Reasons to spend 2500pp...

[Amaruk]

Joran Mullven in the Abysmal Sea at Loc 570, 213, 86 has a number of items that are marked with the tradeskill flag. I really want to mess with them but am not sure about spending 2500pp to satisfiy curiosity.

The items are:
Flarestone - 472pp 4gp 9sp 9cp
Blazing Torch - 1259pp 9gp 9sp 9cp
Flaring Coals - 787pp 4gp 9sp 9cp
Inferno Scepter Mold - 104pp 9gp 9sp 9cp

That last one really interests me..

Any ideas?

[Froni Thunderpaws]

Saw those as well and I was intrigued. My first thought was that they might parallel the treatments the gnome vendor sells. So maybe some weapons drop in the deeper GoD zones that can be modified.

The other thing that would make folks really cranky is if this was a way to upgrade the Taelosian Morphemic Staff. But it doesn't have a tag on it.

Too cheap/broke right now to even try playing with them (and they do take up space - ack!!).

well some one bought them so the lore info is on Lucy:

Inferno Scepter Mold: A mold that fashions a powerful scepter of fire
Flaring Coals: Coals that burn brightly when touched
Flarestone: A glowing stone that hisses with exploding light
Blazing Torch: A torch that blazes with a blinding light
And also in Lucy:
Inferno Scepter: A scepter that summons the power of fire and destruction (also has a tradeskill tag)

[KanadWinterstorm]

[Mon Mar 01 05:38:37 2004] You say, 'Hail, Joran Mullven'
[Mon Mar 01 05:38:37 2004] Joran Mullven says 'Hello, Kanad. I'd say it's a lovely day, but I think I may just be feeling better than everyone else. Have a look around if you know what you're looking for.'

I couldn't get him to respond to any of the keywords I tried. Bought the four items at 140cha, the prices listed were what I paid.

I found this interesting as well:
[Mon Mar 01 05:47:56 2004] You say, 'Hail, Stu Girbnol'
[Mon Mar 01 05:47:57 2004] Stu Girbnol says 'You need to prove your dedication to our cause before I can discuss such matters with you.'

This is a dwarf with a fishing pole standing no more than a few steps from Joran. He cons red and indifferent to me, same as the other wayfarers. Anyone been able to get him talking?

Making the item Inferno Scepter is easy enough, it's just the four items in a forge. The result is statless, wt 5.0, magic and tradeskill flagged. The new UI lists the trivial as 304, I succeeded in one try at 222 skill.

I have no more information than this.

[KanadWinterstorm]

Not that it makes any difference but the items near the Inferno Scepter in the database are all known. Here is the list:

-- nodrop quest items from the expansion --
60177 Pile of Dust
*60178 Muramite Residue
*60179 Hynid Hair Strand
*60180 Inanimate Ore - A lump of ore that feels cold
*60181 Inferno Scepter
*60182 Flarestone
*60183 Flaring Coals
*60184 Blazing Torch
*60185 Vial of Smelted Molten Ore (nodrop)
*60186 Inferno Scepter Mold
*60187 Muramite Needle
*60188 Hynid-Hair Thread
-- items for berserker epic begin --

All of these (except Pile of Dust) are tradeskill flagged, and all of them except the vial are tradeable. None have stats other than some are magic, and the tradeskill flag. Perhaps our missing piece to the puzzle is on the list somewhere.

[Burns]

Do you happen to know the vendor / tribute value for the completed sceptre?

[KanadWinterstorm]

I thought about that too last night burns.

Vendors : "I will give you absolutely nothing"
Tribute : "I cannot accept your Inferno Scepter as a tribute item"

[Mellen]

*60180 Inanimate Ore - A lump of ore that feels cold
*60181 Inferno Scepter
*60182 Flarestone
*60183 Flaring Coals
*60184 Blazing Torch
*60185 Vial of Smelted Molten Ore (nodrop)
*60186 Inferno Scepter Mold

are the ones involved... it's for a quest in kod'taz as part of the progression there (think just a handfull of ppl actually have to do I **think** - not all)... basicaly those parts make a sceptre (triv is 303) sceptre + ore = vial ... vial + quest drop = quest piece.

[KanadWinterstorm]

Have a source you can quote me Mel? I'm curious to read more about it.

The trivial listed in my new UI for Inferno Scepter is 304, I can post a screenshot of it if you want.

[Dyllwin]

I just read a thread last night, maybe on the Safehouse, that detailed the use of the following in part of the progression quests in Kod...


60178 Muramite Residue
60179 Hynid Hair Strand
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.
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60187 Muramite Needle
60188 Hynid-Hair Thread


The residue and 4 bone chips are used to make the needle, and the strands are used to make the thread (along with the needle I think). I'll try to find those details again.

[Xira]

HINT:

make scepters, and offer them for sale 3 at a time

[Wyloc Wormwood]

just posting to back-up the above info. Inferno Scepter is triv 304, tradeskill taged.
just so many npc's on that boat who say "you have yet to prove your self" sigh, solid info as to whats its used for would be good, most likely another quest key bit for later on in the expansion tho, with rare drops from buged zones lol.
nm GoD is still new.

[Faeyd]

They are for a quest to gain entrance to a Koad'taz raid. No real sense being secretive about it because you can't use them until you're at the stage to use them and the NPC tells you exactly what you need. I wouldn't follow Xira's hint as I think you'd be stuck with them. Anyone at the stage of needing them is more than likely to be in a guild with several master smiths who will take care of this step for them so unless they are very impatient they're unlikely to go look for them on a vendor.

[Xira]

So far sold 6 sceptre's at 7500, 2 muramite needles at 1000 and 5 hynid hair threads at 4000. I put them on overnight trader, but only a 3,1,1 at any time.

non-tradeshill ppl are sooooooo lazy and/or seem to be in such hurry.

They are all used in the Kod'taz part of the Abysmal breakdown in communication quest.