Testimony of Life — Mark of Life Quest

Testimony of Life walkthrough

Step	Where	What to do	What you get
1	Warriors' Guild, Town of Dion	Take the quest from Cardien	Cardien's Letter, 102 Dimensional Diamond
2	Temple, Elven Village	Give the letter to Asterios	Hierarch's Letter, Moonflower Charm
3	Iris Lake	Give the letter to Thalia	Grail Diagram
4	Smithy, Town of Giran	Give the diagram to Pushkin	Pushkin's List
5	Death Pass	Collect 10 ore and 20 talons	Pure Mithril Ore, Wyrm's Talon
6	Ant Nest	Collect 20 from ants	Ant Soldier Acid
7	Smithy, Giran	Give the materials to Pushkin	Pure Mithril Cup
8	Iris Lake	Give the cup to Thalia	Thalia's 1st Letter
9	Altar of Rites	Give the letter to Arkenia	Arkenia's Contract, Arkenia's Instructions
10	Temple, Gludin Village	Talk to Adonius	Adonius's List
11	Marshes by the Cruma Tower	Collect 20 from Marsh Spiders	Spider Ichor
12	Gorgon Flower Garden	Collect 20 from Harpies	Harpy's Down
13	Temple, Gludin	Give the ichor and down to Adonius	Andariel Scripture Copy
14	Altar of Rites	Give the book to Arkenia	Stardust
15	Iris Lake	Give the Stardust to Thalia (from 38)	Thalia's 2nd Letter
16	Hunters Village	Give the letter to Isael	Isael's Instructions
17	Plains of the Lizardmen	Collect 6 spear pieces from Leto lizardmen	Talin's Spear pieces
18	Hunters Village	Give the pieces to Isael	Talin's Spear, Isael's Letter
19	Iris Lake	Give the letter to Thalia	Grail of Purity
20	South of Iris Lake	Kill a Unicorn of Eva with the spear equipped	Tears of Unicorn
21	Iris Lake	Give the tears to Thalia	Water of Life
22	Temple, Elven Village	Give the water to Asterios	Camomile Charm
23	Warriors' Guild, Dion	Give the charm to Cardien	Mark of Life

Step 1. Master Cardien in Dion

Teleport to the Town of Dion and enter the Warriors' Guild: Master Cardien gives the quest only to Elves with the 1st class, from level 37. Click "I will join the struggle." — Cardien hands you Cardien's Letter for the hierarch, plus 102 Dimensional Diamond on the first take.

Step 2. Hierarch Asterios

Teleport through Gludio to the Elven Village: Hierarch Asterios stands in the temple. Either of the two answers works for his first question, then click in turn "I am in.", "Why is the Mother Tree dying?", "How can we save the Mother Tree?" and "I will set off in search of the Water of Life.". The hierarch gives you Hierarch's Letter and the Moonflower Charm — keep the charm until the end of the quest.

Step 3. Thalia at Iris Lake

Thalia stands in the eastern part of Iris Lake. Leave the Elven Village through the south gate and run about 31,000 south. Click "Ask about the Test of Life.", then "How do you create a Grail of Purity?" — Thalia takes the hierarch's letter and gives you the Grail Diagram: only a Dwarven smith can make a cup of pure mithril.

Step 4. Blacksmith Pushkin in Giran

Teleport to the Town of Giran: Blacksmith Pushkin works in the smithy. The Dwarf doesn't like Elves, so the talk is long: "I will pay any price.", "Apologize.", "Ask about material.", "Ask where to get Pure Mithril." and "Ask about materials.". He takes the diagram and gives you Pushkin's List: 10 Pure Mithril Ore, 20 Wyrm's Talons and 20 Ant Soldier Acid. The materials drop only while you carry this list, in any order.

Step 5. Ore and talons in Death Pass

From Giran teleport to Dragon Valley: the Death Pass lies all around the arrival point, and basilisks and wyrms roam the whole pass, 3,500 to 17,000 from the teleport. Pure Mithril Ore drops from the level 36 Guardian Basilisk lv. 36, 50% chance × the quest rate. You need 10.

The level 35 Wyrms lv. 35 live in the same pass: Wyrm's Talon, 50%, you need 20. Even more wyrms live in the Gorgon Flower Garden, but there's no reason to go there from Death Pass.

Step 6. Acid in the Ant Nest

From Gludio teleport to the Ant Nest and go inside. Pushkin asks for soldiers, but Ant Soldier Acid drops from any of the five kinds: Ant Recruit lv. 33, Ant Patrol lv. 34, Ant Guard lv. 35, Ant Soldier lv. 35 and Ant Warrior Captain lv. 36, levels 33–36. 80% chance, you need 20.

Step 7. The mithril cup

With the three materials return to Pushkin in the Giran smithy and click "Wait until he finishes." twice. The Dwarf takes the list, ore, talons and acid and gives you the Pure Mithril Cup.

Step 8. The cup for Thalia

Take the cup to Thalia at Iris Lake. If the Oren gatekeeper offers Timak Outpost, run about 21,000 southwest from that teleport to Thalia. Thalia takes the cup and gives you Thalia's 1st Letter: only Stardust can turn the cup into the Grail of Purity, and only Dark Elves know how to gather it.

Step 9. The witch Arkenia

From the Dark Elven Village teleport to the Spider Nest and run about 12,600 east to the Altar of Rites. Witch Arkenia drives strangers away, so click "Show Thalia's letter.", "Ask for help." and "Say you will pay the price.". She gives you Arkenia's Contract and Arkenia's Instructions: for the Stardust the witch wants Andariel's Book from the Gludin temple.

Step 10. Priest Adonius in Gludin

Teleport to Gludin Village: Priest Adonius stands in the temple. He won't give away the book, but he will copy it if you help: click "I will help." — you get Adonius's List. You need 20 each of Spider Ichor and Harpy's Down, and they drop only while you carry this list.

Step 11. Marsh Spiders by the Cruma Tower

From Dion teleport to the Cruma Tower; don't go inside. The level 34 Marsh Spiders lv. 34 live in the marshes north-northeast of the entrance, 2,000 to 11,000 away: Spider Ichor, 50% chance. You need 20.

Step 12. Harpies in the Gorgon Flower Garden

From Giran run about 14,000–22,000 east-northeast to the Gorgon Flower Garden. If the gatekeeper offers a Gorgon Flower Garden teleport, the harpies are 3,000–14,000 west of it. Harpy's Down drops from the level 32 Harpy lv. 32, 50%. You need 20.

Step 13. Andariel's Book

Take the ichor and down to Adonius in the Gludin temple — he takes them and gives you the Andariel Scripture Copy.

Step 14. Stardust

Return to Arkenia by the Altar of Rites. The witch takes the book and the contract and gives you the Stardust.

Step 15. Talin's Spear

Take the Stardust to Thalia and click "Ask about Talin's Spear.". From level 38 she gives you Thalia's 2nd Letter: lizardmen stole the spear, and Isael will help you find it. If you're still 37, you get Thalia's Instructions — come back to her at 38.

Step 16. Isael Silvershadow

Teleport to Hunters Village: Isael Silvershadow stands about 1,500 northwest of the teleport. Click "Ask where Talin's Spear is." — she takes the letter and gives you Isael's Instructions: the Leto shamans and chiefs broke the spear into six pieces.

Step 17. Talin's Spear pieces

From Oren teleport to the Plains of Lizardmen and run northwest, about 4,500–10,000. Kill the level 39 Leto Lizardman Shamans lv. 39 and level 40 Leto Lizardman Overlords lv. 40: half of the time a lizardman gives one missing piece — the blade, the shaft or one of four gems. The quest rate doesn't change this, so expect about 12 kills.

Step 18. The spear is whole

With all six pieces return to Isael in Hunters Village. She puts the spear together and gives you Talin's Spear and Isael's Letter for Thalia.

Step 19. Grail of Purity

Take Isael's letter to Thalia at Iris Lake — she gives you the Grail of Purity. Now you have both the grail and the spear: all that's left is the tears of Eva's unicorn.

Step 20. Unicorn of Eva

The Unicorn of Eva lv. 30 is a level 30 quest monster. The nearest unicorns are about 8,000 south of Thalia, and their spots run along the road south of the lake far to the west. Equip Talin's Spear: only a kill made with the spear in your hands counts, with the Grail of Purity in your bag. You can finish the unicorn with magic too — what matters is that you land the kill and the spear is equipped. The spear and the grail are taken, and you get the Tears of Unicorn.

Step 21. Water of Life

Return to Thalia with the unicorn's tears — she gives you the Water of Life.

Step 22. Asterios again

Take the Water of Life to Asterios in the Elven Village temple. The hierarch takes the water and the Moonflower Charm and gives you the Camomile Charm for Cardien.

Step 23. Mark of Life

Take the charm to Cardien in the Dion Warriors' Guild — Cardien gives you the Mark of Life, 104,591 XP and 11,250 SP. The other Swordsinger marks are Trial of the Challenger and Test of the Duelist; the full path is in the Swordsinger 2nd class quest guide, the mark is also needed for the Elven Elder 2nd class and the Spellsinger 2nd class, and other classes start from the 2nd class quest hub.

How many mobs to kill at your rate

The ore, talons, acid, ichor and down drop with a 50–80% chance, and the quest rate multiplies the chance — the table shows the average number of kills. On some servers quest items drop one at a time at any rate — then use the x1 column.

The rate doesn't multiply the Talin's Spear pieces: a lizardman gives one piece half of the time, about 12 kills at any rate. The Unicorn of Eva gives its tears on the first kill.

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