Quick Facts

Series

1.	Be Prepared Be Prepared
2.	Tipping the Balance
3.	After the Fall
4.	Do the Honors

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Comments

Comment by 709172

The skeletons drop the rope and spawn when you walk over the skeletal bones on the ground.

Comment by Arkke

For those who don't know, "Be Prepared" is the Scout Motto. Fitting that a quest about coming prepared on an adventure should reference Scouting.

Comment by EvilChickenSWE

Simply walk over or nearby these skeletons lying almost everywhere on the floor. Then a Tormented Tomb-Robber will spawn and when killed the Tomb-Robber might drop the ropes.

The skeletons of dead horde/alliance players will not spawn he Tomb-Robber, neither will the dead Tomb-Robbers.

Comment by 483916

You don't have to come out of stealth to cause them to spawn.

Comment by Uinri

YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!

Comment by 35029

I believe this could be a reference to the scene from Boondock Saints, one of the greatest movies, where they bicker about rope.

"You know what we need? some rope!"
"That's stupid. Name one thing you would need a rope for."
"You don't @%*%ing know what you're gonna need it for, you just always need it."
"Alright, get you're stupid rope."
"I'll get my stupid rope...I'll get it. " *grabs rope from wall* "That's a rope right there!"

Hilarity ensues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-zoxnWY3q0

Best.Movie.Ever.

Comment by 280079

Just a note here, I did this quest and did not get the follow-up, it seems you must also do "Lessons From the Past" before you can continue this little chain.

Comment by 251593

Some info here for those who might get worried about continuing with the quest <<Be Prepared>>
now, right after you turn in this quest, Harrison Jones will tell you that something must be done to read the hieroglyphs from around the room but he does not give a next quest.
I tried talking to him many times and even flying around the room didn't do the trick, so I first logged off and logged back in; then I left the area, and when I came back, I saw an exclamation mark pointing to a new quest which was "Lessons from the Past" from NPC: Schnottz Scout.

Here you will see the corpse from this char and the only thing you need to do, is just to get the items he has, specially the Broken Spectacles, which is the item you need for the following quest: "By the Light of the Stars" go back to speak with Harrison Jones and only then, is when you will be back on track for this quest line --> Tipping the Balance.

Hope this helps.

Comment by deepred

Apparently the skeletons won't aggro unless you dismount first.

Comment by Turbohippie

I thought that I was the biggest noob ever trying to find the items for this quest. I was flying, Don't Do That! Run over the skeletons, after you have collected all of the stars. Once you get near the skeletons, a tomb raider will appear. Kill them (Level 83) and loot the rope. Easy as pie! :)

Comment by Ganman3

Mutt Williams: Grab the snake!
Indiana Jones: Stop calling it that! Call it something else!
Mutt Williams: It's a snake! What do you want me to call it?
Indiana Jones: A rope!
Mutt Williams: What?
Indiana Jones: Say "grab the rope!"
Mutt Williams and Marion Ravenwood-Williams: Grab the rope!

Comment by Eillesthis

There are actually three ways to Be Prepared.

1) If you accept Be Prepared from the Decrepit Skeleton, you start out with a Piece of Rope, and when you walk over a ground skeleton, the Tormented Tomb-Robber that rises up will drop an additional Piece of Rope, of which you need 6.

2) If you have not yet taken that quest, and you walk over a skeleton, the Tormented Tomb-Robber that rises up will drop the seemingly similar but actually different Piece of Rope, which can also begin that quest. When you accept, there is no longer a need to "talk" to the Decrepit Skeleton (you can't even target him), and the quest-giving-rope becomes the normal one...of which you need 6.

I assume (but cannot confirm) that you need to have at least begun The Thrill of Discovery, if not completed it (as I had), for all of this to happen.

3) If, before either of these things happens, you complete Lessons From the Past from the other fork of the quest chain, a third preparedness-being-rope-collection-option opens up. Once you turn in, leave Harrison Jones, and then return he will offer this substantially similar quest. They're really afraid you'll miss it and won't be able proceed with the chain, or maybe they just really really need rope.

Links

Be Prepared

Collect 6 Rope Pieces.

	Piece of Rope (Provided) (6)

Description

Every adventurer worth their salt knows never to step foot in a cave, dungeon, crypt or tomb without an ample supply of rope... right?

Well, mine was in that wagon full of explosives that you set off.

How about searching around here and seeing if you can't find some.

Progress

Completion

Rewards

You will be able to choose one of these rewards:

	Rope-Grip Gloves		Helm of Broken Bones
	Femurbreak Stompers

You will also receive:

	Helm of Broken Bones		Femurbreak Stompers
	Rope-Grip Gloves

Gains

Upon completion of this quest you will gain:

See if you've already completed this by typing:

/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(28602))