Stiletto's Orders Intercepted
Walkthrough
Recover the Manastone by following Stiletto's orders through Cove of Decay, Varsoon, and the Chamber of Immortality.
Notes & prerequisites
- Stiletto's Orders drops from Stiletto — killing him starts this quest.
- Stiletto respawns in roughly 5 minutes.
- Adventure level 25+ required to start.
- Artisan crafting level 9+ required to craft the Shroud of the Manastone yourself, or commission it from another crafter.
- You must enter Cove of Decay to complete the quest (access quests are no longer required).
- Cove of Decay is a heroic zone (formerly Epic x2).
Where to find Stiletto
Stiletto spawns in the Thundering Steppes near Crater Mine and may swim in the lake. Check these common locations:
- Lake near Crater Mine
- Between Deadview Pass and Gnoll Cave
- Gnoll Cave area
- Near Coldwind Cove
- Near Centaur Camp
Roaming area between these points:
Steps
1. Investigating Kedge's Lament
- Enter Cove of Decay and kill The Octagorgon. (Step 9 of An Axe from the Past also uses this instance.)
- After Octagorgon, swim to the ocean floor and search interactive chests on the ground.
- One chest contains a Partially Digested Hand — only one group member needs to loot it; a hand from a prior run works, but Octagorgon must still be killed each time.
- Return to the beach firepit. The player with the hand right-clicks the remains in the firepit and selects "Place the hand in the fire".
- This spawns Captain Ulssissaris (level 32 ^^^ heroic). Kill him to update the quest.
- Cove of Decay entrance
- Interactive chests on ocean floor
Zone: Cove of Decay · The Thundering Steppes
2. Find information about the torn silk bag
Head to the Ruins of Varsoon and examine the interactive book on a table to the right, just inside the door in the Workshop of the Enchanter. The room is south of the entrance to the Chamber of Immortality.
- Workshop of the Enchanter
Zone: Ruins of Varsoon
3. Kill Weavemaster Esh'Rax
Esh'Rax spawns in the tailor room. Respawn is about 30 minutes (10 minutes on Origin). He drops the Shroud of the Manastone Recipe and Enchanted Linen of the Weavemaster via the quest reward window — safe to group.
Tips
- Only one Partially Digested Hand is needed per group for the firepit step.
- Kill Octagorgon every run even if reusing a hand from a previous instance.
- Plan for Cove of Decay (heroic) and Varsoon — bring a group or mercenary.
- Esh'Rax drops are quest rewards and can be shared in group.
Guide adapted from EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Quest Text
I recovered an interesting set of orders from the corpse of a Ratonga out in the Thundering Steppes. Apparently the Ratonga was hired to find an old ship that has been lost at sea. The Ratonga's employer seemed very eager to learn the whereabouts of one of the objects that was to be carried on the ship. Maybe I could find this "Kedge's Lament" and learn what happened to the object.
Completion
I have come into possession of the ancient object known as the Manastone! This was the object that was carried on the Kedge's Lament over a decade ago. Apparently Varsoon bought the object but the ship didn't make its delivery. The beast that Varsoon sent out to recover the object from the ship's wreckage tore the protective bag apart to get to the stone. The stone has then spent its recent years locked in a chest within Varsoon's Chamber of Immortality.
Stages
- Stage 1
I need to find the remains of The Kedge's Lament and what was so valuable that was carried aboard it.
I need to find the valuable carried aboard the Kedge's Lament.
Zone: Steppes Epic01 CoveDone: The captain of the Kedge's Lament was in possession of a torn silk bag.
Captain Ulssissaris was in possession of a torn silk bag.
- Stage 2
I need to find out information in regards to this torn silk bag I found on Captain Ulssissaris and what the bag contained. Maybe I can find information on the bag in a book about enchantments.
I need to find information about the torn silk bag I found on Captain Ulssissaris.
Item: Torn silk bagZone: VarsoonDone: I found information on the bag in a book in Varsoon's enchanter workshop.
I read that the torn bag in my possession used to contain the Manastone!
- Stage 3
I need to find Weavemaster Esh'Rax and obtain the sewing instructions and linen that he was going to use to create a new Shroud of the Manastone.
I need to get the enchanted linen from Weavemaster Esh'Rax.
Item: Enchanted linen of the WeavemasterZone:
Reward data may be incomplete for choice rewards and conditional items.