Bro and I just boxed this. 3 mages, monk, cleric, enchanter. All toons (no mercs). Only point this out because our means of doing this or that may differ from yours.
We entered this mission a few hours after setting our first step in the zone so we were sometimes confused by prior posts that mention this or that area. Not faulting prior posters just our ignorance made it tough.
As a first try, we entered the instance, started the event, then went to read. A few minutes later we went back to the toons only to find them all clutching their throats with X's over their eyes. Good start. We dropped it and restarted (you'll die on entering). Once you move beyond the entrance do not plan to EVER re-enter the mission via Buck from SS. You'll die (1,380,000 damage pretty much got the best of my mage's hps). If you don't believe me, ask my mage... HE BELIEVES!
Turn on particles, may have to camp to get them to show, bro did.
Pet classes put your pet's away lest pathing kills them as they stream through the haze. Pull them out when you set up the kill camp.
A few things that would have helped us
1. Don't start until you're REALLY ready to move.
2. The teleporter, Buck Witherspoon and the orbs are found:
(paste into your map files, I used somnium_2.txt)
P -312, 425, -27.7984, 0, 0, 0, 1, Teleporter
P -208.7602, -990.6011, -116.7282, 127, 0, 0, 3, Buck_Witherspoon
P -570.0000, -350.0000, 20.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, purple
P -285.0000, -545.0000, 20.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, yellow
P -285.0000, -660.0000, 20.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, orange
P -705.0000, -660.0000, 22.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, red
P -610.0000, -430.0000, 22.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, blue
The teleporter looks like a pyramid of red bright spots.
3. When you follow all the dialogue for Buck (shortened dialogues may bug the mission they say), immediately move your group through the teleporter. We stationed the five of six at the teleporter, started the mission event (by doing Buck's dialogue within the mission) and CoH'd the monk to us. All zoned through.
4. The constant warnings at this point about the purple cloud appear to be there just to shake you up. We wield a lot of DPS and dropped the first two bosses quickly but were completely ignorant of how to get to the last two for about 20 minutes. Constant warnings, best as we could tell, nothing changed. As it turns out the other two bosses were connected to the same rooms, for the life of us we don't know how we missed the doors but we did (followed by the traditional face palm when we saw we were flying right by them looking).
5. Clear the two straight pull bosses Yngvar and Champion of Morell first.
6. Pull DreamFeader.
7. Pull Otraff via DreamFeader's room (avoid the invisible cloud). Some mentioned using a pet pull the short way and sac'ing the pet or using summon companion to save him. We let our monk show his stuff and just run him through DreamFeader's spawn point.
8. When the bosses are all down, another teleporter spawns to take you to the undead part of SS. The orbs are there (locs posted above). Here's another tidbit for the blissfully ignorant like ourselves. You must use one of the trap doors to get to the last couple orbs and back to Buck for the turnin. Stay invised, run over the three close ones, take a trap door, wiggle through the rooms, up the ladder and do the last two then head to Buck. We used a mage lest somebody actually wanted the chest loot, any class could easily complete this last step though, just be invised.
One last comment. We green ran this in about 45 minutes. Probably could do it in... gosh I dunno maybe 12-15 with what we have, maybe 8 or 9 with some real punch. Split the orb duty between 2 guys and, if you're really trying mash a quick number, maybe a 3rd head up to Buck.
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Morell's Challenge
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This is a group mission that begins with Buck Witherspoon in Sanctum Somnium. He's a centaur located on the balcony across from the zone-in.
You must have completed Sage Jarith's three solo tasks prior to being able to request this one. You say, 'Hail, Buck Witherspoon' Buck Witherspoon says 'It is time again for Morell's challenge! Are you up to it? Riches can be yours if you complete this simple [challenge]!' You say, 'What challenge?' Buck Witherspoon says 'It's quite straight forward really. All you have to do is race through the tower finding beacons and fighting some creatures along the way. Think you are up to [taking] the challenge?' You say, 'I'm up for taking it on' Buck Witherspoon says 'I knew you were a champ! When you are ready to [start], let me know!' You have been assigned the task 'Morell's Challenge'. You have entered Morell's Challenge, a deadly but possibly profitable race through the castle. Follow the green beacons to stay on track, but beware that some areas do not have green beacons and you will need to find your way through those locations on your own. Just make sure not to let the purple cloud of ultimate darkness catch up to you! NOTE: The death touch "mob" and teleporters in this task can only be seen if you have NPC spell particle effects turned on. These are in the Options-Display menu and must be turned on before you zone in. Say "start" to zone in. You say, 'Ready to start...' Buck Witherspoon says 'This is going to be so much fun!' LOADING, PLEASE WAIT... Speak with Buck Witherspoon to start the challenge 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) NOTE: Make sure to follow all of Buck Witherspoon's dialogues here, otherwise the mission may get bugged. You say, 'Hail, Buck Witherspoon' Buck Witherspoon says 'Ah yes, you probably wish to know the rules. Your task is to race through the tower. Along the way you will battle horrible monsters and have to find different colored beacons. The green beacons along the way will show you the correct path to take. Unfortunately the green beacons don't appear in every section of the tower, so you will have to find your own way through those areas on your own. You may have to make use of teleport areas to do so or to avoid hazards. That is where most people die a most unpleasant death, but I think you have the spunk to make it through! Oh, I almost forgot one more teeny tiny [detail].' You say, 'Tiny detail?' Buck Witherspoon says 'Legalities and such mandate that I tell you about the cloud of ultimate death. Quite simply, it will be slowly creeping up behind you during the race. You may want to avoid it unless you want the flesh to melt off your bones. I am also legally bound to let you know that if you wish to chicken out and [leave], to let me know. If you are brave and want a chance to win some fabulous prizes however, we can begin when you are [ready].' You say, 'Ready!' Buck Witherspoon says 'Let the games begin!' Head through the treasure halls and use a teleporter to port to the castle area. The teleporter is found in one of the dead-ends of these halls. Find and defeat Yngvar the giant 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Find and defeat Otraff the centaur 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Find and defeat Dreamfeeder the shade 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Find and defeat a Champion of Morell, the beefeater 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) The above-four nameds are found in the four rooms surrounding the courtyard. They each hit for a max ~14,000 and have no special abilities (no flurry, rampage, or enrage). They have a lot of hitpoints (about 1.35 million worth) and all see invisible. WARNING: The DT cloud may be present in this area, so you'll want to keep an eye out for that. After the last named is dead, a teleporter appears next to the fountain. Use it to port to the undead area. Find the orange beacon 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Find the blue beacon 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Find the red beacon 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Find the purple beacon 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Find the yellow beacon 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) The beacons appear as orbs on the ground and are found in different locations throughout the area. You just need to walk over them in order to update these steps. Locations for somnium.txt map file: P -570.0000, -350.0000, 20.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, purple P -285.0000, -545.0000, 20.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, yellow P -285.0000, -660.0000, 20.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, orange P -705.0000, -660.0000, 22.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, red P -610.0000, -430.0000, 22.0000, 0, 0, 0, 1, blue In-game /locs: Purple: 350, 570, 20 (a room in the south section) Yellow: 545, 285, 20 (a room in the north section) Orange: 660, 285, 20 (a room in the north section) Red: 660, 705, 22 (a room in the south section) Blue: 430, 610, 22 (a dead-end hall in the south section) Speak with Buck Witherspoon 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Buck Witherspoon spawns in the circular room attached to the northeast part of the undead area (as does the chest). You say, 'Hail, Buck Witherspoon' Buck Witherspoon says 'We have a winner! You are now one of the proud few who have survived Morell's Challenge and not ended up getting destroyed by the cloud of ultimate darkness! I promised you a reward if you lived through the challenge, so make sure to loot the treasure chest for your reward before you [leave]!' Collect your rewards from the ornate chest 0/1 (Sanctum Somnium) Task Rewards: 310 platinum Experience Faction with Dream Delvers 80 Dream Motes Known chest rewards (1 item + 1 spell per task): Amethyst Ward of the Companion Beast King's Scepter Rosch's Metal Stud Savage Spiritblade Shieldbearer's Lance Spellward Knuckleguard Twisted Dream Shield Umbrage Very Unlucky Feral Hare's Foot Warped Chitin Bow Minor Nebulous Dream Fragment Lesser Nebulous Dream Fragment Median Nebulous Dream Fragment Greater Nebulous Dream Fragment Glowing Nebulous Dream Fragment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quite right on the time. 91 SK (+cleric merc), 87 Dru (+rog merc), 88 Rng, 81 Rog completed in 14 minutes, and we did slow down a bit at the end to get the Rainbow achievement. Really a much too easy mission for T4 difficulty.
If you use Harmshield (or a similar DA ability) you can pull Otraff from Yngvar's room, saving you the little extra run.
If you place a campfire right outside the Champions room, it can be used right till the end if needed.
Edited, Sep 18th 2012 10:34am by Umbraeques
If you use Harmshield (or a similar DA ability) you can pull Otraff from Yngvar's room, saving you the little extra run.
If you place a campfire right outside the Champions room, it can be used right till the end if needed.
Edited, Sep 18th 2012 10:34am by Umbraeques
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seems like the first place the cloud of DT settles in after you hail the Buck in the mission - is on top of the zone in - so don't bother trying to renter by using the password - just drop the mission and start over if you don't have a rez.
Scholar
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You can enter via giver again but you need to zone in with DA. Then do a mad dash to the circular carpet which is always clear of the cloud. I died on last giant but was able to continue mish this way. You can then wait for DA to refresh and do another dash to the undead area where there is no cloud. If you didn't clear all names then yeah, you would have to restart most likely
Edited, Mar 11th 2012 1:38am by Melodion
Edited, Mar 11th 2012 1:38am by Melodion
all 4 of them have around 1.35 mil hps and do see invis.
A couple of times we ran into the fog without being able to see it... so be careful, even with particles turned on.
A couple of times we ran into the fog without being able to see it... so be careful, even with particles turned on.
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Just completed a run in 14 minutes whole group boxed along with Challenge of Toughness & Discover the Rainbow achievement :)
2nd run ever. Also finished bosses with a t5 merc to heal mage pet so I could TA my friend to loot shield which I got, EQ = Broke. :)
Edited, Apr 12th 2011 11:54am by tavener
2nd run ever. Also finished bosses with a t5 merc to heal mage pet so I could TA my friend to loot shield which I got, EQ = Broke. :)
Edited, Apr 12th 2011 11:54am by tavener
After hailing for step 1, you MUST follow Buck's text by saying "detail" and then "ready" to him. If you don't, the script doesn't run properly and the exit portal doesn't spawn after the mobs are dead. Flawed task design makes it look like all you have to do is hail, but you have to talk with him too.
Pulling the 4th mob Otraff tends to get me killed by the purple fog, so I use a pet to find him and pull him. If the pet is killed by the fog, you can just make another one.
/pet attack Otraff
If you're doing the Discover the Rainbow achievement, the red beacon is first, then you have to go into the pit to get to the other side, up the ladder to do orange and yellow. Leave someone behind to take care of the blue and purple beacons which are on the same side as the red one was.
Pulling the 4th mob Otraff tends to get me killed by the purple fog, so I use a pet to find him and pull him. If the pet is killed by the fog, you can just make another one.
/pet attack Otraff
If you're doing the Discover the Rainbow achievement, the red beacon is first, then you have to go into the pit to get to the other side, up the ladder to do orange and yellow. Leave someone behind to take care of the blue and purple beacons which are on the same side as the red one was.
If your pet runs thru the purple fog, it will kill it. I had a invulnerability on and ran thru the fog. I made it, pet didn't. Even getting a CoTH got my Shammy's pet killed. So best bet is to suspend the pet if you are going to try running thru or getting CoTHed past the fog.
Edited, Jan 24th 2011 10:04am by Hakir
Edited, Jan 24th 2011 10:04am by Hakir
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Summon companion AA / spell after being COH'd keeps the pet alive (if you don't take too long, that is).
Edited, Jul 4th 2011 4:24am by Alpha1
Edited, Jul 4th 2011 4:24am by Alpha1
OK here is my update and best i can tell ya...
Have particle effects on for everything! the dt cloud is everywhere, it seems to roam, its a purple fog that lays on ground. you can avoid it if you stand in the area its not in, I ended up just using divinity (40sec invulnerability) pots to run through them dragging the corpses and of my group to the jail area.
the portal that is supposed to spawn at fountain never did... so i did the above with pots.. not sure why it didnt or if it spawned somewhere else maybe, /shrug.
we found no beacons downstairs, BUT did have to go downstairs to get up the ladder for other side of rooms where there are beacons as well as the way to Buck wen you do find all the beacons.
as long as you invis the mobs do not see through and you can run through until you find them (watch for purple fog!) the beacons for me looks like giant gems floating off floor in corresponding color to what task needs, very visable, just run over it till it gives update.
i think the 2nd time around will be easier with our knowledge now
gig
Have particle effects on for everything! the dt cloud is everywhere, it seems to roam, its a purple fog that lays on ground. you can avoid it if you stand in the area its not in, I ended up just using divinity (40sec invulnerability) pots to run through them dragging the corpses and of my group to the jail area.
the portal that is supposed to spawn at fountain never did... so i did the above with pots.. not sure why it didnt or if it spawned somewhere else maybe, /shrug.
we found no beacons downstairs, BUT did have to go downstairs to get up the ladder for other side of rooms where there are beacons as well as the way to Buck wen you do find all the beacons.
as long as you invis the mobs do not see through and you can run through until you find them (watch for purple fog!) the beacons for me looks like giant gems floating off floor in corresponding color to what task needs, very visable, just run over it till it gives update.
i think the 2nd time around will be easier with our knowledge now
gig
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