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"Study of the Solen Hive"

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The Naturalist looks up from his notes, regarding you with a hopeful look in his eyes. Um..yes..excuse me. I was wondering if you could offer me a bit of assistance. You see, I'm a naturalist of some repute - a gentleman and a scholar if you will - primarily interested in the study of insects and arachnids. While I've written a few interesting books on the marvelous Terathan race and their bizarre culture, now I've heard tales of a truly significant new discovery! Apparently a race of ant-like creatures known as the Solen have appeared in our world, scuttling up from some previously hidden home. Can you believe it? Truly these are amazing times! To a scholar such as myself this is indeed an exciting opportunity. That said, while I may be a genius of some reknown, sharp as a tack and quick with the quill, I'm afraid I'm not much of the adventuring type. Though I have gained assistance before, I still have many unanswered questions. I am particularly interested in the Solen Egg Nests that are studiously protected by the Solen workers. If you would be so kind as to assist me, I would ask that you travel into the Solen Hive and inspect each of the Solen Egg Nests that reside within. You will have to spend some time examining each Nest before you have gathered enough information. Once you are done, report back to me and I will reward you as best as I can for your valiant efforts! Will you accept my offer?

Development source reviewed on 29 October 2026. In-game availability is unverified.

Quest information#

PropertyValue
Quest systemLegacy quests
SystemLegacy quest chain
Restart delayTimeSpan.Zero
Tutorialfalse

Objectives#

  • Find an entrance to the Solen Hive, and search within for the Solen Egg Nests. Each Nest must be studied for some time without a break in concentration in order to gather useful information. Once you have completed your study of the Nests, return to the Naturalist who gave you this task.
  • You have studied enough Solen Egg Nests to gather a fair amount of useful information. Return to the Naturalist who gave you this task.

Rewards#

  • Quest-specific rewards are handled in scripts; no fixed reward was inferred.

Notes#

  • The listed stage definitions describe this quest chain; conditional branches may mean that a player does not take every stage in this order.
  • Rewards are determined by the chain scripts and are not inferred from a generic reward table. World placement and race/skill eligibility require confirmation.

Source notes

Show 3 references

These references identify the reviewed shard files. Source presence does not establish live availability.

  1. Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Study of the Solen Hive/StudyOfSolenQuest.cs:6
    Quest definition and rules
  2. Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Study of the Solen Hive/Objectives.cs:7
    Quest definition and rules
  3. Projects/UOContent/Engines/Quests/Study of the Solen Hive/Objectives.cs:176
    Quest definition and rules

Category: World quests