Reaching the Seventh Hammer  

not that it matters because the devs aren't planning any more epic quests, u can pretty much go to Tosk and get a better weapon...unless you think the epic proc is oh...so...great...

I guess it's no surprise that this is all pretty trivial now. I'm a 75 monk, 470AA, bazaar gear, 14700/2360 hp/ac with merc buffs. I did all 6 trials with with just me and the merc easily. A couple quick notes:

Lashing: I failed this once because I killed the final spirit in its cubby and continued wiping out the remaining mobs, not realizing that the final named had already spawned. Oops. Easily corrected the 2nd time around.

Torture: This is the only one I ever felt close to losing, only because of the amount of time spent running around the little room. It was probably never that close in reality.

Hanging: The razorfiends that proc the long stun were not a problem, it never landed on me (398 MR) through the entire trial. In fact, nothing in any of the trials ever hit me except for the random AE which sometimes landed and did 100 or so damage.

Stoning/Lashing - the mobs come from different areas and will sometimes beat on the innocents rather than going straight for you. I don't know if this makes a difference but I'm assuming they could die if left unattended. There are ways to position yourself when the mobs appear that increase your chances of attracting all of them at once, so look for those spots. I would tend to position myself to one side of the room, range attack whoever appeared there, then run to the other side to get the remaining mobs all beating on me. It worked pretty well.

Regular mobs hit 300-500, named around 700 (most of these also enraged and rampaged). Damage shield potions are a good idea. With the merc, I never used mend or any discs (except innerflame, due to boredom).

Good luck!

Confirmed today that you do not need to have all of the marks in your personal inventory to get the 7th Mark. Bank is fine.

I have all the marks, I'm trying to click on the portal but its just saying Ican't drop the mark of justice. How do I zone in for monk 1.5?

[Sun Feb 10 14:41:29 2008] The Tribunal tells you, 'Most impressive. It has been long since a mortal has shown such prowess.' It considers you for a long moment. 'There is one final test that you must undergo.' A gleaming metal disc appears in your hand. 'Hold up the Mark of Justice as you enter the portal, and prepare for your judgement.'

Ok my guild for the hell of it went back to do this for some fun and help out some lower levels in guild get keyed for zones. I completed all 6 and hailed the dude and got my mark, we zoned in using the hold mark in hand and hitting "u". to our surprise he never spawned we sat there for a good 10 min too.. are we missing something? does eveyone in group need to have the mark?

75 Druid solo'd my way through all six trials today, was a fun way to spend the afternoon. I experienced the most difficulty with Trial of Execution. The time it takes for the executioner to path up and slay the prisoner is extremely short, and all it takes is a couple spellcasting interrupts by the trash mobs and the axe flies and its a failure. Trial of Torture proved to be the most mana intensive and the Trial of Lashing defintely was the most fun :)

Highly recommended!

This goes out to the Monks that have their EPIC 1.5 or 2.0.

I have an enc that has the 6 marks, IE access. I have a friend in the guild ready to go to the 7th hammer. Will my enc work to get the raid in for the EPIC? or does the monk have to have them in order to correctly do the EPIC sequence?

one grpable... time gear even.

Peace

Do you get an AA for completing all 6 trials and getting the key? "you got a charicter flag" was there but didnt seem to make any difference and while i got the mark I still never zoned into 7th hammer, is it like the BOT flag where you need to use it once for it to count?
If so when you zone in can you port out or do you have to fight?

Can anyone confirm if you HAVE to have the marks in your inventory to do this? I destroyed my Mark of Execution long ago. It wouldn't be a big deal to get a new one, but would be nice if we didn't actually need to have them in inventory.

To me, I believe one of the biggest "purposes" of this is the charm upgrade via each completed trial. Add the adv stone to it and the stats are unbelievable for what a non-uber guild can do and the avg joe can get to. Then mess with planar adv or, even better first off imo, VT and move on.

This is just for those who have problems entering the 7th Hammer's room, like I did. The Tribunal guy tells you to hold the Mark over your head (i.e. put in on your curser) and go through the portal. Of course that doesn't work, when you click on the portal (which of the six you choose doesn't matter) with the Mark on your curser you're asked if you want to drop it.

What you really want to do is put the Mark on your curser, then approach any of the portals and press the "U" button. Voilà, you're inside the 7th Hammer's room. If it doesn't work, approach the portal a bit more, if you're already rubbing your nose against it, back off a bit while hammering your "U" button.

If you want you can now destroy the six Marks you receveived in the Trials, you don't need them anymore. You don't lose the Mark of Justice when you enter the 7th Hammer's room, neither does it go to your keyring.

I would keep the six marks just to make sure, you can never know when SOE screws something up and you lose your Mark through a bug or something - and if you've lost your Mark, you can just approach one of the Tribunal members, say "I seek knowledge" and get a new one without lifting much of a finger.




Edited, Wed Jan 7 17:00:58 2004

Ok, from the way i understand it, you get the marks from all 6 trials then get the 7th mark of justice and that acts as a key, but my REAL question here is about the key itself, can it only be used once and then you need to do trials all over again? or is it a permanant key that can be used an infinate ammount of times?

Is this like the trials? Is it set up so only one group can encounter him at a time? Or are you able to get an entire raid in there to kill him?

i agree what is the quest do you kill him or what once you get to his room?

So you get to the 7th Hammer room, do you then have to fight the 7th Hammer? If so, what does he drop? Isn't there some other reward to this quest then getting to go to someone's room?