Shadow's Descent

Shadow's Descent is a mission quest available via the QUEST verb.

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Step 1:

Step 1:
You have must have unlocked and completed the Gemstones quest.

Step 2:

Step 2:
Travel to the Hinterwilds and go to the Artificer.
[Rawknuckle's, Watering Hole - 29877] (u7503251)

QUEST ACCEPT # (The number for Shadow's Descent)

Step 3:

Step 3:
Shatter a gemstone.

>ask art about shat
The artificer says, "I can shatter your jewel to produce Dust, a valuable commodity that those of us who practice the ways of artifice can use to great effect.  Shattering your jewel will produce 10 Dust.  If you would like me to proceed, ask again in the next 30 seconds."
>ask art about shat
Producing a small hammer that glitters like living starlight, the masked artificer raises its arm high and brings it down in a brutal arc.  With a resonant chiming sound, the jewel shatters into sparkling motes that the artificer gathers carefully into a pile.  It surrenders the Dust to you with a polite nod.

You now have # Dust in your reserves.

[A horned rowan stang is now in your right hand.]

The artificer gathers the fresh Dust residue.  "A worthy sacrifice.  With this, I will fashion a tool for you."  The artificer produces a horned rod made from rowan wood and sprinkles some Dust over it, murmuring in a strange tongue.  The wood glows briefly from within before the Dust settles.  "This is known as a stang.  It is a tool for divination."

"Use the stang to read the bodies of foes you fell within any place known to harbor Gemstone fragments of the Lunar Shard.  Twenty such readings should suffice."  The artificer hands the horned rowan stang to you and turns away as if expecting you to do as you are told without further question.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

Step 4:

Step 4:
Kill Ascension creatures and wave your stang at them!
* Pro Tip - Kill one, wave the stang at one, search the creature, repeat.
* Pro Tip #2 - You can RESERVE the stang, you don't have to hold it!

You will need to kill and wave the stang at 20 creatures.

Step 5:

Step 5:
Travel to the Hinterwilds and go to the Artificer.
[Rawknuckle's, Watering Hole - 29877] (u7503251)
The stang will be automatically taken from you when you return to the Artificer.


As the masked artificer takes the horned rowan stang from you, it nods approvingly.  Its aloof manner evaporates as it whispers over the stang, awakening unreadable sigils along its surfaces.  With a note of grim concern in its voice, it says, "I have a suspicion, but I must be certain.  I believe the most expeditious path to answers lies in an unexpected place."

It says, "In my travels, I encountered a creature of considerable knowledge, a being that is not entirely what he appears to be.  Do you know of kobolds?  They are small and unassuming, but some are possessed of a grander vision.  Seek out a shaman among them in a forest shaped like a dragon's claw.  The answers we seek may lie there."
Roundtime: 5 sec.

Step 6:

Step 6:
Travel to the Kobold Village outside Wehnimer's Landing.
[Kobold Village - 6268] (u373007)
Enter the Shaman's Hut.
[Kobold Village, Shaman's Hut - 36594] (u171801)

"Wait, wait, don't murder me!"  The shrill plea emits from an amber-eyed kobold shaman.  He is certainly a fantastical specimen of his kind, with long, spindly horns rather like an antelope's.  They are painted bile green and vomit pink, colors that match his absurdly vivid robes.  The fact that he hid from you for even a moment is a sign that you should have an empath examine your eyes.

[Use QUEST CONTINUE to proceed.]

Step 7:

Step 7:
A note of cunning creeps into the kobold shaman's beady little eyes as he says, "You aren't here to kill me at all, are you?  No, you need something.  The name's Bomblemagoria, at your service!"  He throws his robes open, revealing pockets laden with a variety of ramshackle trinkets and baubles.  "How about a talisman of dragon repellent?  What?  Of course it works.  Have you ever seen a dragon around here?"

Undeterred, he continues, "Maybe some commemorative potion of zombie attraction?  They're surprisingly dextrous, you know.  No?  Well, what is it that you want?"

[Use QUEST CONTINUE to proceed.]
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Once you have, with no small measure of skepticism, explained the situation to the shaman, he says, "I do think I can be of assistance.  But first, I'll need you to acquire some things for me.  Very, very, very important things."  He produces a piece of parchment with a small list written on it and presents it to you.  As if sensing your skepticism, he says, "I know, it seems odd that I already had this written out.  I... uh, I saw the future!  Or something!"

He goes on to say, "Just in case you can't read, here are the ingredients I need: frog's bone porridge (it binds, it shines; it tastes like regret), gnollish mushrooms, daggerstalk mushrooms (never alone; always supervised), witchwood twigs, bolmara lichen.  Lichen is the silent hero.  Write that down."

"You'll need to inquire with your fellow adventurers on the location of these ingredients - I'm a shaman, not a tour guide."

[You can use QUEST INFO to see the list of requested ingredients.]
Roundtime: 5 sec.

>quest info 2
Name:          Shadow's Descent
Rewards:       Mechanical
Prerequisites: Completion of quest A Sparkling Ascent.

You are currently undertaking this quest.

Bomblemagoria requested that you fetch these ingredients:
  - some frog's bone porridge (1 remaining) ([Leaftoe's Health and Bake Shop - 3363] (u4043866) - 250 silvers)
  - a handful of gnollish mushrooms (5 remaining) ([Marcketel Mushroom Exporters - 9479])
  - a witchwood twig (5 remaining)
  - a daggerstalk mushroom (5 remaining)
  - some bolmara lichen (5 remaining)

return to kobold shaman 6268

GIVE him all the things

lie down and drink soup

forage rift herbs

kill fetish masters in the scatter for peppers peppers drop AT YOUR FEET like gemstones do.

return to kobold shaman 6268

GIVE him all the things

bring soup to next step

graveyard hut 7366

lie down and drink soup

hiwi artificer

hive room 34269 boss fight. may be difficult for some builds

hiwi artificer not a fight, you just get OBLITERATED

you land in IMT TC dead with T3 wounds everywhere

return to artificer

remember to quest complete

and do accept the 4 new repeatable quests.