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The Branches of Darkmeyer - Quick guide

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Overview

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Start point Talk to Veliaf Hurtz in the Myreque base under Burgh de Rott. Show on map

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Members Members only
Length
as displayed in-game		Long
Requirements
Quests:
Required itemsItems from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added.
  • None
Recommended
Combat

Starting out

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  • Talk to Veliaf Hurtz in the Burgh de Rott pub's basement. (Chat 1•1•✓•1)
  • South of the Burgh de Rott bank, enter the cave entrance.
  • Take the letter on the floor.
  • Search the coffin for a mysterious medallion (deals small amount of damage). (Chat 1)
  • Climb the rope to leave the cave and return to Veliaf Hurtz. (Chat 1•1)

An unexpected help

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  • Once teleported, head to the northernmost room. The medallion can also teleport you to the Meiyerditch laboratory.
  • Talk to Safalaan. (Chat 2•2•1•1•1•1)

Traversing Meiyerditch

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Vertida Sefalatis location
  • Exit the base, go through the wall to the north and climb up the stairs.
  • Jump the floorboards to the west and go down the ladder.
  • Open the door, then go west a bit, then south to the building with the fireplace.
  • Enter the building and climb up the ladder, where you will briefly be held up by two vyrewatch.
  • Now jump over the wall to the building to the west and climb down the ladder.
  • Open the door, exit and close the door.
  • Now go north and west around the next building. Enter it and go east, where Vertida will be standing and talk to him.
  • Climb the wall and speak to Mekritus A'hara.
  • Stand on the lookout point for a cutscene.
  • Drop-down the floorboards to the east.
  • Talk to Nessie who is in the courtyard south of the building. (Chat 1•1)

Entering Darkmeyer

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  • Attack Vanescula Drakan - she will knock you back (if she does not knock you back, dismiss any active conjured spirits, unequip any armour, and climb up and back down the wall to the east, then try talking to her again).
  • Talk to her and exhaust all options, eventually learning about the tree and receiving an envelope. (Chat 1•1•3•2•3•1•3•1•3•1)
  • Teleport to Meiyerditch with the medallion (Chat 2) and take the envelope to Safalaan.
  • In the same room, talk to Vertida Sefalatis. (Chat 1)
  • Head to the most south-western point within the Meiyerditch hideout. Search the crate for 30 smoke bombs.
  • With your medallion, teleport to the Meiyerditch laboratory. (Chat 3)
  • Go up the stairs, open the door, go through the slashed tapestry, and then out of the building.
  • Run north and squeeze-through the grate on the north wall.
  • Talk to Vanescula on the other side of the grate. (Chat 1•1•1•2) In Darkmeyer, the vyrewatch will attack you when you pass them as opposed to in Meiyerditch.
  • Use the smoke bombs to avoid being caught by vampyre juvinates. Do not go near vyrewatch.
  • Search chests inside buildings to find clothing (four pieces in total). You can use another smoke bomb before the previous one dissipates. Enter a building before your smoke shroud vanishes. Once in a building, immediately close the door.
  • Fix all four pieces and wear them. You no longer need to hide in smoke.
  • Return to Vanescula. (Chat 1•1)

Gaining Status

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The Branches of Darkmeyer
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  • Walk up the ramp to the north-east to enter the ground floor level of the city.
  • Talk to Sanguinus Varnis at the top of the ramp, telling him your vampyre name. (Chat ~•~)
  • Completing vampyric tasks below increases your rating. After completing enough tasks in the middle tier of the city, your rating bar will be half full, allowing progression into the next tier of the city.
  • Talk to the Vyrewatch guard in the north-eastern jail.

Middle tier

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  • Complete any of the following tasks until you reach a half-full rating bar and access to the upper tier (proceed to next section).
    • Terrorising Maria Gadderanks (Chat 1•1), (Chat 1•1), (Chat 1•1)
    • Use the Angry or Laugh emotes several times next to Maria Gadderanks
    • Talk to Maria while wielding the Gadderhammer
    • Talk to Valentina Kaust (Chat 1), drink the vial of blood she gives you (if you are prepared to be damaged for half of your health) (Chat 1), and then use either chat option.
    • Vandalise the four posters (after getting the task by speaking with Sanguinus Varnis), shown as purple squares on the image, and then report back to Sanguinus Varnis again.
    • Recapture six bloodveld younglings (after talking to Grigan Kaninus (Chat 1)). These vanish for long periods of time, so they can appear in places you've already checked. They are displayed as yellow dots on the minimap.
    • Talking to Sentinel Draemus, Sentinel Gorthaur, or Sentinel Mortshade about citizens in Meiyerditch, the Myreque, and Burgh de Rott (three conversations).

Upper tier

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  • Killing Captured Meiyerditch citizens for the Vyrewatch guards is the fastest way to fill the reputation bar, as each kill gives 2 reputation but there is a limit to how many you can kill in a short period of time. There are about a dozen locked in the jail and they respawn fairly quick. Start the task by talking to a Vyrewatch guard in the south-western jail. (Chat 1•1)
  • Entertaining Misdrievus Vakan (Chat 1) then approach the nearby blood tither (Chat 1). Talk to Misdrievus Vakan again and then enter the building to the west for a cutscene. (Chat 2•1)
  • Speaking to Vanescula Drakan to pledge allegiance to the Drakan family. (Chat 1•1•1)
  • Talking to Sentinel Bloodmortis, Sentinel Noctantine, or Sentinel Plaguemanst about Vanstrom Klause (Chat 3) and Lord Drakan (Chat 1) (two conversations).

The Arboretum

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  • After gaining enough status in the upper tier, talk to Vanescula about entering the Arboretum. (Chat 1)
  • Enter the Arboretum (Ranis will stop you). (Chat 1•1)
    • Arboretum is a big temple-like building to the east
  • Proceed to enter the Arboretum.
  • Solve the four puzzles:
    • Check the health of the tree for the orb pattern.
    • Pull the lever (along the eastern edge) to start the first puzzle.
    • Rotating the orbs by clicking the left-bottom orb of a group of four orbs.
    • Match the orbs to the puzzle solution.
    • When the puzzle is complete, pull the lever.
  • Check the health of the tree again. Repeat the process for all four puzzles.
Puzzle 1 solution
Puzzle 2 solution
Puzzle 3 solution: L,N,W,N W,L,L,L N,L,W,N W,L,L,L
Puzzle 4 solution: L,L,L,L N,N,N,N W,W,W,W N,N,N,W L/N,L/N,N,W L/N,L/N,N,W
  • Chop the tree for three blisterwood logs and a cutscene will play.
  • In the entrance room to the west, talk to Vanescula to be teleported to out of Darkmeyer. (Chat 1)

Preparing for the fight

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  • Use the medallion to go to Meiyerditch. (Chat 3)
  • Talk to Vertida Sefalatis. (Chat 1•1•1)
  • Talk to Vertida again for a bottle of holy water.
  • Talk to Kael Forshaw for two silver sickles. (Chat 1•2)
  • Use the medallion to teleport back to Darkmeyer. (Chat 4). This will complete the achievement On Wings Of Bling.
  • Craft each of the logs into a staff, a polearm, and a set of stakes. Remember to set the quantity to 1 in the Build-X interface or you will lose the logs permanently. Fletching the blisterwood polearm leads to the achievement Raising The Stakes.
    • If you forgot to cut three logs, you can enter Arboretum without any issues and cut some more.
  • Bank at the Darkmeyer Treasury. The bottle of holy water is required for the fights with Vanstrom Klause and Harold.
  • Enter the house with Harold in it (just north-east of the captured citizens) and kill him with any weapon. You must throw the bottle of holy water over him to be able to kill him.
  • Go back to the bank and prepare for the final fight with Vanstrom Klause who is east of Harold.

The battle with Vanstrom

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Needed: Equip full Darkmeyer disguise, Vertida's bottle of holy water, and a blisterwood weapon of choice
Recommended: Combat armour, prayer potions, stat-boosting potions, and legacy combat mode

How to kill Vanstrom:

  • Only blisterwood weaponry can deal damage.
  • If you're attacking at a distance use Deflect/Protect from Magic; otherwise, Deflect/Protect from Melee.
  • If he shouts "Stare into the darkness!" run to the edge of the arena and rotate your camera away from him. Maximum 4000 damage.
  • If he shouts "Let the blood consume you!" run away from the blood splodge on the floor. Maximum 6000 damage.
  • If he shouts "Come, fiends, and aid your master!" kill the two easy minions that he spawns.
  • If he throws blood bombs towards you, keep running around the room to avoid them. Maximum 4000 damage per bomb.
  • Once he is very low health he turns into a cloud. Keep using holy water near him until he loses all health. Unequip your ring of life if you're wearing one.
    • If you are saved by a ring of life after a group of bloodveld guardians spawn, heal up and return without a ring of life. You will be damaged, but in a safe way. You will not have to redo the fight.
  • Use Deflect/Protect from Magic for this last part as Vanstom can do rapid magic damage to you whilst he is dying.

Finishing up in Darkmeyer

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  • Take control of Vanescula and kill the Bloodveld guardians. It is recommended to use the Shriek attack repeatedly as soon as it recharges.
  • When you awaken, speak with Vertida (Chat 1•1), and watch a short cutscene.
  • Teleport to Burgh de Rott with the medallion (Chat 2) and talk to Veliaf Hurtz. (Chat 1)
  • Quest complete!

Rewards

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Music unlocked

Achievements

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Required for completing

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The Branches of Darkmeyer is directly required for the following quests/miniquests:

It is therefore an indirect requirement for the following quests and miniquests:
It is therefore an indirect comprehension requirement for the following quests and miniquests:
Part 7 of the Myreque quest series
Characters
The Myreque
Vampyres
Enemies
Items
Darkmeyer outfit
Ripped darkmeyer outfit
Scenery
Rewards
Locations
Music
Miscellaneous
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