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== Briefing ==
== Briefing ==


Brix Xenstone will not name you until you hold through the Arcane Energy Surge.
Brix Xenstone refuses to learn your name until you have endured the Arcane Energy Surge and returned with an accurate count.


== Steps ==
== Steps ==


Hold through the Arcane Energy Surge on ring one and bring the count to Brix Xenstone. Cogmisthorn and Machinemantle work that ground. Machine Crystal Flush can triple Machine Crystal yield.
Endure the Arcane Energy Surge on ring one, then deliver an accurate machine crystal count to Brix Xenstone. Cogmisthorn and Machinemantle roam that dangerous ground, and a Machine Crystal Flush can triple the yield.


== Reward ==
== Reward ==
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== Dialogue ==
== Dialogue ==


* You held steady through the arcane energy surge. Most do not.
* You held steady through the arcane energy surge, which most newcomers never manage.
* State your business before arcane energy surge does.
* State your business plainly, before the arcane energy surge catches up with you.
* Machine Crystal Flush triples Machine Crystal yield. Cogmisthorn and Machinemantle work ring one. Bring the count, not a story. Brix Xenstone counts this step from the Relic Tower Field under The Cogmist Toll. State your business before arcane energy surge does.
* Cogmisthorn and Machinemantle roam ring one, and a Machine Crystal Flush can triple the yield. Deliver an accurate count rather than a story; I keep the tally at the Relic Tower Field.
* Cogmist still stands. That is not the same as safe.
* Cogmist still stands, but do not mistake standing for genuine safety.
* Come back with something worth the walk.
* Come back carrying something that was actually worth the walk.


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Revision as of 21:32, 9 October 2026

The Cogmist Toll

Field Value
Quest_ID Q0865
Title The Cogmist Toll
Biome B097 Cogmist Wastes
Layer Main
Level 86
Giver Brix Xenstone (NPC0673)
Giver NPC ID NPC0673
Completer Brix Xenstone (NPC0673)
Completer NPC ID NPC0673
Items needed the machine crystal count
Prerequisites Tutorial
Giver settlement Relic Tower Field
Faction Cogmist Engineers
Side Evil
Difficulty Easy
Fail state No
Mystery chain No

Briefing

Brix Xenstone refuses to learn your name until you have endured the Arcane Energy Surge and returned with an accurate count.

Steps

Endure the Arcane Energy Surge on ring one, then deliver an accurate machine crystal count to Brix Xenstone. Cogmisthorn and Machinemantle roam that dangerous ground, and a Machine Crystal Flush can triple the yield.

Reward

  • Machine Draught x2
  • 500 XP
  • 50 Gold
  • 500 Cogmist Engineers rep

Dialogue

  • You held steady through the arcane energy surge, which most newcomers never manage.
  • State your business plainly, before the arcane energy surge catches up with you.
  • Cogmisthorn and Machinemantle roam ring one, and a Machine Crystal Flush can triple the yield. Deliver an accurate count rather than a story; I keep the tally at the Relic Tower Field.
  • Cogmist still stands, but do not mistake standing for genuine safety.
  • Come back carrying something that was actually worth the walk.

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