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Ah2006 · Mar 30, 2006, 02:47 PM // 14:47

Can anyone tell me how to complete Vassar's river scale brood quest? I go the marker, kill all the scale bloodcallers and river scales I can find but don't seem to complete the quest. Is there a special scale I have to kill and where do I find it?
Thanks
AH

Xceran · Mar 30, 2006, 03:31 PM // 15:31

I can´t seem to remember this quest, is it in Pre-or Post-searing?

I´ll try anyway, don´t mean to insult you or anything if I ask you a question that you think only a real rookie wouldn´t know the answer to.

When you killed all the river scales, does the green spot on your radar change to an arrow? If it does, follow it, then you need to talk to the person that gave you the quest

What does the quest-description say, are you supposed to kill a certain river scale? Sometimes the "mark" wanders off and isn´t at the spot he´s supposed to be, try to search for him around the green spot on your radar. Press ctrl and you´ll see all enemies around you, run around until you find your mark. Press L and read the quest description, if there is a special mark his name will be there.

Tois · Mar 30, 2006, 03:31 PM // 15:31

I had a similar problem, basically it wouldn't let me complete the quest, not sure why. Second time I tried it it worked fine. Think the scale moved from the area and then it didn't work. Dunno, but try it again and it should be OK.

Fyre Brand · Mar 30, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50

If you try and do the quest and it doesn't work zone back to town and start over. Like Tois said occasionally an important monster will wander too far and you won't kill it so the quest won't update. I have had this problem with those in that area before. If you clear the whole area then there is a good chance you will find it and kill thereby completing the quest.

If you try several times and it's just not working then:
1. Submit a bug report so it can get fixed.

2. Abandon the quest and then accept it again from the original quest giver. This isn't usually the problem, but can help in the odd case. Plus there isn't anything lost in abandoning a quest and asking for it again.

tommarrow · Mar 30, 2006, 05:07 PM // 17:07

What you have to do is hold down the alt and look around. You will see a spot in the water with words, can;t remeber what it says, Click on the words as if it was a person. You will walk over there and complete the quest.

Ole Man Bourbon · Mar 30, 2006, 05:16 PM // 17:16

Yeah, what he said. You probably are killing the wrong target. I think the targets you want are in that little field, not in the creek. Happened to me, too.

Fungus Amongus · Mar 30, 2006, 06:59 PM // 18:59

Ah, I remember that quest like it just happened last year. The quest marker used to be bugged. It would lead you to a dead end near a waterfall.

Leave (forgot outpost name where Vassar is) turn left, go down the hill, then turn right and go past past all the bears. You should find it near the river there.

Chuba · Mar 30, 2006, 07:32 PM // 19:32

And the actual quest is just to kill the boss named after the quest, he wanders around the area where the quest points but sometimes it just doesn??t appear where it??s supposed to.

megalomaniac_mutant · Mar 30, 2006, 08:30 PM // 20:30

I got out the outpost, a skale came running in my direction after 5 seconds. Killed it. Quest over :P

Haggard · Mar 30, 2006, 08:33 PM // 20:33

I had the same problem. Couldn't be bothered solving it.

Kinroan · Mar 31, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11

This happened to me in Reversing the Skales...I killed a couple executioners, but got hit by lag and the 3rd one killed me, and as it was zoomed on my body, waiting on my henchies to die, i saw the 'mark' running across the map for no apparent reason...i went back from the respawn, not 10 steps from there, killed the executioner, and tried to follow it. I killed almost every agro on that map, b/c i didnt feel like goin back and never found it...it just dissapeared.

Xceran · Mar 31, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13

^That happened to me too. Before you could do that quest like this. You left the Gates of Kryta and killed everything on your way to the opening before you came to the boss, lure the executioners and then run out of sight. They would come out followed by the boss. The executioners would the turn back, but the boss continued towards Gates of Kryta, and was an easy kill. When I discovered this the first time I came from the other direction, the way you??re "supposed" to come from and had to kill everything on the way to Gates of Kryta, but wasn??t fast enough and the last thing I saw from the boss was when he entered Gates of Kryta, and disappeard.

I think that they have changed that quest now and the boss stays behind the executioners

Owen · Mar 31, 2006, 05:56 AM // 05:56

In the quest you actually need to kill a monster named River Scale BROOD (not Broodcaller). Many people have trouble with this quest because, yes, he can wander off yet their are many other Scale there at the site so people just assume it's a sweep and clear quest. Once you kill the Scale at the site you expect the quest to end but it doesn't because you have missed the one and only monster that you actually have to kill, the River Scale Brood.

Just look for the River Scale Brood and you're good as gold.

Mar 30, 2006, 02:47 PM // 14:47	#1
Ah2006 Pre-Searing Cadet Join Date: Mar 2006	River scale brood Can anyone tell me how to complete Vassar's river scale brood quest? I go the marker, kill all the scale bloodcallers and river scales I can find but don't seem to complete the quest. Is there a special scale I have to kill and where do I find it? Thanks AH

Mar 30, 2006, 03:31 PM // 15:31	#2
Xceran Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Guild: nwo Profession: R/	I can´t seem to remember this quest, is it in Pre-or Post-searing? I´ll try anyway, don´t mean to insult you or anything if I ask you a question that you think only a real rookie wouldn´t know the answer to. When you killed all the river scales, does the green spot on your radar change to an arrow? If it does, follow it, then you need to talk to the person that gave you the quest What does the quest-description say, are you supposed to kill a certain river scale? Sometimes the "mark" wanders off and isn´t at the spot he´s supposed to be, try to search for him around the green spot on your radar. Press ctrl and you´ll see all enemies around you, run around until you find your mark. Press L and read the quest description, if there is a special mark his name will be there. Last edited by Xceran; Mar 30, 2006 at 03:33 PM // 15:33..

Mar 30, 2006, 03:31 PM // 15:31	#3
Tois Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Guild: Legacy of Echovald Profession: E/Me	I had a similar problem, basically it wouldn't let me complete the quest, not sure why. Second time I tried it it worked fine. Think the scale moved from the area and then it didn't work. Dunno, but try it again and it should be OK.

Mar 30, 2006, 04:50 PM // 16:50	#4
Fyre Brand Krytan Explorer Join Date: Sep 2005 Guild: Shadowlight Order [SoR]	If you try and do the quest and it doesn't work zone back to town and start over. Like Tois said occasionally an important monster will wander too far and you won't kill it so the quest won't update. I have had this problem with those in that area before. If you clear the whole area then there is a good chance you will find it and kill thereby completing the quest. If you try several times and it's just not working then: 1. Submit a bug report so it can get fixed. 2. Abandon the quest and then accept it again from the original quest giver. This isn't usually the problem, but can help in the odd case. Plus there isn't anything lost in abandoning a quest and asking for it again.

Mar 30, 2006, 05:07 PM // 17:07	#5
tommarrow Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Dec 2005 Guild: Shyft Machine [MYTH] Profession: E/	What you have to do is hold down the alt and look around. You will see a spot in the water with words, can;t remeber what it says, Click on the words as if it was a person. You will walk over there and complete the quest.

Mar 30, 2006, 05:16 PM // 17:16	#6
Ole Man Bourbon Jungle Guide Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Atlanta Guild: GONG Profession: W/E	Yeah, what he said. You probably are killing the wrong target. I think the targets you want are in that little field, not in the creek. Happened to me, too.

Mar 30, 2006, 06:59 PM // 18:59	#7
Fungus Amongus Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare] \| [Rare] Alliance	Ah, I remember that quest like it just happened last year. The quest marker used to be bugged. It would lead you to a dead end near a waterfall. Leave (forgot outpost name where Vassar is) turn left, go down the hill, then turn right and go past past all the bears. You should find it near the river there.

Mar 30, 2006, 07:32 PM // 19:32	#8
Chuba Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Finland Guild: New Dragons [NDR]	And the actual quest is just to kill the boss named after the quest, he wanders around the area where the quest points but sometimes it just doesn??t appear where it??s supposed to.

Mar 30, 2006, 08:30 PM // 20:30	#9
megalomaniac_mutant Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: End of the Universe Guild: My guild name not know you must.	I got out the outpost, a skale came running in my direction after 5 seconds. Killed it. Quest over :P

Mar 30, 2006, 08:33 PM // 20:33	#10
Haggard Desert Nomad Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Urmston, Manchester, UK Guild: Greener Pastures [DVDF] Profession: W/Rt	I had the same problem. Couldn't be bothered solving it.

Mar 31, 2006, 04:11 AM // 04:11	#11
Kinroan Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Newport, NC USA Guild: ANT Profession: N/Me	This happened to me in Reversing the Skales...I killed a couple executioners, but got hit by lag and the 3rd one killed me, and as it was zoomed on my body, waiting on my henchies to die, i saw the 'mark' running across the map for no apparent reason...i went back from the respawn, not 10 steps from there, killed the executioner, and tried to follow it. I killed almost every agro on that map, b/c i didnt feel like goin back and never found it...it just dissapeared.

Mar 31, 2006, 05:13 AM // 05:13	#12
Xceran Academy Page Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sweden Guild: nwo Profession: R/	^That happened to me too. Before you could do that quest like this. You left the Gates of Kryta and killed everything on your way to the opening before you came to the boss, lure the executioners and then run out of sight. They would come out followed by the boss. The executioners would the turn back, but the boss continued towards Gates of Kryta, and was an easy kill. When I discovered this the first time I came from the other direction, the way you??re "supposed" to come from and had to kill everything on the way to Gates of Kryta, but wasn??t fast enough and the last thing I saw from the boss was when he entered Gates of Kryta, and disappeard. I think that they have changed that quest now and the boss stays behind the executioners

Mar 31, 2006, 05:56 AM // 05:56	#13
Owen Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Profession: Mo/Me	In the quest you actually need to kill a monster named River Scale BROOD (not Broodcaller). Many people have trouble with this quest because, yes, he can wander off yet their are many other Scale there at the site so people just assume it's a sweep and clear quest. Once you kill the Scale at the site you expect the quest to end but it doesn't because you have missed the one and only monster that you actually have to kill, the River Scale Brood. Just look for the River Scale Brood and you're good as gold.