Bigfoot's Burden Quest/Spoiler

Looking for Gnomerik
First, go to Kazordoon and seek out Xelvar. Ask him to join and he will give you 4 Teleport Crystals to go to the new area. (Xelvar is located in the north-west of temple, or north-west from the Phoenix Blessing)



Go through the teleporter and you'll appear in the gnomish crystal teleport system (GCTS) hub.

A Test In Gnomology
Go downstairs and find Gnomerik at the recruitment office. Say recruitment > yes > test and answer a series of questions. After each question you continue by saying 'test' again. You need 100 points at least to pass the test.

The answers to get 112 points are: A, C, B, D, D, D, B, D, A, A, C, C, D, A, A, D



If you fail the test If you fail the test you will have to buy a Mushroom Beer for 10 gp from NPC Gnominus (by saying hi, beer, yes). When you get the mushroom beer, drink it fast because it will become stale after 20 seconds. After drinking the mushroom beer you can try the test with Gnomerik again.

Medical Examination
Once you have joined, go west to find Gnomespector, say 'recruit', walk south through the "g-rays".

Ear Examination
Keep walking south and talk to Doctor Gnomedix (with Gnomenursey). They will instruct you to walk on the examination platform next to them. Stand there and don't move while a series of server messages appear in your local chat. Once a Strange Slime spawns your examination has finished.

Shooting
Keep walking south for the shooting test. Ask Gnomaticus about the shooting test and he will tell you to stand on a firing platform and shoot 5 consecutive target dummies. They will appear each few seconds. You must not fire the cannon when an innocent target is on the platform ahead of you.

Once done, report back to Gnomaticus and he will tell you to go south and talk to Gnomewart for the endurance test.

Endurance Test
Gnomewart will tell you to enter the teleport south of him and run through the one-way path to the exit. Run as fast as you can, but note that the floors can push you back and may slow you down, you have to get pushed back 20 times, after 10 times there will appear a message saying " " and you have to run again 10 more times. Once done, report back to Gnomewart about the endurance test. He will tell you to find Gnomelvis east of him at the soul melody area.

Soul Melody
Gnomelvis will tell you to find your soul melody. To do so, use one of the four crystals in the room. You will see either red notes or fireworks. Do this until you get 7 fireworks in a row, note that for each character there is exactly 1 combination, you must find which order to use the crystals in. When you get a red musical note, you must start over.

Report back to Gnomelvis about your musical test and he will tell you that you have completed the recruitment test. You will also get the achievement "Becoming a Bigfoot".

The sequences are random!

Gnome Reputation
You can gain ranks by doing repeatable missions or by turning in Minor Crystalline Tokens. The missions give different amount of points and tokens.

Note: You can report specific mission only once every 20 hours.


 * Rank I - Reputation 30
 * Rank II - Reputation 120
 * Rank III - Reputation 480
 * Rank IV - Reputation 1440

To get reputation points by turning in Minor Crystalline Tokens, you have to talk to NPC Gnomally about relations. This is optional, and it only helps to get ranks faster. Every token is worth 5 reputation points.

Note: It's suggested that in order to save time, you can activate all the tasks that you have available, at the same time.

Minor (Rank 0)
This mission is available from the beginning, nothing is required and it will open up new ranks and thus new opportunities.

Crystal Keeper
Be Prepared to Face: Crystalcrushers, Wyverns, Earth Elementals

Note: It is recommended to do this task together with the spark (rank 0) and matchmaker (rank 2) tasks.

Ask Commander Stone for the keeper mission. He will send you to the Crystal Grounds to repair crystals. Go to the crystal grounds (it's to the north, about 20 sqm south of Gnomally). Do this 5 times and report to Commander Stone.



Rewards: 1 Minor Crystalline Token, Gnomish Supply Package, 5 reputation points, achievement "Crystal Keeper".

Raiders of the Lost Spark
Be Prepared to Face: Crystalcrushers, Wyverns, Earth Elementals

Ask Commander Stone for the spark mission. He will give you a Gnomish Extraction Crystal and send you to the Crystal Grounds to use it on 7 Crystal Crusher corpses. They can be found all around the dungeon. Kill them, use the extractor on their corpses and report back to Commander Stone.



Rewards: 1 Minor Crystalline Token, Gnomish Supply Package, 5 reputation points, achievement "Call Me Sparky".

Minor Plus (Rank I)
Upon advancing to rank I you will get the achievement "Gnome Little Helper".

These 2 missions become available after advancing to this rank:

Exterminators
Be Prepared to Face: Wigglers, Massive Earth Elementals, Wyverns

Ask Commander Stone for the extermination mission. He will send you to the Truffels Garden (north teleporter at Gnomebase) to kill 10 Wigglers. They can be found all around the dungeon. Kill them and report back to Commander Stone.

Note: if you have achieved rank 2+ you can also complete this at the Mushroom Gardens. However, it is not recommended because you can do Mushroom Digger and Exterminators simultaneously at the Truffels Garden.

Rewards: 1 Minor Crystalline Token, Gnomish Supply Package, 5 reputation points, achievement "One Foot Vs. Many".



Mushroom Digger
Be Prepared to Face: Wigglers, Massive Earth Elementals, Wyverns

Ask Commander Stone for the digging mission. He will give you a Little Pig and send you to the Truffels Garden to feed it three times. In the dungeon you will find Mushroom Sniffers. Lure these over the Mold Floor. If lucky, Some Truffles will appear, otherwise it will become churned ground. Use the little pig on the truffles. Repeat this 3 times.

Note: It takes 40 seconds for Churned Ground to turn back into Mold Floor.

Rewards: 1 Minor Crystalline Token, Gnomish Supply Package, 5 reputation points, achievement "The Picky Pig".



Major (Rank II)
Upon advancing to rank II you will get the achievement "Gnome Friend".

From now on its required to have a Premium Account. These missions become available after advancing to this rank and gaining access to Gnomebase Alpha here:

The Tinker's Bell
Be Prepared to Face: Enraged Crystal Golems, Damaged Crystal Golems

Go to Gnomeral in Gnomebase Alpha and ask them for the repair mission. They will give you a Bell and instruct you to use it on crystal golems. Go to the Golem Workshop (southernmost teleporter) and use the bell on live Damaged Crystal Golems (not Enraged Crystal Golems). Repeat until you have teleported four.



Rewards: 2 Minor Crystalline Tokens, Gnomish Supply Package, 5 reputation points, achievement "Substitute Tinker".

Matchmaker
Be Prepared to Face: Crystalcrushers, Wyverns, Earth Elementals

Go to Gnomeral in Gnomebase Alpha and ask them for the matchmaker mission. They will give you a crystal package and send you to Crystal Grounds to find a red crystal match.



Open the package and search the dungeon for a Large Crystal (must be red). Use the crystal in your inventory on the Large Crystals until you see this message: "Congratulations! The crystals seem to have fallen in love and your mission is done!" Then report back to Gnomeral.



Rewards: 2 Minor Crystalline Tokens, Gnomish Supply Package, 10 reputation points, achievement "Crystals in Love".

Major Advanced (Rank III)
Upon advancing to rank III you will get the achievement "Gnomelike". These missions become available after advancing to this rank:

Spore Gathering
Be Prepared to Face: Wigglers, Mutated Rats, Giant Spiders, and more

Note: you can do this with part of or all of the extermination task. If you didn't finish the extermination task with the digging task it is recommended you come here for the last kills.

Go to Gnomeral in Gnomebase Alpha and ask them for the spore mission. He will give you a Gnomish Spore Gatherer. Go to the Mushroom Gardens and down the mushroom corkscrew stairs.



Use puffball mushrooms (white) and colored spores will appear on top of it.



If the color is the one you need to collect, use the kit on it. If not, find another mushroom and repeat the process. If you use your kit on the wrong color spore you will ruin it and need to start over from the first color. Do this until you have collected all 4 in the given order (red, green, blue and yellow is the correct order). Report back to Gnomeral.

Note: You can buy several Gnomish Spore Gatherers with Gnomally and fill 3-5 at once, so the next day all you have to do it's to report the mission.

Rewards: 2 Minor Crystalline Token, Gnomish Supply Package, 10 reputation points, achievement "Spore Hunter".

Grindstone Hunt
Be Prepared to Face: Vulcongras, Massive Fire Elementals, Dragon Lords

Go to Gnomeral in Gnomebase Alpha and ask them for the grindstone mission. They will send you to the Hot Spot (teleport is south-east of Gnomeral).



Enter and find Strange Stones floating in the lava. Every 75 seconds they will come to surface and sink again after another 17. Use them when they are floating and rarely you will receive a Whetstone. Get one and report back to Gnomeral.





Rewards: 2 Minor Crystalline Tokens, Gnomish Supply Package, 10 reputation points, achievement "Grinding Again".

The True Challenge (Warzones - Rank IV)
Upon advancing to rank IV you will get the achievement "Honorary Gnome". The warzones are the end of the questline. It encompasses a massive struggle against a horde of creatures threatening the gnomes.

There are three warzones, each harder in difficulty than the last. Each must be completed before players can proceed to the next. Also, each has a specific tactic to reach the boss.

Warzone 1
In this warzone you will face Armadiles, Stone Devourers, many Humongous Fungus and many Hideous Fungus.

To spawn the boss, maneuver through the cave to the furthest east and use the green crystal statue. Prepare yourself as 6 waves of many fungi will appear, each after a certain period even if fungi are not killed in previous waves. You probably cannot do this with a team of fewer than 15 people. After 6 waves, a portal to Deathstrike will appear for the remaining team members to kill.

After defeating him for the first time you will get the achievement "Final Strike". If you do this 50 times you will get the achievement "Death on Strike".

Warzone 2
In this warzone you will face Magma Crawlers, Lava Golems, Lost Berserkers, Weepers and Infected Weepers. Fight your way to the barred teleport. Once there, lure an infected weeper (found on the way) and hold it near the bars. When the infected weeper summons Parasites, kill them 1 sqm in front of the bars. If done properly the gates will be damaged. Do this 3 times in a short period and the wall will be destroyed. Enter the teleport to face Gnomevil, but be fast as the wall regenerates itself to a previous damage stage (not to full instantly).

After defeating him for the first time you will get the achievement "Gnomebane's Bane". If you do this 50 times you will get the achievement "Fall of the Fallen".

Strategy: Warzone 2 is the easiest of the warzones, however, many of the monsters are still capable of one-hitting unsuspecting players. Here are a few tips for this warzone:
 * Monsters:
 * General: Bring energy walls! Even if only to trap the infected weeper, energy walls can block all monsters in this warzone.
 * Weeper, Infected Weeper: Focus on these first! Paladins and knights should stand between Weepers and the mages, even if it means standing in a beam. Weepers will retarget to the lowest mage nearly every turn, so challenge is almost useless against them. Since mages are very vulnerable, having a weeper chase the lowest level mage will be disastrous.
 * Lava Golem: Focus on these after weepers. Stay diagonal if you can, they are easier to control than weepers.
 * Lost Berserker: Focus on these after lava golems. Not a significant problem but they will require you to use a Dwarven Ring for the whole warzone.
 * Magma Crawler: Focus on these last. They are not a significant threat because they are distance fighters and their main attacks are beams and a fire Berserk-like attack. Avoid beams and try to include them in AoE attacks while you kill other things. Only focus on them when they are the survivors of a pack.
 * Infected luring: Do not block the path for the infected weeper to reach the gate. Stand north or south of the bars or in the room west. Guide and trap the infected weeper at the bars with energy walls. Three walls need to be made at a minimum to force the weeper to summon next to the bars: two columns 2 and 3 sqm west of the bars, and one column 1 sqm east (the infected weeper can summon through the bars, players cannot cover these positions).
 * Boss fight: Trap Gnomevil as soon as possible (he spawns east of the tar *). Paladins and knights must stand adjacent to Gnomevil at all times. Gnomevil attacks the highest-hitting player so if they move, Gnomevil will escape and annihilate (usually) the highest mage. Gnomevil will not move diagonally through a player obstructing him and he will not retarget to that player. In other words the "blockers" are not physical tanks here, but players preventing Gnomevil from destroying their target. Because of this, if done properly the only players to receive damage are one of the knights (when he spawns) and then 1-2 of the mages with his distance attacks. The blockers will also be manadrained very often, so it might help to bring some Mana Drain resistance.

Warzone 3
In this warzone you will face Orewalkers, Cliff Striders, Ironblights, and Lost Berserkers. Fight your way to the end, where you find an empty room and a dirt mound.

This is probably the hardest part of the warzones save for the bosses. Step on the dirt mound to spawn Versperoth. Versperoth will appear for 20 seconds and then disappear for 10, repeating this many times. Each time Versperoth disappears, 10 or so minions of Versperoth will spawn. These are Lava Golems but giving no loot and less experience, and they have a lifetime of about 20 seconds. When Versperoth appears, deal as much damage to him as possible.

When Versperoth dies a teleport appears on the dirt mound where he died. The minions do not die, so just run to the teleport (it disappears after some time), where you will fight Abyssador.

After defeating him you will get the achievement "Death from Below" by opening his chest. If you do this 50 times you will get the achievement "Diplomatic Immunity".

Clearing All Warzones
After clearing all warzones you will get the achievement "Dungeon Cleaner" and you will be able to get Some Golden Fruits north of the Gnomebase depot.

Gnomish War Hero (Permanent access)
After delivering any of the items the 20 hour restriction on bosses still applies. After delivering all of the items, you get the achievement "Gnomish Art Of War".

Gnomish War Hero (Warzone 1)
You need to deliver a Deathstrike's Snippet to Gnomission to be able to enter enter the first warzone without using a mission crystal.

Gnomish War Hero (Warzone 2)
You need to deliver a Gnomevil's Hat to Gnomission to be able to enter the second warzone without using a mission crystal.

Gnomish War Hero (Warzone 3)
You need to deliver a Abyssador's Lash to Gnomission to be able to enter the third warzone without using a mission crystal.

Rewards

 * Confirmed rares dropped by monsters in warzones
 * Mycological Bow


 * Confirmed drops by bosses
 * Mycological Mace (Gnomevil, Abyssador)
 * Crystalline Axe (Gnomevil)
 * Decorative Ribbon (Deathstrike)
 * Crystalline Sword (all bosses)
 * Crystal Crossbow (Deathstrike, Gnomevil)
 * Shiny Blade (Deathstrike, Gnomevil, Abyssador)
 * Abyssador's Lash
 * Deathstrike's Snippet
 * Gnomevil's Hat


 * Confirmed items obtained in reward chests for slaying a boss. You always get 5 items of 7 available


 * Deathstrike
 * 2 Major Crystalline Tokens
 * 7 Green Crystal Shards
 * Gill Necklace
 * 3 Crystal Coins
 * Mucus Plug
 * One Statue of Deathstrike piece (head, legs, torso)


 * Gnomevil
 * 2 Major Crystalline Tokens
 * 10 Blue Crystal Shards
 * Prismatic Necklace
 * 4 Crystal Coins
 * Mucus Plug
 * One Statue of Gnomevil piece (head, legs, torso)
 * Miniature House (very rare?)


 * Abyssador
 * 2 Major Crystalline Tokens
 * 12 Violet Crystal Shards
 * Prismatic Ring
 * 5 Crystal Coins
 * Mucus Plug
 * One Statue of Abyssador piece (tail, torso, head)


 * Gnomission
 * Gnomission will trade with players who successfully slay 20 bosses (can be any bosses).

A Test In Gnomology
If you pass the test 

If you fail the test 

Ear Examination
In server log while you stand on the platform:

Gnomedix: So let the examination begin! Now don't move. Don't be afraid. The good doctor gnome won't hurt you - hopefully!

Gnomedix: Now! Now! Don't panic! It's all over soon!

Gnomedix: Let me try a bigger chisel!

Gnomedix: We're almost don... holy gnome! What's THIS???

Gnomedix: I need a drill! Gnomenursey, quick!

Gnomedix: Hold still now! This might tickle a little...

Gnomedix: Take this, you evil ... whatever you are!

Gnomedix: I got it! Yikes! What was that? Uhm, well ... you passed the ear examination. Talk to Gnomaticus for your next test.

Your questlog has been updated.

Shooting
Server log after you've hit the targets:

You have hit enough targets. Report back!

Turning in Minor Crystalline Tokens
This transcript is just an example, you should say the number of tokens you want to turn in instead of "2".

Crystal Keeper
Notice: He may say different things depending on your rank.

Raiders of the Lost Spark
Notice: He may say different things depending on your rank.