Clan Stormshield is not like the other factions in Jarsath Wastes: there are no merchants nor menders. In fact, there are only two people in Clan Stormshield: Kror and his brother Grim. You’ll find Kror Stormshield standing on a hill tending to Ironhoof just in front of the Danak Shipyards. For all of the hunting quests, you can hunt your prey anywhere in the zone. I solo’d the quests at level 76 but I did do the easier level 77 prey in the Stonehoof Badlands where I could.

You have 5,000 positive faction with Clan Stormshield before doing any quests. Kror will start by offering the A Dangerous Game! quests sequentially: cockatrice, razorfangs, grindhoofs and then pincher men. The first three quests can be done locally, then take the sokokar to Howling Stones for the Durus, which will also get you faction with Clan Skleross. Once you have completed these initial four quests, you’ll have 8,200 positive faction with Clan Stormshield. Kror will tell you that you need to practice and allow you to take his hunting quests four at a time (cockatrices, razorfangs, grindhoof and pincher men). The first set of four quests nets you a considerable amount of AA along with the quest experience. You need to to complete the set four times.

Although the quests give you faction, you can not pick and choose like you can with writs. You must do all four quests, four times. [More...]

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The Fens of Nathsar lies between the Plains of Kylong and the Kunzar Jungle. In this heartland of Kunark you will find the ruins of the ancient civilisation of Cabilis. The land is named after the elusive Nathsar tribe of Kunark, details of which were lost long before the rendering. The Fens of Nathsar include the Swamp of No Hope, the southern edge of the Lake of Ill Omen and the Field of Bone.

There are four primary factions in the Fens:

• Riliss
• Bathezid’s Watch
• Exiles of Droga
• Bellywhumpers

It is possible to get all four factions to max ally - there are some quests which require you to take a negative hit from an opposing faction (for example Riliss would have you kill members of Bathezid’s Watch) but the amount of faction lost is trivial and easily recoverable with a single repeatable quest, if necessary. [More...]

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Bathezid’s Watch is the fortress of the Di’Zok in the Fens of Nathsar. You’ll find their hidden encampment in the northwest of the zone. You will initially be KoS to the Watch but a single quest will gain you the faction required to enter their fortress and continue the quest lines there.

As you enter the Fens from Kylong Plain, you will see an upwards path to your right and a Di’Zok standing on the slope. Speak to him to gain your initial faction and begin your friendship with Bathezid’s Watch. Be sure to click on the sokokar post at 1154,207,1216 once you’ve reached the top of the hills.

Gaining Faction

Speak to Outrider Kelgyn for the quest Favor of the Di’Zok to gain your initial faction. This will get you access to the Bathezid’s Watch fortress up in the hills, where there are a number of other quest givers.

If you have a tradeskill above level 65, you can speak to Greeblentus in Teren’s Grasp for the New Lands, New Profits quest in Kylong Plains which will give you starting faction with Riliss and Bathezid’s Watch. This quest opens up the tradeskill writs available from Supply Sergeant Anuhadux at 1176,203,1430. [More...]

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We have a list of every Lore and Legend book in Norrath, to save you time and effort as you gain your mastery abilities.

These two lore and legend books were introduced with the Rise of Kunark and are located in the Fens of Nathsar. You’ll need to be able to take on solo mobs in their 70s in order to complete these quests

The Tales of the Burynai

The Burynai book is at the fishing village of Omen’s Call, on the coast of the Lake of Ill Omen. When you enter the building, go past the bar and you’ll find it in a crate at the rear. Once you have read the book, you can begin to collect Burynai body parts. Your quickest route is to take the sokokar to Drogan Exiles and then on to the Bellywhumper Burrows. Don’t kill the Bellywhumpers! They want to be your friends and we’ll probably need them for faction once the epics are included. Instead, head down into the Field of Bone and kill the Bonedigger burynai roaming around there, which will gain you Bellywhumper faction as a bonus. They are solo mobs, level 74 and 75 - the only issue fighting solo there is the adds.

You can also go to Kunzar Jungle to fight the level 75 Rubble-Rabble burynai in their burrow, west of the Abandoned Village.

The Coming of the True Creator

You’ll find the book underwater in the ruins at the south side of the Lake of Ill Omen. Everquest players may recognise this area as the ruins of Veksar, destroyed by Garudon the dragon. There is a concrete crypt with a skeleton floating over it; the skeleton holds the Lore and Legend book. If you access the location via the coast, rather than through the Yha-lei on the ruins, you can reach this spot using invisibility or sneak without issue. There are plenty of solo Yha-lei fishmen at the ruins, underwater and above ground, ranging from level 70-72 and offering Bathezid’s Watch faction. The lowest level Yha-lei are level 69-70 at the Mudfin Village in Kylong Plains, north of Kunzar’s Edge. There are further Yha-lei, level 79-80, in the Jarsath Wastes along the river and at the coast, west of the Danak Shipyard .

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The Bellywhumpers are the hardest faction to raise in the Fens of Nathsar, although that looks likely to change once Kurn’s Tower is patched in. Podcast 28 includes a strong hint from Jason Ryan that Epics (and thus Kurn’s Tower, we hope) will show up in Game Update 42. Unlike the other factions in this zone, the Bellywhumper camp is not KOS to start and you can travel to -2152,-294,-1375 and use the Sokokar post as soon as you are happy to cross the Fens.

Gaining Faction

There are around a dozen quests at the Bellywhumper camp which will get you to positive faction but fall well short of the 30,000 needed to do Burynai Order and the 40,000 needed to buy items from the Quartermaster. [More...]

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The Sel’nok Brigade is the Di’zok faction in the Overthere area of Jarsath Wastes. You will meet Emissary Dih’ri when you first enter the zone who will offer you a quest, if you are level 75 or over, to gain faction with them.

The quests in the Jarsath Wastes have been designed linearly and should be completed in the rough order in which they are presented. In the case of the Sel’Nok, you should speak to the Emissary, then do the quests in the main camp in their cave in the Overthere, followed by the quests in the Scout Encampment in Skyfire.

It is possible to do all the factions in the Jarsath Wastes through questing alone unless you have done the Anda series of quests in Kylong Plains, which may cause you to need some minor faction repair through killing.

Gaining Faction

You must begin with the quests from Emissary Dih’ri at -1056,-83,-558 at the entrance of Jarsath Wastes. The initial quest gives 10,200 faction so that you are no longer KOS with the Di’Zok scouting the area. The second quest will send you to speak to Agent Zhatia at 395,5,-352, underneath the Iksar Hero Statue . She has the Heads or Tales quest for you to gain faction with the Danak. Although this is a separate (and somewhat opposing) faction, you need to do this quest in order to complete the Sel’nok Brigade faction quests.

Once you have helped him, the Emissary Dih’ri will inform you that Diviner De’Voch is ready to see with you. You can then move onto the quests in their camp at -926,-80,-980 where you will find quests from the Diviner, the Battlemaster and finally a quest from the Warlord. [More...]

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There are three primary factions in Jarsath Wastes: Sel’Nok, Danak and Skleross. It is easily possible to gain ally with all of these factions through the quest lines alone; however you can also gain faction with each of these via killing NPCs with no negative faction. Each faction camp has a sokokar post, you can see the routes here.

You will find you are KOS to all three factions upon first entering Jarsath Wastes. Each faction has a preliminary quest outside of the main camp in order for you to gain enough faction to enter the camp safely.

The faction quests in Jarsath Wastes are not available until you reach level 75.

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When you initially enter the Jungle at the Jinisk camp, you will find you are KOS to all factions in the zone. There are seven primary factions which have extensive quest lines and access to a mender and faction merchant based on gaining ally status:

• City of Jinisk
• Dalnir’s Wheel Taskmasters
• Hidden Plunderer’s
• Iksar Villager
• Outer Sebilis
• Ry’Zilk’s Renegades
• Synod Reet

The primary factions all start KOS but each faction has a quest giver, generally stood just outside the faction area, who will offer you a quest to gain enough faction to enter the area. This is a solo quest in every instance, so you can be non-KOS to all factions without requiring a group. Once you have done the initial quest, you should have safe entry into the faction area, where you will find various quest-lines to continue faction, many of which include killing members of other factions. Each faction has a repeatable quest for 500 positive faction which you can use to regain faction lost.

To avoid yo-yoing, you may find it simpler to do a single faction at a time, especially if you are looking to gain the 40,000 required to buy items from the faction merchants.

Unlike Kylong Plains and Jarsath Wastes, you cannot get to amiable, let alone ally, with any of these factions through the standard quest lines: you will need to do repeatable quests or kill members of other factions in order to gain anything past kindly or warmly status.

Two of the camps have heroic quest lines: Synod Reet ask you to go into the dungeons of Sebilis and the Hidden Plunderer’s send you to the City of Mist. The repeatable quests are heroic and there are no solo mobs that can be killed to gain faction, thus gaining ally with either of these will require a group.

The Sathirians are not a primary faction and there is no means of gaining faction with them within this zone. You will lose faction with them whilst doing the primary faction questlines, however there doesn’t seem to be any detriment to this as you start out KOS anyway. This does not effect your faction in Jarsath Wastes.

In addition, there is the Tabernacle of Pain where the Swifttail Caste hold their temple training since the fall of Cabilis. The Swifttails offer a combination of quests and arena fights in order to gain titles and progressively better melee wrist items. The final quests in this line are heroic and involve the City of Mist. The final reward is the Tynnonium Shackle:

+36 str, +36 sta, +20 wis
+115 health +115 power
+400 vs heat +600 vs magic +400 vs mental +400 vs disease +400 vs poison
+3 deflection
+2 Damage Per Second
+2 Melee Crit Chance

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The City of Jinisk is to the west of the wilds and inhabited by Iksar with more than their share of domestic issues. This is a particularly useful crowd to get faction with because they have a broker and a banker, which they will happily give you access to once they begin to think kindly of you.

There are quests in the City of Jinisk that require you to kill members of Ry’zilk’s Renegades, which is itself a faction with merchant rewards (including a very nice belt for tank types). Bear in mind that it is always possible to gain ally with all the factions in the Jungle via repeatable quests. [More...]

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The Kunark Faction Rewards have been updated to include the items from Jarsath Wastes. I think it’s worth taking another look to see if there’s anything you might like - there are some interesting pieces in this set.

This week I’ll be catching up on the faction guides, including the quests and rewards for the Tabernacle of Pain series and Clan Stormshield quest line.

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