ENDLESS PLAINS - With so many quests available in Neopia and a limit of ten
per day, which quest is the right one for you? What is the purpose of Kitchen
Quests? Why Snow Faerie Quests are so expensive relative to others? Are Esophagor
Quests worth my time? How do you complete Brain Tree Quests? Who is Edna? What
is the deal with Jhudora and Illusen? Well, a three-month study was conducted
where all quests were completed and recorded. The results will, hopefully, shed
some light unto what type of quests are most suitable for you and provide you
with some very helpful advice on when to complete or fail a quest, and most
importantly how to reduce your overall costs.
Snow Faerie Quests
Terror Mountain is the home of the Snow Faerie. If you ever decide to visit
her you will be asked for a favour. She will embark you on a quest to find ingredients
for a spell she is currently working on, but before you get started on wasting
your Neopoints, you should ask yourself "Is this quest worth the trouble?"
Snow Faerie Quests are have the potential to be relatively expensive-you can
expect her quests to cost as low as 500 Neopoints to as high as over 45,000
Neopoints!!! The rewards, however, also have the potential to contain an "unbuyable"
(i.e. items valued over 100,000 Neopoints). But before you go and start doing
every single quest she asks for, keep in mind that the rewards are randomised
so the probability of receiving an "unbuyable" is just as likely as receiving
a Lime Elixir. So, which quests should you do? The results of the three-month
study yielded the following information concerning Snow Faerie Quests:
• Amount of Snow Faerie Quests Completed: 118
• Average Neopoints Spent Per Quest: 2,467
• Average Neopoints Received Per Quest (not including
items): 1,848
• Average Profit (not including items): -619 Neopoints
• Most Valuable Item Awarded: Wand of the Air Faerie
• Least Valuable Item Awarded: Evil Snowball
• Presently, the most valuable item that can be awarded
is Dark
Battle Duck
• Magical Snowball Distribution:
| Wet Snowball- 11.86% |
Poison Snowball- 14.41% |
Evil Snowball- 11.86% |
| Peach Snowball-
22.03% |
Yellow Snowball-
9.33% |
Icy Snowball-
13.56% |
| Sticky Snowball-
9.32% |
Exploding Snowball-
7.63% |
|
Although no "unbuyables" were awarded during my research, the quests were
worth the time and Neopoints spent since I was occasionally reward with relatively
good items. As a general rule, it is highly recommended to do quests that
cost 2000 Neopoints or less because chances are that the Neopoints spent
on the items requested will be reimbursed after the quest is completed. Anything
above 2000 Neopoints is a judgement call-will you be willing to risk losing
Neopoints for the chance at being rewarded something greater? After all, any
quest could be the one that will reward you with that wonderful "unbuyable"
item. Remember, however, there is no penalty for failing her quest; you
can always do another quest once the time has expired. Another thing to keep
in mind is that you are only able to do 10 quests a day, so quests must be selected
wisely. Some more information is displayed below-it should be very helpful in
reducing your overall costs:
• Price Range: 500 - 45000 NP
• Reward: 900- 3000 NP + Item + Magical Snowball
• Items asked stock in the following shops:
1. Chocolate
Factory
2. Magic
Shop
3. Pharmacy
4. Snow Food
Shop
• Items received can be one of the following:
1. Battle
Magic
2. Defence
Magic
3. Snowball
4. Food (including
slushies)
Kitchen Quests
After the unfortunate destruction of Maraqua, King Mumbo Pango fled to Mystery
Island. This, however, posed a problem for the chef, Flotsam Wok, because now
he no longer had the ingredients necessary to feed the King. Are you willing
to help him out? Well, if you're into the Battledome, then this is one quest
that is worth your troubles. As amazing as it may sound, this Flotsam is capable
of increase your pet's endurance, level, strength, defence, or agility if you
complete his quest. This can become a very effective way in increasing your
stats, especially for those high level pets that have to pay 3 Codestones or
more in the Training School-but be warned, this chef won't always increase your
stats. The alternate rewards include Neopoints or items, such as books, usuki
dolls and accessories, food, and weapons. The alternate rewards will usually
be worth less than the cost of the quest, so don't be surprised if you lose
Neopoints whenever this occurs. A total of 77 quests were completed in a three-month
extensive study on quests, the results are as follows:
Average amount of Neopoints spent per quest: 1,969
Percentage of times that…
1. An increase
in stats occurred- 41.56%
2. Neopoints
were given as a reward- 33.77%
3. An item
was awarded- 24.68%
Kitchen Quests is not an effective way of obtaining valuable items since those
items are usually sold at shops for a price way below that of the total Neopoints
spent on the quest. Therefore, I strongly suggest you do Kitchen Quests only
if your primary objective is to train your pet. Another problem that arises
while training your pet through Kitchen Quests is that having more than one
pet may interfere in the training because the Flotsam will pick a pet at random.
Thus, this method of training favours those Neopians with only one pet. Nevertheless,
it is beneficial to do Kitchen Quests, especially those that cost fewer than
800 Neopoints It might also be wise to complete quests that don't go beyond
50% of what you would pay in codestones at the training school. The following
is contains more essential information that may help in future Kitchen Quests:
• Price Range: 300- 25,000 Neopoints
• Reward: 800+ Neopoints, Item*, or an increase of Level,
Endurance, Strength, Defence, or Agility
to one of your
pets, if more than one.
• Items asked stock in the following shops (in no particular
order):
1. Food Shop
2. Spooky
Food Shop
3. Slushie
Shop
4. Snow Food
Shop
5. Tropical
Food Shop
6. Chocolate
Factory
7. The Bakery
8. Tombola
Spooky Food Prizes
9. Hubert's
Hot-dog Stand 10. Smoothie Store
11. Pizzaroo
12. Grundo's
Cafe
13. Tyrannian
Foods Shop
14. Desert
Food Shop
15. Health
Food Shop
16. Ye Old
Coffee Shop
17. Faerie
Foods Shop
• *Alternate reward can be an item that can be categorised
as:
1. A random
item not exceeding rarity 90 (most likely from
the Food Shop, Battle Magic, Usuki Shop, Book
Store, Toy Shop, or Defence Magic)
Esophagor
The hungry Esophagor can be found in the Haunted Woods. This poor being is
on the brink of starvation and will reward anyone who takes his or her time
to help. After a total of sixteen quests, a pattern developed:
• Price Range: 100 - 30,000+ Neopoints
• Reward: An item not exceed "uncommon" in rarity.
• Items asked are stocked in the following shops:
1. Spooky
Food Shop
Esophagor quests are quite interesting because the value of rewards can range
from a single Neopoint to over 10,000 Neopoints Neopians with a slow Internet
connection might find these quests useful since the Esophagor awards items that
are very difficult to stock in stores, such as books and toys. On the other
hand, you might end up with a Super Toy Sail Boat, so there is a risk, as with
all quests, in losing Neopoints Generally, quests containing spooky food costing
less than 1000 Neopoints aren't as risky.
Brain Tree
So you have decided to help the Brain Tree… so, how in the world do you answer
his question?! I mean, how are you supposed to find out when and where Charles
Meerca died? If you try to guess, then chances are that you will never guess
correctly. For one, the Brain Tree questions and answers are randomised,
so they are different each time. If you keep track of where and when each
Neopet died, you will find out, as I did, that even if the Brain Tree asked
for information on the same Neopet again, the answer will be different. For
example, Sophie Lenny will die in different places and in a different time period
than the last time the Brain Tree asked you. So for those keeping records, forget
it because it isn't going to help you in future quests.
In order to answer the Brain Tree's question, you will need to feed the Esophagor
twice. The first time you feed the Esophagor, it'll tell you the year of the
Neopet's death and the second time will reveal the place. Write down the answer,
however, because you will need to type it once you go back to the Brain Tree.
Be warned, Brain Tree quests can become expensive fast. Here are a few things
you should know:
• Price Range: 300 - 60,000+ Neopoints
• Reward: Brain Tree Weapons, Armour, or Special Spooky
Petpets + Neopoints
• Answers are found by:
1. Feeding
the Esophagor
The Brain Tree is very kind to those Neopians who help him. In addition to
a special petpet or weapon, the Brain Tree will give you Neopoints (possibly
over 10,000). You can see who has been rewarded the most Neopoints by clicking
on the Brain Tree Scores; those lucky Neopians have also been awarded a cool
Brain Tree Trophy!
Edna
The Witch, Edna, loves witchcraft and loves to create potions and spells in
her cauldron. However, she tends to forget a few ingredients and asks wandering
Neopians to help her out. If you decide to assist her in her newest spell, here
are a few things to keep in mind:
• Price Range: 100 - 2000 NP
• Reward: Spooky Food + Neopoints
• Items asked stock in the following shops:
1. Toy Shop
2. Magic
Shop
3. Chocolate
Factory
4. Ye Old
Coffee Shop
5. Tiki Tack
6. Faerie
Food Shop
• Reward:
1. Spooky
Food
Before the instalment of the Spooky Food Shop in the Deserted Playground,
Edna was the only source for spooky food. Sadly, the type of spooky foods she
gives nowadays is limited to the ones released before the shop, so until the
Neopets Team decides to update her quests, I advice all Neopians to do only
those quests that cost under 300 Neopoints since she only awards you with a
very common spooky food and 100- 300 Neopoints It is a good idea to complete
her quests if you are low in Neopoints or haven't done any of her quests before,
but other than that there is little incentive to visit the witch's tower.
Jhudora's Cloud
Jhudora's Cloud is the hardest quest of all mainly because there is a penalty
for failing her quests and the items become increasingly more difficult to find
as the level of her quest increases. Rumour has it that only five people have
completed all fifty quests. Rumour also has it that completion of all fifty
quests results in having your account disabled, or "frozen". The Neopets Team
recently denied this claim in The Neopian Times Week 71's Editorial, so it may
have been just been a coincidence. Well, apparently this hasn't stopped many
Neopians from pursuing the goal of completing all fifty quests and hoping to
one day be rewarded those extremely rare and powerful artifacts.
The first couple of quests are relatively inexpensive (expect to pay below
10,000), but the price of items she asks skyrockets at around Level 25 (over
25,000). Thus, failing the early expensive quests might be a wise choice, but
at around Level 25, failing shouldn't be an option since you will be paying
more Neopoints in the long run if you decide to fail the quest and start over
than if you pay the price to advance to the next level.
As a rule of thumb: Expect to pay more the next quest than the preceding
one. It is recommended not to do another quest unless you have enough Neopoints
to afford a much more expensive item than that which you gave her the previous
quest. So if it is so expensive, why do people insist on doing her quests? Well,
Jhudora gives out rewards every three completed quest levels, starting from
the first until the 50th. Here is a list of rewards along with some useful information:
• Price Range: 100 - 1 Million+ Neopoints
• Items Asked: RANDOM (Rarity of item increases as level
increases)
• Rarity 99 Item Levels ~ Lv.28-50
• Rewards:
1. Poisonous
Lollypop-Complete Lv.1
2. Noxious
Nectar-Complete Lv.3
3. Jhudoras
Brush-Complete Lv.5
4. Purple
Blob Potion-Complete Lv.8
5. Jhudoras
T-Shirt-Complete Lv.11
6. Gnome
Shroom-Complete Lv.14
7. Caustic
Potion-Complete Lv.17
8. Dark Faerie
Magic-Complete Lv.20
9. Malice
Potion-Complete Lv.23
10. Purple
Spotted Shroom-Complete Lv.26
11. Clockwork
Rat-Complete Lv.29
12. Toxic
Shroom-Complete Lv.32*
13. Dark
Shroom-Complete Lv.35*
14. Jhudoras
Potion-Complete Lv.38*
15. Bartamus-Complete
Lv.41*
16. Dark
Faerie Collar-Complete Lv.44*
17. Portable
Cloud-Complete Lv.47*
18. Wand
of the Dark Faerie-Complete Lv.50*
*These rewards have been reported by an external source - it is possible that
it may be incorrect.
Illusen's Glade
Within the war-beaten land of Meridell lies Illusen's Glade. This earth faerie
made this land her home to get away from dark faeries. It seems like Illusen
isn't very fond of Jhudora, and as a result, if you decide to embark on one
of Jhudora's quest and later decide to visit Illusen's Glade, she will refuse
to allow you to help, and vice versa. So what makes Illusen's Glade different
from Jhudora's Cloud? Well, Illusen asks for rarer items as you increase in
level and penalises those who fail her quests, but unlike Jhudora, Illusen's
quests have a reputation to being less difficult than that of Jhudora because
the rarity of items requested do not increase as quickly by level. Also, Illusen's
prizes are earth-based-the weapons she awards you do attack with earth magic,
which is relatively more common, and consequently easier to block than Jhudora's
dark-based weapons. Nevertheless, Illusen's weapons are powerful-especially
those awarded at high level-and shouldn't be underestimated. The following reveals
some more insight regarding items asked and rewards given:
• Price Range: 100 - 1 Million+ Neopoints
• Items Asked: RANDOM (Rarity of item increases as level
increases)
• Rarity 99 Item Levels ~ Lv.35-50
• Items Received:
1. Illusens
Cream Cookie-Complete Lv.1
2. Illusens
Potion-Complete Lv.3
3. Illusens
Comb-Complete Lv.5
4. Cucumber
Eye Cream-Complete Lv.8
5. Illusens
Novel-Complete Lv.11
6. Mud Mixture-Complete
Lv.14
7. Flower
Cake-Complete Lv.17
8. Rainwater
Shampoo-Complete Lv.20
9. Rose Shake-Complete
Lv.23
10. Earth
Spell Book-Complete Lv.26
11. Leaf
Shield-Complete Lv.29
12. Illusens
Earth Potion-Complete Lv.32
13. Honey
Potion-Complete Lv.35
14. Illusens
Scroll-Complete Lv.38*
15. Illusens
Blade-Complete Lv.41*
16. Leaf
Taco-Complete Lv.44*
17. Illusens
Orb Plant-Complete Lv.47*
18. Illusens
Staff-Complete Lv.50*
*These rewards have been reported by an external source - it is possible that
it may be incorrect.
Disclaimer: Neither Neopets or El_gran_gordo can be held responsible for any
loss of Neopoints caused by quests. Quests are to be done at the person's own
risk. If you have any comments regarding this article, feel free to Neomail
me at El_gran_gordo. | 
