Sword of Lost Light Quest
| Quest Summary | |
|---|---|
| Quest type | Solo |
| XP Reward | None |
| XP Cap | N/A |
| Item Reward | Sword of Lost Light Superior Shield |
| Title Reward | None |
| Starting location | The Newbie Town Portal Ring |
| Timer | 7 days |
| Level Restrictions | none |
| Level Suggestions | 30+ |
| Introduced in: | Release, updated in Into the Darkness |
General
This was the first epic quest in Asheron's Call. Although it is dated by today's standards it is still an iconic quest and the Sword of Lost Light (or SoLL as its called) is still one of the game's most iconic weapons.
Walk Through
The first step in the quest is to collect six keys from six different dungeons all located near the newbie towns.
Key #1 - File:Worn Small Key Icon.JPG Worn Small Key
Location: Holtburg Dungeon at 43.6N, 33.0E outside the town of Holtburg
Map: ACmaps - Holtburg Dungeon
Key on: Swamp Rat
Directions:
1. Go straight from the drop into a large room with bookshelves.
2. Exit that room through a doorway on the left wall and go right.
3. Take the first left hand passage into a large room.
4. Cut straight across the large room and down a ramp.
5. Go in the first door on the right and the kill the Swamp Rats within the room. You will find a Worn Small Key on one of their corpses.
Creatures
Key #2 - File:Worn Strange Key Icon.JPG Worn Strange Key
Location: Yaraq Tunnels at 24.7S, 1.4W outside the town of Yaraq
Key on: Drudge Slave
Directions:
1. Go straight to a large room
2. Exit that room through a doorway to the south.
3. Go through a couple small rooms and go down a ramp to the west.
4. At the bottom of the ramp go right though a grated door then immediately left through another door and go down the ramp.
5. At the bottom of the ramp there will be a T, go right down a ramp
6. In the room at the bottom of the ramp go through a door to the right
7. You will come to a 5-way intersection, take the 2nd passage on your left.
8. This hallway will take you straight a Drudge Slave with the Worn Strange Key on its corpse.
Creatures
Key #3 - File:Worn Plain Key Icon.JPG Worn Plain Key
Location: Yanshi Tunnels at 12.2S, 45.5E outside the town of Yanshi
Key on: Drudge Slave
Directions: (if you don't have lockpick skill)
1. From the drop keep left (the dungeon is essentially a circle) until you reach a large room with 2 tables and a locked door to the north. A Drudge Slave in that room drops the Worn Plain Key.
Directions: (if you do have lockpick skill)
1. From the drop go right until you reach two consecutive locked doors. Unlock the doors and you'll be in a room with 2 tables. A Drudge Slave in that room drops the Worn Plain Key.
Creatures
Key #4 - File:Worn Old Key Icon.JPG Worn Old Key
Location: Shoushi Grotto at 34.5S, 72.8E outside the town of Shoushi
Key on: Drudge Slave
Directions:
1. From the drop keep go down the ramp and keep straight till you reach a large room.
2. Exit the large room through a hallway to the left. Take the second hallway to the right and go straight till you go down a ramp.
3. At the room at the bottom of the ramp go left into another room then right down a hallway to a large room (with some empty lifestone brackets).
4. Exit the large room though a hallway to the right then run straight (going up several ramps) until you reach the "Throne Room". A Drudge Slave in that room drops the Worn Old Key.
Creatures
Key #5 - File:Worn Rusty Key Icon.JPG Worn Rusty Key
Location: Dungeon Manor at 1.9S, 19.8E outside the town of Samsur
Key on: Drudge Slave
Directions:
1. From the drop take the first right then go left at the split and go straight into a very open area.
2. From here keep left then take the first right leading to a small room with a narrower hallway. Go down the hallway straight to a room with a pedestal with a gem floating above it. A Drudge Slave in that room drops the Worn Rusty Key.
Creatures
Key #6 - File:Worn Odd Key Icon.JPG Worn Odd Key
Location: Rithwic Crypt at 14.0N, 59.1E outside the town of Rithwic
Key on: Desert Rat
Directions:
1. From the drop take the first right then take the third door on your left. Go down the ramp.
2. Take a left at the room at the bottom then an immediate left into a room with three Desert Rats one of them in that room drops the Worn Odd Key.
Creatures
The final key needed is in the Carved Cave dungeon located outside Al-Jalima.
Key #7 - 
A silvery, mysterious key
Location: Carved Cave at 7.4N, 0.6E outside the town of Al-Jalima
Map: ACmaps - Carved Cave
Key in: Chest at the end of the dungeon
Directions:
1. There are two keys you need to obtain in the dungeon before you can proceed on to get the Silvery Mysterious Key.
2. From the drop go down the hallway to the east and go straight into an large open room. The Carved Key is located in a chest in one of the smaller rooms to the left. Now return to the drop point.
3. From the drop go west until you reach a locked door. Use the Carved Key to unlock the door and go to on to a ledge overlooking a room full of Ash Gromnies. Jump across and down to the north. The Small Carved Key is found in a chest in a small room to the east.
File:Small Carved Key icon.JPG Small Carved Key
4. Once you have the Small Carved Key go back west from the chest where you got the key. Go up a passageway until you reach a locked door. Use the Small Carved Key to open the door and be careful not to accidentally run into the surface portal on the other side.
5.You'll come to a point where you have to make a a short diagonal jump from one room to another. If you fall you'll just land back in the Ash Gromnie room and can run back up in a matter of seconds. After the jump follow the passage down until you reach a room with lots of stone pillars and lots of low level shadows in it. The A silvery, mysterious key is located in a chest in this room.
6. Once you have the key and are ready to complete the quest you'll notice there is a portal to the Halls of the Lost Light right there at the end of the dungeon that you can take straight to the final portion of the quest.
Creatures
- Ash Gromnie
- Brutish Monouga
- Shadow
- Shadow Child
- Silver Rat
- Skeleton Lord
- Skeleton Wraith
- Wild Monouga
Once you have all seven keys you can proceed to the final dungeon where the Sword of Lost Light is found.
Halls of the Lost Light
Location: 76.5s, 74.9W outside the town of Candeth Keep
Note:A direct portal to the dungeon is located in the Carved Cave (see above)
Map: ACmaps - Halls of the Lost Light
Directions:
1. From the entrance there are two doors both of which lead to the end. If you take the right door the rule is to keep to the right on your way down through the dungeon and if you take the left door the rule is to keep to the left on your way down through the dungeon.
2. There are several sets of door that require the Worn keys found in the starter town dungeons along the way down. Essentially the dungeon is just opening doors, jumping down to the next level, then opening more doors and so on.
3. Both paths will come to a long hallway with a door in the middle. use the A silvery, mysterious key to open the door and enter the final room. The Guardian of the Lost Light has both the Sword of Lost Light and the Superior Shield. He only drops one set of items per kill and is on a 5 minute respawn timer.
