At least adventuring level 20 for Hwal to offer you the quest
At least 20 skill in foresting and mining to complete Step #1
Steps
Harvest 15 iron clusters and 15 severed maple in Antonica, The Commonlands or Darklight Wood and return to Hwal with them in your inventory. You must harvest the materials (see Note below) but if you accidentally delete them from your bags you can buy replacements at the broker and return to Hwal for the update. He will not remove all of the ore and wood, five each of the fifteen ore and wood will be left for you. You will also receive at least 36s21c.
Note: You are required to harvest the items yourself; simply purchasing them from the broker will not work.
Note: If you are on "A Gathering Obsession, Part II", this quest will not update until you have the 10 items for that one.
Obtain a piece of wood from a caveroot horror (which has a 10 minute respawn, and a fungus or mist placeholder) near the grate entrance to the library ( 3, -26, -122 ) Copy/waypoint 3, -26, -122 in Stormhold.
Obtain some beer from the The Blackburrow Brewery ( 21, -40, 61 ) Copy/waypoint 21, -40, 61 and return to Hwal. Get to the entance of Blackburrow at ( -1111, -33, 1061 ) Copy/waypoint -1111, -33, 1061. Getting to the brewery requires an underwater swim. Follow the tunnel and just as it opens up you'll see some brown kegs stacked 3 high. Select the top keg for the update.
Travel to Vhalen's Tower ( -1300, 39, 47 ) Copy/waypoint -1300, 39, 47 in Antonica to release Hwal's grandfather from the family curse. Click the manhole cover on the floor of the tower to enter a one-room instance called Garanel's Resting Place whose sole occupant is the ghost of Garanel Rucksif (a 25 ^^^ Heroic).
Leather from a mature antelope ( 74, -2, 1245 ) Copy/waypoint 74, -2, 1245. Only mature antelopes will provide the update, and you may need to kill upwards of 10 before getting the quest update notice. An alternate location is at ( 184, 1, 1330 ) Copy/waypoint 184, 1, 1330. Another alternate location is at ( 406, 12, -509 ) Copy/waypoint 406, 12, -509. Basically, all the creatures place-hold for each other. Keep clearing them and the chances of a mature antelope spawning are greatly improved. You can alternate back and forth between the two areas in quick order.
A steel bar from a firerock scout - ( 895, -1, 531 ) Copy/waypoint 895, -1, 531 or ( 300, -1, 679 ) Copy/waypoint 300, -1, 679 or ( 913, -1, 541 ) Copy/waypoint 913, -0.99, 541.
Return to Minty Frostbeard one Norrathian day later (72 minutes real-time) to retrieve the boots. May require a zone or relog to update her quest status.
Return to Hwal Rucksif, who will take the new boots and give you his old boots as a reward.
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