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Quest Name: Rat Were Quest Level: 30 Class: ALL Quest NPC: Shady Swashbuckler Location: Temby Tail NPC: Yindrius in Freeport SE

Travel north along the shore from Freeport into Hodstock and Tembly. The Shady Swashbuckler is located in the fishing village. He will ask you to speak to the Shady Trafficker in the High Pass Castle.

Coach to HP and speak with the Trafficker. Two HP guards will spawn as will another mob which attacks the Dealer/Trafficker. Assure that the Dealer survives the battle, kill the two triggered HP guards and loot the NTL item from the one of them. THEN talk to the trafficker again... he'll despawn after the battle, then respawn at his original starting point. You must talk to the trafficker, he will take the coins that the swashbuckler gives. If you fail to do this, Rathei in FP won't talk to you and your quest will not advance. Return to the Swashbuckler.

The Swashbuckler will then send you FP to speak with Rathei Slairin. If you are familiar with the Spiritmaster Keika, Rathei is in the building just west of her. After you have done that you will be asked to speak with Yindrius. From Keika, travel east past the city wall, follow it north to the entrance and enter the city there. Yindrius can be found along the southern side of the building. Return to the Shady Swashbuckler.

After you have approached Rolby in MTG and spoken with Shady, he will ask you speak with Cogwhisker in Bandit Hills (N). From Darver Manor travel east into Bandit Hills. Cogwhisker is located in a bandit camp near the lake in the north section of the zone. You have two options: You can either pay him off with tunar or fight him, either is fine. Rumour has it, if you kill him, you get 200 faction with Topi di Ombra. If you do choose to fight him, back-up quickly to avoid argoing the mobs as they spawn. Cogwhisker will con white to the person who triggers him, his henchmen will con dark blue. Insure the person with the quest logged is in the kill-group and return to the Swashbuckler.

He will then send you to the Freeport to speak with Yindrius (see note below). Log the tail quest and farm the appropriate ratweres until you receive the pop-up.

Note: If you cannot log the tail quest with Yindrius, check your faction. Topi di Ombra faction must be minimum 150 to log the tail quest. Should your faction be less than this, kill ratweres to increase your faction.

You can get infected anywhere between 0 and 1700 faction, but cannot complete the infection process until your faction is equal to or exceeds 1000.

Don't leave the infection part until later! The sooner you start the easier it is to find were's that spawn yellow to you. Killing a yellow is critical to getting infected. Yes, it's possible to get your infection from light blues and reds, but the percentage chance of getting infected from a yellow is huge in comparison. So, if you're finding were's that spawn too small for you, try a different zone or a different part of the same zone.

On having a level 60 in a group of lvl 30's: There was always a rumour that having a higher level toon in your group to help with the killing would mean your chances of infection would drop almost to nil. Well here's some good information:

Dustyspheres tells us: The rumor that having a level 60 in your low level group affects your chance of infection just isn't true in my experience. The last 9 infections I've gotten or helped get were all with the toons in one group, invised and on Auto-follow. These toons range from 33–39 and were on AF with a 60 bard that did all of the killing. All they did was loot tails and they still got infected. Some were in just a few kills and most were infected before anyone even had the required 1k faction to accept the infection.

Where to get infected:

Level 30–35 — Ferren's Hope (S/SE)

Level 35–40 — Ferren's Hope (C) Note: At level 37, in FH (C), yellow ratweres will spawn. For some reason, this is a great combination for infection. We have found it easier to be infected at level 37 in FH (C) than in any other part of the zone, or any other level.

Level 40–50 — Tak 'Xiv West, Wktaan's 4th Talon Dustyspheres: level 35–40 can get infected in Wktaan's 4th Talon (SW).

Level 50–60 — Geomancer's Citadel (lvl 60 - confirmed), The Warrens (lvl 60 - confirmed), South Barren Coast

You will know you are infected when, on your approach to Yindrius to turn in tails, you receive a popup that says he must urgently speak to you. (See the note below for clarifications.)

Note: You can also check for infection in Oasis. Go to the campfire near the water, several NPCs stand around it. Advisor Gerahl checks for general infection (have you been infected by ANY were). Advisor Tihmpra checks specifically for rat infection.

After you have received the infection pop-up, assuming you have the correct faction etc., Yindrius will ask you to defeat Trissen in Bobble by Water. The mob will con red to the person who triggers him, bring assistance.

Note: If you get the popup that Yindrius has something urgent to tell you:

  • If all he'll do is give you the tail quest again, check first: is your faction with Topi di Ombra 1000 or more? If not, get more faction by killing more weres.
  • If your faction is good, delete the tail quest in your quest log, re-speak to Yindrius who will now give you the final part of your were infection quest.
  • When Yindrius does give you his speech Do NOT take the antidote, or you lose your infection. Do NOT continue to hunt tails.

Ratwere Forms (Level 60 Stats)

FormDexAgiACNotes
Ratwere45450Int/Str resistable with Max AR
Feral Ratwere8080130
Dire Ratwere120120150

Level 40 Spell Quest

Warning: It is believed many level 40 spell quest mobs are triggered, not timed spawns. If this is true, and someone defeats them before you arrive, you must relog the quest with the NPC to retry. Scout the area first.

Speak with the appropriate class NPC in Temby. They will ask you to speak with Nunnie in Urglunt's Wall (near the large cyclops house east of the main gate). Although she may be red-faced, she will not attack. Return to the NPC.

Next, speak with Trick Trune in Broken Skull Rock (NW), near the beach. Return to the NPC.

Then defeat a Tae Ew Trader in Cazic Thule (NW). The mob is triggered and sees through invis. Roam until you con it or are jumped.

Then go to Tak Xiz South to defeat the Tae Ew Hoarder. Cross the river into the west or center and search for a small hill surrounded by green mist. He triggers on approach, sees through invis, CONs white cons white, and is not soloable. Bring help.

Return to the NPC and collect your reward.

Spells:

  • Cunning Subterfuge — Cl, Sha, Drd (90 CHA self-buff at level 59)
  • Swarm Mentality — Wis, Enc, Nec, Mage, Alc (400ish group max-power buff)
  • Distracting Squecks — Rge, Brd, Ran (AC debuff, 200–300)
  • Defence of the Swarm — War, Sk, Pal (67 STR / 342 AC group buff at level 60)

Saark, East Human Ratwere Defender of CoES, states this ability is modded by wisdom. At lvl 60, with 600 wisdom, you get 125 STR and 420 AC. Clerics AC Order (group-based) overrides this, but it stacks with Druid AC (target-based).

Were-tips:

  • Killing mobs spawns both Great Ratweres and Great Bearweres in The Warrens (E/NE). Level 60 necros can solo them (light blue). Respawn is slow, so wipe the valley and wait. You can get 4–5 Great Rats per night.

  • Tried to get infected in Ferran's Hope S/SE (30–39) but failed. Tried Wicks and SBC, too high. Had max faction for 2 months, no infection. Then tried Ferran's Hope (C) — on the other side of the Blacktongue camp — and after about 6 rats, got infected!

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