Sword of Lost Hope Quest

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Sword of Lost Hope Quest
Level:	??
Type:	Group
Starts At:	??
Repeat:	??

Quest Overview

This was originally the quest to banish Bael'Zharon during The Child of Daralet event. When the Hopeslayer was defeated, the mortal remains of his former self Ilservian Palacost appeared, along with 6 remnants of the crystals that imprisoned him. There were only 6 per server and could be handed in for unique one time only items (see below).

During the Now In This Hush event, A Shadow of Black Ferah took the place of Bael'Zharon in his lair. When killed, the Blood of the Hopeslayer appears on the remains of Ilservian that were left behind when he was defeated. The blood can be used on the Sword of Lost Light to create the Sword of Lost Hope.

During the Unfinished Business event, the Radiant Mana Infusion was introduced. Using the infusion on the SoLH, turns it into an Empowered Sword of Lost Hope - a very effective acid rending sword.

Walk Through

Part 1: Creating the Portal Gem

To create the portal gem, you must first obtain items from several other quests:

Complete the Empyrean Cloister Quest to obtain the Skull of Avoren Palacost.
Complete the Shadow Captain's Heaume Quest to obtain the Heart of Shadow.
Complete the Virindi Servant's Amulet Quest to obtain the Fragment of the Singularity.
Combine the Fragment of the Singularity with the Heart of Shadow to create the Dark Singularity.
Combine the Dark Singularity with the Skull of Avoren Palacost to make the Dark Crucible.
Hand the Dark Crucible to one of the Chosen of Asheron to receive the Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Portal Gem.

Part 2 - Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer

You will require a lockpicker (max difficulty is 402) and lever pullers for this part of the quest.

Make sure everyone is fully buffed (including banes) before using the portal gem.
- Warning: Becareful after entering the dungeon, the surface portal is a few feet from the drop point and if you exit there is no way back without a second portal gem.
Have the lockpicker unlock the middle door, the other two passages are rigged with mana and stamina blight traps.
After clearing the section of Grievver and Shadows, you will see a lever in the center of the room, have a group or person stay behind at the lever ready for use when you reach the door - everyone else will continue on west.
At the split, take the middle passage across a grated floor and down a ramp. Defeat the Grievvers and Shadows in this room and head around to the north passage.
The next section is made of Shadow-twisted organic material which constantly eats away at your health for 9 points or more. The alcoves in the central corridor are safe zones from the damage, so stand in them whenever you can.
Stand at the door and have the group that stayed behind pull the lever, when the door opens move into the alcoves beyond the door and wait.
The lever group now needs to get to the door and take the left corridor north through some rooms to the last lever, pull it and run back and join up with the others (the first door can be reopened from inside the corridor). When the final door is open, everyone should move into the end of the passage before the pit and buff up if necessary.
Down below is the final room where A Shadow of Black Ferah is found along with the Remnants of Ilservian laid out on altar. Once you kill Black Ferah's shadow, the Blood of the Hopeslayer will spawn on Illservian's corpse.
Once you have killed enough spawns for everyone to get a vial of blood, recall out or use the nearby surface portal.
After you have infused the Sword of Lost Light with the blue, white, and red fire infusions you can use the Blood of the Hopeslayer on it to create the Sword of Lost Hope. You cannot add further infusions other than the Radiant Mana Infusion to the sword once you have already used the blood on it.

Maps

Dungeon	Coordinates	Wiki Map	ACmaps
Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer	Portal Gem	--	02B0

Items

Quest Items

Asheron's Second Missive Instructions (Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer) Skull of Avoren Palacost Heart of Shadow Fragment of the Singularity Dark Singularity Dark Crucible Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Portal Gem Remnants of Ilservian Sword of Lost Light

Rewards

Blood of the Hopeslayer Sword of Lost Hope

Retired Quest Items

Fenmalain Soul Crystal Shard Caulnalain Soul Crystal Shard Shendolain Soul Crystal Shard Nexus Soul Crystal Shard Herald Soul Crystal Shard Great Work Soul Crystal Shard

Retired Rewards

Fenmalain Staff of the Lightbringer Caulnalain Staff of the Lightbringer Shendolain Staff of the Lightbringer Nexus Staff of the Lightbringer Herald's Staff of the Lightbringer Great Work Staff of the Lightbringer Fenmalain Helm of the Lightbringer Caulnalain Helm of the Lightbringer Shendolain Helm of the Lightbringer Nexus Helm of the Lightbringer Herald's Helm of the Lightbringer Great Work Helm of the Lightbringer

Experience Rewards

Images

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Entrance
Lever 1 Area
Shadow-twisted passage ways
Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer

Lore & Dialog

Chosen of Asheron tells you, "My lord conveys his gratitude for the efforts of your people. If you are one of the champions who took part in the defeat of Bael'Zharon, I can take your Soul Crystal Gem and give you a spellcasting staff to commemorate your achievement."
Chosen of Asheron gives you Asheron's Second Missive.
Chosen of Asheron tells you, "Also, I have instructions here that will lead you to the site of the Hopeslayer's defeat, should you wish to visit it."
Chosen of Asheron gives you Instructions.

You give Chosen of Asheron Dark Crucible.
Chosen of Asheron tells you, "The Hopeslayer has been destroyed, but you may wish to visit his lair nonetheless. This gem will bring you there."
Chosen of Asheron gives you Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer Portal Gem.

The Shadow-twisted organic floor absorbs 10 points of your flesh as you walk on it!

As Black Ferah falls, you hear a cold, contemptuous voice declare, "Do with the blood as they will, outlander. My true form stays close to my master, who you cannot kill!"

You give Lilly of Glenden Wood Blood of the Hopeslayer.
Lilly of Glenden Wood tells you, "Egad! What a disgusting mess! I'll just destroy this right now!"
You've earned 10,000,000 experience.

Notes

During the Into the Darkness event, the Sepulcher of the Hopeslayer dungeon was updated with more difficult creatures and became non recallable.
During the Reforging the Past event, the quest timer was standardized to 27 days (originally 30).