The Shadow Odyssey, Chapter 5: Breaking the Chains

other resources ZAM · EQ2U · Census xml

EverQuest 2 Quest Information

Journal Category	Signature
Introduced	The Shadow Odyssey
Journal Level	80 (Tier 9)
Journal Difficulty	Heroic
Starting Zone	Moors of Ykesha more
How to Start	Speak to The Great Morsley in Firmroot Moot
part of: The Shadow Odyssey Timeline Preceded by: The Shadow Odyssey, Chapter 4: History Repeating Followed by: The Shadow Odyssey, Chapter 6: The Guns of Brokenskull
NOTE: A discussion page exists which may contain more information

What does this information mean?

Steps

1. Gather seven missing runes of the Staff of Theer
   • Befallen: Necrotic Asylum (moderate to hard) update from killing last boss.
   • Najena's Hollow Tower (easy to moderate) update from a box in the last boss room. ( -82, -349, 98 ) Copy/waypoint -82, -349, 98
   • Veksar: The Sunken Theater (easy to moderate) update from killing Lord Sasil
   • Miragul's Phylactery: The Crucible (moderate) update from a box in the last boss room. ( -1, 50, 206 ) Copy/waypoint -1, 50, 206
   • Ravenscale Repository (moderate to hard) update from killing last boss.
   • The Ruins of Guk: The Lower Corridors (moderate to hard) update from killing Hoptor Thagglor (The Ghoul Lord).
   • Emperor Atrebe's Laboratory: The Fabled City of Kor-sha (moderate to hard) update from a box in the last boss room. ( -255, -58, -182 ) Copy/waypoint -255, -58, -182
2. Return to Firmroot Moot and talk to The Great Morsley
3. The Great Morsley will give you another Staff of Theer and will send you back to Obelisk of Ahkzul to find an anchor.
   1. The anchor is in the last room of the Obelisk of Ahkzul. Examine the anchor for the update.
   2. After you get the update, you have to kill Executor Vark. This turns the anchor aggro. Equip the Staff of Theer and destroy the anchor (Will update everyone in group).
   3. After the anchor is destroyed (it will update for everyone in group) you have 3 minutes to escape the Obelisk. You HAVE to run back through the zone and exit from the entrance point (tip: click *ground* for zoning out). Calling out, dying, etc. will prevent you from receiving the update and this numbered step will reset.
4. You will then be sent to find the Anchor in the Anchor of Bazzul.(loc lower moors firmroot level)
   1. Examine the anchor (via right click) in the final room.
   2. Kill Executor Zynos to turn the anchor attackable, then equip the Staff of Theer and destroy the anchor.
   3. After the anchor is destroyed (it will update for everyone in group) you have 3 minutes to escape the Obelisk. You HAVE to run back through the zone and exit from the entrance point. Calling out, dying, etc. will prevent you from receiving the update and this numbered step will reset.
5. Return to Morsely at Firmroot Moot.

Rewards

• At least 22g 11s 70c
• 16,644 status @ L80
• 22g 12s 70c 14,465 status @ L89
• 14,242 status @ L90
• 22g 11s 70c 13,812 status @ L92
• 1p 15g 13,288 status @ L95
• 1p 15g 12,818 status @ L100