Tesserae

Related topics: Olthoi Queen (Quest)

Quest Summary
Quest type	Solo/Group
XP Reward	1 point of skill (Tessara determines skill)
XP Cap	350,046,134
Item Reward	None
Title Reward	None
Starting location	Timaru
Timer	2 Weeks per turn in
Level Restrictions	1+
Level Suggestions	60+ to hunt (130+ for turn in)
Introduced in	Dark Majesty (Expansion)

This is an optional side quest of the Olthoi Queen that gives items redeemable for one point in a particular skill (essentially being an experience reward equal to the cost of the next point in that skill). After the fifth and final bell has been handed, progressive olthoi spawns begin to appear across the entire Marae Lassel Plateau. There are five regions and each is independent of the other. These regions remain active until all stages have been advanced and the tesserae bearing Olthoi Brood Nobles killed or when the Queen is killed.

Walkthrough

1. Hand in the five Pyreal Bells as described in the Olthoi Queen quest.
2. After the final bell has been handed, the five regions of Marae Lassel Plateau start spawning swarm olthoi. These are named the same as normal olthoi but have higher stats. The spawns are progressive, meaning that in each region there is a random olthoi (cannot tell which one until killed) that will give a local on death and cause all current spawn in that region to disappear and be replaced by new higher level spawn.
3. The first random olthoi will be a Soldier, the next an Eviscerator, the next an Olthoi Noble, and finally the Brood Nobles will spawn. Most people believe there are two tessera bearing broods per region, though some people believe there are three or even four.
4. If the queen dies while hunting broods, landblocks with players in them will continue to have spawn, but once they have been killed (or the landblock is left for a few minutes) it will reset to it's normal non-swarm status.
5. Turn the tesserae in to Aun Hareltah in Timaru for one point in that skill. It is in your interest to have a high point cost, characters can turn in a maximum of five (5) tesserae. During the ?? event, further restrictions were added. Now there is a two week timer to hand in each tessera (so it would take two months to hand in all five). Also you cannot use a tessera for a skill that has been untrained in the past two weeks.

Items

Available Tesserae
	Alchemy	File:Arcane Lore Tessera icon.png	Arcane Lore	File:Armor Tinkering Tessera icon.png	Armor Tinkering	File:Axe Tessera icon.png	Axe	File:Bow Tessera icon.png	Bow
	Cooking	File:Creature Assessment Tessera icon.png	Creature Assessment	File:Creature Enchantment Tessera icon.png	Creature Enchantment	File:Crossbow Tessera icon.png	Crossbow	File:Dagger Tessera icon.png	Dagger
File:Deception Tessera icon.png	Deception	File:Fletching Tessera icon.png	Fletching	File:Healing Tessera icon.png	Healing	File:Item Enchantment Tessera icon.png	Item Enchantment	File:Item Tinkering Tessera icon.png	Item Tinkering
File:Jump Tessera icon.png	Jump	File:Leadership Tessera icon.png	Leadership	File:Life Magic Tessera icon.png	Life Magic	File:Lockpick Tessera icon.png	Lockpick	File:Loyalty Tessera icon.png	Loyalty
File:Mace Tessera icon.png	Mace	File:Magic Defense Tessera icon.png	Magic Defense	File:Magic Item Tinkering Tessera icon.png	Magic Item Tinkering	File:Mana Conversion Tessera icon.png	Mana Conversion	File:Melee Defense Tessera icon.png	Melee Defense
File:Missle Defense Tessera icon.png	Missle Defense	File:Person Assessment Tessera icon.png	Person Assessment	File:Run Tessera icon.png	Run	File:Spear Tessera icon.png	Spear	File:Staff Tessera icon.png	Staff
File:Sword Tessera icon.png	Sword	File:Thrown Weapons Tessera icon.png	Thrown Weapons	File:Unarmed Tessera icon.png	Unarmed Combat	File:War Magic Tessera icon.png	War Magic