Sinking Sands Timeline

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EverQuest II - Sinking Sands Timeline
Starting Zone	The Sinking Sands (Desert of Flames)
Recommended Levels	45 to 52
Difficulty	Solo
Preceded by: Steamfont Timeline Everfrost Timeline Solo Timelines Navigation Bar Followed by: Maj'Dul Timeline Peacock Club Timeline Pillars of Flame Timeline

What does this information mean?

Contents 1 Solo Series 1.1 Chef Numair series 1.2 Undead series 1.3 Beetle Herding series 1.4 Part of the Ghassan the Trader Timeline 2 Court Faction 3 Carpet Quest (Heroic)

These quest lines start in The Sinking Sands. You'll find more quests at the same level range nearby in Maj'Dul; see the Maj'Dul Timeline.

(recommended levels in brackets)

[edit] Solo Series

Kallon Ebbtide - on dock

1. Kallon's Vengeance (44)

from An ornamental metal lamp at ( -2080,-223,-160 ) on the beach of Pirate's Perch
(right-click and "rub")

1. The Gauntlet of al-Azhar (45)

[edit] Chef Numair series

Numair - at north croc hunter camp

1. Cooking Crocodiles (44)
2. Diggers for Dinner (47)
3. A Terrible Crime (46)
4. Scarabs and Spiders (47)

[edit] Undead series

Aliyyah the Embalmer - at south croc hunter camp

1. Unravelling the Mummies (47)
2. Grisly Gathering (49)
3. More Mummies? (49)
4. Osseous Investigations (49)
5. Undead Investigations (50)
6. Sul'Dal Studies (52)

[edit] Beetle Herding series

Xilla Beetlebinder - at top of beach path

1. Beetle Herding - Act I (47)
2. Beetle Herding - Act II
3. Beetle Herding - Act III
4. Beetle Herding - Act IV
5. Beetle Herding - Act V
6. Beetle Herding - Act VI
7. Beetle Herding - Act VII
8. Beetle Herding - Final Act

[edit] Part of the Ghassan the Trader Timeline

Ghassan the Trader - at dock

• 1. Hides for Ghassan (46)
• 2. Spice Delivery (46)
• 3. Venomous Venture (46)
• 4. Questionable Merchandise (47)
• 5. A Delicate Matter (46)
• 6. Another Employer (45)
• 7. Scorpion Scrounging (51)
  • available from Ghassan after speaking with Rashad in the next quest line

Rashad - start of orc highway

• 7. The Search Begins (48)
• 8. The Lonely Crypt (50)
• 9. The Final Piece (52)

continues with Sergeant Tuskin in the Ortallian camp in Pillars of Flame

[edit] Court Faction

There are three major factions in Maj'Dul called Courts: The Court of Truth, the Coin and the Blades. Each Court has a headquarters in the city of Maj'Dul, and a representative on the beach in The Sinking Sands.

To gain entry to the Court headquarters in Maj'Dul, you need 20,000 faction standing with that Court. You can earn faction points by doing the Sinking Sands quests listed below. Good standing with one of the Court factions brings the following benefits:

• Gives you access to a banker, mender, broker, merchant, and quests within the Court headquarters in Maj'Dul.
• Allows you to purchase a license to rent housing in Maj'Dul, and to be given the residence quest (which gives you the Call of Ro ability which is in addition to your call home).
• With better faction standing, you can earn a special Title from the Court, and will be given a Court quest timeline, completion of which is necessary for the signature heroic quest Of Fate and Destiny.

Once you reach 20,000 faction, you will not be given any more quests in the Sinking Sands, and will be directed to a new representative in Maj'Dul for further faction quests.

Alternatively, to gain faction directly, you can kill Rival faction members, and turn in looted Faction Insignia Coins to the appropriate Court Counsel in the Tower of the Moon in Maj'Dul. Faction insignia coins drop from various Citizens, Guards, Bodyguards, Patrol Men, Trainees or Officers in the City. You turn in these looted coins to the Court Counsel of the Court you want to gain faction with (see Maj'Dul timeline). The guard mobs are usually 3 x 52 and solo 52 heroics. Warning: The law of Maj'Dul is that no blood shall be shed in the City. Killing and being spotted by a Sha'ir (61^^^) flying over head on a carpet will result in a warning that you are going to be caught breaking the law, and subsequently being caught (your Name will turn DARK RED in the display), and this will bring down first 1, then 2 then more Sha'ir to attack you.

Note: You can do all three sets of Court quests if you just want experience. However, this will be counterproductive in terms of earning faction. If Maj'Dul faction and/or residence is your goal, then choose one of the three Court NPCs, and do faction quests for that Court only.

Thara Bashirah Coin: Resource Gathering Coin: Beachcomber Coin: Manifest Error Coin: Search for the Merchant (at 10K) Continues with Fadi Miyaz - see Court of the Coin Timeline

Taj As'ad Samiel Investigations Truth: In Service to the Court Truth: Preceptors' Requests Seeking the Past (at 10k) Continues with Muyassar Zuhur - see Court of Truth Timeline

Mahir Lu'ay and Hadoth Al'Uzza Blades: Crocodile Bounty Blades: Nuisance Clearing Blades: Rujarkian Raiders Slaughtering the Steelslaves Further Assistance to the Court of the Blades Blades: Captive of the Alliz Raef Ew (at 10K) Continues with Dirar Muti - see Court of the Blades Timeline

[edit] Carpet Quest (Heroic)

The following quest series is heroic, but is included here for completeness. This is the quest series to earn the Carpet of El'khazi.

El'Khazi, Purveyor of Fine Carpets - northwest of the docks in the Sinking Sands (-1320, -226, -589)

1. Threads of the Desert (50)
2. Scouring the Sands (52)
3. Rocky Correspondence (55)
4. The Spirit of Ab'Zheri (57)

Fahad Nuhayd ( -1319, -226, -591 ) /waypoint -1319, -226, -591

1. Stopping the Flow (47)