Evil Research

Classic Era (added 1999-2000)

Smith Tv`ysa

Start Zone:	Southern Desert of Ro
Quest Giver:	Smith Tv`ysa
Minimum Level:	10
Classes:	Enchanter, Magician, Necromancer, Wizard
Related Zones:	Various
Related NPCs:	Various

Appearance in the Timeline

This quest is not yet available on Green. Scanning through the Patch Notes, it seems it will be apart of the July 26th, 1999 Plane of Fear launched patch. On Green, this will be sometime during January 2020: Plane of Fear.

'UPDATE: 2020Feb08 - The quest is now available at the gypsy camp in North Karana, so it is likely working here as well'

UPDATE: 5/12/2020 - Handing Smith Tv’ysa a Lightstone returns the following response: “I’m... erm, not quite sure what to do with this, but... thanks, I guess.” No quest completion is acknowledged, so it must not yet be implemented.

Rewards

• Concordance of Research

  Concordance of Research

  

  WT: 0.2 Weight Reduction: 0%
  Capacity: 6 Size Capacity: GIANT
  
• Runes and Research Volume I

  Runes and Research Volume I

  

  WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
  
• Runes and Research Volume II

  Runes and Research Volume II

  

  WT: 0.1 Size: TINY
  
• Faction

Walkthrough

She wont give the quest to Iksar Necromancers. If you give her a Lightstone, she'll take it without any reward.

Smith Tv'ysa is in the camp in South Ro at loc pos100, pos500.

Note: Although this quest is meant for lvl 16+ casters looking to work on their Research skill, it gives great Neriak faction hits and no negative hits. Requires to be Indifferent or better.

Hand in a Lightstone:

Smith Tv`ysa says 'A lightstone ? Thank you very much. Here is a copy of 'Runes and Research' for you.'

• Your faction standing with Dark Bargainers got better.
• Your faction standing with Dreadguard Outer got better.
• Your faction standing with Dreadguard Inner got better.

You gain experience!!

Dark Elf Mage (10% Exp penalty)

Level	Exp per turn in (Rough Average)	Sample size (Number of runs)
5	11.2%	5
7	9.25%	4
9	5.4%	5
10	4.25%	4
11	3.5%	8
12	3%	2

Hand in a Greater Lightstone:

Smith Tv`ysa says 'A greater lightstone? Thank you very much. Here is a 'Concordance of Research' for you.'

• Your faction standing with Dark Bargainers got better.
• Your faction standing with Dreadguard Outer got better.
• Your faction standing with Dreadguard Inner got better.

You gain experience!!

Dark Elf Mage (10% Exp penalty)

Level	Exp per turn in (Rough Average)	Sample size (Number of runs)
5	11%	2
7	11.33%	3
8	11%	3
9	11%	1
10	8.66%	9
11	7%	6

Related Quests

• Research Aid (Good Research)