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Desert of Flames offers a new way to do those
"read-a-page-kill-10-mobs-repeat-ten-times" quests for house item
books. Game Designer Owlchick recently
href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=quest&message.id=79594&query.id=99023#M79594">posted
that all the book quests will eventually be completed DoF
fashion: by binding the missing pages into the tome via a Bookbinder,
such as the one inside the Temple of the Moon in Maj'Dul. The
pre-expansion catalog books can still be completed the traditional way,
but soon all books will be initiated DoF style. Books and pages are
dropped by mobs or found by clicking "hi-lightable" objects throughout
the expansion lands; it's about a half-and-half split. "Found" pages
are no_trade, while "dropped" pages are mostly tradable.
But first, let's take a look at the familiar ground spawns (?'s).
It's hard to get much detail on the rewards, especially since rewards
are liable to be tweaked. What folks are saying on the forums is that
many collections offer platemail items with bonuses to WIS and INT,
with a smattering of jewelry and no medium (leather) armor so far.
Again, just rumors!
So what's out there?
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Worn Mummy Wrappping Collection
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Tattered Mummy Wrappping Collection
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Preserved Mummy Wrappping Collection
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Worn Head Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Tattered Head Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Preserved Head Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Worn Arm Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody">A Tattered Arm Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Preserved Arm Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Worn Hand Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Tattered Hand Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Preserved Hand Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Worn Torso Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Tattered Torso Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Preserved Torso Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Worn Leg Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Tattered Leg Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Preserved Leg Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Worn Feet Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Tattered Feet Wrapping
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Preserved Feet Wrapping
Before you put
your boots on in Sinking Sands, check for these guys...
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Crushed Scorpion Collection
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Striped Scorpion Collection
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Spotted Scorpion Collection
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Shining Scorpion Collection
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Crushed Blue Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Striped Blue Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Spotted Blue Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Shining Blue Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Crushed Black Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Black Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">A
Spotted Black Scorpion
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class="postbody"> A Shining Black Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Crushed Brown Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Brown Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Spotted Brown Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Shining Brown Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody">A Crushed Red Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Red Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody">A Spotted Red Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Shining Red Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Crushed Green Scorpion
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A Striped Green
Scorpion
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class="postbody"> A Spotted Green Scorpion
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Shining Green Scorpion
style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Where did Ak'Anon go,
anyway?
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Tarnished Tinkered Items Collection
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Broken Tinkered Items Collection
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Sand Blasted Tinkered Items Collection
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class="postbody"> A Tarnished Bolt
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class="postbody"> A Broken Bolt
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Sand Blasted Bolt
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Tarnished Gear
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Broken Gear
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Sand Blasted Gear
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Tarnished Cog
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Broken Cog
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Sand Blasted Cog
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody">A Tarnished Spinner
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Broken Spinner
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Sand Blasted Spinner
A plague of
locusts...
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Shining Locust Collection
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Spotted Locust Collection
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Crushed Locust Collection
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Striped Locust Collection
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Shining Brown Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Spotted Brown Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Crushed Brown Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Brown Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Shining Green Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Spotted Green Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Crushed Green Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Green Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Shining Red Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Spotted Red Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Crushed Red Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Red Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody">A Shining Blue Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Spotted Blue Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Crushed Blue Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Blue Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Shining Black Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Spotted Black Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">A Crushed Black Locust
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> A Striped Black Locust
And more
miscellaneous collectibles than an antique store on Friday...
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Sand Blasted Lamp Collection
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Harpy Feather Collection
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Sand Giant Toe Collection
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Sand Collection
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Cobra Scale Collection
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class="postbody">Sand Blasted Lamp Handle
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Blue Harpy Feather
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Decaying Sand Giant Toe
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Blue Sand
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Broken Cobra Scale
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Sand Blasted Left Side of a Lamp
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Green Harpy Feather
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody">Fresh Sand Giant Toe
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Green Sand
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Decaying Cobra Scale
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Sand Blasted Right Side of a Lamp
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Red Harpy Feather
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Shriveled
Sand Giant Toe
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Orange Sand
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">Pristine Cobra Scale
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Sand Blasted Spout of a Lamp
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Purple Sand
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Pristine Cobra Scale
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody"> Red Sand
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">
class="postbody">Shining Cobra Scale
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody"> Yellow Sand
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">
class="postbody">Tarnished Cobra Scale
Thanks to Adrianna, Arcanya, and Melanctha for filling in the blanks
in my journal via this
href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=quest&message.id=79644&query.id=100659#M79644"
target="_blank">official
forums thread!
"Found" Books & Pages in the Desert Lands
Okooo went around scarfing up all the books and pages he could find in
Maj'Dul and the Sinking Sands, and our favorite Illusionist brought
back a laundry list of locs. In all honesty, the Maj'Dul "clickable"
items are most easily found by taking a half-hour to wander around
looking for highlights rather than trying to follow each loc, but
perhaps the list will come in handy as you search out each an elusive
page or tome.
The Second Wife's Tale
Tome (loc -150.42, 177.57, -119.30, Maj Dul, Basket)
Page 5 (loc 60.36, 137.08, 185.14, Maj Dul, Square Chest)
Page 10 (loc 128.76, 143.55, 123.23, Maj Dul, Vase)
An Oasis in the Desert
Page 16 (51.75, 139.94, -30.47 Maj Dul, Scroll on the table)
Page 22 (137.49, 139.72, -116.96, Maj Dul, Barrel)
The Nights of the Dead
Page 8 (loc -201.37, 147.78, 67.09, Maj Dul, Vase)
Page 10 (loc -69.48, 149.70, -128.70, Maj Dul, Basket)
Page 13 (loc -155.89, 138.34, 151.28, Maj Dul, Basket)
Page 15 (loc -188.50, 139.53, 153.66, Maj Dul, Basket)
A Tale of the Arena
Page 12 (loc 32.86, 136.81, 200.70, Maj Dul, Scroll on the Table)
Page 15 (loc -95.89, 162.48, 98.01, Maj Dul, Overturned Basket)
Selected Poems
Page 19 (loc -153.13, 177.86, 105.36, Maj Dul, Scroll on the
table)
Page 20 (loc -245.83, 135.47, -15.10, Maj Dul, Chest)
The Legends of the Dragons
Page 5 (2022.91, -244.21, 315.36, Sinking Sands, Chest,
(underwater))
The Desert Serpent
Page 12 (-1022.52, -171.11, -341.43, Sinking Sands, Pile of Rocks)
A Note Regarding "Dropped" Book Items
Your pretty much on your own to find these,
however, avoid non-sentient creatures that have no real business
carrying books or pages, like cobras and asps.
We'll post more as we discover more, but if you've found something out
that we've missed, please email
us or post in the
href="http://eq2.tentonhammer.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewforum&f=61&sid=05f065701cd5d06e66fe37b40d013170"
target="_blank">"Desert
of Flames" forums. Good luck!