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Story quest - ID 10400

Fixing Blackbull's House

The dusty man from Perion needs 20 Stumps, 20 Dark Stumps, and 10 Tree Branches for house repairs. Payoff: your first real Shield (Wooden Buckler OR Steel Shield).

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At a glance

Quest giver
Blackbull (Perion)
Starts at
Perion
Minimum level
11
Class requirement
Any
Chain position
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In-game text

I hear that Blackbull in Perion is fixing up his house. In the dusty town of Perion, I ran into a man named Blackbull. He needs to fix his house and asked if I could help him out by defeating 20 Stumps and 20 Dark Stumps and getting him 10 Tree Branches.

Rewards

Liven's take

Blackbull's quest is Perion's biggest L11 grind - 40 total Stumps + 10 Tree Branches. The upside: unlike most L10-11 quests that reward consumables, Blackbull hands you a permanent equipment upgrade.

Where: Blackbull is in Perion's central area. Stumps and Dark Stumps live on the west and north exits respectively. Tree Branches drop from both mob types as an ETC drop.

Shield mechanics: shields occupy the off-hand slot on classes that CAN wear one (primarily Warriors, some Magician sub-classes with Wands). Bowmen and Thieves use two-handed or dual-wield weapons and can't equip a shield. If you're not a Warrior, the shield reward is either a bank item, an NPC sell, or a Free Market trade candidate.

Wooden Buckler vs Steel Shield: Steel Shield is the strictly better roll - higher base defense, slightly higher level requirement, more upgrade slots. Neither is a permanent keeper by mid-20s, but both bridge the gap until you find a scrolled shield in Free Market or drop one from a Perion-area mob.

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