Monday, December 23, 2013

Ceramium Medals

Ceramium medals are the newest medal available in the 4.0 update.  They are needed (along with AP and a status of 1 star officer or higher) to buy the new Field Officer gear.  If this gear is your goal,  then you have to obtain ceramium medals.  The lowest amount needed is 47 of them for the least expensive eternal pieces of armor:  boots,  gloves or shoulderpads.  The traditional way to obtain medals in Aion is to attend fort sieges,  successfully defending an already owned fort or overtaking a fort from an enemy (Balaur or opposite faction).  Not everyone is able to attend sieges because they occur at specific times,  so how can
medals be obtained?  In an earlier post I showed one way to obtain them by trading in ceramium fragments to complete a base camp quest.  In this post the way that I show requires that you use mithril medals for trade.
In the first quest,  "But It Would Be Quality Sludge!",  a quest given from a shugo npc named  Benzarinrinerk at the Stonewatch Rampart base camp in Danaria, asks you to give a mithril medal and an item called
Noble Balaur Serum in exchange for a try at converting them to a ceramium medal.   Now,  I have to point out that I don't know whether or not this is a guaranteed medal.   The quest reward is indicated as unknown, meaning no guarantees.   I've only done this quest once,  and I did get a ceramium medal when I turned the quest in.   I'll take the quest again and report the outcome in a later post.  Meanwhile,  its another chance at a medal.
Oh I almost forgot!  I wanted to tell you where to get the Noble Balaur Serum.  It can be bought in Idian Depths for 25 ancient coins.  Speak to the shugo named Sagirinerk in the bazaar (see pic below).  He sells alot of cool items in addition to the one you need to complete this quest.  The purchase is limited to 10 per day on the Balaur serum.
Update 12/31/13:  Noble Balaur Serum can also be bought for 6,750 AP from a vendor in the Katalam fort.
The vendor is in the same room as the field armor vendors  (see pic below).

Balaur Serum can also be bought at the fort for AP


Buying the Noble Balaur Serum from the shugo in Idian Depths
The quest in my quest log
Turning in the quest
I receive a ceramium medal
  I'll post one more way that I know of to obtain these medals in a future post.  GL :)

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

4.0: The Danaria Region

Danaria is the second open world region added in the 4.0 update.  Like Katalam it has base camps that
change faction status around the clock and can be farmed for blood marks through weekly quests.  Unlike Katalam it has 2 forts:  Sillona and Pradeth.  Katalam has only 1:  Sillus fortress.

There are 3 ways to reach Danaria from Katalam.

1.    Teleport to Goldrine City ( the far south area of Danaria)  from your faction's Katalam fort by talking to        the shugo teleport NPC at the flight transport area and paying 1 ancient coin.  Ancient coins are
       earned by doing quests in the Idian Depths,  but they can be bought from the broker for around 165K
       each  (the current price on the Elyos side of the Siel server).

2.    Take a flight from the Katalam fort to one of 2 areas:  Crerunerk's League Office for Elyos,  or
       Mairinerk's League Office for Asmodians.  Its a 2 step flight:  you have to fly to the midway base first
       and then take another flight to the League Office.    If you're Elyos,  you fly to Pantager's Base
       and from there fly to Crerunerk's League Office.  If you're Asmodian,  you fly to the base north of
       Adumbral Forest and fly from there to the League Office.

     
The first flight from Kaisinel's Beacon



From Pantager's Base fly south to the League Office


 When you arrive at the League Office,  you walk to the portal (see pic below) and you'll be auto
   transported into Danaria.    No clicking necessary!  Just stand and port.

The portal to Danaria from the Crerunerk League Office camp

I'm now in Danaria
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This is where you land on the Danaria map after you port thru from Crerunerk's League Office

The Nimoya Passage portal (the one from Crerunerk's Office) places you in the top northeast corner of the
Danaria map.  You land in Kaberinrinerk's Field Office to be exact.


3.  The third way to reach Danaria is by using the opposite faction's portal.  This can be done by taking
     the Ice Road wind stream from either of the League Offices to the opposing faction's default League              Office and simply using their portal instead.  Its a good option if you want to arrive in a different
     area of the Danaria map than where your faction's default portal places you (see pics below).

The arrow indicates the path of the Ice Road windstream and points to the other League Office
The Makoi Peaks Portal to Danaria from Mairinrinerk's League Office
Arriving in Hadrianerk's Field Office in Danaria
This portal places you in the northwest corner of Danaria


There's tons more of the same madness you've seen in Katalam waiting for you there!  Its an interesting
place with alot to see.  I'll have more to post in a future article.  Good luck :)