The Restless Isles

The Restless Isles are your starting point to get to the Twilight Forge.

Overview
This adventure zone is accessed through The Foothold.

This is a level 10 Wilderness Adventure Area, allowing characters from levels 7 through 14 for full XP gain.

NOTE: you must finish Hiding in Plain Sight to be able to get to the Restless Isles.



Quests
In addition to the Rare Encounter / Slayer / Explorer quests typical to all Wilderness Adventure Areas, the following quests can be found in this zone:


 * Bring Me the Head of Ghola-Fan! and its quest giver
 * Slavers of the Shrieking Mines and its quest giver
 * The Twilight Forge and The Titan Awakes

Rare Encounters
Each Rare Encounter is worth 650 XP; the bonus for defeating all of them is 975 XP.
 * Slay Snikkit, the tunnel scorpion
 * Slay Kaedak, the wildman outcast
 * Slay Than Hap, the charred sacrifice

Slayer

 * Slay 10 Restless Island Denizens - 445 XP = 44.5 xp/kill
 * Slay 25 Restless Island Denizens - 606 XP = 40.4 xp/kill
 * Slay 50 Restless Island Denizens - 835 XP = 33.4 xp/kill
 * Slay 100 Restless Island Denizens - 1,267 XP = 25.3 xp/kill
 * Slay 200 Restless Island Denizens - 2,080 XP = 20.8 xp/kill
 * Slay 400 Restless Island Denizens - 3,700 XP = 18.5 xp/kill
 * Slay 750 Restless Island Denizens - 6,270 XP = 17.9 xp/kill
 * Slay 1500 Restless Island Denizens - 13,162 XP = 17.5 xp/kill

Explorer
Each Explorer is worth 325 XP; the bonus for finding all of them is 487 XP.

Lore

 * Discover the sacrificial sepulcher
 * Explore the wildman alcove (requires Horrid Golden Figurine from Slavers of the Shrieking Mines)
 * Discover the Island of scorrow outcasts
 * Uncover the mutinous wildmen cabal
 * Discover the wildmen sanctuary
 * Find the place of ancient sacrifice

Paths to quests


These paths assume you have a rogue to pick doors. (Unlock DCs are 46.) Otherwise you need to kill some ogres to get Runetusk Keys. Also there are several gates which can be opened by killing monsters nearby.

Before you can enter this area you have to pay off Karn Cold-Trail at the Foothold for 10,000 gold or convincing him via bluff (2,000 gold), intimidate or diplomacy (DC: 23 - 5,000 gold). Otherwise, his crew on the island will refuse to help, including Ostler Caulstone who will not repair the sigil for you. As soon as Karn is convinced, Ostler work as a merchant and Laina the Excoriated will serve as tavern keeper and soul binder.

To Shrieking Mines

 * Go to the first locked door past the wildman guide, take the lift up, and kill the ogres until you acquire a key.
 * Head back down that same shaft and go through the first locked door, then take the lift up
 * Cross the bridge to the other island, and take the lift down
 * Walk until you get to the next lift up
 * Cross the bridge to the other island, and take the lift down
 * You will see wildman guide, go right at the intersection, and continue until you find a (locked) gate
 * The entrance of the Shrieking Mines is on your left, but you need the quest first, so go through the door
 * Go left at the intersection, and continue until you get to the lift up (ignore the locked door on your right, you fight scropions)
 * Rest at shrine, get the quest, then come back to the Shrieking Mines entrance

To Ghola-Fan

 * Instead of going through the first locked door, go left and take the lift up
 * Cross the bridge to the next island, and take the lift down
 * Go left immediately
 * Go through the locked gate, ignore the next 2 lifts (1 on your left, 1 ahead)
 * Ignore the locked door on your right, go through the next locked door in front of you
 * Continue and take the lift up
 * You're standing in front of the Ghola-Fan's palace... but you need the quest first, so take right and cross the bridge to the next island and go down the lift
 * Ignore the two locked doors on the sides and go to the lift up
 * Rest at shrine, take the quest
 * You can now go back to the Ghola-Fan's compound in the same way, or buy the key from a NPC and use it on the locked door on the right (on your way back in the underwater passage). This is a shortcut.

To the Twilight Forge

 * Follow the first two steps of the Ghola-Fan instructions above
 * Instead of going left, go straight in front of you this time (you fight 2 ogre magi) till you get to a large group of nine monsters
 * Take a right at the guarded door and give the ogre there your Ogre Khan's Skull (found in Ghola-Fan)
 * Up the ladder and head straight until you get to a wildman and give him the Horrid Golden Figurine (found in Shrieking Mines)
 * Keep going straight until you hit a rock wall with a lever on the left
 * Follow the path to the gate and you're at the Volcano's Mouth