A Thread of Hope
Walkthrough
Gather a mysterious thread in The Deep Forge, craft Magmatic Bronze Armor, pass Lady Najena's elemental trial, and earn the Flowing Black Cloak and Flowing Black Robe heritage rewards.
How to start
Gather the shiny just inside the entrance of The Deep Forge. The shiny is only visible while wearing Toggery's Tinkered Excavation Cap (reward from Tinkering with Toggery). Clicking it places a mysterious thread in your inventory and offers the quest.
- Quest starter shiny (zone entrance)
Notes & prerequisites
- Must complete Tinkering with Toggery and wear Toggery's Tinkered Excavation Cap to see the shiny.
- Must be a level 55 crafter to make the Magmatic Bronze Armor.
- Heroic difficulty — Deep Forge exploration, Najena's Hollow Tower, and elemental spirit fights.
Steps
1. Identify the thread with Frederick Saltmarsh
Talk to Frederick Saltmarsh on the Lavastorm docks. Depending on your chat option, he wants 1c or 50c to identify the thread. He returns your coin and reveals the thread is connected to Najena.
- Frederick Saltmarsh (Lavastorm docks)
Zone: Lavastorm
2. Speak with Toggery von Gearbender
Seek out Toggery von Gearbender inside the Temple of Solusek Ro and ask him about the mysterious thread.
- Toggery von Gearbender
Zone: Lavastorm · Temple of Solusek Ro
3. Speak with Ruddybupp at the Netherflame Forge
Investigate The Deep Forge for clues about the robes. Talk to Ruddybupp at the Netherflame Forge. You can Feign Death flop to him and hail while feigning.
- Ruddybupp (Netherflame Forge)
Zone: The Deep Forge
4. Loot burnt recipe pages in The Deep Forge
Enter a fresh Deep Forge instance without having killed any mobs. Turn right to the circular book room and clear NPCs. Investigate the deep forge areas moving anti-clockwise from the book room to the forge room. Loot all seven Burnt Recipe Pages from chest drops.
- Collect Magmatic Crystals from ore clusters near the lava pit before visiting the library — Burnt Recipe Page 4 may not appear until crystals are collected.
- Recipes drop from any mob in the zone; most metal ores come from chests.
- Circular book room
Zone: The Deep Forge
5. Craft Magmatic Bronze Chestplate
Craft a Magmatic Bronze Chestplate at Ruddybupp's forge in the Deep Forge instance.
- Ruddybupp's forge
Zone: The Deep Forge · Ruddybupp's forge
6. Craft Magmatic Bronze Legplates
Craft a pair of Magmatic Bronze Legplates at Ruddybupp's forge.
- Ruddybupp's forge
Zone: The Deep Forge · Ruddybupp's forge
7. Craft Magmatic Bronze Helm
Craft a Magmatic Bronze Helm at Ruddybupp's forge.
- Ruddybupp's forge
Zone: The Deep Forge · Ruddybupp's forge
8. Craft Magmatic Bronze Spaulders
Craft a pair of Magmatic Bronze Spaulders at Ruddybupp's forge.
- Ruddybupp's forge
Zone: The Deep Forge · Ruddybupp's forge
9. Craft Magmatic Bronze Bracers
Craft a pair of Magmatic Bronze Bracers at Ruddybupp's forge.
- Ruddybupp's forge
Zone: The Deep Forge · Ruddybupp's forge
10. Craft Magmatic Bronze Boots
Craft a pair of Magmatic Bronze Boots at Ruddybupp's forge.
- Ruddybupp's forge
Zone: The Deep Forge · Ruddybupp's forge
11. Craft Magmatic Bronze Gauntlets
Craft a pair of Magmatic Bronze Gauntlets at Ruddybupp's forge.
- Armor is tradeable — one set can be shared across the group. Ruddybupp returns the armor after your conversation.
- Must be crafted at Ruddybupp's forge, not via commission.
- Ruddybupp's forge
Zone: The Deep Forge · Ruddybupp's forge
12. Retrieve Bows and Ammo: volume 14
Ruddybupp wants the book "Bows and Ammo: volume 14" from Najena's Hollow Tower. Find it on a shelf outside the jail cells on Level 2, level with Jailor Ca'iluer. The book respawns for multiple questers.
- Book shelf (Level 2)
Zone: Najena's Hollow Tower
13. Return to Ruddybupp with the book
Return to Ruddybupp with Bows and Ammo: volume 14.
- Ruddybupp
Zone: The Deep Forge
14. Meet Lady Najena at the Magma Grotto
Ruddybupp sets up a meeting with Lady Najena at the Magma Grotto. She agrees to give you a magical robe if you pass her trial.
- Lady Najena (Magma Grotto)
Zone: Lavastorm · Magma Grotto
15. Kill Spirit of the Earth
Kill Spirit of the Earth (Level 53 Heroic, ~110k HP) as part of Lady Najena's trial.
- Lady Najena trial area
Zone: Lavastorm · Magma Grotto
16. Kill Spirit of the Flame
Kill Spirit of the Flame (Level 53 Heroic, ~165k HP).
- Lady Najena trial area
Zone: Lavastorm · Magma Grotto
17. Kill Spirit of the Water
Kill Spirit of the Water (Level 54 Heroic, ~220k HP).
- Lady Najena trial area
Zone: Lavastorm · Magma Grotto
18. Kill Spirit of the Air
Kill Spirit of the Air (Level 54 Heroic, ~275k HP).
- Lady Najena trial area
Zone: Lavastorm · Magma Grotto
19. Kill Spirit of the Elements
Kill Spirit of the Elements (Level 56 Epic x2, ~475k HP) — the final and hardest trial spirit.
- Lady Najena trial area
Zone: Lavastorm · Magma Grotto
20. Speak to Lady Najena for your reward
Speak to Lady Najena to receive the Flowing Black Cloak and Flowing Black Robe.
- Lady Najena
Zone: Lavastorm · Magma Grotto
Tips
- Wear Toggery's Tinkered Excavation Cap before entering Deep Forge — the shiny is invisible without it.
- Only one person may loot the shiny per instance; declining removes the thread from inventory.
- Materials needed: 7 bronze/silvril/thalium bricks, 8 iron bricks, 7 Magmatic Crystals, 65 smoldering coals.
- Bronze bricks are the rarest — check the broker if chest drops are slow.
- Use high heat resistance gear or buffs when mining Magmatic Crystals near the lava pit.
Guide adapted from EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Quest Text
I have found a Mysterious Glowing Thread in Lavastorm. I seek to find information about this thread and possibly what it came from.
Completion
I have discovered that the Mysterious Glowing Thread I found in Lavastorm was indeed part of an ancient robe held by Najena herself. I have earned trust with one of the inhabitants within the Najena Forge who helped me obtain a Flowing Black Robe from Najena.
Stages
- Stage 1(2 objectives)
Find a way to identify this mysterious thread
Find a way to identify this mysterious thread
Zone: LavastormDone: Frederick Saltmarsh agrees to help you identify the thread.
Listen to what Frederick has to say.
Zone: LavastormDone: Frederick Saltmarsh in Lavastorm refuses to help you... but mentioned something about Najena.
Frederick Saltmarsh in Lavastorm refuses to help you... but mentioned something about Najena.
- Stage 2
Seek out someone INSANE! to help identify the mysterious thread you found in Lavastorm.
Who could be that INSANE!?
Zone: LavastormDone: Toggery, an INSANE Gnome in the Temple of Solusek Ro has lead you to Najena's Forge.
Toggery, an INSANE Gnome in the Temple of Solusek Ro has lead you to Najena's Deep Forge.
- Stage 3
Investigate the Najena Deep Forge for clues about the robes the Gnome spoke of.
Reward data may be incomplete for choice rewards and conditional items.