An Ancient Desert Power

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EverQuest 2 Quest Information

Journal Category	Heritage  (AA)
Introduced	Desert of Flames
Journal Level	55 (Tier 6)
Journal Difficulty	Epic
Starting Zone	see Starting the Quest below
How to Start	Examine a piece of ancient parchment, a body drop from desert madmen, maniacs, lunatics, prophets, and Raja the Sunspeaker (who has the highest drop rate).
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Steps

1. Speak with Planetologist Ahkar in Maj'Dul. ( -150, 177, -124 ) Copy/waypoint -150, 177, -124
2. Speak to Harshaa in the Sinking Sands just north of the Twin Tears. ( -405, -155, -1331 ) Copy/waypoint -405, -155, -1331
3. Kill the desert maniacs that spawn and attack you.
4. Speak to Harshaa again once the madmen have been defeated.
5. Slay The Prophet in the Sinking Sands, spawned by killing the four packs of desert lunatics around the altar at ( -651, -105, -514 ) Copy/waypoint -651, -105, -514.
6. Examine the altar.
7. Speak to Harshaa again.
8. Return to Planetologist Ahkar, who will direct you to recover some artifacts from the Samiel Pirates.
9. Stow away on board the Samiel Pirate ship by hiding in a box in the Sinking Sands at ( -2164, -228, -24 ) Copy/waypoint -2164, -228, -24. This will zone you into the instance A Samiel Pirate Ship.
10. Find the key you need by killing Lieutenant Kielmal.
11. Open the chest aboard the ship and then use the ship's wheel to zone out to the docks in the Sinking Sands.
12. Return to Planetologist Ahkar.
13. Find more information about the Legend of Rahotep:
    • Evil-aligned players: Speak to Librarian Zabnolique within the Academy of Arcane Science in Freeport. ( 18, -7, -136 ) Copy/waypoint 18, -7, -136
    • Good-aligned players: Speak to Librarian Dungil within the Concordium Tower in Qeynos Capitol District. ( 711, 33, 146 ) Copy/waypoint 711, 33, 146, (blue portal)
14. Return to Planetologist Ahkar.
15. Destroy the Legions of Rahotep. This is a group encounter: a tank and healer of at least level 60 is recommended for this group. There are approximately 24 level 55^, ^^ and ^^^ undead creatures, followed by Rahotep himself (55 Epic x2).
    • Begin the encounter by approaching ( -281, -139, -1171 ) Copy/waypoint -281, -139, -1171 in the Sinking Sands.
    • When Rahotep's health reaches 50%, he will heal back to 100%
    • Warning: The Rahotep event will begin immediately when someone on that step of the quest nears the listed location. The event will despawn relatively quickly and the respawn time after failure is approximately 20 minutes.
16. Return to Planetologist Ahkar to claim your reward!

Reward

• Scepter of Rahotep (HQ Reward)
• At least 16g 56s 93c
• 51,600 status (at level 86)
• 60,200 status