30th Anniversary Quest

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(   1)  Zistrosk     2024-07-04 21:14:05   RoD 30th Anniversary Quest (11-25 July 2024) - pre-announcement

Once upon a time...
Thoric created the Realms of Despair and officially opened it on 26 JUL 1994:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bbs.majorbbs/c/ucIaZ7H_Op0/m/f5cuIq3C0DMJ
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The 30th Anniversary quest is for those who are:
up for a bit of nostalgia
ready for some action
want some nice prizes
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Port 7000 will be open at reboot on 11 July 2024, running a pre-shattering
version of the game, restored and all glossed up for your questing pleasure,
and remain open until reboot the morning of 26 July 2024. You will be able to 
create a new characters on this port, and level them up for the quest 
challenge. There is a bounty list of 30 mobs to get KB on with your quest 
character, in a similar fashion to the style of Gonnil's awesome Thoth's world 
quests. The object is simple, level up and kb as many mobs on the "help 
bounty" list posted on port 7000 before the end of the quest. Be sure to 
declare your port 7000 questor to me. The IP limit will be 2, so you can drag 
a second along if you like, but only KBs on your declared questor will count 
for the quest. Multiple KBs of the same bounty mob on the same declared quest 
character still count as just one KB.
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Prizes will be awarded in the evening of 26JUL2024, 30th Anniversary of RoD.

Mechanics

Between July 11-26th 2024 you could play the original RoD game on port 7000 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of RoD. Some notable mechanics included - Low level melee skills like Kick / Cuff were greatly powered up.

Results

Point Leaders

TBC

Bounty List

BOUNTY
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        BOUNTY MOBS FOR 30TH ANNIVERSARY QUEST PRE-SHATTERING PORT
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(THE EASIER SIDE FOR WARMUPS)           (THE CHALLENGE BEGINS!)
Lavinia                                 The Aeon
Finnock                                 McManus, captain of the Deilstorm
Prakrit                                 Malvos the Sifter
Redec                                   a Carnifex priest
Dragon (Holy Grove)                     The pit slime
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Lieutenant commander Nelson             the froghemoth
Captain Lodd                            Blackmote
Ra, lord of the sun                     Jade
Sir Henri                               Set, the True Lord of Darkness
The tarrasque                           Madness
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Shade the dark                          The GlassWalker
Artemis of the forest                   Icingdeath
Dracula                                 Kizarvexius, the rainbow dragon
Gayalossen                              Hades, Ruler of the Underworld
the giant kraken                        Zaka Mede
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Prizes

Per Thoth Board:

[ 76] Zistrosk: End of quest special reward, and lottery prizes
Fri Jul 12 08:56:35 2024
To: ThirtythAnniv
First Place Prize (meaning you got all 30 KBs before anyone else):
   -Your character is moved to the main game and given prestige status
Lottery prizes the night of 26 JUL 2024 (each valid kb is an entry ticket):
   
A level 1 character on the main game of any in-game-race/class combo
(2 prizes) A Stone cairn monument
Add the "detect magic" affect to an object of your choice.
100,000,000 gold coins.
A certificate of room colorizing.
(2 prizes) A rename scroll.
5% glory-available resist of your choice added to an item of your choice
+4 hp to any item that can be worn as a shield.
+1 hitroll to any item that can be worn on neck.
+1 luck to any item that can be worn on ears.
+2 base hp to the character of your choice.
+5 base mana to the character of your choice.
+5 base movement to the character of your choice.
+2 charisma to any item with Z in the short description
+20 mana, -1 luck to an item of your choice
+10 mana, -1 charisma to an item of your choice
A certificate of additional housing storage.
(2 prizes) 5 free practice sessions.
A certificate of 5 Dragontail points
Trans to Kaais for your group of 6 players
Note: Lottery winners are ineligible to recieve a second lottery prize.

Fun or Useful Information

Flareon / Merry NPC

An NPC version of Zistrosk' long running spell bots was setup NE of square for players to use:

----------->////\\\\     30th ANNIVERSARY LEVELING BOT
            |      |    /
           @  O  O  @  /
            |  /   |         \__
             \ -- /          |\ |    spellbot stuff (use say):
           ___|  |___        | \|    all
          /    \/    \      /|__|    heal
         /            \    / /       hex
        /\_/|   |_||\_/\  / /        curse
       /  / |      | \  \/ /         blind
      <  <  |      |  \   /          poison
       \  \ |      |   \_/           refresh
        \  \|______|
          \_|__X___|
            |      |
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          (____|___)  Thanks, adulations, and perturbations to Zistrosk
A merry flareon spell bot is in perfect health.

Pre-Shattering Directions (summary)

Area Name	Levels	Directions from DH[]
Abattoir Asylum	35 - 50	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, 3n, e, 4s, w, s, e, 3s, d, s, 2e
Along The Forested Path	5 - 25	6s, 7w
Ancient City of Aurora	15 - 35	15w, s, 2w, 2s, w, 7s, 3e, 6s, d, s, e, n, u
Antall (The Lost Harbor)	35 - 50	6w, 6n, nw, 2w, 2d, all west, 2n, 3w, s, 2w, sw
Antarctica	10 - 30	6s, e, *fly*, 2s, 5w
Arachnos	5 - 20	15w, s, 2w, n, w, u, w
Astral Plane	15 - 35	*fly*, 3u
Barrik's Keep	25 - 50	12n, ne
Blasted Lands	25 - 50	6s ,e, *fly*, 2s, se, 9e, (scan to find 'Entrance to Blasted Lands', Sandstorms are DT's. Shifting maze.)
[The] Burrows	0 - 60	Halfling hometown: 8w, 4n, 2w, 3n, 2e
Chapel Catacombs	15 - 25	6w, 8s, e, s, open s, 5s, open s, s
City of Iniquity	0 - 50	Drow hometown: 11n, w, 2n, w, n, w, 2nw, ne, d, n, open d, d
Coral Depths	5 - 25	6s, e, s, e
Crystalmir Lake	0 - 35	15w, 2n, 2nw
Cursed Lands	25 - 50	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, s, 2u, e, u, 2s, se, 2d, 2se
Darkhaven Academy	1 - 5	3e, s, d
Darkhaven Art Gallery	10 - 50	4s, w, n
Dragon Cult	5 - 25	4s, e, n, say the password
Dragon Tower	5 - 30	15w, s, 2w, 2s, w, s, 3w, n, w, 2n, seek dragon hatchling or draconia guard (gate)
Dragon's Pass	40 - 50	16e, ne, 2e, 3u, n
Drow City	15 - 25	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, open hole, w, s, d, open secret, d
[The] Dungeon	20 - 40	16e, ne, 2e, se, e, d, e, 2n, u, 6e, ne, 9e, 4n, 4w, 2n, open steel, d, kill jailer for key (or passdoor), e, d
Dunhill Demesnes	10 - 40	11n, w, 2n, w, n, w, 2nw, ne, nw, 2ne, 2nw, ne, d, 3w, 3nw, open nw, nw, n
Dwarven Catacombs	10 - 20	8e, 3ne, n, 2ne, n, nw, n, ne, w, push pile, 2e, 2n, u, open u, u, open u, u, e, 2d, 2n, open west, w, open trapdoor, d
Dwarven Daycare	1 - 5	8e, ne, d
Dylan's Area	25 - 45	15w, s, 2w, 2s, e, s, w, s, w, 3s, e, 2s, 2e, s, 2w, open w, w, open n, n, 2u, 2s
Elemental Canyon	5 - 30	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, s
Emerald Hills	10 - 35	12e
Galaxy	20 - 30	6w, 8s, 3e, s
Gauntlet	10 - 15	TBD
Graveyard	5 - 10	6w, 8s, e, s, open s, s
Great Eastern Desert	15 - 20	6s, e, 2s, se, 2e
Haon Dor	5 - 10	7w
High Tower of Sorcery	10 - 30	15w, s, 2w, 2s, w, s, 3w, n, w, 2n, then track adventurer/diamond/ shadow and follow dirs
Holy Grove	5 - 20	9e
Island of Irrybis	1 - 50	Elven hometown: 7n, w, 6n, w, n, w, 2nw, ne, d, s, w
Keep of Mahn-Tor	5 - 35	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, 3n, e, s
Kingdom of Juargan	5 - 25	8e, 3n, e
King's Castle	35 - 50	8e, 4s, sw, 5w, 5n
Knights of the Round	35 - 50	12n, ne, e, ne, 4n, nw, w, nw, 6n, 2nw
Kontaur	25 - 50	15w, s, 2w, 2s, w, 7s, 3e, 2s
La Chute D'eau de L'Ancient	40 - 65	8e, all north, 2e, 4n, 2e, ne
Land of the Fire Newts	5 - 15	8e, 3n, e, s
Machine Dreams	1 - 5	6e, 3n, u
Mathlann Lagoon	0 - 65	Sea-elf hometown: 6w, 6n, nw, 2w, 2d, all w, se
Miden'nir	5 - 15	7s
Mithril Hall	35 - 50!	8e, 4s, 2e, 2s
Morgul Vale	35 - 50	8e, 10n, 2e, 7n, e
Moria	5 - 15	8e, 3n
Mount Krozloy	0 - 60	Half-orc hometown: 8e, 3n, e, n
Mountains of Desolation	10 - 35	8e, ne
New Ofcol	5 - 35	11n, 6e, 4n, 2e
New Thalos	5 - 35	16e, ne, 2e, se, e, d, e, 2n, u, 6e, ne, 2e
Ocean Keep	15 - 50	6n, 5w, nw
Octopus Garden	20 - 40	6w, 6n, 2nw, 2w, 2d, all w, 2n, 3w, s, 2w, 3n, 3w, s, 3e, n, 2s, w, d
Ofcol	1 - 50	11n, 6e, 3n
Old Marsh	20 - 35	15w, s, 2w, 2s, w, 3s
Old Thalos	1 - 30	11e, 2n, track deer/doe/druid/imperial
Olympus	10 - 50	12n
Opallinoc	0 - 50	Half-ogre hometown: 11n, 6e, 2s, e
Pixie Forest	1 - 5	6w, 2n, w, sw, 2w, nw
Plains of the North	1 - 20	7n
Qetag's Reach	0 - 65	Dwarven hometown: 15w, 2n, 2nw, d, e
Raven Tor	20 - 50	7n, 2e, 4n, 3e
Realm of Worship	0 - 60	8e, all n, e, 3n
Redferne's Residence	37- 50	15w, s, 2w, 2s, w, 7s, 3e, s, 2w, open w, w
Reomyr Village	0 - 65	Pixie hometown: 6w, 2n, w, sw, 2w, nw, 3n, e, s, e, n, u
Revelation City	35 - 50	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, 3n, e, 3s, 2e
Ruins of T'Man	0 - 60	Half-troll hometown: 13s, 2e, ne
Scourge of Time	50 - 50	go to Astral Plane and wander around until you find it
Sea of Sorrows	1 - 15	16e, ne, 2e, se, e, d, e, 2n, u, 6e, ne, all e (open gates when necessary)
Sentinel	5 - 10	8n, 3e, s
Seth's Fortress	20 - 50	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, 3n, e, 3s, 3e, 2s, e, 4s, e, u
Sewer	5 - 30	6s, open manhole, d
Shadowport	10 - 50	6s, e, 2s, 4w, open grate, n
Shattered Refuge	5 - 20	7e, se, sw, s, se
Shire	5 - 35	8w, n
Temple of the Moon	29 - 49	15w, 2n, 2nw, d, 2s, ne
Thalos	10 - 25	8e, s
Tower of Despair	35 - 50	15w, s, 2w, 2s, w, 4s, e, n
Tower of Enlightment	35 - 50	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, 3n, e, 3s, 3e, 2s, e, 4s, e, u, 2n
Tower of Zenothir	15 - 25	8e, 4s, 2e, s, w
Town of Solace	5 - 50	15w, 2n, 2nw, d, w, n
Transylvania	35 - 50	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, 3n, e, 4s, w, s, 2e, n, 5e, n, 2e, 2n
Tree of Life	35 - 50	11e, 2n, deer/doe/imperial/druid out of void, s, 3w, 2n, w
Treetops/Canopy	20 - 40	15w, 2n, 2e, u
Tribal Swamplands	1 - 50	Lizardmen hometown: 15w, 2s, e, s, w, s, 2w, s, w, d
Tullfuhrzky Manor	0 - 10	6w, 2n, w, sw, 2w, nw, 4n, ne
Underworld	30 - 50	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, 3n, e, 3s, 6e, n, open d, d, 3n, d, e, track reaper (aggro), s, d
Unholy Grounds	5 - 15	nw, 2w, 4n, e, look painting
Vale of Nidaros	0 - 60	Gnome hometown: 7e, se, sw, s, se, 3e, n
Valley of the Elves	5 - 20	11n, w, n
Village of Edo	35 - 50	8e, 4s, sw, 5w, 5n, w
Wyvern's Tower	5 - 30	8e, 4s, 2e, s, 2e, d, e