Impious Staff Quest

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Quest Summary Quest Type: Solo/Group Start Location: Zaikhal Timer: 20 hours Level Restrictions: 20+ Level Suggestions: 60+ Rewards Summary Items: Full details here Impious Staff Max XP: Full details here 10,300,000xp Titles: none Related Articles Introduced In: Shadows of the Past Updated In: The Iron Coast, Shifting Gears

Quest Overview

Before you start the quest, bring a L Note.
Lockpick might help getting you through the doors in the Colier Mine faster.
Lockpick is also required in the Mite Maze.
Purchasing a Smelting Pot from a Master Mage (or other storekeeper who sells Alchemical Supplies) will allow you to skip the first visit to the Mite Maze, saving you a trip and some time.

Walk Through

Impious Temple

1. Talk to Dizah ibn Nadqab at Four Towers near Zaikhal at 12.4N, 2.3E.

• Route: Short run from Zaikhal, use the Four Towers Entrance Portal to get into the courtyard

1. Hand her the L Note to get access to the tower with the portal.
2. Go in the Impious Temple
3. optional: grab Dizah ibn Nadqab's Journal from the bottom of the first part of the dungeon (from drop, go right and down one level), lore reasons only
4. Collect 4 Keys (the doors are impossible to pick, resistance 999):
   1. The Inferus Key can be found on the body of the Impious Inferus Guardian in the SE part. Portal Recall.
   2. The Mortuus Key can be found on the body of the Impious Mortuus Guardian in the NW part. Portal Recall.
   3. The Occasus Key can be found on the body of the Impious Occasus Guardian in the SW part. Portal Recall.
   4. The Superna Key can be found on the body of the Impious Superna Guardian in the NE part. Portal Recall.
5. Head NW, left, and up and N to the lever part (it's the only route with openings in the grates).
6. In the big room, go into the corridor to the SE, and pull the 2 levers in the smaller room (See map)
7. Go back to the big room, head NW through the now open door
8. Pull the levers in the 2 rooms to the left and go back into the corridor and to the N, then E.
9. Use Superna Key for the first room to the left, pull lever
10. Use Inferus Key for the second room to the left, pull lever
11. Back to the corridor and continue through the 2 now open doors
12. Use Mortuus Key to open the next door, and Occasus Key for the one behind that
13. Kill the Impious Lichen High Priest and loot the Broken Staff off his corpse.
    1. He respawns every 5 minutes
    2. There is no timer on picking up the Broken Staff, and it may be freely given to others.
    3. Hand Dizah the Staff, and she will tell you to talk to someone in the Mite Maze

Mite Maze, part 1

• Note: You may skip this first visit to the Mite Maze entirely by simply purchasing a Smelting Pot from a Master Mage or most storekeepers (almost any NPC which stocks Alchemical Supplies). You may still need to hand the Broken Staff to Roderick in order to flag for the reward, but you may do it at the end of the quest if more convenient.

1. If you choose not to buy a Smelting Pot and skip this part, head to Mite Maze.
   • Route: There is a portal to the Mite Maze in the Facility Hub.
2. Hand the Broken Staff to Roderick, who replaces Harlune the Misanthrope, (lockpick required)
3. He will give you a Smelting Pot
   1. If you try to give him a second staff before the timer is up, he won't give you a Smelting Pot, but will keep the staff

Colier Mines

1. Head to the Colier Village.
   • Route: There is a portal to Colier the Facility Hub. Otherwise, take the Colier View Hill Settlement portal at 26.2N, 46.3E in Cragstone
2. Before entering the dungeon, find 2 keys:
   1. Get the Small Rusted Key from a Banderling Raider in a house at 56.7N, 38.6E
   2. Get the Cell Key from a Drudge Prowler in a house at 56.5N, 38.0E
3. Enter the Colier Mines (entrance in the basement of the house at 56.8N 38.3E
4. Use the Small Rusted Key to open the door directly at drop (resistance 400).
5. Head N (See map) till you find the second locked door (resistance 700), open with Cell Key
6. Go left, open another door (resistance 700) with the Cell Key and get the The Baron's Key (See Map) from one of the Undead Miners. You can also grab the Scratched Key for the Baron's Amulet of Life Giving (See Baron's Amulet of Life Giving Quest)
7. Back to the door, go right now, and straight at first intersection.
8. Through a series of rooms, in the fourth room, to the S, is a locked door (resistance 1000). Open with The Baron's Key
9. Straight and N until you see a Wheelbarrow in a small room
10. Use (open) the Wheelbarrow to obtain Iron Ore (pickup timer: one hour)

Getting the Staff

1. Hand the Smelting Pot and the Iron Ore to someone trained in Alchemy (no skill check)
2. Use Smelting Pot on Iron Ore to create Slag
   • + =
3. Bring the Slag back to Roderick in Mite Maze
4. Hand him the Slag to receive the Impious Staff

Maps

Dungeon	Coordinates	Wiki Map	ACmaps	Other	Quests
Impious Temple	12.2N, 2.4E	--	015E	--	--
Mite Maze	41.1N, 57.3E	--	01F8	--	--
Colier Mine	56.8N, 38.3E	--	01AE	--	--

Items

Quest Items
		Inferus Key		Mortuus Key		Occasus Key		Superna Key
		Dizah ibn Nadqab's Journal		Broken Staff		Wheelbarrow		Iron Ore
		Smelting Pot		Slag

Rewards
		Impious Staff

• Impious Staff (Retired)

Experience Rewards

Task Required	Max Experience	Percentage & Level Cap
Hand Slag to Roderick	10,300,000xp	100% up to level 61
See Level Costs for per level information.

Images

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  The Impious Lichen High Priest
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  Wheel Barrow in Colier Mine
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  Impious Staff

Lore & Dialog

Dizah ibn Nadqab tells you, "While excavating this site, I inadvertently awakened the undead that rest here. I was able to escape the dungeon with my life, but before doing so I found a large audience chamber with treasure."
Dizah ibn Nadqab tells you, "Offer me any trade note worth 5000 pyreals and I'll give you access to the dungeon. In return, you can keep anything you find in there. I can use the trade note to further my investigation in this site."
Dizah ibn Nadqab tells you, "From what I was able to uncover so far, I believe this area was once a place used by powerful Gharu'ndim War Mages. Any relics you find may be difficult for you to use. Yet, perhaps you will be able to understand what I could not. You can't go down there if you're not level 20, in fact I wouldn't go down there if I were you. Just forget the whole thing, you're better off that way."

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You give Dizah ibn Nadqab Trade Note (5,000).
Dizah ibn Nadqab tells you, "I take this with gratitude. I'll open the door for you, but be warned, this is a risky venture. If you should fail, you will return to this place outside of the sealed tower...And I give no refunds."
Dizah ibn Nadqab says, "Oh, if you find something of interest I might be able to identify it for you."
Dizah ibn Nadqab says, "You should hurry. I'll close the door for you in a minute."

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You give Dizah ibn Nadqab Broken Staff.
Dizah ibn Nadqab tells you, "This is clearly broken. There is one person I know who might have the knowledge and skill to repair this. He lives in the Mite Maze dungeon north of Arwic, located at 41.1N x 57.2E. Sorry I can't be more help."
Dizah ibn Nadqab gives you Broken Staff.

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You give Roderick Broken Staff.
Roderick tells you, "Alright...Umm...Harlune told me how to do this..."`
Roderick tells you, "Alright. Take this and go to Colier Mines."
Roderick gives you Smelting Pot.
Roderick tells you, "If ya find some ore in a wheelbarrow and ya bring it to me, I think it'll be enough to fix the staff, alright?"

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You give Roderick Broken Staff.
Roderick tells you, "Harlune told me not to fix more than one of these for folks. Ya better get goin'."

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You smelt the ore into an ugly, shapeless piece of slag. In the process, the smelting pot was destroyed.

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You give Roderick Slag.
Roderick tells you, "Alright...let me give it a shot..."
The warrior takes a scroll out and silently reads it. Suddenly, his eyes start to glow and his voice changes.
Roderick tells you, "What are you bothering me for? More imbeciles asking to have that staff repaired? Fine. Here, just go away afterward!"
Roderick gives you Impious Staff.
You've earned 10,300,000 experience.
Roderick's eyes stop glowing and he looks around, dazed, as he pockets the scroll.
Roderick tells you, "Um...I guess that's it. I think ya better go, now. He doesn't like to be bothered."

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You allow Roderick to examine your Impious Staff.
Roderick tells you, "Harlune doesn't want me muckin' with those staves more than I have to."

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You allow Roderick to examine your Slag.
Roderick tells you, "That is nice and all, but I need a staff to fix before that slag is of any use."

Notes

• The timer on this quest is unknown. Attempting to give Roderick a 2nd broken staff or slag does not reveal the timer.
• There is no timer on picking up the Broken Staff.
• There is a 60 minute timer on picking up the Iron Ore. The ore is givable, though, so this timer can be bypassed.
• During the Shifting Gears event, the experience reward was increased from 1,054,387xp (20% up to level 50) to 10,300,000xp (??% up to level ??).
• During the Shifting Gears event, the following bug was fixed:
  • If you give Roderick a 2nd Broken Staff he keeps it, and tells you Harlune told him not to fix more than 1 per person. However, since the introduction of Gearcrafting, smelting pots are purchasable, and you may smelt another piece of Iron Ore and give it to Roderick for another Impious Staff and experience reward.