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Where There's Smoke...
Nash is afraid of what the orcs will do to his farm, but he's just as worried about his farm dogs.
Where There's Smoke... | |
Heroic level: | 3 |
Epic level: | None |
Duration: | medium |
Heroic XP: | ♣517Solo/Casual ♦932Normal ♥1,001Hard ♠1,070Elite |
Epic XP: | N/A |
Takes place in: | Nash Braza's Farmstead |
Bestowed by: | Nash Braza |
NPC contact: | Nash Braza |
Quest acquired in: | The Cerulean Hills |
Patron: | The Free Agents |
Base favor: | 3 |
Purchase: | Free to Play |
Extreme Challenge: | No |
Overview
Orcs are preparing to burn Nash Braza's farmstead to the ground. Slay the orcs and prevent Nash's farm from becoming a firey ruin.
Note: This quest is labeled as a Harbor quest in-game but is actually picked up and turned-in, within The Cerulean Hills.
Spoiler Warning: Spoiler material below this point!
Objectives
- Find Nash's farm house and save it from the orcs
- Put out the fire at the farm house
- Kill all the orc ambushers (15 total)
- Slay Armnok the warband leader
- (Optional) Kill Zarmang the raider — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣78 ♦140 ♥150 ♠161 )
- (Optional) Kill Narbag the raider — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣78 ♦140 ♥150 ♠161 )
- (Optional) Kill Gazmul the raider — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣78 ♦140 ♥150 ♠161 )
- (Optional) Kill Taknor the raider — Bonus (15%): Heroic( ♣78 ♦140 ♥150 ♠161 )
- (Optional) Find and befriend all three of Nash's dogs — Bonus (10%): Heroic( ♣52 ♦93 ♥100 ♠107 )
- (Optional) Bring all the dogs to Nash's caravan — Bonus (40%): Heroic( ♣207 ♦373 ♥400 ♠428 )
What to Expect
- Protect NPCs (optional: 3 dogs)
- Spawning/respawning monsters
Tips and Misc
- To befriend the dogs, you can use your Bluff (DC: ♦4Normal ♥4Hard ♠4Elite), Diplomacy (DC: ♦2Normal ♥2Hard ♠2Elite), or Intimidate (DC: ♦3Normal ♥3Hard ♠3Elite) skills, or simply bribe them with a Smoke-Cured Ham. There are three chests containing the latter, if your skills aren't up to par. The first Smoke-Cured Ham chest is south of the northern shrine, near the cart, the second is near the southeast shrine and the third is well north of the southwest shrine (or well west of the north shrine). Alternatively, if you fail a check, you can simply get them to chase you back to the caravan. However, this will prevent you from getting the "befriend" optional bonus.
- The first dog is southwest of the entrance; the second and third dogs are near the two southern shrines.
- If you're not going to immediately take a dog back to the caravan, make sure to leave him tucked away in a safe spot. Even if told to "Stay", if an enemy comes into range, they'll go on the attack and then keep chasing orcs down, eventually getting themselves killed.
- A good crowd control tip is not to destroy the gate by the water valve of the farm. Rather, go around the building from the left and use the valve. This forces the ambushing orcs to enter through that single passage for a time. However, be wary as sometimes the orcs manage to climb over the fence.
- In the final fight, you may get a message that you've killed Armnok after killing an Orc Barbarian.
- Narbag OR Taknor may appear near the southeast shrine.
- Both cannot spawn in the same run. It is possible that neither spawn.
- Zarmang OR Gazmul may appear near the southwest shrine.
- Both cannot spawn in the same run. It is possible that neither spawn.
Bonus XP
- Discreet bonus: 20 or fewer monsters killed +5% Bonus.( ♣26 ♦47 ♥50 ♠54 )
- Aggression bonus: 23 or more monsters killed +10% Bonus.( ♣52 ♦93 ♥100 ♠107 )
- Onslaught bonus: 46 or more monsters killed +15% Bonus.( ♣78 ♦140 ♥150 ♠161 )
- Conquest bonus: 69 or more monsters killed +25% Bonus.( ♣129 ♦233 ♥250 ♠268 )
- Mischief bonus: 21 or more breakables smashed +8% Bonus.( ♣41 ♦75 ♥80 ♠86 )
- Vandal bonus: 27 or more breakables smashed +10% Bonus.( ♣52 ♦93 ♥100 ♠107 )
- Ransack bonus: 33 or more breakables smashed +15% Bonus.( ♣78 ♦140 ♥150 ♠161 )
- Notes: The devious and insidious cunning bonuses are unobtainable due to the 15 required kills of the orc ambushers.
External Links
- Spyderwolf's Youtube Video Quest Walkthrough
- CuriousGIS Quest Guide
- Video Walkthrough
- U30 Video Solo Walkthrough
- DO IT ALL by Planky
Loot
- Chests: 1–3
- Collectables: 4
- Rubble — northwards of the entrance
- Mushroom — on the way to the southeast shrine
- Mushroom — up the dry river bed (with the wolves)
- Adventurer's Pack — between two farm buildings
NPC end rewards
Randomly generated loot, ML correlates with effective quest level.
Named Chest Drop
Last Edited | Item | Type | Enhancements | ML | Bind | Quests |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Zaramang's Longbow (edit) | Long Bow |
|
2 | Bound to Character on EquipBound to Character on Equip: This item is Bound to Character on Equip | Where There's Smoke..., Zarmang's Chest |
|
Crude Bauble (edit) | Trinket |
|
2 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Where There's Smoke..., Armnok's Chest |
|
Braza's Hat (edit) | Helm |
|
2 | UnboundUnbound: This item is Unbound, and may take permanent damage. | Where There's Smoke..., Gazmul's chest |
Monsters
Name ( picture ) | CR | Type | Race |
---|---|---|---|
Armnok ( view • edit ) | ♦5Normal ♥7Hard ♠10Elite | Orc | Orc |
Farm Dog ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Animal | Dog |
Gazmul ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Orc | Orc |
Narbag ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Orc | Orc |
Orc Bandit ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Orc | Orc |
Orc Barbarian ( view • edit ) | ♦3Normal ♥5Hard ♠8Elite | Orc | Orc |
Orc Cleric ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Orc | Orc |
Orc Ranger ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite | Orc | Orc |
Orc Warrior ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥3Hard ♠6Elite | Orc | Orc |
Orc Wizard ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Orc | Orc |
Syndicate Muscle ( view • edit ) | ♦2Normal ♥4Hard ♠7Elite | Humanoid | Human |
Taknor ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Orc | Orc |
Wolf ( view • edit ) | ♦1Normal ♥2Hard ♠5Elite | Animal | Wolf |
Zarmang ( view • edit ) | ♦4Normal ♥6Hard ♠9Elite | Orc | Orc |
- Medium quests
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