The Missing Link
 The Missing Link | |
|---|---|
| Start | Charred Note |
| End | Samuel Williams |
| Level | 30-60 |
| Category | Stormsong Valley |
| Experience | 20,560 |
| Rewards |
46 80 |
| Previous |
 [30-60] Rearmament & [30-60] Fabricated Fabrications |
| Next |
[30-60] Storm's Judgment |
Objectives
Obtain the Architect's Cipher from Tideguard Pontus.
Description
<Though burned, portions of the note in the architect's hand remain legible.>
They are... everywhere... disguised...
Encrypted... blueprints...
Cipher...
Pontus... watching me...
<The cipher must be needed to read the ship blueprints. It seems Pontus is the likely holder.>
Rewards
You will receive:
- 46 80
- 20,560 XP
Progress
We need to get to the bottom of all this before Lord Stormsong goes on the offensive!
Completion
A cipher? Of course! But by the great sea, what's it covered in?!
Notes
While on the way to the Brineworks for [30-60] Rearmament and [30-60] Fabricated Fabrications, locate the corpse of Chief Architect Wilson just outside of town. He's holding a Charred Note which starts this quest.
Inside town, loot a dozen Stormfused Weapons, kill Shipwright Turncoats, Brinebrawn Cannoneers, and Stormfused Strikesmiths for a 
[Warship Blueprint] or eight, and find and defeat Tideguard Pontus for the 
[Architect's Cipher].
Watch out for the rare elite Reinforced Hullbreaker patrolling town. It is fixed at level 122 with 1.6 million health. However, there is a standard rare elemental on top of the hill just outside of town, Galestorm. There's also a corrupted pod of dolphins in the river just north of town, comprised of a Corrupted Tideskipper and three Juvenile Tideskippers.
Aggro:
- Tideguard Pontus says: All who fail to obey must be culled!
At 75%, he sheds his disguise:
- Tideguard Pontus says: I am blind no longer.
- Tideguard Pontus says: Gaze upon the shadow of your demise.
Death:
- Tideguard Pontus says: They await... in the depths...
Progression
- [30-60] A Risky Ploy
- [30-60] House Stormsong
- [30-60] Unnecessary Duress & [30-60] Proclamation Investigation & [30-60] Haywire Harvesters
- Complete all of:
- [30-60] Lost, Not Forgotten
- [30-60] Means to an End
- [30-60] The Rising Tide
- [30-60] Forced Labor & [30-60] Bound and Oppressed
- [30-60] Rest in the Depths
- [30-60] Rearmament & [30-60] Fabricated Fabrications & [30-60] The Missing Link
- [30-60] Storm's Judgment
Patch changes
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added.