The Handcrafted Music Box (Quest)

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EverQuest 2 Quest Information

Journal Category	Shimmering Citadel
Introduced	Desert of Flames
Journal Level	58 (Tier 6)
Journal Difficulty	Solo
Starting Zone	Shimmering Citadel more
How to Start	Examine The Handcrafted Music Box received from Kedar the Curator
Preceded by: The Master's Museum Followed by: none

What does this information mean?

Steps

• Locate the scarabs: (I don't think all locations are listed. If you find more/can add more detail to the locations, please do so)
  • Amber scarab (in Shimmering Citadel)
    • ( -45, 80, 55 ) Copy/waypoint -45, 80, 55: Under a purple tent after the short drop down from the zone-in in to Shimmering Citadel
    • ( -30, 79, 6 ) Copy/waypoint -30, 79, 6: Northwest of the tent near a group of 3 Kaentrik
    • In the room that Kedar the Curator is in
    • In the fountain in the courtyard ( 137, 143, -19 ) Copy/waypoint 137.43, 142.70, -18.67
    • ( 128, 91, -117 ) Copy/waypoint 128, 91, -117: In the undead naga area
  • Golden scarab (in Poet's Palace)
    • First floor, north side near the entrance wall.
    • First floor, in the second room with books near pillows and a wall mirror.
    • First floor, third room, west side (-73, 146, -29)
  • Azure scarab (in Poet's Palace)
    • In room with Nhjela the Mad Poet
    • In one of the scarab ring event rooms
      • This scarab is the same color as the blue tiles in the floor. It is very hard to see if it is on one of those tiles.
    • Can also be found ANYWHERE on floor. Found one at ( -3, 227, -87 ) Copy/waypoint -2.7, 227, -87.2. Found one at ( 41, 227, 6 ) Copy/waypoint 41.38, 227.31, 5.81 - this one was targetable using tab key.
    • Found one at ( 77, 228, -10 ) Copy/waypoint 77.47, 227.76, -10.38
      • Note: There may be a Blue/Lapiz scarab instead of an Azure scarab. This does not give an update.
  • Fire opal scarab (in Poet's Palace)
    • ( -75, 300, -15 ) Copy/waypoint -75, 300, -15: On the fourth floor in the room with the Keeper of Silence
    • on the fourth floor in the room with a Creature of Beauty, behind creature near the wall
    • ( -46, 314, 17 ) Copy/waypoint -46, 314, 17: on the fourth floor in the Djinn Master room
• When you have all four scarabs, examine the music box. You are now given an option to put in the scarabs in a certain order. The order decides which of the five rewards you will get.

Scarab Sequence by Music Box

Musicbox	Start with	Next Sequence	Final Sequence
Brusco's Boastful Musicbox	Golden Scarab	Amber Gold, Azure, Fire	none
Kazumi's Preserved Musicbox	Amber Scarab	Gold, Azure, Fire	Amber, Gold Azure, Fire
Kelkarn's Haunting Musicbox	Azure Scarab	Fire, Amber, Gold, Azure	Azure, Gold, Amber, Fire
Rizlona's Fiery Musicbox	[start beetle needed]	[sequence needed]	[sequence needed]
Selo's Rhythmic Musicbox	Fire Opal Scarab	Fire, Amber, Gold, Azure	Amber, Gold, Azure, Fire
Xobcisum Gnicudni Ytinasni S'narris	Amber Scarab	Azure, Fire, Amber, Gold	Amber Gold, Azure, Fire

Rewards

• One of the following:
  • Brusco's Boastful Musicbox
  • Kazumi's Preserved Musicbox
  • Kelkarn's Haunting Musicbox
  • Rizlona's Fiery Musicbox
  • Selo's Rhythmic Musicbox
  • Xobcisum Gnicudni Ytinasni S'narris

Credits

EQ2i credits this article at EQ2 ZAM for the sequences to use the scarabs in.

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