Menhir Research

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Menhir Research
Level:	??
Type:	Solo
Starts At:	??
Repeat:	??

Quest Overview and Walkthrough

This quest, if done efficiently, will allow you to accumulate large amounts of Alternate Currency (Mhoire Coins, Colosseum Coins, and Olthoi Venom Sacs) in a short amount of time. In fact, it's the only quest in the game that allows you to consistently accumulate this currency long before you can enter the actual hunting areas that would reward you with them. You can receive 2 pieces of currency every 6 days for each character you have who is level 50+, and you can 'stack' all of that currency on a single character for maximum purchasing power. All your level 50+ characters who run the quest will also receive 85% PxP, up to 90 million. If the quest is run with maximum efficiency, it should take roughly half an hour per character.

To run the quest as quickly as possible on multiple characters, you'll want all your characters to:

-Have portal gems for Rithwic, Yaraq, Shoushi, Yanshi, Holtburg, and Xarabydun. -Have Teleportation Devices (for the Facility Hub). -Have access to a Tursh Totem at mansion. -Have Aerlinthe Recall, a Portal to Izji Qo at their mansion, OR have another character summon them to the Obsidian Rim (There's a tie-able portal about a 10-click run from Fort Tethana) so that they can lifestone tie there (this latter option is best for 'runner' characters that will only see use every 6 days for this quest).

A buff-bot may help for surviving the run to the Obsidian Rim Menhir Rings, though it's not essential.

You'll also want at least one character with:

-A portal tie to Tufa (Ignore this if your allegiance hometown is Tufa). -A portal tie to the Lugian Quarry. -A portal tie to the top of Mt. Alphus, where Zalphoos has his shop.

Of the 20 Menhir rings, each character will do the following in order:

-Holtburg and the two menhir rings directly north from Holtburg, as a straight-line run in order, for 3 rings total. -The two Obsidian Rim menhir rings, recalling to the lifestone after each ring to save time, for 5 rings total. -Shoushi portal gem ---> Kara (portal on NE side of Shoushi ---> Lake Thrasyl Cottages Portal --> West Linvak Menhir ring, for 6. -Al-Jalima for 7, either via a portal-bot that sends you to Umbral Halls (Al-Jalima is in the East wing), or via Yaraq --> Khayyaban --> Al-Jalima. -Using the Tursh totem at your mansion, run to the Tumerok Camp menhir ring, for 8.

Next come the very easy ones:

-Rithwic crypt, for 9. -Facility Hub to Olthoi Legionary portal to Marae Lassel Menhir Ring, for 10. -Yanshi, for 11. -Zaikhal (via Yaraq), for 12.

And finally, the ones where it's quickest to have one of your characters summon for the others:

-Tufa summoned for 13. (If you can't have a character tied there, run from Yaraq.) -Top of Mt. Alphus summoned for 14. (If you can't have a character tied there, use the Facility Hub orb to go to the Hammer of Lightning quest, which is nearby.) -The Lugian Quarry near the East Linvak Menhir ring, for 15.

Then, proceed back to Xarabydun and turn in your Mana Stone with 15 rings lit. You'll be rewarded with XP and a 2-use casino key that opens the Grand Golden Chest and rewards you with alternate currency. You're done!

If you want to accumulate the currency rewards on a single main character, log your main character off in front of the Casino chest. Open the chest on your character with the key, switch characters quickly, and loot the chest with your main character. You may want to disable Decal before doing this, so there's no chance of the game crashing and your missing a pull.

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).
4. NOTE: It does not matter which order you complete them in. The first ring you use the stone in, you will get a message telling you it is 1 of 20; the next ring 2 of 20, and so on.
5. You can deliver the stone after each 5 Mana Fields. A pop-up box will ask you if you want to complete the quest now.

• 5 Mana Fields: Title, 30 mill xp, no Grand Casino Key
• 10 Mana Fields: Title, 60 mill xp, one use Grand Casino Key
• 15 Mana Fields: Title, 90 mill xp, 2 use Grand Casino Key

Locations

• Menhir with mana fields are marked with
• Menhir mana fields without a menhir ring are marked with
• Moved the checked but not working Menhir Rings and other POIs to the Discussion Page

Confirmed Working Menhir Rings - Goal is 20

1. 45.3S, 61.1W - Menhir Ring - (East of Obsidian Rim Portal drop/LS) - This signature lights the first ring of the mana stone.
2. 46.2S, 71.8W - Menhir Ring (West of Obsidian Rim Portal drop/LS) - This signature lights the second ring of the mana stone.
3. 14.0N, 59.1E (Near Rithwic Crypt) - This signature lights the third ring of the mana stone.
4. 65.4S, 52.3E - Menhir Ring (Linvak Mountains) - Kara to Yukikaze Portal (82.9S, 48.2E) - This signature lights the fourth ring of the mana stone.
5. 88.0S, 48.7E - Ishalae Lyceum (Mage Armor Quest) - This signature lights the fifth ring of the mana stone.
6. 11.2S, 43.6E - Stone Ring (Near Yanshi) - This signature lights the sixth ring of the mana stone.
7. 69.7S, 40.1E - Menhir Ring (Linvak Mountains) - From Kara (portal in Shoushi 33.0S 73.2E), take the Lake Thrasyl Cottages portal at 82.9S 48.0E - This signature lights the seventh ring of the mana stone.
8. 61.7N, 34.1E - Menhir Ring - Holtburg to New Colier Cottages (40.2N, 35.1E) - This signature lights the eighth ring of the mana stone.
9. 41.9N, 33.3E - Holtburg Menhir Ring (West side of Holtburg) - This signature lights the ninth ring of the mana stone.
10. 19.3N, 17.7E - Mount Alphus Menhir Ring - Glenden Wood to Zabool Overlook Settlement (27.9N, 29.5E). Run up Zabool Tower at 21.7N, 19.4E, take the exit portal, next the portal to Mount Alphus - This signature lights the tenth ring of the mana stone.
11. 8.2N 5.4E - Standing Stone Outlook - near (Al-Jalima) - This signature lights the eleventh ring of the mana stone.
12. 16.0N, 1.8E - Incomplete Menhir Ring (Zaikhal) - This signature lights the twelfth ring of the mana stone.
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15. BEHIND Promotions Officer in Society Stronghold (Must be a Society Member) - This signature lights the fifteenth ring of the mana stone.
16. Bottom of the Uber version of Lady Aerfalle quest. - This signature lights the sixteenth ring of the mana stone.
17. 51.5N, 32.6E (Northern Resonating Crystal) - Holtburg to Mountain Keep Cottages Portal (40.2N, 35.1E) - This signature lights the seventeenth ring of the mana stone.
18. 82.7N, 21.0E - Aun Settlement (Baudren area) - Arwic to Dagger Vale Portal (32.9N, 59.4E) - This signature lights the eighteenth ring of the mana stone.
19. 14.0S, 5.3E - Tufa Menhir Ring (Tufa) - Qalaba'r to Sand Shallow Cottages (74.8S, 17.8E) - This signature lights the nineteenth ring of the mana stone.
20. 49.2N, 74.6W - Menhir Ring (Marescent Plateau) - Take the Ancient Empyrean Grotto Portal in the Facility Hub - This signature lights the twentieth ring of the mana stone.

Maps

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Items

Quest Items

Enchanted Mana Stone Coalesced ManaFile:Coalesced Mana Yellow Icon.png Coalesced Mana Yellow

Rewards

Grand Casino Key

Images

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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.

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Delivering the Stone after 5 Menhir Rings

• Note: A pop-up box will ask you if you want to complete the quest now. If you push "Yes" the stone will disappear from your inventory, and you can only repeat the quest after 6 days.

You allow Cara the Apprentice to examine your Enchanted Mana Stone.
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Five mana fields."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Maybe you'll search harder next time."
You hand over 1 of your Enchanted Mana Stones.
You've earned 31,799,998 experience.
You have been granted the title of Assistant's Assistant.

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Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Thank you for your recent assistance. You can not yet help us again."
You must wait 5d 23h 58m 16s before repeating this quest.

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Delivering the Stone after 10 Menhir Rings

• Note: A pop-up box will ask you if you want to complete the quest now. If you push "Yes" the stone will disappear from your inventory, and you can only repeat the quest after 6 days.

You allow Cara the Apprentice to examine your Enchanted Mana Stone.
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "A reward for ten mana fields."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "Half way to the stone's capacity."
You hand over 1 of your Enchanted Mana Stones.
You've earned 63,599,996 experience.
You have been granted the titles of Mana Field Finder and Assistant's Assistant.
Cara the Apprentice gives you Grand Casino Key.

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Delivering the Stone after 15 Menhir Rings

• Note: A pop-up box will ask you if you want to complete the quest now. If you push "Yes" the stone will disappear from your inventory, and you can only repeat the quest after 6 days.

You allow Cara the Apprentice to examine your Enchanted Mana Stone.
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "A reward for fifteen mana fields."
Cara the Apprentice tells you, "A few more next time maybe?"
You hand over 1 of your Enchanted Mana Stones.
You've earned 95,399,994 experience.
You have been granted the titles of Arcanum Adventurer, Mana Field Finder and Assistant's Assistant.
0:35:11 Cara the Apprentice gives you Grand Casino Key.

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