Battle Master Ska`tu  

Ok, let me try to give the simplest directions possible, as I have just come back to the game & had a hard time understanding most of the previous posts. Took me a solid day to find his spawn spot, although years ago I knew this zone pretty well. I wont deal with the undead/living mob situation in this post. Just realize you cant get to this guy without some ingenuity.

Zone into Chardok. Ivisi & Lev. Head down hall until you reach the entrance to the fort. If your facing the fort, to your left is the exit hall(cant zone out the way you came in) & a raised hall up the wall. Head up the exit ramp a bit, turn around, hug left wall and ride the ceiling til you can reach the raised hallway.

This is where mobs start to mix. Head down this hall and make your first right. Pass the door on your right, head up the ramp, turn right and head across the bridge. Follow the path to the next bridge and cross it. This is the room where he spawns. There are 4-5 undead "ground" spawns in this room, 1 on the right, 3-4 on the left. He is 1 of the ones on the left.

(At lvl 58SK, about 30aa's, most in damage mit, defiant appropriate gear. This is a hard room to split and get going, the 2 mobs that wander the path are on a pop timer a few minutes faster than the rest of the room.

Edited, Feb 18th 2010 9:38pm by crackerblk

Edited, Feb 18th 2010 9:41pm by crackerblk

Here is the spot he spawns around loc: -453 392

Day 3...From The journals of Xeether Xslayer level 59 SK

I gated back to POK for restock and to LOG my Merchant for I was running low on plat, as these mercs can cost you alot.... I headed back to Chardok Upon my Unholy Steed And dismounted at the gates, I was reluctant to try again for I was tired of killing Ska Tu over and over again, also the dreaded Undead in the way of my Invisible I knw it would be a tough road to get to him. Following the same path after zone in, I invised and to my surprise and pleasant one at that there was absolutley no undead anywhere to be seen what luck. I hurreid down the path through the first door that usually houses "at least one undead" and down the path to the first right again heading slightly upward to the first bridge, agina no undead, I jumped down and met the Poor SLaves again but was still invis and through the only exit taking the first right again still no undead I was sure something was up...I hurried to the left downward then the sharp right upward to the guardian bridge again no undead..I made it all the way on one Invis Pot. Got back to the grave yard and a PH was up I killed it quick and ten minutes laterSka Tu rose again killing him I was like Charlie trying to find the golden ticket and nothing but a bauble...Will this madness end? After 5 hours of Place Holders I figured Ska Tu gave up spawning...I was about to give up hope when he popped one more time..I killed him and WOOOT. I GOT THE PRIZE I WAS AFTER the spell: Shroud of Undeath dropped with some crystalized sulfer. THE END FOR SURE THIS TIME !! HAPPY HUNTING ALL YOU SK'S

Day 1 Part 3 From The Journals of Xeether Xslayer 59 SK (ZEK)

After Medding for what seemd like hours....I recast my pet and My mercenary Buffed him up I had spare weps for him luckily. I could feel it I was almost there. I proceeded Down the (Right) Path from the second Bridge and saw what appeared to be a murky waterfall on each side along with a Stone Archway and Two Foul looking Dizok Gravemasters ( Light Blue ) Guarding a path I invised past them and saw Reanimated Berserkers Lying to my left and right in what looked like trenches. Of course running past the first one did no good as it broke my 4th invis pot and the battle was on again Two Grave Masters two Reannimated Berserkers and an Unfortunate Dizok Runner who happened to be roaming at the same time. The beserkers conned (DB) but they all went down rather easily compared to the hellish battle only moments before. After clearing those I chose not to invis and with 85 % mana remainging cleared the two Beserks on the right that did not agro I medded up and continued down the path And lo and Behold.. The fourth Creature on the right was Battle Master Ska Tu I found him I figured he is a skelly so he is undead ...I was wrong as undead spells do not effect him. I killed him and hedropped A Shai Din Bauble, and Spell Incinerate Bones...I was In Shock and dissapointment as this reward was pathetic (to be continued)

From The Journals of Xeether Xslayer 59 SK....Zek

Day 1. I proceeded to Chardok Alone atop my Black Hell Stallion with my trusty mercenary Cleric Tethille ( High Elf Female) Tier 1 Journeyman. And my pet fully geared. I dismounted at the Front gate in awe at the size of the fortress. It had been a long time since my first visit with most unfortunate results. But now I was here for vengence and my scroll a meaningful purpose. I invised up and proceeded through the first archway leading in to The inner Keep I could have easily slain the four guards but did not want to waste time. Past the middle enterence and Zoned into Chardok. With My invis still up I proceeded down the corridor to the main Enterence to my dismay an Undead Foul Creature was Standing guard I Ran through and breaking my invis encountered the first battle about 10 of the foul inhabitants known as Dizok After a rather long battle I slayed them all. It felt good to kill them all after they have spilled my Iskar blood once before. I invisibled again and got lucky no more undead in my path I went down the path turned right and came across the first bridge. I jumped Down over the side and floated down to the poor slaves, but this was no rescue mission. Proceeding past to the Dizok ahead of me I once again turned Right still invis (to be continued)

Thank you for all the helpful info. Not only was the BM up, but he dropped the spell on first attempt. =)

This mob is an extreamly RARE spawn.. Been here for 4 hours and no pop yet..

Right after I posted this he popped; dropped necklas.. Waited another 2 hours and said hell with it.. He's to rare of a spawn..

Bodystompper Gigolo - 70 Paladin - Veteran of Povar
Bedfriend Nitely - 70 BST (box) - Veteran of Povar

Edited, Nov 8th 2007 12:21am by stosstruppen

Battle Master Ska`tu spawned at (Neg 460.98, Pos 403.70, Neg 140.96) he spawns to the side of the path leading from >The Bridge Keeper< to the triggered Bridge leading into the Castle (Castle ie; Prince/King/Queen) area.

Wow I take the time to look this guy up and find out he drops the spell i want and the jeldorin... and a better idea at his location woot. I took a group consisting of some friends from my guild.
65 Beastlord
61 Necromancer
51 Shaman
51 Necro
53 Shadowknight (Myself and the guild leader)
The 61 necro and myself were wandering around chardok for about 3 hours just killing junk while we looked for skatu, but never found him so the other said they would help out. It didn't work out the way we wanted because the shammy got killed by mobs then the 61 necro and 65 beast got pked so we were screwed. Time for a retry today I guess. MUST GET my spell and the jeldorin for my pally.

Edited, Tue Mar 21 14:39:20 2006

add incinerate bones lvl 42 necro spell to his drops as of today !

This camp is proooobably soloable by a 65+ Shadowknight or Pally but if you're a caster class, it's not likely to work out for you unless you're very well-geared. This is only a guess though. There are tons of adds and they all hit in the 150+ range. Sometimes root alone just doesn't cut it, as they seem to not take it well anyway.

The real problem is honestly to actually get to the camp. While there are no see invis along the way, the path is dotted with both dead and live monsters, so only a rogue can get to the camp without drawing any aggro. In the first part that isn't too much a problem since stuff is fairly low-level (41-46), but on the bridge (Second bridge I should say), if you get aggro from even one mob, you get aggro from several 50-55-ish things. They add like crazy. Luckily I don't remember there being any undead on the bridge itself but I could be wrong.

Onto the camp.

Once you get to the room with two bridges ("The Bridge Camp") you're gonna want to head west the first time one of the bridges allows. It is directly west of The Bridge Keeper whose Placeholder is An Ancient Guardian. Despite being twenty feet tall and butt-ugly, a 66 monk seemed to have absolutely no trouble tanking it. Then again it was also slowed.

Battlemaster Ska'tu spawns in a 'ditch' west of the bridge(s). Two mobs spawn on the path, one being a necromancer mob, and one an undead sarnak skeleton. Two more spawn by the waterfall and are stationary but a third paths up and down the path which runs along the ditch, so be careful of that.

On your map the camp is directly northeast of the bottom rooms labeled on the map (King's room? Don't remember.), and southwest of the most 'heavily populated' area of the map. It's pretty easy to get there, mobs aside. Just keep heading south, then southwest.

I'm a 66 enchanter with 100+ AAs including Gather Mana, and this run was Incredibly mana-intensive for me. Granted my group was being sloppy because they knew I could handle the adds but it can get truely ridiculous. I suggest you bring more than one slower/form of crowd control if doing this with a group.

Drops: Was after Shroud of Undeath. Camped him for around four hours, and only got several Nathsar Bracers to show for it. I take it back. Only one. They're lore. Heh.

No longer drops Incerate Bones? Or did he ever?

I recently took up camping this mob. In camping him off and on for 3 days (total of approx 15 hours) he spawned a mere four times. We got 2 sets of gloves, incinerate bones and acumen. Our intent was to attain the Shroud of Undeath spell for myself. No Luck.

With luck I came across the spell for 8k in the Bazaar on Zeb, from looking here, it seems I got quite a deal. Just my 2cp worth on the camping experience of this mob.

Drops Shroud of Undeath. Just got one.

With lots of skill and luck, I was able to get to and kill Battle Master Ska'tu last night with my 64 shaman and 61 druid (both played by me). Charming of a dog was essential towards the end. If charm broke, I'd have been dead but it held out till the named went down. I got 3 or 4 mobs on the Battle Master pull but I was able to slow and control them after some cross healing (druid heals shaman, then shaman heals druid).

He dropped the Jeldorin and Incinerate bones, which seem to be his rarest drops. I'm quite happy, and my pally friend will be too when he logs on tomrrow and gets a free Jeldorin.

This is the 3rd Ska'tu I've killed (other times I wasn't doing it alone). One of them dropped nathsar gloves and the other dropped the revenant bauble. Jeldorin is very rare...there is a faction farmer shaman on my server who (at least the last time I talked to him) said he got 2 jeldorins total and he spends LOTs of time in chardok taking out named.

--Fayclopz Tranestoppur
64 Troll Shaman
Arcis Guild -- Povar

Where exactly does he spawn at? I want to go get hte spell but have no idea where to start.

Got lucky the other night camping this with some good friends (56 Enchanter, 56 Cleric, 60 Shaman, 60 Monk, 54 Wizzie, myself - 57th SK). We were there for approximately 4 hours and saw the SK spell drop... twice.

The spell procs for me just as often as the vendor-sold Shroud of Death, and is fun to play around with (though people ask what weapon that 'necromancer' is using now...). I managed to win both copies so one is currently up for sale on Morell-Thule. Look for Rhowne.

The gaunts commonly drop off this guy and the Jeldorin is his ultra rare. We had 3 guants during our 8 hour camp there.

Jeldorin even drop of this guy anymore??

Ska'Tu spawns in the Graveyard, around neg400, pos400. His Placeholder is another Skelly, Reanimated Berserker if I remember right. Funny Verant made him to be not undead, so forget Nife or Holyforge when fighting him.

We camped him today with
60 Warrior
60 Bard
57 Cleric
55 Monk (replaced by 56 Shadow Knight later)
55 Paladin (guess who? :P)
54 Enchanter

We had no problems getting or holding the camp until Chanter went LD once. In case you get a wipeout, you better have a Necro on your friends list and some coffins in the bank :)

He popped four times for us and of course never dropped the Jeldorin. He always dropped the earring though, this seems to be is common, Jeldorin the rare drop.

You get awesome exp at this camp, you have fast respawns, dungeon bonus and nice loot. Get some friends together and kill some skellies :)

Btw, I heard you see him wielding the sword when he has it (like with the rest of Chardok mobs, Wristsnapper, Mallet, SBS and the like)

Safe Travels

heh I have this sword on E'Ci and basically every paladin I know, uber or not, wants it. The proc is a 162 hp self heal and it does proc quite often *usually 3-7 times per fight* In any case I will probably never get rid of this sword. The ToV 1hs are very nice dmg wise but you really cannot beat a 162 hp self heal proc especially when soloing so its always good to keep around, and dont tell me paladins cant solo to 60 because I will need to bitch slap you. PLZKTNX

-- Galiont

That little sword he drops.. as you can see has a dam/dly ratio of 19/24.. The Sword of Blessings from Velketor also has a ratio of 19/24. How is the dam/dly any better if they're the same? But I'm not a Paladin, you say.. The SoB is the Shadow Knight equivalent with equal stats, different effect. Don't underestimate Purge effect on the SoB either. Purge (instant) is priceless for PvP. Imagine the look on the poor shaman's face when you simply click away a row of DoTs. Also remember, the Sword of Blessings has 10ac on it as well. Our friend the Battlemaster also has the 55 Shadow Knight spell, Shroud of Undeath, which has, on top of a tap proc of around 50 (I believe), Illusion: Skeleton. Great for you fatty SKs =)

Magil X`azahagal
--/53 Reaver/--
Brell Serilis

The level 55 SK spell, "Shroud of Undeath", dropped off the Battle Master for us the other night. We had one group that took him down: 59 Chanter, 58 Monk,60 Rogue, 54 Cleric, 54 Druid, and 53 SK.

Saw him drop an SK/NEC earring, forgot name but, was ac2, hp 35, mana 35, clickable bobbing corpse. Pretty nice item, frees up one spell slot when i travel or nice mana bonus for a necro at max int.

I have been to the bridge where the Exiled Iksar and the Ancient Gaurdian are. How much deeper is this guy? That sword he drops is absolutely priceless.