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EverQuest 2 Quest Information
Journal Category World Event
Introduced Shattered Lands
Journal Level Scales with player level
Journal Difficulty Heroic
Starting Zone see Starting the Quest below
How to Start Speak with Pearl Honeywine, a social anthropologist in Qeynos Harbor for Good Characters, or with Mareva D'Iniv in North Freeport for Evil Characters.
part of: Roekillik Timeline
Preceded by:
Disturbance
Followed by:
The Cost of Success
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What does this information mean? This quest is only Scalable up to a cap at level 50. (Entered at L-90 on 6-8-2012)

Steps

  1. Head to Surveyor Menak in the The Commonlands43, -24, -883 ) Copy to get information about the Roekillik mining operations.
  2. She sends you to Miner Razcsko in the The Thundering Steppes. He is outside of the Rumbler Caves entrance ( 981, -23, 1200 ) Copy.
  3. As it turns out, he is not very helpful and so the next step is to search for hints. Note that the quest description will not say which zone you should go to and incorrectly implies you need to do something else in the Steppes after talking to Razcsko. Just go to the place listed below for your level. This depends on the quester's level:
    • The Roekillik Excavation (Bloodskull Valley in The Commonlands) for characters up to level 30
    • The Mysterious Mine in Zek-170, -18, -196 ) Copy for characters level 30-45
    • The Icy Dig, an instanced version of Permafrost, for characters higher than level 45.
      • Self-mentoring does not affect which instance you need to use. For example, a level 90 self-mentored to 25 will still be required to go to The Icy Dig.
  4. Once the steps in the appropriate zone noted above have been completed, return to Pearl Honeywine (good characters) or Mareva D'Iniv (evil characters).

The Roekillik Excavation Steps

  1. Enter the zone and look for the two towers close the zone entrance.
  2. Click on the rolled-up parchments at the top of each tower on the tables, keeping in mind the following:
    • At the top of each tower is a named NPC who can see invisible. Going all the way up the stairs will alert the NPC, who will attack you.
  3. Click on the third parchment, on the roof of a stone building west of the two towers by the zone entrance, keeping in mind the following:
    • There are three stone buildings: Two large, one small. The one with the parchment is one of the large buildings, and it's the one nearest the lake.
    • There is another named NPC, who can see invisible, on the roof next to the parchment.

The Mysterious Mine Steps

  1. Immediately inside, the passage goes left and right.
  2. To your left leads to the mine shaft, with two groups of two roekillik miners^ and a roekillik mining foreman^^ in your way. Kill them to avoid having them being called in as reinforcements later.
  3. To the right a few steps is the roekillik forgemaster^^^. The forgemaster guards the first parchment. The forgemaster will call for help, which will bring in the first group in the tunnel to the left if you have not killed them.
  4. After clearing the two groups in the left tunnel, enter the mine elevator room. Immediately to your right, on the ground, is the second parchment.
  5. In the mine elevator room, there are three paths: a tunnel to the east, a tunnel to the north, and a passageway up the side of the elevator. Take the east path. It is guarded by another group of two roekillik miners^ and a foreman^^. Kill them.
  6. Near the end of the east tunnel, a room is guarded by two orcish elite guards^^^. In the room itself, on a long workbench, is the third parchment. The same room has one more group of two roekillik miners and foreman, but they can be avoided with care. (Note: Do NOT take the north tunnel OR the ramp up. The ramp up is guarded by several orcish elite guards^^^, while the north pass is guarded by a group of roekillik and an epicx2 greater rumbler.)

The Icy Dig Steps

Before you begin keep in mind:

  • If all group members zone out of The Icy Dig, all progress inside will reset. It is better to die and revive in zone than to escape.
  • If you click on the door and do not see The Icy Dig as an option (only Permafrost listed), go to the merchant down the ledge and buy the explosives from him.
  • Icy Dig has an 18-hour lockout timer that is set after killing a named mob, and you will need to return to the zone for the two subsequent quests.
  • All group members must be on the quest or you will not get option for Icy Dig.
  • Entering is not possible if level is too high. Mentoring to around lvl 65 is recommended to gain access. Lvl 90 doesn't work. (Entered at L-90 on 6/8/2012; Entered at Lvl 92 on 11/23/2012). If you have a mercenary, don't summon him before entering because he does not meet the enter requirements and you won't be presented "Icy Dig".
  1. As you zone in, a roekillik watcher will immediately call an alarm and run off down the tunnel. If he is killed quickly, only a few miners will respond but if he is not, the whole area will soon be piling on. The roekillik miners can be a challenge, even when grey (not at lvl 92, though - I just let my merc handle them).
  2. Two named mobs normally stationed just past the gate across the chasm will run to the entrance and attack the group.
  3. Moving through the entrance tunnel and across the chasm triggers Silence and Stun effects at certain places.
    • You can turn off the stun effect from the Frostpaw Sentinels by pressing a button that looks like a chunk of crystal in the wall in the basement of the castle at ( 74, -28, -384 ) Copy.
  4. Blast a hole through the wall blocking off Vox's Chamber-1, 3, -271 ) Copy. (Stand as close as possible to the wall and "use" the Explosive Charge.) Once the wall comes down, there are two roekillik watchers who will summon more mobs to attack unless they are quickly killed.
  5. Head to The Horn Room, blasting another wall at ( 159, 3, -345 ) Copy in the process. Read the scroll at ( 146, 3, -450 ) Copy (I was not able to read this scroll on 11/23/2012, even though I attempted to click on it no hand icon showed). There are two named roekillik here, Adjutant Kleek and Commisioner Kuluka. Both are 53^^^ Heroic and will aggro. Adjutant Kleek is a healer, so it helps to take him out first.
  6. Next go to Alangria's Room-150, 3, -425 ) Copy, blasting another wall at ( -155, 3, -345 ) Copy. The two named here, Adjutant Breek and Commisioner Twaynak (both 53^^^ Heroic), will attack. Quickly read the scroll at ( -156, 3, -425 ) Copy (I was not able to read this scroll on 11/23/2012, even though I attempted to click on it no hand icon showed - I also found no named here, possibly because I had already killed Ghagan) -- when the two nameds die, Ghagan the Enforcer (Epic x4 Frost Giant) will shout some dialog and make his way to that room. If Ghagan catches you, he will repeatedly aggro anywhere in the zone. It may help to drag the named roekillik back to the circular walkway around the room to kill them and wait for Ghagan to pass, or kill them and run back before he arrives. Being caught will stop your progress until you can return to the zone. If Ghagan wipes your party, you may as well just leave the instance. He doesn't lose aggro when you die so he'll kill you on rez at entrance, over and over.
  7. Head to the final scroll at ( 155, 3, -300 ) Copy and collect it (this is the only scroll that showed a hand icon on 11/23/2012 and I was able to collect it, which automatically read it for me). It is on the first floor, but can only be reached by dropping down from the ramp above it on the second floor. There is a a roekillik watcher in the hall after you leave the ramp. There are several roekillik in the area surrounding the scroll, but it is possible to avoid them when jumping down if you are careful.

Rewards

  • Experience Only
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