2.4 Back to Goodblade

Back to Goodblade

So, I skipped the first three group quests the game offers. Oops! I found a group who was past these quests, and grouped with them. Now I am going back to Gerald Goodblade who resides outside of the Wavecrest Tavern. The Wavecrest is the tavern you were in when you did the Old Sully’s Grog quest. When you are in this tavern, and you see “ says, ‘goodblade q’s?’ that means they are looking for a group to do the Goodblade quests at higher difficulties. The higher the difficulty, the more experience (xp) and favor you get for the quest. You can repeat quests many times, each time doing a different difficulty level.

Back to Gerald. He offers you three quests: one for a set of ancient daggers, one for a healing elixir, and one for a rare scroll. Complete them in any order. In my opinion, the scroll quest is the easiest of the three. The daggers quest involves fighting undead. The elixir requires you to solve a riddle, and the rare scroll quest requires you to solve a floor puzzle. These are all common tasks you will complete throughout the game.

I completed the elixir quest on my own at the solo difficulty at second level with no problem. The final enemy (boss) was hard to hit, and I wouldn’t do this on a higher difficulty by myself. Especially as a magic user/squishy character. If I was a fighter or barbarian (tank) I would have tried a higher difficulty.

A tip on strategy. I am a squishy character meaning I have a relatively low armor class (AC) and I have few hit points compared to other character classes like fighters and barbarians and paladins. I have to be especially tricky when fighting, especially in a solo quest. As a level 2, I have hypnotize which stuns enemies until they are attacked. I have been using that spell against groups of enemies then killing them one at a time with my crossbow. So far, that trick is working very well.

Ok, I finished all three of Goodblade’s quests. Now I found a party to run with. Here’s how I find groups. I begin by clicking the social icon. This is the one in your menu Panel that looks like to faces. Then click the grouping tab. Now you should see a list of groups that are looking for members. Pay attention to the Lvl column. This tells you the levels that the group is looking for. If you are not in that range, do not ask to join. The second column to look at is the Classes needed column. These are the classes the group is currently lacking. If you fit the group’s level and class requests, you are good to go. Click on that groups leader Name and then click the Tell button below. This begins a message directed towards the leader. Tell them you are looking for a group, and mention your class and level. He or she will then say yes, we need you, or no we don’t. If they do,m they might send an invite, which you click the yes button to enter the group. That is the usual way. If you just click the join button without talking to the leader, he may or may not add you to the group. I always talk to the leader first. It’s the surest way to get invited.

I spent the morning doing quests I received from the Leaky Dinghy (a tavern in the middle of the water portion of the harbor). You have to go towards the water on your map, then travel down to the water’s edge using the docks. Do not just jump. As a low level character, you could kill yourself by jumping onto a lower dock. I’ve done that before. It costs you experience (xp). Anyway, I did the quest Dirk gives you called Dirk’s got a secret. That quest’s entrance is back on dry land at the Den of the Kobold Brother’s sewer grate. Use your map to find these places. Once you receive a quest, it’s entrance will appear on your map as a chalice. That quest has a big much that sometimes appears. If it does, AWESOME! That means there will be a chest with muchbanes. Muckbanes are clubs that do not take damage from mucks, and also do extra damage to them. This also applies for oozes and puddings. They are essential weapons for fighters. Some people farm this quest tens of times in a row just to find muckbanes for all their alternate characters (alts). I just got my first one this morning! Yea!

After I did Dirk’s got a secret, I moved on to Philosopher’s row (you are in Philosopher’s row when you are trading collectibles with the little kobold. He accepts prayer beads, and idols. We did Garrison’s missing pack and the Sewer Rescue. Both of these quest givers are in Philosopher’s row, right next to the quests that they give.

You will want to visit a tavern (like the Wavecrest of the Leaky Dinghy) in between quests. If your sp, hp, or charged items or skills are low, resting in the tavern will replenish them. Buy drink to replenish your sp faster, food to replenish your hp faster. Generally, the more expensive the food or drink, the faster you will regain the points. You buy these items from the tavern keeper behind the bar. You must buy them, then consume them by opening your inventory (‘i’) and then double left-clicking on the food or drink. Once consumed, it last for a certain amount of time helping to replenish your points quickly. If you leve the tavern, the food or drink timer will finish, and you’ll have to buy more if you wish to reenter and replenish your points quickly. Stay in the tavern while regenerating your hit and spell points. See you next time!