Yes, be prepared, particularly for Sky as that Iceberg feels quite cold. You do require the specific lute to active the specific golden mote, but it is not required to enter the area. On heroic you just need to be within 4 levels of base quest for Novice, Horn, Sky, or Flight and max level 20 for Knight (3 levels). You also need to be on Reaper to enter Sky.
Usable (non-consumable) BtC items that cause you to pull out an instrument and play music.
Black unicorn also. Fought it in zoocreeper.
hopefully we get some good XPack discounts for Black Friday / Cyber Monday
mvp for this**I will be frequently updating this post as new information arises. All locations and details have been more or less figured out. Thanks SSG for a fun hunt!**
Well met adventurers!
In the newest event, Symphony of the Fey. Which has us searching quests and adventure areas for Musical Motes to charge up our lutes for rewards. What piqued my interest was... "There are also rumors of a special fourth Mote that offers a special reward, but their locations are currently unknown..."
In game, Hawthorn mentions Golden Motes
So I'm here to see if I can help share information and see if we as a community can come together and find these mysterious golden motes.
If you spot any or discover any clues, let us know here or you can follow the discussion on the Arcanaverse discord.
How do I find a Golden Mote?
Scattered throughout DDO, there are 5 quests that have something new in them. Either a new object or new section of the quest. They're fairly noticeable if you're at all familiar and look visually grabbing. In case the lead isn't super visible, there is also an audio cue that will be different from the normal quest music.
These will lead you to a new area of the quest you're in and opens a new Golden Mote optional.
You don't need to have the correct lute equipped. In fact you don't need a Lute equipped at all to find these, but you will need on to claim it and it does not need to have any advancement.
Mote Locations Found - 5/5
What reward(s) do I get for completing Golden Mote?
Each Lute has its own specific golden mote. Completing the very cool little side quest optional, the mote will able to be absorbed, granting up to 360 durability (my number was from reaper (skull level made no impact), with +50% xp pot, VIP, 5% Guild bonus, 5% Master's gift. un sure if all of that applies. but, it was consistent)
Additionally, you also get a Sheet of Music of the Fey. A non-equipable item that can be activated from your hotbar on a 90s shared cool down that will play a unique song from the event for awhile or until you enter combat.
Sheets of music are bound to character and exclusive. Once a Lute is used to collect a mote, it'll gain an effect noting such and will be not able to absorb additional golden motes. So you only get that burst of Lute durability once per Lute.
Lute of the Summer/Winter Novice
Acquires the song, Lets Drink to It. - Lets Drink to It Soundtrack
Lute of the Summer/Winter Horn
Acquires the song, The Ring of Fire. - Ring of Fire Soundtrack
Lute of the Summer/Winter Sky
Acquires the song, Grave Digger's Fiddle - Grave Digger's Fiddle Soundtrack
Lute of the Summer/Winter Knight
Acquires the song, A Formal Affair = A Formal Affair Soundtrack
Lute of the Summer/Winter Flight
Acquire the song, Peace in the Glade - Peace In the Glade Soundtrack
Congrats to the DDO community for another job well done!
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What do I do if I find a Golden Mote or Clues?
Screen shots are preferred. Please list the quest, difficulty, and which Lute you had equipped. Can post here or in the Discord. And if you're willing, mark yes in the quest tracker.
Only while equipped, the Lute of Summer Sky gains an additional information in its description. Noting that it can only advance or find it's golden mote on reaper difficulty.
Which suggests a few things.
- Each Lute is tied to a specific Golden mote.
- With exception to the Sky Lute, other lutes may not be reaper specific.
- The Sky Lute's Golden Mote is most likely to be found in a Legendary quest.
- There are 5. One for each Lute.
No raids
Quest Tracker
In case we need to brute for this. Please feel free to update the sheet only if you have fully explored a quest while equipped with a lute (going to pray certain lutes aren't required). Also, if you'd like to commit any updates to the Quest Tracker...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E7icXaMAyr2meP9_MMAE9IwtzEmHQrV80OhCuxg9qH0/edit?usp=sharing
*note. Just because a quest can be marked as "No" doesn't mean its not possible to still find something. Human error, quests with variations, RNG optionals, etc.. could play a factor. So keep your eyes peeled.
Some ideas for places to check.
- Quests with Formians or Shadowfell themed.
- Very quiet places
- very loud and/or music focused quests.
- Places tied to the feywild.
Clues
Potential Clue: Sheet Music Items from Lamania
(thanks PurpleSerpent)
Existence of the Sheet Music items, which were previewed on Lamannia but don't have an obvious drop location. Based on Eoin-1's information, this indicate which lute is equipped for each
The names of those items are:
- A Formal Affair
- Requires: Lute of the Knight Equipped
- Grave Digger's Fiddle
- Requires: Lute of the Sky Equipped
- Lets Drink to It
- Requires: Lute of the Novice Equipped
- Peace in the Glade
- Requires: Lute of the Flight Equipped
- The Ring of Fire
- Requires: Lute of the Horn Equipped
Additional information (may of been datamined?) on those items per Eoin-1
https://forums.ddo.com/index.php?th...s-symphony-of-the-fey-event.24170/post-337561
are you in a country that Imgur has blocked like the UK?
That's a great question... all the pictures are from the same discord all taken by me... why would some work and some not now?
It's because you're hosting the images on discord. Discord changed their policies on external posting of image links about year or so ago; after 12hr (24?) they can't be viewed outside discord correctly (discord didn't want to used as an image hosting site). So you'll need to put them on imgur or some other image hosting site.
Well... that's annoying. I was curious as to why some still seemed to work for me.. but appears that was just google chrome caching.
I have not tested Winter Lutes, but Golden Motes do not use the same exact rules. You are barred from even entering the area for heroic Novice, Horn, and Flight if you are more than base +4, you can get the durability at base +4. Sky you have to be on reaper mode which is also base +4 and the mote can be claimed on base +4. Knight restricts to max level 20 (base +3) so is back to being like a regular mote for that range but it is abnormal from regular motes because you cannot get durability from a regular mote during a heroic quest on a level 20+ character.
