This guide details things that can be done after completing the "Dealing With Scarabas" Quest and may contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.

 

 

 

-Enchanted Water Tiara-

 

An enchanted water Tiara may be created by using water runes with a water tiara. 3 water runes are required per charge and one charge is used at the same rate as sipping water from a waterskin.

 

 

 

-Simon Templeton's Task-

 

After (or even during) the "Dealing with Scarabas" Quest, Simon Templeton will ask you to go and talk to the mommy in the pyrimid plunder minigame about he being able to directly purchase relics from it. The mommy will not like this idea. When you return to Simon Templeton he will tell you that its ok but he will now accept noted pyrimid plunder items that are less than gold (that is ivory, pottery or stone items).

 

 

 

In summary...

 

-Talk to Simon Templeton

 

-Talk to the mommy

 

-talk to Simon Templeton again

 

 

 

-Reward-

 

Simon Templeton now accept noted ivory, pottery and stone items from the pyrimid plunder minigame.

 

 

 

It is probably worth adding this to both the quest guide and the pyrimid plunder guide.

 

 

 

-Rope Short Cut-

 

Travel west from the Archiologists camp and climb to low wall to an area with 3 mommy's. By using a rope with the jutting rock a short cut is created that leads down to the agility pyrimid. This short cut is permanent and goes both ways.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Scarabas Note Book-

 

Scarabas Notes can be collected by slaying the monsters around the plateu (skeletons, zombies, mommy's and scarabas minions) When the book is full (22 pages total) it can be handed over to the archiologists for a reward of 10k gp.

About getting notes after the quest:

 

 

 

Zombies, mummys and skeletons ain't good for this. I've slain hundreds without a single note. Then I went back downstairs and got very many notes, almost like half of the kills (I killed the lancers).

 

 

 

EDIT: Seems like the notes are getting rarer and rarer. Anyone who have finished got similar experience?

 

 

 

EDIT2: Killed very many for nothing, then realised that my book was complete. It only has 19 paragraphs in the "Found in the Depths" part. Are you sure about those 22 pages? You can store the book in your house's bookshelf.

Does anyone have pics of the whole book so i can see what i am missing.. i think i need three more and its taking like FOREVER!!!!

I noticed every spelling of "mummy" is spelled "mommy". Every once and a while is ok, but literally every "mummy" is spelled with an o. Kind of annoying.

 

 

 

Maybe add a few more pics?

btw folks.. make sure you get the ntoes from inside the cave area.. i did not even know theses existed and spend a few hours killing without getting drops because of this

You can only get the first four pages from zombies, skeletons and mummies. After you do that to get the key from Abigail, you have to get two pages from the chests in the cave, and the remainder only from actual scabarites.

 

 

 

I went back down to the swamp to safely engage the small scabarite group around that column. Much safer than in the cave itself. No risk of poison or disease and the crocodiles tend to leave you alone.

Note collecting:

 

 

 

There are 24 notes in TOTAL:

 

- 4 from the quest.

 

- 17 from drops. (Kill the Scabarites in their lair, just inside the entrance. Go after the Rangers and Lancers.)

 

- 2 from the chests.

 

- 1 from the High Priest of Scabaras. (Run into his room, close the door and kill off any Scabarites that are in the room, then talk to the Priest.)

 

 

 

You CAN get the same note more than once if you haven't added it to your book. Once you add a note to your book, you can't get that note again.

 

 

 

Below is the text from the completed book, word for word. A new double-page is denoted by //, a separation between those pages is denoted by /. This is to make it easier to check your pages.

 

 

 

[hide=Complete Book]/Notes donated by the

 

archaeologists:

 

 

 

's notes: The

 

archaeologists theorise that

 

Sophanem was built by

 

the refugees fleeing Ullek.

 

The disaster that befell

 

Ullek left in its wake a

 

large number of undead

 

creatures in the area.

 

//There is some debate

 

between the two

 

archaeologists as to

 

whether these undead are

 

the result of vile sorcery

 

or simply the results of

 

the use of this area as a

 

graveyard. Initial findings

 

seem to suggest that the

 

area was once heavily

 

forested, in stark contrast

 

/to its current desert

 

state. Abigail seems

 

convinced this is due to

 

humans chopping down all

 

the trees, but Kerner is

 

of the opinion that trees

 

regrow so quickly as to

 

make such deforestation

 

impossible.

 

 

 

 

 

//Notes found in the

 

depths:

 

 

 

The foresters are most

 

incompetent of late. Their

 

claims that sources of

 

wood are becoming scarce

 

smacks of laziness. I shall

 

have them flogged if

 

quotas are not fulfilled.

 

The furnaces must

 

/remain lit.

 

 

 

Another setback. The

 

deliveries of timber we

 

were expecting have

 

arrived, but are in the

 

form of bank certificates.

 

While we could burn

 

them, I fear it wil not be

 

much use. For now, I

 

have had them stored with

 

//the other certificates.

 

 

 

It appears as if Elidinis

 

has forsaken us. Armies,

 

led by vile misbelievers,

 

are smiting the northern

 

settlements, Uzer is

 

under siege and it cannot

 

be long before we are

 

also under assault. The

 

outside areas may fall,

 

/but we should be secure

 

in the tunnels beneath

 

Ullek.

 

 

 

It has come to retreat. I

 

can only blame myself

 

for the next revelation I

 

must make to the

 

survivors. We are low on

 

timber and the ventilation

 

will ultimately fail as a

 

//result. The vast stocks of

 

dried dung, in which I

 

had placed faith for fuel

 

in such an emergency,

 

are soaking wet...

 

 

 

...and infested with some

 

sort of giant maggot.

 

That's bad for both

 

morale and health. I fear

 

this is simply a reflection

 

/of our current dire

 

situation. I only pray we

 

are not forced to

 

starvation and the dire

 

choices that would entail.

 

 

 

Icthlarin has not taken

 

us, after all. Though

 

many died in these

 

stinking warrens, we few

 

have survived. We will

 

//now travel to the village

 

of Sophanem and hope

 

there are other survivors

 

there. I have vowed to

 

pay for a temple to be

 

built there, in honour of

 

the deities who saved

 

us...that is, if our

 

currency is of any value

 

in this new world order.

 

 

 

/As Scabarite custom

 

dictates, the outer

 

gateways have been

 

sealed. No disturbances

 

will now occur and we

 

may worship in peace.

 

The fortuitous discovery

 

of a large stock of ordure

 

may even allow some of

 

the less pious worshippers

 

to breed.

 

//

 

The relaxation of

 

breeding rules may have

 

been something of a

 

mistake. More of the

 

young seem to believe

 

that we should leave the

 

darkness and seek to

 

explore the outer areas,

 

where odd noises have

 

been heard. I shall pray

 

/for guidance, even though

 

answers from Scabaras

 

are clearly unlikely.

 

 

 

Although he did not reply

 

directly, I have been

 

seized by visions of some

 

sort. A female with a red-

 

sheened carapace and

 

antennae spoke to me,

 

sending disquiet through

 

//my soul. Could it really

 

be that only the

 

destruction of all other

 

life will allow us the

 

isolation we crave?

 

 

 

I am convinced. We will

 

break through to the

 

surface and ensure these

 

noises are quieted. Silence

 

shall be ours! Both the

 

/chasm and the outer

 

areas are currently

 

under investigation, by

 

those dedicated enough to

 

accept pollution of their

 

souls for the greater

 

good.

 

 

 

The chasm has proven to

 

be a dead end to us, for

 

the moment. The external

 

//trek has been useful,

 

though. We discovered

 

some large creatures, not

 

wholly unlike us, with the

 

capacity to leap great

 

distances. Some have

 

been captured for

 

research. There were

 

other creatures, too -

 

dead but moving. Could

 

this kind of existence

 

/provide the ultimate in

 

solitude?

 

 

 

A breakthrough, of sorts!

 

The leaping creatures

 

have enabled us to send

 

warriors up through the

 

chasm to explore. They

 

report a large area of

 

tunnels which they are

 

now securing with traps.

 

//Traps that should be

 

effective against the soft-

 

skinned humans we can

 

even now smell.

 

 

 

Contact! We have slain

 

several human warriors,

 

after emerging into the

 

outer areas of a surface

 

settlement. I am, hoever,

 

worried that this contact

 

/might be sullying the

 

forces. I have instructed

 

that more traps be used

 

so that pollution does not

 

occur.

 

 

 

The red-tinged female

 

reappeared and urged for

 

a more active destruction

 

of the surface-dwellers.

 

The dreams come

 

//evermore and my mind is

 

torn. She speaks for

 

Scabaras and I shall

 

follow, but I have not had

 

such communication in

 

years and the toll upon

 

me is telling. Everything

 

is blurring.

 

 

 

Now, I realise, there are

 

two minds within me...and

 

/neither is strong enough.

 

To be cursed so, with no

 

chance to be alone, even

 

within myself. I must

 

control my thoughts...or

 

should that be 'we'?

 

 

 

Paralysed by indecision

 

or firm in the face of

 

adversity; aloof or

 

apathetic; violent or

 

//strong; merciful or weak?

 

There is no difference

 

within me. What will be

 

the ultimate fate?

 

 

 

The High Priest seems to

 

be wandering in his mind,

 

so we follow his last

 

instructions as Scabaras

 

would wish us to. The

 

outsiders will be

 

/destroyed. We slew one

 

in the upper chambers

 

and set our largest

 

guardian to guard the

 

area where he was found

 

- all too close to the

 

chasm.

 

 

 

A setback. The scarab

 

guardian we left by the

 

chasm was slain! Although

 

//no penetration has been

 

made into the nest via

 

this route, we have

 

increased the number of

 

perimeter traps and are

 

considering a full assault

 

upon the settlement

 

known as Sophanem.

 

 

 

We have had reports of

 

an intruder in the vaults

 

/before the doors - an

 

area not yet fully set

 

with traps! I have had

 

visions of Scabaras in the

 

guise of a female with red

 

chitin. Now, I know what

 

we must do: destroy

 

everyone, for ultimate

 

peace and solitude.

 

 

 

 

 

//Notes made when talking

 

to the High Priest of

 

Scabaras:

 

 

 

's notes: The High Priest

 

of Scabaras has a view of

 

the genesis of Scabaras

 

that differs from my own.

 

In his opinion, the three

 

dreams giving rise to the

 

other minor deities were

 

/ultimately unsatisfactory

 

to Tumeken. Thus, on

 

the fourth night of

 

dreaming, Scabaras was

 

brought into being, the

 

most perfect of the deities

 

and the most pleasing to

 

Tumeken. The most

 

important part of the cult

 

precepts seems to be that

 

solitude is the ideal

 

//circumstance for self-

 

improvement and an

 

untroubled existence.

 

 

 

's notes: Most orthodox

 

teachings of Scabaras rely

 

on the worshipper

 

meditating in silence, with

 

interaction frowned upon

 

due to being likely to

 

pollute the mind. The

 

/recent events have

 

reinforced this view as far

 

as the High Priest is

 

concerned.The pollution

 

of the Devourer's words

 

led to the recent

 

depredations of the

 

Scabaras cult. Obviously,

 

the Devourer was able to

 

convince the High Priest

 

that solitude could only

 

//be guaranteed by killing

 

non-Scabarites. After

 

turning away from the

 

influence of the

 

Devourer, it is, perhaps,

 

quite flattering that he

 

should choose to talk to

 

me at all.

 

 

 

's notes: Although this

 

pollution is now driven

 

/from the mind of the

 

High Priest, the

 

perversion of Scabaras's

 

teachings has driven

 

many of the Scabarites

 

permanently insane.

 

Slaying them is thus an

 

act of mercy in the

 

opinion of the High

 

Priest. In any case, these

 

deranged beings will not

 

//be a threat to any but

 

those who approach them.

 

Sophanem is safe.

 

 

 

's notes: When I

 

questioned the High

 

Priest of Scabaras as to

 

the origins of the

 

Scabarites, I gained few

 

useful facts. Apparently,

 

their physical form is a

 

/blessing for generations

 

of loyal service to

 

Scabaras. Many of them

 

live in the dark places

 

beneath the soil, though

 

gatherings such as I have

 

seen are very rare

 

indeed.[/hide]

 

Good luck!

Speaking of scabarites dropping papers, I think these guys only drop level 2 clues. I should've been more suspicious when my coordinates were not in the wilderness.