mitch nz

Okay, here's the story.

In all other RPGs I have played I have always loved quests. They are a chance to explore and learn about the world, but with some guidance and a point. While the free form playing of games like UO is fantastic, it is kinda nice sometimes to have someone tell you what to do.

But......I hate using quest guides ( i.e help from other websites) unless I absolutely have to. I just started my first "real" quest (other than "escort me to the local ice cream parlour" or "go kill 3 squillion amoebas") and it is worrying me just a little.

The quest is "The Ancient World (Part 1)" and the instructions are, to say the least, pretty vague. "Blah...blah...blah....Mondain...blah....blah...bl ah....Minotaurs...blah...blah....blah....bring me a fragment of a map"

WTF!!!!! How am I supposed to have a clue where I might find a fragment of a map. Being ever resourceful, I looked up Minotaurs (I don't mind using bestiaries). Something struck me as not quite right, so I gave in and looked up the quest on uoguide. It told me to kill something entirely different to get the map fragment. I could have spent my life killing minotaurs in vain.

My question is: is there a reasonably logical way within the game to uncover what you are supposed to kill to get the fragment? If there is I am more than happy to work my way through this. If there isn't are all the quests like this, where they are impossible without using a guide?

Sorry about the slightly rambling post, but I am sure you get the point

Petra Fyde

Most of the quest giving npcs will give an extra clue if you access them again after taking the quest.

If you access Broolol a second time he tells you:

A traveller has told me that worshippers of Mondain still exist and wander the land. Perhaps their lore speaks of whether the bull-men survived. I do not think they share their secrets gladly. You may need to be 'persuasive'

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mitch nz

Petra, thank you very much. That was so obvious that I missed it.

Gaspar LeMarc

Oooh, yes. Definitely keeping talking to quest-givers for extra clues. This is my favorite quest I've found so far and it's fairly challenging unless you have the right skill or skills mastered. Enjoy!

~Gaspar LeMarc

Risso

Back in the day, I went red from killing wandering healers (doh) so I was just running around killing the red healers (ha! Now the tables have turned!) without realising what the map fragments were for. When I got around to that quest I was able to do it loads of times and got some pretty great loot - it seems the easiest strongbox quest to complete, although the loot emphasis on archery and elven items can be annoying!

McJiff

Yup, u can still get the fragment of the wandering healers ;)

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onthefifty

healers grove in ilsh is a good place to farm them