Ranger Stronghold Quests Walk-Through (simplified) [SPOILERS], step-by-step walkthrough, beware of spoilers Options

[pekkae]

The mystery of the Shimmering Light
The Good, The Bad & the Ugly
The Ancient Secret of Suldanesselar

For help on how to defeat the monsters, there are numerous threads available on different walk-throughs. This walk-though just describes the process.


The mystery of the Shimmering Light
Finish the extended quests for Windpear Hills (at least the assasin's one, where you will receive half of the cyphered note). Have a reputation of 20.

1. Go to Cabin, Delon appears
2. Wait / be busy / do something else for 2-7 days (or so)
3. During the night, go to the stone stairs at "Umar hills" map where Delon will appear (x=1268, y=1520)
4. Wait / be busy / do something else for another 2-7 days (or so)
5. During the night, go to the stone stairs again where Delon will appear again (x=1268, y=1520)
6. Go directly about x=2200, y=257 in Umar Hills
7. Talk to girl then to Roshan and then knight of the order
8. Wait fo 2-3 days and talk to "Chief Inspector Auriel", who appears at the Village near the Umar Hills inn. She gives you two choices, an enchanter @ druid grove or an illusionist @ sewers
9. Enchanter is a Druid Grove near the Troll Mound, so x=261, y=1303
10. Illusionist is at x=2438, y=2164 so south part of the sewers below temple district
11. Go back to Umar Hills and talk to Chief Inspector Auriel, she directs you to Delon at the Cabin
12. Go to Cabin & talk to Delon
13. Go to "umar cave" where an Elite Doppleganger will attack
14. Take the letter dropped by elite doppelgänger & go to Auriel
15. Go to Temple District & Order of Radiant Heart, talk to knight at x=1581, y=400
16. (now you should have the full cyphered note)
17. Decrpyt note (or go to sewers beneath copper coronet, where you will find the note for location of the grandmaster of rune assassin's (small teeth pass)
18. Defeat Grandmaster of rune assassin's, go back to Order of Radiant Heart and talk to the knight to finish the quest


The Good, The Bad & the Ugly
Finish "The Mystery of the Shimmering Light". Have a reputation of 20.

1. Go to Cabin, where a Swanmay appears* & talk to it
2. Go to Bridge District, where at the 2nd floor of "Five Flagons Inn" an Illusionist appears (near the wagons), talk to him
3. He gives you list of items
4. (Now is a good time to rest)
5. Give him one of the items on the list
6. Go outside of the Inn and talk to Chief Inspector Auriel, who directs you to sewers
7. Go to sewers beneath temple district & take the secret entrance that leads to "Mekrath's lair" (AR0705)
8. In Mekrath's lair, take the same stairs that lead back to sewers but go up to bridge district (so click at about x=831 y=542)
9. Talk to the thief, get the wardstone & go back to "Mekrath's lair"
10. Take the other stairs at x=864 & y=147, which leads to a "hidden room" where you will find the ilusionist again
11. Go back to "Umar hills" & rescue Chief Inspector Auriel (at about x=397, y=1425)
12. Go back to Mekrat's lair and take the stairs to a "hidden room", pick up jewel
13. Go back to Cabin and talk with Swanmay. Receive praise & loot.

*if not, you can console the Swanmay with CreateCreature("S!Swanme")


The Ancient Secret of Suldanessar
Finish "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly". Have a reputation of 20. Make sure you have "ruby of the gods" & magical pull in your inventory

1. At the tree of life area, take the stairs at x=2350, y=756
2. Talk to "favoured swanmay", get mirror
3. Go to "sealed house" @ Suldanessar
4. Talk to lord wetlander
5. Go back to tree of life area, take nuts from a container at x=3685 y=250
6. take the stairs to the area where you previously met with favoured swanmay
7. a squirrel appears, talk to it & give it the nuts
8. Go to bridge district, get "pennyroyal oil" from Mrs. Cragmoor (she's near the derelict house, but doesn't always appear so you might have to rest & come back)
9. Go back to tree of life area, battle vipers & get back "ruby of the gods"
10. Go back to sealed house, click on the mirror above the furnace (so x=496, y=154)
11. Go for bloodstained mirror, defeat anti-ranger
12. Back at the "sealed house", click on the mirror again and choose "blazing mirror" (it tells you you need to find a way to breath underwater)
13. Click on pool to find a way to "breath underwater"
14. Go to temple ruins & inside the temple
15. Click on the pedestal where you found the ruby of the gods, defeat monster, click on the pedestal again to receive "ancient elven holy water"
16. Go back to pool to get a way to breath underwater
17. Go for blazing mirror, defeat monsters
18. Go for wooden mirror, defeat monsters

This post has been edited by pekkae: Aug 13 2021, 02:38 PM

[critto]

Awesome, thanks. I'll pin the thread. I think there should be also a finale for the 3rd quest but I guess it's unmissable after the 18th point.

[pekkae]

Hey!

Is it possible to activate these quests, even though my protagonist is not a Vagrant?

(Or actually I would just like to do the 2 first one's)

[critto]

If you install the relevant components from IATweaks

[pekkae]

If you install the relevant components from IATweaks

Great! Found it, thanks!

[forthenature]

With IATweak installed，am I able to chanllenge the quest "The Ancient Secret of Suldanesselar"?
My protagonist is not a vagrant but Valygar is.

I tried but I cannot enter the room in Tree of Life map, it prompts "you don't have the required wardstone".
I do have magic pull and Ruby of God in my inventory and finished the second quest "The Good, The Bad & the Ugly".

[Azoth]

You cannot. The main protagonist needs to be a Vagrant.
There are still specific checks in the script to open the door, which makes sense because later comes at least one fight in which your main protagonist is on his/her own and needs to be able to summon a Swanmay.

This post has been edited by Azoth: Jul 6 2021, 02:37 PM

[critto]

Yeah, IATweaks gives access only to the first two quests.

[Sikret]

The mystery of the Shimmering Light
The Good, The Bad & the Ugly
The Ancient Secret of Suldanesselar

For help on how to defeat the monsters, there are numerous threads available on different walk-throughs. This walk-though just describes the process.


The mystery of the Shimmering Light
Finish the extended quests for Windpear Hills (at least the assasin's one, where you will receive half of the cyphered note). Have a reputation of 20.

1. Go to Cabin, Delon appears
2. Wait / be busy / do something else for 2-7 days (or so)
3. During the night, go to the stone stairs at "Umar hills" map where Delon will appear (x=1268, y=1520)
4. Wait / be busy / do something else for another 2-7 days (or so)
5. During the night, go to the stone stairs again where Delon will appear again (x=1268, y=1520)
6. Go directly about x=2200, y=257 in Umar Hills
7. Talk to girl then to Roshan and then knight of the order
8. Wait fo 2-3 days and talk to "Chief Inspector Auriel", who appears at the Village near the Umar Hills inn. She gives you two choices, an enchanter @ druid grove or an illusionist @ sewers
9. Enchanter is a Druid Grove near the Troll Mound, so x=261, y=1303
10. Illusionist is at x=2438, y=2164 so south part of the sewers below temple district
11. Go back to Umar Hills and talk to Chief Inspector Auriel, she directs you to Delon at the Cabin
12. Go to Cabin & talk to Delon
13. Go to "umar cave" where an Elite Doppleganger will attack
14. Take the letter dropped by elite doppelgänger & go to Auriel
15. Go to Temple District & Order of Radiant Heart, talk to knight at x=1581, y=400
16. (now you should have the full cyphered note)
17. Decrpyt note (or go to sewers beneath copper coronet, where you will find the note for location of the grandmaster of rune assassin's (small teeth pass)
18. Defeat Grandmaster of rune assassin's, go back to Order of Radiant Heart and talk to the knight to finish the quest


The Good, The Bad & the Ugly
Finish "The Mystery of the Shimmering Light". Have a reputation of 20.

1. Go to Cabin, where a Swanmay appears* & talk to it
2. Go to Bridge District, where at the 2nd floor of "Five Flagons Inn" an Illusionist appears (near the wagons), talk to him
3. He gives you list of items
4. (Now is a good time to rest)
5. Give him one of the items on the list
6. Go outside of the Inn and talk to Chief Inspector Auriel, who directs you to sewers
7. Go to sewers beneath temple district & take the secret entrance that leads to "Mekrath's lair" (AR0705)
8. In Mekrath's lair, take the same stairs that lead back to sewers but go up to bridge district (so click at about x=831 y=542)
9. Talk to the thief, get the wardstone & go back to "Mekrath's lair"
10. Take the other stairs at x=864 & y=147, which leads to a "hidden room" where you will find the ilusionist again
11. Go back to "Umar hills" & rescue Chief Inspector Auriel (at about x=397, y=1425)
12. Go back to Mekrat's lair and take the stairs to a "hidden room", pick up jewel
13. Go back to Cabin and talk with Swanmay. Receive praise & loot.

*if not, you can console the Swanmay with CreateCreature("S!Swanme")


The Ancient Secret of Suldanessar
Finish "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly". Have a reputation of 20. Make sure you have "ruby of the gods" & magical pull in your inventory

1. At the tree of life area, take the stairs at x=2350, y=756
2. Talk to "favoured swanmay", get mirror
3. Go to "sealed house" @ Suldanessar
4. Talk to lord wetlander
5. Go back to tree of life area, take nuts from a container at x=3685 y=250
6. take the stairs to the area where you previously met with favoured swanmay
7. a squirrel appears, talk to it & give it the nuts
8. Go to bridge district, get "pennyroyal oil" from Mrs. Cragmoor (she's near the derelict house, but doesn't always appear so you might have to rest & come back)
9. Go back to tree of life area, battle vipers & get back "ruby of the gods"
10. Go back to sealed house, click on the mirror above the furnace (so x=496, y=154)
11. Go for bloodstained mirror, defeat anti-ranger
12. Back at the "sealed house", click on the mirror again and choose "blazing mirror" (it tells you you need to find a way to breath underwater)
13. Click on pool to find a way to "breath underwater"
14. Go to temple ruins & inside the temple
15. Click on the pedestal where you found the ruby of the gods, defeat monster, click on the pedestal again to receive "ancient elven holy water"
16. Go back to pool to get a way to breath underwater
17. Go for blazing mirror, defeat monsters
18. Go for wooden mirror, defeat monsters

I am deeply impressed by this kind of posts after such a long time since the implementation of these quests. Thanks!