Norrath's Keepers: Grounding the Drakes  

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Rating:
*****
Information:
Level:55
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Task
Quest Goal:
  • Faction
  • Loot
Time Limit:06:00:00
Success Lockout Timer: 00:45:00
Faction Required:
Norrath's Keepers (Min: Apprehensive)
Quest Items:
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Related Quests:
Era:Dragons of Norrath
Recommended:
Group Size:Group
Min. # of Players:3
Max. # of Players:6
Appropriate Classes:
  • All
Appropriate Races:
  • All
Entered: Thu Jun 9 15:48:30 2005
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023


For an overview of the Dragons of Norrath expansion, see this wiki article.
For an overview of progression, see quest entries for Norrath's Keepers and the Dark Reign.




This is a non-progression task. It is a group mission (3-6 players) that begins with Boldger Bristlebeard (click for map image) in the Norrath's Keepers camp of the Lavastorm Mountains.

Pre-requisites for requesting:
- Minimum level 55
- Minimum "apprehensive" faction with Norrath's Keepers

Hail him to get a quest window pop-up.

You have been assigned the task 'Grounding the Drakes'.

Due to their constant proximity to lava, the fangs of the drakes in the Lavaspinner's Lair have developed special properties to cut through objects. If their fangs could be studied, we could make use of those special properties in a variety of ways. Go to the lair and collect as many of their fangs as you can for study.

Note: This group mission scales to your group's level. The highest is 68+, outlined here.



Touch the cave entrance to Lavaspinner's Lair 0/1 (The Broodlands)

This is marked on your compass (far southern instanced entrance).

Loot 15 Drake Fang 0/15 (Lavaspinner's Lair)

Very straightforward task: In the instanced zone, kill drakes until you've looted 15x "Drake Fang" (dropped 0-3 at a time). Mobs here tend to hit for a max ~900 and are mezzable and stunnable. The task completes upon looting the last item.

These fangs will make perfect specimens and will undoubtedly contribute greatly to the understanding of the denizens of the lair.


Rewards:
Up to 28 Radiant Crystals (number varies according to group's level)
1x "Norrath's Keepers Token" (faction turn-in item)
Submitted by: Fleven
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Mobs info
# Feb 25 2009 at 2:18 PM Rating: Decent
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The only mobs in this instanced version of Lavaspinner's Lair are :
a Delve drake
a Delve diviner
a Delve evoker
a Delve spellbinder

Their level depend on levels of players. We are 3 lvl 61 and they con dark blue for us
There are too "a drake egg", who con grey, that are one the ground and can be opened. Somewhat, a Delve mob ( like previous ) spawns just after and attacks.

Mobs do not respawn in this mission.

Kwari, necromancer, AB

Edited, Feb 25th 2009 11:43pm by loosingsleep
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Nones, necromancer, AB
Kwari, necromancer, AB ... love necs ...
Step infos
# Feb 25 2009 at 12:24 PM Rating: Good
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The exact steps are :

Step 1 : "Touch the cave entrance ro Lavaspinner's Lair 0/1 The Broodlands "
Step 2 : "Loot 15 Drake Fang 0/15 Lavaspinner's Lair"

This a group instanced mission.


Edited, Feb 25th 2009 9:28pm by loosingsleep
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Nones, necromancer, AB
Kwari, necromancer, AB ... love necs ...
same quest from talontar for dark reign
# Nov 30 2008 at 2:14 PM Rating: Decent
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55 posts
Easiest mission so far. only takes 30 mins once you get the hang of it.
Finished 3-box
# Feb 12 2007 at 10:15 AM Rating: Decent
Did this one tonight boxing a 75 bst, 75 dru and 70 rog. Very easy, took about 30 minutes. Just be careful of the dropoff, though. It caught me by surprise and I had 3 birds on me all of a sudden.
Grounding the Drakes
# Sep 15 2006 at 6:13 PM Rating: Decent
- Touch the cave entrance to Lavaspinner's Lair 0/1 The Broodlands
- Loot 15 Drake Fang 0/15 Lavaspinner's Lair

Only various types of drakes in this mission.. no other type of creature. Mobs can drop as little as zero fangs and as many as 4. You can obtain this mission from Boldger Bristlebeard as soon as you get indifferent faction with the Norrath Keeper's.

As soon as you loot the 15th fang a zonewide text pops saying: "These fangs will make perfect specimens and will undoubtedly contribute greatly to the understanding of the denizens of the lair.
You have been given: Norrath Keeper's Token
You have gained 26 Radiant Crystals.

Average level for us was 67.16667
min players in group?
# Sep 08 2006 at 7:45 AM Rating: Decent
Im asuming that this and all the other non progresion DoN tasks can be gotten once you raise your faction to indiferent. Is there a minimum level requirement? How many players do you need to start the mission? I was thinking of shrouding down to 55 to open up one of these to solo with my 60 sk, but not sure if its even possible.
Drop Rate....
# Feb 16 2006 at 8:40 AM Rating: Decent
Tried this last night.. Killed 47 drakes... Got 3 Fangs... Yes 3 Fangs.. I am sure it is a random thing, but you wont catch me going back to that one for a long, long time.. Since the drakes did not respon, we just quit the mission.. Not worth the risk for me..:)
Drop Rate Slow
# Nov 07 2005 at 8:12 PM Rating: Decent
We did this last night with a group ranging 63-67. We had to kill 44 drakes to get our 15 fangs. took about 2 hours. I got 26 radiant crystals.

Mystyre Malkaw'Esh
Reward
# Jul 14 2005 at 6:08 PM Rating: Decent
This may be obvious, in which case my apologies, but the number of cyrstals varies by level, orperhaps average group level. I recall 22 as the number on at least the last four missions.
RE: Reward
# Jul 15 2005 at 11:34 AM Rating: Default
The reward is dependant apon ur groups average lvl. Inadition to that ur groups average lvl also will depiculate the lvl of the mobs
Quest details
# Jun 13 2005 at 8:42 AM Rating: Decent
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68 posts
Simple collect mission,

Step 1 Touch the enterence to Lavaspinner's Lair
Step 2 Collect 15 Drake Fangs

Reward is 26 radiant crystals and the token, faction hits were +Norrath's Keepers, -Dark Reign. Depending on your DPS can be done in less than an hour. It doesnt appear that mobs respawn in this instance.
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