Mask of Vortex

Welcome, brave adventurer!  This guide will walk you through the Mask of Vortex quest series for EverQuest's Shattering of Ro expansion!

Pre-Quest Prep:

Before you Go:  You're going to need various tools, vendor purchased supplies, and to keep an eagle eye out for several pieces and parts to save while out working progression and adventuring in the new expansion, Shattering of Ro.   You can find a handy checklist online here or if you prefer, an old-school style printable checklist version.

To Get this Task:  Hitch a ride or make your way to the Senior Apprentice Mage Sarcrynn in Arcstone and follow his dialogue.  Fun Fact:  If you did the old scrykin orb quest, he will acknowledge your previous triumphs, which is a cool little detail.

What Now?:  Go through his dialogue, and he will give you the first task to create your mask, "Shards of Magic".

Stage 2:  Shards of Magic & Mask 1

To begin, you need to kill depraved scrykin, and collect 4 of their glowing scrykin bloods.

I found it easiest to do this in conjunction with Arcstone Partisan 1 (unless you've already done that), by going just west from the quest giver.  I like to camp either on the far side on the safe ledge (careful not to fall), or any of a number places along the perimeter of this section.  If its camped, see if there's a pick available.  At first, these bloods were very streaky, but it seems they may(?) have increased the drop rate as they seem much, much better now.   Note:  Throughout this walkthrough, you will see various images that show item numbers -- that is because these screenshots were captured on beta.  If any information here changes, I will return later and update! Feel free to shoot me a tell (cross server or otherwise, at luclin.adetia) if you have questions or comments!

If you already had collected the crystals, per the checklist, you can skip ahead.

Side Trip:  If you need to gather the crystals, and your friends can't support you in that regard, (ask in guildchat!?) - then head to Candlemaker's and kill candle model mobs near the "liquid wax pools" there.   For me, that's the fastest, most efficient way to gather them in quantity.  Your mileage may vary.

Once you have the kills and materials, if you have a Brewing Barrel - you can use that wherever you are, otherwise you will need to head to Plane of Knowledge, your Guild hall or your crafting location of choice.  PUT ON YOUR TROPHY!  For main tradeskill combines for this quest, you receive the recipe when you GET the task, so you can simply find it in your tradeskill interface for your brewing container by typing "coag" or "slurry" in the partial name and hitting search.  Then, it will locate your ingredients for you, and you can click combine.  Good luck!

Now that you have combined your slurry, you must return to Senior Apprentice Mage Sarcrynn in Arcstone.  

When you hand in your slurry to him, he will give you 3 essences on your cursor as shown just above.  Drop them in your bag.  You then need to go stand inside a magical storm as listed in the quest directions, and if you stand still and do nothing, shortly, those 3 inert essences will conver to become Charged Tenuous Storm Essences as needed for the quest.  If you look up, you can see a magical storm just above you.  Otherwise, there is a storm to the west, and several others nearby.  Any will work, but play smarter, and choose one that doesn't have mobs that will aggro you nearby, or preclear them.  This part of the quest will take about 10-15 seconds total to complete the 4 task updates - one for standing there, and 3 for the individual essences.   Before you leave here, your quest should look like this:



Now its time to make the mask.  Head down to the crafting area of your choice (PoK has two options, guild hall, whatever you choose).  Again, you learned this recipe earlier, so you can search for it using mask, destroy or vortex, then hit combine.   Good luck!

Congratulations on Mask 1! Check out this beauty!

Now for the fun part!  Head off to get more progression done or get some xp anywhere you can!  Missions are a great source at 2% xp on your mask per completed mission.  See you back here when you are done filling up your xp for the mask, and it has evolved to the Yearning Form as shown below!

MORE DETAILS AND BETTER FORMATTING SOON - Refresh and there may be something new here!

Feel free to contact me at luclin.adetia with questions or information