Surprise the King

Category: hard

Prerequisites: complete tides_of_trouble

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

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

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

Forge the Arms & Guard

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

Objectives:

SMELT: Adamantite Scimitar ×1
SMELT: Adamantite Shield ×1
SMELT: Adamantite Gloves ×1

Rewards:

✨ 35,000 Smithing XP

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:

SMELT: Adamantite Helmet ×1
SMELT: Adamantite Platebody ×1
SMELT: Adamantite Platelegs ×1
SMELT: Adamantite Boots ×1
SMELT: Adamantite Belt ×1

Rewards:

✨ 55,000 Smithing XP
16,000 gp

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 plating eats ore — and a little is always lost in the bar. Mine extra.

Objectives:

MINE: Silver Ore ×350

Rewards:

✨ 200,000 Mining XP

Smelt Silver Bars

Pour the silver into bright bars — the skin the whole suit will wear.

Objectives:

SMELT: Silver Bar ×265

Rewards:

✨ 140,000 Smithing XP
22,000 gp

Silver the Arms & Guard

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

Objectives:

SMELT: (S) Adamantite Scimitar ×1
SMELT: (S) Adamantite Shield ×1
SMELT: (S) Adamantite Gloves ×1

Rewards:

✨ 70,000 Smithing XP
💎 30 gems

Silver the Plate

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

Objectives:

SMELT: (S) Adamantite Helmet ×1
SMELT: (S) Adamantite Platebody ×1
SMELT: (S) Adamantite Platelegs ×1
SMELT: (S) Adamantite Boots ×1
SMELT: (S) Adamantite Belt ×1

Rewards:

✨ 110,000 Smithing XP
28,000 gp

Mine the Gold Vein

A full gold-clad suit drinks ore like the sea drinks rivers — and the bar always takes its cut. Dig deep, and dig extra.

Objectives:

MINE: Gold Ore ×515

Rewards:

✨ 350,000 Mining XP

Smelt Gold Bars

Pour the whole gold haul into gleaming bars — the final skin of the King's gift.

Objectives:

SMELT: Gold Bar ×396

Rewards:

✨ 280,000 Smithing XP
32,000 gp

Gild the Arms & Guard

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

Objectives:

SMELT: (G) Adamantite Scimitar ×1
SMELT: (G) Adamantite Shield ×1
SMELT: (G) Adamantite Gloves ×1
SMELT: (G) Adamantite Belt ×1

Rewards:

✨ 140,000 Smithing XP
💎 40 gems

Gild the Helm & Step

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

Objectives:

SMELT: (G) Adamantite Helmet ×1
SMELT: (G) Adamantite Boots ×1
SMELT: (G) Adamantite Platelegs ×1

Rewards:

✨ 125,000 Smithing XP
36,000 gp

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."

Objectives: