Seeing Blood-red

Seeing Blood-red
Required Fame	Unknown
Level Restriction:	None
Starting NPC	Erlene, Batallia Downs (S)
Pack	Wings of the Goddess
Title	Summa Cum Lade
Repeatable	No
Description	Ulbrecht's maniacal machinations have been made clear, and only one person holds the key to tracking him down. Find Professor Schultz!

Previous Quest	Next Quest
Downward Helix	Survival of the Wisest (Limit Break Questline)
Rewards
Scholar's Mortarboard

Walkthrough

• Wait until the next game day and zone after completing the previous quest in order to begin this one.
• Speak to Erlene, The Eldieme Necropolis (S) (J-8) on Scholar. She will ask you to return to the previous location where you found Schultz.
  • (Optional) Speaking with her again will result in some additional dialogue.
  • After flagging the quest with this cutscene, you can continue forward through the rest of it on any job.
• Travel to the Indescript Markings in Pashhow Marshlands (S) along the north edge of (E-11) next to the wall for the Unaddressed sealed letter.
  • The Recall-Pashh telepoint and Survival Guide will take you to the southern end of the map, leaving you with a shorter walk West than using the Campaign Arbiters warp NPCs from a Shadowreign city. The Grauberg (S) Survival Guide isn't terribly far from it, either.
• Read the Unaddressed sealed letter by examining it in your Temporary Key Item menu.
• Return to Erlene and talk to her again for a cutscene and a Porting magic transcript.
  • (Optional) Speaking to her again will have her repeat some of the same information.
• Go to Grauberg (S) (E-10) and enter the cave opposite the waterfall. Examine the unnamed shimmering light on the ground.
  • The cave entrance is on the boundary line of E-10 and F-10. If you go near the waterfall, you've gone too far. The entrance to the cave is on dry land. Also, if you don't heed this advice and still go past the waterfall, you will have to go all the way back around.
  • Using the Campaign Arbiters warp NPCs from a Shadowreign city is the closest arrival point. The Grauberg (S) Survival Guide is a bit further away.
• Inspect the Indescript Marking on the wall in the same cave to enter the instance.
  • Only the party leader with the quest active can enter the party into the instance, which is held in Ruhotz Silvermines.
  • If you fail this fight, you will need to trade Erlene a Sheet of Vellum to receive another Porting magic transcript before re-entering the fight.
• Return to Erlene after clearing the battlefield for your reward.
  • (Optional) Upon speaking to Erlene after finishing this quest, she'll just continue to praise you for all of your work.

Battlefield

• The instance has a 30 minute time limit and up to 6 party members can enter.
• You may summon Trusts inside.
• The fight is against Ulbrecht, who is a level 67 Scholar with ~12,000 HP that uses Dark Arts Stratagems.
  • Uses a Dagger and can use Wasp Sting.
  • Will use a Stratagem every minute.
  • Can cast the following spells: Aspir, Cure IV, Drain, Dispel, Protect III, Regen II, Shell III, Sleep, the Storm line of spells, and all tier III elemental nukes. Casts tier III elemental spells with random elements, even after giving himself a specific Storm. In fact, spell selection overall is very poor and he appears to just randomly choose one with no real logic.
  • Immune to Silence but not any other form of Enfeebling Magic, including Bind, Gravity, and Sleep. Like all NMs, it is believed he will build resistance with repeated usage.
  • At around 50% he will use Tabula Rasa and spam spells.
    • During this time, his Stratagems will not wear off upon a single spell cast, lasting a full minute duration.
• The battle ends once Ulbrecht's HP drops below 20%.

Notes

• Added in the March 2008 Version Update.
• Since the October 2016 Version Update, players were able to summon Trusts.