Su Helmas 424: The Forbidden Temple

A pay for quest that will open on September 22, 2017. Access to the area can be found in Crossing at the SouthEast corner of the Town Green (TGSE). The portal is open to everyone, but contracts from the SimuCoins Store are required to complete tasks within the event and earn Su Helmas fame.

Email teaser sent on September 6, 2017

The ward has been breached.
The doors have been opened.
Prepare to join the team as they infiltrate Su Helmas: The Forbidden Temple!
Thanks to the efforts of brave and steadfast adventurers, the wards blocking entry into the antechamber of the temple of Su Helmas have been defeated! The expedition is prepared to take their first steps inside and wants you to help them once again!
The first of Su Helmas' many secrets are ready to be discovered, as spectral images of the past play out and, if pieced together properly, may reveal what happened to the G'nar Pethians so many years ago!
COMING SEPTEMBER 22, 2017!

Email teaser sent on September 22, 2017

Su Helmas: Breached!
Beginning Friday, September 22nd at 9pm Eastern, adventurers from across Elanthia will storm Su Helmas to search for power, treasure, and LUCK!
The temple has been opened and it's secrets laid bare!
Warriors battle their way through the ancient burial site and secure safe passage upon the hanging garden while scholars can attempt to unravel the visions inside, discovering the true history of the G'nar Pethians! The grounds are open from September 22nd until October 1st, giving you plenty of time to enjoy the danger and mystery at Su Helmas!
Will you succeed in unraveling the mystery?
SAND GOLEMS, CLOCKWORK MONSTROSITIES, ARISEN GHOULS, AND MORE! Do battle and earn fame while you work to study the secrets in the antechamber!
And what's this? Another ward??
SOLVE THE PUZZLE of the barrier blocking further exploration of the temple!
And There is Even MORE Going on at Su Helmas!

• Weapon Templates!
• Armor Templates!
• Earn FAME! Your excellent reputation can be traded for goods!
• A limited number of CUSTOM SPELL PREPS will be available!
• Verdant hearts and Sand golem eyes - limited gemstones!
• A limited quantity of tattoo vouchers!
• Prediction tools!
• LUCK devices! Customize your ornamental brass astrolabe and CONTROL YOUR OWN FATE!

Claim your FAME at the Forbidden Temple!
Make your mark in history!
Be the first to study the secrets inside Su Helmas!
CONTRACTS START AT 9PM EASTERN ON FRIDAY.
See you then, if you're brave enough!

Email teaser sent on September 29, 2017

We are working hard to solve the mystery and unlock further access to the Forbidden Temple! Time is running out to uncover the secrets and heinous truth about the original G’nar Pethians!
Nothing is as it seemed!
Claim your FAME before it’s too late!
ALL NEW ITEMS!

• a blackened moonsilver armband - Restore your inner fire!
• a massive phalanx shield - T6, best available ever!
• a zerarin wool sling - T6, never seen before!
• Vouchers -

• Custom spell preps!
• Boats!
• Tattoos!

What are you waiting for? Go claim your FAME!
All Forbidden Temple Contracts and Multipliers are now 15% off through 9pm ET on Saturday, September 30th!
Save on your entrance to Su Helmas! Don’t miss out on the action!

Area Lore

• Su Helmas overview.

Map

A preliminary map of the area can be found at Kythryn's Journal.

Tasks

On arrival to the area, there are 2 types of tasks available to complete for fame. For either task to award fame, first find the Su Helmas expedition ziggurat climber or the Su Helmas expedition graveyard explorer, and REDEEM your contract. To check that your contract(s) have been activated, check the bottom of your INFO. Each completed task will award 10 or 11 Su Helmas fame. You can check your fame with the TICKET command.

Noncombat Ward Puzzle

Moving east from the entry portal, you can go into a hole and travel through the antechamber until you find an undulating purple ward [east, go hole, east, go second door, go marble]. To get instructions for manipulating the ward, STUDY the ward. On manipulating the ward, which is a random combination of PUSH, RUB & TAP, you can lighten the ward on a successful set of combinations until you complete the task.

Hunting

Each kill completes a single contract task. Only kill creatures that spawn for your character. Wandering around killing creatures that have spawned for others can result in not earning fame but will count as a kill and use up a contract. After REDEEMING your contract:

• ASK CLIMBER ABOUT ACCESS for the creatures in the Ziggurat area
• ASK EXPLORER ABOUT ACCESS for the creatures in the Desolate Field and Sunken Pit areas.

Incidental Loot

Tip: Different mobs drop different items.

Note: All items from the Su Helmas: Revealed! event likely still drop in this event. Please update drops as they are seen.

Weapons

• enormous calcified leaf with sharp-looking edges
• jagged sandstone shard with a lump of soulstone embedded in one end
• long gilt-edged dagger with a central blood channel - gore weapon
• petrified piece of mantrap stalk

Armor

• articulated plate greaves embossed with seven-pointed stars
• heavy gloves embroidered with blood-shot eyeballs on the palms
• pair of heavily reinforced trousers fastened by glass eyeballs
• reinforced oilcan with a missing bottom
• supple leather coat bearing a repeated pattern of purple-limned eyes
• tarnished chain gloves edged in a seven-pointed star motif
• tarnished chainmail hauberk worked to display a seven-pointed star upon the chest

Magical

• blindfold
• brass and chakrel spike
• brass gear with an oily sheen
• chakrel gear attached to a curving metal band
• deep viridian verdant heart
• sickly green verdant heart
• tattered aubergine robe covered in cambrinth-beaded symbols
• cracked sandstone orb embedded with amethysts

Other

• can of borax flux
• glittering sand golem eye
• pale amber-hued sand golem eye
• jug of oil
• large brass spring
• necklace suspending an eventide moonstone pendant rimmed in blackened silver
• tiny clockwork oddity

Standard End Treasure

Availability: no restrictions, available during entire quest run, located in a stone home and a stone hut

Stone Home

small table

These are on different shelves. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
dull brass astrolabe	Luck modifier	100	+1 with rebounds
bright brass astrolabe	Luck modifier	225	+2 with rebounds
shining brass astrolabe	Luck modifier	350	+3 with rebounds
twisted brass astrolabe	Luck modifier	350	+1, no rebounds
ornate brass astrolabe	Luck modifier	400	+1, group cast, no rebounds

tall shelves

These are on different trays. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
animite seven-pointed star fibula set with an icy blue diamondique Xibar	magical hider	50	armor
pair of heptagonal bronze cufflinks set with square-cut sand golem eyes	magical hider	110	cambrinth, containers, gweths
pair of gold wirework earrings cradling teardrop-cut sand golem eyes	magical hider	150	cambrinth, containers, jewelry, skinning knives, gweths
shiny brass anklet dangling a sandstone golem charm	magical hider	100	weapons, armor
hunter green verdant heart set into a silversteel star	magical hider	1000	omnihider

wide cabinet

These are on different color blocks. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
clockwork monstrosity's head	armor:plate	200	head/neck/eyes
dark glaes armor inlaid with complex cambrinth designs	armor:plate, cambrinth	350	chest/abdomen/back/legs, holds 100 mana
jagged metal plate covered in a mass of interlocking gears and cogs	shield:small	650	terrible (2/26) to v.good (13/26) (NEW STATS)
crisp linen laundry bag with a royal purple drawstring	armor:cloth	800	T6 cloth armor set
baroque gold-on-niniam targe	shield:small	650	terrible (2/26) to v.good (13/26) (NEW STATS)

long wooden counter

Item	Type	Cost	Details
straight-bladed robe sword with a swept silversteel hilt	weapon:heavy edged	175	45 stones (IMPROVED DURABILITY)
darkspine flight crossbow with a carved ophidian-capped stock	weapon:light crossbow	175	85 stones
sandstone throwing hammer reinforced with verdigris bronze bands	weapon:heavy blunt/heavy thrown	175	50 stones (NEW STATS)
triple-weighted sandstone bola with braided hemp cords	weapon:light blunt/light thrown	175	25 stones

painted bench

Item	Type	Cost	Details
sandstone panels	home	10	door home type
sandstone columns	home	10	freestanding home type
knife-painted bag	skinning knife	10	general worn, 8 mana cambrinth
small dust-hued bag	book	10	verby prop

dusty trunk

Item	Type	Cost	Details
cogwood telescope case embellished with spectrolite tessellations	container	400	contains telescope
silvery ban-minahle rapier sheath inlaid with purple gold lotus blossoms	container	400	contains ME
archaeologist's vardite round point shovel with a warped ironwood handle	weapon:two-handed blunt	400	70 stones

large bureau

These items are on different pedestals. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
detached clockwork appendage surmounted with a full set of repair tools	repair kit	2,250	repairs weapons and armor in your inventory every 24 hours
purpleheart humidor inlaid with a silver ophidian devouring its own tail	stacker	30	stacks elegant silver-foiled cigarillo
dark moonspun silk eyepatch embroidered with a golden eye	clothing	50	atmospheric
dusty leather knife sheath stamped with a faded glyph	container	240	contains a SE that binds on GET/TAP
brass monk pendant	magical	250	restores concentration
engraved bracer set with a row of faceted sand golem eyes	magic	500	casts Machinist's Touch

obdisian slab

Item	Type	Cost	Details
detached clockwork appendage surmounted with a spiked sphere	weapon:medium blunt (T6), verby	600	50 stones (NEW STATS)
detached clockwork appendage surmounted with a slender blade	weapon:light edged (T6), verby	600	25 stones (NEW STATS)
detached clockwork appendage surmounted with a solid squared-off block of metal	weapon:large blunt (T6), verby	600	50 stones
detached clockwork appendage surmounted with a wicked-looking drill bit	weapon:pike (T6), verby	600	85 stones (NEW STATS)

Stone Hut

small table

These are on different color clipboards. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
light pernach instructions	crafting	500	9 volume medium blunt weapon
Imperial hauberk instructions	crafting	150	50 volume cloth light armor (removed as of 9/28?)
serrated parazonium instructions	crafting	1500	5 volume light edged weapon
Imperial spear instructions	crafting	1500	13 volume pike/heavy thrown weapon

low stand

Item	Type	Cost	Details
velvet-covered repair case embroidered with a palace surrounded by stars	siegery	200	contains 6 pieces

armor display

Item	Type	Cost	Details
polished silver battle plate with smoky soulstone pauldrons	armor:plate	300	torso/arms/legs

cloak rack

Item	Type	Cost	Details
Imperial-style hooded mantle cut from rich cobalt moonspun silk	container	550	backpack-sized

overturned barrel

These are on different color planks. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
green pouch embroidered with a pair of tongs	crafting tool	65	T6 shovel/tongs
blue pouch embroidered with a set of bellows	crafting tool	50	T6 bellows
red pouch embroidered with a pair of pliers	crafting tool	50	T6 pliers
yellow pouch embroidered with a pair of scissors	crafting tool	50	T6 scissors

large case

These are on different color trays. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
orange sack	pet home	15	rat
lime-hued sack	pet home	15	kitten
pink sack	pet home	15	pig
purple poke	coin holder	250	70 coins
flame-orange poke	lighter	250
shadowy grey bag	box opener	500

petrified stump

Item	Type	Cost	Details
deep purple jacquard sash clasped with a platinum seven-pointed star	container	350	backpack-sized, color changing, atmo

sandstone block

Item	Type	Cost	Details
cloudy glass trinket box framed with damite	container	70	lockable, contains verby jewelry

miniature wagon

Item	Type	Cost	Details
deed for a fulginode boulder	crafting	60	boulder-sized fulginode
deed for a huge haledroth shard	crafting	60	5 volume haledroth
deed for some finivire lumber	crafting	60	5 volume finivire
deed for a crystal-bone stack	crafting	60	5 volume crystal-bone

Stone Building

sparkling pedestal

Item	Type	Cost	Details
sparkling white voucher	voucher	450	custom spell prep

glass pedestal

These are on different cases. Please purchase wisely.

Item	Type	Cost	Details
metallurgic foil celestial charts scrawled with algorithmic axioms	divination tool	200	High-end MM divination tool, better than the very expensive ones from The Future is Now.
bloodmist garnet prism ensconced in a black gold spiral	divination tool	200	High-end MM divination tool, better than the very expensive ones from The Future is Now.
set of decrepit divination bones augmented with multifarious metals	divination tool	200	High-end MM divination tool, better than the very expensive ones from The Future is Now.
heptagonal khor'vela and goldwood mirror inlaid with geometric illustrations	divination tool	200	High-end MM divination tool, better than the very expensive ones from The Future is Now.
pine icon depicting the Immortals' emblems	magic	200	holy weapon recharger

leather-clad pedestal

Item	Type	Cost	Details
dragon talisman	WM familiar	8000	Summons a dragon

driftwood pedestal

Item	Type	Cost	Details
carved sandstone ship	voucher	4000	Used to claim a cog-class ship. Ship is not custom, but you can name it.

glass display

Item	Type	Cost	Details
supple brown pouch tooled with the image of a roaring mammoth	weapon:sling	600	Contains a braided zerarin wool sling with a mammoth-hide cradle and a senci stone shard

ironwood table

Item	Type	Cost	Details
massive vardite phalanx shield with a blackened skull boss	shield:large	500	good (12/26) to amazing (22/26) protection
wickedly spiked senci bola with braided troll-hide cords	weapon:light blunt/thrown	500	great (11/27) impact, 56 stones

metal pedestal

Item	Type	Cost	Details
book of master crafting instructions	crafting	500	Contains all crafting instructions currently sold for all of the various crafting disciplines. Belt worn. Can be used while worn.

ink-stained pedestal

Item	Type	Cost	Details
ink-covered voucher	voucher	750	Tattoo voucher

smokewood pedestal

Item	Type	Cost	Details
smokewood repeating arbalest with a polished tyrium flight groove	weapon:heavy crossbow	1000	8x repeating crossbow

glass case

Item	Type	Cost	Details
blackened moonsilver armband inlaid with nightfire opals	jewelry	250	inner fire regenerator

giant clam shell

Item	Type	Cost	Details
makeshift otter's couch woven from river cane	voucher	400	Contains an otter pet
glossy otter's harness crafted from bright kelp	voucher	400	Contains an otter pet