The Shining Star of Light - A Tale of 5 (?) Failures

[mgriff02]

I saw the Shining Star of Light plugged in guild chat and decided to try to earn it on my level 6 Halfling Cleric, but have experienced nothing but failure in my quest. Read about the quest here:

https://wiki.project1999.com/Cure_for_Lempeck_Hargrin

Failure #1: I turned the Honey Jum in to Astaed Wemor on my cleric without knowing about the faction requirement. He ate it.

Failure #2: Made a Paladin alt to do turn-ins for me. Turned the Potion in to Lempeck Hargrin in WK and it was the wrong potion - so he killed me and I lost my progress.

Failure #3: Got the wrong potion again, so Lempeck killed me again.

Failure #4: Thought I'd be smart and get two Honey Jums for turn-ins so I wouldn't have to do the run from Rivervale to Qeynos again in case of another failure. Except the Honey Jum turned out to be lore, so Kizzie Mintopp ate my 3 Honeycombs and 30 gold.

Failure #5: In my frustration and desperation I wasn't thinking clearly, skipped the Astaed Wemor step, and turned the Honey Jum straight in to Lempeck. He ate it.

So that's where things stand now. In total I'm out 15 Honey Combs and 15 plat, plus several hours doing the Rivervale -> Qeynos run 4 times. But I'm determined to get this thing in spite of my own idiocy!

[jacob54311]

Yeah. This game was so unforgiving.

If it makes you feel any better, I messed up the final turn in for J boots on my old necro by giving Hasten TOO MUCH copper. Yes, giving him more copper than he required caused the quest to fail.

The pain still hasn't completely gone away.

[Aurick]

Keep at it! I got it today for my brother's level 7 Paladin on the sixth try. Totally worth it. I about jumped out of my chair with joy when he finally gave me the Rusty Scythe back instead of murdering my poor little mule!

[ldgo86]

I am totally doing this quest. When you receive the potion, it can be the wrong one? Do you need identify to check?

[mgriff02]

Originally Posted by ldgo86 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am totally doing this quest. When you receive the potion, it can be the wrong one? Do you need identify to check?

Yes Identify will tell you if you have the right one.

[Videri]

Originally Posted by mgriff02 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes Identify will tell you if you have the right one.

So cool! I love it that Identify actually has applications! The only other use for Identify that I can think of is making sure you have the right Piece of a Medallion for the VP key quest, but maybe there are other uses.

[Grimstrike]

Originally Posted by Videri [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So cool! I love it that Identify actually has applications! The only other use for Identify that I can think of is making sure you have the right Piece of a Medallion for the VP key quest, but maybe there are other uses.

So, you need a caster to cast a spell on you while you have the item picked up on your cursor?
Classes that cast Identify
Necromancer - Level 20
Wizard - Level 16
Magician - Level 16
Enchanter - Level 16

[Videri]

Originally Posted by Grimstrike [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So, you need a caster to cast a spell on you while you have the item picked up on your cursor?
Classes that cast Identify
Necromancer - Level 20
Wizard - Level 16
Magician - Level 16
Enchanter - Level 16

Exactly. But you missed ONE CLASS that can Identify!! Does anyone know what it is?

ALSO - once the Star of Eyes quest is put in (Temple of Sol Ro era?), anyone can quest a Star of Eyes and use it (from inventory) for instant-click Identify on any class.

[Cen]

I was afraid to do this quest because of the 50% fail rate on a bad potion that makes you die

[mgriff02]

Update: Attempt #6 worked! I'm the proud owner of a new Shining Star of Light!