Totemic Helm  

[Kyralynn is at approx. loc +250, +2200 in Lake Rathetear, on the far southwestern side of the zone.]
You say, 'Hail, Kyralynn'
Kyralynn says 'Hello, _____! I am the shaman Kyralynn. If you have banded armor, my husband Vrynn and I can form it into a new shaman armor using this totem and some reagents for the ritual. I can use a banded [bracer], [mail], [helm] or [cloak] to form this new armor.'
You say, 'helm'
Kyralynn says 'The helm requires a banded helm, 1 ground dufrenite, a glacier bear pelt, and an ogreskin chamois from a lizard page.'

[The ogres who process the Dufrenite live near some stone huts close to the Rathe Mountains zoneline. Approx. loc +3000, -1800. For this quest you'll need Punga.]
You say, 'Hail, Punga'
Punga says 'Gimme duffynitey rocks! Me grindem GUUD!'
[After handing in the Dufrenite:]
Punga says 'GRIND! GRIND! GRIND!'
[No experience or faction changes.]

[After turning in the four items:]
Kyralynn says 'Impressive, do you have the rest?'
Kyralynn says 'Impressive, do you have the rest?'
Kyralynn says 'Impressive, do you have the rest?'
Kyralynn says 'Wear this well, ______!
[No experience or faction changes.]

Edited, Mar 22nd 2016 6:38pm by KaxonCompolten

I bagged this little bugger the other morning at 5am EST. Iwas going to Halas to buy some Alchemy components and decided to check the cave just for the hack of it. When I went there was one IB raoming counter clockwise so i figured the bear wasnt up, but went in towards the middle and cast sense animals anyway. BANG!! The elusive bear was up. I quickly swam out and bound myself by the hole, also putting an end to the pet i had summoned. I swam back in and went almost up the the first intersection. There I stopped, summoned pet, and cast Talisman of T'Narg and Regen on it. I then loaded, from top to bottom, Gate, Sense Animals, Malaisement, Listless Power, Tagar's Insects, Scourge, Shock of the Tainted, and Root. The bear was moving counter clockwise also so I went left and up to the round room to a spot where I could see both entrances to that room. I had no idea whether Lich was up and no intentions of tearing around the place to find out. The bear did go up by Sulon McMoor and then back down by the entrance to the room I was in. I kept the dog beside me to keep him from attacking until I was ready. As the bear went by me I cast Tagars Insects then ran back into the corner of the room. I turned around, sic the dog, and cast root. Since the frost based spells are useless I unleashed 3 blasts of Shock of the Tainted (225 DD poison based) before the root broke. By that time the bear was down to a little over 1 bubble left. He rushed me, swung 1 time then turned and ran. 1 final blast and he went down. I looted the pelt, Gated out by the hole and never lost 1 HP. Needless to say, the hardest part of the quest to this Shaman, having just broke into level 37, was patience and diligence in checking on the bear. I wouldnt recommend anyone trying this part till lvl 34. The bear was dark blue to me at 37 but never hit me. Root, slow, and poison DD is all you really need to defeat the monster. Good luck and look me up on the Povar server if you need help. Mdakintoo Shaman of the 37th

First off keep Gate up at all times, the Lich does wander and is no joke. Head to the center area that has a broken teleporter with 2 Icebone spawns (#2 on EQAtlas map). This is where you set up camp. Now cast Sense Animal. If you don't get a Glacier Bear targeted he is not up and you'll need to kill the 2 wandering Icebone skelly PHs, log out and come back in 7-8 hours and cast Sense Animal again. (Doing this quest 3 times I've only had to clear the PHs once each time, and the first time 2 Glacier Bears pop'd). Waiting here you can see when the Lich and IBs walk by the room enterance, target the Lich and cast vision to watch where he goes if you want to be ultra safe. Easy to pull the IB into the room with a DD as they walk by. For this quest Sense animal and Vision are a great help.

Garborg
50 Shaman
Lany's

Edited, Fri May 17 08:59:53 2002

Where do you get the Chamois now that CT has been redone into a higher level zone?

I was in Everfrost hunting mammoths for plat and waiting for my guild's perma raid (I can never get 'em to drop tusks when I need them, hehe) when I saw the glacier bear on track. Light blue so I thought, what the hell. The swim was easy (had enduring breath on, but probably didn't need it). The bear can occaisonally hit quite hard and resisted most of my weapon's procs (wakizashi of the frozen skies). I killed it and looted pelt without knowing what it was until I asked in /ooc and someone told me it was for this quest. My shammy friend should be happy if I can manage to do the rest of the quest :-)

Anyway, the really lucky part was backing away from the bear after I'd snared it... two seconds later, Lich and his pet walked straight through where I had been stood. So a word of warning, watch where those two wander, because boy they look nasty at my level (36). And one more thing, altho finding the cave is easy underwater, finding your way back to the ice hole can be hard work...

Cazic Thule is now lvl 50+ !

How can I have this Ogreskin Chamois ?!

Viglaine
Shamy 28

what kind of a banded helm do i need to get i gave kyralynn a banded helm and when you look at the size line it say small do .when i told the black smith i need a medium 1 he said that its a medium 1 any way i didnt get the totemic helm form kyralynn . so what helm i need ???

Go at http://www.eqatlas.com/halasmap.html (shop number 13) to buy a dufrenite.

It did cost me 189 pp with a druid wood elf (charisma 87).

A banded helm is what you need, the "medium" part is confusing people. There is no "medium" named banded, just the regular "banded helm" is sized medium. Its only named something different if it is large or small sized in which cases it is named "large banded helm" or "small banded helm" respectively.

When an npc gives a quest they almost ALWAYS want the EXACT item that they say. In this case the barb quest givers in lake rathe say A BANDED MAIL, A BANDED HELM, etc because that is the EXACT name of the medium sized ones.

So no, a "SMALL banded helm" or a "LARGE banded helm" won't work because it is not what they ask for.

You make this, the "banded helm", in the cities of medium wearing races. Those cities are freeport, neriak, kelethin and qeynos (molds sold in qey hills for banded if i remember right) Yes, thats right, even though dark elves and the other elves are really small/med so its better for them to wear small banded since its light weight their cities STILL only sell medium. Even though the barbarians are med/large their silly town sells only large armor molds so its heavier also.

"Banded Helm

AC: +8
Weight: 4.5
Classes: Ranger Shaman Cleric Paladin Shadowknight Bard Rogue Warrior
Races: All Races"

In that case Allakhazam's is wrong with:

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=1463

because "A banded helm" is NOT all races, but only races who can wear medium armor so it excludes small only races and large only races.

And this link only shows that one "banded helm and not the "small banded helm" or "large banded helm."

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/listitem.html?invslot=Head

I consider myself very lucky to have spawned the bear in less than a day (3 cycles). I entered the caves and killed the roaming skellies and marked the time. As a Ranger doing this quest for a guildmate, I would highly recommend bringing a ranger along. Seven hours later I checked and both PH skellies were up again. So the third time, I went earlier and watched the bear spawn at exactly 6 hours. [Edit: Please note that in each of many other camps I have completed with this bear, the spawn is 7 hours.] Then a second bear popped a few minutes after I killed the first one. So, I can confirm that two bears can pop on one cycle. I did a quick /who and found a Shaman of 19 seasons and escorted him to the cave and promptly proceeded to beat down the bear for him. For some reason, during the last spawn cycle the Lich was despawned - lucky me!

A few tips for Rangers helping their Shammy friends:
- Set /tracksort to distance
- Move forward into the caves to the first intersection, then track
- You will see 2 Skeletons close together (The ones by the broken teleporter)
- You will see 3 Skeletons close together (The ones in the hut with the wizard wand piece)
- The other 2 Skeletons are the placeholders (Or a bear if you're lucky)
- Keep the Lich on track so that you can stay away from him.
- Cast enduring breath, no matter how well you or your Shaman friend can swim

Greetings and salutations!

The Glacier Bear is indeed located in the caves under the ice river. Use the hole located closest to Meg's Tower and swim north into the caves. If you swimming is 100 or above, you will make the swim easy- else have someone put enduring breath on you.

The problem with the bear spawn is two fold-
1) The spawn cycle is almost exactly 7 hours
2) There is a place holder for the bear (an icebone skeleton)

There are basically two (2) placeholder roaming spawns on a 7 hour clock. They are the only spawn that roam the caverns, all others are stationary. The place holders have 3 possible pops:
1) Icebone skeleton (common)
2) Lich and Pet (rare)
3) Glacier Bear (very rare)

The key is to go into the caverns (ranger assistance is helpful to avoid the Lich) and kill the place holders and mark the time. 7 real-world hours later, they next spawn cycle will occur and hope for a bear.

The shortest period I've ever seen this quest take is about 4 real-world days, religiously marking time of placeholder kills and checking back in with track. If the lich spawns, it is definately bad news as this guy is very nasty. He can drop a level 40 in a few seconds.

On the banded helm- armor can be confusing and it's very simple once you realize a few things:
1) The NAME of the armor denotes it's size. So "Small Banded Helm", "Banded Helm", and "Large Banded Helm" are the 3 sizes possible, with the no designation always meaning "Medium"
2) The SIZE parameter in the armor information page denotes the CONTAINER SIZE from which it will fit within. This is common of ALL items in EQ. They all have a "SIZE:" field and this refers to what kind of sack or bag is needed to carry it. Do not let this confuse you on armor size for race applicability.

It's quite possible to have, say, "Large Bracer" showing "SIZE:Small." This simply means it fits large races, but will also fit in a potion bag or other container that can only hold small items.

Last comment here- there is lore of an additional drop on the Glacier bear of interest to clerics. "An ICON of the Devout" or similar. I've seen dozens of bears fall but never heard of such a drop. I've ran into a cleric now camping the same bear looking for this drop to only be dissapointed by the bear only having the pelt and some bear meat. Has anyone ever seen the icon?

I'd really feel sorry for clerics if their drop is on such a rare spawn with long spawn cycle AND a rare drop. Be it as it may, it might be wise to send a shout out to clerics to give loot rights for the icon if you ever run into one... or try to pair up with a cleric to double-shift the 7 hour spawn. :)

Peace and grace be with you

so the bear spawns in the cave that you have to swim under the frozen river to get to?? and the icebone skeletons are the placeholders???

Just a simple dumb question, i know the instructions say medium banded helm, would a small work? and if not, where can i get a medium helm mold? I made a small that i got in East Freeport... where are mediums sold?

thanks