Ithilien: Ganthog's Sword (tracked)

Quest Info

Recommended Level
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  • Description

    Explore a hidden camp and kill a huge orc.

  • A huge two-handed sword.

  • From the Eastern Osgiliath signpost (A bridge over the Morgulduin).

    do n,ne,8n,nw,3w,ne

  • Climb up to the campsite, find the clearing and locate a hidden treasure to bring out the orc.

  • The A large faceted gem can be sold to the Gem Dealer in Minas Tirith for 300 gold (A tall man is here, relaxing part of MT6: Opals for Gem Dealer).

    The A huge two-handed sword will give custom shape messages periodically throughout your fight and is an extremely powerful weapon. However it cannot be wielded by Hobbits or Dwarves and whilst wielding it your dodge will be reduced by 30. It also cannot be placed in a sheath or baldric, however comes with its own sheath which you can simply use by.

    sheath sword

  • You will need to be relatively unencumbered for this command, if you need to remove some armour to complete it you can go up and down in order to bring all your equipment in. Unless you are a ranger you will only be able to climb up during the daytime.

    climb cliff

    If you see The bank is too sheer for you to climb. Your foot slips and you wind up back where you started, on a pile of loose rock. OUCH! That hurt! you are carrying too much and will have to lighten your load. Once you see You find the struggle up the embankment to be easier than it looked. If you start in exactly the right place, what look to be random bits of loose stone turn out to function almost as a set of stairs. Near the top, you discover a deep ledge that was invisible from below. Before you is a hidden pathway between two overlapping rocks. you can continue to the next command.

    do 2sw,clearing

    After the next command, you will be attacked and hunted. Once you are attacked you will need to kill the orc quickly, however he will periodically get help from An orc soldier (You will see You hear the sound of running feet from somewhere behind you!) who will protect him, however these do not hunt, so you can simply move one room away in order to focus on the leader (I would suggest heading towards the exit).

    do search refuse,kill orc

    Once Huge orc is dead, take the sword from his corpse. To escape (if you need to heal), you can.

    do pond,2ne,embankment

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