The Branches of Darkmeyer quick guide

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Walkthrough

Start point	Speak to Veliaf Hurtz in the Myreque base under Burgh de Rott.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Master
Official length	Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. Quests: The Branches of Darkmeyer Legacy of Seergaze Darkness of Hallowvale In Aid of the Myreque In Search of the Myreque Nature Spirit Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost Legends' Quest 107 quest points Family Crest Heroes' Quest 56 quest points Shield of Arrav Lost City Dragon Slayer 33 quest points Merlin's Crystal Druidic Ritual Shilo Village Jungle Potion Underground Pass Biohazard Plague City Waterfall Quest 76 Woodcutting 70 Fletching 70 Magic 67 Slayer 64 Crafting 63 Farming 63 Agility 70 Attack (recommended) 70 Ranged (recommended)
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. None Recommended items: Gadderhammer (recommended if you want a higher vampyric title) Wolfbane dagger (recommended if you don't want to kill captured citizens) Combat equipment and food
Enemies to defeat	Harold (level 98) Vanstrom Klause (level 98)

Starting out

• Teleport to Canifis or use fairy code BKR, and run south to Burgh de Rott.
• Enter the pub, climb over the broken down wall, and descend into the trapdoor.
• Talk to Veliaf Hurtz in the Burgh de Rott pub's basement. ( 1•1•✓•1)…

  1	What's wrong?
  1	Is there anything I can do to help?
  ✓	[Accept Quest]
  1	Okay, I'll go.

• South of the Burgh de Rott bank, enter the cave entrance.
• Take the letter on the floor.
• Search the coffin for a mysterious medallion (deals small amount of damage). ( 1)…

  1

• Climb the rope to leave the cave.
• Return to Veliaf Hurtz. ( 1•1)…

  1	I found a medallion.
  1	Yes, please send me!

An unexpected help

• Once teleported, head in the northernmost room.
  • The medallion can also teleport you to the Meiyerditch Labratories.
• Talk to Safalaan. ( 2•2•1•1•1•1)…

  2	What do you think of this medallion?
  2	What have the vampyres been doing?
  1	I've got a letter for you.
  1	What do you think?
  1	What do you think we should do?
  1	Of course.

Traversing Meiyerditch

• Teleport to the Meiyerditch Laboratories with your medallion. ( 3)…

  3

• Go upstairs, open the door, pass through the slashed tapestry and exit the building.
• Run between the houses to the area (south-west) highlighted in blue on your world map.
• Open the door to the eastern building with Vertida Sefalatis and talk to him.
• Climb the wall and speak to Mekritus A'hara.
• Stand on the lookout point for a cutscene.
• Drop-down the floorboards to the east.
• Talk to Nessie who is in the courtyard south of the building. ( 1•1)…

  1	How do you know my name?
  1	What are you doing here?

Entering Darkmeyer

• Attack Vanescula Drakan - she will knock you back.
• Talk to her and exhaust all options, eventually learning about the tree. ( 1•1•3•2•3•1•3•1•3•1)…

  1	What are you doing here?
  1	How can you help?
  3	I'm not telling you anything, vampyre scum!
  2	How do you plan on freeing Meiyerditch?
  3	You won't get any information out of me.
  1	Why do you want to kill Drakan?
  3	Why should I trust you?
  1	I'll listen, for now.
  3	Tell me more about this tree.
  1	How do I know you are telling the truth?

• Teleport to Meiyerditch with the medallion ( 2)…

  2

  and take the envelope to Safalaan.
• Talk to Vertida. ( 1)…

  1	What do I need to go to Darkmeyer?

• Head southwest to crates. Search them for 30 smoke bombs.
• With your medallion, teleport to the Meiyerditch Laboratories. ( 3)…

  3

• Go up the stairs, open the door, go through the slashed tapestry, and out of the building.
• Run north and squeeze-through the grate on the north wall.
• Talk to Vanescula on the other side of the grate. ( 1•1•1•2)…

  1	What did you tell Safalaan?
  1	So, where's this tree?
  1	Yes
  2	I'll get on with it, then.

  • In Darkmeyer, the vyrewatch will attack you when you pass them, as opposed to in Meiyerditch.
• Use the smoke bombs to avoid being caught by vampyre juvinates. Do not go near vyrewatch.
• Search chests inside buildings to find clothing, 4 pieces in total.
  • You can use another smoke bomb before the previous one dissipates, enter a building before your smoke shroud vanishes. Once in a building, immediately close the door.
• Fix all 4 pieces and wear them. You no longer need to hide in smoke.
• Return to Vanescula. ( 1•1)…

  1	So can I go and get those logs now?
  1	No, of course not.

Gaining Status

• Walk up the ramp to the north-east to enter the ground floor level of the city.
• Talk to Sentinel Mortshade, telling him your vampyre name. ( ~•~)…

  ~	[Any option]
  ~	[Any option]

• Completing vampyric tasks below increases your rating. After completing enough tasks in the middle tier of the city, your rating bar will be half full, allowing progression into the next tier of the city.
• Talk to the Vyrewatch guard in the northeastern jail.

Middle tier

Complete either of the following tasks until you reach a half-full rating bar and access to the upper tier (proceed to next section).

Terrorising Maria Gadderanks ( 1•1)… 1 Quiet, rat. 1 What a shame. I'm going to be back later for a tithe. , ( 1•1)… 1 Enough, vermin! 1 He's dead. , ( 1•1)… 1 Silence, wretch! 1 Perhaps we need to 'dispose' of this one.

Using the Angry or Laugh emotes several times next to Maria Gadderanks

Talking to Maria while wielding the Gadderhammer

Talking to Valentina Kaust ( 1)… 1 Ok and drink the vial of blood she gives you ( 1)… 1 Yes , then ( 2)… 2 Oh yes, it was the best blood ever.

Vandalising the 4 posters (after getting the task by speaking with Sanguinus Varnis) and then reporting back to Sanguinus Varnis again.

Recapturing 6 bloodveld younglings (after talking to Grigan Kaninus ( 1)… 1 Perhaps I could help you get them back? ). These vanish for long periods of time, so they can appear in places you've already checked. They are displayed as yellow dots on the minimap.

Talking to Sentinel Mortshade about the threats to Darkmeyer, while constantly insulting the Myreque, the humans and Drakan. (three conversations)

Talking to Sentinel Draemus about citizens in Meiyerditch, the Myreque and Burgh de Rott. (three conversations)

Upper tier

Entertaining Misdrievus Vakan ( 1)… 1 What do I need to do? then approach the nearby blood tither. Talk to Misdrievus Vakan, and then enter the building to the west for a cutscene. ( 2•1)… 2 No, I didn't see anything! 1 I think he deserves to die.

Speaking to Vanescula Drakan to pledge allegiance to the Drakan family. ( 1•1•1)… 1 How do I do that? 1 I pledge fealty to the Drakan family. 1 I devote my service, land an power to the Drakan before me.

Killing Captured Meiyerditch citizens for the Vyrewatch guards. Start task by talking to a Vyrewatch guard in southwestern jail. ( 1•1)… 1 Yes! 1 Ok.

Talking to any upper tier sentinel and discuss your opinion of Vanstrom Klause. ( 1)… 1 I think he's a noble vyre.

Talking to any upper tier sentinel and discuss your opinion of Lord Drakan. ( 3)… 3 You should not question him.

The Arboretum

• After gaining enough status in the upper tier, talk to Vanescula about entering the Arboretum. ( 1)…

  1	I'll be off to the Arboretum, then.

• Enter the Arboretum (Ranis will stop you). ( 1•1)…

  1	Of course not!
  1	I hereby pledge fealty to you, Ranis Drakan.

• Solve the 4 puzzles:
  • Check the health of the tree for the orb pattern.
  • Pull the lever to start the first puzzle.
  • Rotating the orbs by clicking the left-bottom orb of a group of four orbs.
  • Match the orbs to the puzzle solution.
  • When the puzzle is complete, pull the lever.
• Check the health of the tree again. Repeat the process for all 4 puzzles.

Puzzle 1 solution

Puzzle 2 solution

Puzzle 3 solution

Puzzle 4 solution

• Chop the tree for 3 blisterwood logs and a cutscene will play.
• In the entrance room left, talk to Vanescula to be teleported to out of Darkmeyer. ( 1)…

  1	But the vampyres will be furious! You've betrayed us!

Preparing for the fight

• Use the medallion to go to Meiyerditch. ( 3)…

  3

• Talk to Vertida Sefalatis. ( 1•1•1)…

  1	I managed to get some logs from the blisterwood tree.
  1	We may be able to trust her, yes.
  1	I'd be happy to dispatch one of the Myreque's most fearsome opponents.

• Talk to Vertida again for a bottle of holy water.
• Talk to Kael Forshaw for 2 silver sickles. ( 1•2)…

  1	Do you have any sickles I could use?
  2	That's all, thanks.

• Craft each of the logs into 1 staff, 1 polearm, and 1 set of stakes.
  • Remember to set the quantity to 1 in the Build-X interface or you will lose the logs permanently.
• The bottle of holy water is required for the fights with Vanstrom Klause and Harold.
• Use the medallion to teleport back to Darkmeyer ( 4)…

  4

  , and bank at the Darkmeyer Treasury.
• Enter the house with Harold in it (just north-east of the captured citizens), and kill him with any weapon. You must throw the bottle of holy water over him to be able to kill him.
• Go back to the bank, and prepare for the final fight with Vanstrom Klause.

The battle with Vanstrom

Items needed: Equip full Darkmeyer disguise, Vertida's bottle of holy water, 1 blisterwood weapon of choice
Items recommended: Combat armour, prayer potions, stat-boosting potions

• How to kill Vanstrom:
  • Only blisterwood weaponry can deal damage.
  • If you're attacking at a distance use magic protection prayers, otherwise protect from melee.
  • If he shouts "Stare into the darkness!" run to the edge of the arena and rotate your camera away from him. Maximum 4000 damage.
  • If he shouts "Let the blood consume you!" run away from the blood splodge on the floor. Maximum 6000 damage.
  • If he shouts "Come, fiends, and aid your master!" kill the two easy minions that he spawns.
  • If he throws blood bombs towards you, keep running around the room to avoid them. Maximum 4000 damage per bomb.
  • Once he is very low health he turns into a cloud. Keep using holy water near him until he loses all health. Unequip your ring of life if you're wearing one!

Finishing up in Darkmeyer

• Take control of Vanescula and kill the Bloodveld guardians.
  • It is recommended to use the Shriek attack repeatedly as soon as it recharges.
• When you awaken, speak with Vertida ( 1•1)…

  1	Vanstrom believed that Safalaan may be the Icyene blood.
  1

  , and watch a short cutscene.
• Teleport to Burgh de Rott and talk to Veliaf Hurtz. ( 1)…

  1	Vanstrom is dead!

• Quest complete!

Rewards

• 2 quest points
• 20,000 experience
• 50,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 40,000 experience
• 20,000 experience
• 25,000 experience
• 35,000 experience
• A ‎tome of xp 3rd ed with three 50,000 experience chapters in any skill 60 or higher.
• Access to Darkmeyer.
• Ability to fletch and use Blisterwood weapons.
• Darkmeyer disguise (can be put into a Costume box in a Player-owned house).
• A new title depending on your status bar progress.
  • Vyreling [Name] (0–24%)
  • Vyre Grunt [Name] (25–49%)
  • Vyrewatch [Name] (50–99%)
  • Vyrelord / Vyrelady [Name] (100%)
• Drakan's medallion, allowing teleportation to various places in Morytania (Barrows, Burgh de Rott, Meiyerditch, Darkmeyer and Meiyerditch Dungeon).
• Ability to receive Vyrewatch as a Slayer task from Chaeldar, Sumona, Duradel or Lapalok, Kuradal, and Morvran.
• Access to a Bloodwood tree outside the arboretum.
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice
  

Music unlocked

• Darkmeyer (upon entering Darkmeyer)
• Arboretum (upon entering the Arboretum)
• Upir Likhyi (upon entering the large chamber in Vanstrom's house)
• Vanescula Fight (when Vanescula Drakan defeats the bloodveld guardians)