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THINGS I WISH I'D KNOWN EARLIER - Questing

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* You can only have 75 quests active at any time. Yes, that sounds like a lot when you start - it isn't. Collections do not count towards this total.

* You can find lots of purchasable quests from the Sages in the cities. These cost anywhere from 1s to 12s, with the more expensive ones generally being higher level quests. Many of these quests require you to find "missing pages" by killing mobs, and want you to read the book after each set of mobs you kill, so you might want to bring the books adventuring with you rather than leave them in the bank.

* If you do a quest that starts from a book, do not delete the book until you have finished the quest. Some quests have you read the book many times throughout the quest, or as the last step. If you've deleted the book, the quest will be uncompletable. Once you've finished the quest, it is generally safe to delete the original book. Many quests that start from books give a copy of the book as a quest reward. This copy is meant to be either sold or placed in your in room on a piece of furniture.

* If you accidentally deleted/lost your "Welcome to [City], Citizen!" book, you can buy a new one from the sage who sells books in that city. The book for Qeynos or Freeport can be bought from an NPC near the fence in the opposite city.  At this time, Neriak and Gorowyn do not have a "Welcome, Citizen!" book.

* Books can be found in various locations about specific types of creatures.  When read, the book will offer a Lore and Legend quest (for example, The Precious Fairy Book found in Nektropolos Castle gives the quest Lore and Legend: Fairy).  Completing these quests gives you a Mastery attack which does large amounts of damage to that creature.  The more L&L quests you complete, the more creatures the attack will work on.  Current L&L mastery available are:

   - Aviak
   - Bixie
   - Brownie
   - Bugbear
   - Burynai
   - Centaur
   - Clockwork
   - Cyclops
   - Di'Zok
   - Djinn
   - Drachnid
   - Drakota
   - Droag
   - Drolvarg
   - Efreeti
   - Elemental
   - Evil Eye
   - Fairy
   - Ghost
   - Giant
   - Gnoll
   - Goblin
   - Golem
   - Harpy
   - Kobold
   - Lizardman
   - Minotaur
   - Naga
   - Nightblood
   - Orc
   - Ravasect
   - Shadowed Man
   - Siren
   - Skeleton
   - Treat
   - Werewolf
   - Yha'Lei
   - Zombie

* Vampires can also be added to the Master Strike list by completing the optional Bloodline Chronicles adventure pack.  Adventure packs come as part of the Rise of Kunark Expansion, and Station Access members receive access automatically.  If you do not have RoK or Station access, it can be purchased from the Station store online.  (Note: When doing the Bloodline Chronicles, DO NOT CHANGE FACTIONS.  There is a known bug which can break the quest line if you start work with the Hand of Marr, then switch to the Brotherhood, or vice versa.)

* You can double-click on the current quest (in the upper left corner) to open the quest journal to that quest (if you forgot the location or some other detail). Also, when you get a quest update for something other than your current quest and the quest helper changes to that quest for a few seconds, if you double click the quest helper during that time, the quest journal will open to that quest.

* Some quests are repeatable. When you complete a quest, you can find it in your completed quests journal, and it will say "repeatable" if it is.

* Some NPCs have level requirements on their quests. Other NPCs require that you have completed a particular quest before they will give you a quest, or advance a quest rather than giving one. If you have completed an NPC's prerequesits for their quest and are within 10 levels either way of the quest level, a glowing quill will show over the NPC's head. They will also be marked on your map with a gold circle if you are close to their location.

* NPCs that will advance or finish a quest currently in your journal will have a glowing red book floating over their heads, no matter what the level of the quest. They will also be marked on your map with a gold dot if you are close to their location.

* If you can, it is better to complete the last step of a quest after you have been logged out for a while and your exp debt has had time to dissipate. That way all the exp you get from the quest will be applied to your exp total, not shared with your exp debt.

