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Missing Person Case

Missing Person Case is a quest.

Details

Property Description
Giver Commoners
Membership Male only
Requirements Any level
Summary Question friends, find the vanished person in hiding and face the gang after them.

Objectives

Use the location names in your quest journal. Follow map markers when they are available.

Step Objective Optional
1 Ask the friend1 and the friend2 what became of the missing person No
2 Bring the missing person out of hiding at the quest destination Yes
3 Fight off Smiley's gang Yes
4 Tell your quest giver in the named town what became of the missing person No

Outcomes

Added gear requires a successful quest payment and a qualifying outcome. Quest mail alone does not count as payment.

Outcome Gold multiplier Gear choice
The missing person was dragged home to your quest giver, protesting all the way. 100% Yes
The missing person was hiding in the quest destination, and your quest giver has gone to fetch them. 100% Yes
The missing person was caught stealing from a temple and sits in jail. 100% Yes
The missing person left town after a quarrel with the friend3 and has not been seen since. 100% Yes
The missing person was killed by Smiley's gang, and your quest giver grieves. 100% Yes
Your quest giver knows at last what became of the missing person. 100% Yes
No one found the missing person in time. No added payment No

With Questlines enabled, these outcomes control the added rewards. Gold multipliers apply only to gold the quest actually pays. A gear choice offers a weapon, armour and jewellery; keep one. See Quest rewards and loot for rarity, payment and online reward rules.

Possible quest foes

Foe Group size
Barbarian 3

These are the script’s possible foe groups, including conditional encounters. They are not all guaranteed to appear together; repeated attacks and ordinary dungeon enemies can add more. Follow a foe’s reference for its combat rules before choosing weapons.

See Quest reference for offer requirements across quests.

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