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Last modified: Saturday, 25-Sep-2004 15:58:15 EDT

Seed Pouch Quest

Starting NPC:  Astoissi at 11.6k,12.1k in Oceanus Hesperos

Level Requirement:  Lvl 50

Comments on Solo, Grouped, or Battlegrouped:
You need two people for this.  Some classes can do this solo, others will want 2 people.

Steps:

From Stygia, it is fastest to swim to the island at 44k 37k in Oceanus Boreal.  Waiting for a boat to take out and then jump takes too long.  The swim isn't that bad.

There are 3 stones on the island, two are tall and one flat. You must plant seeds at all 3 and then harvest from all three. The possessive dust devils con Yellow to Orange, are aggresive, have long aggro range and pop extreemly fast. Very difficult to solo this, though I almost did on my Enchanter. Dust Devils ignore pet unless you dive out of range. Then when they get low on health, the run from pet.

If you are to do this with just 2 people, one can get both possessive dust devils aggro on him and swim out a bit from the island then dive just beyond reach. The possessive dust devils will hover over the water above them and will hit you underwater if you are near the surface, but not if you dive down far enough. Then the one doing the quest can go in and try to /plant and /search at each of the three rocks. Note that there are 3 possessive dust devils on the island, but only 2 seem to be aggro and pop within 5-10 second of being killed.

For some reason I had seeds left over after the quest was complete. The goal is to get 3 of the seedlings.

Only one person in the group needs to do the planting and searching in order for everyone in the group to get credit.
- Ixoye and Mura

We did this quest with just a 50 shield champion and 50 warden. The shield champion guarded the warden and the warden ran the 6-sec bubble. With our combined blocking/bubble we were able to plant and search three seeds and
seedlings while under attack. We would kill the whirlwind(s) between each plant/search. All together we had to kill maybe 5 or 6 yellow/orange whirlwinds. They kept coming and didn't care if we went in the water. We tried coming at the island from all angles but finally just went for it.    Nov 23
- Vivarakus

When done solo:

A tip to make the seed pouch quest doable by almost any class solo, attack the two possessive dust devils till they are below 5% in health, then drag them out into the ocean, they will be hurt and move slowly so you will have time to go back and do your thing..  Swim back to island do your plant/search thing then if they get close again, re-melee them to low health and go through same process...  If you kill them they will repop with full health..   May 13 2004
- Soothstone

This is soloable by a Shaman using Heal Field...  just place the heal field underwater near the boulder.  Sprint up to the boulder and /plant or /search.  If you face and have a shield armed, you should be albe to tank the dust devils long enough to escape by the skin of your teeth. When nearing /plant/search hit sprint to be ready to leap off into the water at the first possible instance.. I did this with a R3 50 Frostalf Shaman in rog gear, and I did not die thought it was close on several occasions.  Late night on small servers makes for desperate tactics.  Mar 11 2004
- Maersvana

I just wanted to say that the Seed Pouch Quest was easily soloable by a 50 Bonedancer.  I used two fossil healer pets and just tanked both possessive dust devils the whole time i was planting and searching (they dont deal more damage than both healing pets, and they ignore the pets).  If they do start doing more damage for some reason, occasional lifetaps fix the problem.   Feb 4
- Thescotsman

Tips:

I completed this quest with a necro and a cleric, but there are a couple of things I wanted to comment on.  The Dust Devils (3 of them, blue con at 50) are not agressive on the island where you have to plant seeds, it's the possessive dust devils that attack you.  Possessive dust devils (two of them, yellow con at 50) were hitting my cleric for about 28-37 damage a swing, but she was fully buffed at the time.  All I had to do was get the two possessive dust devils to attack my pet and I let my cleric run around and plant/search. 
Both characters got credit for the quest, so although I saw some notes on the site suggesting that every character has to plant/search I found this not to be the case.  Possessive dust devils were neither strong nor weak to spirit magic, they were neutral.   Jan 24

Drop: 

Bard Reward
Sun Scorched Helm
Qua 100 AF 102 Reinforced
Matter 6%
Body 4%
Casting Speed 2%
Healing Effectiveness 6%
Stat Enhancement 6%    Jun 27 2004
- Manigaech

Blademaster, Ranger reward:
Sun Scorched Helm
Qua 100 AF 102 Reinforced
All melee skills 3
Dex 18
Melee damage 2% vs humanoid, giants, magical, dragons
Melee speed 2%
Dex cap 7    Jun 27 2004
- Manigaech

Mercenaries, Reavers, and Minstrels reward:
Sand Scorched Helm
- ALL melee weapon skills: 3pts
- Constitution: 15 pts
- Hits: 40 pts
Bonus to Dexterity attribute bonus cap: 5
Bonus to armor factor (AF): 11
AF 102
Con, Qua, Dur: 100
Absorb: 27%
Bon: 35    Feb 22
- Purcell


Hunter, Savage, Berserker reward:
Sun Scorched Helm
ALL melee weapon skills: 3 pts
Strength: 15 pts
Bonus to melee combat speed: 2%
Bonus to melee damage: 2%
  Requirement vs Plants
Bonus to Strength attribute bonus cap: 5
Bonus to armor factor (AF): 10      Feb 22
- Peltram

Shammy/Healer Helm:
These are the new stats:
Shammy/Healer Helm:
Sun Scorched Helm
6% Bonus to Buffs
6% Bonus to Heals
2% Bonus to Cast Speed
6% Bonus to Spell Duration
Power: 3% of Power Pool    Feb 27
- Xytan

Animist/Eldritch/Enchanter/Mentalist Reward:
Sun Scorched Cap:
+3 to all magic
+16 Dex
2% Casting Speed
5% Spell Duration
6 Dex Cap  Mar 10 2004
- Brathna

Warrior/Thane/Skald:
Sun Scorched Helm   - Erephoria Valkyrja

Cleric
Sun Scorched Helm    - screen shot Deliciosa
100qual 35bonus
Hat af 102
+5% Casting speed
+5 Str Cap
+5% To duration of all spells
+5% Healing
+5% Buffs
- Tumideon

Armsman, Paladin reward:
Sand Scorched Helm  Dec 13
- Juansanchez VillaLobosRamirez

Druid reward:
Sun Scorched Helm  Dec 16
- xmenrogue


Nightshade reward:
Sun Scorched Helm   Jan 2
- Blackstabbath

BD, SM, RM Helm:
100% Con,Qual, & Dur. 35% bon.
Usable by BD,SM, RM
+3 to all magic,
+15 dex,
+5% casting speed,
+5 piety CAP,
+44 HP CAP.
AF 51.
- Echinasia Dreidwolf - Lvl 50 Mend healer




Last modified: Saturday, 25-Sep-2004 15:58:15 EDT