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Gather everyone in Excavation Site <Camp>. You need at least 6 people and at most 25 people. Have the leader or a jr. master talk to Shuang and start the quest. The person who starts the quest is the GQ leader. He or she has special responsibilities. Your guild is entered in a queue for that channel. When it is your guild's turn, everyone should talk to Shuang to enter the quest. Note that it may take a few seconds for Shuang to know that it is your guild's turn. Nowadays, you should be able to find a free channel easily, so if another guild is already in, just pick a different channel. You do not need to be in a party. You will then be in a map with a portal. After 3 minutes have passed from the beginning of your guild's turn, no one else in the guild will be able to enter the GQ, and the portal will open. Enter the portal to reach the beginning of the actual GQ. You have 90 minutes from the opening of the portal to complete the GQ.

There must always be at least 6 people in the GQ. If people leave or disconnect and leave you with fewer than 6 people, the GQ will end. If the GQ leader leaves or disconnects, the GQ is over, so make sure your GQ leader has a stable connection. If you die during the GQ, you lose the normal amount of experience unless it was at the boss or as a result of not wearing protector earrings - then you only lose 1%. But you really shouldn't be dying anywhere else. You can walk through the maps from the beginning (you respawn in the second map) and rejoin your guildmates if you die. But if you disconnect, you will be unable to get back in!

Only the boss fighters will get any experience from GQ, if they don't lose it by dying during the fight. GQ is done for the prizes and for the fun.

The following are required to complete the GQ:

• A character that is level 30 or below and can kill devil slimes (1000 hp)
• A character that can kill the gargoyle in the Four Portals stage. It has 35k HP and only an assassin with maxed keen eyes, a bowman/xbowman, or a DK with Dragon Roar can hit it.
• A mage/cleric with high-level Teleport (17 or higher recommended)
• A thief with Dark Sight (can be done with level 1, but higher is recommended)
• A character with high speed and jump, either with equips or with haste (136 speed, 116 jump is enough, may be possible with less)
• A couple characters strong enough to kill the wraiths and other monsters in the GQ
• Someone clever enough to do the Mastermind stage
• Some people who are decent at jump quests
• Some people with good memories for the Statue stage
• People who can beat the boss (see the Boss section of this guide) and enough potions and/or mesos to do so
• The GQ leader and the people who are required for completion must not disconnect

Gather everyone here.


The portal opens 3 minutes after the GQ leader starts the quest.

In the first two maps of the GQ proper, there are purple rocks. Hit a purple rock until earrings come out, AND PUT THE EARRINGS ON. If you do not have a pair of the special earrings on by the time you enter the third map, you will die. There's always someone who forgets. Even if you made it farther in the GQ but died, you will still need the earrings on to survive. Once you have protector earrings on, go to the third map.


In-depth strategy
The mdef of the earrings can vary, so if you're lucky, you'll get a little more than 10 mdef. How useful.

Hit a purple rock to get earrings, then equp the earrings.

In this stage, there are many statues. When the GQ leader talks to the gatekeeper statue, 4 statues will flash in a certain order. Guild members must then hit the statues in the same order they flashed in, and the GQ leader must then talk to the gatekeeper statue again. This will then repeat with 5 statues, then 6. If you are incorrect at any point, you will have to start over with the 4-statue stage. When you successfully complete the 6-statue stage, the gate will open and you can go to the next stage.

In-depth strategy
Make sure people can see all of the statues on their side. Don't forget about the statue in the top-middle. This is how my guild does this:

Before the GQ leader starts the statues, he should say "starting". When the first statue flashes, everyone who sees it says "1" in guild chat. When the second statue flashes, now everyone knows that it's the second statue. Everyone who sees it says "2", and so on. After the last statue flashes, the leader says "1 go" to tell the guild to hit the first statue. When that person hits it, he or she says "2 go", and so on, until the last statue is hit. That person says "done", and the GQ leader talks to the gatekeeper.

Someone may move towards a statue when it flashes to signal to the others that he or she will remember that statue.

You may want to use a system of indicating which statue flashed as well as what number it was. This is the system I use: When I see a statue flash, I say the number, then a 2-3 letter code indicating which statue. If it was the statue in the very middle of the map, the code is "top". Otherwise, the first letter is "b", "m" or "t", indicating whether the statue was on the bottom, middle, or top. The next letter or two indicates which statue on that row. If there are two statues on the row, it is either "l" for left or "r" for right. If there are three statues, "l" for left, "m" for middle, "r" for right. If there are four, "ll" for the far left, "l" for the middle left, "r" for the middle right, and "rr" for the far right. Only one person on each side should be typing the code so that the numbering is maintained if people are slow in typing the code.

Someone may move towards a statue when it flashes to signal to the others that he or she will remember that statue.

The statues to the left of the center...


and to the right.

Requirements: Mage with high-level Teleport, Thief with Dark Sight, someone with high amounts of speed and jump (126 speed, 116 jump is enough, may be possible with slightly lower) with or without Haste

In this stage, your guild must get 4 Longinus Spears and drop one in each of 4 slots. To pick up a Longinus Spear, you must jump and press the pickup button. Any one person can have no more than 1 Longinus Spear in their inventory at once. The upper-right room contains all of the spear slots.

Everyone except the Mage and the Thief should go in the bottom door. Here there are three jump quests. Speed and jump is always 100 in here, regardless of equips or skills. At the top of each, there is an object that will release a Longinus Spear when hit several times. Remember to jump when picking up a spear, and that you can only carry one spear at once. Once someone has a spear, he or she should go to the upper-right room and do one of the jump quests there or give the spear to someone who can. These are the 4 jump quests, numbered from left to right:

JQ 1: Anyone can do this one. Just climb the rope, and jump to the other rope.
JQ 2: This one needs to be done by the person with high speed and jump (or a hasted person).
JQ 3: Anyone can do this one. Each of the platforms are warps. The combination to reach the top is 2-1-5-2-2-1-2.
JQ 4: A Mage with high-level Teleport needs to do this one.

When a person with a spear reaches the top of one of those JQ's, they should drop the spear in the holder. After a few seconds, the spear will disappear and you'll see an animation to let you know you did it correctly.

While everyone else is going in the bottom door, some strong people should go in the middle door in the middle row of the main hall. Kill the muscle stones until you find a gold key. Take it out to the main hall and drop it on the top center door to unlock it. The magician and thief go in there.

The magician has to be able to teleport through obstacles on the bottom half of the map. He/she will be required to break through multiple piles of rocks and a box to obtain a key to give to the thief.

Once the thief has the key, he/she will have to use Dark Sight to get past Dark Muscle Stones(insta-death hits) on the upper platform. (Tips: If using low-level Dark Sight which prevents from jumping to the platform with the monsters, it is possible to wait until a spot is clear to jump without Dark Sight and use the skill immediately upon landing. It is possible even with only level 1 Dark Sight, but I don't recommend it.) The thief drops the key on the door to unlock it. The next screen will contain a Longinus Spear chained up. Hitting it will release it, and like the other Spears, needs to be picked up while jumping.

When all the Longinus Spears are in place, there will be an earthquake, and the door to the next stage will open.

In-depth strategy
For the JQ's in the bottom door, remember that it is sometimes useful to let yourself get hit by a laser.

The main hall


JQ 1 in the bottom door


JQ 2 in the bottom door


JQ 3 in the bottom door


At the top of a JQ in the bottom door, hit the chain thing to release a Longinus Spear.


Kill muscle stones in the middle room of the middle row to get a gold key.


In the top center room, the mage needs to teleport through some obstacles to get another key.


The thief with Dark Sight drops the silver key on the door after walking through the dark muscle stones...


and reaches the fourth Longinus Spear.


JQ 1 in the spear placement room


JQ 2 in the spear placement room requires high speed and jump.


JQ 3 in the spear placement room is a warp maze.


JQ 4 in the spear placement room requires teleport.


Drop a Longinus Spear onto the holder.


An animation will show you that you did it correctly.

Quest items dropped in this room will return to the person who dropped them if he or she leaves the room. When you enter this stage, there will be wraiths. Make sure weak people stay outside until the wraiths are killed. When killed, the wraiths will drop Papers and Medals. PICK UP THE PAPERS AND MEDALS BEFORE ALLOWING ANYONE TO LEAVE THE ROOM. If the person who the item "belongs" to leaves the room, it will disappear! In the upper-left door, you can find 4 Wines by hitting containers, and in the upper-right door, you can similarly find 4 Foods.

To complete this stage, you must place 4 items of the correct type in the correct order on the statues and have the GQ leader check it by talking to the Guard Statue. When the GQ leader checks your items, the statue will tell him how many are "correct", how many are "incorrect", and how many are "unknown". "Correct" means an item that is the right kind of item and in the right spot. "Incorrect" means an item that is the right kind of item but not in the right spot. "Unknown" means an item that is not the right kind of item. After checking an incorrect solution, wraiths may appear at the left and right, so keep the weak people on the upper floors. If you do not get the correct combination in 7 tries, a large group of wraiths will spawn and a new solution combination is chosen.

When you get the correct combination, a secret door will appear on the left side. Enter the door to reach the next stage.

In-depth strategy
If you choose one person to be in charge of this stage who will give the orders for what items go where, it makes it easier to communicate.

This is the strategy that my guild uses: Begin by placing 4 items of the same type (for this example, papers). The Guard Statue will then tell you how many are correct. Remove the number "unknown", starting from the right side, and place a different item on these newly opened spaces (put medals on each). Then, using the number correct, incorrect, and unknowns, as provided by the Guard Statue, you can narrow down the proper location of papers, and the number/location of the medals as well. Proceed to remove from the most recently added type of item as indicated by the number of "unknowns" the statue mentions, rearranging items as you eliminate possible locations for them.

Hit the platters in the upper-right room to find food.


The knives that come out of the columns can mess up your jumping.


In the upper-left room, break boxes to find wines


2 of the medals are in the correct place, and 2 of the medals are not in the solution. In this situation, my guild would remove the two medals on the right and replace them with foods.


When you figure out the solution, a secret door appears to the left of the statues.

Requirements: Person with high Speed and Jump, a person level 30 or under who can kill Devil Slimes (1000 hp), an Assassin or higher with maxed keen eyes or Bowman or Crossbowman or higher or a DK with Dragon Roar who can kill the gargoyle (35k hp)

In this stage, there are four portals, each containing its own section of this stage, and each with stairs to the end of this stage. However, you can only go back to the section you came from in the end map, not to the other stages. Each section contains an article of clothing. Starting from the left, the sections have the Pants, Shoes, Crown, and Top. The clothes must be dropped on the skeleton at the end of this stage in the following order: Shoes, Pants, Top, Crown.

You need to use the warps on the platforms to reach the portals to each section.

Section 1: Kill the puppet golems, get the items they drop, and drop them (all at once) on the door on the right. In the next room, do the JQ with the conveyor belts to reach the box containing the Pants. Speed and jump is always 100 in here, regardless of equips or skills.

Section 2: This is another JQ with conveyor belts. Speed and jump is NOT set to 100 in here, and you will almost certainly need a decent amount of speed and jump to do this JQ. Haste is not required, but it helps. 136 speed and 116 jump is enough, you may be able to do it with less. At the end, get the Shoes from the box.

Section 3: Only characters level 30 and under can enter here. Kill the devil slimes and get the things they drop. Drop all of them at once on the door to unlock it. Do the JQ and reach the box containing the Crown.

Section 4: You must kill the gargoyle at the top. It has 35k hp. Only Assassins, Archers, and Dragon Roar can reach it. Watch out for the weights falling from the ceiling; they do about 800 damage. After the gargoyle dies, kill the gargoyles on the bottom, pick up the items they drop, and drop them all at once on the door to unlock it. In the next room, do the JQ by entering the correct warps to reach the top and the box containing the Top. The warps you need to take are, numbered from the left, 2 and then 3.

Once all the clothes have been dropped in the correct order, the GQ leader must talk to the ghost, and the door to the next stage will open.

Outside portal 1. The actual entrance to stage 1 has a green rectangle around it. You need to use the warps to get around to the different entrances. The gate marked with a green "4" will take you near the entrance to stage 4.


The entrance to stage 2 has a green rectangle around it.


The entrance to stage 3 has a green rectangle around it. Only characters level 30 and under enter.


The entrance to stage 4 has a green rectangle around it. The gate marked with a green "2" will take you near the entrance to stage 2.


In the first room of stage 1, kill the puppet golems to get marks of evil, then drop them on the door to unlock it and proceed to the next room.


In the second room of stage 1, do the jump quest to get to the box containing the pants.


In stage 2, do the jump quest to reach the box containing the shoes. You need high speed and jump to do it.


In the first room of stage 3, kill the devil slimes.


In the second room of stage 3, do the jump quest to reach the box containing the crown.


In the first room of stage 4, kill the gargoyle on the top, then kill the gargoyles that appear on the bottom after that.


Do the jump quest/warp maze to reach the box containing the top.


Drop the shoes, pants, top, and crown on the skeleton in that order.

To unlock the door leading to the boss, someone must stand directly on the door and drop their protector earrings. He or she must DROP the earrings directly from their equipment; it will not work if you try to unequip them first. Of course, the person will die and lose 1%, so it should be someone low level or someone who just leveled; but not someone who will be fighting the boss so you don't waste time waiting for them to come back. People who are not fighting the boss should go in the spectator entrance, which is a hidden portal located on a cracked background column near the door. People who are fighting the boss go in the door that was unlocked by the sacrifice.

The sacrifice drops their earrings without removing them first to unlock the door to the boss.


People not fighting the boss can go in the spectator entrance.

Make whatever preparations you need to, and when you're ready, hit the purple gem several times to summon Ergoth. When it stops clinking when you try to hit it, he's about to come. He is joined by 4 statues, 2 on his left and 2 on his right. Defeat Ergoth and give the gem he drops to the GQ leader. The GQ leader must then talk to the Tiger Statue to complete the quest.

In-depth strategy
If you have a CB with maxed meso explosion, this is easy; just drop a bunch of mesos on Ergoth (I hear about 400k-600k is needed) [confirmation needed] and blow them up.

If not, you're in for a battle. You should kill the statues on the left, then the statues on the right, then Ergoth himself. The statues each have 800k-1 mil hp each, and Ergoth himself has 1.7 mil hp. The strongest attack can do just over 3.8k damage to you. Ergoth can summon wraiths, which can cast physical immunity if they are not killed in a couple hits, so a Mage is highly recommended if you don't want to be swimming in a sea of Wraiths.

Make sure you have enough potions for the battle. For a warrior with at least 6.5k hp, 400 Honsters and 300 Grilled Cheese is a safe amount.

The people up top who should be hitting the chain thing; that probably reduces gargoyle spawn. It does NOT do damage. Don't hit the spikes up there, they do damage. (But if you need to get out of the boss room for some reason, you can use them to kill yourself and respawn in the beginning of the GQ.)

These are the ablilites of your opponents: [more information needed]

Left Lion Statue: Heal (heals about 40k to all monsters including itself), 3.8k fire attack (only hits people it is facing and within a short range)
Left Knight Statue: Dispel (seems to be very limited in range [confirmation needed]), very weak fire attack (no more than 200 damage or so)
Right Lion Statue: Slow, 3.8k lightning-based attack (only hits people it is facing and within a short range))
Right Knight Statue: 1/1, Seal (seems to very limited in range [confirmation needed]), summon gargoyles
Ergoth: 1/1, physical immunity, magical immunity, summon wraiths, 3.8k attack, mini-reapers attack (about 3.3k damage), heal (heals about 20k to all monsters including himself), regeneration (can heal about 2k every several seconds)

You should have allcures with you for the Seal cast by the right Knight statue, and for the the poison that the wraith summons can inflict. Poison in combination with 1/1 can kill you.

The far left is safe from Ergoth's attacks (although summoned monsters can still go there). When only Ergoth is left and he has cast immunity to your type of attack, you should go to the left so that you don't take damage needlessly. However, Mages should be ready to help if wraiths are summoned. Ergoth's physical or magical immunity will last about 30 seconds from the time he casts it. If the GQ timer is low enough or you have a clock or watch that shows seconds, you can time it so you get back to Ergoth just when the immunity runs out. Ergoth is almost always immune to either physical or magical attacks, except for a few seconds between when one runs out and he casts another.

Minimum recommended levels to be helpful:
Warriors: around 73 for the statues, around 80 for Ergoth
Mages: around 75 to help at all with the summons, around 95 to do even half-decent damage
Archers: 85 and has enough HP to survive
Thieves: 85 and has enough HP to survive

Ergoth and the statues are quite resistant to magic. Mages are mostly useful for taking care of the wraith and gargoyle summons, and for doing damage to Ergoth when he casts physical immunity. Warriors are the most useful for doing damage. Archers and thieves have to be fairly high level to be able to survive, even with HB.

My guild has defeated Ergoth with a level 10x Crusader and a level 10x I/L mage. As long as your guild can take care of the summons and do enough damage, you should be able to win.

Before the GQ leader completes the quest, everyone should prepare for the bonus stage by equipping speed gear, hasting, and equipping fast weapons.

Hit the purple rock several times to summon Ergoth.


Ergoth with the statues


The spectator area


The left lion statue's fire attack


The left lion statue healing


The left knight statue's weak fire attack


The left knight statue dispelling


The right lion statue's lightning attack


The right lion statue's Slow spell


The right knight statue's 1/1 attack


The right knight statue using Seal


The right knight statue summoning gargoyles


Ergoth summoning mini-reapers

Break the boxes, and a stream of coins will come out along with a couple items. Most of the items are just potions, but you can get scrolls, black sacks, and supposedly, pink and purple capes. If the capes do drop, they are very, VERY rare. You have 40 seconds to get as much loot as you can. There is a drop list from TMS at http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthre...?t=1182168. The good prizes are basically 60% cape scrolls, 60% glove scrolls, 60% overall scrolls, 60% earring int, black sacks, and supposedly pink and purple capes.

In-depth strategy
There is a warp on the left side of the bottom floor leading to the upper-right and a warp on the right side of the bottom floor leading to the upper-left. Each of those corners has 3 boxes.

Drop list [incomplete]
sunrise dew
sunset dew
ice cream pop
elixir
power elixir
orange potion
white potion
mana elixir
red bean sundae

black sack

scrolls (all 60%):
overall def
overall dex
overall int
overall luk
cape hp
cape mp
cape def
cape mdef
cape dex
cape luk
earring int
shoe jump
shoe speed
shoe dex
glove att
glove dex
helmet hp
helmet def
bottomwear def

You have a few decisions to make regarding distribution of prizes. Do the boss fighters or the CB get reimbursed for the mesos they spent on potions/blowing up? If so, how? And do prizes found go towards a guild fund or do people get to keep them?

This is what my guild does. We do 3-6 GQ's per week, and we don't blow up Ergoth with meso explosion. The potion usage of each boss fighter for each GQ is recorded, as is all non-potion prizes that are found. At the end of all the week's GQ's, a tax rate of (total potion cost / total value of prizes) is calculated. That fraction of the value of all the prizes found is collected from the people who found the prizes and from that, the potion cost of the boss fighters is paid for. If the tax rate is over 100%, the boss fighters have to cover the difference themselves.

Break the boxes to release a stream of coins and prizes. Here, I would have gotten a black sack, but time ran out.