Breaking the Seal

Breaking the Seal
Solve this mystery. Tip: Clear the fort debris at the Kharid-et exterior excavation. Requires completion of the Archaeology tutorial.
Release date	30 March 2020 (Update)
Members	No
Category	Skills
Subcategory	Archaeology
Subsubcategory	Zarosian
RuneScore	5
Path book	Paths
Path	Archaeology
Requirements	12 Archaeology [B]
Advanced data
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Breaking the Seal is a mystery at the Kharid-et dig site in which the player must discover how to open the doors of the fortress and gain access to the ruins inside. Solving the mystery also completes an achievement of the same name.

Alignment	Zarosian
Dig site	Kharid-et
Requirements	12 Archaeology [B]
Required items	These items can be obtained before and/or during the mystery. Centurion's seal (damaged)
Rewards	900 experience Access to the Main Fortress

Steps

• Speak to Dr. Nabanik after completing the Archaeology tutorial and unlocking the Kharid-et digsite. Speak to him a second time to receive a centurion's seal (damaged). Dr. Nabanik can be found next to the winch.
• The player must excavate the fort debris blocking the Fort Entrance until it dwindles down to nothing and the triangular entryway is revealed.
• After the entrance is completely revealed, a purple barrier will become visible. Restore the seal at an archaeologist's workbench with 6 Third Age iron and 2 Zarosian insignia.
• Go through the fort entrance with the restored centurion's seal in your inventory.

Dialogue

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Update history

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• update 30 March 2020 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• The player Zelph was the first player who completed this mystery on 30 March 2020 which was shown in-game with the announcement: News: Zelph is the first to solve the 'Breaking the Seal' mystery!