Inquest Insight

Inquest Insight is an Visions of Eternity: Act 2 achievement.

Achievement

Object appearance.

Inquest Insight	Visions of Eternity: Act 2	1
Find and listen to all of the audio log recordings of Drugga, Inquest artifact researcher.Journal: Ruins of the Old World Objectives: 8 objectives in total Beneath the wreckage north of Morningrise Prow. In Sparktail's dubious collection. At the Inquest's overwatch, west of Blue Hole. By the controls for the confinement pens. By a desk in the testing lab. Under a heat lamp at Dig Site Gamma. Among the gear of Forward Base Bravo. Among the plants of the Ruined Nave.	Found 8 of Drugga's Audio Logs	1

This achievement can be completed anytime after acquiring it during Ruins of the Old World. Audio logs must be collected in the right order. Only the next available recording will be interactable.

Walkthrough

	Objective	Map	Location	Closest Landmark	Notes
1	Beneath the wreckage north of Morningrise Prow.			Morningrise Prow —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirteen. Beneath the wreckage next to Sad Freebooter hero challenge.
2	In Sparktail's dubious collection.			Hullgarden Pier Waypoint —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Fifteen. West of the waypoint, next to Beachcomber Sparktail.
3	At the Inquest's overwatch, west of Blue Hole.			Blue Hole —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Twenty. Above the ledge, in front of the Inquest cave entrance.
4	By the controls for the confinement pens.			Inquest Confinement Pens —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Twenty-Six. Inside the Inquest cave, northwest of the Point of Interest.
5	By a desk in the testing lab.			Core Processor —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Twenty-Nine. Inside the Inquest building in Command Complex next to the Inquest Testing Room hero challenge.
6	Under a heat lamp at Dig Site Gamma.			Dig Site Gamma —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirty-Two. East of the Point of Interest.
7	Among the gear of Forward Base Bravo.			Forward Base Bravo —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirty-Four. At the Point of Interest, Inquest camp at the entrance of Lost Basilica.
8	Among the plants of the Ruined Nave.			Ruined Nave —	Listen to Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirty-Seven. Inside the Lost Basilica, on ground floor next to the western stair.

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Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirteen

Drugga: Drugga. Electromancer. Lead of Artifact Recovery Krewe One.

Drugga: We're on our thirteenth day seabound, and I now understand why everyone avoids flying airships this far west.

Drugga: We've lost, what? Three vessels to the storms now?

Drugga: All fodder from Lion's Arch to test the path, mind you. But it's making me question whether I should've accepted Vloxx's offer.

Drugga: It wasn't much of a choice. The Arcane Eye wants my head, and Dynamics will never let me teach again.

Drugga: At least the director recognized the importance of my expertise. Being given asylum in the Inquest is the only reason I'm not in a cell.

Drugga: Now we just need to make it to this island alive. I was assigned to the director's vessel, so at least we'll be the last ship to sink.

Drugga's Audio Log: Day Fifteen

Drugga: We've arrived at Castora. This place is specimen to be studied.

Drugga: Untouched by time or war for... I can't easily hypothesize. I'd need more data to make an assessment.

Drugga: We've made contact with a settlement of survivors. All castaways whose ships didn't make it through the fog and storms intact.

Drugga: Many were even born here.

Drugga: But they're wary. Likely never seen a ship dock intact, let alone a small fleet. Vloxx and Kuda are meeting with their "mayor" now.

Drugga: Meanwhile, I'm getting the lay of the land. We're looking for an artifact of seer origin; very little detail is available.

Drugga: But the core of this artifact... We can only speculate it's[sic] capabilities, but Zinn's records suggest immense power.

Drugga: It would give Rata Sum and the Inquest so much power, in fact, that there would be no question of our technological superiority.

Drugga's Audio Log: Day Twenty

Drugga: The villagers warned us not to head inland, citing "unknown dangers." Their warnings weren't false.

Drugga: The coast is guarded by a crustacean comparable in size to Prototype X. It killed four of ours. Very competent scientists.

Drugga: The creature only stopped its assault after a tarnished astrolabe was kicked up from under the sand.

Drugga: It retrieved the artifact and backed into the bay. Once we started digging, we discovered a hundred other things in the sand too.

Drugga: One of the villagers claimed they were dropped by pirates who tried to steal treasures inland, only to be killed by "Kela."

Drugga: None of those are our artifacts, mind you, but if we can locate where they were stolen from, perhaps our target won't be far behind.

Drugga's Audio Log: Day Twenty-Six

Drugga: To help replenish our ranks, Vloxx has struck a deal with the dregs of this feeble society.

Drugga: The grunts call themselves "freebooters." Captain Hammerhart would probably trade her entire entourage for three barrels of gold.

Drugga: In return for labor, Vloxx gifted her some of our less useful equipment. Nothing mission critical.

Drugga: I suspect she'll use it to antagonize the village. We gave the mayor the same offer, but he rejected it. Logically, it's their loss.

Drugga: I'm just eager to get inland. We haven't discovered a safe path yet, but we're slowly carving a route that doesn't rouse the crab.

Drugga: Sebb wants to turn her into another experiment. I'd like to get those shackles into the lab.

Drugga's Audio Log: Day Twenty-Nine

Drugga: We made our way into the forest; deployed a base to the northeast. Now I've got scouting parties searching the west.

Drugga: While I wait for the scouts to return, I've been running tests on the more noteworthy artifacts recovered from the beach.

Drugga: Even inert, pure shadowstone is a marvel to inspect. Capable of storing unfathomable amounts of energy, but useless to me in its current state.

Drugga: I've tried powering it with ley and arcane energies. Nothing. The quantity of power seems to be irrelevant.

Drugga: I'm reminded of certain obstacles I faced during my Orrian studies. I recount a chasm somewhere in Malchor's Leap...

Drugga: Conduits crafted by the elder races often require the object to be attuned to a very specific type of magic to function.

Drugga: So, without a seer... Hrm. Curious.

Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirty-Two

Drugga: We made it inside one of the temples... No small task. The entire forest is lined with traps and puzzles to protect them.

Drugga: Temple Alpha did not house our target in the end, but it did provide me with some excellent data on shadowstone.

Drugga: Ah, her name... Lets call her Assistant Two. Two discovered a hidden chamber filled with discarded weapons, thrown to the floor.

Drugga: When Assistant Two entered, they all danced to life.

Drugga: Assistant Two, of course, did not make it. I had one of the guards toss an arcane bomb inside to put her out of her misery.

Drugga: However, the explosion left a thick wall of magic from the disturbed weapons. It dissipated quickly, but I collected a small sample.

Drugga: I saturated a shard of shadowstone in that energy, and for a short time, the stone was charged. I fixed it to my pistol for testing.

Drugga: If this is just a taste of what Castora has to offer... Not only will Cantha be irrelevant, but the Inquest will be unstoppable. Fascinating.

Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirty-Four

Drugga: Careless louts. We managed to navigate inside one of the more intriguing ruins—either a tomb to a very important seer or a reliquary.

Drugga: I'd just scavenged an axe faceted with the largest shard of shadowstone I've seen yet. Absolutely pristine. Intricately cut.

Drugga: It had the magical footprint of seventeen asura gates, but it was as light as a handheld scanner. Even inert!

Drugga: I was deciphering a plaque that likely detailed its purpose when one of the junior archeologists triggered a loaded trap.

Drugga: The boulder would've hit me if I hadn't been tackled out of the way. The axe, though...

Drugga: I reported the archeologist's mistake to Sebb directly, who will decide on punishment. Doubt I'll see them again regardless.

Drugga's Audio Log: Day Thirty-Seven

Drugga: The only thing worse than being chased down by the Arcane Eye is being chased down by the alliance's deputy.

Drugga: The commander brought a team to Castora. There's no walking back to the comforts of tenure at Dynamics now.

Drugga: Kuda wants to begin countermeasures, but Vloxx wants us focused on the mission. He'd rather we avoid the commander and keep moving.

Drugga: I guess it's not a wrong choice. Picking a fight before we must may not yield beneficial results.

Drugga: But I also understand Kuda's drive. She'd rather eliminate the problem before it has an opportunity to fester.

Drugga: In the meantime, I've asked if Vloxx can share anything else from Zinn's notes that might help. He says there's nothing.

Drugga: I suppose the only choice is to press on. Once we find this object, the alliance and their lapdogs won't be able to stop us anyway.

See also

• The Deepwood#Ambient dialogue — Drugga's Audio Log: Day Fifty