Changes: Sinking Sands Timeline

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Sinking Sands Timeline
Recommended Levels 45 to 52

Introduced:	Desert of Flames
Difficulty:	Solo
Starts in:	The Sinking Sands

Preceded by:	Steamfont Mountains Timeline Everfrost Timeline Lavastorm Timeline
Followed by:	Maj'Dul Timeline Peacock Club Timeline Pillars of Flame Timeline

This is a master quest list that excludes any holiday/event related quests.
All quests listed here, unless noted, can be started and completed as of August 2018.
The Sinking Sands received major quest/zone revamps in LU54 and LU55.

Welcome to the Sinking Sands and the Desert of Flames! In this timeline you'll begin your journey to uncover the great many secrets hidden beneath the sand, as well as help the Dervin inhabitants cope will the ever-changing desert. Start your journey at the Port of Tears, the quest hub around the zone-in from the Globe of Swift Travel.

There are many unlimited repeatable quests in the Sinking Sands, such as the ones immediately encountered when first arriving. These are related to the Courts of Maj'Dul, of which there are three: Court of the Blades, Court of the Coin, and Court of Truth. Each Court has a headquarters in the city of Maj'Dul and a representative at the Port of Tears. See below for further information on the Courts.

NPC Quests

Port of Tears

Kallon Ebbtide ( -1492, -215, -400 ) Copy/waypoint -1492, -215, -400

[45] Kallon's Vengeance

Ghassan the Trader ( -1461, -225, -421 ) Copy/waypoint -1461, -225, -421

Part of the Ghassan the Trader Timeline

[46] Hides for Ghassan
[46] Spice Delivery
[46] Venomous Venture
[47] Questionable Merchandise
[46] A Delicate Matter
[46] Another Employer
[48] The Search Begins
[50] The Lonely Crypt
[52] The Final Piece
- [51] Scorpion Scrounging

Croc Hunter Camp

El'Khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets ( -1320, -226, -589 ) Copy/waypoint -1320, -226, -589

Numair ( -1322, -227, -599 ) Copy/waypoint -1322, -227, -599

The Oasis of Marr

Aliyyah the Embalmer ( -1241, -215, -306 ) Copy/waypoint -1241, -215.07, -305.95

Sandslide Passage

Xilla Beetlebinder ( -920, -140, -340 ) Copy/waypoint -920, -140, -340

Camp D'Sas

Vera D'Sas ( -11, -93, -909 ) Copy/waypoint -11, -93, -909

[52] Mender Mending

Rassad Ali ( 6, -92, -925 ) Copy/waypoint 6, -92, -925

[52] Sand Thing Special

Assad M'Lyshad ( 6, -92, -925 ) Copy/waypoint 6, -92, -925

[54] Noxious Roundup

Examined Quests

[Scales up to 50] The Gauntlet of al-Azhar - right-click the genie lamp at ( -2079, -233, -161 ) Copy/waypoint -2079, -233, -161 and select 'Rub', then speak to Khalhan al-Azhar.

Courts of Maj'Dul Quests

See Court of the Blades Timeline, Court of the Coin Timeline, Court of Truth Timeline

As mentioned above, there is a representative from each Court near the Port of Tears. Each representative will offer quests that will raise your faction standing with their faction while simultaneously lowering your faction standing with the other two. You can do all three sets of quests if you just want to earn experience and/or add them to your quest journal. However, this is not recommended if you want to gain faction with a specific court as you will end up with all three factions hostile to you. If a specific Court faction and/or Maj'Dul residence is your goal, then choose one of the three Court NPCs and only do the quests they offer. Ultimately, you will want to go to full faction with each of the Courts, one at a time, if you wish to do the major quest for this expansion, The Courts of Maj'Dul: Of Fate and Destiny to become a Hero of Maj'Dul and gain the Ring of Fate. See below for more details on raising faction with the Courts of Maj'Dul. The following are the Court quests available irregardless of faction standing, unless noted otherwise:

Court of the Blades

Mahir Lu'ay ( -1455, -226, -378 ) Copy/waypoint -1455, -226, -378

[45] Blades: Crocodile Bounty
[45] Blades: Rujarkian Raiders
[48] Blades: Captive of the Alliz Raef Ew - requires +10,000 faction
[50] Blades: Nuisance Clearing

Court of the Coin

Thara Bashirah ( -1460, -225, -430 ) Copy/waypoint -1460, -225, -430

[45] Coin: Beachcomber
[45] Coin: Manifest Error
[48] Coin: Search for the Merchant - requires +10,000 faction
[50] Coin: Resource Gathering

Court of Truth

Taj As'ad ( -1449, -224, -427 ) Copy/waypoint -1449, -224, -427

[45] Truth: Preceptors' Requests
[46] Samiel Investigations
[48] Seeking the Past - requires +10,000 faction
[50] Truth: In Service to the Court

Other Court Quests

Once at least +10,000 faction has been earned with any faction, the following quest is offered:

[47] Stopping the Flow - obtained from Fahad Nuhayd in Croc Hunter Camp at ( -1321, -226, -589 ) Copy/waypoint -1321, -226, -589

Once at least +10,000 faction has been earned with a given faction, the correlating quest amongst the following will be offered by Majah L'Asi in Camp D'Sas at ( -8, -94, -920 ) Copy/waypoint -8.22, -93.63, -919.55:

Raising Court Faction

To gain entry to the Court headquarters in Maj'Dul, you need 20,000 faction standing with that Court. You can earn faction points by doing the repeatable quests from the docks area. Once you reach 20,000 faction, you will not receive any more quests in the Sinking Sands, and will be directed to a new representative in Maj'Dul for further faction quests. Alternatively, to gain faction directly, you can kill rival faction members in Maj'Dul, and turn in their Insignia Coins to the appropriate Court Counsel in the Tower of the Moon.

Good standing with one of the Court factions brings the following benefits:

Gives you access to a banker, mender, broker, merchant, and quests within the Court headquarters in Maj'Dul.
Allows you to purchase a license to rent housing in Maj'Dul, and to be given the residence quest (which gives you the Call of Ro ability which is in addition to your call home).
With better faction standing, you can earn a special Title from the Court, and will be given a Court quest timeline, completion of which is necessary for the signature heroic quest The Courts of Maj'Dul: Of Fate and Destiny.

Collections

See: The Sinking Sands Collection Quests, there are many

Discoveries

See: The Sinking Sands Discovery Locations

Named Monsters

See: The Sinking Sands Named Monsters

Notes

The recommended levels on some of the following quests were raised in GU54 along with mob levels in Sinking Sands. Most monsters were also downscaled from heroic to solo. Mob levels were re-lowered to what they were originally in GU55, but the zone remained de-heroiced.

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+*''This is a master quest list that excludes any holiday/event related quests.''
-These quest lines start in [[The Sinking Sands]].  You'll find more quests at the same level range nearby in Maj'Dul; see the [[Maj'Dul Timeline]].
+*''All quests listed here, unless noted, can be started and completed as of August 2018.''
+*''[[The Sinking Sands]] received major quest/zone revamps in [[Update:54|LU54]] and [[Update:55|LU55]]. ''
+Welcome to the [[The Sinking Sands|Sinking Sands]] and the [[:Category:Desert of Flames|Desert of Flames]]! In this timeline you'll begin your journey to uncover the great many secrets hidden beneath the sand, as well as help the [[:Category:Dervish (Group)|Dervin]] inhabitants cope will the ever-changing desert. Start your journey at the [[Port of Tears]], the quest hub around the zone-in from the [[Globe of Swift Travel]].
+There are many [[:Category:Unlimited Repeatable Quests|unlimited repeatable]] quests in the Sinking Sands, such as the ones immediately encountered when first arriving. These are related to the [[The Courts of Maj'Dul|Courts of Maj'Dul]], of which there are three: [[:Category:The Court of the Blades (Faction)|Court of the Blades]], [[:Category:The Court of the Coin (Faction)|Court of the Coin]], and [[:Category:The Court of Truth (Faction)|Court of Truth]]. Each Court has a headquarters in the city of [[Maj'Dul]] and a representative at the Port of Tears. See [[#Courts of Maj'Dul Quests|below]] for further information on the Courts.
-''(recommended levels in brackets)''
-== Solo Quests ==
+==NPC Quests==
+===[[Port of Tears]]===
-[[Image:TwinTearsOasis.jpg|right|thumb|The Sinking Sands]]
+[[Kallon Ebbtide]] {{loc|-1492|-215|-400}}
-''The recommended levels on some of the following quests were raised in [[Update:54|GU54]] along with mob levels in Sinking Sands''
+*'''[45] [[Kallon's Vengeance]]'''
+[[Ghassan the Trader]] {{loc|-1461|-225|-421}}
-'''[[Kallon Ebbtide]]''' - on dock - ''a good introduction to this zone''
+:''Part of the [[Ghassan the Trader Timeline]]''
-#[[Kallon's Vengeance]] (54)
+#'''[46] [[Hides for Ghassan]]'''
+#'''[46] [[Spice Delivery]]'''
+#'''[46] [[Venomous Venture]]'''
+#'''[47] [[Questionable Merchandise]]'''
+#'''[46] [[A Delicate Matter]]'''
+#'''[46] [[Another Employer]]'''
+#'''[48] [[The Search Begins]]'''
+#'''[50] [[The Lonely Crypt]]'''
+#'''[52] [[The Final Piece]]'''
+#*'''[51] [[Scorpion Scrounging]]'''
-===Chef Numair series===
+===[[Croc Hunter Camp]]===
+[[El'Khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets]] {{loc|-1320|-226|-589}}
-'''[[Numair]]''' - at north croc hunter camp
+#'''[50] [[Threads of the Desert]]'''
-#[[Cooking Crocodiles]] (58)
+#'''[52] [[Scouring the Sands]]'''
-#[[Diggers for Dinner]] (57)
+#'''[55] [[Rocky Correspondence]]'''
-#[[A Terrible Crime]] (58)
+#'''[57] [[The Spirit of Ab'zheri]]'''
-#[[Scarabs and Spiders]] (58)
+[[Numair]] {{loc|-1322|-227|-599}}
-===Undead series===
+#'''[48] [[Cooking Crocodiles]]'''
-'''[[Aliyyah the Embalmer]]''' - at south croc hunter camp
+#'''[47] [[Diggers for Dinner]]'''
-#[[Unravelling the Mummies]] (59)
+#'''[47] [[A Terrible Crime]]'''
-#[[Grisly Gathering]] (56)
+#'''[48] [[Scarabs and Spiders]]'''
-#[[More Mummies?]] (58)
-#[[Osseous Investigations]] (59)
-#[[Undead Investigations]] (56)
-#[[Sul'Dal Studies]] (63)
-=== Carpet series ===
+===[[The Oasis of Marr]]===
+[[Aliyyah the Embalmer]] {{Loc|-1241|-215.07|-305.95}}
-This is the quest series to earn the {{Item|Carpet of El'khazi}}; it is no longer heroic, and can be soloed by players of the appropriate level after the Sinking Sands revamp.
+#'''[47] [[Unraveling the Mummies]]'''
+#'''[47] [[Grisly Gathering]]'''
+#'''[50] [[More Mummies?]]'''
+#'''[52] [[Osseous Investigations]]'''
+#'''[52] [[Undead Investigations]]'''
+#'''[52] [[Sul'Dal Studies]]'''
+===[[Sandslide Passage]]===
-'''[[El'Khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets]]''' - at north croc hunter camp
+[[Xilla Beetlebinder]] {{Loc|-920|-140|-340}}
-#[[Threads of the Desert]] (50)
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Act I]]'''
-#[[Scouring the Sands]] (52)
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Act II]]'''
-#[[Rocky Correspondence]] (55)
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Act III]]'''
-#[[The Spirit of Ab'Zheri]] (57)
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Act IV]]'''
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Act V]]'''
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Act VI]]'''
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Act VII]]'''
+#'''[47] [[Beetle Herding - Final Act]]'''
-===Beetle Herding series===
+===[[Camp D'Sas]]===
+[[Vera D'Sas]] {{Loc|-11|-93|-909}}
-'''[[Xilla Beetlebinder]]''' - at top of beach path
+*'''[52] {{Quest|Mender Mending}}'''
-#[[Beetle Herding - Act I]] (58)
-#[[Beetle Herding - Act II]]
-#[[Beetle Herding - Act III]]
-#[[Beetle Herding - Act IV]]
-#[[Beetle Herding - Act V]]
-#[[Beetle Herding - Act VI]]
-#[[Beetle Herding - Act VII]]
-#[[Beetle Herding - Final Act]]
+[[Rassad Ali]] {{Loc|6|-92|-925}}
-===Part of the [[Ghassan the Trader Timeline]]===
+*'''[52] {{Quest|Sand Thing Special}}'''
-'''[[Ghassan the Trader]]''' - at the dock
-*1. [[Hides for Ghassan]] (55)
-*2. [[Spice Delivery]] (55)
-*3. [[Venomous Venture]] (56)
-*4. [[Questionable Merchandise]] (57)
-*5. [[A Delicate Matter]] (56)
-*6. [[Another Employer]] (55)
-** [[Scorpion Scrounging]] (61)
-*** available from Ghassan after speaking with [[Rashad]] in the next quest line
+[[Assad M'Lyshad]] {{Loc|6|-92|-925}}
-'''[[Rashad]]''' - at the start of orc highway
+*'''[54] {{Quest|Noxious Roundup}}'''
-*7. [[The Search Begins]] (55)
-*8. [[The Lonely Crypt]] (56)
-*9. [[The Final Piece]] (56)
-''continues with [[Sergeant Tuskin]] in the Ortallian camp in [[Pillars of Flame]]''
+==Examined Quests==
-=== Additional solo quests ===
+*'''[Scales up to 50] [[The Gauntlet of al-Azhar]]''' - right-click the genie lamp at {{loc|-2079|-233|-161}} and select 'Rub', then speak to [[Khalhan al-Azhar]].
-'''On [[Pirate's Perch]] island'''<br>
-''(right-click and "rub" an [[ornamental metal lamp]] at {{loc|-2080|-223|-160}}''
-#[[The Gauntlet of al-Azhar]] (45)
+==Courts of Maj'Dul Quests==
-'''[[Fahad Nuhayd]]''' - at north croc hunter camp
+:''See [[Court of the Blades Timeline]], [[Court of the Coin Timeline]], [[Court of Truth Timeline]]''
-#[[Stopping the Flow]] (47)
+As mentioned above, there is a representative from each Court near the [[Port of Tears]]. Each representative will offer quests that will raise your faction standing with their faction while simultaneously lowering your faction standing with the other two. You can do all three sets of quests if you just want to earn experience and/or add them to your quest journal. However, this is not recommended if you want to gain faction with a specific court as you will end up with all three factions hostile to you. If a specific Court faction and/or [[Maj'Dul]] residence is your goal, then choose one of the three Court NPCs and only do the quests they offer. Ultimately, you will want to go to full faction with each of the Courts, one at a time, if you wish to do the major quest for this expansion, [[The Courts of Maj'Dul: Of Fate and Destiny]] to become a [[Hero of Maj'Dul]] and gain the [[Ring of Fate]]. See [[#Raising Court Faction|below]] for more details on raising faction with the Courts of Maj'Dul. The following are the Court quests available irregardless of faction standing, unless noted otherwise:
-: - ''becomes available after you have earned at least 10,000 faction with a Court (see below)''
-== Court Quests ==
+===Court of the Blades===
+[[Mahir Lu'ay]] {{loc|-1455|-226|-378}}
+*'''[45] [[Blades: Crocodile Bounty]]'''
+*'''[45] [[Blades: Rujarkian Raiders]]'''
+*'''[48] [[Blades: Captive of the Alliz Raef Ew]]''' - requires +10,000 faction
+*'''[50] [[Blades: Nuisance Clearing]]'''
-There are three major factions in [[Maj'Dul]] called Courts: The Court of Truth, the Coin and the Blades. Each Court has a headquarters in the city of Maj'Dul, and a representative on the beach in The Sinking Sands.  The following quests are offered by the courts representatives in the Sinking Sands:
+===Court of the Coin===
-{| width="100%"
+[[Thara Bashirah]] {{loc|-1460|-225|-430}}
-| valign="top" width="33%" bgcolor="#ffffc0" |
+*'''[45] [[Coin: Beachcomber]]'''
-===Court of Coin===
-'''[[Thara Bashirah]]'''<br>
+*'''[45] [[Coin: Manifest Error]]'''
+*'''[48] [[Coin: Search for the Merchant]]''' - requires +10,000 faction
-*[[Coin: Resource Gathering]]
-*[[Coin: Beachcomber]]
+*'''[50] [[Coin: Resource Gathering]]'''
-*[[Coin: Manifest Error]]
-*[[Coin: Search for the Merchant]] (at 10K)
-Continues with [[Fadi Miyaz]] in Maj'Dul
-:''- see [[Court of the Coin Timeline]]''
-| valign="top" width="33%" bgcolor="e0e0ff" |
 ===Court of Truth===
-'''[[Taj As'ad]]'''<br>
+[[Taj As'ad]] {{loc|-1449|-224|-427}}
+*'''[45] [[Truth: Preceptors' Requests]]'''
-*[[Samiel Investigations]]
+*'''[46] [[Samiel Investigations]]'''
-*[[Truth: In Service to the Court]]
+*'''[48] [[Seeking the Past]]''' - requires +10,000 faction
-*[[Truth: Preceptors' Requests]]
+*'''[50] [[Truth: In Service to the Court]]'''
-*[[Seeking the Past]] (at 10K)
-Continues with [[Muyassar Zuhur]] in Maj'Dul
-:''- see [[Court of Truth Timeline]]''
-| valign="top" width="34%" bgcolor="ffd0c0" |
-===Court of Blades===
-'''[[Mahir Lu'ay]]'''<br>
-*[[Blades: Crocodile Bounty]]
-*[[Blades: Nuisance Clearing]]
-*[[Blades: Rujarkian Raiders]]
-*[[Blades: Captive of the Alliz Raef Ew]] (at 10K)
-'''{{NPC|Hadoth Al'Uzza}}'''
-*[[Slaughtering the Steelslaves]]
-*[[Further Assistance to the Court of the Blades]]
-Continues with [[Dirar Muti]] in Maj'Dul
-:''- see [[Court of the Blades Timeline]]''
+===Other Court Quests===
-|}
+''Once at least +10,000 faction has been earned with any faction, the following quest is offered:''
+*'''[47] [[Stopping the Flow]]''' - obtained from [[Fahad Nuhayd]] in [[Croc Hunter Camp]] at {{loc|-1321|-226|-589}}
+''Once at least +10,000 faction has been earned with a given faction, the correlating quest amongst the following will be offered by {{NPC|Majah L'Asi}} in [[Camp D'Sas]] at {{Loc|-8.22|-93.63|-919.55}}:''
-=== Raising Court Faction ===
+*'''[52] {{Quest|Service of the Blades}}'''
-To gain entry to the Court headquarters in [[Maj'Dul]], you need 20,000 faction standing with that Court. You can earn faction points by doing the Sinking Sands quests listed above.  Once you reach 20,000 faction, you will not receive any more quests in the Sinking Sands, and will be directed to a new representative in Maj'Dul for further faction quests.  Alternatively, to gain faction directly, you can kill rival faction members in Maj'Dul, and turn in their [[Coin insignia token|Insignia Coins]] to the appropriate Court Counsel in the [[Tower of the Moon]].
+*'''[52] {{Quest|Service of the Coin}}'''
+*'''[52] {{Quest|Service of Truth}}'''
+===Raising Court Faction===
+To gain entry to the Court headquarters in [[Maj'Dul]], you need 20,000 faction standing with that Court. You can earn faction points by doing the repeatable quests from the docks area. Once you reach 20,000 faction, you will not receive any more quests in the Sinking Sands, and will be directed to a new representative in Maj'Dul for further faction quests. Alternatively, to gain faction directly, you can kill rival faction members in Maj'Dul, and turn in their [[Coin insignia token|Insignia Coins]] to the appropriate Court Counsel in the [[Tower of the Moon]].
 Good standing with one of the Court factions brings the following benefits:
 * Gives you access to a banker, mender, broker, merchant, and quests within the Court headquarters in Maj'Dul.
 * Allows you to purchase a license to rent housing in Maj'Dul, and to be given the residence quest (which gives you the [[Call of Ro]] ability which is in addition to your call home).
-* With better faction standing, you can earn a special Title from the Court, and will be given a Court quest timeline, completion of which is necessary for the signature heroic quest [[The Courts of Maj'Dul: Of Fate and Destiny|Of Fate and Destiny]].
+* With better faction standing, you can earn a special Title from the Court, and will be given a Court quest timeline, completion of which is necessary for the signature heroic quest [[The Courts of Maj'Dul: Of Fate and Destiny]].
+==Collections==
+:''See: [[:Category:The Sinking Sands Collection Quests|The Sinking Sands Collection Quests]], there are many''
+==Discoveries==
+:''See: [[:Category:The Sinking Sands Discovery Locations|The Sinking Sands Discovery Locations]]''
+==Named Monsters==
+:''See: [[:Category:The Sinking Sands Named Monsters|The Sinking Sands Named Monsters]]''
+==Notes==
-'''Note:''' You can do all three sets of Court quests in Sinking Sands if you just want to earn experience.  However, this is counterproductive in terms of earning faction - you will end up with all three factions hostile to you.  If Maj'Dul faction and/or residence is your goal, then '''''choose one of the three Court NPCs, and do faction quests for that Court only.'''''
+*The recommended levels on some of the following quests were raised in [[Update:54|GU54]] along with mob levels in Sinking Sands.  Most monsters were also downscaled from heroic to solo. Mob levels were re-lowered to what they were originally in [[Update:55|GU55]], but the zone remained de-heroiced.
 [[Category:Desert of Flames]]