Zek Timeline

Zek Timeline Recommended Levels 30 to 40 Introduced: Shattered Lands Difficulty: Solo Starts in: Zek, the Orcish Wastes Preceded by: Thundering Steppes Timeline Nektulos Forest Timeline Followed by: Deathfist Citadel Timeline Feerrott Timeline Side Timelines: Enchanted Lands 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 June 2018.

Zek, the Orcish Wastes is flooded with orcs begging to be cut down, and there are plenty of NPCs offering quests to do so. The Deathfist Empire seeks to build up resources and enlarge it's army to once again lay siege on the denizens of Norrath. This is a prime opportunity for burgeoning adventurers to test their mettle.

Former Access Quest

Stars with Captain Abella Coranis in The Thundering Steppes at ( -255, -20, -414 ) Copy/waypoint -255, -20, -414

1. [25] The Captain's New Friend
2. [28] Passage to the Isle of Zek

NPC Quests

Main Series

Starts with Mess Sergeant Akseltz at ( 450, 0, 380 ) Copy/waypoint 450, 0, 380

1. [30] Avoiding a Hot Bath
2. [31] Berries Below the Sea
3. [32] Looking for Lost Crates
4. [33] A Spicy Mission
5. [34] A Swill Time
6. [33] Innocence and Allegiance
7. [33] Manifest Destiny
8. [33] Tools of the Mistrade
9. [33] Reports from the Borderland
10. [33] Little Lost Landing
11. [35] The Search For Beechlilly
12. [35] The Root of the Problem
13. [36] Dispatch Some Orcs
14. [37] Crystal Clear
15. [38] Wood You Avenge Her
16. [38] Marching Madness
17. [38] Deathfist Cryptology 101
18. [38] Starving For Information
19. [38] Like a Clockwork Timebomb
20. [40] Maintaining the Grassblade Flow
21. [39] Hunt for the Greenmist
22. [40] One If By Sea
23. [40] Overseas Mail - leads to the Feerrott Timeline

Green Hoods Series

1. [39] Operation Green Hood - obtained from Shadow ( 554, -41, 311 ) Copy/waypoint 554, -41, 311
   • [34] Into the Vallon Foundry - necessary to advance the above quest
   • [30] Give the key to Captain Vulis - unnecessary to advance the quest series
2. [40] The Rescue of the Green Hoods - heritage

Warship Dock

Hammer - ( 497, -33, 236 ) Copy/waypoint 497.37, -33.36, 235.79

1. [30] Mettle Testing
2. [34] Short Range Patrol
3. [34] The Tallon Plunder Chests
4. [31] Keys for Hammer
5. [30] Disrupting the Mining Operation

Division Supplier Gaertarn - ( 476, -40, 256 ) Copy/waypoint 476, -40, 256

1. [31] Far Seas Supplier - Gate Clasp
2. [31] Far Seas Supplier - Black Sap
3. [34] Far Seas Supplier - Blood Ore Pick
4. [35] Far Seas Supplier - Snake Menace
5. [37] Far Seas Supplier - Siren Subterfuge
6. [34] Far Seas Supplier - Elven Attack

Cornail Stormwrath - ( 496, -40, 240 ) Copy/waypoint 496, -40, 240

1. [31] Local Hazards Abound
2. [32] Threat Reduction - limited repeatable
3. [36] Threat Reduction - limited repeatable
4. [40] Threat Reduction - limited repeatable; becomes unlimited repeatable after the master quest is completed
5. [40] Never Double Cross a Barbarian

Hoggle Bogstrutter - ( 475, -41, 281 ) Copy/waypoint 475, -41, 281

1. [31] Scattered Notes
2. [35] A Paradise Dream World
3. [40] A Tour of the Feerrott
4. [46] The Lost Idols of Modinthule

Ismena Cellus - ( 458, -42, 366 ) Copy/waypoint 458, -42, 366

• [31] Reliving the Past

The Angry Augur - ( 520, 40, 250 ) Copy/waypoint 520, 40, 250

• [30] The Angry Augur's Three Meanings of Life

The Meandering Augur - ( 514, -32, 221 ) Copy/waypoint 514, -32, 221

• [31] The Meandering Augur's Three Meanings of Life

Examined Quests

Bootstrutter Quests

• [35] Bootstrutter's Trail Guide to Old Grove - examine the pillar at ( 7, -3, -90 ) Copy/waypoint 7, -3, -90
• [35] Bootstrutter's Trail Guide to West Zek - examine the pillar at ( 518, -16, -110 ) Copy/waypoint 518, -16, -110
• [35] Bootstrutter's Trail Guide to the Badlands - examine the pillar at ( -293, -28, -282 ) Copy/waypoint -293, -28, -282

Tombstones

• [30] Hail to the Tallon Heroes - examine a tombstone at ( 393, -17, 40 ) Copy/waypoint 393, -17, 40
• [35] Hail to the Vallon Heroes - examine a tombstone at ( 583, -19, -452 ) Copy/waypoint 583, -19, -452
• [38] Hail to the Sullon Heroes - examine a tombstone at ( -514, -27, -280 ) Copy/waypoint -514, -27, -280
• [40] Hail to the Derris Heroes - examine a tombstone at ( -187, -28, -495 ) Copy/waypoint -187, -28, -495

Utilitarian Desires

• [35] Utilitarian Desires of the Miners - examine the chest at ( 354, 13, -152 ) Copy/waypoint 354, 13, -152
• [38] Utilitarian Desires of the Toilers - examine the chest at ( -230, -25, -612 ) Copy/waypoint -230, -25, -612
• [40] Utilitarian Desires of the Protectors - examine the chest at ( 47, -40, -866 ) Copy/waypoint 47, -40, -866

Other Examined Quests

• [31] Soldier of Misfortune - examine a skeleton at ( 484, -40, 210 ) Copy/waypoint 483.62, -39.63, 209.55
• [34] Catapult Ammo Suppliers - examine a cart of rocks at the bottom of The Deathfist Quarry ( 344, -114, -117 ) Copy/waypoint 344, -114, -117
• [35] Creepy Lake Spirits - examine a tree stump at ( 357, -20, -324 ) Copy/waypoint 357, -20, -324
• [35] Mysterious Medallion - examine an impaled skeleton at ( 154, -32, -623 ) Copy/waypoint 154, -32, -623
• [36] A Captain's Final Curse - examine a book underwater at ( 465, -66, 492 ) Copy/waypoint 465, -66, 492
• [37] Seek the Sullon Centurions - examine a skeleton at ( -228, -28, -113 ) Copy/waypoint -228, -28, -113
• [39] Finish What the Fires Started - examine a charred stump at ( -495, -39, -458 ) Copy/waypoint -495, -39, -458

Dropped Quests

The following can be dropped by any monster in the zone:

• [35] The rusty key - grants one-time access to the instance Deathfist Citadel: Onslaught
• [37] Black Horn Ring
• [34] Alchemist's Component: Catanine-7
• [35] Alchemist's Component: Ivril Powder
  • Unknown if still in game, verification needed!
  • On 11/12/2022 character Merrickson completed this quest.
• [36] Alchemist's Component: Fay Dust
• [36] Alchemist's Component: Fire Salt
• [35] The Relic of Sun
• [36] The Relic of Ocean
• [37] The Relic of Health
• [37] The Relic of Sky
• [38] The Relic of Underfoot
• [39] The Relic of Decay
• [39] The Relic of Growth
• [41] The Relic of Storm

The following have specific drop requirements:

• [37] Blood Ore Bracers - dropped from any Arialla Siren
• [39] Blood Ore Basher - dropped by scorched trunklords
• [40] Gut Ripper - dropped from any orc

Book Quests

• [34] The Far Side of Tears, Part One
• [35] The Far Side of Tears, Part Two
• [36] The Far Side of Tears, Part Three
• [37] The Far Side of Tears, Part Four
• [38] "The Nine Contemplations"
• [38] Splitpaw Down Under, Part One
• [39] Splitpaw Down Under, Part Two
• [40] Zek Creature Cataloging

Heritage Quests

• [40] Training is a Shield - obtained from Grozmag the Trainer ( 420, 10, -149 ) Copy/waypoint 420, 10, -149
• [40] The Rescue of the Green Hoods - see above

Other Quests

These quests involve Zek, but are not necessarily part of the timeline:

• [40] The Crossing of the Fanged Sea - access quest for Everfrost
• [40] The Whispering Pines
• [Scales to 50] Filling the Bottomless Belly - obtained from Duggin Brandywine in The Thundering Steppes at ( -469, -21, -405 ) Copy/waypoint -469, -21, -405
• [54] The Far, Far Away Far Pelican

The following Racial History Quests complete in Zek:

• [30] History of the Erudite, Part III
• [30] History of the Humans, Part III
• [30] History of the Ogres, Part III

Collections

• Glowing shards collection
• Unscathed bone fragments collection

The following collections used to be regular book quests, but were changed into tome collection quests. In-game they appear as pages on the ground instead of shinies:

• Bestest Orc Emperors
• Foreman Garz'gog Dyeree
• Jerb Northstar's Journal
• Rise of the Orcs - The Ascension
• Rise of the Orcs - The Deadtime
• Rise of the Orcs - The Fall
• Rise of the Orcs - The Rejoining
• Rise of the Orcs - The Rousing
• The Nine Contemplations
• The Orcs of Norrath

Discoveries

See: Zek, the Orcish Wastes Discovery Locations

Named Monsters

See: Zek, the Orcish Wastes Named Monsters

Removed Quests

• Alchemist's Component: B-32
• Alchemist's Component: Sting of Zek
• Alchemist's Component: Sucratic Nithlepsia
• Alchemist's Component: Treant Ash
• Alchemist's Component: Tripthosebacea
• Alchemist's Component: Viscule Drather
• Bear Attack
• A Bleeder in the Haystack
• Faithful Nuisance
• Green Hood Ration Recipe
• Leelee's Potion: Grace of the Cat
• Leelee's Potion: Health of the Bear
• Leelee's Potion: Intelligence of the Gnome
• Leelee's Potion: Strength of Ogre
• Leelee's Potion: Wisdom of the Treant
• Lumber Squad
• Punish the Hunter
• Seeking the Sacred Tools
• Snake Squash
• A Spiritual Battle
• Sprite Fight
• Sprite in a Box
• Tallon Reserves
• Voices in the Wind