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Quest FAQ
by Relle
[email protected]
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Updates
3. Quests
3a. Main Quests
3b. Side Quests
3b-1. Upper Avernum
3b-2. Krizsan Province
3b-3. Isle of Bigail
3b-4. Karnold Province
3b-5. Midori Province
3b-6. Monoroe Province
3b-7. Northern Valorim
4. Acknowledgements
5. Copyright Info
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1. Introduction
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The Avernum trilogy is a remake of the Exile trilogy of games, which is in
itself a major throwback to old-style gameplay. The monsters are tough, the
gold is scarce, and the world is big. There are no cutscenes to watch, nor
fancy FMV or impressive voicework. Just a game. A game, I might add, that is
one of the better hidden gems on the PC and Mac. Before modern RPGs with their
complex polygons and pages of text to sort through (Morrowind, I'm looking at
you...) Avernum came along. This title has all the advantages of modern games,
such as a huge world to explore, quests to undergo and many, many monsters to
kill. Those quests I mentioned are numerous, perhaps not quite as much as some
larger RPGs, but still requiring a good deal of attention to find and complete.
So, I hope this FAQ will help you on your way.
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2. Updates
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0.50 - Not sure how complete this is, but I'm done with the quests up to and
including Midori province. I may have missed a quest or two, so if you know of
one I haven't written up, e-mail me and I'll credit you for the info.
0.55 - Corrected a formatting error and added a quest.
0.75 - Did I upload the last revision? I forget. Either way, I think I cleared
Monoroe of quests, aside from the damn unicorn one from Bremerton. The only
place left is northern Valorim.
0.76 - Minor corrections.
1.00 - Well, that's it. As near as I can tell, this guide is complete. Feel
free to e-mail me about any quests I've missed, since in a game like this one,
it's entirely possible I skipped over something.
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3. Quests
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3a. Main Quests
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1 - Go see Anaximander
Where to Get: Fort Emergence
How to Complete: Simple. Talk to Anaximander in Fort Emergence.
Reward: Nothing.
2 - Go Up To the Surface
Where to Get: Anaximander in Fort Emergence
How to Complete: Go to the surface and take the quest to destroy the slimes,
then report back to Anaximander about it.
Reward: Nothing
3 - Destroy the Slimes
Where to Get: Mayor Arbuckle in Krizsan
How to Complete: Follow the walkthrough to find the slime pit and destroy it.
Return to Arbuckle for your reward.
Reward: 500 XP and 1500 coins. +4 to your reputation.
4 - Investigate New Formello Murders
Where to Get: Anaximander in Fort Emergence
How to Complete: The murder cave is north of New Formello. Go through to the
end to find a key. Report back to Anaximander.
Reward: Nothing.
5 - Eliminate the Cockroach Infestation
Where to Get: Mayor Bernathy in Shayder
How to Complete: Follow the walkthrough to find the Filth Factory and destroy
it. Return to Bernathy for the reward.
Reward: 300 XP. +4 to your reputation. Fireband Ring.
6 - Destroy Troglo/Giant Barrier
Where to Get: Solve the quest 'Slay Elhioc'
How to Complete: Get the map that leads to the Concealed Tunnel from the
giants. Power the teleporter, then either kill the Doomguard
or just smash the crystal to bring down the barrier.
Reward: Nothing
7 - Eliminate the Golems
Where to Get: General Baziron in Tevrono
How to Complete: Destroy the four Golem Control Spires, then assault the
Golem Factory and smash the crystal controlling it all.
Reward: 300 XP and 300 coins. +4 to your reputation and you can now ask
Baziron about training. He will tell you about Tenuta, who will teach
you the Parry skill for 5600 coins per point per person.
8 - Deliver Prazac's Message
Where to Get: Empress Prazac in Blackcrag Fortress
How to Complete: Take the message to Anaximander in Fort Emergence.
Reward: The quest 'Deliver Message to Prazac'
9 - Deliver Message to Prazac
Where to Get: Anaximander upon completion of the quest 'Deliver Prazac's
Message'
How to Complete: Take the message to Empress Prazac in Blackcrag Fortress.
Reward: 250 XP. +1 to your reputation. You now have permission to enter
Footracer province.
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3b. Side Quests
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3b-1. Upper Avernum
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1 - Find Lost Papers
Where to Get: Thereza in Fort Emergence
How to Complete: Northwest of the fort there's an area covered in stalagmites.
There's a secret passage leading to the body with the papers.
Reward: 200 XP. +2 to your reputation.
2 - Kill Bandit Leader
Where to Get: Commander Johnson in Fort Emergence
How to Complete: Kill the bandit leader in the bandit lair to the north.
Reward: 150 XP and 100 gold. +1 to your reputation.
3 - Return Koriba's Statue
Where to Get: Koriba in Ghikra
How to Complete: The statue is in the bandit's lair. There's a hidden
staircase in the wolf pens that leads up to it.
Reward: Soul Crystal
4 - Info on Slimes for Rentar-Ihrno
Where to Get: Rentar-Ihrno in Ghikra
How to Complete: Find the rune in the Slime Pit.
Reward: 250 XP and Rentar's Charm.
5 - Find Denise's Amulet
Where to Get: Denise in Portal Fortress
How to Complete: Her amulet is behind the dresser in her room, in the Tower
of the Magi.
Reward: 200 XP and a Forcecage scroll.
6 - Get Research Books
Where to Get: Walner in Portal Fortress
How to Complete: Just find research books anywhere and bring them back to him.
Reward: 20 XP and 40 coins per book.
6 - Find Hmurrr's Cows
Where to Get: New Cotra
How to Complete: The cows are wandering around the forest north of Portal
Fortress, across the river.
Reward: 200 XP and some food.
7 - Kill Ice Pudding
Where to Get: Crisper in New Cotra
How to Complete: The ice pudding is in a small tunnel north of Portal
Fortress. Just search along the west walls to find it.
Reward: 200 XP and 300 coins. +1 to your reputation.
8 - Help Out Sliths
Where to Get: Ahsoth in New Formello
How to Complete: First talk to Commander Ace. He's wandering around, so it
might be hard to find him. He will tell you to destroy the
chitrachs south of the city. Do so (I warn you, it's tough)
and return to Ace.
Reward: 300 XP. +3 to your reputation. Talk to Hsska with three or fewer
party members to have him join you.
9 - Read Vahnatai Notes
Where to Get: Mahdavi in the Tower of the Magi
How to Complete: Ask Erika about the notes once you can enter her tower. The
notes are in a back room only accessible through the rear
entrance.
Reward: 200 XP. +2 to Vahnatai Lore.
10 - Recover Lab Notes
Where to Get: Carrie in the Tower of the Magi
How to Complete: The wight with the notes is in the creature lab. Kill it.
Reward: 200 XP and the location of some magical armor.
11 - Recover Orb of Thralni
Where to Get: Anaximander in Fort Emergence, after the roach plague is ended.
How to Complete: Talk with Seles to go to where the thieves teleported. Go
to their tower and recover the orb.
Reward: 500 XP and the Orb of Thralni
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1 - Find Dominique
Where to Get: Benedict in Krizsan
How to Complete: Dominique is in New Formello. Talk to her, then return to
Benedict to get your reward.
Reward: 200 XP. +1 to your reputation. One healing and haste potion, and
some knowledge brew.
2 - Find Fellows' Ring
Where to Get: Fellows in Krizsan
How to Complete: Give him any gold ring.
Reward: 100 XP and a lucky charm.
3 - Get Metal Lumps
Where to Get: Arion in the Inn of Blades
How to Complete: The trees in the diamond shape are north and slightly east
of the Inn. The metal lumps are on a hill due north.
Reward: 200 XP. +1 to your reputation. Slow spell level 3.
4 - Free Illyee
Where to Get: Guhkbar's Pit
How to Complete: Either slay Guhkbar or free Illyee with the key.
Reward: 250 XP either way. 200 coins if you kill Guhkbar yourself.
5 - Return Paolo's Package
Where to Get: Paulo in Pergies
How to Complete: Enter the locked room in the Delis inn by way of the secret
passage. You'll need Dispel Barriers or a piercing crystal.
Warning: if you take the package, you'll make the entire
town angry at you!
Reward: 200 XP and a Mage's Bracelet.
6 - Bring Dryad Something Beautiful
Where to Get: Northwest of Ernest's Hut is the dryad's grove
How to Complete: There's a Perfect Flower in a mountain pass in Karnold
Province, north of Libras.
Reward: 250 XP and the location of the Dryad's Blessed Charm.
7 - Kill Roaches for Nell
Where to Get: Nell in Farport
How to Complete: Her house is in the southeast corner of town. Just kill all
the roaches, then return to her for the reward.
Reward: 200 XP. +1 to Arcane Lore.
8 - Deliver Note to Northern Hut
Where to Get: The Hermit's Hut on the south side of the mountain range,
northeast of the Inn of Blades.
How to Complete: Take it to the Hermit Hut on the north side of the mountains.
Reward: 40 coins.
9 - Deliver Note to Southern Hut
Where to Get: The north Hermit Hut upon completion of quest 8.
How to Complete: Take the note back to the southern hut.
Reward: 50 coins
10 - Deliver Note to Northern Hut (part 2)
Where to Get: The south Hermit Hut upon completion of quest 9
How to Complete: Take it to the Hermit Hut on the north side of the mountains.
Reward: 60 coins.
11 - Deliver Note to Southern Hut (part 2)
Where to Get: The north Hermit Hut upon completion of quest 10.
How to Complete: Take the note back to the southern hut.
Reward: 70 coins
12 - Deliver Note to Northern Hut (part 3)
Where to Get: The south Hermit Hut upon completion of quest 11
How to Complete: Take it to the Hermit Hut on the north side of the mountains.
Reward: 80 coins.
13 - Deliver Note to Southern Hut (part 3)
Where to Get: The north Hermit Hut upon completion of quest 12.
How to Complete: Take the note back to the southern hut.
Reward: 90 coins
14 - Deliver Note to Northern Hut (part 4)
Where to Get: The south Hermit Hut upon completion of quest 13
How to Complete: Take it to the Hermit Hut on the north side of the mountains.
Reward: 100 coins.
15 - Deliver Note to Southern Hut (part 4)
Where to Get: The north Hermit Hut upon completion of quest 14.
How to Complete: Take the note back to the southern hut.
Reward: 100 XP and 110 coins.
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3b-3. Isle of Bigail
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1 - Graymold Salve for Jed
Where to Get: Jed in Shayder
How to Complete: Any graymold salve will do. If you have potion-making at
level 5 and the proper recipe and ingredients, you can make
your own.
Reward: 250 XP. +2 to your reputation. You can now find Meena in the Anama
temple and have her train you in Pathfinder.
2 - Deliver Package to Lorelei
Where to Get: Irvine in Shayder
How to Complete: First buy booze from the innkeeper to get an 'in' with
Irvine. The package is south in a tiny room. To deliver
it to Lorelei without incident, use a secret crossing west
of Lorelei to take you past the checkpoint. An easier
method is to use Ernest's teleporter.
Reward: 250 XP and 1000 coins. You can also now join the Thieves' Guild.
3 - Find Grunders's Ring
Where to Get: Grunders in Shayder. Must have Anama rings, real or otherwise.
How to Complete: The ring is along the north ledge in the sewers, and requires
a boat and a point or two in Luck to find.
Reward: 200 XP and 500 coins. +1 to your reputation.
4 - Retrieve Charm for Nephil
Where to Get: Nephil east of Bavner
How to Complete: The innkeeper is in the northwest building in Bavner.
Reward: 200 XP and a blessed bow.
5 - Visit Point Contemplation
Where to Get: Mother Loomis in Bavner
How to Complete: Point Contemplation is south of Shayder. Look around inside.
Reward: 250 XP. +2 to your reputation.
6 - Find Mundt
Where to Get: Mother Melamed in Kuper
How to Complete: Mundt is in Lorelei.
Reward: 200 XP. +1 to your reputation and the Xian coin.
7 - Find Curing Potion
Where to Get: Anama priests wandering the road on the north end of Bigail
How to Complete: Just sell them any healing potion
Reward: 200 XP and 50 coins. +1 to your reputation.
8 - Find Elspeth's Crystal
Where to Get: Elspeth in the Southpoint Lighthouse
How to Complete: The crystal is guarded by a horrid specter in the northpoint
lighthouse, in a secret room along the west outside wall.
Reward: 250 XP. +1 to your reputation and several useful crystals.
9 - Help Some Spiders
Where to Get: The chief spider in the GIFTS cave
How to Complete: Go to the stone circle due northwest of the spider cave.
Reward: The location of the friendly roaches.
10 - Clear Out Odd Dungeon
Where to Get: Mayor Yale in Marish
How to Complete: Wipe out the undead in the Chasm of Screams, north of Marish.
Reward: +1 to your reputation and a blessed steel helmet.
11 - Dispose of Marish Brigands
Where to Get: Mayor Yale in Marish, upon completion of quest 10.
How to Complete: There's a band of rebels along the west coast, hiding behind
the mountains northwest of Marish. You'll have to kill them.
Reward: -2 to your reputation and a Flaming Sword
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1 - Hunt Ogres Near Bolton
Where to Get: Voster in Bolton
How to Complete: The ogres are wandering around outside Bolton. Kill them.
Reward: 250 XP. +2 to your reputation and an iron greatsword
2 - Libras Courier Job
Where to Get: Mervin in Libras
How to Complete: Just buy some Fine Clothes from Mervin or other merchants
and sell them in Squiggus to the north. Then buy Savory
Herbs and take them back to Mervin. Simple.
Reward: 100 coins for each bundle of goods.
3 - Destroy Undead for Stormport
Where to Get: Runkle in Stormport
How to Complete: Far north of Stormport, across the river, is a tower full
of undead. Destroy them all.
Reward: 250 XP. +2 to your reputation. Talk to Dana afterwards to learn
the location of a spellbook that teaches Healing level 3.
4 - Remove Ogre from Dryad Grove
Where to Get: The dryad's grove north of Libras
How to Complete: Send one character into the grove and solve the puzzles to
reach the ogre. Kill it.
Reward: The loot the ogre has around him.
5 - Kill King Vothkaro
Where to Get: Mayor Najib in Aminro
How to Complete: After completing quest 10, you can safely kill Vothkaro.
Reward: 250 XP. +2 to your reputation and an Armor Ring.
5 - Get Ring for Ginny
Where to Get: Ginny in Sharimik
How to Complete: Talk to Sloan to learn the location of the ring, then get it.
Reward: 200 XP. +1 to your reputation and some food.
6 - Hunt Down Zang
Where to get: Starcap, the trainer in Sharimik
How to Complete: Zang is in Moon. You'll have to kill him.
Reward: 250 XP. +1 to your reputation, and Starcap will direct you to a book
in city hall that teaches Far Sight level 3.
7 - Destroy Altar for Corie
Where to Get: Corie in Sharimik
How to Complete: First get the Ritual of Santification from the hermit, then
purify the altar in the troglo hideout east of Sharimik.
Reward: Corie's permission for quest 8.
8 - Sharimik Scroll Quest
Where to Get: Mayor Knight in Sharimik after completing quest 7.
How to Complete: Take the scroll to Vothkaro. Finish quest 11, then take the
message back to Knight.
Reward: 400 XP. +2 to your reputation and 500 coins. The door in the library
that was locked is now open. The book inside teaches Dispel Barrier.
9 - Steal Book for Ivanova
Where to Get: Ivanova in Golddale
How to Complete: Steal the book Piercing the Lost Portals from Ernest's hut.
Reward: 300 XP. -1 to your reputation and +2 to Resistance for your party.
10 - Slay Lizard Chief
Where to Get: Delenn in Golddale
How to Complete: Traverse the Golddale mines till you find the Slith chief.
Reward: 300 XP and 1000 coins. +2 to your reputation.
11 - Clean Out Ursagi Cave
Where to Get: Delenn in Golddale, after completing quest 10
How to Complete: The Lair of Ursagi is in the northeast corner of the valley.
Go in and kill everything that moves.
Reward: 300 XP. +2 to your reputation and a Blessed Longsword.
12 - Slay Elhioc
Where to Get: Vothkaro in the troglo castle
How to Complete: Go into the lower levels below the castle to find and kill
Elhioc. He's waiting in the northwest corner of the map.
Reward: 300 XP and the quest 'Destroy Troglo/Giant Barrier.'
13 - Metal for Carmine
Where to Get: Carmine in Lennus
How to Complete: What you need is mithril, which will show up as metal lumps
on your special items screen. The easiest way to get some
is to take the quest for Arion and use that metal.
Reward: Pay him 1000 coins and he will make the Mithril Sword, one of the
best weapons in the game. It will take 20-30 days to finish, so just
do some adventuring and come back later.
14 - Meet Empress Prazac
Where to Get: Shahpur in Angel's Rest
How to Complete: Simply speak with Empress Prazac in Blackcrag Fortress.
Reward: 250 XP. +2 to your reputation.
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1 - Find Zik
Where to Get: Mayor Scowcroft in Softport
How to Complete: Zik is in Dorngas, at the inn. Kill him.
Reward: 250 XP. +2 to your reputation, 100 coins and a Reward Slip.
2 - Recover Soldiers' Possessions
Where to Get: Commander Bruskrud in Lorelei
How to Complete: The soldiers in question died in the Cavern of Giants. Their
personal effects are all on the first level, in chests.
There's four of them in total.
Reward: 200 XP for the Love Letter, 100 XP for the Good Luck Charm,
Embroidered Favor and Locket With Painting, plus 300 coins for each
item, for a total of 1200 coins.
3 - Free Empire Soldiers
Where to Get: Commander Bruskrud in Lorelei
How to Complete: The three soldiers are in prisons scattered along the top
level in the Cavern of Giants. You must first secure the
escape route in the southeastern corner of the map, then
speak to each one to free them.
Reward: 200 XP and 500 coins.
4 - Find Son's Silver Ring
Where to Get: Mia in Malloc
How to Complete: The ring is on an island northeast of Malloc. You'll need
the Orb of Thralni to reach it.
Reward: Nothing but good feelings.
5 - Hunt Goblins for Malloc
Where to Get: Mrrr in Malloc
How to Complete: The goblins are wandering around outside Malloc. You'll need
a fairly good Nature Lore to catch up to them. There's 3-4
groups in total.
Reward: 250 XP. +1 to your reputation and a suit of Field Plate Mail.
6 - Liberate Dryad Grove
Where to Get: A dryad outside, east of Lorelei
How to Complete: Go to the stone circle she mentions and kill the giants.
Reward: 200 XP and an Invulnerability Elixir.
7 - Find Hidden Poubslo Giants
Where to Get: Daltrey in Poubslo
How to Complete: The giants are in a secret passage you can enter via the
north side outside the town's walls.
Reward: 250 XP. +1 to your reputation and +1 to Anatomy.
8 - Bring Fine Meal
Where to Get: An enclave south of Lorelei
How to Complete: Bring them sacks of fine meal. Simple. An easy way to do
this is to sell one to Levy, then buy it back as many times
as needed.
Reward: 25 coins per sack
9 - Kill Vampire By Sea
Where to Get: Some ogres east of Calloc and southwest of Dorngas
How to Complete: You have to kill the vampire southwest of Calloc, by the sea.
Reward: 100 XP. +1 to Anatomy for each member of your party.
10 - Kill Ogres in Swamp
Where to Get: The vampire southwest of Calloc
How to Complete: Kill the ogres who gave you quest 6.
Reward: 100 XP. +1 to Find Herbs for each member of your party.
11 - Eliminate Calloc Raiders
Where to Get: The mayor in Calloc
How to Complete: The Nephil are northeast of Calloc. Don't attack them!
Instead, speak with them. Now go to the small valley that's
east of Calloc. Kill off the monsters there.
Reward: 100 XP and 500 coins. +1 to your reputation.
12 - Kill Creatures for Sulfas
Where to Get: Sulfas, in her lair
How to Complete: Go where Sulfas tells you and kill the Alien Beasts.
Reward: Quest 13.
13 - Get Things From Dragons
Where to Get: Sulfas upon completion of quest 12
How to Complete: See Khoth and check his shelves for the ritual, then see
Athron for the Metal Lumps. Speak with Sulfas again to
finish the quest.
Reward: The Beastslayer.
14 - Find Grimoire of Thren
Where to Get: Cerulian in Moon
How to Complete: The book she wants is in Blackcrag Fortress. Speak to Shane,
then Howar the alchemist, and he'll give you the book.
Reward: 250 XP. If you demand payment first, you'll receive a Knowledge
Charm. Either way, you can now examine the pedastal in the library
and learn Divine Host level 3. It requires some Vahnatai Lore.
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1 - Hunt the Unicorns
Where to Get: Some farmers near Bremerton
How to Complete: There's six packs of unicorns. Having high Nature Lore or
being on horseback will allow you to catch them.
Reward: 200 XP, a Spidersilk Shirt and some cake.
2 - Writing Supplies for Spineridge
Where to Get: Alzon in Spineridge
How to Complete: Just bring her pens and paper.
Reward: 5 XP and 20 coins per item.
3 - Find Heroic Brew Recipe
Where to Get: Nantier in Gale
How to Complete: Speak to Nantier to learn about the key to the Gale library.
Go to the herb seller and buy it off her for 5000 coins.
The recipe is in the library.
Reward: 250 XP and a collection of potions.
4 - Deliver Message to Baziron
Where to Get: An Empire encampment southwest of Tevrono
How to Complete; Just take the message to General Baziron in Tevrono.
Reward: 250 XP and 300 coins. +1 to your reputation.
5 - Destroy Golem Scouts
Where to Get: General Baziron in Tevrono
How to Complete: The golems are within view of the bridge, on the other side
of the river. Use the Orb of Thralni to reach them easily.
Reward: 250 XP. +1 to your reputation.
6 - Destroy Golems for Delakros
Where to Get: Delakros, in his lair south of Greendale
How to Complete: Eliminate the golem plague.
Reward: You can now take Delakros' treasure.
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1 - Clear Undead Out of Crypt
Where to Get: Bohen-Ihrno in the Defiled Crypt, north of Calloc
How to Complete: Discover the Crystal Souls, then report back for your reward.
Reward: +1 to Vahnatai Lore skill.
2 - Find Golem Torc
Where to Get: Petrie in Blackcrag Fortress
How to Complete: She wants a Golem Diadrem. They're sometimes dropped by
Demon Golems.
Reward: 250 XP and a pair of Boots of Speed.
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4. Acknowledgements
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Thanks to you, the reader and gamer, for taking the time to read my faq.
Thanks so much to Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb Software (
http://www.spidweb.com)
for preserving old-school gameplay in this and other fantastic titles.
And finally, thanks to CJayC and Gamefaqs for hosting this guide.
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5. Copyright Info
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