Xan Guide thread
been getting alot of flame for asking help bout the new booster as usall on the forums you get the nice people and the trolls.
Im starting this guide to help fellow AO players lost out there...if anyone have something else to contribute welcome
also sorry if i make any english mistakes(wtb spell checker tool in forum!)
Xan booster guide:
this is a guide in progress will update it as i go:
A)For those of you who preordered the Hoover chair,and wandering why you still dont have it in your inventory,you get it by talking to an NPC outside of NL.(girl siting in a chair next to the paid points booths on the lake.
This girl can be found also inside the first area of the Booster.On an island you can reach from the tower in the center of the zone.
B)only entrance i found so far to this bosster is at the Alien grounds...go down the stairs..at the bottom theres an before abandoned entrance..head there for a new Alien PF,quests and solo and team areas.
As usall NPC can be found by their Blue names
First NPC youll meet inside there is a Unicorn Cordinator.From talking to him ive learnt this area IS the booster area..from there you may go to diffrent areas..theres a sign post directing you to each area...the cordinator describes them to you..
First area:
Arid Rift : you are sent to talk with another npc named Ryker.(This area seem to concentrate on AI content)
Those unicorn guys arent so nice...but they provide the missions..
The first one(Ryker) send you inside to talk to Demolition expert .. this guy has two missions for you...first kill some alien cacoons...then collect crystals...
Coocoons mission was pretty stright forward..only problem was alot of people there all doing the same so OD fest...
Second mission send you deep inside the Alien teritory to the south.The crystal are the more greenish ones at the field..marked with X on the map...most of the crystals are actually found BEFORE the X and After...
After completing those youll get some AXP and sent back to Ryker..
now for a tought one... youll need to kill an advanced Alien(Looks like a mini general)This guy hits bad..better take a doc for the fun..or youll find yourself in reclaim pretty fast..
third mission..use device on flotting DB kamikaze...found in the area before this alien.. all this quest will yield mostly AXP.
now ryker sent you to talk to the scientists hanging around the fence.
Second area:
Neretva Canyons: you are sent to speak with Lance Corpral DeGeus for more info.(This area is for new Dust Brigade content)
You turn left and run on the edge of the rivine till you get to another sign,pointing in the canyon direction..climb on the hill till you reach a spaceship,then step on the teleport mark..youll reach a new area...
On the left is a fence...dont try crossing it or youll get this: You were attacked with nanobots for 13465 points of unknown damage.
on the right hand is a new zone filled with letters on the wall as well as 2 NPCs,one of them is the guy that greated you on the start zone,the other is a women named:Lance Corporal DeGeus.
Miss Degues will give you the rundown bout this new DB area..Seems the diffrent letters correspond to a Dust Brigade's teleporter system....
Each area can be exit by using the big exit teleporter .This areas are not instanced so expect noobs to train you on regular bases.The DBs inside got new cool meshes(finally something new!)and hit quit hard..thou taking one at a time might be soloable.
This areas will provide you with a reward of a broken keys...you get three colors,two of each kind:Red,Yellow and Blue.
Aftr equireing both parts(for exp:left red key+right red key)youll get Miss Degues offering help to combine them...where youll learn intresting new facts and get the complete key.In case she dosent offer you help just offer her the parts and shell combine them as well(broken quest probebly but at least NPC here are more forgiving then in RK etc)
AREA A: The Dust Brigade barrcks and storage area.
Youll get a device which u must apply to a DB DEVICE of sorts to complete the area.
Running inside found diffrent dbs mobs..not droping any loot but youll get some credz for each kill...theres a bunce of mobs in a fence position up ahead a bit(Dust Brigade Drone Embankment) ,if your solo you can try running by them...worked for me...But if theyll root you your dead..youll then reach a new big clearing filled with crystals and db mobs.
Left of the crystal field you can find 2 gates that will lead to a second clearing.. find Dig Machine Control Panel and talk with it...placing the device here will et you complete Area A , grt!
Area B: The Dust Brigade main supply depot.
Mission here seems to be..kill three towers..then run into complex and kill supply master.
Inside the three generators(aka towers) are tought mobs which attack you with energy bursts..and got some hp on them...in the middle are fences like on the east side..
dont get close there before downing all 3 towers or youll get again:You were attacked with nanobots for 13474 points of unknown damage.
there are three fences...each controled by a diffrent tower...dont go there unless all are down..
Inside waiting is Supply Sergeant Korkowski... this guy is mean + accompenied by adds..get a crat for mezz i say...
Note: OD FEST ALERT!
This area is used by many now to get crystals...mobs are lowbies and can easily ode people with FA etc..theres a sploit here 2...the left side of the middle fence is open..so no need to kill generators .. simply jump and your inside...
Area C: The Dust Brigade research and development lab.
Here is a tough area littered with turrnets normal dbs and thoze rooting mobs...finally at the back youll reach a complex with a boss infront of it,with some adds..and mutating flees...since im soloing this i run past and inside the nearest house...found my self in a dungoun with a Awakened Mezzorash...kill him and youll get a beacon out.... thats wraps C area..grt on to D
AREA D: The Dust Brigade communications hub.
This area has 6 relays which you must intract with to complete.Youll reive a device,with a long name..just use it on each Neretva Relay Station.
Corpral DeGeus hints this area is easier which is not..place is filled with comandos and those rooting devices..all hurt pretty bad..
some cordinates i found that might help u in there: relay 1: 639,535. relay 2: 815,752. relay 3: 923,725.
another note is:if you die and go back youll get back all missions.No this dosent means you need to do them all again...just delete the ones you did already and get the ones you dont..the updated ones you did will stay on your mission window.
Kill superior commandos here to get your Golden crystals
AREA E: The poisened Notum fields.
Need to kill the leader viroligist of a db group inside the toxic zone..hes found at 491,116... this guy is a BOSS..which means u cant solo him..and youll have to fight others in there for kill rights.. so good luck with that one.. this area is reeeally hard...u got 1 min from boss death to get back to the unicorn commander..problem is LD and stuff dont account for a win..so you can kill the boss several times but not get update because of this...very badly done FC
AREA F: The Dust Brigade Training grounds.
Mission here is to kill the 4 commando bosses running the training grounds... plenty of guards cannons here .
AREA X: The Notum Bomb!
After getting all three keys,hand them to Miss Degues and shell give you the last key,which on right clicking it will provide you access to all areas plus to Area X.
Area X begins like the rest of the areas..only no mobs in the mazes...as you get close to the center of the core of the maze mobs appear,and finally youll reach a Dust Brigade outpost fenced like the one we saw in Area B.
Inside are more mobs and a gate on the back to the instance of this area.
Once youve wraped inside youll find some mobs,4 towers(East,West,North and South) And a Huuuge Notum Bomb!
So here the deal...only one tower of those 4 can be attacked... The others will have a 1000 dmg reflect on them..so if you cherich your health stop attacking till you find the right one...(usally order is S,E,W,N but order mayby random).
Next youll get a suprise at each tower..at 80,60,40,20 Health.A swarm of adds will attack you..each tower has hes own mobs(South get helped by engineers,north technitions etc etc...those adds dont drop loot but they do have a similar behavior...1th wave is kitable..2th no..3th kitable..etc etc etc... the way to deal with this is to kite the waves you can..and on the non kitable jump on the hill to the West were odds can be manipulated more...The numbers of adds youll get is corressponding to you Team size..
Ofcourse ones adds pop you should all stop attacking the tower and concentrate on the adds...once all adds are dead..you need to move to another tower...each tower while reaches diffrent Health status will up the Reflect shield..so you circle around and around lowering each towers health ..then dealing with adds swarm...till all towers are down... after that a boss will spawn... he is not very hard...at least for a full team was handled with ease.One guy said you need to pull him away from the source beacon he uses...(looks like fixers SL ones)cause it shields him or something...he however will spawn new ones if you pull him...but mayby constant pulling help kill faster.
As the boss is dead..one of the team should loot his access card..and use it on the bomb....the bomb then is neutrilized..all team mates get update...and you guys just saved RubiKa!! grt!
Going outside and talking with Corpral DeGeus will yeild more info on the situation...a new last encounter(Vortexx i presume) and 2 symbs(corressponding to your proffessions) or spirits if your a shade.
Vortexx: on the far side of the starting zone youll find an immense gate...steping on the portal will lead your team into a team instance.Seems there are two of those...(left is Vortexx..right must be mithar hero)so to reach the final DB boss...backout from the db area to the main starting area...a mission marker will show you the entrance point.
the order that u pop the crystals is Red , Green , Gold , Blue.
You pop each crystal when the spirits being hit from a beam of light , that time is the time u pop the crystal.When done correctly you will get a message telling you now have permenant immunity on the specific color.
While half down on health Vortexx start casting Fear nanos on you...which causes you to run diffrent directions without control..some say to remove this go to the cloud (found where spirits were before)the cloud only effecs for 7 sec so timing is essential here.
when down to about 3 last health blobs..spirits will spawn...ENF should mongo these..or mezz with crat..thou never saw that actually happen.
Mission update wont yield any items...the boss table loot consist of DB NCUS(the base on which you can combine the various upgrades),ncu upgrades,Xan symbs and sometimes Xan spirits(booo FC..where is the shade lub gone to?)
When dead a spirit NPC will also spawn...this one however dont talk to you(some said you must first finish both main areas(vortexx+mitarr hero)before it will)
one last note: Theres a teleport pad..without any letters above it.. this one will teleport you to the RubiKa DB old/new instances in the PW area.
New Loot inside :
Time & Space Memory Cell -->Seems to upgrade the NCU that drop from bosses(only drop i saw was from supply master in Area B) thanks for the devil for info on that one.
Pistol Memory Cell ---> Psychic Memory Cell-->db ncu upgarde
Matter Metamorphosis Memory Cell-->db ncu upgrade
Time & Space Memory Cell-->db ncu upgrade
Psychological Modifications Memory Cell-->db ncu upgrade
Pulsating Green Notum Crystal --> Drop from DB enginerres,End db quest item also known as Vortexx(thanks Rubizero for the info
Cobalt Blue Notum Crystal --> Drop from DB technitions ,End db quest item also known as Vortexx
Gold drop from superior comandos
and Red crystals found on Operators.
Outpost: this is found on the signpost..its not a new area but the way to exit this zone back to AI\LE zone.
there is a high structure a tower in the middle of the first zone...can be reached by climbing a flight of stairs...on top we find another unicorn NPC named Unicorn Commander Labbe,this guy dont seem to want to talk with you much...mayby npc for some quest...next to him is an Pandemonium Portal...
As notted by Boggengie(Thank you) use Pure Novictum Ring(The last one you get,and use on portal to get to Panda)to teleport to SL woot! nice touch FC.
Notes:
spirits roam the entrance zone..cant be attacked apperently...also low lvl unicorns guards
DB mobs give sk,woot for that 2
crats seem able to mezz mobs here..mayby also traders and NTS
Healing kits used in the Xan Booster area are SL ones.
On the far side of the first zone,youll find:
A)Saving point (thumbs up!)
B)An npc shop holding all the items you might need(healing kits,ammo,light,backpacks and more!) woot thumbs up again
will post more as i progress..GL out there...
Originally Posted by IHaveHugeNick
