Blade of Darkness

Blade of Darkness
Required Fame	Bastok Fame Level: NA
Level Restriction:	Level 30
Starting NPC	Gumbah - Bastok Mines (J-7)
Pack	None
Title	Dark Sider
Repeatable	No
Description	Zeid, the sole master of the way of the dark knight in Vana'diel, has been sighted in the Palborough Mines. If you seek him out, he may make you an apprentice...

Previous Quest	Next Quest
None	Simultaneously activated: Blade of Death Dark Legacy
Requirements
Chaosbringer
Rewards
Ability to become a Dark Knight.

Walkthrough

• Speak with Gumbah.
• Speak to him repeatedly until you get the cutscene that begins the quest. It specifically mentions finding Zeid so he can teach you how to become a Dark Knight.
  • It can be difficult to get the correct cutscene. There are situations where you receive the same dialogue no matter how many times you speak to them. Try zoning if this happens.
• Travel to the Palborough Mines and go to the top floor (Map 3).
  • Home Point #1 is on the southern end of this map and you can make your way back north to near the top of the map, then proceed south again.
  • If you haven't unlocked it yet, and if you have completed the high-level limit break quest Beyond Infinity, you can use Domenic to teleport right to the home point outside Waughroon Shrine.
• Go to the Boat Docks at (H-8), climb aboard one of the boats, and then interact with the Dock Lever for a cutscene with Zeid.
  • Ensure you have a free space in your inventory.
• At the end of the cutscene, you will obtain the Chaosbringer greatsword.
  • If you drop the Chaosbringer before completing the requisite number of kills, return to Palborough Mines and ride the boat back to Zeruhn Mines to reobtain it; your kill count will be reset to zero.
• You must now slay 100 monsters with the sword equipped in order to activate its potential.
  • Enemies do NOT have to grant experience points to provide credit.
  • This portion is easy if you have WAR or RUN leveled and Great Sword skilled.
  • If you do not have WAR leveled, you might as well level it up now! You can use the sword from level 1.
  • If you do not have Great Sword skilled, proceed to the starter mobs outside of gate, they should die in one or two hits as well as skill you up.
  • Do not use Weapon Skills for the kill shot; those kills won't count towards the 100 kills.
  • The only kills that count are normal kill hits from the sword.
  • The sword has a 'memory' of how many it has slain, so you do not need to worry about zoning out, logging out, etc. There is also no time limit.
  • You have to keep track of the number of kills yourself as there is no indicator on the sword. Or you could just go on a killing or farming rampage and before you know it, voila you have met the requirements.
    • Set the Records of Eminence quest Conflict: South Gustaberg (or similar) to help you keep track of kills. Make use of the /echo command to track every 10th kill.
    • If you use Windower with chat logging, you can use a text editor like Notepad++ to find the number of "#Playername defeats" entries if you want to do it in one session.
    • If using Windower and addon LatentChecker, you can track the number of kills.
• Upon the completion of the mass slaying, proceed to Beadeaux. Zone in for a cutscene to complete the quest.