Erud's Crossing

I have only just recently made the trip to Erudin' Crossing. It must have sounded quite silly that a 49 cleric orphaned in Qeynos had such trouble finding the correct dock, but I simply had little inclination to go there before I was lured to the sights and sounds of Freeport. Be that as it may, I offered to help a young guild mate in the retrieval of her corpse. It seems she was on the boat at the dock when some friendly bard pulled some rather unfriendly friends to the boat. Thus the poor lass died, unfortunately the boat left and her corpse did not. Right near the dock apparently the water is very deep. She managed to swim and locate the corpse unfortunetly she had to resurface for air before she could loot her corpse. Problems became compounded as a Hammerhead shark sent yet another corpse to the bottom of the sea. In her foolish young enthusiasm she tried yet again and met the hammerhead shark before she found either corpse, thus sending a third corpse to the depths of the sea.

A guild mate got to the island and he was 48 and attempted to retrieve the corpse, yet the hammerhead shark attacked him and conned blue. He managed to retrieve his corpse from shallower water and I rezzed it, but thankfully our young mate found a helpful GM that pulled her corpses for us. (Earning a paddling over my knee when she looted one of her bare corpses before I could rez it!)

So this is just a warning: There is a hammerhead shark in the vicinity of the dock and it is a heavy hitter. If you are going to die, get off the boat and onto dry land. PLEASE!

*edit*

Upon reading the description of the Killer Sharks perhaps what my mates encountered was a Killer shark. However, the warning still apllies! Please try real hard to die on dry land in that area!

i looted these three rods off the vampire bat with a skele. its a thin boned wand. stats suck they are 3 charges of lifespike(the lev 8 necro lifetap) and it sells for soo much!!!! i had three then one warrior bought one for 100pp!!!!
its only 3 charges of a lev 8 spell!!!!! any ways. you have to kill kerra spiders.. get the ones by the shore so 11 dont come at you at once.
then more and more bats spawn. kill enough bats and the head vampire bat with a pet will spawn.
i would say about lev 8 necro spells and pet is also annoying... but good drop.. hope this helps


Anathen 14th SK
Azzar 14 Necro

Who ever said that Ooglyn coned green to them at 29 knows they are a liar. And as far as know where to run is concerned If you have sow potions with you and are getting killed run around the island till the boat gets there. When the boat arrives run onto to it and run toward the front nothing will follow you there.

Like the title says, my Iksar necromancer was indifferent to the cats on the island. I was dubious to that shaman quest Ogre, Ooglyn... BUT, was KoS to that Erudite guy, in the pit. So keep away from the top of the volcano pit, he aggroed me without my even going inside.

first of all, a few q's.
a)where do mermaids spawn?
b) what level are they?
c) what do they drop?
d) is 'a golden maiden' a mermaid?
e) what do they look like, and can someone send in a picture pls?

thanks

Okay, here's the deal with these two new NPCs in Erud's Crossing. They're for the erudite cleric and paladin quest for Midnight Sea Mail Sleeves. Basically Paust was doing a geological survey of the island when the kerran stole his survey kit and rowed out to sea, dropping a couple of instruments over the side of his boat. Kill the kerran to get the kit, then find the missing instruments on the ocean bottom, put the instruments in the kit and hit combine, give the complete kit back to Paust, and return his report to the Deepwater Knights in Erudin for the sleeves, which are pretty nice for the level. Since only erudite clerics and paladins can wear the sleeves and they and all quest components are no drop, there's no point in anyone else doing the quest.

Was wandering around Erud's Crossing island, when 'an island madman' came up on tracking. Being that I HATE madmen, and I've never seen one on Erud's crossing, where I spend a lot of time( I like Karrens. :) ).

The Island Madman conned green to my 20th Druid, though I only lost one bubble of health fighting him.
He was a druid, so my guess is that, like Desert Madmen, they can be Druids, Wizards, Monks and Warriors. Casting NPCs are always more dangerous than they con for. Amusingly enough, he did agro on me before I could attack first, then said he said-

an island madman says 'Guards! Guards! Help me!!


Also, saw a mermaid on tracking shortly after. But she was a named NPC, 'Hastashi'. She didn't respond to hails or anything after I dived into the water to investigate, and con'd white. I guess she's lvl 20 or so, also. Didn't try to fight her, as she didn't agro.

Seems that there is a lot of strange things happening on this little island lately.

A new NPC has taken up residence on this island. his name is Yalesom Paust. At first i assumed him to be another Wizard like the Erudite Madman, but after fighting him once i now think he may be a cleric. He is lvl 20 and wasn't too hard to beat for a 19th wizard. I've only killed him once, dropped nothing and gives bad faction with the usual Erudite Groups. Please post here if you find something he drops.

I have seen a rare spawn on land right behind Tolo. It is A Mermaid. Saw it twice a long time ago (like 20 lvls ago). I believe someone in their upper 20's killed it with ease. Anyone have additional info on this spawn.

There is another new NPC in the zone. I tracked A Frantic Kerran, green to a level 33, if that helps. He was standing in a row boat (and bouncing up and down, because of it) almost our of sight of the northwest corner of the island. He did not respond to hails. After I managed to get in the boat, I tried to bring it to shore, but he stayed in the same place, and fell in the water when the boat moved out from under him. shortly after that, the boat locked up and I could not move it very well, and eventually, not at all.