Waters of Norrath

Level 100HeritageHeroic

Walkthrough

Follow Santii's visions through three spirits across Norrath — Fens of Nathsar, Eastern Wastes, and Butcherblock — then confront Santii in Cobalt Scar for the Cloak of Crystalline Waters.

How to start

Zone into Siren's Grotto: Alluring Embrace (Advanced Solo or Heroic) from Cobalt Scar. At the zone entry, right-click the sparkling effect in the water under the second waterfall on the right and page through the dialog to start the quest.

Quest start (sparkling water)
Alternate start location

Notes & prerequisites

Adventure level 100 (Heroic difficulty).
Kill the first named in Siren's Grotto (Shyneera) to reach Santii — updates can be obtained in an empty zone.
Flying mount required for the Spirit of Ice step in Eastern Wastes.
Water breathing helps in Veksar and many water sections (Aqueous Globe DoT).

Steps

1. Speak with Santii
Find Santii under a waterfall and listen to her visions.
- Santii
Zone: Siren's Grotto: Alluring Embrace · Cobalt Scar
2. Spirit of Mists — Fens of Nathsar
Find the first spirit, a Spirit of Mists, who speaks of a great lake and jungle.
- Spirit of Mists
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
3. Stop the lake's children
Stop the two lake's children desecrating the waters, then return to the Spirit of Mists.
- If the Bloodgill aquamancer is not up, clear Bloodgill adherents first.
- Bloodgill aquamancer
- Yha Lei cultist (center of zealot ring)
- Spirit of Mists (return)
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
4. Speak with Daleen Blackwood
Speak to Daleen Blackwood, then enter the special Veksar instance.
- Daleen Blackwood
- Veksar: Waters of Norrath entrance
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
5. Disrupt the rituals in Veksar
Kill the ritual leaders inside the special Veksar instance.
- Most mobs cast Aqueous Globe — a fast-ticking high-damage DoT preventable with water breathing.
- An'Lill (Yha-lei ritual)
- Carnigee (Bloodgill ritual)
Zone: Veksar: Waters of Norrath · Fens of Nathsar
6. Return to Daleen and Spirit of Mists
Return to Daleen Blackwood, then back to the Spirit of Mists.
- Daleen Blackwood
- Spirit of Mists
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
7. Spirit of Ice — Eastern Wastes
Find the second spirit, a Spirit of Ice, on a cliff top. You must have a flying mount — there is no other way to reach it.
- Long respawn timer on this spirit — plan accordingly.
- Spirit of Ice
Zone: Eastern Wastes
8. Help Fintin and the distressed elementals
Find the othmir Fintin, then the distressed elementals ring event.
- Ring event includes 3 agitated water sylphs, 3 agitated ice sylphs, and a furious water sylph.
- Fintin
- Distressed elementals (ring event)
Zone: Eastern Wastes
9. Eliminate the Portal of Fear
Speak with Water's Rage, destroy the Tavalans and Portal of Fear, then return to Water's Rage and the Spirit of Ice.
- You may need to kill guards and the portal three or four times before the quest updates.
- Known bug: if the quest updates for you, enemies and the portal vanish and groupmates without the update cannot get credit.
- Water's Rage
- Portal of Fear
- Spirit of Ice (return)
Zone: Eastern Wastes
10. Spirit of the Deep — Butcherblock Mountains
Find the third spirit, a Spirit of the Deep, on the beach at the base of the cliffs.
- Spirit of the Deep
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
11. Collect eight underwater artifacts
Locate eight glowing artifact clickies in the water, each protected by a Tavalan archeologist. Return to the Spirit of the Deep when done.
- Tracking ability or a scroll of tracking is invaluable.
- Bug: taking the 8th artifact before the 8th mob dies can leave combat against an invisible enemy.
- The artifact at 880, 2, 168 may respawn nearly instantly (likely a bug).
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Spirit of the Deep (return)
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
12. Stop the Tavalan ritualists
Kill four Tavalan ritualists in the Tidesylph cave side chamber, then speak to the four chained echoes to free them.
- Ritualists are ungrouped and not very social — wait a few minutes if they are not up.
- Free all four chained echoes after killing the ritualists.
- Tidesylph cave (ritualists)
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
13. Return to Spirit of the Deep
Return to the Spirit of the Deep for the final update before heading back to Cobalt Scar.
- Spirit of the Deep
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
14. Confront Santii and claim your reward
Return to Santii in Cobalt Scar. She attacks after you speak to her — defeat her and loot the chest for your cloak.
- Designed as a group encounter — beware knockbacks and mezzes.
- Clinging Mist mana drain is the most dangerous part of the fight.
- Loot the chest for your Cloak of Crystalline Waters — if you forget, you must kill Santii again.
- Santii (final encounter)
Zone: Cobalt Scar

Tips

Bring water breathing for Veksar and much of the water content.
The Eastern Wastes Spirit of Ice requires a flying mount with no workaround.
Plan for three major zone arcs: Fens of Nathsar, Eastern Wastes, and Butcherblock Mountains.
Group up for the final Santii fight in Cobalt Scar.

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

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Quest information

Journal Category: Heritage (AA)
Introduced: LU67
Journal Level: 100
Journal Difficulty: Heroic
Starting Zone: See How to Start below
How to Start: Click on the water at

Source: EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Rewards

XP: 19,197

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

Walkthrough

Follow Santii's visions through three spirits across Norrath — Fens of Nathsar, Eastern Wastes, and Butcherblock — then confront Santii in Cobalt Scar for the Cloak of Crystalline Waters.

How to start

Quest start (sparkling water)
Alternate start location

Notes & prerequisites

Adventure level 100 (Heroic difficulty).
Kill the first named in Siren's Grotto (Shyneera) to reach Santii — updates can be obtained in an empty zone.
Flying mount required for the Spirit of Ice step in Eastern Wastes.
Water breathing helps in Veksar and many water sections (Aqueous Globe DoT).

Steps

1. Speak with Santii
Find Santii under a waterfall and listen to her visions.
- Santii
Zone: Siren's Grotto: Alluring Embrace · Cobalt Scar
2. Spirit of Mists — Fens of Nathsar
Find the first spirit, a Spirit of Mists, who speaks of a great lake and jungle.
- Spirit of Mists
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
3. Stop the lake's children
Stop the two lake's children desecrating the waters, then return to the Spirit of Mists.
- If the Bloodgill aquamancer is not up, clear Bloodgill adherents first.
- Bloodgill aquamancer
- Yha Lei cultist (center of zealot ring)
- Spirit of Mists (return)
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
4. Speak with Daleen Blackwood
Speak to Daleen Blackwood, then enter the special Veksar instance.
- Daleen Blackwood
- Veksar: Waters of Norrath entrance
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
5. Disrupt the rituals in Veksar
Kill the ritual leaders inside the special Veksar instance.
- Most mobs cast Aqueous Globe — a fast-ticking high-damage DoT preventable with water breathing.
- An'Lill (Yha-lei ritual)
- Carnigee (Bloodgill ritual)
Zone: Veksar: Waters of Norrath · Fens of Nathsar
6. Return to Daleen and Spirit of Mists
Return to Daleen Blackwood, then back to the Spirit of Mists.
- Daleen Blackwood
- Spirit of Mists
Zone: Fens of Nathsar
7. Spirit of Ice — Eastern Wastes
Find the second spirit, a Spirit of Ice, on a cliff top. You must have a flying mount — there is no other way to reach it.
- Long respawn timer on this spirit — plan accordingly.
- Spirit of Ice
Zone: Eastern Wastes
8. Help Fintin and the distressed elementals
Find the othmir Fintin, then the distressed elementals ring event.
- Ring event includes 3 agitated water sylphs, 3 agitated ice sylphs, and a furious water sylph.
- Fintin
- Distressed elementals (ring event)
Zone: Eastern Wastes
9. Eliminate the Portal of Fear
Speak with Water's Rage, destroy the Tavalans and Portal of Fear, then return to Water's Rage and the Spirit of Ice.
- You may need to kill guards and the portal three or four times before the quest updates.
- Known bug: if the quest updates for you, enemies and the portal vanish and groupmates without the update cannot get credit.
- Water's Rage
- Portal of Fear
- Spirit of Ice (return)
Zone: Eastern Wastes
10. Spirit of the Deep — Butcherblock Mountains
Find the third spirit, a Spirit of the Deep, on the beach at the base of the cliffs.
- Spirit of the Deep
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
11. Collect eight underwater artifacts
Locate eight glowing artifact clickies in the water, each protected by a Tavalan archeologist. Return to the Spirit of the Deep when done.
- Tracking ability or a scroll of tracking is invaluable.
- Bug: taking the 8th artifact before the 8th mob dies can leave combat against an invisible enemy.
- The artifact at 880, 2, 168 may respawn nearly instantly (likely a bug).
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Artifact location
- Spirit of the Deep (return)
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
12. Stop the Tavalan ritualists
Kill four Tavalan ritualists in the Tidesylph cave side chamber, then speak to the four chained echoes to free them.
- Ritualists are ungrouped and not very social — wait a few minutes if they are not up.
- Free all four chained echoes after killing the ritualists.
- Tidesylph cave (ritualists)
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
13. Return to Spirit of the Deep
Return to the Spirit of the Deep for the final update before heading back to Cobalt Scar.
- Spirit of the Deep
Zone: Butcherblock Mountains
14. Confront Santii and claim your reward
Return to Santii in Cobalt Scar. She attacks after you speak to her — defeat her and loot the chest for your cloak.
- Designed as a group encounter — beware knockbacks and mezzes.
- Clinging Mist mana drain is the most dangerous part of the fight.
- Loot the chest for your Cloak of Crystalline Waters — if you forget, you must kill Santii again.
- Santii (final encounter)
Zone: Cobalt Scar

Tips

Bring water breathing for Veksar and much of the water content.
The Eastern Wastes Spirit of Ice requires a flying mount with no workaround.
Plan for three major zone arcs: Fens of Nathsar, Eastern Wastes, and Butcherblock Mountains.
Group up for the final Santii fight in Cobalt Scar.

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

Waters of Norrath

Walkthrough

How to start

Notes & prerequisites

Steps

1. Speak with Santii

2. Spirit of Mists — Fens of Nathsar

3. Stop the lake's children

4. Speak with Daleen Blackwood

5. Disrupt the rituals in Veksar

6. Return to Daleen and Spirit of Mists

7. Spirit of Ice — Eastern Wastes

8. Help Fintin and the distressed elementals

9. Eliminate the Portal of Fear

10. Spirit of the Deep — Butcherblock Mountains

11. Collect eight underwater artifacts

12. Stop the Tavalan ritualists

13. Return to Spirit of the Deep

14. Confront Santii and claim your reward

Original sources

Quest information

Rewards

Walkthrough

How to start

Notes & prerequisites

Steps

1. Speak with Santii

2. Spirit of Mists — Fens of Nathsar

3. Stop the lake's children

4. Speak with Daleen Blackwood

5. Disrupt the rituals in Veksar

6. Return to Daleen and Spirit of Mists

7. Spirit of Ice — Eastern Wastes

8. Help Fintin and the distressed elementals

9. Eliminate the Portal of Fear

10. Spirit of the Deep — Butcherblock Mountains

11. Collect eight underwater artifacts

12. Stop the Tavalan ritualists

13. Return to Spirit of the Deep

14. Confront Santii and claim your reward

Original sources