Menhir Research

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Menhir Research
Level:	??
Type:	Solo
Starts At:	??
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Walk Through

1. Speak with Cara the Apprentice in Xarabydun at 41.7S, 15.8E. She is on the second floor of the building.
   • Route: Take the Xarabydun portal from Yaraq at 21.8S, 1.4W or purchase a portal gem from the Holtburg mage.
2. She will hand you an Enchanted Mana Stone, which you must use whilst standing at at one of the many Menhir Rings to see if the mana fields have changed.
3. Menhir Rings are found inside dungeons and on the landscape all over Dereth, you can take the stone back to Cara when you have found 5 or more fields (see map below for confirmed locations).
   • Important: 15 fields will you get you a 2 use Grand Casino Key so it maybe worth searching for more mana fields before you return to get your reward.

Locations

• Confirmed Menhir mana fields are marked with a special marker ().

Confirmed Working Menhir Rings - Goal is 20

1. 41.9N 33.3E - Holtburg Menhir Ring (West side of Holtburg)
2. 69.7S, 40.1E - Menhir Ring (Linvak Mountains)
3. 65.4S 52.3E (Linvak Mountains)
4. 11.2S, 43.6E - Stone Ring (Near Yanshi)
5. 14.0N 59.1E (Near Rithwic Crypt)
6. 21.7N 19.4E (Run up Tower in Portal - take portals to Mt. Alphus)
7. 82.7N 21.0E (Baudren area)
8. 49.2N, 74.6W - Menhir Ring (Marescent Plateau)
9. 61.7N, 34.1E - Menhir Ring - Holtburg to New Colier Cottages (40.2N, 35.1E)
10. 51.5N 32.6E (Northern Resonating Crystal)
11. 14.0S 5.3E - Tufa Menhir Ring (Tufa)
12. 16.0N, 1.8E - Incomplete Menhir Ring (Zaikhal)
13. 45.3S, 61.1W - Menhir Ring - (East of Obsidian Plains drop/LS)
14. 46.2S, 71.8W - Menhir Ring (West of Obsidian Plains drop/LS)
15. 8.2N 5.4E (Al-Jalima)
16. Ishilai Lyceum (Mage Armor Quest)
17. BEHIND Promotions Officer in Society Stronghold (Must be a Society Member)
18. ??????
19. ??????
20. ??????

Menhir Rings that don't work:

1. 52.6S 46.7?.
2. 52.8N 62.4E.
3. Menhir Ring near Ivory Crafter in Neydisa.
4. Menhir ring at former Essence of Strife.
5. Timaru.
6. Others than listed as working on ML.
7. Southern Resonating.
8. Menhir Ring of Strife.

• One not shown on the map is in the society strongholds, behind the promotion officer. Presumably, all three count as the same unique mana source, though this has yet to be confirmed.

Maps

Dungeon	Coordinates	Wiki Map	ACmaps
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Items

Quest Items

Enchanted Mana Stone

Rewards

Grand Casino Key

Images

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  Lyceum Courtyard

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Lore & Dialog

Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Another adventurer, we can use you."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Menhir mana fields have undergone some change."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "I have created an enchanted mana stone."
Cara the Apprentice gives you Enchanted Mana Stone.
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Use this stone in the presence of a menhir mana field."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "You can sense menhir mana fields if you can receive more mana into your body."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "It will feel like a great swell of power rising from the ground beneath you."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "The stone will indicate any variations in the mana flow."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Enchantments on the stone allow it to detect up to twenty unique mana fields."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Collect information on as many unique mana fields as you can and return it to us."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "You can return the stone to me for a reward after finding five or more mana fields."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "I'll reward you more for every five unique mana fields you find."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "An important distinction, not all menhir mana fields have rings around them."

Cara the Apprentice tells you, "You have the stone you need."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Use the stone near menhir mana fields."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Collect at least five unique mana field signatures up to a maximum of twenty."

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Menhir Mana Fields
Mana flows across the surface of the stone.
Your fingers tingle as waves of energy coruscate across them.
The stone suddenly returns to its inert state.
This signature lights the ninth ring of the mana stone.
This mana signature is unique.
1 of 20 rings have been lit.

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Inert Menhir Rings
Mana flows across the surface of the stone.
Your fingers tingle as waves of energy coruscate across them.
The stone suddenly returns to its inert state.
Nothing stands out as unusual about this mana.

Notes

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