Overview
The Spirit of Spring is a quest with a boss called the Ghost Stag. Completing this quest rewards each participant with 80 gold, 800 experience, and 3 Deer eggs. Additional Deer eggs also become available in the Market for 3 gems each.
Availability & Cost:
It was released on March 22, 2014, and it is not yet known what annual re-release group it will be in. When available, the quest scroll can be purchased from the Quest Shop for 4 gems. It is also part of the Forest Friends quest bundle, which is only sometimes available but contains three different quests for only 7 gems.
Difficulty & Length:
The Ghost Stag's HP of 1200 makes this a long quest, and the strength multiplier of 2.5 gives it a base difficulty of "hard". Without using Warrior or Mage boss damaging skills, a four-person party typically takes more than four weeks to finish this quest. The hard difficulty means missed Dailies will cause higher amounts of damage to the group; having a Healer in the party is highly recommended.
Description
Ahh, Spring. The time of year when color once again begins to fill the landscape. Gone are the cold, snowy mounds of winter. Where frost once stood, vibrant plant life takes its place. Luscious green leaves fill in the trees, grass returns to its former vivid hue, a rainbow of flowers rise along the plains, and a white mystical fog covers the land! ... Wait. Mystical fog? "Oh no," @InspectorCaracal says apprehensively, "It would appear that some kind of spirit is the cause of this fog. Oh, and it is charging right at you."
Objective(s)
Defeat the Ghost Stag.
On Completion
The spirit, seemingly unwounded, lowers its nose to the ground. A calming voice envelops your party. "I apologize for my behavior. I have only just awoken from my slumber, and it would appear my wits have not completely returned to me. Please take these as a token of my apology." A cluster of eggs materialize on the grass before the spirit. Without another word, the spirit runs off into the forest with flowers falling in his wake.
Rewards
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Achievement: The Spirit of Spring x1 |
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Deer Egg x3 (Eggs also become available for gems in the Market.) | |
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800 experience | |
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80 gold |
Quest Pets and Mounts
The eggs obtained from this quest can be used to raise the Deer pets and mounts.
| Deer Egg | Deer Mount Icon | |
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| Art by | InspectorCaracal | RBrinks |
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| Type | Deer Pets | Deer Mounts |
| Art by | InspectorCaracal | InspectorCaracal |
| Base |  |
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| White |  |
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| Desert |  |
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| Red |  |
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| Shade |  |
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| Skeleton |  |
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| Zombie |  |
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| Cotton Candy Pink |  |
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| Cotton Candy Blue |  |
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| Golden |  |
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Promotional Art
Artwork featuring the Ghost Stag was created for the official blog and social media.
Art by Leephon
Development and Credits
- Release date: March 22, 2014
- Writers: Daniel the Bard
- Artists: Promo Art - Leephon; Scroll - UncommonCriminal; Boss - InspectorCaracal; Egg - InspectorCaracal; Pet - InspectorCaracal; Mount - InspectorCaracal; Mount Icon - RBrinks