New Bastok Missions Guide (Complete)

[Belkin]

Light in the Darkness

1. Talk to Gentle Tiger (Metalworks entrance), get CS.

2. Talk to Pagdako (H-9), get CS.

3. Talk to the Goblin next to the Campaign teleporter person. Trade him 5000G for a Mine Shaft Key.

4. Head to Passhow Marshlands via Grauberg. Zone into Passhow Marshlands for a CS. (Cannot get CS via C.N. or entering through Rolanberry.)

5. Head to F-5 of Marshlands to find a Corroded Door. Accept and enter the BC.

Something weird happened to me here...I confirmed the mission and while it was "Processing my request", it eventually denied me entry (After like 2 minutes) with a phrase such as "The hands of darkness prevent you from entering".

So, I took off my gloves (Duelist Gloves+1 at the time) and tried again and it let me in within 5 seconds.

Not quite sure what that means or if it is some type of fluke thing, but if you aren't getting in, try taking off your gloves...

6. BC Fight

A bunch of Quadavs fill the area. A bunch of Sapphirine Quadavs and 1 Sapphire Quadav. I killed about 7 Sapphirine Quadavs before I noticed one had a different name. The Sapphire Quadav used Benediction but was easy to take down. After the Sapphire Quadav died, the rest scattered throughout the cave. I tracked two down, killed one of them and the BC was over. I solo'd the BC as RDM/WHM with as many as 5 Quadavs attacking me at once, its really easy.

7. Return to Gentle Tiger for CS, reward and end of mission. The reward is an Adaman Ingot.


Burden of Suspicion

1. Zone out of Bastok (And possibly wait one game day...I did both, but only after I zoned out of Bastok, then reentered did I get the mission) and come back in, talk to Gentle Tiger.

2. Talk to Engelhart (Owner of the music shop) for next CS.

3. Head to Eldieme Necropolis [S] via the southern most entrance. Navigate to G-9 (Kind of tricky, especially if you are by yourself). Drop down the middle hole in the room.

4. On the next map after you fall, head to I-7 and enter the room to the north. On your right there is a Sarcophagus with a bunch of Orc's around (They aggro at Lv75). Wait until you can examine the Sarcophagus without aggro and do so for a CS.

5. Exit Eldieme and return to Gentle Tiger outside the Metalworks for another CS.

6. Talk to the Goblin you got the Mine Shaft Key from and he will give you an Elixir for free. (Reward I guess)

END~

[Belkin]

Searched 95% of Eldieme with no luck, went back to Bastok and talked to some NPCs, still no luck. Going to take a break for a bit, let me know if somebody finds out what to do at this point.

[Kyreth]

Hmm. Maybe it's refrerring to Dark Spark, since you need to off him to repair the original RDM AF (for the Shadow Flames).

Were you wearing any other parts of the AF?

[Belkin]

Duelist's Chapeau and Duelist's Gloves +1 were the only AF2 I was wearing. No AF1 was equipped.

[Giglamesh]

Just some added info for the BCNM fight for the first bastok mission:

Buffs carry through when you enter. The quadav have low defense and die quickly, but it's easy to get overpowered if you link 7+(like i did my first attempt -_-). They are all WHM mobs too.

I beat the bcnm by killing 6 sapphirine quadavs and the 1 sapphire quadav last. Three more remained when i got kicked out with a cs following. Was able to pull 2 groups of 3 quadav and the NM by itself.

[Belkin]

99% of Eldieme searched...Still nothing. Anybody come up with something yet?

[SamanosukeShiva]

also searched eldime.. nothing... is it possible to go to the little island in batalia without going through the sealed door?

[Belkin]

I was there, nothing.

[archibaldcrane]

Note: Bloody bolts don't proc in the Quadav BC fight - i killed 3 helpers and got the NM down to 7% as THF/NIN, but the move Ore Lob cut through 3 shadows for 86 damage, finishing me off.

I wasn't pleased.

[Belkin]

I give up. I've tried 99% of all locations/NPC's in Eldieme/Bastok. I've been sitting here for hours now and have made no progress. It's either something really stupid and I've been missing it or the next part of the mission has nothing to do with either location (Bastok or Eldieme).

Seriously, somebody figure it out, go.

[Aymee]

Burden of Suspicion (as requested):

-Talk to Gentle Tiger @ the Metalworks Gate, H-6/7 of Markets_S; note, must wait a game day and zone in-out after last quest.
-Talk to Engelhart for a CS.
-Go to Necropolis_S, main entrance. Go to the south room @ G-9 and fall as though you were going to the island (note: there is nothing on the island but a stone monument). I seriously have no idea how the gates work, since the East Plate switch is covered, yet other gates seem to open and close. Got lucky that I could fall south--I'd checked all the other routes already.
-Take the north branch of the path on the far lowest/south map, there are 2 small rooms @ I-7. Click 'Sarcophagus' in the north one for a CS. There are 4 EP orcs in the room, so be careful. I don't know if they actually aggro 75s though since I waited for all 4 to turn before I popped invis and clicked. Was equally lucky that they were turned when the CS ended and I got tonko up.
-Return to Gentle Tiger for a CS and a new title.
-Talk to Blatherix (from the last quest) for your reward--an Elixir. Not sure if you have to wait a game day or not.


Edit: found the reward by total accident.

[Vilurum]

Took me a while to figure out how the gates work in past Eldieme: there's a targetable gate (or open doorway where a gate would be) in *front* of the sealed off switches. Clicking that will open or shut that gate, and shut or open respectively the opposite gate. And when that direction's gate is shut by the switch, the same direction's gate is shut in the four brazier rooms. Ditto for when it's open.

So at any given time, only N and E, N and W, S and E, or S and W can be open. (To get to the south room, S and E are naturally your goals.) You'll probably want two people, kinda like handling present Eldieme gates, in case S starts closed (send one off to N, they click it, other goes to S and clicks that back and forth to let the first person join them). If E for some reason starts off closed it's no big deal, just go over and open it.

(Note: during campaign battle there, all gates are open.)

And thanks for the Sarcophagus location: spent two hours hiking all over Eldieme (and Batallia) looking for it, but I hadn't tested that particular section. Always the last place you'd think to look...

[Aymee]

And thanks for the Sarcophagus location: spent two hours hiking all over Eldieme (and Batallia) looking for it, but I hadn't tested that particular section. Always the last place you'd think to look...

It was the last place I had left to check, too, lol. I mean the entire rest of the basement was just full of Junk ep-dc undead like in the present, only they added a few levels. Boo. That could have had potential.


REWARD!
Talk to Blatherix for an Elixir! Got this totally by accident when I targetted him instead of a suspicious object for Streetsweeper. Fun. Not sure if you have to wait a game day or not.

[Zaifa]

Just another quick note /re the 'Light in the Darkness' BC

If you kill the Sapphire Quadav first the others will run away down the little tunnels (2 or 3 down each one) so you can pick off the remainder with ease

[Septimus]

Just another quick note /re the 'Light in the Darkness' BC

If you kill the Sapphire Quadav first the others will run away down the little tunnels (2 or 3 down each one) so you can pick off the remainder with ease

I noticed that last night when I did it. I put it in the wiki entry. (I did misspell Pagdako, but I was in a hurry.)

I update the next quest when I do it.

[Ryushii]

You have to wait a game day in between quests. You can zone anytime during that wait.

[BT*]

Note: Bloody bolts don't proc in the Quadav BC fight - i killed 3 helpers and got the NM down to 7% as THF/NIN, but the move Ore Lob cut through 3 shadows for 86 damage, finishing me off.

I wasn't pleased.

Think you just got unlucky on your procs. I just did this as THF/NIN. I got through two sets of 3 of the minions 'til I got to the Sapphire Quadav. I got him down to 25%ish and I had to answer the door. I threw up fresh shadows, all my eva gear and came back 5 min later to a CS.

[Builttolast]

I just ran in and HFisted the sapphire Quad, he was down in around 10-15 seconds. Rest scattered and picked them off 2 at a time until 6 were dead about 5 minutes later and I was removed from battle.

I was expecting something a little tougher.

[Septimus]

I just ran in and HFisted the sapphire Quad, he was down in around 10-15 seconds. Rest scattered and picked them off 2 at a time until 6 were dead about 5 minutes later and I was removed from battle.

I was expecting something a little tougher.

They the BC without Hundredfists with all of the Quadavs beating on you at the same time. That will add a little spice to it. :D

[Liquidedust]

Did Better Part of Valor and Fires of Discontent earlier today and tried starting Light in the Darkness but wasn't working. So waited until JP Midnight and tried again.

I still cannot start Light in the Darkness, so anyone know if there are any additional requitements to actually manage to start this quest then the two prerequisite quests listed (which I have completed already).