Twenty Miles Beneath the Sea Quest

Legend

Deep under the Sea, a Fire Feathered Serpent sleeps, but its Guardian needs help protecting their realm.

Location

Dangers

Devourer, Blood Beast, Rot Elemental, Glooth Blob, all types of Quaras, Abyssal Calamary, Deepsea Blood Crab, Shark, Young Sea Serpent, Sea Serpent and Seacrest Serpent.

Reward

Access to the Seacrest Grounds, Blue Crystal Shard, Green Crystal Shard, Violet Crystal Shard and achievements Mind the Step! and Snake Charmer.

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Requirements[]

Helmet of the Deep or similar
2 Seacrest Pearls
1 Mind Stone
1 Bottle of Gloo
Optional: Coconut Shrimp Bake (increases underwater walking speed)

Method[]

Go to Mr Brandon north-west of Rathleton to start this quest. He can be found here. To get there you must leave Rathleton to the west. You will encounter Devourers, Blood Beasts, Rot Elementals and Glooth Blobs. You may also encounter Quara Scouts.

Talk to Mr Brandon and ask to assist him and accept the mission with yes. Your mission is to find Brandon's Wedding Ring in the Seacrest Grounds. Enter the Magic Forcefield south of Mr Brandon and swim to the north side of the water. Enter the Maelstrom to appear in the Seacrest Grounds.

Note: Entering the Seacrest Grounds does not require a Helmet of the Deep or other diving helmet. However, it is suggested that you bring a diving helmet anyway. Walking underwater without a diving helmet will incur the normal drowning damage.

Note: to leave from the start, go up the ramp to the east and enter the southern Magic Forcefield. This will bring you back to Mr Brandon.

Note: even though Mr Brandon says he enables you to enter, you do not need to speak to him to enter the Seacrest Grounds. You do need to talk to him to start the quest, however.


	Player: hi Mr Brandon: Be careful. It seems SOMETHING is beginning to wake up down there. The ground rumbles, and the seacrest serpents are outraged. Player: assist Mr Brandon: I have taken a few... things from down there, and now they are angry at me and haunt me. ... Mr Brandon: I dare not go back down there, but I lost my wedding ring! It means the world to me. ... Mr Brandon: I will grant you access to places deep under the sea, if you bring back my wedding ring - would you go looking for it at the bottom of the sea? Player: yes Mr Brandon: Thank you. I ask much, I know. You will meet horrible creatures that never saw the light of day, and they will come at you. But I hope you will make it back alive. ... Mr Brandon: Swim into the maelstrom behind me, and you will reach the bottom of the ocean.

Twenty Miles Beneath the Sea Quest


	Player: hi Guardian of the Deep Seas: The Fire-Feathered Serpent is dreaming fitfully. Tread lightly, whatever may be your {mission}. Player: assist Guardian of the Deep Seas: The loyal men who went down with me - their bones still lie at the bottom of the sea, gnawed clean by blood crabs and sharks, mourned for by their tormented spirits! ... Guardian of the Deep Seas: Find their bones and offer them on the altars you find near them. ... Guardian of the Deep Seas: When the Dark {Powers} have released the tormented spirits of my men, then I will give you the cursed gold so you may offer it to the hoard, and get the wedding ring. {Will} you do this? Player: yes Guardian of the Deep Seas: Good. Find the skulls of my 5 loyal seamen and lay them to rest on the altars of the Dark Powers. ... Guardian of the Deep Seas: There are many altars near the smoking rift of volcanoes. Use a skull on a stone snake shrine, or lay it on a nacre altar to set its soul free. ... Guardian of the Deep Seas: Return to me when you have lain all 5 skulls to rest.

Twenty Miles Beneath the Sea Quest

Sub-Mission 1: Souls Lost At Sea[]

Location of Piles of Bones[]

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Start.
Pile of Bones (Quest) (5x)
Shortcut back to the start.

Ask the Guardian of the Deep Seas how you can assist him and in exchange obtain the wedding ring.

The Guardian wants you to release the tormented spirits of his crew. To do so, you'll need to collect his crew members skulls and lay their souls to rest by using the skulls on unbroken Nacre Altars. Walk up the stairs to the right and take the southern stairs down again. In this area you will find Abyssal Calamary, Sharks, Deepsea Blood Crabs and Quaras. Throughout the southern area you will find 5 Piles of Bones. Use these piles to obtain Drowned Seaman's Skulls. See the map for precise locations of these piles.

Use all 5 of these skulls on any of the (unbroken) Nacre Altars which you will find in many places further to the south. You can obtain more than one skull at one point in time and you may even use all 5 on the same Nacre Altar.

The skull crumbles into fine sand and is gone. This soul has been laid to rest.

When you've released the 5 tormented spirits, make your way back to the Guardian of the Deep Seas. If you're far to the south you can find a Magic Forcefield on a small hill, here.

The Guardian of the Deep Seas will now give you the Cursed Gold as promised. With this, go to the far south and find the Hoard of Cursed Gold, here. Use the Cursed Gold on the Hoard of Cursed Gold to be transported behind the treasure. Open the Treasure Chest to obtain Brandon's Wedding Ring. Step in the teleporter to appear back at the four teleporters. Take the southern teleporter to return to Mr Brandon and give him his wedding ring. He will take the ring and grant you access to the Western Seacrest Grounds (western portal). In this portal you will find Sea Serpents and Seacrest Serpents.

NOTE: if the Fire-Feathered Serpent World Change is active, the Guardian of the Deep Seas will not give you the Cursed Gold necessary for quest progression. You can continue the quest either after the Server Save or after The Fire-Feathered Sea Serpent mission is completed.

Sub-Mission 2: Drowned Altars[]

Ask Mr Brandon for a new mission. He will ask you to find three nacre altar slabs which he stole while he was alive. Dive back down the Maelstrom again and ask the Guardian of the Deep Seas about this mission. He tells you to search for the first slab before he will help you find the other two.

NOTE:Nacre means "mother-of-pearl", the material from the outer layer of a pearl.

First Slab[]

Enter the western Magic Forcefield. In this part you will face Deepsea Blood Crabs, Abyssal Calamary, Sea Serpents and Seacrest Serpents. You are looking for a shipwreck with a chest and barrels, here. Route:

From the start, walk a few steps north and levitate down facing east, here
Walk north and go down some stairs here
Walk east and go through a Hot Geyser here
Walk north and go down some stairs here
Walk north and go up the stairs here
Walk north-east and go down the stairs here

Use the Chest (Quest) and you will get a Nacre Slab. Go back to Guardian of the Deep Seas with the slab and report your mission.

Second Slab[]

He will take the slab and hint you to the next one, located in the Secret Shrine, here. Route:

Take the western teleporter again and levitate down a little to the north, like for the first slab
Walk south-east and go down the stairs here
Walk east, south and west through a bigger room and go up the stairs here
Walk west and go down the Water Channel here
Walk north-west and go through a teleporter here

You are in a big maelstrom, take different Maelstroms until you reach the middle of the maelstrom. The path is different for each player, so try different routes until you reach the middle. When you arrive at the middle, use the Treasure Chest (Blue) to obtain the Nacre Slab (Yellow). Now go back to the Guardian of the Deep Seas and say mission.

Third Slab[]

Go up and talk to Mr Brandon. Say mission and Yeo. Walk back to Rathleton and find Yeo here. Talk to him and say fishing, interesting, use. He wants a Seacrest Pearl. Hopefully you already looted one in a previous mission or you brought one. When you have obtained one talk to Yeo again and say nacre slab, yes. Bring your Nacre Slab (Red) back to the Guardian of the Deep Seas.

Say mission and he will give you back your first two slabs. Take your three slabs down one floor and use them on the Broken Nacre Altars (here), which will "repair" them for a minute. Go back to the guardian and say mission, to finish this mission.

Sub-Mission 3: The Sunken City[]

Say quest to the Guardian of the Deep Seas. First you will need to get your Sea Ear. Go to Mr Brandon and say mission. Then swim into the Maelstrom which normally brings you down, now it will bring you to another area with a lot of trash, Maelstroms and Large Seashells. Most contain Some Broken Shells, a Fishbone and two Fish, nothing or spawn a Crab. One contains a Sea Ear. Swim into the northwest Maelstrom to get out of the cave and return to Guardian of the Deep Seas saying mission. He will send you to the Sunken City.

Enter the eastern Magic Forcefield on the upper floor and look Strange Statues around this area.

Use the Sea Ear on the statues to receive part of the message you need. If the statute it says return later, go to next statue and return in a few minutes. The order of statues is not important. You need to run a bit back and forth until you have the full song lyrics:

<...Where time's body is...>

<...a wandering shadow...>

<...trapped in stone, ...>

<...the tail of fire ends ...>

<... with my slumber beneath the sea.>

Check your quest log to make sure you have all the messages. Go back to the guardian and say mission. He will send you to the Eternity Altar, the most southern altar, here. Go there and use your Sea Ear with an Ancient Sundial. You will receive a Time Compass. Take it (quickly) to the guardian, there is a teleporter very close to the altar, here. Talk to the guardian and say compass.

You are done, now you have access to all three areas of the Seacrest Grounds:

Lost Mountains (western teleport)
Sunken City (eastern teleport)
Birthing Grounds (northern teleport)

Note: After finishing this mission, the quest will appear as Completed in your Quest Log. Despite that, you can still do one more mission provided that the The Fire-Feathered Serpent World Change is active.

The Fire-Feathered Sea Serpent[]

When 3000 Seacrest Serpents have been killed across the server, a world change initiates (this happens the instant 3000 Seacrest Serpents have been killed). Renegade Quaras have stolen or destroyed sacred orbs that hold the hunger of the Fire-Feathered Sea Serpent. The orb of Earth Everpresent is the only orb that has survived the Quaras' attacks. During this world change, Sea Serpents and Seacrest Serpents within the Seacrest Grounds have been replaced by Renegade Quaras.

The four orbs are:

The Orb of Earth Everpresent, the Mother of Worlds
The Orb of Darkness Eternal, the Ender of Time
The Orb of Life Everchanging, the Child of Blood and Laughter
The Orb of Light Undying, the Father of Creation

The Orb of Darkness[]

From the Guardian of the Deep Seas, levitate down and walk north-east. Enter the portal and walk south. Use a Mind Stone on the Stone Snake Shrine to obtain The Orb of Darkness Eternal.

From the dark side of the sun that blackens the worlds, the dark orb has come to you.

You see the orb of Darkness Eternal.
It weighs 3.50 oz.
Lights and sounds seem to shift inside of it each time you look away.

You will now receive the achievement Mind the Step!.

The Orb of Life[]

From the Guardian of the Deep Seas, go to the Altar of Life, located far to the south (here). Note that the world change has affected the environment a lot and you may have to go around the volcano structures to find it. When you find it, use a Seacrest Pearl on the altar to obtain The Orb of Life Everchanging.

You see the orb of Life Everchanging.
It weighs 3.50 oz.
Lights and sounds seem to shift inside of it each time you look away.

The Orb of Light[]

The Guardian of the Deep Seas informs you that The Orb of Light Undying has been shattered and must be restored. To restore the Orb, you will need a Bottle of Gloo, which can be obtained during Oramond Quest - The Gloud Ship, by trading with Yeo who wants 10 Shrimp for it. The Bottle of Gloo is not consumed in the process, so you can still use it for other quests. Recall from the Drowned Altars mission that Yeo is south-east of Rathleton, by the harbor.

With the Bottle of Gloo, go into the Everhungry Altar (enter the teleport here) and use the Ashes adjacent to the energy. You will obtain the Broken Orb of Light Undying. Use the Bottle of Gloo on the broken orb to repair it. The bottle is not consumed in the process. Now use The Orb of Darkness Eternal on the Maelstrom of Darkness (north), then use The Orb of Life Everchanging on the Rest of Life Energy (east), and finally The Orb of Light Undying on the Spark of Light (south). Return to the Guardian of the Deep Seas and report about your mission. You will receive a Blue Crystal Shard, a Green Crystal Shard, a Violet Crystal Shard, a Ring of Healing, and the achievement Snake Charmer.

If you ask the Guardian of the Deep Seas again for mission he will say that you have done what you could and now only the blood of the Renegade Quara will beseech the Fire Feathered Serpent, meaning you need to kill 1000 Renegade Quara (across the server) to make Seacrest Serpents spawn again.