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An Iksar's Guide To Love and Friendship Through Murder
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Hello, and welcome to an Iksar's guide to love and friendship through murder. Well, not entirely through murder...just mostly through murder, for murder is the Iksar way.
Any numbers given are not exact, but do give a ballpark figure for when you will hit dubious or apprehensive with that particular faction.
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Starting Out
It's common knowledge that Iksar are naturally KoS to everyone outside of their home city of Cabilis. The question for those determined to faction their way to peace is this: how KoS?
The answer is complex. Beta Neutral faction is indifferent to Iksar starting out, for example, while residents in Firiona Vie take far more convincing than residents in Antonica that Iksar are okay. Generally your starting faction will look like the following:
- Kunark Outposts: Close to max KoS
- Good factions: ~50 to 100 hits into KoS (so it takes roughly that many to reach threatening)
- Evil factions: Bottom of threatening
- Factions that start at apprehensive for other races: same
- Neutral factions: same
So any given Iksar will start out scowls with Freeport Paladins and threatening with Freeport Militia, scowls with halflings and threatening with dark elves, etc.
One exception to the apprehensive starting faction group is frogloks in Guk. They automatically hate you for being a lizard.
Friendly Vendors
Friendly vendors start out indifferent to Iksar.
Antonica
- Gypsies (Beta Neutral)
- Druid ring vendors (but NOT druids) (Beta Neutral)
- Basil the Skinner, Dran Hieth in Firiona Vie (there are probably more, will need to check)
- The Shady Swashbuckler in EC tunnel
- Mugu (large banded armor molds) and various other Ogre merchants in Feerrott
- Katha Firespinner in EC by the WC zoneline
- Toxdil by the secret entrance to the WFP tunnels in the newbie yard (north side)
Antonica
Freeport
Militia
Once you are non-KoS (indifferent) to Highpass Hold guards (see relevant section), turn in gnoll scalps by the hundreds to Captain Orben (Gnoll Scalp Collecting) or orc scalps to Captain Ashlan (Orc Scalp Collecting).
Freeport Paladins
- Faction name: Knights of Truth
Kill approx. 600 Deathfist orcs in WC and EC.
Or kill Sir Lucan D'Lere (massively lowers Militia faction).
Freeport Clerics
- Faction name: Priests of Marr
Freeport Monks
- Faction name: Ashen Order
Kill approx. 600 Deathfist orcs in WC and EC.
Freeport Casters
- Faction name: Academy of Arcane Scientists
- Applies to: Casters in Freeport's caster guild, Ran Flamespinner in Highpass Keep
Do this before working on Freeport Militia, because this gives negative hits for Opal Darkbriar (Freeport tunnels) and Freeport Militia.
Best done with sneak or wolf form. Purchase several stacks of rat ears in EC from Katha Firespinner and travel to Qeynos Hills. Thusly disguised so that Rephas does not attack you, turn in the rat ears until he is no longer KoS. Once he's happy with you, the caster guild is happy with you.
Freeport Rogues
- Faction name: Coalition of Tradefolk Ill
You start out dubious to these guys, enabling you to do the Note for Rebby quest to raise it and other factions if you'd like. (Involves crossing the paths of Freeport Militia.)
Antonican Bards
- Faction name: League of Antonican Bards
- Applies to: All bards on Antonica, and all the bards who give out mail delivery quests.
Kill anything in Mistmoore.
Neriak
Dark Elf Warriors (Indigo Brotherhood)
Dark Elf Necros and Shadowknights
- Faction name: The Dead
Dark Elf Rogues
Dark Elf Clerics
Rivervale Area
Halfling Clerics
Halfling Guards
Halfling Rogues
Halfling Druids
Bixies
- Faction name: Stone Hive Bixies
- Applies to: Bixies
Technically everyone starts out dubious to Bixies, but if you ever feel like raising that, kill Mooto (random spawn at the goblin camps by Runnyeye entrance in Misty Thicket).
Ogres (Feerrott)
Trolls (Innothule)
Highpass Area
Highpass Hold Guards
- Faction name: Highpass Guards
- Applies to: All guards in Highpass Hold and Highpass Keep
Kill approx. 600 orcs or gnolls in Highpass Hold, hold onto scalps.
Highpass Hold Merchants (banker)
- Faction name: Merchants of Highpass
- Applies to: Banker in Highpass Keep, others
Once you are non-KoS (indifferent) to Highpass Hold guards (see relevant section), turn in gnoll scalps by the hundreds to Captain Orben (Gnoll Scalp Collecting) or orc scalps to Captain Ashlan (Orc Scalp Collecting).
Karanas
- Faction name: Karana Residents
- Applies to: Everyone living in the Karanas who isn't a Qeynos guard, including Sir Morgan.
Kill a bandit, a raider, and/or a highwayman in the Karanas. Lowers faction with the bandits, understandably. (You can raise bandit faction by killing gnolls.)
Qeynos
Good Qeynos Guards
- Faction name: Guards of Qeynos
- Applies to: All good Qeynos guards.
Kill gnolls in Blackburrow, or kill bandits in the Karanas.
Evil Qeynos Guards
- Faction name: Corrupt Qeynos Guards
- Applies to: All evil Qeynos guards.
Once you are non-KoS (indifferent) to Highpass Hold guards (see relevant section), turn in gnoll scalps by the hundreds to Captain Orben (Gnoll Scalp Collecting) or orc scalps to Captain Ashlan (Orc Scalp Collecting).
Bloodsabers
- Faction name: Bloodsabers
This is another cult of Bertoxxulous that lives down in the Qeynos sewers. To raise it, kill anything remotely related to Rodcet Nife (the various priests of life, Lashun Novashine, koalindl fish, etc).
Qeynos Paladins
- Faction name: Priests of Life (Rodcet Nife), Knights of Thunder (Karana)
Bandit Sashes will raise this faction but lowers Bloodsabers faction. (Use wolf form)
Or donate lots and lots of money to Lashun Novashine (wolf form).
Qeynos Clerics
- Faction name: Priests of Life (Rodcet Nife), Knights of Thunder (Karana)
Bandit Sashes will raise this faction but lowers Bloodsabers faction. (Use wolf form)
Or donate lots and lots of money to Lashun Novashine (wolf form).
Qeynos Casters
- Faction name: Order of Three
Do Bat Fur Quest (misnomer, requires rat whiskers, bat furs, and fire beetle eyes). Use wolf form. (?)
Or do Blank Scrolls (with wolf form - you will need the druid to follow you through multiple zones multiple times.)
Qeynos Rogues
- Faction name: Circle Of Unseen Hands
Qeynos Monks
- Faction name: Silent Fist Clan
Kill gnolls in Blackburrow.
Qeynos Citizens (banker)
Unsure, but the bankers in Freeport are on this same faction.
Maybe Snake Fang Necklace Quest?
Surefall Glade (Rangers and Druids)
Rangers
- Faction name: Protectors of Pine
Druids
- Faction name: Jaggedpine Treefolk
Kill gnolls in Blackburrow.
Unkempt Druids
- Faction name: Unkempt Druids
These guys are nuts. Raise it by killing treants, symbols of nature. (Lowers regular druid and KoS animal factions.)
Note that despite their stated mission, the Unkempt and KoS animal factions are not necessarily related. My hypothesis is that, like PETA and nature, animals of Norrath are trapped in an abusive relationship with unkempt druids.
KoS Animals
- Faction name: QRG Protected Animals
Use an alt or friend to collect lots of black wood chips from Raffel Minnmorn (don't kill him yourself) and turn them in to Gerael Woodone. Lowers Unkempt Druids.
Halas
Barbarian Rogues
Barbarian Shamans
Barbarian Warriors
Faydwer
Gnomes
Gnome Guards (Warriors)
- Faction name: Gem Choppers
Kill kobolds near the entrance of Ak'Anon.
Gnome Casters
- Faction name: Eldritch Collective
Gnome Clerics and Rogues
- Faction name: Deep Muses
I don't believe there is any way to raise this faction.
Gnome Merchants
- Faction name: Merchants of AkAnon
Once you reach dubious with Gem Choppers (the guards/warriors), do Rusted Black Boxes (lowers faction with gnome necros). Involves killing defective clockworks in Steamfont Mountains.
Gnome Necros
- Faction name: Dark Reflection
There's no real reason to make peace with this particular extra-smelly set of gnomes, but if you do, you just need to kill a lot of the other gnomes because they all hate Dark Reflection and Dark Reflection hates them (although newbie gnome necros start out dubious just so they can get out of the city).
King of Gnomes
- Faction name: King Ak'Anon
Kill minotaur slavers in Steamfont Mountains.
Wood Elves
Treetown Guards
- Faction name: Emerald Warriors
- Applies to: Warrior guild, city guards.
Kill approx. 600 Crushbone orcs OR 600 goblins in Butcherblock Mountains. (The orcs are more plentiful but lower your Indigo Brotherhood faction.)
Treetown Merchants (banker)
- Faction name: Kelethin Merchants
After hitting amiable with Emerald Warriors, do Emerald Warriors' Items or Shark Meat Quest.
(To do the shark meat quest, it's best to travel to Erudin. This means you should do this section after Qeynos and good Erudites, but before evil Erudites, because some of the sharks give faction hits to Heretics (a diseased shark and a young shark).)
Treetown Druids
- Faction name: Soldiers of Tunare
Do the Muffin for Pandos quest. (Use wolf form.)
Treetown Rogues
- Faction name: Tunare's Scouts
These guys may or may not be indifferent to all. (Need to confirm in-game)
Treetown Rangers
- Faction name: Faydarks Champions
Kill Crushbone orcs.
Treetown Bards
- Faction name: Songweavers
These guys should be indifferent to all, but there are two bards in the Songweavers' guild that are on Antonican Bard faction (Jakum Webdancer and Idia).
If you want them to really really really like you, do Sylia Windlehands' Spiderling Silks quest.
High Elves
High Elf Casters
- Faction name: Keepers of the Art
Free the high elf slaves in Crushbone (slave keys 20 and 21).
Or kill important NPCs in Neriak.
High Elf Paladins
- Faction name: Anti-Mage
Bone Chips Felwithe (with wolf form) will raise this faction.
High Elf Clerics
- Faction name: Clerics of Tunare
Bone Chips Felwithe (with wolf form) will raise this faction.
King of the High Elves
- Faction name: King Tearis Thex
- Applies to: unknown
Kill anything in Mistmoore.
Dwarves
Dorf Warriors
- Faction name: Storm Guard
Kill Crushbone orcs OR kill goblins and aqua goblins in Butcherblock Mountains.
Dorf Rogues
- Faction name: Miners Guild 628
Kill dwarven bandits in Butcherblock Mountains. (#12 on the map for BB - Peg Leg spawns a non-KoS mob for the Shaman epic quest upon death.)
(Killing clockworks in SolA lowers this faction.)
Dorf Clerics
- Faction name: Clerics of Underfoot
Best way to raise this is with the Kaladim Bone Chip Quest after becoming non-KoS with dorf pallies.
Dorf Paladins
- Faction name: Miners Guild 249 or Paladins of Underfoot
Turn in Crushbone belts to Canloe Nusback for Crushbone Belts quest.
(Lowers Ogre Warrior faction (Craknek Warriors)
King of Dwarves
- Faction name: Kazon Stormhammer
Bone Chips Kaladim will raise this faction.
Odus
Good Erudites
Do this before doing Paineel faction.
- Deepwater Knights: Kill heretics in Paineel.
- Guards: Kill kobolds in The Warrens.
- Merchants: Have wolf form on hand, do The Lorekeeper's Scrolls quest.
Evil Erudites
Heretics: Kill kobolds in The Warrens. You'll probably be max-KoS at this point, so get ready to kill more than a thousand.
Kunark
Overthere Outpost
- Faction name: Venril Sathir
- Applies to: Everyone in the evil outpost in The Overthere.
Do Protect the Shipyard by killing sarnak berzerkers and handing in their war braids 4 at a time. Good luck figuring out how to do this on your own. (Note: No one on Kunark likes wolf form.)
Or kill dragons in Veeshan's Peak.
Firiona Vie
- Faction name: FirionaVie (referred to incorrectly as Inhabitants of Firiona Vie on this wiki)
- Applies to: Majority of residents in the Firiona Vie outpost, guards, pilgrims, and Firiona drixies.
- Exceptions: The barbarian shamen in the guild hall on the docks (Halas faction), Shieldbearer Relios (High elf faction), Shieldbearer Beurd (High elf faction), Vrionele (?), Tracker Azeal's patrolling form (indifferent to all)
Kill approx. 1,000 goblins in the goblin fort in Warsliks Woods or at #9 in Lake of Ill Omen. (This will get you barely to dubious.)
The Great Iksar City
You're an Iksar, right? You shouldn't need this faction. For everyone else, this is a very, very difficult set of factions to raise, for Iksar return your homeland's hate tenfold because a) Cazic-Thule worshipers, and b) Iksar are naturally stronger in all aspects, including hatred.
Iksar Monks
- Faction name: Swift Tails
- Applies to: Monk guild NPCs
Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB.
Iksar Shamen
- Faction name: Scaled Mystics
- Applies to: All Iksar shamen and Crusader Quarg.
Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB.
Iksar Necros
- Faction name: Brood of Kotiz
- Applies to: Iksar necromancers.
Kill The Forsaken iksars who roam Kunark.
Iksar Shadowknights
- Faction name: Crusaders of Greenmist
- Applies to: Many of the guards named 'Crusader'.
Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB.
Iksar Warriors
- Faction name: Legion of Cabilis
- Applies to: All guards named 'Trooper', some 'Crusader'.
Kill goblins in WW and LOIO, or Sarnaks in all outdoor Kunark zones, or rogue iksar (The Forsaken).
Or if you hate the idea of being friends with the wretched invaders over in Firiona Vie, kill explorers in LOIO and turn in their knives.
Iksar Merchants (banker)
- Faction name: Cabilis Residents
- Applies to: Banker, all merchants
Turn in thousands of bone chips to Trooper Mozo in FoB. If you aren't Iksar, it will take many, many more bone chips to be able to use the merchants in Cabilis than pretty much all the other factions.
Velious
Iksar start off the same as everyone else in Velious*. Both dragons and dwarves hate the giants, so they're the easiest ones to raise.
(* exception: certain Rallos Zek worshipers start off dubious to giants, and I believe Veeshan-worshipping bards are dubious to dragons.)
Coldain
Start at Apprehensive.
Kill frost giants (the bearded ones).
Giants
Start at bottom of Threatening.
Kill dwarves for frost giant faction. Kill dragons for storm giant faction.
Claws of Veeshan
Start at bottom of Threatening.
Kill storm giants (the clean-shaven ones).
Snowfang Gnolls
Start at Indifferent.
Kill walruses (Ulthork).
Otters and Walruses, Eternal Enemies
To raise one, kill the other. The otters are cuter and sell baking supplies and give cool rewards to quests. There is no benefit to being friends with walruses.