Quest:Chapter 9: The Barrows of Haudh Iarchith

Chapter 9: The Barrows of Haudh Iarchith
Level	50
Type	Solo
Starts with	Newbold Leafcutter
Starts at	Scholar's Stair Archives
Start Region	Bree
Map Ref	[30.4S, 51.7W]
Quest Group	Vol. I. Book 14

Quest Chain

Previous: Volume I, Book 13 Volume I, Book 14: The Ring-forges of Eregion [50] Chapter 1: The Long Road South [50] Chapter 1: Many Provisions [50] Chapter 1: The Steed Arel [50] Chapter 1: The Heraldry of Lindon - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Instance: The Heraldry of Lindon - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Chapter 2: Laerdan's Trail [50] Chapter 3: Shedding Light [50] Chapter 4: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul - Solo-only [50] Instance: The Prisoner of Sammath Baul - Session Play [50] Chapter 5: Laerdan's Fall [50] Chapter 6: The Fate of Laerdan - Solo-only [50] Instance: The Fate of Laerdan - Session Play [50] Chapter 7: The Ravages of Time [50] Chapter 8: An Elf-friend of Eregion [50] Chapter 9: The Barrows of Haudh Iarchith [50] Chapter 10: Trailing Angmar [50] Chapter 11: The Great Bellows of Mirobel [50] Chapter 12: Skin of Bregmor - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Instance: Skin of Bregmor - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Chapter 13: Frustrated Hopes [50] Chapter 14: The Heavy Burden [50] Chapter 15: The Doom of the North - Solo-only or Fellowship [50] Instance: The Doom of the North - Solo-only or Fellowship Next: Volume I, Book 15 Once Chapter 8 and beyond required server-wide acquisition of 70,000 Ring-lore.

Walkthrough & Notes

Most creatures within the inner dungeon are of elite strength, though one by one. Head to Tomb of Maenadar. [34.1S, 55.0W] Enter the tomb and take the first right. Head on southwards until reaching a portal with lit braziers. Head down while keeping an eye out for groups of elites that when triggered spawn out of the ground. At the end of the tomb is 'Maenadar's Crypt': "This crypt looks like it was recently disturbed and its contents searched." Head back to Newbold Leafcutter.

Rewards
49  70   Increased Reputation with Men of Bree ( 700 ) Selectable Rewards:  Leafcutter's Buckler  Leafcutter's Shield  Leafcutter's Targe  Leafcutter's Belt Buckle

Quest Text

Bestowal dialogue 'So you seek knowledge of the shaping tool of Celebrimbor and Maenadar the Craftsman? I know the story well. 'Alas, the tool will not be easy to find, if it even still exists. It was buried with Maenadar in Haudh Iarchith, which has become infested with wights of the vilest sort. 'Haudh Iarchith lies in the southern part of the Barrow-downs, and Maenadar's tomb is found beside it in the cradle of a larger mound of the barrow. Be wary as you journey...the Dead do not take kindly to visitors.' Background Eglamír sent you in search of someone with knowledge of the Barrow-downs and the shaping tool of Celebrimbor. Objective 1 Find the tomb of Maenadar the Craftsman The tomb of Maenadar can be found in the small barrow beside the entrance to Haudh Iarchith in the southern parts of the Barrow-downs. Newbold Leafcutter told you that the shaping tool can be found in the tomb of Maenadar the Craftsman. Newbold Leafcutter: 'The tomb you seek maybe alongside the entrance to the barrows of Haudh Iarchith in the southern Barrow-downs.' Maenadar's Crypt: The tomb of Maenadar the Craftsman has recently been disturbed and any relics which might have lain there have been removed.... The tomb is empty of relics Objective 2 Talk to Newbold Leafcutter in Bree Newbold Leafcutter is at the Scholar's Stairs Archive in Bree-town. You came too late to the tomb of Maenadar and found it despoiled. Angmar arrived first. You should return to Newbold Leafcutter to learn if he knows anything else. Newbold Leafcutter: 'That's too bad, <name>. More and more foul travellers have been arriving here from the South, and it would be no wonder that some of them are grave-robbers.'