Focusing Stone Quest

Vortex at the end of the Mines of Despair.

Quest Summary Guide - Items - Maps - Images - Lore
Quest Type	Group/Solo
XP Reward	--
XP Cap	1,845,177
Item Reward	Focusing Stone
Title Reward	--
Starting Location	Mines of Despair
Timer	20 Days
Level Restrictions	14+
Level Suggestions	20+
Introduced In	Lonely in the World

General

1. You must obtain a Skull of High Acolyte from the Soul Fearing Vestry quest.
   • Note: It is possible to PKL the doors in this quest and bypass the need for the skull (keys).
2. This quest requires someone with Lockpick to pull two levers in the Mines of Despair.

Walk Through

Part 1: Keys

1. Find Le-Ai Rea at 75.9S 57.3E and hand him the Skull of High Acolyte. She will return a Golden Key and Le-Ai Rea's Key.
2. Route: From Mayoi, take the Xinh Portal in 60.8S 80.4E.
3. Enter the Mines of Despair at 75.4S 57.2E.

Part 2A: Mines of Despair (Levers)

Note: One person with Lockpick (Skill) can accomplish this part of the quest alone, while the rest of the party "holds the doors".

1. From the drop, head north and unlock the wooden door with the Golden Key.
   • Tip: If you have a group, have someone hold this door for you, as you'll need to come back through it.
2. Go left at the split and jump down into the pit.
3. Hug the left wall until you reach a locked door at the bottom of a wide ramp. Unlock it.
4. Take a right at the next split, and then your first left.
5. At the next split, take a right, and then hug the wall left until you reach an intersection that has a pit to your left and a small square room to your right.
6. Open the door to the small square room and use the wall lever to open the first door.
7. Back out of the room,.jump down into the pit, and hug the wall left until you reach another small square room with a wall lever. Pull this lever to open the second door.
8. Now portal recall to bring you back to the Mines of Despair drop.
9. Head north and take a right at the split to join your group.
   • Note: If the first door has closed already, use your Golden Key to open it again.

Part 2B: Mines of Despair (Inactive Focusing Stone)

Note: While one person is doing the levers (above), the rest of the group should follow this walk through.

1. Head north through the first door, then take a right at the split.
2. Jump down into the pit, run down the ramp to the north, then hug the wall right until you reach a lever-activated door.
3. One the door opens (from the lever runner), one person should hold it while the rest continue.
4. Once through the door, take your first right, then your first.
5. Hug the left wall until you reach another lever-activated door, in a larger room with Undead Miners.
6. Again, wait here for the lever to be pulled, and when it opens, hold the door.
7. Once your party is all together, move down the linear dungeon until you reach the Lich Overseer. Kill him and loot an Inactive Focusing Stone from his corpse (drops 3).
8. [OPTIONAL] While in this room, you can also loot a Empyrean Sun Stone, which is used in Diemos Flagging and in making Crafting Golems.
9. Now, use Le-Ai Rea's Key on the door to the west, follow the hall into a larger room, and enter the portal to Beyond the Mines of Despair.

Part 3: Beyond the Mines of Despair

1. From the drop, follow the linear dungeon until you reach a suspended bridge.
2. Move to the center of the bridge and jump off to the West side.
3. Run around to the North West, then use the ramp down on the East side.
4. From here, its linear all the way to the final room, where you'll find a Vortex.
5. Use the Inactive Focusing Stone on the Vortex to create a completed Focusing Stone!

Items

• Scrawled Note
• Bound Book
• File:Golden Key Icon.png Golden Key
• Le-Ai Rea's Key
• Focusing Stone (Inactive)
• Vortex
• Focusing Stone

Maps

• ACMaps - Mines of Despair
• ACMaps - Beyond the Mines of Despair

Images

File:Focusing Stone (Beyond the Mines of Despair).jpg Portal to Beyond the Mines of Despair

File:Focusing Stone (Vortex).jpg The Vortex

Lore & Dialog

You give Le-Ai Rea Scrawled Note.
Le-Ai Rea gives you Bound Book.
Le-Ai Rea tells you, "Didn't you read the note? That place is dangerous. You'll surely die if you go in there."
Le-Ai Rea tells you, "Now I have to return the note to the dungeon. Thanks a lot!"
Le-Ai Rea tells you, "I tell you what, hand me the skull of the Tortured Soul that hides in the Grievous Vault and I'll give you access to the mines."

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You give Le-Ai Rea Skull of High Acolyte.
Le-Ai Rea tells you, "Very ipressive! You managed to obtain the most unholy of skulls."
You've earned 100,000 experience.
Le-Ai Rea holds the Skull of the High Acolyte with much admiration.
Le-Ai Rea tells you, "You have proven your worth to me."
Le-Ai Rea tells you, "Take these keys. It will give you access to the place many fear."
Le-Ai Rea gives you Golden Key.
Le-Ai Rea gives you Le-Ai Rea's Key.

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The vortex imbues the Focusing Stone.

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You give Le-Ai Rea Focusing Stone.
Le-Ai Rea tells you, "You adventurers always seem to be going in and taking these - I think I'd like to keep one of my own. You don't mind, do you?"
You've earned 1,845,177 experience.

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Notes

• During the Remembering the Past event, the Le-Ai Rea was updated to accept a completed Focusing Stone for an xp reward.