Hi all, I'm back!

I know I promised a while ago that I was coming back. My apologies for the white lie! I ended up extremely busy with school, life, moving, etc. etc.

However! My life has finally settled down and I once again started a new character! I currently have 3 main characters and one that I'll probably never really mess with again. My three characters on Faeblight include Niahm (Level 70 Cleric), Nyteangel (Level 67 Mage), and my new rogue Aethia (at this time almost level 22).

I just finished the Freemarch zone and I've started on Stonefield a little. I have a friend I'm running around and leveling with. We both decided to tackle all of the crafting skills at high levels so we made baby toons to gather all of the low-level stuff with to level our craft skills.

I don't know how popular this game still is, but I figured that I would come around and tackle some of the old zone puzzles, hidden gems, cairns, and whatnot with you guys. Anything I find interesting that I think you guys may like I'll post here! If you have any specific requests, questions, or interests, just leave a comment. I always try to reply as soon as I can. You can also message me on one of my toons!

For now, I'm going to tackle the little hidden treasures in the Lake of Solace! There are a number of sunken treasure boxes at the bottom of the lake with level 20 gear just waiting to be opened for all of you little toons! The best place to start is /setwaypoint 5644, 5644. From here, you can see the glitter of the first clickable treasure chest, as shown below, straight in front of you.

The second treasure chest is at /setwaypoint 5459, 6005. Be very careful with this one! It's technically in the Shimmersand zone and there are elites swimming around the area. If you're careful, you can avoid them easily. The box is nestled against some underwater boulders as shown below.

From this chest, you'll swim down deeper into the lake. There is a crevice pathway you will follow around the lake where you'll periodically find chests. The third one is at /setwaypoint 5570, 6235. 

After collecting this treasure chest, you'll follow the crevice pathway to the left. The fourth box is at /setwaypoint 5881, 6223. 

After collecting this chest, the path will split. When you reach the Y, keep left. The fifth box is at /setwaypoint 6336, 6233.

The next one is also technically in Shimmersand, so be careful! You'll go to /setwaypoint 6043, 6514.

The last Shimmersand-based treasure chest is at /setwaypoint 6447, 6432. This one isn't as dangerous, there aren't any high-level mobs around.

From this treasure chest, you'll make your way to /setwaypoint 6725, 5985. This is the final treasure chest. This gives you the achievement Seeking Solace!

After this, if you're interested in the Freemarch puzzle located in the Lake of Solace, it's at /setwaypoint 5998, 6141.

The way to complete this puzzle is pretty self-explanatory. You have to get all of the lamps to light up. They disappear and reappear pretty quickly so it may take a few minutes to complete. 

Once completed, you will get the achievement Sleeping with the Fishes!

I'll be back with more soon! Until then, stay Rifty! 

Starting Over

Okay, so today I started a new character on Rift.

Partly because I haven't played in months due to college and everything in this game changing while I was away, and partly because I kind of wanted to start over, work on the achievements from the beginning, and post logs about those.

For those of you new to rift and interested in the "acheesements" (mostly zone type achievements) side of things, I'm hoping to be able to put in some time on this game over my summer break and go over as many of the achievements as I can in the first 50-ish levels. (I am also playing FF14 with a friend, so I'm going to divide my time as best I can between real life and these two games.)

My new character is named Niahm (Guardian), and I'm on the Faeblight server.

I'll make a new post once I get up to a point in Silverwood where I can start working on some of the zone achievements.

If you have any specific ones you're interested in seeing, you can leave a comment here or message/mail me in game! Just let me know which achievement and for which zone!

How to reach Vesdar Doc in Seratos - Necropolis

The location for this cairn is 10590, 4800.

To reach this cairn, start in Necropolis and take the transporter to the top level and take the upper exit.  Where the storm legion rift is, there is a dead-end like path to the right.  Follow it and go around the back of the rocks till you come to the steep narrow hill (10467, 5109).  Climb up that.

Make your way along the hills till you reach a fork in the paths at 10449, 4931 where you should take the left, lower pathway and continue along it until you reach the cairn!

Hope this helps clear up the confusion! :)

M'Doidoi Doll @ 6015, 10531

This post is in response to the Anon who asked about the M'Doidoi doll located at 6015, 10531.

The best way that my friends and I have found to reach this particular doll is quite an interesting pathway.  It may take you a few tries to get there, but it does work!  There's no race-specific things involved, just jumping and falling and the like.

Our starting point is on the south side of Cassana Estate -

The puzzle is also located in this area, about 5886, 10719.  Oddly enough, I found there is a M'Doidoi doll located right beside the puzzle. I'm not sure if it is collectible or not, but it's worth checking out.  Might get you an easy way out. ;-) 

If you do choose to follow through with this, follow the pathway that I marked with a red line on the picture above till you reach the tower that blocks your path.  Down to the right there is a roof.

Back up about 10 or so paces and, while mounted, you should jump down onto that roof.  Once down there go to the other side and look down to your right again.  There is a round pillar that you should slide down onto.  Aim carefully though, you may slide right off. 

Once you're on that pillar, jump to the curved edge of the roof that surrounds the tower straight across from you.  Make your way around it and to the tower on the other side and there's your doll! 

I hope this helps you!  Sorry it's somewhat complicated.  If anyone finds an easier way, please let me know!

RE: Eastern Holdings Cairn - Oryp Namap

This post is for the Anon who asked about reaching Oryp Namap in Eastern holdings for the Cairn Do Too achievement. 

A good starting point for this is near the vine on the lower side of the mountain the cairn is located on.  There's a smaller hill leading up to the mountain.  The coordinates I'm at right now to start are about 7411, 9004.

You can use the path ways leading up this hill to reach the next part.

There's some jumping to hit the right groves but it's pretty easy. :) 

Then it's a straight shot across the top of the mountain with some precise stepping/jumping and you're there!

Hope this helps you!

M'Doidoi

The achievement M'Doidoi is a fairly easy one to do. You have to collect 6 dolls from around Cassana Estate. They can be a little tricky to get to at times but all in all its a very simple achievement.

The dolls are in the following locations

5843, 10671
5835, 10547
5796, 10414
5884, 10649
5967, 10618
6015, 10531

If you have any questions on how to get to a specific one, feel free to ask. I can update this with directions/pictures if needed :)

Ascended By Lamplight

For the achievement Ascended By Lamplight you have to find a lamp on the roof of a building at eight different locations. They are not too hard to access, you just need to find the right path to each one. They are as follows

Reservoir - 8267, 8107
Strozza North - 8768, 7796
Strozza East - 9048, 8059
Strozza West - 8651, 8334
Commons Central - 8687, 8535
Commons East - 8845, 8582
Commons North - 8138, 8583
Commons West - 7515, 8280