NPC Spawn Issue: Jan2001 - Overseer Dlubish added to Mines of Nurga

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Overseer Dlubish was added to the Mines of Nurga in Jan2001 to fix the Iksar Shaman 5th Cudgel quest.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20001019...ML/000648.html

Hassyrtiko
posted 08-14-2000 02:57 PM

***WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS***

The following quest has been unsolved since about the middle of May, and it is causing some distress for those of us who play Iksar Shamans and actually enjoy the quest aspect of the game.

At the conclusion of the fourth skull quest (fifth overall) the Iksar Shaman is told to turn in his items to Mystic Dovan in the Swamp of No Hope for the next quest. Mystic Dovan gives the Iron Cudgel of the Prophet and sends the shaman out to collect the "Skulls of DiNozok," which must then be returned to Hierophant Zand in the Temple of Terror.

After much searching and identifying, it was finally discovered that the "Iksar Skull Helm" dropped by a Sarnak Adherant in the Sarnak Fortress area of the Lake of Ill Omen zone identifies with the magic spell as a "Skull of Die Nozok." When this is returned to Hierophant Zand, he says, "We are Dai and Die and we await our skulls and your Iron Cudgel of the Prophet. Become a channeler." The problem is that every level 20-30 MOB the length and breadth of Kunark has been slain and nothing drops a skull that identifies as the "Skull of Dai Nozok." My gut hunch, based on the previous quests in the series, is that the Dai skull is supposed to be a rare drop item in the loot table for the Sarnak Adherant, but that it was inadvertantly missed when the loot tables were populated, or if the claim of one player can be believed, that it was inadvertantly scrubbed from the loot table in an update to the game.

A thread detailing the search has reached 90 posts over at the EQ Forge/Forums/Shaman/Quest and Special Items board, and it is rather distressful for those of us trying to complete the quest because we have faith that the ultimate Iron Cudgel upgrade will be a truly special weapon instead of the ho-hum 5/23 magic-hitting toy that we have in the Iron Cudgel of the Prophet.

If Hobart or Esther could please look into this quest and give us some acknowledgement that they have determined that (1) the quest is indeed bugged, or (2) that they have found the Dai skull in the place it is supposed to be and we all need to keep searching, it would make a lot of players very happy. Thank you.

Dovasirr
posted 08-21-2000 12:44 PM

Ok,

Quest looked into. It is infact broken. It has been assigned. I will let you know when it is completed and patched to test.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20010616...s.com/jan.html

Tuesday January 16th, 2001

Updated the Trooper Scale Pauldron quest with some more info today and I'm working on the Cannibalize II quest for Shamans as well. Updated a couple members info as well. I should make a mention that there will be some sweeping changes to the Experience system in Everquest. This was announced on Sunday and is a MUST read for players, especially hybrid classes. The full info on it can be found HERE. Also there was finally some relief for Iksar Shaman everywhere. Our cudgel quests are confirmed being fixed in the patch tomorrow. They are live on test right now. Apparently they have added a semi-rare NPC who is a part of the quest for the Skull of Dai Nozok, some new text has been added as well to lead to it. The reward for this 5th quest is apparently in line with it's difficulty now too.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20031229...html?quest=217

Solutions finally!
Posted @ Fri, Jan 19th 2:29 AM 2001
By: Anonymous

Zand now speaks of Goblins and mines. Go to Nurga fight an Overseer D_____ (you have to find him) and you get a Canopic of Dai Nozok (when identified it says crafted by Vok Nir. So go to Overtnere and in the Outpost there is an iksar named Galdon Vok Nir. one problem he wont talk or deal with iksar (seems he is an outcast) well if someone speaks to him that he likes you find out he can open the canopic with the 2 Dai Keys from swamp of no hope and 400gold. So now you wonder how do iksar shaman get him to do this to get the skull out. well my guess is get a really good enchanter to cast a nice charming spell on him and then do the quest. Here is to hoping. more info later im sure as people try more things.

Illia's Bestiary for Mines of Nurga:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20010416....shtml?zone=88

Overseer Dlubish
By: jeskola
Posted @ Wed, Jan 31st 10:27 PM [2001]

I killed a goblin named Overseer Dlubish in Mines of Nurga. he dropped a lore/no drop jar, Dai Nozok skull canopic

RE: Overseer Dlubish
By: Anonymous
Posted @ Thu, Feb 1st 8:37 PM [2001]

The canopic is for the 5th Iksar Shaman cudgel upgrade quest. So, unless you're an Iksar Shaman, please leave it on the corpse in case I happen to wander by and I haven't found one yet!

Overseer Dlubish is not present in the NPC list; the first reference appears in a Jan2001 comment.