Is there any information on the Waterfall Quest?

Question

Hey,

I have been researching some of Tibia's more curious quests and stumbled upon this hidden gem, the Waterfall Quest. 

Out in the jungles of Port Hope you can find a hidden drop hole located here:

(original source of this image taken from tibia wiki.com)

Travel through this drop hole and up the holes unto you reach the waterfall.

Head into the waterfall and swim through the hidden tunnel to find the quest reward within.

As you can see, this place is a very unique place with the level of effort put in its design from multi level map use to swimming/teleporting and detail given to the location itself.  Tibia wiki also says this on the location ' LEGEND: A pirate forgot his treasure in a cave in the waterfalls near the traitorous nest of the feared Hydra.' However, doesn't indicate any actual source or book that might reference the location in game/the legend given. 

There is also a npc located fairly close to the entrance of the waterfall location, NPC The Blind Prophet. However, I checked his transcripts and he doesn't seem to mention the waterfall/pirates/the tunnel.

I am really interested in this location and figured given the amount of effort Cip put into the location there must be some mention or reference of this quest and its story in game. 

Comments

Im not finding anything in books when I use tibiasecrets librarian and using key words. I checked all the update teasers and update itself cannot find any mention of it. My guess is maybe whoever wrote the Tibia Wiki quest article gave their take on it? Writing as a comment because maybe I'm overlooking something...maybe it wasn't a hydra but another story idk

Answer 1

According to the Tibia Wiki, Waterfall Quest was introduced in the game's 2007 Christmas Update numbered 8.10. The ability to swimming has been introduced in this update. In my opinion, Waterfall Quest is a kind of demonstration how you can use swimming in the game when designing a quest. I think that is why so much effort was put into creating this quest.

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll find any information about this quest in the books and teasers from the update. But... This location connects to another quest introduced a little later in the game. We are talking about the Treasure Hunt quest. In the cave under the waterfall you will find part of the map that you need to complete this quest, If we want to find out more about the hideout under the waterfall we need to talk to NPC Klaus. We need to ask him about Capitan Nathaniel while doing the Tresure Hunt quest.

Player: captain nathaniel

Klaus: Last thing I heared he was in command of a really huge ship. People say it was destroyed in a seafight between Darama and Tiquanda. Maybe you'll find what's left of the ship washed up in one of the smuggler caves in the mountains.

So we know that the location under the waterfall is a smugglers' hideout. In the past, there was a sea battle in the nearby sea. One of the ships was sunk, and Captain Nathaniel, while rescuing himself from the sinking ship, probably managed to reach this hideout and hide his part of the map in the boat. That is probably the whole story of this place.

Sources:

Questy: Treasure Hunt Quest - Tibia ~ Tibiopedia.pl

Updates/8.10 | TibiaWiki | Fandom

Comments

This was amazing, thank you my friend!