Assault Mission - Orichalcum Survey

Mission Name: Assault Mission - Orichalcum Survey Mercenary Rank: Private First Class Start NPC: Yahsra - Aht Urhgan Whitegate (L-10) Staging Point: Azouph Isle Staging Point Objective: Discover orichalcum ore Recruitment: Lv.50, 3-6 mercenaries Mission Orders: There is a rumor that orichalcum ore has been discovered in Leujaoam Sanctum. Find the ore vein before the beastmen do. Time Limit: 30 minutes Reward: Leujaoam Sanctum Assault Points 3 Members: 1200 4 Members: 1080 5 Members: 960 6 Members: 840

Enemies

Monster	Level	Strengths	Weaknesses	Spawns	Notes
Mineral Eater		Immune to: Strong to:	Susceptible to: Silence Weak to:		A, T(H) Very strong attack, and very weak defense, also has a lot of accuracy. Uses all standard worm moves, Bind, Stoneskin, Rasp, Stone IV, and Stonega III. Can cast from a long distance of up to 50'.
Qiqirn Miner	76-82	Immune to: Strong to:	Susceptible to: Bind, Sleep Weak to:		S, Sc Aggressive after a player finds ore, initially spawns with green name, changes to yellow when ore is found. Quick attacks, very strong, very high evasion.
A = Aggressive; NA = Non-Aggresive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Drops

Ancient Lockbox Remedy Hi-Potion +3

??? Gloves Storm Gages

??? Necklace Storm Muffler Jagd Gorget Feather Collar Gorget +1

??? Box Ice Crystal Tsurara Eggplant White Rock Phalaenopsis Linen Cloth Gardenia Seed Poroggo Hat Soulflayer Staff

Walkthrough

Mine for Orichalcum Ore at Mining Points throughout the area. Take the ore to the NPC at the starting point to finish. This ore goes directly into the inventory of the person that mined it.

• Enter and talk to Mulwahah to receive a Pickaxe Temp Item.

• Normal Pickaxes don't work.

• Find and touch a mining point. One of the following will happen:

1. You receive a temporary Orichalcum Ore, in which case the mission is complete.
2. The pickaxe breaks, in which case return to the NPC for a new one.
3. A worm spawns. The worm will detect through sneak. Kill the worm and continue mining. Worms only have 1300-1500 HP, however they can cast up to 50 feet away and have a longer sound aggro range than the normal worm (up to 35'), making running away difficult. The worm will not use Draw In, however.
4. "You are unable to mine anything."
5. You mine a pebble or Zinc Ore. These two items will go into treasure pool.

• Keep mining the same spot until it disappears or you get the Ore.
• The mining points move like normal mining points.
• Upon finding the temporary Orichalcum Ore, you must bring the ore back to the NPC at the start. Beware, the roaming Qiqirn will become aggressive to all party members, detecting by sight, once the ore has been found. You can easily use Invisible to avoid agro, as long as a Qiqirn was not facing you when someone found the ore.
• If a Qiqirn does see you, do not try to kill it unless that is your only option. They seem able to attack up to five times in a row, and do so with surprising regularity. Sleep and Bind will buy time.
• Find the Rune of Release and Ancient Lockbox at (H-8) to complete and leave the mission.

Notes

• The reported strategy of running away from the worms when they pop with some sort of shadow up (like Utsusemi: Ichi or Blink) can work but is NOT recommended. The worms do NOT despawn. There is an off chance you may find the ore in an unoccupied location. But in case you do not, you may run out of time trying to kill the remaining worms.

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