Crypt of Dalnir

Hi everyone. Ive been to Dalnir a couple of time to scout out the lay of the land. Btw Im a lvl 35 human monk. I ve been as far as the pool room in the 2nd lvl. My objective is obviouly to try and get some good drops for my monk and mabe catch some exp.
My 1st question is at what lvl can I solo. Secondly what is the best way to do so.

Thanks for your response.

Frustrated Monk

I was just in Dalnir as of 13 Nov 2001. In the third lvl I was heading into the dining room and noticed something.

There is now a Kly Follower (at least I think it was a follower) that runs from left to right who keeps asking "where is that scroll?!" or something like that.

I have looked and cant find anything on the quest or related quest list which seems to go along with this. Does anyone know what this is about?

The group I was in consisted of two tanks (monk and warrior), a cleric, a necro, a wizzy, and a shaman.
Duties were as follows: Monk pulled, warr did what they do best, cleric healed, necro doted, wizzy nuked (pet helped too), and the shaman kept the tanks buffed and helped with melee and spell damage.
We staged in area 1 (eqatlas map) while the tanks cleared the hall to area 3.
moved on to area 3 and posted up on the rocky hill to the left as you enter the room. clear the room of mobs and keep it under control, things can get nasty quick with the coerced casters.
What to watch out for: other small groups and soloists pulling mobs into area 1. not a huge problem but can be annoying when there are actually people in this zone.
Adds when fighting the coerced. A euridite necro and a dwarf cleric nearly wiped out our whole party. Healers watchout for aggros from casting heals. If this happens, have one of the tanks break away from the first mob to help out the caster. after all, without a healer you really are screwed. Get with a good group before you enter the zone. there is not enough people here to form a descent group once your in.
As long as you keep area 3 under control, the first level is a great place for high twenties to low thirties to level up. there is a few good drops here also but no where near as good as the lower levels.
I would suggest hanging on the first floor until you reach around 32, this just makes the second and third floor easier so you can get the good stuff that is droped.
the exp here is great and I plan to stay here for a few levels before moving on. The zone is never really very crowded either, a surprising amount of people have never even heard of it.
The above tactics have worked very well for our group. There has been only one near party wipe out and that was because of a train near the zone. If you get organized you should have no problem on the first floor with a group of high twenty to low thirty players.

Can a 37 enchanter solo the pennkeeper near the drop from 2nd floor on the 3rd floor?

Here's a bit more information to Dalnir's, which I've been in quite a bit with good success.

GROUPING
Find your group in Overthere. Groups are easy to find in Overthere, and you can either build your gorup in one of 2 ways: (1) broadcast that you're building a Dalnir's group and invite all interested. (2) Wait for the moment that you are in "the perfect group", and when that group starts to express their dissatisfaction at the loot and/or experience, kindly suggest Dalnir's. I recommend (2) over (1), because using (1) generally gets a bunch of people in your group who have absolutely NO experience in Dalnir's and are hoping you can lead them to riches. I highly recommend patiently waiting for just the right group and heading off for a Dalnir's run. Of course, if you have a guild of equal level that likes to raid stuff, you're good to go anyway.

Remember that hardly anybody ever comes here. My experience is that the few people that DO come here are either farmers or soloers who don't want to be in groups, so get that group in Overthere before coming over, otherwise you're wasting your time.

PULLERS
I have played a monk, warrior, and bard, among other classes, and this whole strategy guide for this zone seems to be centered around the monk as the puller. Granted monks can feign and split, but they also have extremely average magic resists. With the high number of casters in Dalnir's, I would suggest using a warrior as a better puller choice due to their high HPs and high magic resist as well as their initial aggro factor, and if you have a good combat healer and enchanter, believe it or not a bard could be the best puller due to the fact that he can get his resists WELL above 100 when he pulls. Caster mobs kill groups quick in this place, so high magic resists on the puller will ensure success. Granted non-monks will bring a few more, but if your group is into the mid-30's a few more is desirable, not undesirable.

Nothing in this zone sees invisible. This makes getting to where you need to go pretty easy, especially with a bard in the group to blanket invis as necessary.

Corpse recovery in this zone isn't too hard if you should blow it, no matter where you are. Just invis and drag to the zone, piece of cake. There's zone-outs on every level so no matter where you die you're close to the way out.

When picking your group, I would suggest the following: Cleric, Chanter, Pet class (necro/mage), and 3 tanks. At least one of those tanks should be a taunting class (pally/warrior), and ideally one tank would be a high damage class (monk). Part-time healers have limited use here, you'll have to double them up to be effective, and they'll always be begging for mana. Go with the cleric. You'll appreciate their HP buffs.

I'm planning on going here to get some crescent gear but am wondering how do i get here???? I know it's on kunark but do i have to do a long walk? If so, from where do i start? If i can get a tp where to?


36 MONK

Greetings all,

I have recently setup shop here for a longer stay, but my past experience is that it is difficult to find a group here. If your thinking of coming it may be better to go to lake and FM to assemble a group first.

I (33 Pally) and my lvl 31 Ranger bud are quite excited because with just the two of us we seemed to do quite well camped at the entrance room. Lots of blue stuff, and with me bashing and stunning, we have little downtime to heal.

Pallys rejoice because here is where people will learn your value as a group member who can stun.learn!


Enjoy!
Kainyar Wyrmbane of Xegony

Ok i was a very lost gnome at 31. I went to everfrost, then to FM, then to OT then to here when a guilde asked if i wanted to go here and hunt stuff. I said sure and BOY did it pay off we found 3 monks and a cleric and we took off killing everything is sight. I lost a lv when we were trying to get our act toogether but i gained it amke and 32. This place i magea loot if u camp here long enought and with the right group and if u have someone that can cast cancel magic bcause these guys have DS on them. Plus u need a healer and some tanks and u got a group taht can take the whole 2nd lv. SO if u are 30 40 come here and kick some but and of corse get some money.

I am monk and have been camping this place from lvl's 30 to 35 and here are my suggesions:

To start with, the best way to control the 2nd level is to leave the non agro stuff alone whether you are hunting goos or just gaining exp. Also, if you are in this dungeon on 2nd floor its rare that you will have to share it with anyone.

This zone is where a monk shows his true value to a group. As the puller you need to understand the zone's pathing and the creatures spawn. You have to splitt spawn regulary until its broken and have to deal with casters. If you do a good job, it makes the 2nd floor look easy which is deceptive cause once you need to camp things can fall apart quickly. Muahahaha.

The best way to up your MR in this zone is simple. Wait until the spawn begins to cast (They can't move at this time), then run around the corner (100% MR as far as I know). If non casting spawn are with the casters they will follow, you can fd, and caster goes away. Pull tank spawn and repeat. Then get casters last. Splitting mulitple casters is a bit rougher. Just make sure mend is up.

To camp the second floor you need at least 4 people, two tank minimum (one a monk) and healer. You can add any other classes once these three are set. The very next thing as a pulling monk you need to do is to explain to the healer that if you pull a caster, by the time you get him back to the group you have been doted at least once, often twice, and possibly three times. If you haven't been nuked already, the first thing that caster does when he gets there is nuke you and then nuke you again. If the healer does not heal you almost immediatly after you enter the room your likely going to die. Especially if you had to splitt casters on your way to camp. Don't you love this zone? hehe.

There are three places to set up camp as a group, the pool room, implicator room and near the exit. The exit is ok, but its far away from the lumpy's and implicator that drop all the great stuff. Only camp here if you are a weak group, otherwise in my opinion its a waste of time.

The pool room is the best place for a reasonably solid group for a number of reaons. All of the spawn run here if they get hurt. The benefit is if you start by killing the agro spawn in the room (again try to leave non agro spawn alone especially near your camp site. an invoker pop at thw wrong time kills more groups than anything else I can think of) you can back track their pathing and keep trains down to a mimimum. Also if they get hurt in pool room they run in circles and do not leave the room. The next area too hit if you are along wall behind pool is the 2nd hole in the wall. Pull to lumpy that drops fb, then move to lump with 2hs and then move deeper into the zone. Always pull through 2nd hole for pathing reasons. You can fd to splitt spawn halfway out of the 2nd tunnel as its far enough away from the pool wall that they wont agro. The pool room rocks and is the camp of choice if you know what you are doing.

If you have a strong enough group you can camp Implicator room. He spawns and despawns quickly so you have to control his room to camp him effectively. From there you can pull to lumpy's and control all of the good drop items. Because wounded run to pool room, you need to pull creatures in that direction otherwise trains can happen, which according to murhpy's law is when the imp will spawn. He is a nuking caster. This is why the implicator room is tougher than the pool room, but the imp drops some great items. The imp is just a little stronger than an Invoker, unless he has the Adamantine Bo Stick, then he's very tough. Practice your disarm skill.

If you're group is totally rocking and find yourself looking for pulls, you can always start killing placeholders at strategic places. If done properly because of the xp bonus you get in the zone (I have heard its as high as 21%) you can level faster here than anywhere else I know of in the 30s.

Shuyunx Softfist
Human Monk of the 35th circle

Just adding my 2 cents...as a Paladin, I have not yet had any trouble finding groups in this zone and the reason is always that I'm a tank that can stun. If you don't have a good 2h weapon break out that sheild and 1h. Too many casters in here. With only one other stunner in the group you can keep mobs from doing any damage esp if you've got an enchanter in group.

Best group I've been in so far here? 1 Paladin 2 Monks 1 Cleric 1 Enchanter and 1 Rogue
The problem is that keeping groups together is a pain becasue it is such a long travel to get here and people only have so much time to play. Just remember, don't leave your group gehind if your below the 1st floor. Get everyone back up and then start over. Saves a lot of headaches especially in a zone where there might only be enough people for 1 or MAYBE 2 full groups.

Makes the clerics happy and keeps everyones mana and life up there.

i was going down the stairs in the room when you fall down into lvl 2, thinkin this takes me to lvl 3, fell in a hole taking me to #7 on the lvl 3 map posted, it just seems to loop around and go to the church room and that other room, but how the hell do i get out of there.

p.s. what's the best way to get iksar blood?