The Grumbling

Level 120TradeskillSoloTradeskill

Walkthrough

Materials Required

Steps

Create a Recuso Core sampler (table right next to quest giver works)
Look for 6 "grumblings" around the quarry area and take core samples.

A Grumbling
- The grumblings only spawn as you are approaching their location and will de-spawn in approximately 10 seconds.
- They are located around the quarry walls as pulsing crystals on the ground.
- Get very close to the crystal or the reading will fail. It is recommended that you stand on top of a crystal to ensure you are close enough.
- Do not attempt to target the grumblings, this is a pointless waste of time. Just use the Recuso Core Sampler when in position.
- It takes the tool a few seconds to give a reading.
- The Grumblings have static spawn locations that do not move. There's an exact number of spawns that you need. Locations are:
- On initial quest release the grumblings did not refresh after they de-spawned. At 16/12/2023 it is confirmed they do respawn after a reasonable time.
Keep an eye out for jiggly mushrooms in the same areas, as you will need to collect 5 of them.
- Picking up the mushrooms requires 500 in Gathering. You can skill-up from attempts if your skill is too low. (450 with the Far Seas Trade Skill Prestige "Experienced Reaping" which adds 50 to all of your harvesting skills.)
- These look like bright orange gum drops. (Depending on your display settings, these may appear as bright yellow)
- Harvest tracking works. Shows up as Odd Looking Mushroom.
Return to Foreman Gibbons.
Seek out Erdani Ruilep within the Luclin Nexus.

Original sources

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Quest information

Journal Category: Tradeskill
Introduced: Reign of Shadows
Journal Level: 120
Journal Difficulty: Solo
Starting Zone: Echo Caverns
How to Start: Speak to Foreman Gibbons in the Echo Caverns
Timeline: Reign of Shadows Crafting Timeline

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Timeline

Reign of Shadows Crafting TimelineStep 4

Previous: Paying the Piper
Next: Tiptoe Through the Shadows

Rewards

Coin: 4,469,659

XP: 372,180,498

a Grumble(House Item)

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