar and approach the tomb city from the north. You will get a pop up in a storm area on the road that tells you to investigate the NW tower of the castle. Head on into the city, go into the middle area, and then down the ramp and over to the NW tower. As you get close to the tower, you get more pop ups. From there, move downstairs inside the tower.
6) Inside the NW tower are"Accursed Maggots" (1000 AoE damage plus root) and "Accursed Zombies" (1500 DR DoT tick). Their effects can be cured with level 50 spell called Envaric Salve, which is an ultra rare drop in Evnar. If you don't have Envaric Salve, maxing DR helps against the zombie tick. Head down the left hallway and proceed to the coffin room. You are looking for "Servant of Tal'thir" and/or Tal'thir. In their room is the pop up that you need, so you might have to take them out. Tal'thir has a 6k crit and big mana tap - he is not for this quest, but his loot is used for the Prophet of Envar port quest. Once you clear the room adjacent to the coffin room, head in and you will get a pop up by the chair inside that room.
7) The pop up tells you to go talk to "Kradesh Du'Klot" in Freeport. Kradesh is in the building adjacent to the first dock. He sends you to get his stolen book from Rouge Relix. To reach him, follow the road north from Freeport for about a zone and find an Inn on the left side of the road. The rogue will spawn inside under the stairs. Loot the book and return to Kradesh in Freeport.
8) Now it's back to Envar and back down inside the NW tower. Back in the throne room, you will need to kill "Servant of Tal'thir" (Cons yellow to 55 and life taps for 550 constantly and has high hps.) After killing him, he becomes a connable NPC. Talk to him and he sends you to search for other servants.
9) Proceed to the SE tower of Envar, head to the bottom. This tower has "Anointed Mummies" (debuff group STR to 1) and "Anointed Skeletons" (significant mana tap on whomever has aggro). Follow the hallways (see map on this website) to the room of "High Priest Vorin"/"Construct of Vorin" and "Servant of Vorin." In the room with them, there is a throne on the left, underneath an archway. The pop up that you need is in this location. If the High Priest Vorin is up, you can suicide for the pop up, or try and kill him.
10) The pop up sends you to find "Explorer Graeven," who can be found in Takish Hiz (NE / E / N), in the desert . He spawns outside the city and stays up for about 8 minutes. He is very difficult to find, so it's recommended that you get the drop he seeks before you find him the first time. That way, you will not have to hunt for him again after you farm the book. Explorer Graeven wants you to hunt the mobs of Takish Hiz for the Legacy for Averyth. The NTL book is a random drop off anything in the Chardith basement (star knights, sunstars, and moon wraiths), and also most mobs that roam the city. It could take minutes or days of farming to get the book. After you farm the book, find Graven and make sure you proceed through the pop up boxes quickly so he doesn't despawn while you are talking to him.
11) Head back to the SE tower of Envar and kill the "Servant of Vorin" (same strength and spawn times as "Servant of Tal'thir." When you kill Servant of Vorin, he spawns as an NPC. Talk to it and advance the quest.
12) The Servant sends you to search the Libraries of Envar for information on "Jal Reath." Farm the NE and SW tower basements to spawn a Jal Reath Librarian. The Commoners in the stacks are the placeholders for this spawn. The Jal Reath Librarian drops the NTL Jal Reath Tome book. Inspect the book, and it tells you to go talk to Kradesh in Freeport.
13) Kradesh Du'Klot reads the book and tells you to go to Dead Hills (W), back to the ruined Lizardman towers.
14) Walking into the tower in dead hills (West), you get a pop up and three "Jal Reath Librarians" spawn. Talk to them, and get prepared to be attacked. They are level 55 necromancers with pets. Each librarian drops a NTL gem. This gem has one charge and will port an entire group when they are ready to proceed to the next step.
15) Upon using the charge, it teleports the whole group to the very top of the middle tower of Envar. Have the questor port in last, because that will spawn the "Jal Reath Chancellor" (big mana tap, medium nukes, and a self heal). Aftetr he is killed, he turns into a connable NPC.
16) Talk to him, he tells you that you are welcome to be an equal. He instructs you to visit his servant in Dead Hills (W) - back at the Lizardman ruins. Go talk to "Chancellor's Servant" to receive your reward - 45 million XP and an archetype-specific item of level 53.
Spell Reward:
Necromancers, Druids, and Wizards get a level 53 spell called Astral Displacement. This spell ports the caster and group to Dead Hills (W).
