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Yeah that's right, I called it a study guide. From now on, ALL guild members will be required to read this topic and develop a relative understanding of how GPQ works before participating. This is to avoid confusion and misunderstanding while we try to complete the challenging, yet fun Guild Party Quest. We don't expect you to completely know everything right away but this will give you a little insight on the subject. We'll go stage by stage, please fully read and understand every part. If there's a part you don't understand or have any questions about, either ask here or in-game. When you are done, please post your character name and "I have read this guide" so we may know that you are eligible to participate. Pretty easy, huh? Ok, let's begin.

*CREDITS TO HIDDEN-STREET.NET FOR A TEMPLATE TO HELP ME MAKE THIS GUIDE AND THE PICS.*


REQUIREMENTS

First off, there's a few requirements for us to be able to successfully finish. Here's a list:

-At least 6 people in GPQ at all times.
-One member who is level 30 or below.
-One member with dark sight or doom.
-One member with teleport.
-One member that is a ranged character. (ranger, sniper or hermit) *I read on sw.net that a sader with maxed shout and haste could do the ranged part but I've yet to test this. UPDATE: I've tested and confirmed this.
-One member with max haste or a member with a lot of equips to boost jump. (I've been able to manage with 119% jump)

*Make sure you have someone to meet each of these requirements before you start or there's no point, unless you just wanna go in for fun and not finish.


WHERE TO MEET

First, start in Perion. Make your way East (to the right) and continue until you reach Rocky Road III. Go into the portal at the top and continue through Excavation Site I, II and III until you get to Excavation Site (Camp) . This is where we'll start. When everyone has met up and we've organized the parties, the leader will click Shuang to put us on the enrollment list. When it's our turn to start (which is usually right away) then everyone must also click Shuang to enter.

SHUANG



STAGE 0

Once we enter there will be a timer set at 1 hour and 33 minutes. When the timer has counted down to 1:30, we can enter the portal and begin. Once you enter, there will be 2 maps with purple crystals imbedded in the walls.

-Hit a crystal and equip the earrings that appear.

-MAKE SURE TO EQUIP THE EARRINGS. If you don't, then you will instantly die when you enter the next stage.

-After you equip your earrings, proceed right through the portals until you reach a wall of statues which is stage 1.

PURPLE CRYSTALS



STAGE 1

Stage 1 is basically like a game of Simon. Remember that old electronic game that had a pattern of lights appear then you had to repeat it? Well this is basically the same thing. The one big difference though is that one person cannot possibly see every statue that lights up, so what we do is designate 1 or 2 people on either side of the gate and another to watch the 3 statues above the gate. There will be 3 parts to this stage, first a pattern of 4, then a pattern of 5 and finally a pattern of 6. IF YOU ARE NOT A DESIGNATED HITTER/WATCHER PLEASE BE QUIET AND STAND IN FRONT OF THE GATE.

-The leader clicks the Lion NPC and says in guild chat "starting 1"

-The respective watcher will say "1", "2", "3" and "4" in order, as each statue lights up. This is to ensure the correct order. If there are 2 watchers then only ONE person say the number, the other should just remember the sequence in case the other forgets.

-After all the numbers have been said for that part in the stage, the person who saw and called "1" should hit the first statue that lit up. They will then call "Hit 2", and the second statue will be hit and so on until all statues are hit in order. When they are done, the person to hit the last statue will call "Done" or "click" and the leader will click the Lion NPC to complete that part.

-Repeat these steps until we have completed all 3 parts.

-Proceed through the gate to stage 2.


STAGE 2

Stage 2 basically consists of retrieving 4 Longinus Spears and putting them on a set of 4 altars. Some of the steps in this stage require certain skills. Please take a look at the picture below:

MAIN ROOM (Hall of the Knight):

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ANYONE WITHOUT A PREDETERMINED TASK
-Proceed to Room A.
-Pick any of the 3 jump quests and attempt to reach the top.
-If you are the one to reach the top, hit the chains holding the spear and pick it up. (you must jump and press your pickup button to loot it)
-Call out the respective color in guild chat of the JQ you just completed. (red, blue or yellow)
-Proceed to Room D or give the spear to someone who has the function to place the spear where it needs to be.

ROOM A (Room of Faith):

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STRONG ATTACKERS (70+)
-Proceed to Room B.
-Kill the muscle golems until a key drops.
-Pick up the key and exit.
-Proceed to Room C and drop the key in front of the door to unlock it.

ROOM B (Room of Courage):

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MEMBER WITH TELEPORT AND MEMBER WITH DARK SIGHT/DOOM
-Wait outside Room C until someone comes to drop the key to unlock the door.
-The mage/priest will tele through the barrier on the right of the bottom platform, hit the stones and retrieve a key.
-Tele back and give the key to the thief with darksight. (or if using a priest with doom, whoever has the guts to go across the top platform)
-Proceed right across the top platform with either darksight or doomed golems and drop the key in front of the locked door.
-Enter, hit the chains to get the spear (jump to loot) and bring it back.
-Take the spear to Room D or give it to someone who has the function to place the spear where it needs to be.

ROOM C (Room of Pledge):

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WHERE THE SPEARS SHOULD GO
-If you have a spear, proceed to Room D. There will be 4 Jump Quests with an altar at the top to place the spears.
-JQ 1 is easy to complete, simply climb to the top.
-JQ 2 will need haste or at least 119% jump.
-JQ 3 will require you to know a combination of the platforms to go up. These are from left to right. 2-1-5-2-2-1-2.
-JQ 4 will require at least level 17 teleport.

ROOM D (Room of Glory):

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When all spears are in place, go to the gate at the bottom right of the main room and proceed to stage 3.


STAGE 3

Stage 3 consists of of obtaining 4 different items and dropping them in front of the 4 statues to figure out a combination.
-As soon as you walk in the room, there will be black knights and myst knights. If you are below level 50 or so, i'd advise not entering until they are dead.
-One person should pick up the medals, and another should pick up all the scrolls.
-Anyone else can proceed to the rooms at the top right and top left and retrieve the Jr. Necki whiskey and Spoiled foods that we may also need for the combination.
-The leader will click on the Lion NPC to get the clues as to which items are correct, which are incorrect and which are unknown.
-After 7 failed attempts, there will be a large number of black and myst knights that spawn, so anyone not willing to fight should stay on the ladders.
-When the correct combination is completed, go through the doorway that appears in the wall and proceed to Stage 4.

**If anyone wants to come up with a strategy for me to put in this part I will do so. Otherwise, I believe it's rather complicated to explain rather than to just learn from experience.


STAGE 4

Stage 4 consists of doing various tasks to get Sharen III's shoes, pants, top and crown and bringing them to his corpse. There will be 4 holes in the main rooms which lead us to the various tasks in order to do this. There are certain holes that will teleport you around the map and certain ones that actually let you in the room. I'm not too sure of where the tele holes lead, so I can't elaborate on this right now but next time we GPQ I'll experiment with them a bit.


HOLE 1
-Strong attackers should enter and kill the puppet golems until you have 9 Signs of Evil.
-Collect all 9 and drop them in front of the door to unlock it.
-Make your way through the jump quest until you have reached the end.
-Hit the box until it breaks and collect the pants.
-Go through the door and proceed right to wait for the rest of the group.

HOLE 2
-A member with haste or at least 119% jump should do this part.
-Simply make your way through the jump quest until you reach the very end.
-Hit and break the box and pick up shoes.
-Go back down to the second level in the room and proceed through the doorway, go right and wait for the rest of the group.

HOLE 3
-A member that is level 30 or below MUST do this part.
-Go in the hole and kill the devil slimes that appear.
-Collect the Signs of Evil and drop them in front of the door to unlock it.
-Go in and complete the jump quest until you reach the box.
-Hit the box, get the top and and go right until you reach the rest of the group.

HOLE 4
-A ranged member should do this part.
-Use the tele to go to the platform to the left of the unreachable golem and kill him.
-Kill all the gargoyles and collect the 8 signs of evil.
-Drop them in front of the door to unlock it and go through.
-Use the teleporters and figure out the random pattern to get to the top.
-Hit and break the box, and pick up the crown.
-Proceed right and meet up with the group.

When all 4 parts are retrieved, we will drop them in this order: shoes, bottom, top, crown. Then the leader will click Sharen III's ghost and the group will go on the stage 5.


STAGE 5

This stage is pretty simple but so heartbreaking. Basically, we'll need a member to sacrifice him/herself at the door to let the rest of us in. We usually have a low-level member do this that can't really help in the final battle. The sacrifice will have to drop his/her earrings at the door. When the sacrifice is made they will need to make sure to actually DROP them by dragging them outside the equip box, don't just double-click and unequip them or the door won't open. Also when you are sent back make sure to get another pair of earrings or you'll die as soon as you enter the bonus round. The attackers or anyone that wants to fight Ergoth will the proceed to the throne room, everyone else will go in the crack in the wall just before the throne room or wait outside.


STAGE 6

This is the big battle. When everyone is prepared and buffed up, someone (preferably a warrior or someone with high HP) will hit and break the rubian at the throne to summon Ergoth. The members up top should hit the chain to control the summons and they will also deal some damage with the chandalier above Ergoth's head. The attacking group knows what to do: POUND HIM INTO SUBMISSION. Ergoth will summon lots and lots of black and myst knights. He also uses super defense up, both magic and physical. The statues cast dispel, seal, slow and the dreaded 1/1 attack. So come prepared with pots and allcures. Attackers should go for the front two statues first, then hit Ergoth himself when those are out of the way. If he buffs up then you should attack the statues. But go for Ergoth if you can.


-Lion statue A has 1,000,000 hp and is resistant to all elements.


-Lion statue B has 800,000 hp and is resistant to all elements.


-Kinght statue A has 900,000 hp and is resistant to all elements.


-Knight statue B has 900,000 hp and is resistant to all elements.


-Ergoth has 1,700,000 hp and is only weak to heal.

When Ergoth is dead he will drop the rubian, the leader will pick this up and click the Lion NPC to start the Bonus stage.


Bonus stage

The part we've all been waiting for!! Bonus stage lasts for 30 seconds and you hit boxes to gain prizes, just like any other bonus stage. I know of some scrolls that drop and other random items. Also when 4th job comes out, there's some 4th job skillbooks that can be obtained from GPQ.

PLEASE DO NOT LOOT ANYONE ELSE'S ITEMS. If they hit the box, then it's their's. The only acceptable time to loot someone's item is if time is about to run out, then you should give them the item afterwards. Break this rule and keep the item, then you will be expelled from the guild.

Anyways, that's basically it. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask. I wish everyone luck and good luck on our next GPQ!!!

MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO GPQ

Tigercho
Saerhyn
TheShinji
warpedbelief
Antoninus
Portlandia
FullChaos
Bands: Rap, rock, all kinds of stuff.

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I'll try to get the pics fixed as soon as I can.

Anyways, I think I should acknowledge also. I'm Tigercho/Falconist and I have read this guide. Many, many times for proofreading and editing.
Bands: Rap, rock, all kinds of stuff.

Theshinji. *salutes* I read it too!

Haha, for the medal/scroll thing in stage 3, I recommend switching off any auto loot items. That way, we can designate people to pick them up. That is, of course, if they can. The drops appear to be programmed so they can ONLY be picked up by whoever dealt the finishing blow to the Myst/Black knight that drops it, which complicates things when you have 4+ people mobbing them >_>;;

EDIT: Ok, this is a temporary thing. For now, i'll do it in the next GPQ to see how it works. Basically, if you're not an attacker in the boss fight, party with me and follow my instructions. Mostly, this will simply involve not entering stage 3 when I tell you and staying quiet in stage 1. BUT, after the last time we ran, and things got annoying and complicated in stage 3, I thought i'd give it a shot. I'm not trying to be condescending, I understand how it feels when youi have nothing to do, but running around and spamming chat/antagonising other guild members does NOT help us get through any faster >_>;;;

v Has 4 rocks to send you
Bands: lostprophets, Hikaru utada, puffy Amiyumi, Shiro Sagisu

Aha! I never thought of that

We'll be a GPQ pwning machine in no time
Bands: lostprophets, Hikaru utada, puffy Amiyumi, Shiro Sagisu

Yeah, I was planning to make a list of everyone that confirmed at the bottom of the guide. We can do one on the BBS too, good idea. I'll try to edit in more detail about stage 3 also.
Bands: Rap, rock, all kinds of stuff.

warpedbelief, I read it.

I just noticed I probably go in the wrong part for stage 4. I just always followed Zoe, she goes in hole 4, when I should be going in hole 1.
Bands: Alexisonfire, The Faint, Tool, Say Anything

I'm signing in on this account since I can't get to Portlandia. But I've read the above guide. It sounds like fun and I hope if I ever get to go on a GPQ, I don't screw up too bad.

1 things:

Stage 3: PUT YOUR PET AWAY. If you don't put the pet away you end up in situations where more than one person can have the scrolls or medals.

I read it, although I already know most of it >_>
Bands: Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, Counting Crows, Cute Is What We Aim For, etc

@Zoe: Hahaha
Bands: Alexisonfire, The Faint, Tool, Say Anything

Well, the guild run was really fun but I died way too many times.
But overall, it was a really good experience!! Thanks all for participating!

NINJARIKU555 REPORTING FOR DUTEEEEE! -tries to bow, but falls on fais-

Loxxer - I have read this guide.
I'd be happy to be your below 30 quester one day soon. :-D
Blogs: Yay!
Bands: Eisley, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin

whoa, someone read it O_O
Bands: lostprophets, Hikaru utada, puffy Amiyumi, Shiro Sagisu

Chyeah. I wanna do a GPQ. Sounds fun.
Blogs: Yay!
Bands: Eisley, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin

Well, the requirement to participate rule has kinda been done away with. We were too desperate just for members to go so yeah. I guess this is more of a guide now, not required reading.
Bands: Rap, rock, all kinds of stuff.



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