Ranger Epic 1.5

Ranger 1.5 Epic Guide Heartwood Blade

You must have completed either the Ranger 1.0 Epic or the Ranger 1.5 Pre-Quest to begin this quest.

Pre-farmable Steps (This is assuming OoW is unlocked):

Step 1 – Forage in Rathe Mountains for Sickly Maiden’s Hair

Step 4 – Level Fletching to 102

Step 5 – Collect all items in Step 5

Step 1

Go to Rathe Mountains. Forage until you get [Sickly Maiden’s Hair].

Step 2

Go to Eastern Karana and locate Althele (-3650, -1600). Say “out of balance” to receive emote:

Althele says, 'I am certain taht you would sense it too, had you been so blessed as to be without sight. My sense of the life of Norrath is greatly heightened without the hindrance of vision. As I can sense that you have at your call the power of he lands, perhaps in the form of the Nature Walkers Scimitar. I can feel an unnatural illness creeping about the edges of Norrath. Please, if you come across anything suspicious bring it to me. I am worried about this cold sickness that I can almost taste. Go with the blessing of the Mother and the speed of the Storm, my child.'

Then give her Sickly Maiden’s Hair to receive Tuft of Sickly Maiden’s Hair.

Step 3

Go to Surefall Glade and locate Corun Finisc. He roams a bit. Give him Tuft of Sickly Maiden’s Hair to receive Borrowed Medicine Bag (6-slot container) and 6x Magical Sample Vial.

Step 4

Get Fletching to 102

Step 5

Collect the following items. They will be used in Fletching combines:

1. 1x Fallen Tree Branch – Foraged – Dranik’s Scar/City of Dranik/Possibly other Omens of War Zones.
2. 1x Pine Sap – Foraged – Jaggedpine Forest/Abysmal Sea/Nedaria’s Landing
3. 4x Phase Spider Silk – Drops – a phase spider in Dragon Necropolis
4. 1x Whittling Knife – Bought – Abysmal Sea from Tasec Dreeng (-80, +200) — Use Find.
5. 8x Golanda Nut (tradable) – Foraged – Most Omens of War zones
6. 1x Smithy Hammer – Bought – Borik Darkanvil, Southeast Trader Building, PoK | Loc: -375 +500

Step 6

Combine the following into a Fletching Kit:

1. Combine 1x Golanda Nut and 1x Smithy Hammer to create Fibrous Rope. Do this until you have

8x Fibrous Rope.  Smithy Hammer will be returned upon each combine.

1. Combine 8x Fibrous Rope to create Eight-loop Lasso.
2. Combine 4x Phase Spider Silk with 1x Pine Sap to create Phase Netting.
3. Combine 1x Fallen Tree Branch with 1x Whittling Knife to create Long Net Pole.
4. Combine Long Net Pole with Phase Netting to create Large Butterfly Net.
5. Verify the two resulting items you now have are: Large Butterfly Net and Eight-loop Lasso.

Step 7

1) Go to Siren’s Grotto and locate a twitching swordfish. Equip Large Butterfly Net in your primary slot before engaging. If you don’t have it equipped you’ll an emote telling you to equip it.

Get a twitching swordfish below 20% HP. Make sure to NOT kill it. Use low level nukes and turn away from it so don’t riposte.

Once it’s below 20% you just have to be patient. Let the a twitching swordfish continue to hit you until you get Captured Swordfish on your cursor. If it regenerates back above 20% that is fine. You only need to get it below 20% once. If you kill it by mistake the respawn time is a bit over an hour.

**This can be buggy. Sometimes you will not get the item. I am not sure what the solution is. I have tried resetting the mob and it doesn’t seem to do anything. You may have to kill it and come back. It work for me when I killed it and came back**