Find A Linguist
Level 42 · Adventuring
Objectives
Find someone in the Lost Canyon that can decipher the document for you.
- Oddly Written Note (0/1)
Description
The document is written in strange, foreign symbols and glyphs. Trying to make anything of it will take you decades. You should find someone within the Lost Canyon that can decipher this for you.
Another account
Someone who played this quest wrote down how they did it. That is a different thing from the quest’s own text — where the NPC stands, which mob drops the piece — and the archive holds it for almost nothing else.
Walkthrough as recorded by vgwalkthroughs
1. Finding the Note
The Lost Canyon is a place of great struggle. It is where 3 races fight to survive, and is the only place where you can find a mask only known by the name "Mask of the Feral Warrior". If you so wish to obtain a mask such as this, look no further than the Lost Canyon riftway, which will bring you to the heart of the Vulmane outpost.
Once at the outpost, make your way south. To the south you will find a camp full of goblins (around level 42-44 3dots). If you go further south, you will find another camp of goblins (42-44 2dots). Pick a camp (doesn't matter which) and start killing them off. Kill them with all your might until a note drops. You notice right away that the note is written in an odd way (Oddly Written Note). Right click the note to begin a quest.
Note: It is said that any Reshnok Goblins or Sithar Trogoldytes will drop the note.
2. I Can't Read the Note
You find that you are unable to read the note, as it is written in strange, foreign symbols and glyphs. Right away you realize if you would like to get futher in this quest, you will need to find someone within the Lost Canyon that can decipher this for you. Luckily in the Vulmane camp that you riftway'd into, there is a Vulmane there that can help you.
His name is Dharrek Anshaw, and he is the Direfang Scout Leader. He will be standing near a fire, and be one of 3 Vulmane keeping themselves warm. Speak to him and hand him the note. He will immediately recognize that the language the note is written in is troglodyte. He informs you that they are at constant war with the troglodytes, but he will send this document to the proper intelligence and have it translated. But if you wish to earn more respect from him, you must do more than just bring him a simple document.
3. Let's Do More
Quest: Do or Do Note, There Is No Try
So you wish to earn more respect from Dharrek? Well, you will need to not just do something for him, but perform a duty for the Direfangs. Since the Direfangs are with constant war with the Reshnok Goblins and the Sithar Trogoldytes, why don't you slay some! Also, if you could collect some grenitine seeds from the fungus growths that bloom along the canyon roads, that would be great too! Do all of this, and live through it, then perhaps he'll consider trusting you more.
Well, let's start with the Reshnok Goblins. These are the goblins you killed in the first step to get the note initially. You can kill either, the 3dot goblins or the 2dot goblins (it doesn't matter which), but you will need to kill a total of 30 altogether.
On your way to the goblins, you will notice mushroom patches every so often on the paths. Loot these mushrooms and you will find that you can loot the Grenitine Seeds from them. Each mushroom will have 2 or 3 seeds that you can loot, and as you only need to collect 20 altogether, it shouldn't take you long before they are all collected.
After you have killed 30 Reshnoks and collected 20 Grenitine Seeds, you can make your way back to the Vulmane Camp. From the camp, head east and you will shortly hit a camp of Sithar Troglodytes threatening to invade the Direfang outpost. These mobs will all be around level 42-44 3dots, and you may need a partner to take them down. In total, you will need to slay 30 of them, so take your time and get your 30 kills.
After you have done all of this, head back to Dharrek Anshaw, maybe he will be willing to trust you a bit more.
Required Level: 40Finding the Note
Required Level: 42The Velerium Mine
The Sithar Must Be Stopped
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Objectives as recorded by curse
Find someone in the Lost Canyon that can decipher the document for you.
Oddly Written Note (1)
Details
- Starts with
- Oddly Written Note (an item, not a person)
- Hand in to
- Dharrek Anshaw
- Repeatable
- No
- Rating
- 0.0
- Items needed
- Oddly Written Note
Source
https://www.vgoemulator.net/archive/MMODB%20Vanguard/vg.mmodb.com/quests/find-a-linguist-3381.html
Guides covering this
- Gaining Trust — VG Walkthroughs