Drunder, Fortress of Zek (Plane of Tactics)
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HOT ZONE
Type:
Indoor
Expansion:
Power
Instanced:
No
Keyed:
No
Level Range:
60 - 65
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| Drunder, the Fortress of Zek, otherwise known as the Plane of Tactics, is home to Rallos Zek and his three sons - Tallon, Vallon, and Eriak. You'll find Eriak is non-combative compared to his brothers, both of whom will not be pleased to see you here.
Level 57 is required to enter the zone without a flag on the live servers. |
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Posted: Dec 09 2003 at 10:30 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) 2 words: FRICKIN SWEET
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Posted: Dec 09 2003 at 10:30 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Edited, Tue Dec 9 22:31:19 2003
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Arent these the fugliest gods?heck, if i was teh doctor that delivered them, id slapped thier mother.
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Posted: Aug 31 2003 at 5:05 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) that weard why do you think vallon and tallon zek are brothers rallos dose not even look like him=P
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Posted: Sep 03 2003 at 8:24 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Rallos is their dad, bet their mom is one ugly **** if tallon and vallon look like they do now.
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Posted: Sep 18 2003 at 1:03 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Tallon and Vallon are half orc
Read the lore, I forget which, but one of the two of them created the Orcs in their image.
Don't think a god is a halfbreed orc =\
Don't think a god is a halfbreed orc =\
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Tier 1 = Justice, Innovation, Disease, Nightmare
Tier 2 = Valor, Storms, Torment, Crypt of Decay, Lair of Terris Thule
Tier 3 = Halls of Honor, Bastion of Thunder, Tactics, Tower of Solusek Ro, Temple of Mithaniel
Tier 4 = Fire, Earth, Air, Water,
Tier 5 = Time A, Time B
Tier 2 = Valor, Storms, Torment, Crypt of Decay, Lair of Terris Thule
Tier 3 = Halls of Honor, Bastion of Thunder, Tactics, Tower of Solusek Ro, Temple of Mithaniel
Tier 4 = Fire, Earth, Air, Water,
Tier 5 = Time A, Time B
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i have got all three zerks done and got the message as so from the seer.however It says that i have not completed the tactics chain . i dont have bot key from storms or mm and hoh trial 1. could some one tell me why i have all three but dont get the one message that i have killed all three .
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Posted: Dec 15 2003 at 3:23 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Tatics is tier 2 as it requires only the Manenic Behemoth to kill in the Plane of Innovation. You can also access PoTactics by a quest in the adjacent tier PoStorms.
45 posts
just wondering, do trash mobs here summon? and are they snare/rootable? i have EQ/AM1 thinking about trying to solo some of these guys with a KEI + / SoV to see if i can.. dont want to get owned 5 seconds into the plane tho (ive just been as far as zonein to zoneout)
im too lazy to look for this on other posts laff
-Veteran Partil-
63 Ranger
Torv
im too lazy to look for this on other posts laff
-Veteran Partil-
63 Ranger
Torv
9 posts
If you're soloing down in the pit, it's a tight space, so it doesn't make it that easy unless you're a bard and want to kite tons of 'em. But if you're fighting in the corner, you can stick right close to the zone out, which proves to make running away real easy =-)
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Some do some dont, most are snareable/rootable, some cast dots that will own up no a ranger, some harmtouch, others slow. get ready for a world of hurt if you get snared and dotted. Lots of wanders most mobs assist. Not your ideal place for a ranger to solo, i solo there from time to time. If you want good exp for soloing with EQ/AM1 go to PoS and kill frogs they are pretty easy and root/snare and dont summon you wont get as many adds.
Huntress Galantrya
Huntress Galantrya
Unlisted mob. Dark blue to 65. Was roaming around the middle area where I usually kite. Haven't killed him yet, will post if he drops anything.
Wouldnt it be tier 3 since factory is like a tier 2, need to kill dragon toget to factory , then behemoth for tactics, making it a tier 3.
Yes, this is a Tier 3 zone.
I may miss a few, but here goes. (I'm not counting sub-zones)
Tier 1 = Justice, Innovation, Disease, Nightmare
Tier 2 = Valor, Storms, Torment, Crypt of Decay
Tier 3 = Halls of Honor, Bastion of Thunder, Tactics
Tier 4 = Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Tower of SolRo(?)
Tier 5 = Time
Not sure on Fire and SolRo, since I've never been there, and they're a seperate flag event from the Agnarr/Rallos Zek elemental flagging. Think you need to kill SolRo in his Tower for Fire flag.
Tier 3 zones drop many more spectrals and ornate. When's the last time you saw an ornate pattern drop in PoV/PoS? Not too frequently ;)
Edited, Thu Aug 14 15:16:33 2003
I may miss a few, but here goes. (I'm not counting sub-zones)
Tier 1 = Justice, Innovation, Disease, Nightmare
Tier 2 = Valor, Storms, Torment, Crypt of Decay
Tier 3 = Halls of Honor, Bastion of Thunder, Tactics
Tier 4 = Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Tower of SolRo(?)
Tier 5 = Time
Not sure on Fire and SolRo, since I've never been there, and they're a seperate flag event from the Agnarr/Rallos Zek elemental flagging. Think you need to kill SolRo in his Tower for Fire flag.
Tier 3 zones drop many more spectrals and ornate. When's the last time you saw an ornate pattern drop in PoV/PoS? Not too frequently ;)
Edited, Thu Aug 14 15:16:33 2003
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Utopians
Utopians
Some of the planes are much harder or easier than other planes in the same tier. Because of this, I and most people that I talk to, regard PoJustice as tier 0.5, PoTactics as 2.5 (it plays like a tier 3 zone, but you get there from an event in a first tier zone), and SolRo as 3.5.
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Posted: Aug 02 2003 at 11:46 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) no... the factory is still in a tier one zone... tier 3 is Elemintal plaines and tier 4 is PoTime....
errrr i cant edit my post but elemital is tier 4 and time is 5 lol it was a long day =) 
Edited, Mon Aug 11 10:22:02 2003
Edited, Mon Aug 11 10:22:02 2003
No....elements is teir 4
Time is teir 5
Time is teir 5
Been looking for diakus boars to charm as they are the only animal listed in the zone, but have been able to get a single one on track.
There are mobs called Decorin boars that arent on the list, not sure if animal or not.
Are the diaku boars hiding somwhere near TZ/VZ? Or were the replaced with decorin boars....
There are mobs called Decorin boars that arent on the list, not sure if animal or not.
Are the diaku boars hiding somwhere near TZ/VZ? Or were the replaced with decorin boars....
a Diaku Boar occassionally spawns in the pig pen right next to the pit.
The other boars in the pens are the PHes.
The other boars in the pens are the PHes.
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For the Person lookin for Eriak. He is at the FAR end of the zone in the basement takes a good group to get to him. lots of see invis mobs along the way, i was able to sneak all the way to him. but in his room there is mobs that are facing every direction so you can't sneak to him need to kill the mobs. he is dubious btw.
Kanof Paint
Kanof Paint
it says this zone is a tier2 zone on first page. Its not, its a tier3 zone, the tier2 zone before it was Plane of War, but they removed it. this zone is geared towards level 65, and drops spectrals from regular mobs. Clearly a Tier3 zone
It is a Tier 2 zone. You only need one Flag total to gain access. Tiers are based on Flagging requirements. Difficulty is supposedly in direct corrolation, but not by definition. Kill Behemoth in PoI, and you're in. You kill TZ/VZ you gain access to Tier 3 encounters (Solusek). RZtW does not give direct access to a Tier 4 zone, so it can not be classified as a Tier 3. Period.
So you need to kill xanamech to gain access to factory, which is a flag, and then kill behemoth, which is another flag.
But some people just prefer to be **** about things like this I guess, sorry but you cant determine the tier of a zone by the number of Flags you need. By that logic, PoV PoS BoT HoH are Tier1 zones now as well.
Not even to mention that you are totally ignoring the fact that for the alternate entry you need to go to PoStorms for the Diaku raiders, which is a tier2 (or tier1? what is it?)
Drunder not just is Tier3, its also the hardest zone before EPs as well, with the hardest pre EP raid encounter on top.
I just put it up as a warning so people dont go there after MB kill and expect a PoV because people claim this to be a Tier2 zone.
Tier is still mainly difficulty, and not progress.
Edited, Fri Oct 31 21:39:26 2003
But some people just prefer to be **** about things like this I guess, sorry but you cant determine the tier of a zone by the number of Flags you need. By that logic, PoV PoS BoT HoH are Tier1 zones now as well.
Not even to mention that you are totally ignoring the fact that for the alternate entry you need to go to PoStorms for the Diaku raiders, which is a tier2 (or tier1? what is it?)
Drunder not just is Tier3, its also the hardest zone before EPs as well, with the hardest pre EP raid encounter on top.
I just put it up as a warning so people dont go there after MB kill and expect a PoV because people claim this to be a Tier2 zone.
Tier is still mainly difficulty, and not progress.
Edited, Fri Oct 31 21:39:26 2003
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I'll agree with this post... "...so people don't go there after MB kill and expect a PoV because people claim this to be a Tier2 zone."
Tactics can be an XP zone, but it's not comparable to PoV or BoT. The pit has mobs that fight like between those two zones, where most people xp. Then, there's the wings of the zone, to get to TZ/VZ, who are pretty difficult raid encounters for those guilds who are not experienced raiding guilds. And THEN, RZtW, who is a monster of a raid, which is definitely the hardest encounter pre-Elemental.
This zone has a wide range; the argument between tier 2 and 3 is rather useless... in some ways, it is comparable to a high tier 2, in some ways, it is tier 3, and ALMOST tier 4. There are some zones you just have to explore for yourself.
Tactics can be an XP zone, but it's not comparable to PoV or BoT. The pit has mobs that fight like between those two zones, where most people xp. Then, there's the wings of the zone, to get to TZ/VZ, who are pretty difficult raid encounters for those guilds who are not experienced raiding guilds. And THEN, RZtW, who is a monster of a raid, which is definitely the hardest encounter pre-Elemental.
This zone has a wide range; the argument between tier 2 and 3 is rather useless... in some ways, it is comparable to a high tier 2, in some ways, it is tier 3, and ALMOST tier 4. There are some zones you just have to explore for yourself.
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Heh I will agree with the post about it not being an official tier 3 zone. HOWEVER the mob diffculity of the zone is that of a tier 3 zone for sure.
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Posted: Feb 24 2003 at 12:18 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Anyone knows where is Eriak the quest npc in the zone? (the one for rz bane wep)
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Eriak is found in the room guarded by two elite diaku's off of the forge room with all of the slaves where you get the pottery book on containing the power of the elements. Eriak spawns in the same room as Tagrin Maldric. Tagrin Maldric also has a Diaku that spawns behind him. Tagrni Maldric is seriously tough; he AEs and I *think* rampages quite a bit. Eriak is the ogre in black armor. Hail him and say "what blood" to receive a vial of black blood that is used in the zek bane weapon construction. It is no drop and lore. I am not sure but I have heard you need to kill the twins Tallon Zek and Vallon Zek before he will give you the blood. If you have a map of the zone it's the far north west corner.
Muhnkie
Muhnkie
20 posts
Anyone knows where is Erica the quest npc in the zone? (the one for rz bane wep)
7 posts
Can you track these guys from the zonein? or do u have to get up one of the towers to left or right past elite guardsman any info on being able to find these guys would be great. thx =)
Mashef
62 Warder
http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=357979
Mashef
62 Warder
http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=357979
The Diaku Supplier (66 or 67). I tracked him as being North West of the pit, dunno which level.
Scholar
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also add "a Diaku Oracle" not sure on level, blue to 65, probably 63-64.
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also add:
The Diaku Overseer
red at 65, quads 1680ish, AE Rampage, drops Runes, Spectrals, Ornate Pattern (BP)
The Diaku Armorer
yellow at 65, drops occasionaly Runes, Spectrals, Orante Pattern (Boots)
Glykus something
pig area, yellow at 65, Gravel rain, drops Rune, Spectral, Ornate Pattern, Wand of the War Wizard
The Diaku Overseer
red at 65, quads 1680ish, AE Rampage, drops Runes, Spectrals, Ornate Pattern (BP)
The Diaku Armorer
yellow at 65, drops occasionaly Runes, Spectrals, Orante Pattern (Boots)
Glykus something
pig area, yellow at 65, Gravel rain, drops Rune, Spectral, Ornate Pattern, Wand of the War Wizard
overseer doesn't AE rampage, just a normal rampage.
The Diaku Overseer also drops A Blood Bladed Dagger:
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=18115
https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=18115
Rylaar - 100 Ranger - Bristlebane - EQ1
Trylon - 100 Cleric
Iamken - 92 Enchanter
Fyfe - 95 Troubador - Unrest - EQ2
Rylaar - 95 Ranger
Quinleigh - 95 Fury
Dalarn - 95 Inquisitor
Rylaar - 90 NE Hunter - Khaz Modan - WoW
Rhylaar - 90 Troll Hunter - Shadow Council - WoW
Trylon - 100 Cleric
Iamken - 92 Enchanter
Fyfe - 95 Troubador - Unrest - EQ2
Rylaar - 95 Ranger
Quinleigh - 95 Fury
Dalarn - 95 Inquisitor
Rylaar - 90 NE Hunter - Khaz Modan - WoW
Rhylaar - 90 Troll Hunter - Shadow Council - WoW
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How do you get flagged for this zone? I looted a quarter of a medallion, off of a diaku raider, in Plane of Storms, but can't find anywhere I need to gofor the other 3 medallion parts, or whom to give them to. Can anyone offer help?
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1 of the easiest quest to get a zone flag. In the desert in PoS you kill the random yardtrash mobs (i.e. rock storms, scorps, cacti etc.)this will spawn Diaku raiders. you kill the raiders till you have all 4 quarters of the medallion ( these are lore, so if you cant loot it you have that piece allready)once you have all 4 pieces you take them to Wembly (near zone out tree) and turn in all 4 pieces. this will not only flag you, but everyone in your group. so make sure you have 5 people you want flagged with you when you do the turn in :) total time it took to complete quest was 4 hours and we completed all 4 pieces and got 2 duplicate pieces therefore we have half of the quest done for another group . why kick in the front door?(killing behemoth) when the back door is unlocked and basically unguarded ( PoS quest). hehe 65 Hunter Trebori Nhadragh <El'lar Dobluth> The Rathe Server
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Edited, Mon Apr 28 14:53:09 2003
45 posts
Behe is required for planar progression. The quest is an XP flag only. same goes with CoD access.
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63 Ranger
Torv
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63 Ranger
Torv
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As someone said below, kill the behemoth in PoI factory.
Let us all bow our heads in silence, Rallos Zek, the one true god, dies, The Begining of time-December 2, 2002. The murderers, http://www.afterlifeguild.org/
It figures, the one god that took all the gods to simply be imprisoned, is killable by mere mortals. Next thing we know kerafyrm will be dead by a level 1 paladin and the nameless will appear do an irish jig dance and shoot himself drop a rusty dagger and THE END will appear along with Please insert $50 dollars in the parkbench across the street and it will be picked up in 5 minutes.
It figures, the one god that took all the gods to simply be imprisoned, is killable by mere mortals. Next thing we know kerafyrm will be dead by a level 1 paladin and the nameless will appear do an irish jig dance and shoot himself drop a rusty dagger and THE END will appear along with Please insert $50 dollars in the parkbench across the street and it will be picked up in 5 minutes.
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Posted: Mar 07 2003 at 9:00 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) even if afterlife didnt kill zek and mobs did, afterlife could've, i mean i dont see you killing Fennin Ro the Tyrant of Fire, Xegony Goddess of Air, Cornaiv Avatar of Water, and half of the Rathe
lol, Afterlife didn't even kill zek, the encounter was bugged and mobs that afterlife should have had to kill turned on zek and killed him for them. Or so I hear~
Rallos Zek... My God, the baddest looking thing in the game!! ( well not quite but Ive been waiting 2 years to see my deity--atleast he's not BristleBane lol ).
Nothing informative here children, just move along...
56 Ogre Shaman on Luclin server--Chaotic WInds--Baron Aggrok
Nothing informative here children, just move along...
56 Ogre Shaman on Luclin server--Chaotic WInds--Baron Aggrok
Why does Tallon Zek look like he's wearing chandelier on his head? Trying a new party trick? I mean, the candles are even lit!
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That would probably be becuase he's standing in front of a chandelier...
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Why does his avatar look like the bastardchild of an hill giant and a fire elemental with an oversized helmet when he looks so badass?
http://fohguild.org/news/Rallos.jpg
http://fohguild.org/news/Rallos.jpg
Wow, nice pic. Quite glad they changed him. His non-PoP versions look like crap. Kinda like a seal, since his hands look like flippers. And the lack of a lower jaw...ugh...he looked horrible before. Good job Sony on the update for him and Sol Ro. Now, make Tunare look cool. :)
I don't see the fire elemental part of him, but I guess you do. Unless you're referring to the avatar, he did look kind of bad in comparison to this, but I'd still get pretty intimidated by a giant golden statue flailing away at me, especially with all the talk of how tough it is.
Either way, this version is much better.
Either way, this version is much better.
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yeah thats not really how I expected him to look.I thought more bad *** AoW/Statue of RALLOS ZEK kinda look.But he looks cool
45 posts
The Avatar is Rallos on casual day, the above picture is what he wears to the office ^_^. Personally I like both designs, either way he is one mean-lookin' mama-jama.
Okay i decided to add more info on these zones well not me personally, i looked on the FoH site which you can get a link to from my other post on this page, they have killed the zek brothers so have triton whose site i will post at the bottom of this post don't know about afterlife haven't checked in with them yet, but FoH leader has posted some complaints on his site about the PoP i think all that are playing or planning to raid in should read well this should be the last time on post on this page.
http://www.tritonguild.com/
http://www.tritonguild.com/
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Need to Do Xanamech(raid type mob fast 1300 hitter with 3 AEs) to get pass to Deeper parts of PoI.. from there...you can do a quest with a gnome killing a Behemoth to gain access to Fortress.. believe AL took down Tallon/Vallon so far..not sure about Big Boy Himself..just a small spoiler for any of those who are interested.
/shrug
/shrug
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You can Port from Nexus to PoK
Edited, Sun Nov 3 15:05:37 2002
Edited, Sun Nov 3 15:05:37 2002
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Posted: Oct 29 2002 at 10:12 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) you all havent seen the power of hte other gods yet have you? soulousek is harder than rallos, and im not sure, i doubt it to be true, its rumored that veeshan makes an appearance every once in a while
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K well think about it..How Hard of a time do people have with the AoW? Thats only Rallos' Avatar and he can easily wipe the best of guilds if they make a mistake. Just think of Rallos to be 10x harder than his avatar and you'll get a sense of how powerful he really is.
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Its funny because... AL hasn't taken any of these gods down on Mith Marr server yet.. and im sure they would have posted it on their boards.. being one of the first to do it and all ofcourse.. then u have FR and TJ on Mith too.. both abit behind AL.. working their way in there.. You didn't post your chars names cause either you don't wanna embarrass yourself.. or they don't exist..and finally.. Veeshan has her own zone.. PoA.. before the creation of PoP expantion.. so she doesn't make appearances..and yes.. she would be too big for the game anyhow.. she's the great chrystalline dragon who marked the whole friggin' world with her claws, and just to flip you off even more Mr. Raxxus.. you have the spelling abilities of a 12 year old who is using one hand.
Flame On for The God's Sake~!~!~
Flame On for The God's Sake~!~!~
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Veeshan can't make any appearance in any zone ever I'm afraid. She would be way way WAY too big to render on a computer and the plane would have to be larger than all of Norrath and more. The Cobalt Scars are her claw-marks, so Veeshan would never be able to exist if just even her claw-marks are that big :( sorry.
I love this arguement for why veeshan can't appear in game. Its not like she wouldn't be able to shrink herself or anything. Shamans and beastlords can shrink people. Shaman's can even grind some herbs together to make shrink potions. But a god wanting to make herself smaller? Unthinkable 
8 posts
I may be mistaken...but diddn't it take all the Gods to make an alliance to trap rallos in the planes of power...If all the Gods had to band together to lock him up, i doubt that any one god would be more pwoerful than him
22 posts
The Plane of Fire has already been easily accessed, how many people have been to the Fortress of Zek? I highly doubt Solusek Ro is more powerful than Rallos Zek but who knows.What do you base your statement on?
11 posts
Sol Ro's not in Plane of Fire champ. Try Tower of Solusek.
22 posts
sweet, didnt know that =P
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