An Axe from the Past

Prerequisites and Notes

 * You must speak Krombral (Giant language) in order to receive this quest.
 * At least one person must have access to the special instance of the via the quest Prison Break. (Access quest is still required after LU37)
 * Mining skill of at least 90.
 * Harvesting and lumbering skills of at least 90 if you choose to gather your own ingredients.
 * Crafting ability to successfully complete a level 9 tradeskill combine.
 * You might want to do, a prerequisite for while on this quest. It requires you to get 40 rock samples from wind swept stones, which can be done at the same time as one of the steps on this quest.

Steps

 * 1) Examine the Cracked Stone Hand Axe that Obsid gives you for finding his pet bear, Tarby Boulderboom.
 * 2) Mine 10 granite pieces, an uncommon harvest from wind swept stones in Thundering Steppes. This may take some time to complete.
 * 3) *Upon receiving your 10th piece, you will get a quest update rewarding you and the recipe for a.
 * 4) At a forge in any tradeskill center, combine the pristine granite with a piece of, a , and the from Obsid, creating a.
 * 5) Return to Obsid to show him the axe.
 * 6) Sharpen the axe by killing 100 skeletons in the.
 * 7) *Upon defeating your 100th skeleton, you will get a quest update rewarding you a.
 * 8) Return to Obsid to show him the axe.
 * 9) Within a one hour time limit, kill 25 Skindancer gnolls.
 * 10) Return to Obsid.
 * 11) Enter the and slay the  for its ink.
 * 12) *Note: Once is dead, consider examining the highlightable crates on the ocean floor underneath the spawn point to receive a, one of the required items in.

Reward

 * Experience