ToFS Merc Quests

Lianeb · Jul 28, 2020

That intersection is a pain.

But to help....all mobs run West through that intersection. It’s almost like there is no east path through it for the mobs. You can be standing on the east side of that armor and walk up and smack him standing next to him and all the mobs including him will path around the big loop to get to you.

Runcible · Aug 4, 2020

One final update and this is really more towards those looking to obtain all the ToFS keys than just complete the merc quests (which only require access up to floor 5). After what seems like forever, ive just today acquired the ToFS mirror room key (which means you can jump to any floor instantly rather than having to snake your way up each floor, assuming you have all the floor keys previously). As a 115 mage, I was able to molo keys to floors 2 - 5 without too much difficulty. The key to floor 6 required me to add an enchanter to my group as I needed crowd control, but the duo was np. Same said for the key to floor 7. As a mage/enchanter duo it wasnt too hard to get. With that said, the mirror room (spare key) was way tougher than i expected. First, to get up to the key holder, there are multiple mobs near each other that either see INV or INVU so without the enchanter calming things allowing the mage to run past, Im not sure how I could have even pathed through the zone. Once up in the mirror room, I setup shop and with the enchanter calming things, I could single pull the placeholder (a restless tutor) with no problem. Eventually the key holder (Ascendant Svartmane) spawns. Again, with the enchanter calming, I could single pull the Ascendant Svartmane to the mirror room to fight without an issue, but to me this was a really tough fight. I added another mage to my group (so running two 115 mages with earth pets, the 115 enchanter with pet, 2 merc clerics and 1 merc dps) and I still wiped twice. Ive seen others say this fight isnt tough, but man it was tough for me without an actual player tank (only relying on the mage pets). The fight always started off pretty well, but when it got down to half its hp, it seems like i was having to spam the pet heal just to help the merc clerics keep up. Ultimately I was able to win the fight, but there is no way in the world i could have done it with just one mage and the enchanter duo. Maybe others with better gear and skills than me could pull that off.

Anyway, hope this post has/will help others who are working on obtaining the keys and completing ToFS quests.

Take care everyone.

Yinla · Aug 4, 2020

Runcible said: ↑

“First, to get up to the key holder, there are multiple mobs near each other that either see INV or INVU so without the enchanter calming things allowing the mage to run past, Im not sure how I could have even pathed through the zone.”

Double invis trick works if you can pull it off. Invis from Mage and IVU from chanter. You could have easily run the mage with IVU and Invis and cohed the chanter.

Runcible · Aug 4, 2020

Wow, is that a thing? If so, then I feel pretty stupid. Will have to try that tonight.

Nadisia · Aug 4, 2020

Yep, it's possible.
You need to start casting the regular invis 1st, and while the 1st character is still casting, start casting the IVU with the 2nd character.
And always in that order (invis 1st, IVU second) because IVU doesn't overwrite invis, but invis overwrites IVU.
With some practice, it's pretty easy.

You only need to cast in sync if you want the stack on both characters at the same time.
If you only want IVU+Invis on the mage, cast Invis with mage, the IVU with chanter, and the mage will get the 2 invis stacked.

Or for easy mode, get a bard, with Shauri's Sonorous Clouding Rk III AA (EoK lvl 110 AA).
It's a stacked IVU + Invis + Levitation, 3 separate buffs (but not permanent), instant cast.
So no need to cast in sync with 2 characters

Zynt · Aug 10, 2020

Runcible said: ↑

“Wanted to come back to this thread one last time to put a bow on it as I finally completed the ToFS (and with it the ToV) merc quests today. I couldnt have done it without the input from so many on this thread so thanks again to all of you who contributed. I also thought it might help others who havent done it yet if I just recapped my experience.

As a 115 mage, I completed the tasks molo. Definitely would have been easier in a group (aside from maybe the 4th floor key), but for those who rarely group, just know its doable. This is how it worked for me. Playing an average of 2.5 to 3 hours a day, it took me a week.

First floor - Definitely the hardest because of the bordem factor. I could only find one mob on the entire floor that was a single pull. This took 2 deaths and a number of port outs to figure out. The spawn time was 9 to 10 min each time and for some reason occassionaly it would be a 20 min reset on the mob. The mob I used was on the last room to the left. He would spawn and walk back and forth down the hall. You cant attack him at either end of the hall or you will get some adds, but the middle of the hall is safe. Killed this 100+ times over 2.5 days before the keyholder spawned in its place. Just know that as soon as the place holder is killed, the key holder spawns instantly so its basically one long battle between the two.

Second floor - Easiest for me. When you walk in there are single pull mobs (one on the left and one on the right). These drop the notes required for one of the ToFS quests. I killed the mobs 5 or 6 times total, got all the notes required and during that time it spawned the keyholder to the second floor (this is the same as floor one where it spawns instantly after killing the placeholder).

Third floor - This one you dont need to kill anything, but its pretty nerveracking because if you get killed (or port out) in the middle of doing hand ins, then you have to start over. You start by hailing this guy to get a broom to hand to the butler. Invisi wont drop when you hail him, but will drop on all the turn ins (ie giving the broom to the butler and so on). In each turn in spot there is a way to hide from other mobs. I personally used a shrink potion for these turn ins but im assuming you can do them by ducking as well. For the first turn in you just stand behind the large column to the left of the butler. For the second turn in you hide under a table and wait for the roamer to go to the other side of the room. For the third turn in you also hide under a table and wait for a roamer to move to the other side of the room. I died during this one as I apparently wasnt hidden well enough and the entire room agroed on me (so I had the fun of starting over). The fourth turn in (if Im remembering correctly) was the easiest as only the turn in mob was in the room). The fifth turn in was the most nerveracking one. I hid inbetween the bed and the mob i was turning in to. The sixth turn in is back to the guy you got the original broom from. You can find a spot to the left of the entrance to the zone where you can give it to him without anyone seeing. One note is that armors see through IVU but everything else on the floor doesnt. There is an armor guarding the hall to the mirror which goes to the 4th floor.

Fourth floor - I went the route of killing restless mummies. There are two mummies on the hallway when you zone in. I think these are supposed to spawn spaced out, but sometimes they kinda glitch and spawn next to each other. The way I found to do this floor for me was to follow the hallway where you zone in from until you get to the first intersection. Diagonally to the right across the intersection is a short hallway that has a mummy that roams a short distance in it. I would kill this one first, then move from that hallway straight across the intersection and around some one way corners until there is a branch off to the right. There is a mummy that spawns in that branch off. The entire time I killed that mummy I never had a roamer come by (but after getting the key, I did see another mummy spawned next to it in that location...i think that was another glitch). Once I killed that one I would continue down the mail hallway and just a stones throw away was another mummy next to some fireplaces. That would be the third kill and I would then rinse and repeat. There was very little down time with three mobs in the rotation. Once I got the message that the next part of the key holder had spawned (its a weird death msg when you kill one of the mummies) then you can go to where the mummy is by the fireplaces and continue down that hallway. Throw on some regular invisi (not IVU) as there will be a goo and 4 shadows on that hall). After you pass the shadows and reach the end of the hall, then there is another restless mummy that runs back and forth between the exit mirror and the room where the next part of the keyholder spawns. He will come all the way out into the hall, so just wait for him there and kill him, then move into the room with the two coffins and kill the adventurer who spans on the right coffin. Once you do this, it spawns a rusty armor which you access by dropping through a trap in the floor. To get to the trap, go back to the dead end hallway where I was killing the first mummy in my three mummy rotation, hang a left out of there, take the next left until you come to a shadow. Kill the shadow. Throw on IVU, and across from the next mummy you see (the mummy is in a cubby on the left) is the trap (in a cubby on the right). Drop down (and since you spawned the rusty armor all the mobs that are usually there waiting to kill you will be gone). Run down the hall, kill the armor which turns into a goo. Kill the goo and loot the key. Note that when you loot the key, all the mobs on the floor will respawn. They didnt agro on me but it did cause me to gate out.

Fifth floor - Finally the floor where you can collect the vampire blood and whatever drops off the golems to complete the ToFS quests. Golems need regular invisi to walk past but the vampires need the IVU. Throw on a regular invisi, walk past the 6 golems and veer to the left. There are undead in the rooms so stay clear of the rooms and find the staircase. I setup camp in the staircase. There is a vampire at the top of the stairs that is a single pull and a golem walks past the bottom of the stairs. Both are on 9.5 to 10 min timers. Go up the stairs and kill the vampire since you need to kill 7 of those and only 6 golems. Hang out for an hour or so killing and your done with the ToFS quests.

I hope this detail helps others and again, a big thanks to everyone who helped me.”

Firstly, I want to thank you for this write up. I'm a solo Nec finishing up the Merc quests for the earring quests. I got lucky on the 2nd floor key as the key holder popped on my third kill. I just did the roamer and the room since I've got root. 3rd floor key was a little tougher, ended up using the /target # trick, found the mob in the middle of a bunch of other mobs right by the mirror to the 3rd floor. I had to use root, swarm pets off-tanking, and undead mez but I got that done. I'm about to start on the 4th floor key set of turn-ins. I'm 90% into 115, we'll see where I'm at when I'm finished.

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