Krovax — March 17th, 2007, 02:21 PM
Meta: Qalia , Blacksmith , Armorsmith , Thestra , Weaponsmith , Tier 3 , Initiate , Kojan , Ahgram , New Targonor , Martok , Pankor Zhi , Konarthi Point , Ca'ial Brael , Veenax Garrison
OK after finding a lot of nothing via search and asking myself through chats, here are the complete walktroughs to all Blacksmith Initiate Quests on all three continents. I am a Varanjari Armorsmith myself, lvl31 atm, so I cannot say for sure, that this works out for all other players also.
General Info: If you lack faction to start your quests, grind faction in Tawar Galan for Kojan, Southwatch in Thestra or Refugees Camp in Qalia. There are other Outposts, those were the ones I used. For Thestra and Qalia you can also join a Crafting Society. There are three each, of which you can join one. Do workorders for them, you get 10 faction each. Remember that you can fasttrack faction gains by doing single workorders or only finish one of a set or batch and turn them in.
Pyrite Ore can either be mined or much easier, especially when you lack the mining skill, be obtained through a broker in Qalia or Thestra.
The Qalian and Kojan quests can be finished well under an hour, the Thestran one will take longer, since it's a long way to Konarthi, but if you bind smart, the way back is short. I myself bind in Martok port, where the porter and a bank are just under 30secs away.
Qalia
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Prerequisites:
- at least 400 Qalia Artisans faction
- -7999 with Hathor and Pankor Zhi (or see hint)
- 3 Pyrite Ore
I talked to the BS trainer, Valer Thanul, in Ahgram after turning lvl31, which then gave me the quest called " A True Qalian Crafter ". In it she told me to go to Pankor Zhi to get some inspirations. Not having it on my map I mouseovered and found Pankor Zhi to be the chunk next to Hathor Zhi. So I went via Lomshir to Pankor Zhi, the actual city, where I spend the better half of an hour to search for something to inspire me, nada though. PZ is a nice place to take a stroll, at least if you're a varanjar which are KOS to nothing but Dwarves . Anyways what you need to do is, go to Hathor Zhi entrance and travel south down the road. Stay in the valley! Go past the Bloodletter Arena to the big ruins with the wide stairs. In proximity to those (a tad east I think, but well in viewing distance) you find a burned down tent (for the outfitter iniate quest inspiration) and a handy small ballista, which will inspire you. Use it and 30secs later you get the recipes for pyrite ingot and the spear head. Return to Ahgram, build three pyrite ingots and then the spear heads. Turn them in and congratulations to your initiate crafters title and a s***load of new recipes.
Reward:
- Qalian Smith's Pendant, Earring lvl30, +5 Metallurgy, +5 Blacksmithing, +3 Armorsmithing, +3 Weaponsmithing
- 50 Qalia Artisans Faction
Hint: Hathor Zhi faction can be gained by killing mobs just north of the HZ gate and Pankor Zhi faction is supposedly gained by doing diplomacy in Lomshir, which I cannot guarantee, since Pankor Zhi has no trouble with Halgarad. I also believe it's possible to get to the ballista from the Hathor Zhi Altar, where you can either evac to or ressurrect to. If you get guard or npc aggro try to get to the chunk border south to get rid of it. PZ guards won't aggro you, if you stay clear of the stairs.
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Kojan
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Prerequisites:
- at least 400 Kojan Artisans faction
- -7999 with Ca'ial Brael and Martok
- 3 Pyrite Ore
Unlike the first three tier quests for Kojan, at least for the foreigner like me, you don't have to go to Martok to get the quest. Go to Ca'ial Brael to Waltay Bajan, the Blacksmith Instructor there (located in the House near the crafting plateau and get the quest called " A True Kojani Crafter ". He will then send you to Veenax Garrison near Martok to get inspired yet again. Head over to Martok Port, follow the norther shoreline (swin past the the rock that stands in the way) and head to Veenax Garrison. Even I as an outsider had the map location, so I guess all others will also. Enter Veenax Garrison and go around the center building. On the back side you'll find a cauldron you can study, so do that and be inspired enough to know pyrite ingots and spear heads now!
Return to Ca'ial Brael, craft those ingots and spear heads, and welcome to the initiate Kojan world and yet again a bunch of new recipes, in case you haven't done any other iniate quests.
Reward:
- Kojani Forgeworkers's Stud, Earring lvl30, +5 Metallurgy, +5 Blacksmithing, +3 Armorsmithing, +3 Weaponsmithing
- 50 Kojan Artisans Faction
Hint: If you got to 400 faction in Kojan as an outsider, you probably did so in Tawar Galan, which rewards 10 faction for each workorder for Ca'ial Brael and Martok. If not, 21 one piece WO are done quite fast.
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Thestra
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Prerequisites:
- at least 400 Thestra Artisans faction
- -7999 with Halgarad and Dakhnarg (or see hint)
- 3 Pyrite Ore
Head over to New Targonor's crafting district and talk to Godrek, the BS instructor to get " A True Thestran Crafter ". He will send you to Konarthi Point, which is located SE of Halgarad or east of Dakhnarg. I leave it up to everyone how to get across half the continent, being lvl21 adventurer, I headed up north through Shrine of Flames, took an immediate right after entering Three Rivers chunk and followed the river through Spider Bluffs and Forest's Heart, fairly easy ride, only lvl21-24 2d-3d aggro mobs which can easily be avoided. When you enter Leth Nurae chunk, get back on the road and head through to Veskal's Exhange and further on through Valley of Heroes. Pass south through Halgarad once you reach it, and turn left at the bottom of the hill, follow the road all the way to Konarthi Point.
In Konarthi Point locate the Finishing Taskmaster. Right behind him is a Brazier, which will inspire you to craft pyrite ingots and pyrite spear heads. Build them and return to Godrek in New Targonor to receive your new title Initiate Blacksmith and tons of new receipes. Congratulations, Initiate Blacksmith.
Reward:
- Thestran Metalworkers's Ring, Ring lvl30, +5 Metallurgy, +5 Blacksmithing, +3 Armorsmithing, +3 Weaponsmithing
- 50 Thestra Artisans Faction
Hint: For those filhty, lice infected beardwearers, commonly known as dwarves, which are not welcomed in either Halgarad or Dakhnarg, you might try to sneak yourself over the mountains to the east of Halgarad to avoid aggroed NPC's. Bypass Derogar's Post to the south, cut to the east right before Halgarad and head southwards over the mountains a bit more to the east. Good Luck. ;P You could also try to gain our favor by killing mobs east of derogars or the valley south of that.
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Hope this will aid all those information seeking Armorers and Weaponsmithes out there. Did all three quests in less than 6hrs, but can be done in less than three I guess.
Xorscha of Halgarad, Initiate Armorer of the continents, Gelenia (EU)