An Axe from the Past

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EverQuest 2 Quest Information

Journal Category	Heritage  (AA)
Journal Level	30 (Tier 4)
Journal Difficulty	Heroic
Starting Zone	The Thundering Steppes more
How to Start	Examine the Cracked Stone Hand Axe
part of: Heritage Quests Timeline Preceded by: Little Tarby Lost Followed by: none

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[edit] Prerequisites and Notes

• You must speak Krombral (Giant language) in order to receive this quest.
• You must have completed Little Tarby Lost to receive this quest.
• Mining skill of at least 90.
• Foresting skills of at least 90 (if you choose to gather your own ingredients).
• Crafting ability to successfully complete a level 9 tradeskill combine.
• You might want to do The Dusty Blue Stone, a prerequisite for Restoring Ghoulbane while on this quest. It requires you to get 40 rock samples from wind swept stones, which can be done at the same time as one of the steps on this quest.
• If you have completed the Sundered Splitpaw questline and gotten your "a glowing azure shard" you can use this to get back to Thundering Steppes very easily once you finish with the forge.

[edit] Steps

1. Examine the Cracked Stone Hand Axe that Obsid gives you for finding his pet bear, Tarby Boulderboom.
2. Mine 10 granite pieces, an uncommon harvest from wind swept stones in The Thundering Steppes. This may take some time to complete. One nearby mining area is the region around the Ruins of Karana ( -392.34, -2.98, 459.01 ) /waypoint -392.34, -2.98, 459.01. Also run the full length of Dead River Basin where you will find nodes. This update is uncommon to rare.
   • Upon receiving your 10th piece, you will get a quest update rewarding you a pristine piece of granite and the Granite Tomahawk Recipe.
3. At a forge in any tradeskill center, combine the pristine granite with a piece of severed ash, a sparkling material, and the Cracked Stone Hand Axe from Obsid, creating a dull tomahawk.
   • Note: You have to be at least Artisan Level 9 to scribe the recipe.
4. Return to Obsid to show him the axe.
5. Sharpen the axe by killing 100 skeletons in the The Thundering Steppes.
   • Upon defeating your 100th skeleton, you will get a quest update rewarding you a Sharpened Granite Tomahawk.
6. Return to Obsid to show him the axe.
   • Note: a timer for the next step starts as soon as you finish speaking to him.
7. Within a one hour time limit, kill 25 Skindancer gnolls. (Various locations; ( 543, -24, 1130 ) /waypoint 543, -24, 1130Skindancer Sentry, Skindancer Seer, Skindancer Legionnaire, Skindancer Knight or Skindancer Defiler all give updates for this step)
8. Return to Obsid.
9. Enter the Cove of Decay and slay the The Octagorgon for its ink. Note that this giant octopus cannot be pulled out of the water, and shortly after engaging it, a group of heroic skeletons will spawn.
   • Note: Once The Octagorgon is dead, consider examining the highlightable crates on the ocean floor underneath the spawn point to receive a Partially Digested Hand, one of the required items in Stiletto's Orders Intercepted.

[edit] Reward

• Polished Granite Tomahawk
• 37200 status