Surprise the King

Category: hard

Prerequisites: complete Tides of Trouble

Chain rewards

14 quests · 216,000 gp · 240 gems · 11 item rewards

XP: 1,170,000 Smithing · 660,000 Mining

1. Strip the Adamant Vein

King Kalle gives and gives and never takes. You decide, quietly, to out-gift the gift-giver: a full suit of adamant, forged in secret. Green ore glints deep in the cliff mine — haul out enough for the whole suit, and then some.

Objectives

Mine Adamantite Ore ×200

Rewards

55,000 Mining XP

2. Coal for the Secret Forge

Adamant drinks coal — three lumps to the bar. A secret forge runs hot and hungry. Stockpile it by the cartload.

Objectives

Mine Coal Ore ×500

Rewards

55,000 Mining XP
12,000 gp

3. Smelt the Adamant Bars

Pour the green haul into bars — the bones of every piece you'll forge.

Objectives

Smelt Adamantite Bar ×100

Rewards

40,000 Smithing XP
20 gems

4. Forge the Arms & Guard

Begin with what a king draws first: the blade, the shield, the gauntlets. Hammer them from adamant.

Objectives

Rewards

35,000 Smithing XP

5. Forge the Plate

Now the suit itself — helm, body, legs, boots, belt. Five pieces of bare adamant, ready for their skin. Kalle runs a hand over the bare set, goes silent, then bursts into delighted tears. "For ME? You SHOULDN'T have!" You smile. He hasn't seen the half of it.

Objectives

Rewards

55,000 Smithing XP
16,000 gp

6. Kalle's Delight Inspires You

His joy is so total that you hear yourself say it: "...That was just the bare suit, Your Majesty. Wait until you see it SILVERED." Silver seams are rare and thin. Mine what you can find, with a little extra, because some is always lost in the bar.

Objectives

Mine Silver Ore ×175

Rewards

200,000 Mining XP

7. Smelt Silver Bars

Pour the silver into bright bars. A whole suit needs far more than one miner can dig, so the royal treasurer, sworn to secrecy, slips you the rest from the King's own vault.

Objectives

Smelt Silver Bar ×140

Rewards

Silver Bar ×190
140,000 Smithing XP
22,000 gp

8. Silver the Arms & Guard

Clad the blade, shield, and gauntlets in silver — the underlayer the gold will one day bond to.

Objectives

Rewards

70,000 Smithing XP
30 gems

9. Silver the Plate

Silver the rest of the suit — helm, body, legs, boots, belt. The whole set begins to gleam.

Objectives

Rewards

110,000 Smithing XP
28,000 gp

10. Mine the Gold Vein

Gold is rarer still. Dig what the cliff will give you. The treasurer has promised to add gold from the vault once you have smelted it.

Objectives

Mine Gold Ore ×250

Rewards

350,000 Mining XP

11. Smelt Gold Bars

Pour your gold into gleaming bars. When you finish, the treasurer brings the rest of the vault's gold, enough to gild the whole suit.

Objectives

Smelt Gold Bar ×200

Rewards

Gold Bar ×300
280,000 Smithing XP
32,000 gp

12. Gild the Arms & Guard

Lay the first gold. The blade, the shield, the gauntlets, and the belt come gilded off the anvil.

Objectives

Rewards

140,000 Smithing XP
40 gems

13. Gild the Helm & Step

Gild the helm, the boots, and the legs. The set begins to blind in sunlight.

Objectives

Rewards

125,000 Smithing XP
36,000 gp

14. The Golden Masterpiece

The breastplate. The hardest pour, the proudest piece. Gild the (G) Adamantite Platebody, then lay the whole golden suit at Kalle's feet. He cannot speak. He presses his own royal seal into your hand and sends for the crown armoury's finest. "There is nothing I can give that matches this... but a master forge deserves master steel. Take the royal runite — every piece, gold-clad, yours. And take the run of my shops. Take all of it. Friend."

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