Piercing the Darkness: The Sad Tale of Benosch Ironsprocket Part III

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EverQuest 2 Quest Information

Journal Category	Tradeskill
Introduced	LU111
Journal Level	110 (Tier 12)
Journal Difficulty	Solo
Starting Zone	Shik'Nar Hive: The Sad Tale of Benosch Ironsprocket more
How to Start	Zone into Shik'Nar Hive: The Sad Tale of Benosch Ironsprocket
part of: Blood of Luclin Crafting Timeline Preceded by: Piercing the Darkness: The Sad Tale of Benosch Ironsprocket Part II Followed by: Piercing the Darkness: A Very Fortunate Turn of Events Part I

What does this information mean?

Notes

• The Insectoid Communication Jammer will make you non-aggro to the mobs in the zone for 10 minutes, refresh it when it expires.
• There are a lot of harvest nodes in this cave if you do not have the required materials
• WARNING! Totem of Escape and Tradeskill Epic Weapon's Artisan's Escape disabled in this zone. However, Call to Guild still works as does fast travel (for subscribers).
• The exit location is: ( 334.84, 48.56, 167.49 )

Materials Required

• 33 Splitfin Dartfish
• 48 Hornbeam Spruce Log
• 36 Humming Azurite
• 30 Coruscating Coal

Suggested

Portable Work Bench or summon crafting stations AA.

Steps

1. Travel to ( 724, 34, 55 ) Copy/waypoint 723.75, 34.12, 54.92 and pick up recipe book Ironsprocket's M.A.G.I.C. creates a new recipe, Advanced Lightning Tracker: Mach I Note: The recipes auto-scribe.
2. Craft 3 Advanced Lightning Tracker: Mach I on a (summoned or portiable) Work Bench.
3. Back in the cave, use the Advanced Lightning Tracker: Mach I. Each one will lead you to a piece of paper. The pages are just waypoints, not harvestable. You do not actually have to use the trackers, just proceed through the caves.
4. Pick up Benosch's journal Benosch Ironsprocket's Enchanted Field Guide to Luclin at ( 1094, 54, 326 ) Copy/waypoint 1094, 54, 326.
5. Exit the hive to The Blinding at ( 335, 48, 166 ) Copy/waypoint 335, 48, 166 and speak to Nuniun Wolfbane at ( 637, 428, -646 ) Copy/waypoint 637, 428, -646
   • Note: Currently you cannot evac to the front of the tradeskill instance, you have to hoof it, fast-travel, or call to guild hall
   • Note: Remove illusions before talking to Nuniun. He needs to know your race to continue his dialogue.
6. Speak to Luminary Felferrin in the lower level of Grieg's Spire at ( 654, 305, -544 ) Copy/waypoint 654, 305, -544.

Rewards

• At least 14p 21g 53s 73c 28,596 status
• At least 14p 21g 53s 73c 26,666 status at Level 120