A Silver Claw, Not On a Silver Platter

The Silver Claw is the second component to your phylactery. Valkoth the Ancient will guide you through this portion of your Rite of Passage by giving you the quest Acquire an Imbued Silver Claw.

Valkoth will assign you the task of acquiring twenty-five Silver Golem Shards. Time must be taking its toll upon that Ancient, for there are no Silver Golem Shards. Only Silver Golem Fragments exist, and those are the ones you will need.

To acquire them, you may venture to the Granitefall Mountains, northeast of Chiconis (or west of Selen) and kill Silver Golems until you run ruts around their spawn area. You may also have some stashed prior to getting the quest, or know someone who has them. Lie cheat or steal, it does not matter to Valkoth - you just need to have 25 fragments in your possession.

Word is that the usually overpriced Vielo, Nadia, has a good deal on Silver Golem Fragments. If you have never visited her and her group in Bristugo, this would be a good opportunity.

Upon greeting Valkoth with the fragments, you will receive a formula for Hardened Silver Talons. You will need to make one batch using the Silver Golem Fragments and Smelting (of at least 300 skill) to progress. Return to Valkoth when you are done.

The Eternally Entombed

With the Silver Talons created, Valkoth will send you to Draak (not Dralk) to speak with the Entombed Dragon. The journey to Draak has become more treacherous as the Withered Aegis have begun to expand into the once un-blighted lands southeast of Harro. Bring friends, as you may encounter enemies much stronger than yourself on the way to Draak.

Once you arrive in Draak, locate and speak to the Entombed Dragon. He will give you a sub-quest: "Free the Entombed Soul" -- you will need to kill the three Enslavers that inhabit Draak.

You will now need to locate and kill the three Enslavers. Unlike the Helians who need to kill them in a specific order, you may kill them in any order you please. The Enslaver of Mind wanders about the road near where you likely came into the blight of Draak. The Enslaver of Will can be found along the road, west of the Entombed, and the Enslaver of Spirit is near the destroyed (once) floating chambers.

Imbuing A Claw: Trial by Fire

Upon completing this sub-quest, return to the Entombed. He will then present you with a challenge of battle. It is worth mentioning that if two hatchlings (grouped or ungrouped) were to accept this challenge at the same time, they would be faced with two Entombed Wills to deal with. Should you be doing your Rite of Passage with a companion, it may be best to aid them in their battle with the Entombed Will before accepting your own challenge.

Once you have succeeded in battle, greet the Entombed Dragon once again to receive a Bloodied Silver Claw. Show this to Valkoth.

With approval of your success, you will then be sent to Lantenal once again to harden the soft silver of the claw.

The Hermit will then give you instructions to harden the claw. This is likely the only time he will actually tell you to go near his lava pool. Enjoy the opportunity and receive an Imbued Silver Claw to complete this quest and the corresponding portion of the Rite of Passage.