Thaddeus' Questline
| Quest Thaddeus' Questline |
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| Location | Culthan Ruins |
| Starting NPC | Thaddeus |
| Minimum level | 30 |
| Rewards | 235 000 experience, 105 000  gold pieces,  Anthony's training sword,  recipe book,  green belt,  the Timahl,  experience potion recipe and other minor loot.
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A multi-part questline starting in Ellaria, involving several hidden locations and puzzles.
Part 1
Monsters: a large amount of weak creatures but also 
Ghoul, 
Ghost, 
Wraith, and 
Acidic Fire Being
Reward: 45,800 Gold Pieces, 25,000 experience, Fake Recipes, 2 Silver Ore, and access to Yarrael
To start this quest, just talk to Thaddeus inside Ellaria castle and say: Hi/Quest
Thaddeus: I have heard a rumor that Anthony, an old Culthan inhabitant, has hid something of value at an oak island. Could you go and find this item for me?
Thaddeus would like for you to search and find the hidden treasures on Oak island.
Oak Island can be reached by boat from Culthan Ruins. To reach the island, head north, killing Zombies to clear the way. Then go down a hole heading west and climb up onto the island.
The quest items are located in three chests inside three caves. Each cave is accessed through a hole opened by one of three trees that are different from the others.
The three unusual trees can be identified by their appearance and behavior. The middle example shows how the mechanism works: one tree acts as a lever, while a nearby hole is covered by a stone. The stone disappears when the previous lever is activated.
The trick is that, going clockwise around the island using each tree lever to open the next hole.
Tree 1 opens the hole behind Tree 2 Under tree 2: are 3 ghouls, 1 ghost, and 1 wraith.
Tree 2 opens the hole behind Tree 3 Under tree 3: Nothing
Tree 3 opens the hole behind Tree 1 Under tree 1: 3 acidic fire beings.
- After pulling a lever, each entrance is only open for one minute!
Following the clockwise route, you will enter the second hole first, then three, and back to hole one.
Second chest: 8,100 gold pieces? and 1 Silver Ore.
Third chest: 2,800 gold pieces.
First chest: ? gold pieces, Anthony's training sword, and 1 Silver ore.
After retrieving Anthony's training sword, return to Thaddeus and say: Hi/Quest. Give him the sword to receive: 5,000 gold pieces, and 20,000 experience.
- Only the sword is required for Thaddeus, but it is worth completing the route for the additional rewards.
- Completing quest you will lose Anthony's training sword if you wanted to keep for decoration.
Part 2
Monsters:
Elder Ent, 
Xyioquan Ent, Ghost, Wraith, and 
Death Blob
Reward:31,600 Gold Pieces, 40,000 experience, 1 Silver Ore, and the Chamber Switch Key (required for The Underground Chamber)
Fake Recipes
To start, speak with Thaddeus again and say: Hi/Quest
He will give you a paper of fake recipes that he found in Yarrael but he thinks that the real recipe is still probably hidden there.
Take the book containing the fake recipes and travel to Yarrael. First travel to Lyedel and then say to Falk "Yarrael".
In Yarrael you need to pull a lever to remove a stone blocking a hidden path.
- You have plenty of time to enter the hole but the stone will return again after five minutes
Head northeast along the path between the hills. The path eventually turns west. At the corner where it turns north, there is a ladder hidden underneath a stone. Use the stone to go down.
There is a single lever. When activated, it displays: "You feel something disappearing"
- Use the lever until you see the message. You may have to pull the lever up before pulling it down!
Use the ladder again and run back towards the boat, but continue alongside the hill.
A stone that previously blocked access to a hole should now have disappeared. Enter the hole.
- There are no enemies inside, giving you time to regroup.
After exiting the other side of the cave, you will find the tower of Thobias the Collector.
Each floor contains approximately 3 Ghosts, 2 Wraiths, and Death Blobs, as well as a puzzle.
Skipping all the mystery puzzle part
On floors 1, 2, and 3 of the tower you just need to light the correct lamps to remove the rock on floor 1 on the left side of the tower.
Below shows a square grid representing the candle placement on each floor and the yellow ones are the ones you need to light.
Once the correct candles have been lit, return to the first floor and if the puzzle has been solved correctly, the passage on the left should now be open.
Just head north and you will find two chests. The first one has your reward and the second chest is empty.
Reward: A recipe book, 10,000 Gold Pieces, and a Chamber Switch Key
Now, return to Thaddeus and give him the recipe book.
Simply say: Hi/Quest and he will reward you with 10,000 experience, 15,000 Gold Pieces
Part 3
Monsters:Ghost, Wraith, and without a shaman to summon you will also need to face: 
Dragon, 
Dracolich, 
Xyioquan Dragon,
and 
Demon
Reward:15,000 Gold Pieces, 40,000 experience
To start talk to Thaddeus and say: Hi/Quest and he will send you to find the remaining hidden treasure in an old abandoned hideout.
- For this part, having a Shaman in the party is highly recommended because it makes obtaining the required Imp corpses much easier!
To reach Abandoned Hideout, use the boat in the poorer part of Ellaria. The NPC Quinn operates it and say to him: "Abandoned Hideout".
The quest entrance is very close to the boat. From the cave next to the boat, you can already see the hole leading into the quest area.
Going down the stairs you will encounter 3 ghosts and see 2 stairs. Be careful If you walk further north on this floor you will encounter 2 more Ghosts, 3 Dracolich, 1 Dragon, 2 Xyioquan Dragons, and 2 Demons
The stairs north have 2 Demons and the stairs to the right take you to the quest chamber with a few Ghosts and Wraiths.
The stairs that lead to the quest chamber contain eight special squares. You must place an Imp corpse on each of them and pull the lever to gain access to the reward chests.
- If you have a Shaman, this can simply be done by summoning Imps and killing them.
If you do not have a Shaman
You will need to use the Demons at the back of the first room and the north stairs to summon the required Imps.
- Demons will only summon 1 Imp ever. So you will need to kill 8 Demons to get the 8 Imp corpses needed.
- If at all possible kill the Demons without killing the Imps. Save the Imps until there are 8 of them so you don't have to worry about the corpses disappearing.
There are 4 Demons, the 2 down the stairs and 2 at the back of the room past the dragons. Kill which ever ones you want or all of them, leaving the Imps alive until the end when you have 8 of them.
Once you have enough Imp corpses, push the Imps down the stairs, and place one corpse on each of the eight special positions. Pull the lever to remove the bars and inside the chests you will find
Reward: a green belt, and 20,000 Gold Pieces
Return to Thaddeus and say: Hi/Quest
Give him the green belt and he will give you
Reward: 75,000 experience and 35,000 Gold Pieces
The quest cannot progress beyond this point until you reach level 100.
Part 4
This part you will face a lot of dangerous monsters!
Need: 27 Throwing stones
Monsters:
Demonic Fire Being, 
Cursed Eye, 
Death, 
Lighter, 
Armadillork, 
Unholy Dreadlord, 
Lone Eye,
and 
Dracolich Spectre
Reward: ?
Talk to Thaddeus, say: Hi/Quest and he will send you to the Golden Desert to retrieve an old cursed book, the Timahl
You need to travel to Vevay and follow the map below to find Tybalt, who will take you to the Golden Desert. Just talk to him and say: Hi/Golden Desert.
Once on the other side the monsters you will face are really difficult. Follow the route below to the entrance of the cave.
Once you've made it here, there are 3 levers that you need to pull to remove a pillar. Starting at #4, The gold circle on the right is the pillar that you need to remove and get past. #5 Is the middle point of where the 3 levers are, one to the East, South, and West. Pull the 3 levers and head back.
The levers are circled in purple
South hole down ladder
This is #4 and where you need to get past to the right
Last room at the very end you will find a pillar you will need your throwing stones at gray circle and your reward, the gold circle.
This is where the 27 throwing stones come into play. On the 3 squares around the stone, you need to place 9 stones on each square to be able to access the reward chest just northwest of that spot.
Return the book to Thaddius and saying: Hi/Quest and he will reward you.
Reward: ?
Part 5
Need: 1 Utility rope and 3 pieaces of Bread.
Monsters: 
Valkyrie, 
Outlaw, and possibly 
Dire Boar, and Elder Ent
After bringing the book back to Thaddius, ask him about another quest.
Thaddius would like you to take the book to Dryadon so that he can open it.
Find Dryadon and say: Hi/Quest.
He will thank you for bringing him the book but he needs his staff that was stolen to open it. His staff was stolen by Sheard
This is where you will need your Utility rope and Bread and take it to Sheard.
You will need to head back to Yarrael
Follow the path from the stairs to the building north first with the gold circle. You will find a painting and behind it a key.
Once you have the key, go south and down the stairs.
The key will open the cell door and clicking on the table will take you to where Sheard is hiding.
- Remove the candle, you have to click on the table.
Talk to Sheard and say: Hi/Dryadon's Staff. He will ask for the rope and bread a give you the staff for them.
Head back to Dryadon and say: Hi/Quest. With his staff he will unlock the book and you will receive the Experience potion recipe
Redward:
The end.
