Broken Key of Sands  

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Rating:
*****
Information:
Level:1
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Money
Success Lockout Timer: 00:30:00
Quest Items:
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Related Quests:
Era:Laurion's Song'
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Group Size:Solo
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Fri Jan 12 02:23:59 2024
Modified: Sat Apr 13 16:24:50 2024
Tides of Time Overview.



This task is part of the Anniversary tasks for 2024.

To get to the Tides of Time zone, head to North Ro and go to the southeast corner. There is a raised pad with a blue sparkly lines which is a teleporter to the tower in the distance, click the blue sparkling lines to zone into Tides of Time.

To start this quest, a ground spawn that looks like a blue collectible spawns near the first door up the ramp from the zone in. Click on the blue sphere to pick it up. Then right click the key in your inventory to start this quest.

This quest is scaled to your level.



You found a broken key in front of a door warm to the touch from a mysterious tower. The key appear crusted in sand that you know comes from the Desert of Ro. Further review of the broken key alludes to it being repairable.

  • 1. Explore the orc camps to the southeast 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    Investigate the orc camps toward the southeast. They are scavengers and are known to pick up things.

    This step updates at the orc camp in the southeast section of South Ro around /way 828, -2284, 44

  • 2. Defeat the attacking orc oracle 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    Defeat the attacking orc oracle and its minions.

    an orc oracle will attack you, defeat it.

  • 3. Loot the Broken Key Blade of Sand 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    an orc oracle will drop this.

  • 4. Explore the sand giant camps to the northwest 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    Head next to the sand giant camps toward the northwest. They have defeated many over the years and hoarded their possessions.

    This step updates around /way 2034, -508, 97

  • 5. Defeat the attacking sandstorm champion 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    Defeat the attacking sandstorm champion and his minions.

    a sandstorm champion spawns and attacks. Kill it.

  • 6. Loot the Broken Key Bow of Sand 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    The sandstorm champion had many trinkets on his belt. His belt looks to have passed from victor to victor. One of those trinkets looks like a bow of a key. Loot the Broken Key Bow of Sand.

    The sandstorm champion drops this, loot it.

  • 7. Explore the spectre tower to the north 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    Another ancient and vicious being of the desert is the spectre at the northern tower. Investigate the beaches near their tower for things lost in the sand.

    This step updates as soon as you get on the island near the spectre tower around /way 3791, -1535, 22

  • 8. Defeat the attacking haunting spectre 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    Defeat the attacking haunting spectre and its minions.

    a haunting spectre attacks. Kill it.

  • 9. Loot the Broken Key of Bitting of Sand 0/1 South Desert of Ro

    The haunting spectre had been collecting shiny pieces found in the sand. One of those pieces resembles the teeth of a key. Loot the Broken Key Bitting of Sand.

    The spectre you killed drops it, loot it.

  • 10. Repair the Broken Key of Sand 0/1 All

    You have found all of the pieces of the key. Repair the Broken Key of Sand.

    Broken Key of Sand you looted at the first step of the task is a container. Put all the items you looted into it and hit combine.

    This gives you Repaired Key of Sand. Right clicking it gives you the task Oasis of Sand.

    You have fashioned the items together to create something new: Repaired Key of Sand.
    Your task 'Broken Key of Sands' has been updated.
    You have successfully repaired the broken key and now have the Repaired Key of Sand. What mysteries does this key unlock?
    You have successfully been granted your reward for: Broken Key of Sands



    Reward(s):
    up to 1237p 5g 0s 0c at level 125
    Experience at Level 120 - 0.01% of the experience required to go from level 120 to 121 (or 64.70% of an AA point) and 1.01% of a mercenary AA point.
  • Submitted by: Gidono
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    Party play
    # Jan 25 2024 at 10:17 PM Rating: Decent
    If you are playing with a party, each person only NEEDS to complete the key portion of the chain once for the achievement. After that, you can either send the fastest person or the most solo-sufficient party member. You have 30 minutes to kill between runs and it does give you 1k pp if you are hurting for money. Only one key is needed per run after the first to start the group task. It takes 37 runs (plus the 10 tokens you got for the first key completion) to buy the mechanical boar mount. You do not get tokens for the key assembly portion of the chain. Only the instance.
    dont loot until you are at that point
    # Jan 20 2024 at 7:11 PM Rating: Decent
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    If you are doing this as a group and party members don't receive the explore step don't loot the broken key of sand until the update occurs or you will have to start over'
    group issues
    # Jan 20 2024 at 11:06 AM Rating: Excellent
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    This task is very group unfriendly. The mobs drop key pieces for everyone but task stages don't update. Once you trigger a spawn you can't do it again. Drop task, destroy the pieces you have and start from the beginning... Our solution was to drop group and trigger the spawns solo.
    group issues
    # Feb 13 2024 at 10:15 PM Rating: Decent
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    From day 1 you just had to all trigger the spawn and not kill or loot until you were all on the defeat step. No need to trigger them single.
    I think #8 above has a typo
    # Jan 20 2024 at 7:55 AM Rating: Good
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    Should be to kill the spectre, not the key.
    If someone kills the mob you spawn you start over
    # Jan 19 2024 at 3:05 PM Rating: Good
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    I got to the 1st Oracle camp and spawned the mob and a player ran over and killed it. I tried rezoning, camping and coming back and no oracle.

    The solution is apparently you start over, or KS someone else that zones in and spawns one. Every spot is camped along the way this morning. Very poorly thought out design if this is the case.
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