Difficulty:
Novice
Length:
Medium
Quest Requirements:
None
Skill/Other Requirements:
None but beware of trolls!
Quests Unlocked/Partially Unlocked by completing this Quest:
Items Needed at Quest Start:
Pickaxe (any); the ability to defeat a level 5 troll.
Items Recommended for Quest:
Games necklace, Food, Armor, a Weapon.
Items Acquired During Quest:
Four rabbit sandwiches.
Quest Points:
1
Reward:
3 x 100 xp Reward lamps, 1 Quest Point.

The ability to buy Climbing boots and Rock climbing boots and make Spiked boots, and 2 free spins on the Squeal of Fortune.
Start Point:
Imperial Guard training camp in Burthorpe, (north of the Heroes' Guild).
To Start:
Speak to Denulth
Instructions:
  1. Speak to Commander Denulth at the Imperial Guard training camp. He will ask you to help him find another way up the Death Plateau and to talk to Sabbot, an old dwarf.

    Commander Denulth

  2. Go northwest past the Troll Invasion activity to the west side of the wall. Go into the cave to the north, below the Death Plateau.

    Cave entrance

  3. Talk to Sabbot and ask him to help you. Say you will not move until he helps you. Select, "Fine," until he relents. When he finally agrees, he will tell you about his wife Freda.

    Sabbot

  4. Go northwest up the path until the road forks. Take the left fork onto the ramp then follow the path south until you get to a house. Speak to Freda, the wife of Sabbot. Go through all the conversation options until she asks you to have Dunstan repair her Climbing boots. Agree to help her, and while you are gone on this errand she will look for a Survey of the area for a back way to get to the Death Plateau.

    Freda's house

  5. Take her Climbing boots to Dunstan, who is northeast of the Burthorpe castle. He will put spikes on them and make Spiked boots.

    Dunstan

  6. Take the boots back to Freda. She will then give you the Survey. Read it and you will notice it is a map of Sabbot's cave. Go back to the cave. Use your pickaxe on the west wall of the cave to open up a cavern.

    Cavern entrance

  7. Make your way through the obstacle course.
    To the south, Jump-down Cliffside.
    Run east, and Squeeze-through Gap.
    Go east and then south, and Jump Crevice.
    Go south and then west, and Swing-on Rope swing.
    Run west, and Jump Stepping stones.
    Run south, and Squeeze-through Gap.
    Go south, and on the east wall, Climb Cliffside.
    Exit the cavern hole through the east wall.

    Stepping stones

  8. When you exit the cavern, you will see a troll called 'The Map.' Talk to him and choose, "Prepare to die, troll!" Kill him.

    The Map

    Return to Commander Denulth and tell him about the ambush site where the cavern exits. A cut scene will occur. Speak to the commander when it's over.

    Congratulations! Quest Complete!

    Quest Complete
Note: After the quest, you can speak to Commander Denulth and he will give you an assignment to deliver a box of supplies to the archers on the cliff overlooking the Death Plateau. To deliver this box, pass through the same cavern in Sabbot's cave and give it to the Ambush Commander. You will be rewarded with 3 x 180 experience Reward lamps. You can do this up to 5 times.

This Quest Guide was written by Im4eversmart, leaderofdarkness, and Alfawarlord. Thanks to Henry_n, Nitr021, Bingo_324, Chaosblade77, EverettP, dragoon889, Klukers345, QueenSteffie for corrections.
This Quest Guide was entered into the database on Mon, Aug 09, 2004, at 10:33:21 PM by xxtigurxx, and it was last updated on Mon, Mar 04, 2013, at 08:34:45 PM by Scott.

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