The Examination – Drakensang: The Dark Eye Quest

In this guide, you will find a map, legend, and walkthrough for the respective quest in Chapter 1 of Drakensang: The Dark Eye.

Map Legend

1 – Runkel Bagthumper
2 – Devotee of Peraine
3 – Meadowbolt Farm
4 – Mill Cellar Chest


Exits:

1. Entrance to the Mill Cellar.

Background

Runkel Bagthumper (#1) will give you this quest when you ask him what his mission is.

Walkthrough

Runkel will admit to you that he and Dranor came to Avestrue to complete the entrance examination for the Guild of Thieves, but since Dranor has gone missing, he’ll ask you to help him out. The examination has three parts:

• “Find the chest at Aves’ shrine and steal its contents.” You’ll find the chest next to the Devotee of Peraine (#2). The chest will only have a difficulty of 1, so it shouldn’t be difficult to pick, but you might need to supply your rogue with some sort of tool, such as a Hair Pin, to avoid the 10-point penalty on the talent test. To use a Hair Pin, you’ll have to drag it to the hotkey bar and then activate it from there.
  
  When you open the chest, you’ll find a Note – Aves’ Shrine inside, and you’ll also earn 10 experience points. However, you’ll quickly discover that the note is in some sort of code, and so you’ll need to take it to Runkel (#1) to get it deciphered. When you reach Runkel, he’ll decode the message and tell you your next task, and you’ll also earn 5 more experience points.
  
  
• “Find the key and the second clue in the chicken coop at the farm.” You’ll find the chicken coop at the Meadowbolt Farm (#3). However, when you approach it, you’ll be stopped by Wolfie the Guard Dog. “Woof! Woof! Woof!” To get past Wolfie, you’ll either need to steal the Dog Bone from Binga Meadowbolt, or use a dialogue option (including, possibly, intimidate from Rhulana and seduce from Dranor) to get it from her. Then you’ll just need to talk to Wolfie to give him the bone.
  
  Note: You’ll get 5 experience points for talking Binga into giving you the bone. You won’t gain any experience for stealing it from her.
  
  When you open the chicken coop, you’ll find a Guild of Thieves Key and a Note – Chicken Coop inside of it, and you’ll also earn 10 experience points. Once again the note will be encrypted, and so once again you’ll need to take it to Runkel (#1) to get it deciphered. When Runkel reveals your next task, you’ll also receive 5 experience points.
  
  
• “There is a chest in the ruins of the old mill. Open it and retrieve the note inside.” The Mill Cellar is located to the east (Exit A). You’ll find the chest on the northern side of the cellar, in a rat’s nest (#4). To get to the chest, you’ll have to fight half a dozen wolf rats, but they shouldn’t pose much of a problem for you, especially if you have Rhulana or Dranor with you.
  
  When you open the chest, you’ll find a Note – Mill Cellar inside, and you’ll also earn 15 experience points. This note won’t be encoded like the rest, but it won’t be in plain text, either. If you look carefully at the letters in the note, you’ll see “Wagoner’s Home” (a district in Ferdok) spelled backwards, plus the password “onac.” If you want to, you can relay this information to Runkel (#1) and receive 15 experience points for your efforts.

To complete the quest, you’ll need to travel to the Thieves Guild in Ferdok. You’ll find it in Wagoner’s Home across the street from the Serene Sow tavern in the northeastern corner of the district. The door will be labeled “cellar vault.” When you go inside and say the password to Debero, you’ll gain 30 experience points, and that’s how the quest will end.