Harbinger Quest

Related topics: Aerbax's Prodigal Harbinger

Hard Version

File:Harbinger Live Scale.jpg

Harbinger

Quest Summary
Quest type	Solo/Group
XP Reward	Variable - 2 points into skill of choice
XP Cap	655 Million xp
Item Reward	Pack Harbinger Harbinger Arm Guard Finger of the Harbinger
Title Reward	Champion of Dereth
Starting location	Yanshi
Timer	27 Days
Level Restrictions	60+
Level Suggestions	120+
Introduced in	Into the Darkness

Walk Through

• Make sure everyone from your fellow has a Harbinger Item (see below) before starting. You must have

Step 1: The Tunnels

1. From Yanshi, run to either Issk @ 12.9S, 46.5E or Vincadi @ 12.6S 46.7E.
   • Note: Each NPC offers the same quest, however the lore is different for each. Flagging with one will prevent you from accessing the other, so be sure your whole group flags with the same NPC.
   • Tip: Soft tie to the surface portal @ 13.0S, 47.3E for convenience. If you die, you'll want an easy way to get back quickly.
2. When your group is ready, everyone should hand their Harbinger Item to the NPC (either Issk or Vincadi) and then use the nearby Tunnels to the Harbinger portal to begin.
3. Once inside, the dungeon is linear to the bottom (keep heading down). The only obstacles are a series of 4 jumps that must be made.
   • Jump 1: Acid Pit - Full jump ahead (land on invisible platform)
   • Jump 2: Lava Pit - Jump into the pit and take the hallway to the North
   • Jump 3: Ice Shelf - Shift-jump down onto the platform above the ice shelf, clear the spawn, and wait for your group.
   • Jump 4: Ice/Acid Pit Combo - Dispell, then shift Jump down onto the ice shelf and quicky run to the edge and full jump across the acid pit (land on invisible platform). The ice hurts, so be quick.
   • Jump 5: Staging Area - Shift jump down and quickly move to the south (near the portals).
4. At this point, everyone should rebuff, and when ready, use the Harbinger's Lair portal to begin the fight.

Step 2: Harbinger

1. When you get inside, someone should debuff Harbinger fully. Start with UA/Strength and then Imperil, Slash Vuln, Fester, etc...
   • Tip: If you have low level players in your group, it is a good idea to designate them as fellowship healers.
2. Throughout the fight, Hands will spawn. Stop attacking Harbinger and team up on each Hand one at a time. Some hands can smite, so the order of attack should be:
   1. GREEN - Hand of Verdancy
   2. BLUE - Hand of Enchantment
   3. PURPLE - Hand of Artifice
   4. RED - Hand of Strife
3. Once Harbinger's health gets below 50%, Essences will spawn. Stop attacking Harbinger and team up on each Wisp one at a time. Some essences can smite, so the order of attack should be:
   1. GREEN - Essence of Verdancy
   2. BLUE - Essence of Enchantment
   3. PURPLE - Essence of Artifice
   4. RED - Essence of Strife
4. When harbinger dies, loot a Harbinger Arm Token from the ground and then take the surface portal that spawns.

Note: If you die, portal recall and run back to the Tunnels to the Harbinger, near Issk or Vincadi. When you click to enter the portal it will ask you if you want to return to Harbinger's Lair. Click YES.

Items

• File:Harbinger Arm Token icon.png Harbinger Arm Token

• File:Pack Harbinger icon.png Pack Harbinger

• File:Harbinger Arm Guard icon.png Harbinger Arm Guard

• File:Finger of the Harbinger icon.png Finger of the Harbinger

Lore & Dialog

You give Vincadi Bloodthirsty Monouga Idol.
Vincadi tells you, "You have chosen to enhance your understanding of Weapon Tinkering."
Vincadi tells you, "If you are not already aware of the fundamentals of this skill you will earn nothing. You have been warned. Now enter the Harbinger's Lair so that we might one day reach our goal."

"It cannot be. I am the well of world blood given consciousness, your blades should not matter. They will not stop me. I will not fall to darkness. I will not listen to her sweet song. They both mean to imprison me for their own purposes. No! I shall return, I have tasted freedom, I shall rise again!"

Vincadi tells you, "You have done well to earn your reward."
Your base Weapon Tinkering skill is now 526 and has reached its upper limit!

You give Ciandra, Arcanum Alchemist Harbinger Arm Token.
Ciandra, Arcanum Alchemist tells you, "Ah, excellent, an arm from the Harbinger! Oh, just look at the glow it has! That's thaumic residue from the absorbtion of the Essences! This is so exciting, I can't wait to begin testing this! Here take this as a reward for helping to keep the Harbinger in check. Return it to me if you would prefer a different reward."
Ciandra, Arcanum Alchemist gives you Harbinger Arm Guard.

Medium Version

Items

• Crystallized Essence of Artifice
• Crystallized Essence of Enchantment
• Crystallized Essence of Strife
• Crystallized Essence of Verdancy
• Greater Helm Of The Elements
• Prismatic Diamond Shield

Harbinger Items

Skill	Item	Skill	Item
Alchemy	Slasher Reedshark Hide	Life Magic	Drudge Cabalist Charm
Arcane Lore	Skull of a Skeletal Hero	Lockpick	Merciless Monouga Idol
Armor Tinkering	Sage Drudge Charm	Loyalty	Obsidian Heart
Assess Creature	Wood Heart	Mace	Primeval Skeleton Shin Bone
Assess Person	Ash Gromnie Tooth	Magic Defense	Peerless Drudge Charm
Axe	Rendeath Shreth Hide	Magic Item Tinkering	Mystic Drudge Charm
Bow	Drudge Bloodletter Charm	Mana Conversion	Essence of a Phantasm
Cooking	Banderling Antagonist Scalp	Melee Defense	Telumiat Hollow Minion Essence
Creature Enchantment	Murk Drudge Charm	Missile Defense	Banderling Savage Arm
Crossbow	Banderling Predator Scalp	Run	Iron Heart
Dagger	Banderling Bone Ring (Trophy)	Spear	Gauloth Shreth Hide
Deception	Granite Heart	Staff	Gloom Drudge Charm
Fletching	Banderling Slayer Scalp	Sword	Mutilator Head
Healing	Olthoi Head	Thrown Weapons	Skull of a Dark Master
Item Enchantment	Insidious Monouga Idol	Unarmed Combat	Reedshark Reaper Hide
Item Tinkering	Plate Armoredillo Hide	War Magic	Banderling Aggressor Scalp
Jump	Copper Heart	Weapon Tinkering	Bloodthirsty Monouga Idol
Leadership	Ravener Guts

Note: There is currently no item for the Salvaging skill.

Lore & Dialog

You apply the oil to the surface of the shield. The oil hardens into a hard prismatic crystalline shell. A soft glow surrounds the shield and storms become visible in the prismatic coating.