<![CDATA[ MUME QUESTS
There are a lot of quests in MUME. Some of them can be solved by level 1
chars; some designed for legends only. For solving some of them you will gain a
little bit of exp and gold (or maybe some item too), others give you a very
important herblore or some other knowledge. Anyways, I here is some info which
(I hope) will help you to gain some knowledge about these quests and also some
hints for solving them...
Most quests in MUME are level-dependant, i.e. the higher level you are, the
more complicated the quest is. Thats why when experienced players start a new
character, they solve all quests where they need to "find some items and bring
em to ..." during their first few levels. Or ask their labfriends to help them
;-)
In most cases all you have to do is ask the mob about 'herblore' to get a
herblore quest.
1) Aldereon's quest (any level)
Location: Elven village n of Road to Grey Havens.
Quest: Aldereon will ask you to deliver letters (around 5 for level 1 to more
than 15 for high legend) to his friends. The higher your level is, the farther
away you will have to travel to meet the mobs. Better to do this quest at the
level one: then Aldereon will ask you to visit just two mobs - librarian and
priest in Forlond. Legends very often are forced to travel to Rivendell...
Other recipients for his letters are: Old Wise Hobbit (not far east from
Aldereon, but you have to swim across a small lake), various guildmasters in
most cities, and - main problem! - various hermits who live in most noone-ever-
goes-here places in Arda. GH hermit lives 1 zone w from Aldereon (some mudlled
exits though), Shire hermit - some w and n from Mishel Delving, Fornost one -
10s 3e d 2s from gates, road to Tharbad - from Bree s gate max s, e, max s, e
until no exit s, then max e, open bush.
Reward: walking herblore, 300 exp for each mail.
2) Nordri quest (any level)
Location: Upper level of the Blue Mountains dwarven city.
Quest: "Find and bring". Ask Nordri about "herblore", then he will yack for a
while. When he says "blah blah price." say "price?" and then nod when Nordri
asks if you agree. Listen to him, write down what he wants and go collect the
items. Lowlevels can find required items/weapons/herbs around BM or even inside
city - just ask some dwarf to check private dwarven shops inside. Legends can
be asked for the crystal from Willow, a topaz from Mormaeg or even golden
nuggets from Moria...
Reward: soothing-draught herblore, 1000 exp.
3) Vig's quest (dwarf only, newbie level)
Location: Bottom level of dwarven city, w of stairs.
Quest: Vig the Smelter sometimes runs out of logs for his fire. When he does,
he will ask people who come into his shop if they're willing to go out and get
him some wood. Assuming that you agree to do so, you should go get an axe, and
then go out into the Dense Forest just east of the Dwarf Homes (from "End of
the Worn Trail", s 3e). Wander around the Dense Forest, and eventually you will
find a "majestic looking tree" (it will be clear, when you see it, that this is
*the* tree, not just one of the innumerable trees in the forest). In case this
tree is chopped already, or simply not popped - there are two other such trees,
one s 2w 6s 4e 4s from the same place, and also somewhere n of river, like s 3e
2n 5e. Chop it down, get the wood, bring it back to Vig, and collect the reward
money.
Just a small warning: the Dense Forest is a maze (i.e. if you go east from
tree, then west, there's no guarantee that you'll wind up where you started).
If you need to get out of it in a hurry, spam north/west and type 'exits' after
each step - to see where the exit out to the trail is (works during theday only
though). In this forest pop 3 huge black wolves, so it's kinda dangerous for
low level characters.
Reward: 15 silver, ??? exp
4) Giant's quest (any level)
It's nice to know how to cook delicious bannocks for any player who doesn't
have 'create food' spell. Bannocks will fill you for the whole day (same as
lembas wafer), but it will cost almost nothing for you to make them. To gain
bannock's recipe you must find the lonely giant and solve his quest.
Location: I know five places where giant repops in The Shire: one room N from
Mishel Delving fountain; E from Green Dragon in Hobbiton; N from marketplace in
Dwaling; in Rushey; at "slight depression" (up from the fox hole). I heard also
rumours that he pops at NW from Wittforrows and in Hills of Scary. If you can't
find the giant - ask any mage to locate him ('locate life' spell). He doesn't
always load.
Quest: One more "find and bring". You must find a LOT of herbs and other
things and bring them to him. He frequently asks for:
HONEYCOMB EGG APPLE SACK OF FLOUR
STRAWBERRIES BLUEBERRIES BLACKBERRIES BLACKCURRANT
CINNAMON VANILLA BEAN CARDAMOM JUNIPER BERRIES
RED ROSE WHITE ROSE WATER LILY HONEYSUCKLE
FOXGLOVE FOXTAIL TARRAGON THYME
ROSEMARY GOOSEGRASS CLOVER CLOVES
SAGE ATHELAS MARJORAM FIGWORT
GINSENG COMFREY
Try to find all these things, but if you can't find such rare herbs as foxtail,
ginseng, and comfrey, don't worry. Maybe he won't ask you for it. Do not crush
the plants: sometimes he asks for leaves/flowers, sometimes for plant itself.
When you find the giant, comfort him. Nod after he asks you if you want to
help him, and he will start following you. Give him honeycomb, listen carefully
what he wants and give him herbs. You have a very short time to solve his quest
- 40-48 MUME hours, so all herbs must already be in your bbackpack - except
things that are always available in GH herbalist shop (CINNAMON, CLOVES,
VANILLA). You can run to GH with giant, but he can become moveless if you have
nice link and spam fast - in such case leave him in some safe place (just flee
from him), and return with herbs. After giving him all that he wants, ride him
and he takes you to his house near Michel Delving and be happy listening to him.
Btw, this quest is as level-dependant as others - so if you find him at level
1-2, he will teach you how to cook bannocks just for the honeycomb! Legends can
be asked for ginseng, comfrey and foxtail - each of these herbs load just in
ONE place on Arda, so almost impossible to find them without knowing where they
pop...
And also small hint: all components for bannocks can be found either in/around
elven village on the road to GH (eggs - in the hawk's nest), or in Bree - honey
and flour in bakery, eggs in bazaar.
Reward: Baker herblore, 1000 exp.
5) Shopkeeper's quest (level 1-4)
Location: Hobbiton, 2e s from central.
Quest: Shopkeeper will ask you to find his daughter as soon as you enter his
shop - if your level is appropriate, and if no one did this quest just before
you :) Daughter is usually located somewhere in Shire, I know two locations: 2e
open branches s 4e n w from A Spring in hills of Scary, 7w 6n 5e open door e
from Brandywine Bridge, some down from MD and some south/east from Bwb. Just
enter her room and she will start following you. Lead her to her father, but
don't forget that you may not cast even bob even when on this quest and
daughter became exhausted ;)
Reward: FGC, 1000 exp, 1 gold.
6) Trapper's quest (low level - no higher than 10)
Location: All n, all w, all n, e, n, w from Forlond gates
Quest: Trapper will offer his quest only if you sell him enough pelts or furs
(if he's out of money, buy some pelts from him and sell back ;)), and if noble
stag loaded. Then he will start talking about old times - just wait and nod
when he asks you if you agree. After you are on the quest, go and kill the
noble stag - e n w n w 2n 3w s are his 6 rooms. You are not forced to kill him
yourself, you are even allowed to not have him on trophy - just ask some
highbie friend to help you ;) Butcher corpse, bring antlers to trapper and give
it to him. You can solve this quest max 2 times - second time you need to give
(not sell!) him like 10+ furs/pelts (if you lose or hide ;) bow).
Reward: Yew longbow, quiver with 12 ash arrows.
7) Bree smith's quest (level 4-7)
Location: Bree, Weapon shop
Quest: You will be asked to find and bring "valuable" rusted dagger - just
enter shop at the proper level. This dagger is held by the chief of the
ruffians, Scarred, under the bark in forest some n of Bree (see Maps for more
exact info). Kill him (or just ask some friend to kill him) and bring dagger to
smith. You can not start quest after 7 level, but if you did it before and
leveled since that, smith still gives the reward if you bring him the dagger.
Reward: Whetstone, 2 gold.
8) Shire citizenship quest (any level)
Location: Michel Delving, secretary
Quest: Only hobbits who prayed to Shire on creation can gain citizenship here
for free. Others must kill great wolf from Shire wolfpack and bring his fur to
secretary in order to receive citizenship. Wolfpack repops each winter in a
random place in Shire, once per winter. Usually it consists of 4 pack leaders
(great black wolves) and 18 grey/black/huge black/starving ones. Each who needs
citizenship needs his own silvery fur and also needs to have great black wolf
in trophy. Great wolves are strong enough - I even have seen legends die to
them. Though, mage with stored quakes or cleric with buffer and good fear can
do wolfpack easily.
Reward: Shire citizenship, 3 gold
9) Dunadan Ranger quest (hero level+)
Location: Near Weathertop (from Nen-I-Sul bridge: 6w, 2n, open culvert, e)
Quest: Ranger will teach his lore to well travelled (2.5k tps * level needed)
and good aligned persons ("sent to Arda" is enough, maybe "firm believer" fits
too) when they complete his given task. The task involves three objects that
must be brought to the ranger. The items may be different for each person, the
following items are known as possible quest items.
White fur from the Huge White Bear in the southern Misty Mountains.
A claw from a Cavern-wing in Moria (actually any Cavern-wing will do).
Though, only leader of cavern-wings is butcherable.
The heart of the Ice-Demon in the northern Misty Mountains.
A sickly green mushroom.
You must find these items ALONE (means: no same side player can be in the
zone when you pick up these items).
Reward: Travelling herblore
10) Dagnir's ghost's quest (any level?)
Location: Lothlorien, 3n 1-2e from marshes
Quest: Ghost is visible at night only. When you approach him, he starts
talking. Nod when he asks if you want to listen him, and listen. After he
finishes, go to marshes and let the mud suck you into a small cave (message
looks like a bog timed dt - but it isn't dt).
There in the cave live 4 mottled snakes and 2 new mobs - subterranean lizards.
They have decent ob and awareness, but sucky defence - just take them one-by-
one. In southern room of caves lies a skeleton - loot it. To get out you need
to kill both lizards and drag their corpses to the central room - you can only
climb up stepping on the lizard corpses (mottled corpses don't fit).
Walk back to ghost and give him medallion from skeleton. Listen to him until
his trapped soul goes free, then try to pick up the medallion. It will crumble
and reveal a jade-encrusted key. Go east, open hatch, down, unlock/open
archeddoor, 2 south, open curtain, west and loot eket, amethyst and softly
glowing green cup. When you drink cup, you are affected by +10 maxmana, maybe
it increases regen too (for like MUME day).
Reward: Eket, amethyst, softly glowing green cup
11) Nagash's quest (orcs only, any level?)
Location: Vale of Anduin, sw corner of sw zone; needed 30 str to open door
down
Quest: Nagash will ask you to bring him a silver goblet. It loads on the
spectre in a tomb in the ne corner of the Vale. Spectre calls up to 4 undeads
to help him if attacked, so beware. It's pointless to kill soldiers before
spectre: it will just summon new ones. After it dies, the empty goblet falls to
the ground - bring it to Nagash. He will sacrifice twins and fill the goblet
with blood.
Reward: Goblet of blood, if quaffed affects you by Blood of Sauron (+2 STR)
12) Ost-in-Edhil quest (anyone, any level)
Location: Eregion, s from Hollin at cliffs
Quest: Both darkies and whities can solve this quest, thus I will write
solutions for both sides. Whities get the quest from Elrond, darkies from the
BN sage: ask them about 'Ost-in-Edhil' (not case-sensitive). Ask Elrond in
any language, Sage in Morbeth. They will start to talk if no one is solving
this quest at the same time (if they don't it means someone is solving it
already, just wait a bit), and then they will give you a key. Then go to the
castle in Ost-in-Edhil and find the tower in the center of it. Beware: there
are tons of different dts in the area - eastern part of zone is 6 instant dts;
near are 3 times ones (slowly drag you to the east - and there instant dts kill
you); vines trap you and slowly kill (considered dtdeath though) - but you can
kill vines of course, like hero level needed; n and e from the mother eagle on
the top of tower are dts too (noflee, as usual).
At the bottom of tower there is door which can be opened with amethyst: type
'put amethyst inset'. To get it back later, indeed, 'get amethyst inset'. Wait
till door opens and proceed n. You can get gem back (as both close and open are
delayed), but then you will be trapped inside - so be sure that you know how to
do monsters/get away via underwater. Here starts a noport area. In the center of
this hidden square is one more instant dt. Somewhere in this area loads hidden
main quest item - Book of Kormanole (just try reveal in each room). There are 2
excavators in this area, and they will ask you to give them book: don't - they
are minions of Saruman. If you give them book, they will reward you with whole
2 gold, give you 'treasure map' leading to dt, and disappear (no way to track,
kill and get book back). Kill them instead, they load Cardolan+russet+aged
flask (useless, but can be sold). They shoot/flee after attacked, so just stay
in room after they flee, and spam search q/nuke. Then the quest divides into
two parts: either bring the book and the key to Elrond or Sage and get your
reward (from Elrond - silver-leaf brooch; from sage - around 20 gold), or claim
the book and forge a ring.
If you decide to forge, in the northern part of the square is the entrance to
the underground part. There live several bats and 4 scaled guardians. These mobs
instafollow, call eachother, instahit, choose random targets and can instaheal
themselves for like 1/3 hps. So: at least 1 buffer and 2 nukers need to kill
them. Guardians can't follow further north than 2s from entrance, and also to
Gem/Gless/etc works (max w and max e rooms), so rest there after each one is
killed. First buffer enters, guardians hit him, then casters enter, nuke one
dead and leave n, then only buffer flees. Have swim off while doing guardians,
otherwise you can flee into water (central room); 2n from it is instant dt,
and as one who flees from guardians will spam n to reach safe room, it can ends
in dt here. Though, if someone dies here, corpse will be recoverable: current
will drag it southwards, away from dt. Before you fight, unfollow everyone in
case you flee. You don't want to meet up after flee and lead each other onto
the collapsing bridges. After you kill first, go 2e one by one - otherwise
bridge will collapse under your feet, throwing you into current below. Kill
second guardian (now safe room ne from it), get full, then someone must lure
guardians from the central room - nuke them dead too. Then find golden band
(in each room in this area - random too), it is sometimes hidden, sometimes
just lies on the ground.
The level is symmetrical here:
!
S*=*S
+@+
S*=*S
! is where you enter
= is collapsing bridge
S are safe rooms
* are Coruscate Hall
+ are rooms with a single guardian
@ has 2 guardians and the dt to north.
Central room is start of noboat current. 2n from this room is dt; some s/d
(follow current) - underwater room where in the skeleton loads hammer which
helps to fix your armour (even fine/shining!) as whetstone fixes weapons. All
swim on. One (not leader) must wear harness (on chain in room 1w from central).
He must enter central room and open silverpanel. It is delayed door in room
with current, but harness will keep him there while he opens door. When door is
open, narrate for others to come, and quickly go d. Wait till water goes away
and metaldoor opens, then go 2w to noldor statues. Btw, you cant remove harness
while fighting, and cant flee either - so dont wear it while mobs alive, and
try not be caught by opposite side players ;)
You can not forge ring by your own choose. At the one time one ring can be
forged only; which one exactly is written in the book. Ring must be forged from
the band and some gem. There are four types of jewelled rings. Book can give
you a hint - which ring can be created on current repop: it's colour of gem.
Red glow goes for ruby, maroon for garnet, hard and rare blue for topaz, and
fiery blue for opal. These rings are considered powerrings, and can not be
worn at the same time as old powerrings (ruby/iron/copper). Btw, don't be
scared by Elrond's/Sage's words that reading book can be harmful ;) Still no
one died while reading it.
To forge ring rest full, and try pass statues. The higher your will, the
higher chance you have (no alignment involved though). If you fail - just rest
full and try again (more chance to pass with full stats). Noldor can pass
statues without any problems; Unqalome bracelets can help non-noldor to pass,
rumours that Elrond's brooch does the same are groundless. If you are neither
Noldo, nor know Unqa zone to get bracelet, get dispeller here: statues are not
alive (not mobs but items, in MUME terms), they don't block entrance themselves
- their magic does. With no dispeller, just try to walk inn (sometimes takes
hour rl or more). Once you are in, wield band, hold gem (or vise versa) and
'forge ring' (it's delayed though).
Once you leave zone all mobs repop straight away. Its nice xp to go round in
circles ;)
Some more notes: Only the person who read the book can forge. The knowledge
decays so you can only do it for a limited (random) period of time after. Don't
know how long exactly but sumetimes 2 rl days is too long, and sometimes rl
week is ok...
To use cross-pein hammer you must make a camp fire, hold hammer, remove
armour then 'use hammer <armour>'. It seems you can mend most things to 'brand
new' but thick/heavy metal and ring/chain mail can only be repaired to 'used'.
There is complete list of "gem - effect".
red ruby - manaregen +4, affects you by 'lethargy' when you remove it
(slows manaregen and -10 attack spell)
topaz - +2str once per day, affects you by 'tiredness' when you remove
it (1.5x slower moveregen for 4 ticks)
garnet - cure critic once per day, affects you by 'hagardness' when you
remove it (-5 ob)
opal - scouting ring (allows you search adjacent rooms for enemies,
blinds you at beginnings of next 6 ticks when you remove it);
to use it - 'look <dir>'
Reward: Brooch from Elrond, gold from Sage, or jewelled ring.]]>