Well i have seen alot of people has trouble with this quest, so il ltry to do my best on this tutorial to make it easy for you.
Reward: 10,000 Experience, Tome of Knowledge, Serpent Crest - 2nd addon for Warmaster Outfits, ability to start various tasks.
Location : Zao, Muggy Plains
Level required: 0
Level recommended: 150+
Be prepared to face: many High Class Lizards, Killer Caimans, Eternal Guardians, Death Blobs, Mutated Bats, Mutated Tigers.
Farmine::
Ok how to get to farmine. You can get there from darashia carpet or edron carpet, ill show you the way from edron. You need to go with the npc called pino hes located directly above the north city gate.

Once you travel to farmine, you need to go down stairs then east and go upstairs, then enter these portal:

Once you get in the tp you will appear in zao, and you will need to go downstairs.

Ok now we will need to find NPC Zalamon in the very east of Zao, one floor down.

Now that you found Zalamon you can start with Missions
Prove Your Worzz!: You need to talk with zalamon and this are the transcripts:
Code:
Zalamon: Not many travellerzz zzezze dayzz. I hope you bring good newzz.
Player: mission
Zalamon: Zzo you are offering your help to a lizzard? Hmm, unuzzual. I don't know if I can fully truzzt you yet. ...
Zalamon: You'll have to work to earn my truzzt. Are you zzure you want to offer me your help?
Player: yes
Zalamon: Zzen indeed, I have a tazzk for you. Lizzten carefully and you might even learn zzomezzing. A wizze being hearzz one zzing and underzztandzz ten. ...
Zalamon: Zze mountainzz to zze norzz are overrun by corrupted lizzardzz. ...
Zalamon: Beyond zzem, you'll find a lush valley, zze Muggy Plainzz. Find out about zzeir planzz, zzeir tacticzz. Zze lizzardzz' art of war izz characterizzed by dizzguizze and zzecrezzy. ...
Zalamon: A traveller told me about a barricaded zzettlement zzey ezztablished. It'zz a weak and in all zzeir arroganzze, poorly guarded outpozzt beyond zze mountainzz. ...
Zalamon: If you can find any documentzz about zzeir zztrategiezz, zze rezzizztanzze will be very grateful. ...
Zalamon: Are you interezzted, palezzkin?
Player: yes
Zalamon: Be warned. Zze mountain pazzezz have been dezzerted for zzeveral weekzz now. No one made it acrozz and I fear you won't meet a zzingle friendly zzoul up zzere.
Player: bye
Zalamon: Zzee how far you can get.
Now you will have to return to the tp and get in.
Go downstairs and go far east, you will find a lizard camp, and you need to look for a bookshelf and use it. Just like in this Image:
After you have the map, go back to Zalamon.
This are the transcripts:
Code:
Zalamon: Not many travellerzz zzezze dayzz. I hope you bring good newzz.
Player: mission
Zalamon: What newzz do you bring? Did you find any cluezz about zzeir whereaboutzz?
Player: yes
Zalamon: Exzztraordinary. We are mozzt fortunate to have zzezze documentzz in our handzz now. Zzizz would zzertainly help me to build an effective rezzizztanzze. Will you give zzem to me?
Player: yes
Zalamon: Aaah, zzey look zzertainly interezzting. Zzezze manuzzcriptzz show uzz zzeveral locationzz of zze enemy troopzz. ...
Mission 1: Corruption :You need to ask zalamon for next mission.
Code:
Player: mission
Zalamon: Zzurely you have zzeen zze black pondzz and puddlezz all over zze mountain pazz, palezzkin. It izz zze corruption zzat pervadezz zze land. It would be wizze not to drink from zzem. ...
Zalamon: It zzoakzz zze land, itzz people, and even zze air itzzelf. But zzere are zztill zzpotzz not tainted by zze darknezz. ...
Zalamon: A temple, norzzwezzt of zze barricaded outpozzt wizztood zze evil influenzze. However, I lozzt contact to itzz inhabitantzz when zze lizzardzz tightened zzeir grip. ...
Zalamon: No one made it zzrough zze mountainzz for quite zzome time now - exzzept you. Maybe you can find out what happened zzere?
Player: yes
Zalamon: I've marked itzz location on your map. Go and find out what happened zzere. In zze pazzt it wazz known azz zze Temple of Equilibrium.
Player: bye
Zalamon: Zzee how far you can get.
Go to the tp and enter again. Then go to the Temple of Equilibriuma and follow the stairs up to the top and back down to the bottom on the other side, you'll face many Lizard Zaoguns along with other lizards.
There are hidden stairs behind the double set of stairs which you came down, when you go down there are 5 Lizard Chosen. Red text comes up saying you passed.
Go back to zalamon to report.
This are the transcripts:
Code:
Zalamon: Not many travellerzz zzezze dayzz. I hope you bring good newzz.
Player: mission
Zalamon: Zzo you found zze temple... lozzt you zzay. It wazz our lazzt remaining bazztion of hope for help from wizzin zze plainzz. ...
Zalamon: Zzat meanzz zze plainzz are now in zze handzz of zze emperor and hizz army. I'm afraid zzat even zze great gate izz zzealed and zze landzz beyond it tainted azz well. ...
Zalamon: Dark timezz, and I fear we know nozzing about our enemy yet.
Mission 2: Imperial Zzecret Weaponzz
Ask Zalamon For next mission
Transcripts:
Code:
Zalamon: Large partzz of zze empire are tainted. I zzee now zzat zzere izz almozzt nozzing left of our onzze zzo zztrong zzivilizzation. But I zztill don't know which danger our enemy really pozzezz. ...
Zalamon: Zzere uzzed to be a remote and quiet zzettlement in zze middle of zze valley. If it hazz not been dezztroyed by zze corruption, I'm zzure zze army of zze emperor will confizzcate it to gazzer rezzourzzezz. ...
Zalamon: If you can get inzzide zze village, find out everyzzing you can about zzeir zzituation. Zze clever hawk hidezz itzz clawzz. ... Zalamon: I'm mozzt interezzted in zzeir weaponzz, food and zze zztrengzz of zzeir forzzezz. ...
Zalamon: Are you prepared for zzizz mizzion?
Player: yes
Zalamon: I'll mark zze entranzze to Chaochai on your map. ...
Zalamon: Conzzentrate on one location at a time. Zze one who chazzezz after two harezz, won't catch even one.
Go into the small camp Chaochai to the north of the Dragonblaze Peaks
There are 3 buildings which you have to enter (marked with stars on the map), a food storage room on ground floor, weapon storage room in a basement (which you need a melee weapon to break through), and a barracks on ground floor. You'll get a red message on your screen for each one. (Sorry i forgot 1 place to screenshot).
Note: Don't forget to grab the Tome of Knowledge located in the north-eastern-most building, one flight up. You will find a chest that contains the Tome.
Mission 3: Zee Killing Fieldzz
Ask for mission
Transcripts:
Code:
Player: mission
Zalamon: Your lazzt excurzzion revealed a terrifying truzz. Zze enemy'zz forzzezz are overwhelming, zzeir zztrengzz probably unrivalled. We cannot attack an army of zzizz zzize unlezz - unlezz we zzin out zzeir rankzz a little. ...
Zalamon: A zzingle individual can be azz zztrong azz an army if he zztrikezz zze army azz a whole. ...
Zalamon: Are you ready for your nexzzt tazzk?
Player: yes
Zalamon: Not far to zze eazzt of zze village, you'll find rizze fieldzz. Zzey uzze zzem to rezztore zzeir food zzuppliezz. ...
Zalamon: In zze zztorage acrozz zzizz room, you'll find a zzpecial poizzon which will zzignificantly weaken zzem if uzzed on zze water and zzoil zze rizze growzz in. ...
Zalamon: Are you fully prepared for zzizz?
Player: yes
Zalamon: Good. Zze fieldzz should be not far from Xiachai in zze eazzt. Go to zze top terrazze and mix zze poizzon wizz zze water. ...
Zalamon: Poizzon izz often uzzed by cowardzz, yet it grantzz great power to zze opprezzed.
Player: poison
Zalamon: Zze emperor of zze dragonzz hazz tranzzformed himzzelf into an undead creature to lazzt for all eternity, to cheat deazz. Hizz corruption flowzz to zzozze he bound, and from zzem to zzozze zzey bound, and from zzem into zze land.
Go to the teleporter to the Muggy Plains and head east from there to the rice fields. Go to the very top rice field and use the poison anywhere on the water. Then head back to NPC Zalamon to finish the mission.
When you get back to zalamon this are the transcripts:
Code:
Zalamon: Not many travellerzz zzezze dayzz. I hope you bring good newzz.
Player: mission
Zalamon: You accomplished an important tazzk in breaking zze defenzze of zze emperor. Not everyzzing might be lozzt yet. ...
Zalamon: I've got anozzer mizzion for you which will be even more dangerouzz zzan zze lazzt one. Return to me when you're ready
Last edited by Foxx The Archer; 9th Aug 2013 at 20:54:07.