These Boots Were Made For...
Walkthrough
Help Hwal Rucksif craft new dwarven work boots by gathering materials across Antonica and adjacent zones, breaking a family curse, and commissioning Minty Frostbeard in the Thundering Steppes.
How to start
Speak with Hwal Rucksif at The Keep of the Ardent Needle in Antonica. Watchman Loxley and Watchman Haggerty guard the keep and will attack low-level Evil-aligned players who approach.
- Hwal Rucksif (quest start & turn-in)
Notes & prerequisites
- Adventure level 20+ required to receive this quest.
- Heroic difficulty — several steps require kills in Blackburrow, Stormhold, and the Thundering Steppes.
- The Dwarven Work Boots reward is required for the follow-up quest Reinforcing a Relic.
Steps
1. Harvest iron clusters and severed maple
Harvest 15 iron clusters and 15 severed maple in Antonica. Both node types can be found near Callus Ore and Wind Felled Trees. Must be harvested by the quester.
- If accidentally deleted, you may replace harvested items at the broker and still get credit.
- If you are on A Gathering Obsession, Part II, this step will not update until you have harvested that quest's required items first.
- Callus Ore and Wind Felled Trees
Zone: Antonica
2. Return to Hwal with harvested materials
Return to Hwal Rucksif with the iron clusters and severed maple in your inventory.
- Hwal Rucksif
Zone: Antonica
3. Collect zone-specific crafting materials
Venture to three dungeons/zones and collect the required items. Updates are group updates, not object interactions.
- Sabertooth miner (tyranium ore)
- Sabertooth excavator (tyranium ore)
- Caveroot horror (wood)
- Bloodtalon (hide)
Zone: Blackburrow · Stormhold · The Thundering Steppes
4. Return to Hwal
Return to Hwal Rucksif with the zone materials.
- Hwal Rucksif
Zone: Antonica
5. Obtain beer from the Blackburrow Brewery
Return to Blackburrow and obtain beer from The Blackburrow Brewery on Level III. The closest entrance is the secret entrance requiring a short underwater swim.
- Secret entrance to Blackburrow
- Underwater cave swim
- The Blackburrow Brewery (Level III)
- Top keg (three-high stack)
Zone: Blackburrow
6. Return to Hwal
Return to Hwal Rucksif with the brewery beer.
- Hwal Rucksif
Zone: Antonica
7. Release Hwal's grandfather from the curse
Travel to The Bells of Vhalen and click the manhole cover on the tower floor to enter Garanel's Resting Place. Speak with the ghost of Garanel Rucksif to release him from the family curse.
- The Bells of Vhalen
Zone: The Bells of Vhalen · Antonica
8. Return to Hwal
Return to Hwal Rucksif after freeing his grandfather.
- Hwal Rucksif
Zone: Antonica
9. Gather leather and a steel bar
Obtain leather from a mature antelope and a steel bar from a Firerock scout in the Thundering Steppes.
- Monsters at antelope locations placeholder for each other — keep clearing the area until a mature antelope spawns.
- If you find a group of 3–4 mature antelope with young, kill the mature ones and run off the rest for faster respawns.
- Mature antelope (near Antonica Station Griffon Tower)
- Mature antelope alternate
- Mature antelope alternate
- Mature antelope alternate
- Firerock scout
- Firerock scout alternate
- Firerock scout alternate
Zone: The Thundering Steppes
10. Deliver supplies to Minty Frostbeard
Take the supplies to Minty Frostbeard in The Village of Thundermist.
- Minty Frostbeard
Zone: The Village of Thundermist · The Thundering Steppes
11. Retrieve the finished boots
Return to Minty Frostbeard one Norrathian day later (72 minutes real-time) to retrieve the boots.
- Even after a Norrathian day expires, you may need to rezone or relog for Minty to update her quest status.
- Minty Frostbeard
Zone: The Village of Thundermist · The Thundering Steppes
12. Return for your reward
Return to Hwal Rucksif. He takes the new boots and gives you his old Dwarven Work Boots as the heritage reward.
- Hwal Rucksif
Zone: Antonica
Tips
- Use the secret Blackburrow entrance for the fastest route to the brewery on Level III.
- Plan a 72-minute real-time wait at Minty Frostbeard — use the time for other Thundering Steppes tasks.
- Keep the Dwarven Work Boots — they are needed for Reinforcing a Relic.
- Evil-aligned low-level characters should approach the Keep of the Ardent Needle carefully due to the watchmen.
Guide adapted from EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Quest Text
I've agreed to help Hwal Rucksif gather raw materials for his smithing. It seems that the sentries in Antonica have enlisted his assistance in re-outfitting themselves, but he just doesn't have the materials available to him to get the job done.
Completion
After a grueling series of tasks, Hwal Rucksif had the audacity to reward me with his... old work boots. Imagine that! All that work, and all he leaves me with is a pair of smelly old Dwarven Work Boots. At least they look broken in.
Stages
- Stage 1(2 objectives)
Hwal needs me to gather the raw materials for the weapons he's planning to make for the sentries.
Harvest 15 iron clusters in Antonica for Hwal, making sure to save them to give to him.
Done: You've harvested 15 iron clusters in Antonica for Hwal.
Harvest 15 severed maple in Antonica for Hwal, making sure to save the wood to give to him.
Done: You've harvested 15 severed maple in Antonica for Hwal.
I've gathered the raw materials Hwal needs.
- Stage 2
I need to bring back at least 10 iron clusters and 10 severed maple branches.
Return to Hwal with at least 10 iron clusters and 10 maple branches.
Zone: AntonicaDone: You've given Hwal the raw materials he needs.
I've given Hwal all the components he needs.
- Stage 3(3 objectives)
Hwal has instructed me to find some rarer components for the guard captain's sword he is smithing.
Reward data may be incomplete for choice rewards and conditional items.