Generation 8

~Dragon~ entails the last adventure of Chapter 2, immediately following the events of the ~Ancient Secrets of Irinid~ storyline. ~Dragon~ completes the continent of Iria by introducing the Zardine region, a land populated by fierce winged-beasts and numerous volcanoes. This mainstream scenario is also considered to be the final chapter to the Falcon (Elf) and Beast (Giant) quests. Like the previous generation, it is possible for any race to begin Generation 8, however, the character must be Level 5 or higher.


---->For more information on the plot, see the written Mabinogi_Storyline_Recap>>G8_-_Dragon_.28.22The_Drake_of_Iria.22_in_foreign_servers.29Storyline.
---->[http://mabinogi.nexon.net/Guide/StrategyGuide.aspx Mabinogi's strategy guide] also has a section on Dragon.

== NPCs involved in Dragon ==
name=Cromm Cruiach
occupation=Leader of theBlue Dragons
location=Somewhere,roaming Zardine

name=Krug
occupation=King of the Giants
location=Vales

name=Taunes
occupation=FormerSecond-in-commandof the Giants Army,
Blacksmith
location=Vales

name=Effie
occupation=General Store Owner
location=Qilla Base Camp

name=Kelpie
occupation=General Store Owner
location=Calida Exploration Camp

name=Atrata
occupation=Healer
location=Filia

name=Voight
occupation=Banker,
Relic Appraiser
location=Cor

name=Arenen
occupation=Banker
location=Calida Exploration Camp

name=Castanea
occupation=Elf Leader
location=Filia

name=Belita
occupation=Healer,
Fossil Hunter
location=Calida Exploration Camp

name=Crumena
occupation=Leader of theRed Dragons
location=Somewhere,roaming Zardine

name=Legatus
occupation=Blue Dragon
location=Roosting on the hill above Calida Lake in Zardine

portrait=Ruairi
name=Ruairi
occupation=Dark Knight
location=Somewhere,roaming Zardine


name=Adniel
occupation=Gold Dragon
location=Hatches in
Renes Cave



== Krug's Expeditionary Team ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Krug's Expeditionary Team
Name=Krug's Expeditionary Team
NPC=Cromm CruiachKrugTaunes
Info=Requirement: You must have the keyword "~The Oblivious Elves~" obtained at the end of the G7 mainstream scenario or from talking to Kousai at Cor.
''For Giants, Giant-supporting Humans, and neutral Humans only.If not, simply relog and skip to the next quest (this is automatic for elves).''
Instruction=

>>Relog to see a cut scene of Cromm Cruaich (NPC)Cromm Cruaich speaking of preparing a ceremony for a so-called Gold Dragon. He mentions Ruairi as the "dragon's contractor."
>>Talk to Krug in Vales.
>>Talk to Taunes. He will reject helping the King with his plans of war.
>>Talk to Krug. Wait for the next quest.



== Effie's Brother ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Effie's Brother
Name=Effie's Brother
NPC=EffieKelpie
Info=Requirement: You must have the keyword "~The Oblivious Elves~" obtained at the end of the G7 mainstream scenario or from skipping Generation 7: Ancient Secrets of IrinidGeneration 7 by talking to Kousai at Cor.
Instruction=

>>Talk to Effie at Qilla Base Camp.
>>Talk to Kelpie at Calida Exploration Camp. He will tell you that he has lost his memory.
>>Talk to Effie. She will have you return to Zardine and sketch Kelpie. She will provide sketch paper.
>>Return to Zardine and sketch Kelpie. It is not necessary to talk to him.
>>Talk to Effie. She will ask you to use the Mirror of Memory on Kelpie, the same mirror you gave to Atrata in Generation 7: Ancient Secrets of IrinidGeneration 7. Shortly after, you will receive the next quest.



== Mirror of Memory ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Mirror of Memory
Name=Mirror of Memory
NPC=AtrataTaunes
Info=

---->Be careful as you enter an enemy or opposing race's town, as the Guards will seek out to hunt you. Use a fast land or flying mount to avoid any difficulties.
---->The unicorn will aggro but not attack you unless you attack it directly. Use any regular Taming strategies without killing it.
---->You may mount on the unicorn after successfully taming it, however, will disappear upon leaving the dungeon (unless you tamed it with Control of Darkness).

Instruction=

>>Talk to Atrata in Filia. She will give you a letter to deliver to Taunes in Vales.
>>Upon delivery, Taunes will inform you that he is under house arrest for disobeying King Krug's orders. For him to escape and be with Atrata, he will need to ride away on the Mirror Witch's legendary Horse>>UnicornUnicorn, so he sends you out to tame it. He will give you ~Taunes' Taming Cane~, ~Taming Bait from Taunes~ and ~Unicorn Powder~.
>>Drop the ~Unicorn Powder~ on the Par Ruins altar and clear the dungeon up to the boss room. You must tame the Unicorn boss with the Taming Wild Animals skill.
>>>>The Dungeon seems to be slightly longer than a Normal Par.
>>>>Taming it with Control of Darkness will not count for the quest.
>>>>Taunes will not supply you with more bait nor another Cane if you fail; you will have to buy more from Tupai at Cor.
>>Talk to Taunes. He thanks you for the work you have done.
>>Return to Atrata. She will have bad news. You receive a ~Mirror of MemoryBroken Mirror of Memory~. There must be a way to fix it! Complete the quest and wait for the next one.



== Voight's Friend ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Voight's Friend
Name=Voight's Friend
NPC=VoightArenenKelpie
Info=Kelpie's RP dungeon will require some patience. Unless you are very careful, you are likely to die through the course of this dungeon, therefore, it may take long to complete.
Instruction=

>>Talk to Voight. He will tell you that the mirror is too damaged for him to restore. He will suggest seeing his friend in Zardine, who taught him all about relic restoration.
>>Talk to Arenen at Calida Exploration Camp. He will promise to fix the mirror if you can bring him something in return.
>>Go to the Sulfur Pits and collect 10 ~Sulfur Rocks~ using a Pickaxe. Return and give them to Arenen. He will hand you the ~Mirror of Memory~, finally restored.
>>Give this to Kelpie, who will retrieve some of his memory. He will now remember both his sister and his best friend, Phaselus. However, he doesn't remember what exactly happened to Phaselus. Maybe you can help him. Kelpie will give you ~Phaselus' Letter~, which you can drop in Longa Desert Ruins to start an RP quest.
>>:---->Kelpie's RP dungeon is 2 floors, each about 11–15 rooms. Both floors are visible. There is no combat in the boss room.
>>:---->Monsters are Young Stone Masks, Emerald Beetles and Desert Ghost Fanatics.
>>:---->Using N+1 or Solo Battle Tactics>>Smash_MillSmashMill is a useful way for battling things here.
>>:---->In rooms where the monsters periodically go invisible, if you wait and N+1 them just after they appear, you may finish them off before they disappear again. Another effective tactic is to Smash them and load Counterattack while they are invisible, as they will immediately aggro you as soon as they become visible (this does not work well with Desert Ghost Fanatics, who rarely attack outright).
>>:---->Do not forget to set your skills in the hotkeys at the top of the screen. It will help a lot.
>>:---->Kelpie has only a short sword, but has all basic combat skills and Final Hit.
>>:---->Kelpie starts with enough AP points (4) to upgrade Critical Hit as soon as he levels once and practices it enough. Kelpie will likely achieve a second level on the second floor, at which point he could rank up Counterattack if he has not spent any APs.
>>:---->Kelpie has a Bread, ten 30 Stamina Potions, 10 Sketch Papers, ten 50 Healing Potions, and 10 Bandages.
>>:---->Kelpie can level up by sketching Desert Ghost Fanatics with his Sketch Papers. This is a great way to get fully healed. In rooms where they go invisible, you can sketch them in that state.
>>Complete the quest once you've finished the RP.



== Irinid's Curse ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Irinid's Curse
Name=Irinid's Curse
NPC=KelpieCastaneaBelita
Info=

---->Taming the Boar will ~require~ a high skill rank of Taming Wild Animals, Rank 9 at minimum. Ranking the skill might be difficult for those with high Combat Power. Using Control of Darkness does ~not~ count towards the quest.
---->As of G9S1 the chance of taming has drastically increased. The volcano boar can be tamed using a tikka wand, courcle bait, and only Rank C tame on a giant (confirmed).
---->A small party is recommended for hunting Wyverns, though not necessary.

Instruction=

>>After receiving the quest, talk to Kelpie. Angered at your latest findings, he will request that you talk to the one who erased his memory and demand it be returned.
>>Talk to Castanea. She will not know how to return Kelpie's memory. However, she insists that the answer lies somewhere in Zardine.
>>Belita knows more about Zardine, so return to Calida Exploration Camp and talk to her. She tells you all about the legend of the AdnielGold Dragon that you have heard mentioned before. She says that signs have been showing all over Zardine, predicting the return of this dragon. Belita will ask you to do a few things for her, so that she can investigate the latest phenomenons and understand them:
>>>>Acquire 10 Flints (Obtainable by buying from Kelpie) and return them to Belita.
>>>>Tame an Anteater, which can be found west of Calida Exploration Camp.
>>>>Tame a Volcano Horned Wild Boar, which can be found southeast of Pera Volcano.
>>---->You will need at least Rank F Taming Wild Animals to tame the Anteater.
>>---->For taming the Volcano Horned Wild Boar, the following combinations have been tested and known to succeed:
>>:---->Rank C Taming Wild Animals, (~optional~ Rank F Control of Darkness),Ancient Taming Cane + Tupai Taming Bait (confirmed with humans and elves after 1-10 Attempts after G10S2.)
>>:---->Rank C Taming Wild Animals, (~optional~ Rank F Control of Darkness),Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait (confirmed with humans, elves, and giants, after approximately 15-40 attempts after G9S1.)
>>:---->Rank B Taming Wild Animals, (~optional~ Rank F Control of Darkness),Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait (confirmed with an elf, after 2 attempts after G9S1.)
>>:---->Rank 9 Taming Wild Animals, (~optional~ Rank F Control of Darkness),Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait
>>:---->Rank A Taming Wild Animals, Rank D Control of Darkness,Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait
>>:---->Rank A Taming Wild Animals, Rank 6 Control of Darkness,Ancient Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait
>>:---->Rank B Taming Wild Animals, Rank 6 Control of Darkness,Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait
>>:---->Rank C Taming Wild Animals, Rank 6 Control of Darkness,Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait
>>:---->Rank B Taming Wild Animals, Rank 9 Control of Darkness,Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait
>>:---->Rank B Taming Wild Animals, Rank A Control of Darkness,Tikka Wood Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait
>>:---->Rank B Taming Wild Animals, Rank D Control of Darkness,Taming Cane from Taunes + Courcle Taming Bait (Takes around 40 taming bait if the boar has deadly hp)
>>:---->Rank A Taming Wild Animals, (~optional~ Rank F Control of Darkness), Ancient Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait (confirmed with human, after 2 attempts after G11.)
>>:---->Rank B Taming Wild Animals, (~optional~ Rank F Control of Darkness), Ancient Taming Cane + Courcle Taming Bait (confirmed with giant, after 24 attempts to tame monster.)
>>Once you have done ~all three~ favors for Belita, talk to her once more.
>>She will now ask you to earn 30 small stars (6 big stars) from Hot-Air Ballooning. You acquire these stars by defeating Wyverns. Also, you may earn these stars in separate trips; you do not have to earn them all at once. You also don't have to solo hunt the wyverns, doing it as part of a party is acceptable.
>>:---->Refer to Hot-Air Ballooning>>Slaying WyvernsSlaying Wyverns for details and strategies on how to defeat them.
>> Complete this quest and wait for the next one.



== Volcanic Region Hot-Air Balloon Exploration ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Volcanic Region Hot-Air Balloon Exploration
Name=Red Dragon Encounter
NPC=BelitaCrumenaLegatus
Info=

---->Making the ~Irinid Bolt~ requires at least Rank F Handicraft, as it is not tradeable.

Instruction=

>>Talk to Belita and you will receive ~Belita's Hot-Air Balloon~. Use the Hot-Air Balloon to view a cutscene. After viewing the cut scene, you will get the keyword "~Red Dragon~."
>>Return to Belita and she will ask you to bring a few things to her. First, she will ask you to recover a Fossil (at a "''mostly restored''" state or higher) so that she can extract essence from it. Fossils can be dug up at the Sulfur Pits using a Pickaxe. You must give the fossil to Belita using the 'Show Fossil' option, she will not just take it from you like other items.
>>Afterwards, bring Belita a Ruby, which can be obtained via Metallurgy at any ocean beach during the day when it is raining. With this, she will then proceed to create the ~Irinid's Crystal~.
>>You will then have to create an ~Irinid Bolt~ from the item Belita gave you to assist Crumena with his plan. Using the Handicraft skill, you can use 7 ~Sulfur Ore~, 1 ~Ballista Bolt~ and the ~Irinid's Crystal~ to create an ~Irinid Bolt~. Bring this to Belita and she will give you another ~Hot-Air Balloon~. Use it to watch a cut scene. Then, wait for the next quest. It will take about 7 game hours for it to arrive.


---->Note: ~Irinid Bolt~ cannot be traded or mailed. You ~must~ make it yourself using Handicraft skill. If you lose the crystal, Belita can provide you with a new one.



== Legatus' Advice ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Legatus' Advice
Name=Legatus' Advice
NPC=LegatusRuairi
Info=



Instruction=

>>Talk to Legatus.
>>Obtain a Snow Crystal from Par Ruins. Head to the lava entrance southeast of Raspa Volcano with the ~Snow Crystal~ in your inventory to view a cut scene.



== Ruairi's Survival ==

MainStreamQuest
QuestName=Ruairi's Survival
Name=Ruairi's Survival
NPC=BelitaLegatus
Info=Last quest leading up to the final battle.
Instruction=

>>Talk to Belita, you will be pulled into a brief cut scene.
>>After you talk to Legatus again, he will fly you to Renes Cave where you must go and fight Crumena. ~Note~: You do not have to fight Crumena immediately; you can leave the island and return whenever you're ready.
>>Enter Renes Cave for a long cutscene. It is recommended that you bring a party.
>>Defeat the treacherous Crumena, the final boss.
>>:---->Refer to Dragon>>Crumena (G8)Crumena for details and strategies on how to defeat him.
After defeating Crumena, log out and log back in again or change channels to view a short cutscene.
---->Note: If more than one person needs to complete this part of the quest, it will only count for the leader.



=== Rewards ===

---->~Title~: the Dragon Knight
---->----> HP + 30
---->----> Stamina + 10
---->----> Mana + 10
---->----> Defense + 2 (in-game typo stating the title gives +20)
---->----> Protection + 2
---->~Actions>>Dragon SupportDragon Support~
---->---->''Only usable in Shadow Missions.''
---->---->~Note:~ You cannot use the Hornpipe until you battle Claimh Solas.

== Post-G8: Renes Egg-Guarding Minigame ==

Once you have defeated Crumena and saved Zardine, you will have completed Generation 8. There is also a side-quest that allows you to participate in a minigame known as ~Renes Egg-Guarding MinigameRenes Egg-Guarding~. It is not required to finish Generation 8 to start the Egg-Guarding Minigame quest.

The main objective of this sidequest is to keep the Dragon Eggs in Renes "alive" (above 0 HP) by any means. There will be waves of monsters rushing to attack the eggs and you will have to defeat them.

Successfully protecting these eggs gives you a chance of obtaining rare items or enchant scrolls as rewards, along with gold, experience and exploration experience.