Trader Escort
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| Trader Escort | |
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| Type | Gold Quest |
| Preceding | Protect/Attack Orchard Farm |
| Succeeding | Maze's New Information |
| Start | Darkwood Entrance |
| End | Barrow Fields |
| Reward | 2000 Gold & 500 Renown (& Darkwood Bordello - Lost Chapters) |
| Trophies | Trader's Feather |
| Boasts | 3 |
Make your way to Darkwood and you will find two traders who will ask you to escort them to Barrow Fields.
During the Quest you will encounter a third trader who will beg you to escort him too. Abandoning him will result in a bad deed however if you do the good thing and allow him to follow you, he will turn into a Balverine later so unless you get to Barrow Fields as fast as you can, having a strong weapon and character can help, or running all the way to Barrow Fields, getting him there will earn you an extra 200 gold. After passing through Darkwood, Marsh, and Lake you will enter the Darkwood camp. This gives you the chance to resupply while the three traders heal from any damage they might have sustain during the journey.
Make your way to Darkwood Weir and face off with an Earth Troll who is blocking your way. Ask the traders to wait a safe distance away. Since the troll is stationary use your bow and magic while strafing to dodge the boulders being thrown at you. Using your melee weapons is still possible but watch out for his mighty stomp. Continue to Barrow Fields and complete the quest.
[edit] Tips
- Use the wait expression to make the traders stop following you while you eliminate all hostiles ahead. Doing this will put them out of harms way making this quest much easier. After doing just this ask them to follow you again.
- In some area's of Darkwood, such as Darkwood lake, the bandits will run right past you up to the traders, if you asked them to wait.
- If you do let the third trader follow, he will turn into a Balverine when you go past the bridge in the Ancient Cullius Gate area (although it is possible to keep him alive, as long as you are hasty) Oddly, he, unlike many of the other Balverines, will run to you if you asked the traders to wait while you cleared the area, rather than attacking the traders. If you do get him to Barrow Fields you'll receive a extra 200 gold.
- One method of keeping the third trader is (although 3-4 minutes long) is to take him along with to Oakvale, But when you reach the camp, leave him there. Transport the other 2 to Oakvale and come back for the third one. He will NOT turn into a balverine.
- The areas you clear doesn't respawn enemies, you could use the wait expression to make the trader's wait in the safe areas.
- If you reject the third trader you get 40 evil points, but killing him gets you 100 evil points.
- For the Earth Troll at the end blocking the way to Barrow Fields killing it is a little bit difficult. It is probably best that you don't go and melee the troll because it has a strong area attack that can mess you up. The best way is to hit the boulders and bounce them with your weapon.
