Ok, ignore about andy's rumblings in the previous posts... that guy tends to have a general negative outlook of life.
Anyway, mission accomplished, we completed the quest for Uleguerand Range last night. Now that we have completed it, we have a complete walkthru for it. Part of the information is given by Nesteaboy. The info on Allakhazam is complete bullshit(ok dont mind my language...) In any case, its too vague so im writing these for the benefit of my frz(who reads this blog..)
Steps to take:
1) Activate the quest "Over the hills & Far away" by going to G-7 S sandy house 2nd floor, flip the diary & read up to page 4
2) After that head back to Port San d'Oria and talk to Antreneau in the Rusty Anchor Pub. Now you have the quest and now you need a Moblin Hotrok. Moblin Hotrok is dropped by Moblin Ashman in Oldton Movalpolos. Position of Moblin Ashman is around K-10 in Oldton Mov if i did not remember wrongly.. It is near the rusty switch and repops once in 15 min. Note that even though the Moblin Hotrok drop is frequent, it might not necessary drop. In other words, it is not a confirmed drop and you might have to camp it for a while.
3) Now you have the quest & the Moblin Hotrok, head to Uleguerand Range for the Quest of your life. (This is by far the toughest soloable quest u can ever do in vanadiel)
4) Fun Time! You are now in Ule Range. Now you've gotta get to the red dot in the map. Since everything cons at least EP to a 75, you've gotta have your sneak + invis on. For melees, sorry, silent oils & prism powders is the way to go. For casters, plz bring along silent oils & prism powder too, coz you might need them at certain times. Otherwise, cast sneak & invis.
Note: There are ice bombs & ice elementals around everywhere, so make sure you're out of their aggro range before casting. Ice bombs like any other bombs, aggro to magic.
5) Red line on map is the route to the red dot. Notice how evil the developers are.. you've to go 1 big round!!!
6) Follow the red line, 1st, after your 2nd tunnel, prepare to run around the Brontos. They are mobs with true sight, so running behind their backs is ok.. if they dont turn around the last min! Basically, there is no walkthru for these parts, coz they walk around all the time. Figure yourself how to get past these irritating tyrantos.
Note: Kp sneak + invis on at all times coz although tyrantos r true sight, there're other mobs around too... Also, have a warp macro or scroll in hand in case u aggro & hafta flee... Plz also take note n take key item "Eternal Ice" in the tunnels. You'll need it if u ever fall into any of the holes in the ground as u walk. Even then, try to avoid holes in the ground.
7) After Brontos, follow red line & you'll meet Tyrantos after the next tunnel. Do the same thing. follow red line, u'll reach another tunnel n then molechs this time.
8) Molechs are abit more tricky, coz the pathway is more narrow now. By hook or by crook, get past them and you'll be getting up a slope. Plz note that even up the slope, 1 molech tends to linger around there sometimes, so be careful.
9) After running up the slope, turn right. Further on you'll see jorgamund(if its not killed). He's a v pretty n HUGE dragon!!! Further ahead and you'll find yourself seeing a snowy cliff. Notice that from short view, you can only see 1 slope ahead of u. However if u see from far away, you'll notice that there is 2 slopes in _| shape as u can see on the map. we want to go to the slope with the red dot.
10) Now for the horrible part. You need to drop off from the cliff n slide all the way down to this v tiny ledge where u can walk in, tab around, find the ??? and trade the moblin hotrok to it for a cutscene. Tricky part is to land on the tiny ledge, which, is the craziest thing the developers made for this quest.
11) Imagine the slope to be 1234567890 ... You need to position yourself around 6.5. Posing yourself at the edge of the cliff & looking with 2nd person camera view, rotate camera view up n down till u see s slight darken patch along the slope. That is the hole. ps. it might be quite tough to see the darken patch with untrained eyes for 1st-timers.
There are 2 techniques here, up to u to choose which 1 u prefer. I however prefer the 2nd method.
i) Align yourself with the hole. start sliding till u drop into the hole. In the hole u'll find the tunnel leading to somewhere else. DO NOT go in. Instead, sneak + invis yourself once again, move to the left most ledge & start sliding slightly abit left. Imagine 1234567890 to be the ledge of the hole... the ledge u wanna land on is around -1 to -0.5.
Note: There are 2 ledges in all (Refer to diagram) , thus if u move too left, u'll land on 2nd ledge. If u don't move enuff or land between e 2 ledges, you'll land at the bottom of the drop off. Now u see why i say they're crazy.
ii) 2nd method is to again, align yourself with the hole. Start sliding, but instead of falling into the hole, slide slightly to the left of the hole. Ie. You are going directly to the ledge instead of stopping midway at the hole. Again, slightly, not too little not too much.
12) If you're successful, you'll find yourself on the 1st ledge , go in, find the ??? n complete the whole quest. If not, at the bottom left of the drop off is a secret tunnel(refer to map) Go thru it n you'll be out n near the entrance & you can either try this whole sneaking thing again or abandon the quest.
Courtesy of Ariel (^-^) Hope that helps! Good luck~~~
