Quest:The First Gear

The First Gear
Level	6
Type	Solo
Starts with	Bávor
Starts at	Thorin's Hall - The Great Hall
Start Region	Thorin's Gate
Map Ref	[13.8S, 103.2W]
Quest Group	Ered Luin
Quest Chain	The Puzzle-vault

Quest Chain
The Puzzle-vault [6] The First Gear [7] The Second Gear [12] The Third Gear [12] The Fourth Gear [14] The Fifth Gear [14] The Puzzle-vault

Walkthrough & Notes
The gear is actually inside the Rockbelly Pit. Rockbelly Pit is easiest entered from the Berghold. [15.8S, 102.3W] The gear is inside a chest at the bottom of the cave. This quest is a prerequisite for using a  First Age Relic reputation item.

Rewards
90   Increased Reputation with Thorin's Hall ( 300 )

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'Greetings! I wonder if you could lend me a hand? I have been trying to repair this device, which opens access to the old Vault of the Mountain, but some key pieces, ancient gears, were removed and scattered long ago to prevent the Dourhands getting their grubby hands on the vault treasure. 'Now that we have finally ousted the Dourhands from Thorin's Hall, it is time to open the Vault, but first this device must be repaired. Old Sindri Winchmaster, the artificer who made this, had skill far beyond mine, so I'll need the actual pieces that were lost to have any hope of getting it to work again. 'They say the first missing gear was hidden somewhere in an old cave in the Winterheight, up the path south-east from Thorin's Hall. You will probably find it in a chest somewhere in the cave. There's a trick to the chest, by the way, you have to press in at the corners to open it....' Background Bávor is an artificer tasked with repairing the great lock which opens access to the fabled Vault of the Mountain. Objective 1 Find the first gear The first missing gear is in a cave in the Winterheight, south-east of Thorin's Hall. Bávor has asked you to help reassemble the dwarf-built device which opens the Vault. Bávor: 'They say the first missing gear was hidden somewhere in an old cave in the Winterheight, up the path south-east from Thorin's Hall. You will probably find it in a chest somewhere in the cave. There's a trick to the chest, by the way, you have to press in at the corners to open it....' Found the first gear Objective 2 Bring the gear to Bávor Bávor is in Thorin's Hall. Bávor will be pleased to see you have acquired the first gear. Bávor: 'Ha! This looks like the gear! It goes here...or maybe here.... 'No matter. I'll work it out given time, I'm sure of it!'