Ancient scroll

Ancient scroll
Release	13 August 2018 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	No
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	No
Destroy	If you destroy this scroll it will return back to where you first found it.
Actions
Backpack	Read, Destroy
Values
Value	1 coin
Alchemy	Not alchemisable
On death	Always kept
Weight	0.001 kg
Examine
• Without level 60 Archaeology: You don't have the expertise to understand the writing on this. • With level 60+ Archaeology: A scroll containing ancient text.
Advanced data
Item ID	43363
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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An ancient scroll is an item that can be obtained by using the magical feather on the travelling merchant as part of the Mod Ryan trading sequence. It can be read with 60 Archaeology and is encrypted with a Caesar cipher with a shift of 2.

Attempting to read the scroll without level 60 Archaeology will prompt the user with the message You don't have the expertise to understand the writing on this. Trying to make out the writing regardless will result in a thinking animation and the player saying "Worth a try I guess?"

For the next step in the trading sequence, the player needs to bring the following items to War's Retreat, then read the ancient scroll, in order to create a pot of souls:

• 1 Empty pot
• 1 Pot lid
• 4 Air runes
• 4 Quintessences

Transcript

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• Player: Uh huh... wait... what is this?

EQPVCKPOGPV YCXG
1 Z GORVA RQV
1 Z RQV NKF
4 Z CKT TWPG

4 Z SWKPVGUUGPEG

The decoded scroll reads:
CONTAINMENT WAVE
1 X EMPTY POT
1 X POT LID
4 X AIR RUNE
4 X QUINTESSENCE

Update history

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• update 13 August 2018 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The "containment wave" line in the scroll and the required items are a reference to a move called "Evil Containment Wave" in the English adaptation of the Dragon Ball franchise.