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Most players, regardless of class, should be able to solo Bubblegut by level 17, or at least by level 18.  Numerous players have difficulty with ol’ Bubblegut, (what a name!) and most of the difficulty stems from failing to use the provided Slime Immunity potions at the proper time.

The quest to defeat Bubblegut is the fighting portion of the “Source of the Pollution” quest chain. When you are done, remember to stay and talk to Kato, and then return to Spatalos to inform him of the result and pick up your quest reward.

When you receive the Bubblegut portion of the “Source of the Pollution” quest chain from Geolus he will give you two Slime Immunity potions and tell you to use them on Bubblegut.

Place the Slime Immunity potions on your Quickbar so you can access them easily during battle. See Options/User Interface 1,2,and 3 to add extra Quickbars.

You have to return to the Tainted Swamp near Roseino’s tent to find Bubblegut. Bubblegut’s swamp pool lies north of Pilgrim’s Respite, between Altamia Ridge and  Zumion Canyon. If you look at the map of Verteron you will see the Tainted Swamp area in the east. Bubblegut is in the swamp pool that is furthest north.

Note: You may find it helpful to change your compass on the mini map to always point north. You can do this in Options. To get to Options press Escape twice to bring up the small Quit/Logout/Options menu. Click on Options.  In Game Options/User Interface Option 9 allows you to fix your compass on North.

The easiest, quickest way to get to Bubblegut is to fly from Verteron Citadel to Pilgrim’s Respite. From there turn right just past vendor Ibion’s tent and follow the road north to the Tainted Swamp.

Go to the the last swamp pool, the one furthest north, just past Roseino’s tent. You’ll find Bubblegut playing about in the contaminated waters, chasing some unsuccessful player down the road, or mauling a dead or dying player.

Tip: If you are traveling at night (in game time) in addition to the Broken Rock Kalgolems that are always there, you have to beware of the Ancient Elysean Spirits who stand about at the side of the roads.

If Bubblegut is out and about in battle with another player, take this opportunity to target him and look for the green square representing the Slime Spouting buff below his name. This buff is the key to defeating him.

DO NOT USE YOUR SLIME IMMUNITY POTIONS YET.  The trick is to attack Bubblegut, wait until he puts on his Slime buff, and THEN use one of the Slime Immunity potions that Geolus gave you.

If you use the Slime Immunity potion before Bubblegut buffs up, it will be wasted. If you use it too late, you may be dead. If you forgot about the Slime Immunity potions entirely, you don’t stand a chance.

If you find Bubblegut outside the swamp with his buff already up, you can attack him and use your Slime Immunity potion.

If Bubblegut does not have his buff up, you have to attack him and get him to put it up BEFORE you use the Slime Immunity potion.

Geolus does give you two Slime Immunity potions, so you can run away and try again. Try using it a second time, if your attacks do not seem to be doing any damage to Bubblegut; he sometimes puts up his Slime Immunity buff a second time right after you neutralize it with your first potion.

If worse comes to worst, and you find yourself in front of the Obelisk by the Soul Healer, bent over, clutching your chest and gasping, with no more Slime Immunity potions in your inventory, don’t give up! Simply return to Geolus, and he will give you two more potions.

If you survive your encounter with Bubblegut, but fail to kill him and use up both of your Slime Immunity potions, see Geolus for more. See our (soon-to-be-posted) Quick Trips Category for a free (no Kinah necessary) shortcut from the Tainted Swamp back to Geolus, the Frillneck Woods, and the Southern Tolbas Forest. You will have to get back up to Bubblegut after you see Geolus. A quick return to Verteron Citadel and a flight to Pilgrim’s Respite is your best bet.

When you are successful, you will see Kato. Talk to him and hear his sad story, then return to Spatalos and collect your hard-earned reward.

I know that this method works, at least with a Gladiator, because I used it to solo Bubblegut with my Glad right after I hit level 17.

Let us know your experiences with ol’ Bubblegut.

Can’t find the elusive Tutty? Ready to give up on that cube? Well here is the video just for you.

Whether you are gathering for a quest or just to level up your skill for future high level items, gathering everything from Rubis to Aether can be frustrating if you are having difficulty locating the item you have to gather.

There are a couple of items available to help with gathering once you have ascended (from level 10 on up.) You can spend some of your hard-earned Kinah (Q) and buy a vitality or aether gathering hat, called a Gatherer Hat or Aether Gatherer Hat.

The Gatherer Hat comes in Novice (Q 5,687) – Experienced (Q 25,289) – Veteran (Q 148,648) and Advanced (Q 962,797) versions. As they increase in price, they also increase in skill level and character level requirements.

Gatherer Hats are available from the Vitality Extraction and Aether Extraction item vendors in the Vitality and Aether Extraction areas of the Artisan’s Hall in Sanctum for Elyos, or the Aether and Vitality Extraction Training area for Asmodians in Pandemonium.

With so many expenses competing for your attention a Gatherer Hat may seem too costly. After all, you still have to expand your cube and warehouse space, pick up some new armor or weapons, and pay to level up your crafting skill.

If you feel that you just can’t afford a Gatherer Hat, there’s hope. Here’s a free alternative: macros.

You can set up macros to help locate, target, and extract vitality and aether. Macros work extremely well for items that may be difficult to see, such as fish in the water. (Think Miraju Holy Ground or the waters around Eltnen Fortress.)

Go to U to open Macros, then Create New Macro, and type in, for example:

/Select Ruko
/Attack

(Make this two separate lines, just as shown, capitalizing the words and adding / at the start of each line.)

A Gatherer Hat, it is true, goes one step further than a macro and tells you what gatherables are available in any given area, but it may be cost prohibitive for lower level characters.  It is also amusing when using macros to put your character on autorun, periodically click your macro, and find your character suddenly veering off to one side and running head-long into a barrier in an attempt to reach the item the macro is set to gather.

So, if you’re feeling the pinch from a lack of Q (kinah,) give the macro solution a try. It is very simple, yet very effective.

This quest lets you upgrade the Fire Sword to the Flame Sword at level 25. There is then another quest obtained at level 32 to upgrade the sword even further to get Inferno.  This is a great sword for Templars, Assassins, and Gladiators.

First what you will need to do is get the sword to drop or… buy it from the broker, but that can be a little expensive.
The Fire Sword drops from Dried Gnarls　and Mottled Basilisks. Here is a picture with their general location.

The first part of this quest chain is obtained at level 25 from “Garperos, Daeva of Flame”. He is located at “Sataloca’s Grave” on the right side of the path standing in the middle of a huge jaw bone.

After that you will have to kill some Flame Spirits and collect their Flame Essence x3.

When you finish with that, just go back and talk to Garperos to get your new sword.

If you are interested in a detailed class guide for your character with tons of information, I highly recommend the Killer Guides Class Guides. They make leveling up so you can get swords like these, easier and more fun. Check them out here: Killer Guides Class Guides.

Here is a video showing how to solo the quest Sealing The Abyss Gate.

One thing not mentioned in this video is that you must be in a team in order to use the abyss gate. However your teammates do not have to be there with you.

I was having some trouble finding Alteno’s wedding ring and I noticed a lot of other people also can’t find it. So here is a picture showing the location and what to look for.

You don’t actually want to look for a ring, the ring is inside a purple “Jewel Box”.

Here is the box:

Here is it’s location on the map: