Hunter's Charge, A
Class: Hunter QuestNOTE: This quest is only for level 30 Hunters, and you will be able to take it from any Hunter Trainer as soon as you qualify. I happened to take it from the one in Esteldin.
Gaellant tells you that Gytha Lainey needs your assistance. Instead of telling him to take a number, you should go take care of the issue--it is urgent!
STEPS:
1) Talk to Gytha Lainey. Gaellant tells you:
"Look for her at Adso's Camp, on the road between Bree-town and Buckland."
This is the same woman you spoke with for your level 20 Hunter class. Coming from Bree-town, she is on the left (south) side of the road (29.3s, 56.8w). She tells you about a group of Wargs that are heading toward the Shire. Gytha has learned that the Wargs are in search of one of their missing packmates, but Gytha fears they will forget about that when they find lots of people to eat. Select 'Continue Quest'.
2) Talk to Gytha Lainey and travel into the Shire. When you are ready, select "Travel Now". Gytha tells you:
"Let us go, Wren, and quickly! If the Wargs keep their course, they will come upon the town of Overhill --we must get there first!"
Note that this is a solo quest and you cannot do it if you are in a fellowship. You will head into a special instance. The narrator intones:
"After receiving word of a pack of Wargs making their way into the Shire, land of the hobbits, the huntress Gytha Lainey has recruited the best hunters to track and slay the evil Wargs before they can harm any of the Shire-folk…"
3) Talk to Gytha Lainey. She tells you that you two have gotten to town before the Wargs and now you must "run into town and tell everyone you see to go inside their homes and not to come back out until we say the danger has passed."
4) Talk to the people of Overhill. After you speak with Otho Broadbelt, Postman Boffin, Hart Holeman, and Gammer Boffin, your quest automatically updates.
5) Talk to Gytha Lainey. She tells you to look to the North to stop the intruding Wargs. She will stand at the town entrance and try to kill as many as she can, but she cannot be overwhelmed.
6) Defeat the intruding Wargs. Travel North somewhat up the hill from where you were talking with Gytha. Your most important task is to not let too many of the Wargs go past you, and the best way to do this is to be ahead of them when they arrive, and to put down a trap to slow down at least one of them. After you've gone somewhat north, use your tracking to find the Roaming and Prowling Wargs (level 24-25), and kill them before they get to the town.
Your best bet is to distract the Warg boss creature from making it to Gytha. He is called Laugzok, and is a level 26 Signature mob with 1,534 morale and 383 power. Gytha will have difficulty surviving against two Wargs, particularly if one of them is Laugzok, though she can handle one at a time just fine. After you have killed the requisite number of them, your quest will automatically update, and Gytha will say: "I think the danger has passed, for now."
7) Talk to Gytha Lainey. Gytha feels the people of Overhill are now safe. When you are ready to go back to Adso's Camp, select "Finish Now."
8) Talk to Gytha Lainey. Only thing left to do here is select "Travel Now."
9) After you speak with them and select "Finish Now", you get your coin reward, XP, 5 Greater Celebrant Salves, the Enduring Precision skill, and either Cufaron or Kalfur's Glory.
The Enduring Precision skill text reads:
"Your Focus increases by 1 every 5 seconds while you are in a Precision Stance. Line Bonus: Barbed Arrow induction time reduced 0.1s. Line Bonus: Swift Bow induction time reduced 0.1s."
Special thanks go out to Wren for providing this quest writeup!
Wren has entered 612 LOTRO quests.