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Sinking Sands Timeline [edit]
Solo Series
Kallon Ebbtide
1.1. Kallon's Vengeance
Numair
2.1. Cooking Crocodiles
2.2. Diggers for Dinner
2.3. A Terrible Crime
2.4. Scarabs and Spiders
Aliyyah the Embalmer
3.1. Unraveling the Mummies
3.2. Grisly Gathering
3.3. More Mummies?
3.4. Osseous Investigations
3.5. Undead Investigations
3.6. Sul'Dal Studies
Xilla Beetlebinder
4.1. Beetle Herding - Act I
4.2. Beetle Herding - Act II
4.3. Beetle Herding - Act III
4.4. Beetle Herding - Act IV
4.5. Beetle Herding - Act V
4.6. Beetle Herding - Act VI
4.7. Beetle Herding - Act VII
4.8. Beetle Herding - Final Act
Repeatable Quests
5.1. Mender Mending
5.2. Noxious Roundup
5.3. Sand Thing Special
El'Khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets
6.1. Threads of the Desert
6.2. Scouring the Sands
6.3. Rocky Correspondence
6.4. The Spirit of Ab'zheri
Fahad Nuhayd
7.1. Stopping the Flow
Ghassan the Trader Timeline
other resources
ZAM · EQ2U · Census xml
EverQuest 2 Quest Information
Journal Category Sinking Sands
Introduced Desert of Flames
Journal Level 45 (Tier 5)
Journal Difficulty Solo
Starting Zone Sinking Sands more
How to Start Talk to Xilla Beetlebinder, who is found on the beach path, just before it reaches the desert. (-920, -140, -340)
part of: Sinking Sands Timeline
Preceded by:
none
Followed by:
Beetle Herding - Act II
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What does this information mean?

This is part 1 of 8 in the Beetle Herding series in the Sinking Sands Timeline.

Steps

All of the quests in this series work the same way:

  1. Xilla gives you A Bug Zapper.
    • When the bug zapper is in your inventory, any a skittish scarab that you approach will automatically herd toward the tarantula field (-1040, -580). Tarantulas kill scarabs on sight, with a huge aggro radius.
  2. Herd a skittish scarab to its death.
    • You must stay fairly close to the scarab, to keep it moving toward the tarantula field.
    • Skittish scarabs spawn throughout the flat area north of Xilla (between her and the chimney). You can spot them from a distance because they fly non-stop.
    • There are a max of 4 skitish scarabs. If noone has been hunting them when you come along, all 4 will be up. They do NOT share spawn points with the normal dune scarabs.
  3. Retrieve the dead scarab's carapace.
    • When a tarantula kills a skittish scarab that you herded, a carapace will appear on the ground. Right-click the carapace to pick it up. Note: You can pickup carapaces from a long distance away. There is no need to be attacked by tarantulas.
  4. Return to Xilla to receive your reward.

Rewards

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