NEVERWINTER NIGHTS: THE HENCHMEN QUESTS

By Lu Richardson

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I have received e-mails about the henchmen quests - people are having difficulties in locating their requested items, so I've knocked this up to help them out. They are, of course, not important to the main quest - but if they enhance the game, so be it.

If at the beginning of the game you fork out and hire all of the henchmen and listen to their stories (dropping them immediately afterwards), and do it again every time you Level Up, then you can earn experience points by getting them whatever they ask at the end of their stories (you have to listen to them three times). You are bound to come across the items anyway, so you might as well go to all that trouble.

CHAPTER I

Henchman	Requested Item	District	Location
Tomi	Official Document	Beggar's Nest	Bookshelf, at Thomas Wheelwright's
Daelan	Brooch	Docks	Chest on ship, SW
Sharwyn	Celestial Elixir	Peninsula	Alchemist's Apparatus, Tanglebrook Estate
Grimgnaw	Crested Silver Ring	Blacklake	Desk, last house in the corner before Barricades
Linu	Chalice	Blacklake	Cabinet, Meldanen Estate, room by the Dryad's prison
Broddyknock	Recipe for Leaven Bread	Beggar's Nest	On the corpse of Siril the Baker

CHAPTER II

Henchman	Requested Item	District	Location
Tomi	The Star of Calimshan	South Road, Wanev's Tower	Chest, Guards' Room (bang gong outside to make them leave)
Daelan	Notched Axe	North Road, Griffon's Inn	On Gorkan (he attacks automatically), Mutamin's Challenge, Level 3
Sharwyn	Nymph's Hair	Neverwinter Woods, Deep Woods	Armoire, SE room, Nymph's Home
Grimgnaw	Mummified Hand	North Road, Graveyard	Chest, Arcane Brother's Tomb
Linu	Synthe's Journal	East Road	On a corpse, Trolls' Caves
Broddyknock	Prism Blossom Seeds	East Road	Crate before the first gate to Creator Ruins 1

CHAPTER III

At this point I should like to thank everyone who e-mailed me telling me that, if asked for a job, Husher Clay the Trader will request the Star Sapphire.

Henchman	Requested Item	District	Location
Tomi	Ashes of Running Wolf	Fort Ilkard	Urn, small room in the N, Elk Tribe Keep
Daelan	Uthgar Spear	Fort Ilkard	Zokan gives it to you when you cure the tribe, Elk Tribe Keep (or you can kill him if you are evil)
Sharwyn	Tamorlyn's Song	Fort Ilkard	Sarcophagus, room in the E, Creator Race Ruins, Present
Grimgnaw	Blessed Weapon (dagger)	Coldwood	Chest in the extreme SE corner, where you fight the orc chief
Linu	Volcanic Oak Seeds	Fort Ilkard, Ruins	To the S, in stones, centre of three pillars, fairly near the Cave entrance
Broddyknock	Dragon Scale	Moonwood, Spine of the World, SW Cave	In the rubble by dead dragon, SW of the cave

That's it.

I have also been asked which is the best weapon in the game. Being a Paladin, the best turned out to be a Greatsword + 3 enhanced with adamantine (or whatever it is called) at the smithy. This of itself is not enough, though - if you want to do massive damage you have to wear items which increase your strength, even drink a potion of Bull's Strength; and also, increase this attribute every time you are allowed to during a Level Up. This speeds up the battles no end.