A brief story of explosives

Questline

Required
level

175

To access this questline you must finish:

• Save the saloon, part 2

ID:4200		Something is going on overseas
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2)	10 Go to:	500 500
Start Howdy {PLAYER_NAME},I just received a telegram from Europe that a scientist has discovered a explosive more powerful than any explosive ever seen. He calls it TNT, it is an abbreviation for some complex chemical name... to be honest I don't really care about these details anyway, I just want to find out if every bandit in The Wild West can simply craft this dangerous item. That would make a horrible future for the mines in this county.But before you can start trying out these recipes I need to find somebody that has more knowledge about this topic. In the meantime you could try finding some gunpowder. When you have enough of it you should try to start a safe explosion in the old mine.	Finish You are back! It seems like all your limbs are still attached to your body. Nice job! I managed to find somebody that has read some of these reports about all kinds of explosives, she will guide you through the process. You can find her in Saltwater.

ID:4201		Making your own gunpowder
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Go to: Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Something is going on overseas (A brief story of explosives)	75 10 15	1000
Start Howdy {PLAYER_NAME},the sheriff already told me about his plans. If you want to hear my honest opinion: You both are crazy. Creating these things outside of a controlled environment is pretty dangerous! Therefore you won't be making the new explosive directly, instead we are going to start with making some gunpowder ourselves. To start the synthesis we need some of the following things listed in my book: Saltpeter, Sulfur and some charcoal. It is very important to use them in the right ratios, otherwise they might blew more than just the mine.	Finish Welcome back. Did you manage to grind all the ingredients to make the gunpowder? You also managed to have a controlled explosion in the mine? That's great! Did you know that gunpowder was already invented in the Chinese empire? In 1326 the first reports of gunpowder use in weapons occurred, since then it started to become more and more popular. It was hard to imagine wars without it. Today we prefer to use it in more peaceful ways, such as our Independence Day fireworks. Come back if you think you are ready for a more dangerous substance.

ID:4202		Flash Cotton
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Go to: Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Making your own gunpowder (A brief story of explosives)	20 3 3 10 2h	1000
Start {PLAYER_NAME}, would like you to make some dynamite. The dynamite was discovered by Alfred Nobel, the patent for this synthesis is from 1867 and you need some nitroglycerin, diatomite and soda for it. Unfortunately finding these things in the Wild West is pretty difficult and we want to focus on the TNT, therefore we won't make dynamite today. But there is something else you can make until I have found all the details about TNT. For making flash cotton you only need some cotton, sulfuric acid and nitric acid. Come back when you have all the ingredients. Remember, you can melt ice to have water!	Finish I see you have returned. If you put the cotton into a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid you will be able to nitrate the cellulose that the cotton is made of. Afterwards you need to rinse out the cotton with water and let it dry for a day. Why don't you visit John tomorrow to show him what you made?

ID:4203		Let's shoot of flash cotton
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Flash Cotton (A brief story of explosives)	Fort battle completed: 1/1	500 500
Start Welcome back {PLAYER_NAME}. What are you doing here? Are you already done with all the TNT? ... No? But why are you back then? Teacher told you to show me something you made? ... Is that flash cotton? I used it as a child! It explodes when it is hit with a certain impact. My friends and I always pretended that we were soldiers in a battle. Good old times.... You should try it in a Fort Battle... Your opponents won't get hurt by this, but maybe you can scare them.	Finish Did you enjoy shooting the flash cotton? It brings back so many childhood memories. But enough fun, you still need to find out about the TNT. Go back to the Teacher.

ID:4204		Step one: Getting some oil
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Go to: Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Let's shoot of flash cotton (A brief story of explosives)	7h 25x	800
Start {PLAYER_NAME}, while you were away I made some plans for our synthesis. TNT means Trinitrotoluene and it can be synthesized by nitrating toluene. You already did a nitration when you were making flash cotton, but first we need something to nitrate which is the toluene. Toluene can be found in oil next to some other chemicals like alkanes found in petrol and kerosene, as well as benzene, xylene or tar which means we need to isolate it afterwards. But first you need to get some oil. Can you prepare a map for our trip?	Finish Great, you brought some oil with you! As I already told you we need to distill the oil to extract the toluene.

ID:4205		Step two: Distilling the oil
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Go to: Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Step one: Getting some oil (A brief story of explosives)	10	1000
Start In theory you need huge columns to distill oil, but for our plans a regular alcohol distillery should be enough first.	Finish Great, you brought enough toluene to make a few grams of TNT! But we need some more things.

ID:4206		Step three: We need more chemicals!
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Go to: Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Step two: Distilling the oil (A brief story of explosives)	4h 4h	1000 750
Start Before we can start, you need to bring more sulfuric and nitric acid. You can find some saltpeter and sulfur in the mines, a friend of mine knows how to turn these into acids.	Finish These rocks look like they have a lot of pure saltpeter and sulfur in them. My friend already brought me the acids, we are ready to start.

ID:4207		Step four: Making the TNT
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Go to: Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Step three: We need more chemicals! (A brief story of explosives)	1 10 3 5 20 7h Work as a Train Mechanic 1h	2000 1500
Start To make TNT you will need high temperatures, therefore you should make a fire to heat your reaction mixture which should be in some kind of pot. You can't use the toluene and the mixture of acids in these high concentrations, therefore you should use some alcohol as a solvent. You should prepare the mixture in a safe place, away from cities, just in case something goes wrong. We should go there by train, but first please fix a small fault. Good luck!	Finish Congratulations, you did not blow the mine up while making the TNT. Now it is time to blow up the mine for real.

ID:4208		Report for John
Quest Giver		Requirements	Requires	Reward
		Resolve: Showdown (Save the saloon, part 2) Resolve: Step four: Making the TNT (A brief story of explosives)		40 1500 0
Start Howdy {PLAYER_NAME}, you have returned but I haven't heard a big bang. Can you tell me what happened? John listens calm as you report that the mixture did not ignite. It seems like making TNT without the pure chemicals is pretty difficult. John and you both know that most of the bandits are not smart enough to understand the instructions the teacher gave you. It seems like making some dynamite is still the easiest way to blow up a mine.	Finish Thank you for your help  {PLAYER_NAME}, now I can sleep peacefully again. Oh by the way, the teacher told me that one of her friends found a new delicious fruit, I think you deserve one after risking your life.