The Ape City Quest/Spoiler

Required Equipment

 * Shovel or Light Shovel
 * Cough Syrup
 * Hydra Egg
 * Crowbar
 * Rope
 * Dwarven Rings, 1 for each team member for the last mission.
 * Some traveling money, as you have to travel quite alot.

Method
To begin the quest, you need to travel to Banuta, north-east of Port Hope. At Banuta, you need to go to the temple in the south-east part of the city (here) and go up one level through the stairs. Here you will find the NPC ape Hairycles. Talk to him and ask him for a mission. Watch out for Kongras, Sibangs and the occasional Merlkin when you start to get near Banuta. There are also Carniphilas in the nearby jungle.

Mission 1: Whisper Moss
Your first mission is to retrieve some Whisper Moss so that Hairycles can make a cure for his "young ape".

The Whisper Moss is being protected by the Dworcs under Trapwood. It can be found in the cave farthest south-east. If you fall into the trap here, you will be in the correct room. Simply look east and you will find it. Watch out for Tarantulas and Terror Birds and Spit Nettles on the surface, and plenty of Dworc Fleshhunters, Dworc Venomsnipers, and Dworc Voodoomasters inside the cave.



Bring the Whisper Moss back to Hairycles to complete the mission.

Mission 2: The Cure
Hairycles will tell you that he needs to find a cure for a plague that is affecting the apes, and he will send you to the local healer to get a bottle of Cough Syrup.


 * Talk to Brewster about the "cough syrup". He will tell you that the only place you could find some is by talking to Ustan above the tavern.
 * Ustan tells you that his last bottle was stolen during an ape raid, so he sends you to the druid guild in Carlin to get some.
 * Go to Carlin and talk to Padreia in the Druid Guild (here). She will sell you a bottle of Cough Syrup for 50 gp.

Once you have purchased the Cough Syrup in Carlin, bring it back to Hairycles to complete the mission.

Mission 3: Lizard Parchment
Next, Hairycles will tell you that he thinks the plague was really a lizard curse, and he will ask you to retrieve a scroll from the lizard settlement of Chor.

To reach Chor, you need to go to the far south-east corner of the jungle. It is easier to come from the mountain pass to Ankrahmun, instead of traversing the entire jungle from Port Hope. You will need to cross a bridge (really just a fallen tree here), and walk through a pass in the mountain (here). There is only one way through this mountain pass.

The lizard scroll is in a small hut in the far south-west part of the settlement (here).

Once you have the Old Parchment, take it back to Hairycles to complete the mission.

Mission 4: Parchment Decyphering
Hairycles will tell you that he cannot read the scroll, so he needs you to find a way to decypher it. Now you need to go into one of the tombs near Ankrahmun.

Take a Shovel to Ankrahmun, and enter the Shadow Tomb just east of the city (here). Go down the ramps as far as you can go (to the level with the Mystic Flame for teleporting. DO NOT GO THROUGH THE TELEPORT.) On this level, go around to the south, and then head east. Go straight east until you cannot go any farther. There will be an odd-looking pillar between some Red Shrine stones. Walk up to the pillar to decypher the scroll.

In the tomb you will meet Skeletons, scarabs, Ghouls, Crypt Shamblers and 1 Fire Devil. You might also meet lured Stalkers, Ghost and Mummy.



Report to Hairycles to complete the mission.

Mission 5: Hydra Egg
Your next mission will be to retrieve a Hydra Egg. This can be done in three ways. First, you can find a hidden cave east of Tiquanda (here). In this cave is a Hydra protecting its nest. In the nest, you can find a Hydra Egg. Another way is to kill Hydras until you loot a Hydra Egg. The last way is just buy one from another player.

Once you have a Hydra Egg, take it back to Hairycles to complete the mission.

Mission 6: Witches Cap Mushroom
Your next assignment is to get a sample of a Witches Cap Mushroom so that Hairycles can make a "Charm of Life". The only place the mushroom can be found is in the Fibula Dungeon.


 * Go to Fibula by heading south of Thais, and taking the tunnel (here).
 * If you do not have Key 3940, then you can buy it from Dermot (for 2,000 gp) in town, or from Simon the Beggar (for 800 gp) south of town.
 * Once you have the dungeon key, "use" the well in town to enter the dungeon.
 * Follow the path around to the south and east, then north through the locked door.




 * After going through the locked door and going down a level, head straight south. There will be two ramps to go down into the next room where you will find plenty of Beholders and Skeletons, and possibly some lured Demon Skeletons. Go down the entrance on the left.




 * Keep going south, and you will find the Witches Cap Mushroom behind a door in the wall.



Bring the Witches Cap Mushroom back to Hairycles to complete the mission.

Mission 7: Destroying Casks With Red Fluid
This part starts underneath Hairycles's temple... You will find stairs



There will be all kinds of apes, then walk to the next stairs.



Things will be worse... there will be more apes, you will need a bunch of GFBs to kill all of them and then, you must walk to the casks, I suggest going slowly...



There you will find seven casks, use the Crowbar on three of them. Note: There are only seven casks, so only two people can complete this at a time. If your team has more than two people, you will need to leave the room and wait for the floor to reset (3-5 minutes?).

Mission 8: Looking for a hair of holy ape
This is one of the hardest parts of the quest... you have to walk to the The Blind Prophet (here). Ask him to teleport you and you will be sent to the Forbidden Lands. There you will find Behemoths, Giant Spiders (mainly), Stone Golems, Spit Nettles, Carniphilas, and other jungle creatures. Walk slow because there are like 2 Behemoths and 2-3 Giant Spiders at the same time. At the north-west (here)... you will see a "Giant Footprint" Ctrl + Click on it and you will get the Giant Ape's Hair. Good Luck on this part.

Mission 9: The Deepest Catacombs
'''Important! Don't forget your Snake Destroyer! If you forget, you can't complete the quest and just waste a lot of time and runes on getting to the final room.'''

This part starts down Hairycles... You will find stairs.



There will be all kinds of apes, then walk to the next stairs.



Things will be worse... there will be more apes, you will need a bunch of GFBs to kill all of them, I suggest you going slowly...



There you will find a teleport. You must go through that spot.



Use a melee weapon to destroy the amphoras (a bow, a wand or a rod won't do). Each one is marked as a star on the map above. Beware there will be Efreets, Green Djinns, Gargoyles, Elder Beholders, Stone Golems and much more... You have a timelimit to destroy the amphoras and run to the teleport.

Now you're down to the final floor. On this floor, you'll have to fight a lot of Serpent Spawns, Hydras and some Giant Spiders and Bone Beasts. The main goal is to push 6 switches in a time limit of about 2-3 minutes. After pulling them all, a 7th (Marked as 6 on the map above) switch will become active, and will open a hole for you in the wall to the snake-shaped room. There, you'll have to use your Snake Destroyer to break the snake statue. If you're doing it with a team, and you probablly are, you'll have to wait about a minute for the statue to respawn. Once the whole team finished breaking the statues, go back to the teleport that brought you to that floor. This time, it'll lead you to the ape floor, saving you the Efreets and Elder Beholders floor. Now talk to the Hairycles, and you'll be able to buy the three statues of ape wisdome: the statue of no hearing, the statue of no speaking and the statue of no seeing.

The best strategy on the last floor, the floor with the Serpent Spawns and Hydras, is to have two teams. I suggest each team to have a few high level blockers and about the same amount of high level mages, using heavy magic missiles on creatures on the way there, and sudden death runes on the way to the final switch. At first, each team has to get to the starting position: Team 1 gets half of it's team to the rooms that are marked as "1" and "7", while team 2 Sets most of the team to room "2" and only a few people at room "4". When all in place, all the people should pull the switches in their rooms. Then, the people in rooms "1" and "7" should regroup in the room between them, and go kill the Giant Spiders in room "5". They should leave someone near the 6th switch, the final one, so he can pull the switch when all the switches are pulled. The second team, should run from room "2" to room "3", pull the switch there and regroup with the people from room "4" just above them. Then, the whole regrouped team should run to room "5", where the 1st team should already wait for them. Once the 5th switch is pulled (by either of the teams), the guy that was left at the 6th switch should pull it, which would open a hole in the wall for him. The guy left there, should run inside right away. Don't fear, there's nothing to fight there. He could open the door from the other side, if it'll close by time limit (If it closes by time limit once the door is open?).

Also, make sure you don't miss the level 999 quest door, and the teleport to the serpent god behind it, just a bit to the east of the statue. Have everyone line up and, one by one, destroy the glowing green serpent god statue. It repairs itself automatically after a certain amount of time (~40 seconds). There might also be a quest door for an addon item in the final room.

Go back to Hairycles and talk about your mission. After that ask for shamanic powers to get the shaman outfit.

Mission 1: Whisper Moss
Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: These are dire times for our people. Problems plenty are in this times. But me people not grant trust easy. Are you willing to prove you friend of ape people? Player: yes Hairycles: To become friend of ape people a long and difficult way is. We do not trust easy but help is needed. Will you listen to story of Hairycles? Player: yes Hairycles: So listen, little ape was struck by plague. Hairycles not does know what plague it is. That is strange. Hairycles should know. But Hairycles learnt lots and lots ... Hairycles: Me sure to make cure so strong to drive away all plague. But to create great cure me need powerful components ... Hairycles: Me need whisper moss. Whisper moss growing south of human settlement is. Problem is, evil little dworcs harvest all whisper moss immediately ... Hairycles: Me know they hoard some in their underground lair. My people raided dworcs often before humans came. So we know the moss is hidden in east of upper level of dworc lair ... Hairycles: You go there and take good moss from evil dworcs. Talk with me about mission when having moss. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

You have found whisper moss.

Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: Oh, you brought me whisper moss? Good hairless ape you are! Can me take it? Player: yes Hairycles: Ah yes! That's it. Thank you for bringing mighty whisper moss to Hairycles. It will help but still much is to be done. Just ask for other mission if you ready.

Mission 2: The Cure
Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: Whisper moss strong is, but me need liquid that humans have to make it work ... Hairycles: Our raiders brought it from human settlement, it's called cough syrup. Go ask healer there for it. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

Player: hi Brewster: G...greetings. Player: cough syrup Brewster: The only person who might have some cough syrup is this druid Ustan. You find him in the tavern. Hmmm the tavern ... Player: bye Brewster: Exactly!

Player: hi Ustan: Crunor's blessing, traveller. Player: cough syrup Ustan: I had some cough syrup a while ago. It was stolen in an ape raid. I fear if you want more cough syrup you will have to buy it in the druids guild in carlin. Player: bye Ustan: Good bye, traveller.

Player: hi Padreia: Welcome to our humble guild, wanderer. May I be of any assistance to you? Player: cough syrup Padreia: Do you want to buy a bottle of cough syrup for 50 gold? Player: yes Padreia: Thank you. Here it is. Player: bye Padreia: Farewell.

Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: You brought me that cough syrup from human healer me asked for? Player: yes Hairycles: You so good! Brought syrup to me! Thank you, will prepare cure now. Just ask for mission if you want help again.

Mission 3: Lizard Parchment
Player: mission Hairycles: Little ape should be healthy soon. Me so happy is. Thank you again! But me suspect we in more trouble than we thought. Will you help us again? Player: yes Hairycles: So listen, please. Plague was not ordinary plague. That's why Hairycles could not heal at first. It is new curse of evil lizard people ... Hairycles: I think curse on little one was only a try. We have to be prepared for big strike ... Hairycles: Me need papers of lizard magician! For sure you find it in his hut in their dwelling. It's south east of jungle. Go look there please! Are you willing to go? Player: yes Hairycles: Good thing that is! Report about your mission when have scroll. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

You have found an old parchment.

Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: You got scroll from lizard village in south east? Player: yes Hairycles: You brought scroll with lizard text? Good! I will see what text tells me! Come back when ready for other mission.

Mission 4: Parchment Decyphering
Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: Ah yes that scroll. Sadly me not could read it yet. But the holy banana me insight gave! In dreams Hairycles saw where to find solution ... Hairycles: Me saw a stone with lizard signs and other signs at once. If you read signs and tell Hairycles, me will know how to read signs ... Hairycles: You go east to big desert. In desert there city. East of city under sand hidden tomb is. You will have to dig until you find it, so take shovel ... Hairycles: Go down in tomb until come to big level and then go down another. There you find a stone with signs between two huge red stones ... Hairycles: Read it and return to me. Are you up to that challenge? Player: yes Hairycles: Good thing that is! Report about mission when you have read those signs. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

You have decyhered the signs.

Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: Ah yes, you read the signs in tomb? Good! May me look into your mind to see what you saw? Player: yes Hairycles: Oh, so clear is all now! Easy it will be to read the signs now! Soon we will know what to do! Thank you again! Ask for mission if you feel ready.

Mission 5: Hydra Egg
Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: So much there is to do for Hairycles to prepare charm that will protect all ape people ... Hairycles: You can help more. To create charm of life me need mighty token of life! Best is egg of a regenerating beast as a hydra is ... Hairycles: Bring me egg of hydra please. You may fight it in lair of Hydra at little lake south east of our lovely city Banuta! You thinkyou can do? Player: yes Hairycles: You brave hairless ape! Get me hydra egg. If you lose egg, you probably have to fight many, many hydras to get another. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

You have the Hydra Egg

Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: You bring Hairycles egg of hydra? Player: yes Hairycles: Ah, the egg! Mighty warrior you be! Thank you. Hairycles will put it at safe place immediately.

Mission 6: Witches Cap Mushroom
Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: Last ingredient for charm of life is thing to lure magic. Only thing me know like that is mushroom called witches cap. Me wastold it be found in isle called Fibula, where humans live ... Hairycles: Hidden under Fibula is a secret dungeon. There you will find witches cap. Are you willing to go there for good ape people? Player: yes Hairycles: Long journey it will take, good luck to you. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

You have the Mushroom

Player: hi Hairycles: Oh! Hello! Hello! Did not notice! Player: mission Hairycles: You brought Hairycles witches cap from Fibula? Player: yes Hairycles: Incredible, you brought a witches cap! Now me can prepare mighty charm of life. Yet still other missions will await you,friend.

Mission 7: Destroying Casks With Red Fluid
Player: hi Hairycles: Be greeted, friend of the ape people. If you want to trade, just ask for my offers. If you are injured, ask for healing. Player: mission Hairycles: Mighty life charm is protecting us now! But my people are still in danger. Danger from within ... Hairycles: Some of my people try to mimic lizards to become strong. Like lizards did before, this cult drinks strange fluid that lizardsleft when fled ... Hairycles: Under the city still the underground temple of lizards is. There you find casks with red fluid. Take crowbar and destroy three of them to stop this madness. Are you willing to do that? Player: yes Hairycles: Hairycles sure you will make it. Good luck, friend. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

Mission 8: Looking for a hair of holy ape
Player: hi Hairycles: Be greeted, friend of the ape people. If you want to trade, just ask for my offers. If you are injured, ask for healing. Player: mission Hairycles: You do please Hairycles again, friend. Me hope madness will not spread further now. Perhaps you are ready for other mission. Player: mission Hairycles: Now that the false cult was stopped, we need to strengthen the spirit of my people. We need a symbol of our faith that apepeople can see and touch ... Hairycles: Since you have proven a friend of the ape people I will grant you permission to enter the forbidden land ... Hairycles: To enter the forbidden land in the north-east of the jungle, look for a cave in the mountains east of it. There you will find theblind prophet ... Hairycles: Tell him Hairycles you sent and he will grant you entrance ... Hairycles: Forbidden land is home of Bong. Holy giant ape big as mountain. Don't annoy him in any way but look for a hair of holy ape ... Hairycles: You might find at places he has been, should be easy to see them since Bong is big ... Hairycles: Return a hair of the holy ape to me. Will you do this for Hairycles? Player: yes Hairycles: Hairycles proud of you. Go and find holy hair. Good luck, friend. Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

Mission 9: The Deepest Catacombs
Player: hi Hairycles: Be greeted, friend of the ape people. If you want to trade, just ask for my offers. If you are injured, ask for healing. Player: mission Hairycles: You brought hair of holy ape? Player: yes Hairycles: Incredible! You got a hair of holy Bong! This will raise the spirit of my people. You are truly a friend. But one last mission awaitsyou. Player: mission Hairycles: You have proven yourself a friend, me will grant you permission to enter the deepest catacombs under Banuta which we havesealed in the past ... Hairycles: Me still can sense the evil presence there. We did not dare to go deeper and fight creatures of evil there ... Hairycles: You may go there, fight the evil and find the monument of the serpent god and destroy it with hammer me give to you ... Hairycles: Only then my people will be safe. Please tell Hairycles, will you go there? Player: yes Hairycles: Hairycles sure you will make it. Just use hammer on all that looks like snake or lizard. Tell Hairycles if you succeed with mission.

You see a snake destroyer.It weighs 66.00 oz.

Player: bye Hairycles: Bye, bye.

Player: hi Hairycles: Be greeted, friend of the ape people. If you want to trade, just ask for my offers. If you are injured, ask for healing. Player: Mission Hairycles: Finally my people are safe! You have done incredible good for ape people and one day even me brethren will recognise that ... Hairycles: I wish I could speak for all when me call you true friend but my people need time to get accustomed to change ... Hairycles: Let us hope one day whole Banuta will greet you as a friend. Perhaps you want to check me offers for special friends... or shamanic powers. Player: shamanic powers Hairycles: Me truly proud of you, friend. You learn many about plants, charms and ape people. Me want grant you shamanic power now. You ready? Player: yes Hairycles: Friend of the ape people! Take my gift and become me apprentice! Here is shaman clothing for you!

From now on you can buy ape statues: Seeing, Speaking and Hearing.

To be continued...