The Isle of Thieves

The Isle of Thieves

When you arrive at the Isle of Thieves talk to Patty to get the official welcome and learn that Slayne's ship is anchored nearby -- and that you need to row the dingy to shore alone.  So take the dinghy ashore and that completes the current quest, The Journey to the Isle of Thieves.

Meet up with Captain Slayne a few steps up the beach and have a chat -- and you learn that the island is inhabited by Gnomes!  Gnomes!  Completing the conversation flags the quest Treasure Cave, and has Slayne warn you to check that your weapons are ready.  Telling him that you are ready flags the quest Along the Beach.

Follow Slayne -- seriously follow him -- and he will stop for a brief CS completing this quest and flagging the next, The Way Up.  A short distance into the Jungle triggers another CS ending the current sub-quest and flagging the next, The Cave is Not Far Off.  When you reach the cave mouth he tells you that the Sacrificial Knife is inside -- have the brief conversation with him and he tells you to go in alone...  Hmmm...

As you approach the entrance you complete the sub-quest The Cave is Not Far Off and flag the sub-quest Slayne's Treasure.  Inside is the Treasure Chest and yep, you guessed it, he betrayed you!  He tosses in a barrel of powder and shoots it, caving in the entrance, and you then flag the quest A Way out of the Cave.  Light a Torch and start making your way through, and you will battle a few Cave Bats.  There is a vein of ore ahead so be sure to mine that, and then just ahead there is a box with a book and ring on it -- take the ring and read the book, The Master Thief.  We already have the Snuff Box it is talking about but cool, nice story. 

Three Rare Sword Blanks in One Go!

Make sure you grab the Potion and the three Sword Blanks here before you continue.  There is a bed you can sleep in if you need to heal.  The chest contains a Rogue's Ring, some Rum, Spirit Essence, and an Oyster Shell, so you may as well loot those.

Along the left-fork ahead there is some Jester's Cap (a rare resource) so be sure you loot that, and then a trio of Termites ahead to battle.  Kill them, heal up, and then continue along and you will find ahead to the left another rare resource, Swordthorn, with some minor loot items.  Backtrack and take the right-hand fork and you will find yourself in a battle with a Leviathan and an army of Sunken Ones and nothing for it but to win!  Just do the best you can, stay healed, and hurt them as well as you can, right?

Strategically your best bet is to rest and heal and then save between battles, and try not to bite off more than you can easily chew.  After you defeat all of the Sunken Ones and the Leviathan be sure to pick up the wine bottle on the beach and open it to find the map for the Treasure in the Cave!

-- The Treasure in the Cave --

After you win the day, kill the Levithan and all of those Sunken Ones, your reward is a bottle on the beach with a message in it!  Opening the bottle flags the quest The Treasure in the Cave, and if you run back to the cave you will find the red 'X' just inside.  Digging up the chest reveals a Diamond, 500 gold coins, a Silver Decanter, an Idol, and a Parrot Wing.  Bear in mind that the Diamond and Parrot Wing you will want to not sell.

Head down the beach to the path and you complete the current quest, A Way Out of the Cave.

-- Marooned --

Continuing along the shore here instead of going inland and you fight a Giant Crab and flag the quest Marooned -- and you realize that everything is gone, the ship, the crew, Patty... Gone.  You have to find a way off of the island!

Your first task should be to continue up the beach to see what you can find that might help -- and have a meeting with a Gnome named Jaffar who asks you nicely not to kill him!  Jaffar tells you that he has a mission of his own, a grand journey, and that is why he learned to speak Pirate!  Work your way through the chat options with Jaffar, and you will learn a bit more...  Looks like you have a new crew mate!

Jaffar tells you that he can build a raft -- and that is good news for you -- so ask him what he needs for the raft and you have your shopping list: 10 Wooden Planks, 5 Vines, and 6 Shirts.  This flags the quest Build a Raft.

A short way into the Jungle you will find a chest with some loot and a map of the island in it -- be sure to loot it!  He leads you to his cave house, and part company here -- you to gather the items you need, and he to wait for you to bring it to him!  If you talk to him he will tell you to get the wood from driftwood on the beach, the vines from the jungle, and the shirts from other gnomes.

-- The Threatening Giant Crab --

You can get the first of the five vines right in front of the cave house here, and a quick search of the beach will easily net you the wood that Jaffar requires.   Just past the last of the wood you trigger the sub-quest Kill the Threatening Giant Crab -- so do that, there are four of them, and when you kill all four the quest is completed.

Nearby is the gnome named Kalil who the crab were attacking it seems -- he shoes his gratitude by gifting you with a Feather, and you flag and complete the sub-quest The Lost Gnome.  Well done!

At the far end of the beach in a little grotto is a sword called the Crabstabber you can collect.  As you work your way into the jungle form here be prepared to be attacked by a Panther!

Near the chest you looted with the map there are some ledges you can climb, at the top of which there is some gold, a potion, Jade, and a bottle of Grog.  Farther up the ledges to the left is a Cutlass and a Level 60 Chest with a Sparkling Gold Ring, a Torch, a bottle of Grog and 3 gold coins.

-- The Gnome Cave in the Jungle --

As you reach the next Gnome Cave you will find a book there called Lucky Coincidence that flags the Legendary Item quest The Old Coin which can be found later in the Underworld.   Nearby is the Gnome Zeki, who tells you that a bad thing happened -- it seems that Monster Ants came and stole all of Zeki's things -- and he wants them back!  This flags the quest The Thief has been Robbed, and Zeki tells you he will give you his shirt if you help get his things back.

Behind Zeki is a vine so be sure to grab that, and there is Grog and gold in the chest in his house, as well as some cheese and a coconut. 

Kalil can be found at the next house, here is a vine there as well so be sure to grab that, then go into the house to meet Ulvi.  Talk to Ulvi to swap the Feather you received earlier for a Black Pearl, then ask if they have any shirts to receive x2 shirts.  Ulvi happens to be a merchant gnome, so you may want to take this opportunity to see what they have that you need, and you can sell off some of the loot you do not need!  Among the items that they have that you absolutely should buy is the Treasure Map.   This flags the quest The Treasure in the Valley of the Gnome Eater.

-- Lost in Translation --

In the next house you meet Nuri, who you can talk to and, using Silver Tongue, you can flag the quest Lost in Translation.  Trade Nuri a Black Pearl for the Shirt to complete the quest!  Be sure to grab the vine in his yard as you leave.

The last Vine you need is near the next house where there is a gnome named Gnome.  Inside you will find a Yoda-like gnome named Kaan...  You know, THE Kaan?  And he speaks good Engrish!  Work your way through the chat options and hey, be polite, it costs nothing right?  If you are nice he tells you about the monster that they fear -- and they would really like it if you killed it.  This flags the quest The Gnome Eater.

Before you leave read the Book on the table.  In a basket by the wall is a Schematic for a Plank Breaker and you may as well take it.  Not sure if you want to loot the rest of the stuff, might send the wrong message?

Doing Battle with the Gnome Eater - Tough One!

-- Into the Valley of Death... Err... Gnomes! --

After you leave flag the Treasure Map quest and you will note that you are not too far from the X...  Conveniently this also takes us to the valley we need to go to, so hey, win-win!

Digging up the chest gets you another Diamond, 400 gold coins, a Priest's Mask, Golden Bowl, Idol, and hey! Another Treasure Map!  Sweet!  The map flags the quest The Treasure in the Sea.  Gotta love it when treasure leads to more treasure!

WARNING: This beast consumes weapons.  It will eat ANY weapon you are holding except Mara's Spear, so make sure that you have the Spear armed BEFORE you engage this thing. 

Strategically speaking what you want to do is dig up the chest on the right side of the valley and then look for the ledge you can climb up a little further down -- if you stand at the back of that ledge the beast should not be able to reach you, and you can take it out at your leisure with the Spear.   Seriously this is the best way to handle it because it is nasty.  Probably the most difficult battle in the game if you do not stay out of its reach.

This is a tricky move but what you need to do is get it to come to the edge of the ledge -- that may mean moving around a bit on the ledge to get it to come closer -- watch the video if you have trouble with this to see how close it actually has to be and the ideal location for it.  While you can still damage it if it is not in that spot, it really does work better if you can coax it into the area just in front of the right side of the ledge.  At that point even though the spear only does moderate to small damage to it, you can also use your pistol on it (which is how I ended up finishing it off).

Once it is dead that completes the quest, earns you some Glory, and when you loot it some fish?!  Strange beast this is!  Killing it also unlocks the Achievement "Friend of the Gnomes" (20 GP) for completing this quest line.  Be sure to loot the loose items and the chest in the area as it contains a Blade Ring ( 20 Thieving) which is very worth having.

Now that we have dealt with the monster open your log book and tag the quest for the Ant Cave and you will see by looking at the map that it is also in this area.  May as well complete that bit while we are here, right?

-- The Ant Cave --

Head back through the village and up the path that leads up towards the marker on the map.  This is actually a more useful quest than it may appear because inside the cave there is a Level 40 Chest and inside that chest is the blade to the special weapon for the Weapon Quest Wave Dancer!  Looting the Chest does not actually complete the quest mind you, it simply gives you both pieces to the weapon.  To complete it you will need to head to a smithy and repair the blade putting the sword back together, and to do that you will need the Smith Ability...  But it is worth doing, seriously!

There is a vein of gold in the cave, and in the back of the other section of the cave is the Crown as well as some other items and gold coins to be looted.  With that in hand return to the Gnome Village and speak with Zeki to return the Crown.  Zeki gives you x3 Shirts, which is more than enough to complete the quest Shirts, as well as Zeki's quest.  And you figure out that the crown you just handed him? Yeah, it was the king's.

Now that you have eliminated the major threat to the tribe, you can return to the village and tell the Kaan, who is very grateful to you.  As an expression of his unbridled joy he promises to stop correcting your grammar -- and he gifts you with The Flask (which flags and completes the Legendary Item quest).

Completing the chat options with the Kaan sets you up as Jaffar's official teacher and he your student.  You Jedi, he Padawan!  

-- Back to the Grotto --

Remember the grotto at the end of the beach where we found the crab sword?  Well that is where the treasure chest is located for the last map we got, so head there and dig on the big red 'X' to obtain a Sapphire, 600 gold coins, a pair of Gold Bowls, and a Candlestick.  Nice one!  Well done!  That completes the quest The Treasure in the Sea, and that pretty much wraps up all of the outstanding quests, so it is time to return to Jaffar and have him build us a raft!

Tell him that we are his teacher, then hand over the resources and he will tell you to meet him at the western beach.  This also unlocks a Gamer Pic, and the Achievement "Tub Captain" (20 GP) for completing the 'Build a Raft' quest line.  Good on ya mates!

Meet Jaffar on the beach, talk to him, and then select the raft and sail to Tacarigua!