Dagnor's Cauldron  

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Just wanted to drop a note for low levels since there is not much posted here. I did Dagnor's at 17 with a dwarf beserker completely untwinked. All I had is newbie armor,newbie axe and trumpie's hammer. There is not much money here but it is fun hunting. Blue MOBs are undertow skels, goblin mariners and the odd serpent. White are Goblin shaman. Yellow are Goblin Bosun and whatch for red Tidal Lords and Dwight something. Mobs roam everywhere and only pause at the stops for about 20 secs. Run around the lake to familiarize landmarks, weird trees for Blutcherblock exit (too long), orc camp and goblin camp. Between the last two is Unrest and the zone out. Hunt between those camps for saftey. Take boat to sell stuff to dwarf on top of mountain at the island. Hunting island is fairly safe too as the escape boat can get you back to unrest zone as the mobs have to walk the bottom of the lake. If you know the end of the world is coming so you have to get your toon to 70 ASAP don't bother but if you like the fun hunt, Dagnor's is OK.

I was reading everlore forums on DC and i saw a post about some secret of DC, did somebody check this out?

maybe its usefull

perhaps this has already been asked, but couldnt anyone with levitate kite anything into the water, and easily destroy it? im thinking druids here, but im sure it would work for other ranged attackers

I've been looking for a good place to solo my lvl 15 paladin in Faydwer for a while, and tried here after reading these posts. After about 3 hours I'd got nowhere. Hunted near the fab 4, but had long periods of finding nothing at all. When I did find a blue or yellow, half the time a tidal lord would show and I'd have to take him with my victim to the fab 4. Think I managed about 3 kills in 2 hours, and any exp gained was lost when the 4 ignored the umpteenth tidal lord I brought them and I died.

Im a lvl 17 ranger and have just started soloing in DC. Oasis is crowded, CB is drying up and Unrest has gotten a little boring ( usually 4 people there on my server.
Soloing here without track would be harder but it is possible and this zone has lots of benefits. Often i am the only person there. That is true soloing, there never anyone KSing and when a "named" spawns hes all mine ( still waiting for that to happen). You can stay close to the heros and get blue mariners and white shaman pretty easily, just watch adds. Ive heard one the heroes will heal but when i ask he just tells me to rest. Either way resting there is safe. Exp is good and theres a merchant out on the island in the middle, dont swim it unless you have camo or very good swim tho b/c lots of tidal lords stay in the water and shamans that like to root you underwater. This can make for one gnarly CR so camo or lev across if you must sell. There are 2 camps to hit if you have mezz etc or are in a group. Close to unrest are gobs and on the other side are orcs. Orcs see thro invis ive been told so watch travels.
There are about 5 or 6 named mobs here 3 of whihc ( i think) are pretty low lvl (10ish) and still drop good items. One drops a life saving potion that gives you some 200 odd hp and makes you invunerable for about 15 sec, good way to beat those trains, or give you time to get off your big nuke. The other ones are higher lvl. The only time people are in this zone with me is when they are camping them, Barancle bones and Dwigus i think. Normally the campers are in the 40's and will buff and heal you why they wait as long you keep a look out for their mobs.
So youve got about 4 gaurds and ocassional high lvls to help you, a huge zone where you can really go solo, and awesome exp. Its a great zone and ive enjoyed it very much.

Did nobody swim to the island nearby? I cant find mention of it anywhere

I've fought in Dagnor's Cauldron with my Ranger for about 4 levels now (21-24) This really is an underrated zone -- esp. for Rangers and Druids. I can't imagine hunting here without tracking; the hardest thing about this zone is finding something to kill.

Decent solo experience for my level, although it's definitely slowing down now. Groups could probably safely start here around level 15 or so.

As far as loot is concerned... not bad, but not the best. Aqua goblins don't carry armor and only rarely have weapons (except for the hunting bow they always carry.) They do seem to drop a lot of coin... the weakest mariner can have up to 5 gold, and tidal lords sometimes drop over 2 platinum each and (very rarely) bronze weapons. Shamans sometimes carry bone totems (worth almost 2 pp from vendors) and can also carry cracked staffs.

Also, every goblin always drops 4 arrows, which is great for Rangers who need to practice archery. Best way is to fight a blue or white con until it starts to run, snare it so it can't move, and unload a stack or so of free arrows you've looted.) I've easily brought my Archery skill up from low 20's to mid 90's doing this, without spending any extra money on ammo.

If you don't want to track your prey, the goblin camp near Unrest can be easily soloed (with a little help from your Harmony spell.) Goblins cannot see through Camoflauge, so medding up is no problem (except for undertow skeletons, but they're pretty low level.)

Other advantages are that you can sell your loot without leaving the zone (a dwarven merchant stays on the top of the island in the middle of the lake), there is a group of guard NPC's in the zone to help when you get in over your head, and you are right outside of Unrest (makes it easy to maybe get in on a pick-up group if you get tired of fighting the goblins.) Not a bad setup. :)

Overall, a pretty good zone... nice alternative for those sick of hunting in the Oasis.

the fab four only assist if Sigan is around to start the fight

Does anyone know who the plate garbed dwarf with the 2 handed staff is on poison vendor island? I swam over there the other night, and the vendor was gone. After an OOC, someone said that he was at the base of the hill, so I ran around the base to find him. Instead of the vendor, I found this cleric/paladin by the glowing pillar where the gobs hang out. Being a dwarven paladin, I hailed him expecting some chit chat, but I got no response. Right clicking on him didnt do anything, so he isnt a vendor. Then when getting attacked by a gob and a skellie, I ran to him to see if he was a guard, but he just stood there. Any ideas on what this guy is for?

My 14th lvl dwarf cleric has had a rough afternoon. Binding myself to the foot of the pass, I proceeded to solo blue mariners and even to yellow sandbar's and undertows. several times I ran to the Fab 4. They saved me several times from that second odd goblin, and a couple of rats that would not let me sit with my eyes closed, and one snake that would just not go down. They killed me three times, the Fab 4 did, each time I was being attacked by undertow skeletons.
The Dwarf member of the crew, who con's me as an ally 8) was, I am proud to report, the first to attack me each time, and twice got the killing blow!!
The fun part comes next. I did a /w after the second time because I had seen a couple of pc's there, noticed they were two gm's, one afk. I ran immediately back to the scene and asked him if he had seen it, he told me he had not been watching and suggested maybe I had agro'd the 4 myself somehow, or that I had gotten in the crossfire of their AE or AoE spells.? I asked how that would happen ? whose AE/ AoE's? he pointed in turn, yeah you! at each of the 4.
I was trying to figure how to respond to that when an undertow skel blindsided me, and the four killed me at the gm's feet.
I sent him a tell,'Now do you believe me? LoL"
His response,"Interesting" and a moment later, "it seems they are on the same faction"
A dwarf Ally and an undead 'scowls ready to attack', are on the same faction?
Yeah interesting, I was so frustrated I had to log.
Don't bring them a skeleton and expect help, is all i can say. Maybe this is a bug, maybe there is a quest involved, I don't have a clue.

Baffin
14th cleric of Brell Serillis
on Tholuxe Paells
Love this game )
have not figgured it out 8)

First time in DC Woodelf Ranger lvl 18 1st time Fab 4 killed Tidal Lord and save me Next time I was attacked by Fab 4 ranger even though I con as ally for woodelfs and dwarfs. had to run to bb zone with fab 4 woodelf beating on me all the way.I did nothing to provoke him althought their was an undertow seleton in camp when i arrived any ideas.

Oh, just a quick note of something I've found while wandering through DC on the Fab4 and how they go about helping people... Sometimes when you're in trouble and run back to them they stand around like their in some deep meditative state. I happened to be SoWed so I ran about a bit (somethin' akin to a krag chick with it's head cut off) and I happened to notice that one of the Fab4 had run over the hill behind the tent and didn't quite have a straight line-of-sight view of my battle. When I ran over to this guy, as soon as he saw that I was fighting, he called the rest on over to help out. If they don't assist you immediately I'd suggest trying to run over the top of the hill towards the water a bit and then back to the camp. This has helped save me a couple times and might just come in handy.

Kaldebrien Bladesplitter
Brewmaster, Smithy, Healer Extraordinaire
(L27, Xev)

Of all the things that must be mentioned about Dagnor's Cauldron, the Hero's stand up pretty high on the list. There are four of them, representing the races on Faydwer, and they are one of the only safe havens in the entire zone. If you are hurt badly, one NPC there will heal you, and also if you are scared or lost, another will escort you to the BB zone to help you on your way. They aren't the highest lvl guys, so If you have a tidal lord on you, you still have to watch out, but they will get the job done. Another thing you have to be careful for is named goblin spawns. For some reason, a few of these aren't KoS to this camp, and they won't help you if you get into trouble. However they have saved myself and many others more than a few times, so you have to give them some credit.
Gedran

ok, seeing as I've toted MM to the point of boredom, This zone deserved a post as well, as it was my launching pad into my lvl 22 spells.

Most people only view this zone as the crossway to Unrest, Kedge, or for the rare goblin spawn. (Bilge I believe).

It's more. Trust me.

It was already stated that there is a goblin camp for the upperteens-low20's here. True. It's an excellent place to camp... however, there is a catch or two:

Harmony or the like is a MUST
snare or the like is an almost-must.

If pulled front to back, you can grab all 4 goblins in succession with harmony, and deal one at a time with them. Very nice.

The goblin shamans are the only casters... with a weak heal spell, and an even weaker DoT. They also have a rather pathetic ice spell. 3 sucks for the price of one.. but wait, there's more! they have a pathetic AC buff too! Only worry about them if they are sitting in the camp buffing the other guys. if you are going 1 on 1 with one, even as a lvl 19 ranger I had no trouble (con black-yellow at that point).

The mariners are the lowbies. easy kills, lvl 14-17 I believe.

The bosuns are the standard tank of that area. equal in lvl to the shaman, they can pack a few hits, but a good DS will have them reeling (you listening druids?).

The Tidal Lords are the top dogs of the area (save for Bilge Farfathom). They are about as tough as a glyphed familiar from MM (sorry about the reference), and can hit for almost 50 if you aren't lucky. On the other hand, they are rather easy to hit. at lvl 22 (once I picked up my new ranger spells) I was able to solo them, and by 24 (when I left Dagnor's) I could drop one while also getting beat on by a bosun. Note: I ran afterwards :)



Other choice/more active choice:

running around. The 4 types of goblins I mentioned at the camp can also be found roaming the zone. If you are FH/FM and the camp has yet to respawn, run around and see if you can pick a fight.


Cautions:

beware of a goblin running back into the goblin camp (as was mentioned in other thread). This can prove a bad situation... luckily, you are 15 seconds away from the Unrest zone. The pathing is also bad enough here that as long as low hp isnt slowing you down, you can outrun a goblin to the zone as soon as you pass the large hill.

Bilge is a rare spawn, but when he does show, he wanders like a normal goblin. If you see him and are less than lvl 35, or without a group, I'd stay back. Evenin a group, I wouldn't recommend going after him, provided the group you are with is in the 18-22 range that nets you exp here.

If you are an evil race, Also beware of the "hero" camp. It's usually used as a safe spot, but they might turn ugly if you aren't in good with the majority of Faydwer factions.


Loots:

I have yet to kill Bilge, But I hear he has a nice belt. As for the Goblin Tidal Lords, they drop 2 quest items, one for rangers, one for shamans (water ring and seashell). Goblins in general ALWAYS carry a hunters bow and 4 arrows (great for some archery practice if you are falling behind), and can also have various words, or rusty or bronze weaponry.

The special forage here is Cauldron Prawns, that look remarkably like fishing grubs... and I bet they taste the same too :)

There are also lower lvl wandering mobs here, but if you are at the level those are good for you (around 10) You'd be better off in other places, like Crushbone, the Chessboard in BB, Lfay, or any of the good non-faydwer areas :)

Hope this is of benefit.