Kael Drakkel  

After reading your post, I couldn't help but notice this when I was in there last night. On the zone in loading screen it says Kael Drakkal, but when you first enter it says that you have entered Kael Drakkel. I know it's not that important, just probably been a typo for years. On the map in Eastern Wastes it states Drakkal. Anyway, I had fun killing the giants. =)

in game maps are made by a_random_dude_01, including whatever spelling mistakes they have made. What the client actually puts up on screen is correct.

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Perfect! Thanks!

is a SS quest item, check ss quest list. Its a different npc i think, but i could be wrong.

you can summon corpses in Kael, but you must be at the EW zone in to do it.

I have done the Plate House Cycle a few times with my guild. As the raid leader, I have found this way to do it is the easiest.

We started each cycle with at least 3 well balanced groups. Groups one and two had a decent MA quality tank, and one cleric per group at least. Group 2 only would assist the SA. All other groups would assist the MA.

#1. Obviously clear the room of all giants.

#2. The correct phrase is "The dain must be slain, for the peace we shall obtain".

Here is where Doldigun spawns on the "throne". Attacking him starts the "cycle". Initially 2 giants come. Group 2 would take one giant. All other groups would assist the MA on the other.

When each giant dies, another one comes immediately upon death of a giant. These giants that come progressively become more difficult in level. The only derivation of an immediate giant "add" coming upon a death of a giant is when you get the final giant (around a lvl 60). This giant will not come until all other giants in the cycle have been eliminated. Obviously the MA's giant would go down first, and all groups assisting the MA would take the next giant.

When G2's giant drops, G2 proceeds to take on the 2nd giant. What I have found is, usually by the time G2's 2nd giant is dead, the rest of the groups have killed all the other giant "waves", leaving all groups to take on the "Boss" giant together.

When the final giant dies, Doldigun "runs" away. Killing him is a cakewalk if you can complete the plate cycle, and his head is for the 9th Coldain ring quest.

If we had enough groups, we could usually get in 2 plate cycles before having to reclear the room of its spawns, as the cycle can be restarted immediately after it is completed.

Yurimaru Tokugawa
58th Degree Black Belt Monk of Prexus
Proud Officer of Decursio

The correct phrase is "The dain must be slain for the peace we shall obtain".

The mobs not being at the throne initially is not a problem for the cycle.

Agreed. Level 31 is too low to hunt in Kael. The only time I ever got the corroded chain for my rogue was on full blown raids in the Arena. In 3 raids only 2 chain peices ever dropped and I got 1 of them.

Wait until you are 45. Get about 4 groups of avg level 50 with healers and chanters. Then fight your way into the Arena in Kael. I find that cloth and plate are more commonly dropped than chain. But that just may be luck of the draw.

Hehe, maybe this seems obvious to me cause I have a druid, but why didn't the druid just bind there, port out 5, gate back and port out the rest? Can you bind to that area?

Excellent Guide. Only suggestion would be to identify arean and spectator areas onthe map youve made: which to go to ,and which area to avaiod. Thanks a ton for your guide :)

Very helpful collection of information - easy to navigate through. Thanks for sharing :)

He does stroll around now. I have seen him walk back behind Tormax's thrown room and I have seen him walk to the Arena.

Gabrielle Kazoo
60th Virtuoso

Kill dorfs

You can hunt in EW at rygorr fort at 34, just need a full group, and hopefully at least one tank in the mid 40's to be main. I was in a group who did that, and two of our melees were mid 30's. However, we had a lvl 51 sk as main tank. The other members of the group were above 40. Before the 51 showed up, we got wiped out several times. Afterwards, we hunted the fort for several hours, and only had one wipeout. Be aware that if you hunt the fort, You most likely will die a few times. But the loot is awesome. Orc fang earrings were so common that every group members ended up with 2 or more. Several orc fang necklaces dropped too, and about 4 different pieces of Rygorr chain armor. Couldn't get Firbrand to spawn, even though we killed his placeholder a dozen or more times.

BTW, watch out if anyone pulls the chief to kill, as there MAY be a bunch of Avenger rygorrs who pop when he dies. Not every time, but saw 7 one time. My first hour there, and I was unaware that they rush out and aggro everything near the fort. If someone pulls the chief, invis, and wait for the avengers to be killed or despawn.

BTW, if you are KOS to giants, you'd be better off binding in Thurgadin. After all, you can't exactly have invis up when you repop after being killed. Could lead to an ugly chain death. Easy enough to get sow and invis in thurg, and run to EW.

Yes, Kael is closest place to RyGorr fort to bind. The 2 guards out front will attack you though if you are KOS to giants so either have sow or invis going in and make sure to have invis going out.

i would love to know where the copy of the map is plz

Slain a few days ago on the nameless. droped a 35 ac mask, a 30 ac ring.

Also droped 2 swords, no one reveals stats tho, in fear they will get nerfed lol.

Yoo needs ta kill dem royal dorfs in da casltle so's yer can be friends wit da royal giantses. Dem no care how many peasant dorfs dies. Dem only wants to lay down da smack on dere arch enemy Dain an' his close companions in da dorf castle.

Very impressive. Good work!

You can do all armor quests as follows:
First start by killing Giants and LOTS OF THEM! Through this you will gain faction with Coldain and with Claws Of Veashan. Kill giants in arena and gain the pieces of armor needed to complete the coldain armor quests. This armor really stinks comared to SS and KD but it will get you by. After this it is really time to decide what Armor you wish to persue. For me (lvl 56 Outrider) there is no better armor than SS quest gear. Every piece has stamina or HP tacked on to it except the guantlets and those can be replacesd by the untamed armor I already have. Also, SS gear is only a couple AC points lower that KD armor. As a high lvl Ranger I will give up a few ac (since I will be well over 1000 anyhow) to gain an extra 1000 hp.
At any rate, after checking out the armor and deciding weather KD or SS armor is better for your class you will know what faction to persue. The next step is to go to Temple of Veashan and kill either in the temple or in the testing halls. (Testing halls has no attached faction and the armor that drops is for the SS quests, Temple will lower faction with Dragons and raise it with Giants and is the only place where you can obtain the armor needed to complete the KD quests) TOV is a nasty place and you will need an organized raid to do it. Because of this you will have to go on Many Many raids to get a full suit. This is why I reccomend getting Thurgaden armor first to tide you over even if it means having to work a few weeks to fix faction afterward.
At any rate. Look up all armor types and make sure the faction path you are following is correct for your class. I started out hunting in SS and it took me about 3 weeks to amend for the errors of my past but as hundreds of giants felt the wrath of my Lamentation and thousands of Drakael Dire Wolves met their demise the Claws of Veashan once again accepted me as one of their Kin. The meaning of this being that it is never to late to fix your faction... Just set your mind to it and get to work. Good luck to you all on the armor!

I have another question to add: which faction is better for a 35 Ranger? I am tempted to go with Giants for the book of tactics quest, but will that screw me over when I want to do armor quests? Or is the KD armor best to use because of the high AC, regardless of difficulty to attain?

Eorlin Foehammer