Quest: Izad's Treasure (Stros M'Kai)

Rytfield · April 2014

This was a proper quest! Kudos! It had no quest pointers until the very end which made this quest a lot more rewarding and fun to do than most of any other quests I've done so far. I hope there are more quests like this!

Thoughts?

RustyBlades · April 2014

You can't complete it by going to the end if you know where the treasure is buried from the start? My only gripe.. figured it out during beta, but can't just finish it by digging at X.

karneLian77 · April 2014

No, I think u can't just run through the dig site and grab your 100g - u must do the quest step by step. This was really the most interesting q I've seen in this game (and beyond it, maybe)))

But I must point out that the hint about 'Stone Finger' is extremely unclear - because there r many rocks and cliffs in Stross M'Kay which looks like fingers... very fatty fingers sometimes ))))))))

KiroElmarok · April 2014

I remember my first time trying to solve it in beta. The guildies and I finally figured it out and where to go... the reward was meh, be the experiences of exploring to solve the puzzles were great. Definitely need more of this in mmos.

Sinist · April 2014

The quest could of been done better. For example when you climbed to the top of the lighthouse or "star" as they called it, it told you the next step was to go to the warrior rock. Well visible from the top of the lighthouse was a giant statue of a warrior, except this was not where you had to go which made no sense. Instead the real location was further along and not even visible from the lighthouse.

So that was a little "sloppy" on Zenimax's part. Otherwise the quest was decent.

anothername · April 2014

Sinist wrote: »

The quest could of been done better. For example when you climbed to the top of the lighthouse or "star" as they called it, it told you the next step was to go to the warrior rock. Well visible from the top of the lighthouse was a giant statue of a warrior, except this was not where you had to go which made no sense. Instead the real location was further along and not even visible from the lighthouse.

So that was a little "sloppy" on Zenimax's part. Otherwise the quest was decent.

Its.. not!? I gave up on that quest because I though it bugged. I was convinced that this giant warrior statue was the warrior the riddle was talking about.

Guess I give it another try later

Holycannoli · April 2014

karneLian77 wrote: »

No, I think u can't just run through the dig site and grab your 100g - u must do the quest step by step. This was really the most interesting q I've seen in this game (and beyond it, maybe)))

But I must point out that the hint about 'Stone Finger' is extremely unclear - because there r many rocks and cliffs in Stross M'Kay which looks like fingers... very fatty fingers sometimes ))))))))

Interesting. For me the "stone finger" was the most obvious clue, and it points directly toward the objective.

Rytfield · April 2014

Sinist wrote: »

The quest could of been done better. For example when you climbed to the top of the lighthouse or "star" as they called it, it told you the next step was to go to the warrior rock. Well visible from the top of the lighthouse was a giant statue of a warrior, except this was not where you had to go which made no sense. Instead the real location was further along and not even visible from the lighthouse.

haha ye, I had the same but I wasn't bothered by it tbh. Treasure maps shouldn't be too obvious.

mark2472 · April 2014

My only complaint was not being able to look at the letter again... it had more details on some of the steps than the quest told you. Maybe you can, but I couldn't figure out how to.

Other than that, it's my favorite quest so far! We definitely need more quests like this!

karneLian77 · April 2014

anothername wrote: »

Sinist wrote: »

The quest could of been done better. For example when you climbed to the top of the lighthouse or "star" as they called it, it told you the next step was to go to the warrior rock. Well visible from the top of the lighthouse was a giant statue of a warrior, except this was not where you had to go which made no sense. Instead the real location was further along and not even visible from the lighthouse.

Its.. not!? I gave up on that quest because I though it bugged. I was convinced that this giant warrior statue was the warrior the riddle was talking about.

No, the giant statue you can see from the lighthouse (and from the ground as well))) is the 'guardian' mentioned in the quest letter. You should proceed NW from the giant statue - and you'll find the statue of a warrior in the desert... normal-sized statue, meanwhile )))

Rosveen · April 2014

I loved this quest! I wish there were more like it, deliberately designed to work without quest markers.

mark2472 wrote: »

My only complaint was not being able to look at the letter again... it had more details on some of the steps than the quest told you. Maybe you can, but I couldn't figure out how to.

Other than that, it's my favorite quest so far! We definitely need more quests like this!

It was in your inventory, quest items tab.

karneLian77 · April 2014

But what I really do NOT understand is whose steps it was they measured the distance of '45 steps south from the statue'??? I walked the distance, I ran it - no result. Only when I desided to aim a group of palmas further on the beach (next step of the riddle) - fortunately, there were a few palmas around, easy choice then

- I got a reaction from the quest log.
Definitely, those steps were made by the stone giant which is that 'guardian; statue now

Rytfield · April 2014

karneLian77 wrote: »

But what I really do NOT understand is whose steps it was they measured the distance of '45 steps south from the statue'??? I walked the distance, I ran it - no result. Only when I desided to aim a group of palmas further on the beach (next step of the riddle) - fortunately, there were a few palmas around, easy choice then - I got a reaction from the quest log.
Definitely, those steps were made by the stone giant which is that 'guardian; statue now

I just ran south until I got the quest pop up. Didn't really count my steps.

mark2472 · April 2014

Rosveen wrote: »

I loved this quest! I wish there were more like it, deliberately designed to work without quest markers.

mark2472 wrote: »

My only complaint was not being able to look at the letter again... it had more details on some of the steps than the quest told you. Maybe you can, but I couldn't figure out how to.

Other than that, it's my favorite quest so far! We definitely need more quests like this!

It was in your inventory, quest items tab.

Hmmm... was it like that in beta? Cause I looked everywhere for it in beta. I didn't even look in live as I already knew where to go.

Rosveen · April 2014

mark2472 wrote: »

Rosveen wrote: »

I loved this quest! I wish there were more like it, deliberately designed to work without quest markers.

mark2472 wrote: »

My only complaint was not being able to look at the letter again... it had more details on some of the steps than the quest told you. Maybe you can, but I couldn't figure out how to.

Other than that, it's my favorite quest so far! We definitely need more quests like this!

It was in your inventory, quest items tab.

Hmmm... was it like that in beta? Cause I looked everywhere for it in beta. I didn't even look in live as I already knew where to go.

I have no idea, I never did this quest in beta. Maybe someone /feedbacked it and they put it in? It wasn't the full letter, just the second part with clues.

Srjon · January 2015

I am stuck at the isle of iron faces where is it???????

Srjon · February 2015

I did it.....I would like to Thank all who helped me with this quest....And that would be ........Me. I got my only brain-cell to work.

AlexDougherty · February 2015

Srjon wrote: »

I am stuck at the isle of iron faces where is it???????

I just went to all the islands until it said I had found it, still haven't seen the Iron Faces.

Enodoc · February 2015

I think "leftward palms frame the sight" is more useful than the actual "island of iron faces", because they frame the correct island quite well:
ON-quest-Izad%27s_Treasure_03.jpg

The Iron Faces themselves I think are part of the archways. Remember the clues aren't literal.

UrQuan · February 2015

Enodoc wrote: »

I think "leftward palms frame the sight" is more useful than the actual "island of iron faces", because they frame the correct island quite well:

The Iron Faces themselves I think are part of the archways. Remember the clues aren't literal.

Yes, those palms do frame the correct island very well, and the iron faces are part of the archway - but they're only on one side of the archway. Unless you go through the arch and turn around to face the palms again, you won't see the iron faces. If you do, you'll see them:

allie280 · March 2015

I also enjoyed this quest and how difficult it was. I made a video about it to help others. I hope I explain everything well enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhiSIHvAWwQ

MissBizz · March 2015

I did this quest while streaming not long ago. It was on my "immersive" toon (no minimap etc.). I was lucky to have some viewers helping me out, my focus and attention span while streaming is lacking lol. It was tons of fun! I would love to see more quests like this!

azoriangaming · March 2015

one of the best quests in game

Royalty27 · March 2015

Indeed one of the most fun quest in the game. Having to look around and explore for yourself is always better than following a quest marker.

pbrslammer · June 2015

Don't even remember what was in the treasure, but it was fun searching for it.