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Level 45HeritageSolo

Walkthrough

Hunt nightbloods across Rivervale, infiltrate the Tower of the Drafling, and uncover Rukir Pineleaf's betrayal to earn the Hierophant's Crook heritage reward.

How to start

Speak to Rukir Pineleaf in Rivervale to begin this heritage quest. He sends you on a series of tasks involving nightblood slaying, jumjum retrieval, and a confrontation with Asajj An'duuth.

Rukir Pineleaf (quest start)

Notes & prerequisites

Adventure level 40+ required.
Heroic difficulty — nightblood grind, Tower of the Drafling, and Rukir fight.
The former access quest for The Tower of the Drafling is no longer required.
Also part of the Rivervale Timeline.

Steps

1. Kill 100 nightbloods
Kill 100 nightbloods. Many are found around Grubbin's Fishing Retreat and the surrounding area.
- Consider picking up Learning About Nightbloods the Hard Way — it also requires killing many nightbloods.
- Grubbin's Fishing Retreat
Zone: Rivervale
2. Return to Rukir
Return to Rukir Pineleaf after killing 100 nightbloods.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
3. Get a pint of jumjum
Enter The Tower of the Drafling and get a pint of jumjum from a tap inside the instance.
- Monsters in The Tower of the Drafling can see through invisibility spells.
- Jumjum tap
Zone: The Tower of the Drafling
4. Bring the jumjum to Rukir
Bring the pint of jumjum back to Rukir Pineleaf.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
5. Search the Tower of the Drafling
Rukir sends you back into The Tower of the Drafling to find the Drafling. He is not there, but you get a quest update upon entering The Queen's View.
- The Queen's View
Zone: The Tower of the Drafling
6. Report back to Rukir
Return to Rukir to inform him that the Drafling was not in his tower.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
7. Kill Asajj An'duuth and her entourage
Kill Asajj An'duuth and her entourage outside Rukir's tree stump. Asajj is a 44^^^-46^^^ inquisitor that heals her encounter. Her entourage includes two wicked assassins and two corrupted attendants that also heal.
- Asajj An'duuth
Zone: Rivervale
8. Deliver vegetables to Franny
Rukir sends you to deliver vegetables to Franny in the back room of the second floor of The Fools Gold. Turn around when you go through the door at the top of the stairs.
- You have six minutes to complete this step.
- This step is a group update as of a past patch.
- Franny (The Fools Gold, 2nd floor back room)
Zone: Rivervale · The Fools Gold
9. Question Rukir after Franny falls ill
After the poisoned vegetables cause Franny to fall ill, go question Rukir.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
10. Kill Rukir Pineleaf
Rukir turns hostile and attacks you. Kill him to complete the quest and receive the Hierophant's Crook.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale

Tips

Farm nightbloods around Grubbin's Fishing Retreat for the 100-kill step.
Bring a group for Asajj An'duuth — she and her attendants all heal.
The vegetable delivery to Franny has a six-minute timer — plan your route in advance.

Guide adapted from EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Quest information

Journal Category: Heritage (AA)
Journal Level: 45
Journal Difficulty: Heroic
Starting Zone: Rivervale
How to Start: Speak to Rukir Pineleaf at .
Timeline: Heritage Quests Timeline

Source: EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Timeline

Rivervale TimelineStep 1

Previous: A Vengeful Opportunity
Next: History of the Kerra, Part III

The Tower of the Drafling TimelineStep 4

Previous: The Whispering Pines

Rewards

XP: 1,813

Hierophant's Crook(L45, Weapon)

Reward data may be incomplete for choice rewards and conditional items.

Walkthrough

Hunt nightbloods across Rivervale, infiltrate the Tower of the Drafling, and uncover Rukir Pineleaf's betrayal to earn the Hierophant's Crook heritage reward.

How to start

Speak to Rukir Pineleaf in Rivervale to begin this heritage quest. He sends you on a series of tasks involving nightblood slaying, jumjum retrieval, and a confrontation with Asajj An'duuth.

Rukir Pineleaf (quest start)

Notes & prerequisites

Adventure level 40+ required.
Heroic difficulty — nightblood grind, Tower of the Drafling, and Rukir fight.
The former access quest for The Tower of the Drafling is no longer required.
Also part of the Rivervale Timeline.

Steps

1. Kill 100 nightbloods
Kill 100 nightbloods. Many are found around Grubbin's Fishing Retreat and the surrounding area.
- Consider picking up Learning About Nightbloods the Hard Way — it also requires killing many nightbloods.
- Grubbin's Fishing Retreat
Zone: Rivervale
2. Return to Rukir
Return to Rukir Pineleaf after killing 100 nightbloods.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
3. Get a pint of jumjum
Enter The Tower of the Drafling and get a pint of jumjum from a tap inside the instance.
- Monsters in The Tower of the Drafling can see through invisibility spells.
- Jumjum tap
Zone: The Tower of the Drafling
4. Bring the jumjum to Rukir
Bring the pint of jumjum back to Rukir Pineleaf.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
5. Search the Tower of the Drafling
Rukir sends you back into The Tower of the Drafling to find the Drafling. He is not there, but you get a quest update upon entering The Queen's View.
- The Queen's View
Zone: The Tower of the Drafling
6. Report back to Rukir
Return to Rukir to inform him that the Drafling was not in his tower.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
7. Kill Asajj An'duuth and her entourage
Kill Asajj An'duuth and her entourage outside Rukir's tree stump. Asajj is a 44^^^-46^^^ inquisitor that heals her encounter. Her entourage includes two wicked assassins and two corrupted attendants that also heal.
- Asajj An'duuth
Zone: Rivervale
8. Deliver vegetables to Franny
Rukir sends you to deliver vegetables to Franny in the back room of the second floor of The Fools Gold. Turn around when you go through the door at the top of the stairs.
- You have six minutes to complete this step.
- This step is a group update as of a past patch.
- Franny (The Fools Gold, 2nd floor back room)
Zone: Rivervale · The Fools Gold
9. Question Rukir after Franny falls ill
After the poisoned vegetables cause Franny to fall ill, go question Rukir.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale
10. Kill Rukir Pineleaf
Rukir turns hostile and attacks you. Kill him to complete the quest and receive the Hierophant's Crook.
- Rukir Pineleaf
Zone: Rivervale

Tips

Farm nightbloods around Grubbin's Fishing Retreat for the 100-kill step.
Bring a group for Asajj An'duuth — she and her attendants all heal.
The vegetable delivery to Franny has a six-minute timer — plan your route in advance.

Guide adapted from EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0).

By Hook or by...

Walkthrough

How to start

Notes & prerequisites

Steps

1. Kill 100 nightbloods

2. Return to Rukir

3. Get a pint of jumjum

4. Bring the jumjum to Rukir

5. Search the Tower of the Drafling

6. Report back to Rukir

7. Kill Asajj An'duuth and her entourage

8. Deliver vegetables to Franny

9. Question Rukir after Franny falls ill

10. Kill Rukir Pineleaf

Original sources

Quest information

Timeline

Rewards

Walkthrough

How to start

Notes & prerequisites

Steps

1. Kill 100 nightbloods

2. Return to Rukir

3. Get a pint of jumjum

4. Bring the jumjum to Rukir

5. Search the Tower of the Drafling

6. Report back to Rukir

7. Kill Asajj An'duuth and her entourage

8. Deliver vegetables to Franny

9. Question Rukir after Franny falls ill

10. Kill Rukir Pineleaf

Original sources