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Sharpening the Sword - PLD AF1  

Realm:San d'Oria
Start Area: Northern San d'Oria
Start NPC:Ailbeche (J - 8)
Type:Artifact
Prerequisites:Father and Son
Related Areas:Ordelle's Caves
Related Mobs:Polevik
Mission:1 - 0
Min Level:40
Max Level:75
Rating
*****
(Average from 20 ratings)
Items Granted:Honor Sword
This Quest is Repeatable
Last Updated: Thu Aug 20 06:00:36 2009

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Summary

The boy needs a whetstone to sharpen an old blade. Find one for him in Ordelle's Caves.

Walkthrough

Note: Before doing this quest, you must first complete the quest Father and Son.

Talk to Ailbeche at J-8 in Northern San d'Oria, then head to Ordelle's Caves. Look for a stalagmite around H-10 of the first level. This triggers the spawn of Polevik, an Earth Elemental. After you kill him, touch the stalagmite again to receive the key item Ordelle Whetstone.

Talk to Sobane in D-6 of Southern San d'Oria. Then go back to Ailbeche for your Honor Sword.

Quest Series

This quest is part of the paladin artifact gear quest series. The full quest series includes:

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solo 75nin
# Apr 20 2006 at 3:14 PM Rating: Default
just soloed as 75nin/war easy as pie, only thing that touched me was the stonega2, which did 100 damage
AF1
# Apr 17 2006 at 9:36 AM Rating: Decent
Did this the other day, with two members from ls.

42PLD(me), 65RDM, 54WHM

Easy as pie. WHM kept it silenced and kept up barstonra, RDM and i beat the living daylight out of it. a sinch, no problem at all, bout 15mins in all start to finish.

Thanks again Gwuryn and Etoru /salute
can a 75 samurai
# Apr 05 2006 at 12:10 AM Rating: Decent
can a lvl 75 Samurai kill this? please email me Danagerbon@hotmail.com
Help me out
# Mar 15 2006 at 2:34 PM Rating: Decent
I'm a 42pld/21war atm.. i know i can't solo that nm.. can someone please help me out.. I don't really have anything to give you but my thanks.. keep that in mind but just /tell me.. I'm son right now.. my name is obviously Jatch.. thank you
RE: Help me out
# Mar 18 2006 at 2:22 AM Rating: Good
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what server are you on?
Not too bad
# Mar 11 2006 at 8:24 PM Rating: Decent
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I just did this expecting some challenge.

Solo'd as RDM68/BLM34

After reading how much this would hit a 60+, I started the fight with all buffs possible on and 300TP.

I cast every enfeeb I could to start off the battle and stoneskin fell not long after. The only hit I took was 44 with Phalanx still up (after a 0 dmg hit the chat log said took Stoneskin down). I quickly cast Stoneskin back up.

At this time, probably 1 min had passed and I had the NM down to 50%. Drained HP back to full and hit Spirits Within, finnishing it off.

The only spells it cast were Rasp and Stoneskin. I pretty much kept it silenced the entire fight
powerful but weak
# Mar 03 2006 at 7:56 AM Rating: Decent
I felt on taking on this nm solo. I came with my 65 thf/nin with a weird mix of gear (carapeace helm and gauntlets, mithra rse body and feet) a falchion on my main hand and dagger on my off. Brought up my tp to 300, casted utsu, and summoned my npc (healer) in case things turned ugly.

When the Ele appeared, i immediately used "spirit taker" which did roughly 480 dmg, bringing it down to a lil more then 2/5 health. The ele tried casting a few spells which i easily interrupted. a Stonaga II went off though, only dealing me 80 dmg but bringing my npc to less then half life. One scary moment was when the Ele landed a Critical on me (also the only hit that landed) that dealt for roughly 350 dmg! ; ; I immediately casted shadows to prevent any more of those from happening. Finished off the battle using a 100tp spirits within and pecking away at him with hits ranging from 5-15.

Anyways. not too hard of a fight for a 60+ character. just to warn you that he does hit hard... really hard.. specially when you dont have much defense =P
Honor Sword
# Feb 06 2006 at 7:03 AM Rating: Decent
This quest is fairly easy. i did it with lvl 42 PLD, and got help from a lvl 65 SMN. The avitars took all the hate, accept for a couple "ga" spells it throu. (BTW it's a Earth Elemental)
Hard? Ha!
# Dec 26 2005 at 8:16 AM Rating: Decent
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Soloed this about 20 mins ago, 60MNK/WAR.

Built up 100 tp on the bunnies nearby. Ate a steamed crab for defense and used my tanking gear. Boost x10, focus, dodge, pop NM, Chi Blasted for 289 which took off almost 1/3 of the hp bar. Howling Fist > Raging Fists > Raging Fists. Polevik got owned, didn't even have to 2 hour. Only had to chakra once, I had a hi potion and pamama au lait on me which I didn't need to use. Entire fight took maybe 3 minutes.

Arachna - The Polevik(8)
Melee Damage: 9, 10, 12, 9, 11, 8, 13, 12, 10, 12, 8, 8, 7, 9, 12, 12, 9, 9, 9, 12, 10, 10, 12, 13, 11, 5, 12, 10, 7, 9, 11, 7, 10, 8, 8, 8, 12, 12,
WeaponSkills: 289 (Chi Blast), 38 (Howling Fist), 91 (Raging Fists), 97 (Raging Fists),
Heals: 225,
Recovered: 225,
Total Damage: 891

Edit: He only physically hit me twice, I got hit by stone/ga spells 4 times but I never got into any real danger.

Edited, Mon Dec 26 08:24:36 2005
just killed Polvik
# Dec 06 2005 at 12:33 PM Rating: Decent
just killed the mob
lvl 66 war/nin (thanks Orteal)
and my highest lvl job 55 Mnk

also had my npc out for fun (healer)
all three of us lived
too easy
@60 he still hits hard O_O
# Sep 01 2005 at 9:15 AM Rating: Decent
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I remembered doing this as a 42- getting hit for 200 isn't fun.

Anyway, did this last night with 60 PLD, 56 MNK ( his PLD just hit 40 ) and a 46 RDM. Provoked the elemental and hit it with a 300tp Spirits Within, which took about 2/3 of its health. MNK stood there and punched stuff, and used Raging Fists when it was ready. RDM wasn't doing much melee damage, but Silence and Dispel ( for Stoneskin ) were nice. Took about 90 seconds in all, and no-one was in any danger of dying.


What surprised me is that even with me being 18 levels bigger and having much better armor he still hits me for about 80 a pop. Someone up above said he hits slow- very true, but he hits hard. I've killed almost every AF1 mob for friends and this one seems the toughest, to me. I got my 9 exp for helping, can't complain!

Anyway, bring a big tank or a big mage who can bind, silence, and blow stuff up and you'll be fine. If there had been two people who could use Spirits Within in our group last night, the fight would have lasted about 4 seconds.

Edit: Just did this for another 42 PLD in our linkshell. Took myself ( 62 PLD now ) and a 61 RDM, and we loaded up to 300tp for Spirits Within. The fight from start to finish lasted six seconds. ^^

Edited, Thu Nov 24 22:27:06 2005
Easy NM
# Aug 31 2005 at 10:44 PM Rating: Decent
It is easy just get another pld to help u one that is at least 65+ and build tp off of other mobs to 300% and just do Spirits within. I just did that for a friend and almost one shot him for 658dmg.
Very Tough Fight
# Aug 27 2005 at 1:28 AM Rating: Decent
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Had a 66 BLM help me with this (40 PLD was main job, highest).

I got killed hard and fast. Stone II for 230, physical hit for 200 and Stonega II for 407.

My BLM helper had to constantly Cure III, Aspir, Drain, and Blink/Stoneskin. She had to use Manafont to win, and that was close as she was out of MP and got off a Blizzard III to win right as Manafont wore off.

This dude was no joke for us. You need a Silencer and a higher level tank to make it easy. If you let him keep casting this guy can tear you apart (well a level 40 PLD will go down fast if he tries to tank it anyway)
RE: Very Tough Fight
# Sep 28 2005 at 11:19 AM Rating: Excellent
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The Blm shouldn't have tried to let you tank.

Spawn the Ele - Sleep II, Silence, Tornado, Sleep II, Aspir, Aeroga II, Sleep, Aero III, Sleep II, Aspir etc etc etc til its dead. The point: keep it Asleep & Silent, and then wake it up with a hard hitting Nuke, then sleep it again.
NM OWNED
# Aug 16 2005 at 11:08 PM Rating: Decent
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I just did this quest about 5 minutes ago ~ me (50 PLD) , a rdm 42, & 73 BLM.. fight didnt last a minute ~ I think I swung my sword about twice before blm had it dead... All you need is a 70+ blm and its owned
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SOloed it
# Jul 04 2005 at 11:27 PM Rating: Decent
soloed it as a 62 DRG/ blm 23. it hits rather hard....so becareful. i ice spiked so i can paralyze it. it doesnt hit often so you have plenty of time to heal breath. if your PLD is around make sure they stay out of Stonega II or they will die. only issue is that if it casts stonega 2 too much your wyvern will die. but it has low HP that it will die soon. good fight.
Doin it Tonight
# Jun 22 2005 at 12:29 PM Rating: Decent
I'm doing this tonight with the help of my LS hopefully it all goes smooth. If anyone has any advice on how to kill him quick and without any problems please tell me.

Edited, Wed Jun 22 13:30:45 2005
RE: Doin it Tonight
# Jun 23 2005 at 7:05 AM Rating: Decent
Updating killed this guy last night in under a minute with 70whm 69pld 56drg and myself 40pld way too easy
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# Jun 12 2005 at 4:11 PM Rating: Decent

Solod last night as a 71whm/blm

took a really long time ... it was almost dead and i was gettin tired and ran outta mp then a blm walked by she joined pt used 2nukes and finished it off for me she was a 55blm

i reccomend takin a blm for this u can solo it but takes forever with melee attks. my hexa strike only done 100 damage so melee kinda useless
Too easy
# May 29 2005 at 11:20 AM Rating: Decent
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this quest was easy as cake.
i got the quest activated as pld.
changed to my 50 white mage, and duo'd the NM with myself and a 60 ninja.

I kept silencing the Elemental, and regen, hasting the ninja. went down in about 3 minutes. no struggle at all.

you dont need to be PLD to spawn the NM you only need to be a PLD to get the quest activated.
RE: Too easy
# Jun 01 2005 at 4:39 PM Rating: Decent
Did this last night after static. Same deal. Activated quest as PLD then Zuesholmes Lvl 68 MNK and my main 55 MNK duo'd it and it went down in about 3 minutes also. Thanks again Z.
not so tough
# May 19 2005 at 6:21 AM Rating: Decent
done this quest yesterday with 2v friends lvl 75
had no problem pld done spirits within and took 90%hp from ele 3-4 min fight tops
thanks ganondorf for the help
(levithan server)
help me out
# May 10 2005 at 5:44 AM Rating: Decent
my question is do u have to be PLD to get this Key item, I could easily solo this NM with my main job but am unsure it i will get the drop. I dont want to waste my time, has anyone tried this
Solo
# May 09 2005 at 3:25 PM Rating: Decent
Could a 59 War solo this. my Pld is almost 40 so i wana start this quest ASAP
RE: Solo
# May 12 2005 at 4:12 AM Rating: Decent
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Probably not. I solo'd him tonight as a 75 war/nin. It's only due to utsusemi ni that I'm still alive. Stonega eats blink and does around 150 damage, he's a elemental so he has physical resistence(Did about 15 damage/axe hit) AND he casts stoneskin which will make you hit for 0 for 4 rounds or so. He only hit me once with his regular attack...but it hit for 140 + enstone damage(No food or defender, probably around the defense a pld would have with food and protect). He took over half my hp before I killed him.(Granted though, I forgot to bring a sword. Building up 300% before a fight and unloading spirits within would have made things MUCH easier.)

Hard to believe it's just a AF1 mob. Don't try and solo him, bring mages with you.
>.>
# May 08 2005 at 9:27 PM Rating: Default
just barely did this quest...had help from a 63 monk and thats all (i'm a 41pld and was subbing smn for mp for healing) i spawned it and he Chi-Blasted it for like 400 dmg....i dunno if we just got lucky but fight was over in like 30 secs...monk hundred fists and Howling fist and bam...thing was basically dead...one or 2 more hits and it was over..i spent more time buffing up b4 battle than actually fighting.. thank you to Rudabega (Fairy)
No time limit?
# Apr 26 2005 at 5:44 AM Rating: Decent
Did this quest last night, lineup:

Pld 40 - me
pld 52
Drk 70
drk 39

So we went in, buffed up, protIII ShellII, no whm so no barstonra. I spawn it, it quickly casts stonega followed by stone II, each hitting for 200+ as well as some critical hits for 300+. I didn't pay attention ot see if this was earth's day or anything, so I dunno about that. Anyway, long story short, both plds died. The 75 drk left to sub whm and came back half an hour later to raise us both. Aproximately 45-60 mins after the fight, we're buffed up with barstonera this time and ready to try again. I touch the stalamite and get the item.

So my question is this: is there no time limit for getting the item as long as you don't zone?
AF1
# Apr 17 2005 at 8:22 PM Rating: Decent
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Finished it today, it was... interesting.
Went with 50 BST/NIN, 58 WHM/BLM, 50 BLM/RDM, and 52 BLM/WHM (me - you don't need to be pld to spawn the mob). We had planned that the BST's pets would tank it, so I spawned it and the Crab Familiar attacked. The crab did pretty much nothing and died really quickly. Eventually the BST and WHM (with stoneskin up) tanked and I threw Aero 2's every once in a while (didn't want to use Tornado as to not gain hate). Aero 2 did very little damage (his magic resistance is super high), but it was still doing more damage than anything else. Silence stuck. After we got things under control he went down pretty quickly (less than 3 min., I think).
Um...yea....
# Apr 05 2005 at 10:31 AM Rating: Decent
I'm a lv 46 PLd....Rank 5....and I barely learned of the Honor Sword's existence until last nite....-_-....

Should I go ahead and grab it? Or just wait for lv 50 and grab the Tact. Sword?

Oh and one more question: It says I gotta give that kid his fishing rod back...is that true? When I got it waaaaaaaay back when I was a lv 3 War (lol) I kinda used it....and broke it lol
RE: Um...yea....
# Apr 15 2005 at 2:23 PM Rating: Decent
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You need to do this quest in order to do the rest of the af's, good luck
AF1
# Mar 14 2005 at 4:12 AM Rating: Decent
This quest wasn't too bad... here is my take on it.
Monks are pretty good ^^ i had a lvl 62 Monk, Starc (Shiva), with AF armor show me the way, and a whm 50, Yein, come along. We got down to the NM Polevik and (dont fall in hole) we started the fight. I really didnt see much damage being taken and i sat back and healed as Paladin (40 of course) the whm cured alot tho i wasn't paying much attention to if it was helping much or not. This fight lasted about 1-2 minutes and the Monk was on Hundred Fists btw. I got the stone and then got my AF 1 ^^d Pretty easy with a lil help from a friend... Jakro (Shiva)
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