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Also known as:

Explorer Society Quest

Reward:

Ice Pick, Spectral Stone, 6 Orichalcum Pearls, 1 Crown Backpack, 50 platinum coins. You can use the teleporters between Port Hope and Northport, and between Liberty Bay and Svargrond which works having an Orichalcum Pearl. You have the ability to travel to Calassa and the Frozen Trench, and hunt underwater. You can buy an Atlas and Crown Backpacks.

Location:

Begins in Port Hope or Northport, but requires travel throughout Tibia.

Level required:

0

Premium required:

yes

Be prepared to face:

From Rats, Dwarves, all kinds of Orcs, all kinds of Minotaurs, all kinds of Lizards, all kind of Apes, Priestesses, Demon Skeletons, all kind of Humans, all kind of Elves, and all kind of the Undead, until Banshees, Frost Dragons and all kind of Quara.

Legend:

The Explorer Society is a noble order of explorers who has ventured themselves to the very core of the Tibian realm. You can join this society and raise in rank by performing tasks for them.

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Spoiler

This is a very difficult and time-consuming quest. Parts of it can be worked on at any level, but some of the missions require you to pass through some very difficult places, such as Dwacatra, Ulderek's Rock, Deep Banuta, Calassa, etc.

Method

To begin this quest, visit the Tibian Explorer Society in Port Hope (here) or Northport (here). Then go back there for further missions.

Joining the Explorers

Go to Kazordoon, and talk to Uzgod, the weaponsmith (beneath the Depot). Ask him for the Dwarven Pickaxe. He will tell you that his order book is full, but if you bring his stolen Family Brooch, he will give you the Dwarven Pickaxe. The Family Brooch is in Dwacatra, the prison under Kazordoon.

To enter Dwacatra, you need to first get the key. But in order to do that, you need to get two other keys near the throne room.

The first key (Key 3800) is down a hidden passage.

To get the second key (Key 3801), use Key 3800 on the door, and open the chest.

The final key (Key 3802) is below the throne room, in the General's private quarters, near the armory. You will need to use Key 3801 to open his door. Go down two floors and go north west, there you will find an oven and a bed along with a chest. This is where you use the Key 3801 on the door to get the Key 3802

Once you have Key 3802, you can enter Dwacatra.

The entrance to the Kazordoon Prison is located near the main entrance to Kazordoon.

In Dwacatra, you need to go down a hole (IMPORTANT: At least one person in the party must carry a shovel) near a well and look into the chest behind the door. You will have to face some Dwarves, Dwarf Soldiers, Dwarf Guards & Minotaurs. You might have to face an Orc Berserker, Orc Shaman, Orc Spearman, Orc Warrior, Minotaur Archer, Minotaur Mage or Cyclops. In the hole you will find (full respawn) 3-4 Dwarf Guards and 3-4 Dwarf Soldiers. The best thing is to rope them out of the hole. Take it slow, and you might not get swarmed.

Once you are done, go back to Uzgod, and tell him you have his "brooch". He will then give you the Dwarven Pickaxe.

Go back to the Explorer Society, and give him the Dwarven Pickaxe.

You are now an official member of the Tibian Explorer Society

Missions for a Novice

The following three missions are for novices of the Explorer Society. Once all three of these missions have been completed successfully, you will advance in rank.

The Ice Delivery

This mission requires that you use a special Ice Pick, and retrieve some Ice from beneath the Island of Folda. The ice is in the form of an Icicle. The Icicle melts quickly (in 10 minutes), so you must hurry once you have it. It is recommended that you get this mission from the Explorer Society in Northport, since it is closer to the Ice Islands.

Take the Ice Pick, go to Folda, and enter the main cave (here).

The following maps show the shortest route to the ice. You will face Frost Trolls, Rotworms, Minotaurs, Minotaur Archers, and maybe some Slime. Kill everything on your way there, and if you are fast enough, they will not spawn behind you to slow you down on your way back. (WARNING: The map is from 7.92 but that won't matter, the paths are only wider now but it's still the same way to go)

Take the Icicle back to the Explorer Society, and tell him you have an Ice Delivery. If the Icicle melts before you make it back, talk to the guy there anyway, and he can give you another chance.

The Butterfly Hunt

For this mission, the explorer society is looking for fresh specimens of certain butterflies. For each butterfly you will be given a Butterfly Conservation Kit to collect a fresh corpse of the different butterflies.

Tips: You can do the Butterfly Hunt AND Plant Collection at the same time, simply ask for each of the missions. It is recommended that you find the Purple Butterfly first, and then keep your eyes peeled for the other butterflies as you collect the plants. If you see a Blue or Red Butterfly before you need them, go ahead and kill it and pick up the corpse. If you find your other butterflies fast enough, you will be able to use the corpse, even if it is not perfectly fresh (not if it decays too much, though).

First, you will need to find a Purple Butterfly. These are the most common, and can be seen all around the swampy area just north of Port Hope, the grassy area south of Port Hope, as well as many other places all over Tibia.

Second, you will need to find a Blue Butterfly. These are more difficult to locate, but are found near Port Hope, usually with Purple Butterflies. They have been seen along the coast north and south of Port Hope, along the outskirts of the Tiquanda Jungle north of Port Hope, and along the river inside the Tiquanda Jungle. There is also a Blue Butterfly on the small hill over the steamboat in Cormaya. There are also Blue Butterflies on Meriana and in the Well of Life in the Pits of Inferno. A Blue Butterfly can be easily found in the Cormaya Garden as well.

Third, you will need to find a Red Butterfly. Most people have a difficult time with this one. There does not appear to be "normal" spawn places for Red Butterflies, but they can be seen near on the edge of the jungle north and south of Port Hope, in Trapwood near town, south-west of Banuta, and along the river in Tiquanda, all around Vandura (in Liberty Bay and south of Liberty Bay) in the Shattered Isles and in the Well of Life in the Pits of Inferno. Also, some Red Butterflies have been located at the tree bridge at the entrance of Chor and in Yalahar.

OBS: All the Butterflies can be found in the Inner City of Yalahar, in the center building. All of them can be found east of Banuta, near the forbiden forests bamboo wall.

The Plant Collection

For this mission you need to collect samples of three different jungle plants in a specific order. For each plant you will be given a Botanist's Container to use on the plant to collect the sample.

First, you need to find a sample of a Jungle Bells Plant. These can be found on the ground along the south side of Port Hope very close to town, and just within the Tiquanda Jungle north of Port Hope. Some have been seen here, here and here. Jungle bells are also located in the Well of Life in the Pits of Inferno.

Second, you need to find a sample of a Witches Cauldron Plant. These are found slightly deeper in the Tiquanda Jungle. The easiest to locate is along the river. Go east of Port Hope on the north side of the river, and follow the river as it turns north. A witches cauldron plant can be found just north of a camp with Skeletons in it (approximately here). Another location, north-east of the Explorer Society HQ in Port Hope, is here. A close one is here. Witches cauldron plants are also found in the Well of Life in the Pits of Inferno.

Finally, you need to find a sample of a Giant Jungle Rose plant. One can be found near the river on the way to the witches cauldron plant described above. (here). Giant jungle roses are also found in the Well of Life in the Pits of Inferno.

Missions for a Journeyman

These three missions are for journeyman of the Explorer Society. Once all three of these missions have been completed successfully, you advance in rank.

The Lizard Urn

The Explorer's Society is looking for you to retrieve a sacred Funeral Urn from the lizard village Chor for research.

To reach Chor, you need to go to the far south-east corner of the jungle. It is easier to come from the mountain pass to Ankrahmun, instead of traversing the entire jungle from Port Hope. You will need to cross a bridge (really just a fallen tree here), and walk through a pass in the mountain (here). There is only one way through this mountain pass. If you reached high enough rank in Killing in the Name of... Quest you can use services provided by Lorek (one of the carriers around Port Hope next to Paw and Fur Society headquarters) to get to Chor for 30gp.

The Funeral Urn is located in the center temple (here). Go downstairs and face some Lizard Snakecharmers. There's the Funeral Urn. Now, come back and report to the Explorer's Society member.

Notes:

Remember to save some capacity since the urn weighs 100 oz.

The Beholder Secret

The Explorer Society is looking for evidence that the Beholders originally built the Dark Pyramid north-east of Darashia (which is now occupied by Minotaurs). This is a fairly difficult place to go, so bring a good blocker and a mage shooter with plenty of GFB runes.

To complete this mission, you need to go into the Dark Pyramid and retrieve a Wrinkled Parchment covered with strange numbers.

Go to the Minotaur Pyramid north-east of Darashia (here) and go down the steps.

This first level below the surface has plenty of Minotaurs and Minotaur Guards. Head west and go down another level.

This level has quite a few Minotaur Guards and Minotaur Archers. Head east and go down again.

This level has a large number of Minotaur Guards, Minotaur Archers, and Minotaur Mages. Head to the north and go down the steps.

This room has only one Mummy. Go down the steps. (Tip: There is a small quest in the east of this room in the coffins.)

There are no creatures in this room, but open the door and "use" the box behind it to receive the Wrinkled Parchment.

Take the Wrinkled Parchment back to the Explorer Society and tell him you have found the Beholder Secrets.

The Orc Powder

The Explorer Society wants you to go and get a powder used by the Orcs to make their Orc Berserkers and Orc Riders crazy.

Go to Ulderek's Rock, fighting off several types of orcs.

Enter the fortress and go there:

Go up the ramp, you will face several types of orcs, mostly consisting of Orc Leaders and Orc Warlords. After 5 levels up you will find a door with a glowing red handle and a chest behind that, open the chest and you will find the Orc Powder. Give this to the explorer's society to complete the quest.

Journeyman rank complete!

Missions for a Relic Hunter

Every member with rank of Relic Hunter or higher can purchase Atlas and is able to rent a Helmet of the Deep. This rank consists of three missions, after you successfully completed all three missions you will advance in rank.

The Elven Poetry

Location: Hellgate

Equipment needed:

Rope.
Hellgate Key 3012.

The way:

Go into Hellgate and go one floor up.
Walk west, and go down the hole at the end of the way.

Now walk east, and also go down at the end.

Now go west.
At the T-cross go south.
Go the first way east.
Keep going east and go down the hole at the end.

In this room are some Elves and a Elf Scout, as well as the book Songs of the Forest.

If you got the book you can go back to the Explorer Society again.

(For the exit you can try to look here: Hellgate.)

The Memory Stone

Location: Edron Ruins

Equipment needed:

rope

the way to the Memory Stone

First go to Edron.
Go the the Hero Cave here. (watch out for the Hunters.)
go down the hole. (here are Wild Warriors)
Walk north and go down again.
at level -2 there are Demon Skeletons, Wild Warriors, Priestess and a Beholder. Go down the hole.

Here you will first meet a Monk, then several Demon Skeletons, Wild Warriors and more Priestess. Follow the yellow line until you come to stairs that go both down and up, go DOWN and the memory stone will be just to your right.
(Do NOT go down the hole, that you can see if you go south a little bit more, since there are two Giant Spiders there! Additionally, the passage continues, though the picture doesn't show it. Do NOT go down that staircase either, as there is a Grim Reaper.)

If you got the Memory Stone, you can return to the Explorer Society.

The Rune Writings

Location: Banuta

Items needed:

The piece of paper that the NPC of the Explorer Society gave you.

Way to the "atypical structure"

Go to Banuta and go down here. To get here you already meet some apes.

After you go down one floor go north. You will face many apes from here on.
- And in the second room go down the stairs, west of the room.

go west. and the first way you go south.
follow this way and you come in a room. (here are many apes)
- the "atypical structure" is at the north of this room.

After you used the piece of paper (that the NPC of the Explorer Society gave you.) on the "atypical structure", you can go back the the Explorer Society for your next mission.

Missions for an Explorer

The Ectoplasm

You must collect Ectoplasm from a recently dead ghost in a special Ectoplasm Container.

Any dead ghost will do. Those that never get rotten from the tombs, won't work. You need a fresh one.

The Spectral Dress

You need to collect a Spectral Dress from The Queen Of The Banshees who lives in the Ghostlands.

Needed:

The way to The Queen Of The Banshees.

First go to the Ghostlands and go down a hole here

Go south and go down a hole. Here are some Skeletons, Ghouls and some Poison Spiders.

Go south-east and go the hole down.

Go to the Magic Walls east from the rope spot. To open the Magic Walls you need to use 2 switches. There is 1 switch west of here and 1 switch east of here (see the red arrows). The east switch is guarded by a Giant Spider.

Once you have removed the Magic Walls, go past them all at the same time because there is a hidden switch that will close the Magic Walls again. After the Magic Walls go down the hole. (The teleporter is for going back if the Magic Walls have closed.)

Walk in this room north. Here are Mummies, Ghouls, Stalkers and ghosts.

Go in this room through the teleporter. Now you are standing in a long straight hall. Go south. Somewhere in the middle of this is a secret teleporter that teleports you back to the beginning. Pick a hole in the middle of the hall (see the Burst Arrows), and go under the teleporter. Come back up and walk south again. At the end, go west, up the ramp and down into a round chamber. In this room are some Ghosts, Stalkers and 4-5 Demon Skeletons. Go down the stairs.

Go down the stairs north-east of here. You will have to go through: Ghosts, Stalkers, (Demon Skeleton and many Scorpions.

Go down the stairs south-west from here. On the way you will meet many Banshees (12). The Spectral Dress is located here, but you have to talk with The Queen Of The Banshees before you can take it.

Go to the stairs north from here. Go up into the room. (here are many more banshees). Go down the other stairs, and follow the way to the next stairs. Go up here.

Walk north through this room. Here you meet Ghosts and Demon Skeletons (maybe it's smart for mages to use Invisible). Go down the stairs.

From here you go east and follow this way. Go down the stairs.

Here is The Queen Of The Banshees, guarded by: Banshees, Ghosts and Stalkers.

There are some Banshees, Mummies and Stalkers. Be careful because it is dangerous.

Dialog:

Hi
 Spectral Dress
 Bye

After you talked to the The Queen Of The Banshees and she said that you can take the dress, retrace your steps back to the dress (see pictures). Once you get the Spectral Dress, head back to the Explorer Society.

The Spectral Stone

Take mission from Port Hope or Northport.

Then you just need to travel in Northport at the Explorer Society base and say "latest research reports" and go back in Port Hope. Or otherwise if you started the mission in Northport

Take new mission, Angus or Mortimer will give you a Spectral Stone. Use it on the strange carving in upstairs. Go to Northport or Port Hope base, depending on where you started the mission, and do the same.

The Astral Portals

Go to Angus or Mortimer and report him about mission.
Note: To complete this mission, you must have access to all other teleporters. This requires you have completed every other mission, making this your last.

Upon completion of this, you receive:

The ability to travel from Port Hope to Northport and vice versa via the Explorer Society. This requires Orichalcum Pearls, which you can buy from the Explorer Society's bases for 80 gp each.
A Crown Backpack and
The ability to buy Crown Backpacks.

The Island of Dragons

Note that to do the missions in Svargrond you must have completed The Ice Islands Quest until the mission "Formorgar Mines 3".

Go to Okolnir. Go up the ramp to the very north west. At the south east corner, go down a ramp (ground level). There you will find a pitfall, go down into a small room (4 frost dragons + 2 dragon hatchling), use a pick on the ground at south west part of the room and you will reveal another hole. Down are 5 frost dragons, kill them and go to the south east end of the room. You will find a frozen dragon lord on the wall to the north. Use it and take the dragon scale that is dropped on the ground. Go back to Lurik and bring he back the scale of frozen dragon, you will be rewarded with 5,000 gold coins for completing this mission.

Note: If you've done Calassa right Lurik will give you The Frozen Trench. Then you will be able to ask for this one...

The Ice Music

Head to the Barbarian island then from the stairs down from mammoths, head west and then north into an actual cave, not a pick hole or shovel hole. Find a stalagmite in there.

Additional missions

The Undersea Kingdom

Needed items:

Pick
5000 gold pieces for Helmet of the Deep
200gp Travel money to Calassa

Method

You need to be Relic Hunter to start this mission.
Take the mission from Berenice, the representative of the Explorer Society in Liberty Bay.
She will send you to investigate the Quara race in their natural surrounding to Calassa, an underwater settlement.
To be able to go down there, you need the Helmet of the Deep which can be rented by the Captain Max once you're there, on the ship over Calassa.
To go there, go with Captain Max and ask for 'Calassa'. Pay the 200 gp and then ask him for the helmet. Be prepared cause there's a 5000 gold deposit for it. Also note that the helmet is heavy (210 oz.), so travel light to make sure you have enough capacity to carry it (applies mainly to mages).
Put the helmet on your head and jump into the water. This means, only walk off the small platform. Be ready to face all type of Quaras and Massive Water Elementals, which can make 300+ damage. DO NOT go down if you don't have a good team. If you get surrounded, since the teleporter is further to the north. And because you are underwater, you will walk very slow.
Go south, then east: there will be a wrecked ship. Use the pick on the wooden hatchway, then a stair will appear.

Go down, there will be 2 Quara Constrictors and 3 Quara Hydromancers. Just kill them and get the Damaged Logbook in the left wall passage.

You see a damaged logbook.
It weighs 11.00 oz.
It must be the one which the explorer society requested.

Return to Berenice in Liberty Bay, say "Calassa", and by what it seems, the quest is over (with no reward).

The Frozen Trench

Needed items:

Levitate or items such as Crates to climb with.
Helmet of the Deep
gold for boat travel

Method

You need to have completed the mission "The Undersea Kingdom" in order to start this mission.
You must have completed Ice Islands Quest until the mission "Formorgar Mines 3".
Take the mission from Lurik, the representative of the Explorer Society in Svargrond.
He will send you to investigate what happened to a missing explorer that was lost while exploring the Frozen Trench.
To be able to go down there, you need the Helmet of the Deep which can be rented by the Captain Max, on the ship over Calassa.
To go there, go with Buddel to Tyrsung. Once in Tyrsung head south to the smugglers camp. On the southernmost point of land there should be a ship docked, head up on the ship and kill the 3 Smugglers and the Pirate Cutthroat. Equip your Helmet of the Deep and jump into the water from the planks on the south side of the ship.
Be prepared to face Quara Constrictors and Quara Mantassins around the teleporter. Head south until you find a cliff to Levitate down.
Head west after levitating until you find a cave leading north, head north till you find a frozen human and step in front of it. This will make a message appear saying you found a frozen human and should report back to Lurik.
After returning to Lurik, you will be awarded with the Sea Scout Badge, which is not an item, but only a title.

The Skull of Ratha

Note: This mission can also be done by Free Account players
This quest is not very complicated. The only difficult part is defeating the creatures that guard the rewards.

Since witches can throw Fire Fields, it may be a good idea to bring some Destroy Field runes in case your path gets blocked.

Travel through Green Claw Swamp to the Amazon Encampment, North of Venore.

"Witch Hill" is located near the center of the camp, here.

After defeating two Witches, a Valkyrie, and a Lion, open the two boxes to obtain 2 bags: one with one White Pearl, the Skull of Ratha and other with Wolf Tooth Chain and a Dwarven Ring.

Back to Mortimer or Angus return the skull to him for a 250 gp reward.

The Giant Smith Hammer

Note: This mission can also be done by Free Account players

Go to the Cyclops/Minotaur camp in the Plains of Havoc, and be prepared to face many Cyclopes and various types of Minotaurs.
Go down the stairs in the north structure (here). Once you go down these stairs, you will be faced with numerous Cyclopes, Minotaurs, Minotaur Guards, Minotaur Mages, and even some Orcs.
The quest box is located in the room directly to the south.

Back to Mortimer or Angus give him the Giant Smithhammer.