Sacred 2:The Pirate Cave

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Quest Objective: Rescue the soldiers from the pirate cave Quest Difficulty: 2 stars Quest Giver: Lieutenant Niran Location(s): Sloeford Prerequisite Quest: None Next Quest: None Reward: Gold

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Quick Walkthrough Talk to Lieutenant Niran Talk to Private Rinarn to choose his preferred fighting style Go to the pirate cave on the Golden Coast Kill the pirates - Captain Jolin and four members of his crew Talk to Sergeant Xalandar to tell him that he and Soldier Quindor are free Escort all the soldiers to Lieutenant Niran Talk to Lieutenant Niran to finish the quest and receive your reward

Detailed Walkthrough

Talk to Lieutenant Niran South of Sloeford to get the quest (he’s the one lying on the ground). Next talk to Private Rinarn to gain him as a hireling. It’s usually best to set him as a bow user, since this makes him stand off from enemies and traps and slightly increases his chances of surviving. With the new hireling commands (# to set aggro distance and / to set group/individual attack modes) you can also try and make him stay nearby and not go haring off into battle without you...but it’s probably still best if you just slaughter everything in your path, whatever level it is.

Head south to Happy Cow Farm, and then take the southwest path towards the Golden Coast. Head West along the Golden Coast and cross over the small inlet. A message will pop up to warn you that you are close to your destination, and that there are cannon and traps to watch out for.

Keep to the coast as you head west and you will find a cave entrance with a soldier standing outside. You should find that you are directly south of the stone circle in the quest The Lost Amulets.

Apply any buffs you want running whilst in the cave, and then go inside. If you want Private Rinarn to have the best chance of survival (recommended) you need to move quickly, making sure you take out any traps before he can run onto them, and taking out the cannons as quickly as you can. Keep a sharp eye on his health bar, and drink a light health potion whenever his health hits 50% or lower. I would recommend that you leave looting crates/boxes etc. until you are on the way out with no enemies left, and pick up loot dropped by enemies as it falls.

Once you have killed the 5 named pirates the soldiers will be freed. Talk to them to gain them as hirelings and lead them all back to the exit of the cave. They are Soldier Quindor and Sergeant Xalandar.

Quickly run to Lieutenant Niran (now southwest of the cave) to complete the quest and get your reward before any enemies in the vicinity can deal you a nasty, last-minute fail. A healer named Healer Lanara will be standing right next to him. All five people teleport away as soon as the quest complete.

Quest Enemies

Captain Jolin

Damage Types: Physical Magic Weakest Against: Fire Ice Poison Quest:The Pirate Cave Quest Location: Golden Coast in Tyr Lysia

Seaman Larsan

Damage Types: Physical Weakest Against: Fire Ice Magic Poison Quest:The Pirate Cave Quest Location: Golden Coast in Tyr Lysia

Seaman Malindor

Damage Types: Physical Weakest Against: Fire Ice Magic Poison Quest:The Pirate Cave Quest Location: Golden Coast in Tyr Lysia

Seawoman Alyna

Damage Types: Physical Weakest Against: Fire Ice Magic Poison Quest:The Pirate Cave Quest Location: Golden Coast in Tyr Lysia

Seawoman Lysinn

Damage Types: Physical Magic Weakest Against: Fire Ice Magic Poison Quest:The Pirate Cave Quest Location: Golden Coast in Tyr Lysia

Hirelings and Escorts

• Private Rinarn - Hireling. Mortal. You can choose his fighting style between melee or ranged combat. If he dies you fail the quest.
• Sergeant Xalandar - Hireling. Mortal. Fights in close combat.
• Soldier Quindor - Hireling. Mortal.

Logbook Entry

If you successfully complete the quest you get the following in your log book.

A High Elf lieutenant asked me for help. He wants me to rescue his comrades who have been captured in a pirate attack. A soldier names Rinarn will accompany me.

I defeated the pirates. All I have to do now is bring those soldiers home.

Rinarn and his men have been teleported away by a healer so they can see to their wounds. Fortunately he gave me my reward before they disappeared.

Notes

• This is the only quest in the Tutorial Hirelings chain quest.
• The Community Patch groups this quest together with the other Tutorials into a chain called The Hitchhiker's Guide to Ancaria.
• Despite being a 'tutorial' on hirelings you are given no useful information (or even hints) about 'hirelings'. Private Rinarn is also the only 'hireling' whose method of attack (bow/sword) you can choose in any way.
• Hireling tips:

1. Drinking a health potion will heal any hirelings you have as well as yourself; this can be vital on escort quests
2. in v2.40 (PC) and the later versions you can use '/' to determine whether hirelings attack individually or as a group
3. in v2.40 (PC) and the later versions you can use '#' to determine how far away from the PC hirelings will wander

• Private Rinarn can be a major pain in this quest, since if he dies Lieutenant Niran is not impressed (even if you get his other men out) and you ‘fail’ the quest.
• It is easy to pick up the quest Fishing Stores and the first part of the chain quest Pesky Pirates while doing this quest. The quest giver for Fishing Stores is in a small fishing village to the west of the quest location. The quest giver for Pesky Pirates is just outside the cave you need to go into to rescue the other men. The first part of Pesky Pirates also takes place in this cave and can be completed at the same time.
• If you want Private Rinarn to survive, be careful while accepting Pesky Pirates, since this quest would add more enemies to the cave.