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Splitpaw Delving into the Darkness Map

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EverQuest 2 Quest Information
Journal Category Thundering Steppes
Introduced Splitpaw Saga
Journal Level Scales with player level upto level 60
Journal Difficulty Epic
Starting Zone The Thundering Steppes more
How to Start (see below)
part of: Splitpaw Saga Timeline
Preceded by:
none
Followed by:
A Darkened Shard, Part 2
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Starting the Quest[]

Travel to the Thundering Steppes and click on a terraporter, one of the bone structures found near gnoll camps. You will receive a a darkened azure shard in your inventory and examining it will start the quest. You can find the terraporters in one of the following locations:

  • 548, -1, -507 ) Copy
  • 710, -2, -414 ) Copy
  • 1023, -1, -247 ) Copy
  • 1267, -3, -208 ) Copy

Notes[]

  • This is the first quest of the Splitpaw Saga timeline. This was originally an optional adventure pack which was purchased separately when the game originally released; however, it is now considered part of the base game and no additional purchase is needed to access the content.
  • This content will become available to players on Time Locked Expansion (TLE) servers as part of the Shattered Lands mid-expansion content unlock. This occurs approximately halfway through the scheduled time for the original content (e.g: eight weeks after launch).
  • If you are lower level and the gnolls are aggressive to you, do not allow yourself to be attacked by a Tesch Mal abductor, one of the gnolls guarding a terraporter. If one of them hits you, you will be instantly teleported to a different instance called Sundered Splitpaw: Captive Audience. This was originally intended to be an introductory zone for players who had not purchased the expansion pack and will not progress this quest.

Steps[]

  1. After obtaining the quest, examine a darkened azure shard again and select Examine the shard further. This will cause a vision of a terraporter cairn to appear in front of the character.
  2. Approach one of the other terraporters found at the locations listed above or leave the area and then return back to the terraporter you used to obtain the shard. If you click on the same terraporter immediately after obtaining the quest, it will not update.
  3. Click on the terraporter to enter the instance Sundered Splitpaw: Delving into the Darkness.
    • This is intended to be a solo instance; however, it can be done as a group. Each person who has the quest must be close enough to the terraporter to get a quest update before being pulled into the zone.
    • None of the gnolls in the instance can see through stealth, and you can move objects without breaking stealth.
    • The instance is persistent, and you can exit the zone at ( -53, -65, -225 ) Copy. If you leave the zone, you will be teleported to Thundermist Village.

Find the Gem[]

Once inside, you must find what the cave has to do with the gem. To do this, you need to open up a chest located at the bottom of the dungeon.

  1. The copper key that unlocks the chest is held by The Tesch Val Fanatic, located at ( -126, -68, -99 ) Copy.
    • You can invis all the way in and out except for the fight with the Fanatic and the roamer immediately in front of him.
    • The key drops even if The Tesch Val Fanatic is grayed out.
  2. Once you have slain the Fanatic and obtained the key, you'll find that the chest is located on top of a pillar nearby. Find the three crates lying nearby and stack them one on top of the other at the base of the pillar to build yourself a staircase up to the chest. There are other crates in the zone if needed.
  3. Climb to the top of the pillar and have the person who looted the copper key open the chest. They will recieve a slightly glowing shard.
    • Other group members will have to right click on the opened chest and choose to take a slightly glowing shard.
  4. Examine a slightly glowing shard while still in the zone to make it fuse together with a darkened azure shard. A slightly glowing shard will disappear and your quest journal will be updated. Only the person that has the key and opens the chest will get the update automatically; everyone else in the group must right-click the chest to get their update.
    • If you obtain the shard from the chest but have not advanced the quest, you can exit the zone and re-enter it. When you leave, you will be teleported to Thundermist Village. Return to the terraporter at ( 708, -2, -410 ) Copy to update the quest and complete it by examining the slightly glowing azure shard.
  5. You can now exit via the terraporter at the entrance: ( -54, -65, -226 ) Copy. You will end up in Village of Thundermist in The Thundering Steppes.
  6. Proceed to the entrance to Splitpaw Lair in The Thundering Steppes at ( 171, 5, 1053 ) Copy.

Reward[]

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