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What the Wood Remembers

Chapter 3 of Shadows of Greywake. Paper forgets; living wood does not. Read three ancient trees in Whalewood and see what happened on Greywake.

Quest overview

Game data

Start

Talk to Orin Rootscribe in Whalewood (27, 10).

Chapter 3. Orin Rootscribe keeps to a clearing around (27, 10) in north-west Whalewood.

Quest ID: greywake_what_wood_remembers · Difficulty: Master

Requirements

Rewards

Dangers

No required fights.

The third chapter of Shadows of Greywake. The rewards are 3 Bound Memory Rings, 6,000 Woodcutting XP, 5,000 Reverence XP and 3 Quest Points.

Requirements: The First Ledger, 30 Quest Points, Woodcutting 50 and Reverence 30.

Quest preparation

Game data

No items need to be gathered in advance.

  • Woodcutting 50 is needed to read each tree.
  • A free slot for the rings (they stack).
  • Getting to Whalewood: leave the Overworld through its west edge at (0, 25–26) into Westwood Pass, then follow the pass to its west edge.

Walkthrough

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Complete solution, including boss tactics and story reveals.

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  1. Talk to Orin Rootscribe around (27, 10), choose What the Wood Remembers and Accept quest.

  2. Stand next to the old tree at (25, 6) and choose Read the rings. Reading takes 3 seconds; stay next to the tree. You receive the first Bound Memory Ring.

  3. Read the rings of the great tree at (70–71, 10–11). Second ring.

  4. Read the rings of the old growth at (66–67, 40–41). Third ring.

  5. Talk to Orin and choose Complete quest.

Notes

  • The trees must be read in this order.
  • Keep all three rings: the next chapters need them. Orin can replace lost rings through Recover missing story items.

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