Queynos Badge of Nobility - Baking

[Hobenroby]

Greetings folks, my first post

I recently completed my Qeynos Badge of Nobility quest and ended up skilling my baking up in order to complete it.

Actually could have gotten a friend to do the baking for me as I think the no - drop part was no-fail.. ( cant confirm this tho..)

Anyway Dryad pate or potamied pate is a required quest item and I didnt see the Nobility badge listed in the quest forum.

also you need a no-drop panther liver to make no-drop panther pate after the very finicky soldier requests something more suitable for his breeding.
This part *may be a no-fail..

anyway this is a great site. I manages to get my baking up to 189 in a very short time on very little money thanks to the guides..

Now I have begun to do smithing and tailoring too!

/e stares dreamily at the leatherfoot bags...

[Verdandi]

If you'd like to provide the data on the quest I could pass it along to Niami to put on the site

[Hobenroby]

Qeynos Badge of Nobility ( 5# Badge) quest in full.

You need at least amiable faction to jagged pine to get the full quest.
and, of course.. you need to have done the first four badge quests...

You say, 'Hail, Sergeant Caelin'

Sergeant Caelin says 'Hail, ______. You have nothing to fear from the gnolls. My men and I have been sent from Qeynos to help defend Fort Jaggedpine should those worthless curs make the mistake of assuming this will be a place of easy plunder. I've fought and slain scores of gnolls in my time. Were I not bound to my post here I would go forth and drive them from their dark cave to the north myself. However, I can offer you a [bounty], should you choose to take such a mission upon yourself.'

You say, 'what bounty'

Sergeant Caelin says 'If you choose to go and fight against the gnolls, I shall offer a bounty for every gnoll canine that you return to me. You look a bit more adventurous then many of those that live in this settlement. They seem a bit [docile].'

You say, 'who is docile'

Sergeant Caelin says 'Perhaps it comes from living in harmony with nature for an extended period of time but they are more concerned with trading food recipes and doing arts and crafts. I have offered to give them some basic training in the arts of war but they seem to have no interest. This is a dangerous world in which we live and failure to acknowledge that has meant the downfall of many a society. I won't let this happen on my watch, provided my [men] are on their toes.'

You say, 'What men'

Sergeant Caelin says 'Guard Bossamir is a model soldier and a good man. I'm happy to have him watching my back. That Finewine character however, he is not worth the cost of the sword he wields! All he does is whine and complain. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and his family enrolled him in the guard to teach him some discipline but I've had no luck with him. He hasn't even turned in a [shift report] for weeks. Captain Tillin will bust me down to private if I don't deliver those soon.'

***Kills Gnolls and turn in Gnolls fangs otherwise Sergeant caelin will just say "you have not proved yourself worth to our cause". You need to be at least amiable to him. when you are...***

You say, 'what shift report'

Sergeant Caelin says 'You have been helpful in our defense efforts. However, I can not be too careful about whom I trust with carrying this information. If you truly consider yourself an ally to Qeynos then no doubt you have assisted the city in its defense before. Show me your Qeynos Badge of Honor and I'll know I can trust you fully. I'll place my mark upon it should anyone question your authority to do this service for me.'

***hand him your Qeynos badge of Honor and you will receive "Marked Qeynos Badge of Honor" in return along with "A warning note/report" to give to Guard Finewine. Sorry I don't have the dialogue for that but trust me***

*to your right and within eye site is Guard Finewine. He is standing by the other house back entrance*

You say, 'Hail, Guard Finewine'

Guard Finewine says 'Yeah. Hi. Lovely place this. Humid, dark, wild animals all over the place, man eating plants, snakes and bugs finding their way into my armor and biting me where a man ought not be bit. And if [Bossamir] is right, we're soon to be cut down by ravaging gnolls. Why-oh-why did I get assigned to this job? Why wasn't I assigned to Qeynos where a man can get a decent meal and sleep in a nice bed at night? Oh I'm sorry. Did I say that out loud?'

You say, 'What Bossamir'

Guard Finewine says 'Hmm. . . Yeah, I have this tendency to prattle on when I'm completely miserable. According to what my colleague Bossamir has heard, these gnolls may be tougher then we thought. But that would be par for the course anyway with the way my pitiful life is going. Woe is me. The people in this backward settlement hate me, Sergeant Caelin hates me and I assume Kane hates me too because he sent me to the armpit of Antonica on a suicide mission.'

*gave him the Warning letter/note*

Guard Finewine says 'So he wants to send me to jail simply because I'm not filling out some silly reports? How can I be expected to think in such a decrepit state? Maybe you could help me. If I had a meal worthy of someone of my breeding then maybe I could think. Bring me something elegant, I don't want anything dull and pedestrian. I don't know what I want though. Do you have any suggestions?'

Dryad Pate or Potomeid Pate will work for him. But he still isnt satisfied...

*give him Potemeid Pate* or dryad pate
-Baking combine of:
--Potemeid Parts
--Bamboo Plant Shoots (foraged in Jagged pine zone)
--Spices
--Brandy

Guard Finewine says 'Hmm. . . This is interesting. . . The taste is very refined but sort of. . . odd. . . We're almost there but I don't think you have the recipe quite right. Rather then that peasant Brandy, use this in your recipe instead. And rather then whatever other 'meat' you were using before use a Panther Liver. You do seem to have some skill as a chef, mayhaps you could work for me some day. Prepare some Panther Pate for me. Give me the Panther Pate and let me read that warning again.'

Note: he gives you back the
*Warning letter | No Drop Lore and
*Finewine Family Brandy | No Drop Lore


*Give him Warning Letter and Panther Pate
*Panther Pate* | No Drop Lore
-Baking combine of: 0 Skill (100% perfect combine every time)
--Panther Liver (No Drop Lore) off "a black panther" in Jagged Pine zone (don't go to Wakening lands and try those black panthers)
-- Plant Shoots (foraged in Jagged pine zone)
--Spices
--Finewine Family Brandy

Guard Finewine says 'Ah yes, this is perfect! I feel my head clearing already. Wait, is that the sun poking through the trees there or the moon? Hard to tell in this hideous jungle. . . Oh wait yes. My shift reports for the last few weeks. Why don't you go ahead and turn these into Sergeant Caelin for me. I'm going to enjoy this fine pate.'

*receive Compiled Shift Reports No Drop|Lore
*give to Sergeant Caelin

Sergeant Caelin says 'Oh praise Karana, how did you manage to get these out of him? Never mind, I don't really care. Here, take this Compiled Report to Captain Tillin in Qeynos at once.'

*receive Book of reports

Run to South Qeynos and give Captain Tillin the Book and return to Sergeant Caelin and give him Captain's Orders. You will receive a "Writ of Execution" and "a Black Sachel" both No drop | Lore.

Now you need to Kill Barduck Darkpaw(*) in the Jagged Pine Gnoll caves just north east of the Town. He has 15k-ish HP and can be slowed. He hits hard and fast so DO slow him.. or make sure you dont get hit..
Loot his head and Combine with the Writ to make a Sealed Black Satchel.
Give "a Sealed Black Satchel" to Sergeant Caelin along with your Marked Qeynos Badge of Honor.

Receive "Qeynos Badge of Nobility"

(*) Note, Killing Barduck Darkpaw starts the Gnoll War.
The Gnoll War is where a series of Gnolls start to invade the town through 3 waves of 10-18 level 42-45 MoB's. Partaking in the Gnoll war does not effect you getting the badge what-so-ever but you might have to wait til the Serg respawns to turn everything in if you lose the war. Turn in the combined box before hand to avoid this problem.
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This was a fun quest, probably my favorite so far in EQ.

--------------------------------------<edit> oh .. and a nice item !
Qeynos Badge of Nobility
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: NECK
AC: 6
STR: +6 WIS: +6 INT: +6 AGI: +6
HP: +40 MANA: +40
Effect: See Invisible (Worn)
WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL
Class: ALL
Race: ALL
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[Verdandi]

Thank you, I've passed it along

[Niami DenMother]

If someone has a link to a writeup for the first four badges in this set, I'd be happy to include a link to it on the quest page for this quest. The writeup should be on the site shortly. (5-10 minutes from now)

[Hobenroby]

here are links to allakhazam's write ups for the first four Badges.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/q...tml?quest=1271 Badge one

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/q...tml?quest=1273 Badge two

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/q...tml?quest=1279 Badge three

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/q...tml?quest=1288 Badge four

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[Niami DenMother]

Thanks! I've dropped the writeup in place at: http://www.eqtraders.com/quests/qeynos_badge5.htm

[Hobenroby]

{possible edits}

1. might want to mention that the satchel is a container so be sure to have room in your inventory when you receive it - i forgot to add that.

2. black panthers are found in large quantities in the south of JP.

3. the war starts a few minutes after barducks is killed. If you invis and run you may have time to reach town and do the hand-ins.
All the JP npcs ( including the quest npcs DESPAWN and lower leveled versions SPAWN for the war. these *weaker versions are easily killed by the gnolls and need protection if you choose to do this. It is very good for faction to try and save the town but not necessary for your quest. After killing Barducks if the JP NPCS are all killed you will have to wait. Unfortuneatly I am unsure how long it takes for them to respawn.

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Last night I assisted a friend in doing the quest. I supplied him with the Dryad Pate and the plant shoots etc.. for the Panther Pate combine.

His Baking skill was 2 and he combined the Panther pate successfully.

I am pretty this combine is No-Fail.

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Glad to help out. Thanks for all your work here. This site has been very very helpful to me.

/cheer
/bow

[Caleem]

I did this quest and have done the war twice (once just for fun). After you kill Barduks, if you evac, then you can run north to the town and do the turn in before the war starts.

[Pojodan]

Fun, fun quest.
Worthy of anyone to do it, so long as the North Qeynos folks like you, anyway.
Possibly the only truely intuative quest in everquest as it's not just going to X spot and killing Y for Z item. You gotta find your way around qyenos, interviewing NPCs, playing a mini-game of sorts trying to place rats in the correct locations on a grid to cure the diseased rats around it, a decent story line, and a good item to boot.
I did 1-3 solo at 54, did the final fight of 4 with another 54 beastlord with some chalange, then I soloed the 5th and final at 62 (And I tell you, Bardux is no push-over.. at 62 I just -barely- soloed him.. OOM my pet's enrage is what finally did him in.)

A 'must do' for questers, even if the baking part is pretty minor (I bought the dryad pate in the bazaar for fairly cheep and the panther pate is indeed no-fail.