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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura Hints

Thrayne Iron Heart wants me to send a message to his brother.

  • 1 of 11: Thrayne is in the back rooms of the Wheel Clan's city area, along with all the other quest-giving dwarves.
  • 2 of 11: He'll say his brother has been gone for a while and that he wants to you go to the Stonecutter Clan to bring him back.
  • 3 of 11: So head to the Stonecutter Clan on your map.
  • 4 of 11: The clan is a fairly small dungeon, filled with undead.
  • 5 of 11: Make your way back into the area, and you'll eventually come to a room with a bunch of slave zombies and a big bad evil guy.
  • 6 of 11: Once you kill them, you'll find an easily openable locked door with all of the dwarves inside it.
  • 7 of 11: Talk to the one labeled "Dwarf Technologist." He'll give you some background about the place and will give you the key to the necromancer's lab if you ask for it.
  • 8 of 11: If you want to go to the lab, it's through a door off of a room back in the main hall area.
  • 9 of 11: In the lab, you'll have to fight a really big monster called a "Bludgeoner." He's not really that hard, although he deals decent damage.
  • 10 of 11: Once you kill him, look in the nearby table for a very interesting book giving some back story, and a cursed ring and medallion.
  • 11 of 11: Once you're done, you can leave and head back to the Wheel Clan, or proceed to the next area as you see fit.