Kerafyrm's Lair (Sleeper's Tomb)  

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Type: Indoor
Continent: Velious
Instanced: No
Keyed: Yes
Level Range: 60 - 75
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Kerafyrm's Lair, formerly known as Sleeper's Tomb, is a dark dungeon located beneath the icy wastes of Velious, and was used by the First Brood to imprison the dragon Kerafym. Anyone at least 55th level can now enter this zone. The actual key (no longer required) is gained through this quest.

Eras ago, there was no such thing as the Claws of Veeshan or Ring of Scale -- dragons from all over Norrath were a part of the same faction. At some point, two dragons of different color decided to mate. Resulting from this union were Kerafyrm, a baby crystal dragon and an ensuing war amongst the dragons. In a successful effort to end the war, the First Brood imprisoned Kerafyrm in a tomb deep beneath the wastes of Velious, leaving four warders in place to guard the now-dormant crystal dragon.

Jaled'Dar, a rebel dragon amongst the Claws of Veeshan, wanted to bring the Golden Age back to Norrath and decided that The Sleeper had to be awakened. He, however, was slain in a great battle with the iksars and now rests in his spirit form in Dragon Necropolis. Due to his death, he needed to enlist the aid of Norrathian adventurers to further his cause.

In due time, Kerafyrm was indeed awakened, and went on a rampage from his tomb, through the icy wastes, and into Skyshrine. (Quite a lot of time passed before he resurfaced in Crystallos.) With the warders slain and Kerafyrm free, this historic tomb is now home to a group of ancient dragons: Zeixshi`Kar, Vyskudra, Tjudawos, and Kildrukaun.
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Entering Sleeper's TombMaster of the Guard and MinionsThe LibraryDragon Statue
Gigantic HallUpon Jumping into the WellDrakeen HallFurious Phantasm
The Final ArbiterPatrolling the Ancients' GroundsTjudawos, one of the Four AncientsKerafym's Former Resting Place
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Trivia about PP Drops
# Jun 26 2012 at 1:15 PM Rating: Decent
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To those for whom plat drops are consequential, or to trivia buffs, it's interesting that IF a mob drops plat in this zone, which is most of them, they ALWAYS drop somewhere between 6-7PP and possibly a little GP. Without fail. In fact, at the beginning it looked like there was a preordained pattern, with the first mob I killed dropping 7pp EVEN, the second dropping 7PP 1GP, the third, 7PP 2 GP... continuing for awhile until finally the pattern broke with a 6PP drop. Some mobs, and I didn't note which, drop NO plat. But IF they drop PP, it's like whoever designed the plat loot table fixed it very finely between 6PP+some gold to 7PP+some gold. Maybe back in the days of Velious, this made the zone super-rich for the cutting edge raiding guilds who could cope with packs of mobs all having (for the times) insanely big HP pools.

/nostalgia off
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# Mar 24 2010 at 1:07 PM Rating: Decent
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His exact whereabouts are now unknown


He fled to Crystallos to hide he he.
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Active Sleepers Servers ?
# Sep 03 2009 at 9:49 PM Rating: Decent
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Are there any servers left where the Sleeper has not been awakened ? I remember when Inner Circle woke him on Xegony.
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Active Sleepers Servers ?
# Sep 11 2009 at 5:27 AM Rating: Good
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Believe he is still asleep only on the Mac server.
Active Sleepers Servers ?
# Jul 16 2012 at 7:43 AM Rating: Decent
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He's still asleep on the original Test server. I say we level some toons and go wake him.
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Spawn timer
# Mar 01 2009 at 12:08 PM Rating: Decent
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Anyone know the spawn time on the ancients here? and does there spawn timer run on the server status (like do they repop or depop on server reset, and the likes).
An old favorite
# Feb 07 2009 at 10:35 AM Rating: Decent
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I have wanted to hunt in this dungeon for so long, but now that I can, everyone has moved on to the latest fad. Being level 69, I suppose most of these opponents would be challenging enough to be worthwhile. Any suggestions on reasons I could offer my friends who say, "What's the point?" when I suggest grouping here?
An old favorite
# Mar 24 2009 at 4:49 PM Rating: Decent
Sometimes the newest fad, like Hot Zones, are packed with people and hard to hunt in because of the crush of people. We've found that the older zones offer freedom to hunt because we aren't fighting for room and mobs. Perhaps suggest that they hunt here to enjoy having an entire zone to yourselves.

Hope it helps and that you can get your friends to go to some of the old zones with you :o)
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An old favorite
# Apr 22 2009 at 5:31 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm leveling a mage up on the Nameless, in all actuallity....because I can't find pet weapons for my necro anymore. There's 3... mages that sell them in /bazaar. Three. And most of the time, they're not even on.

In the last few days, I have entered these hotzones with my newie mage...currently level 20, and my newbie Beastlord, currently level 57. The most people I've seen in a hotzone up to POI is...6. I did see 16 in POI, but 10 were doing something else.

In Vald, I see a group there every weekend, but during the day, you're pretty much alone.

There is no "under 85" game, I don't think. Not anymore. Maybe that's just the way it is. I'll tell you more as I level my mage, heh.
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Sleepers Zone Revamp?
# Dec 02 2006 at 11:27 AM Rating: Decent
Does anyone know if there has been a revamp of this zone? I've been hearing rumors, but nothing confirmed yet. I went there myself yesterday, and the zone looks the same as always, other than the new models of the gargoyles, but my main reason for wondering is that i've heard the mask of tinkering is dropping again. It's one of the few illusion masks i don't have and if it's back im gonna be there a lot i think. Anyone know anything about this?
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Some questions...
# Jan 18 2006 at 9:19 PM Rating: Decent
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ok...A) Do those screen shots come from SOE? must been a rogue otherwise is my best guess...

B) How do you obtain the key to this zone?
RE: Some questions...
# Mar 14 2006 at 10:19 PM Rating: Decent
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a) you can enter the zone so i don't know why you think they are hacked pictures...

b) look up "klandicar's talisman" and see the quest that goes along with it
RE: Some questions...
# Mar 21 2006 at 1:49 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm guessing he's wondering why MOBs aren't attacking the camera man and why the settings seem so peaceful in such a dangerous environment.

And, to answer the questions, no, I'm pretty sure these are player-taken.

Players can invis up, pacify, sneak (as you meantion with a Rogue), or have non-KOS faction (which I'm not sure is possible in this particular zone, but maybe? Claws of Veeshan cut it?).

Additionally, there's an EQ zone viewer.. "Map EQ", or something like that? Anyhow, it lets a user browse a zone's landscape from the file saved on the computer. Not with an actual character, and, from what I hear, no MOBs in zone (or maybe there's an option to see or not to see them?). Since many of these pictures have MOBs in them, I'd guess they're legitimate screen shots made by a careful player.
strait up
# Dec 12 2005 at 6:26 PM Rating: Decent
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there wer no hacks involeved in the death of the sleeper. eq has hack logs. this was like a day of solid eq, even eq had it on their website its for real
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strait up
# Dec 28 2007 at 2:06 PM Rating: Decent
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They were utilizing an exploit. Later the guild leaders were banned, they found a location that you could stand, that would not allow the sleeper you hit you. Sleeper was killed. Im guessing they didnt know exploits were used because it wasn't a HACK it was a BUG. My friend was good friend with one of the leaders that were banned.

This part i dont know for sure if it was true, but Yantis was a monk that was one of the officers that were banned. He is actually the creator of www.cannotlinkto. Again this part may be incorrect, but i do know of at least 1 guild that was disbanded due to killing the sleeper, and exploiting a bug.
Sleeper
# Nov 22 2005 at 6:58 PM Rating: Decent
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Everyone that knows the Sleeper was killed but now people are saying those guilds hacked anyone got a yea or na on this??? 59 monk Quellious <Sparton Rage>
RE: Sleeper
# Jun 25 2006 at 11:28 AM Rating: Decent
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well we all got an in-game msg about the guilds that downed the sleeper on rallos zek when it happened. u know one of those yellow msgs. my guild at the time was Quo Vadis(Empire) and the officers were talking about how the GM's claimed the guilds were using an exploit to kill the sleeper, supposedly it was a invisible monster/npc/whatever that the sleeper was hitting so at around a low percent they respawned him and the event. then the guilds killed him legit and he dropped NOTHING, i seen the screenshots with my own eyes

this is from what knowledge i have about the subject at the time it happened
RE: Sleeper
# Jun 25 2006 at 7:16 PM Rating: Decent
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Ya, that about sums it up.
He wasn't meant to have a loot table of any kind, so it was just 30 seconds on the corpse. Not even enough time to get everyone together for a screenshot in front of the corpse.

No hacks.
Just hours long of keeping the res rate faster than the kill rate.
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# Nov 26 2003 at 9:13 PM Rating: Default
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Ya ya ya, im sure you all know, but the sleeper got killed on Rallos Zek server by the top 3 guilds on the server...dont get me started with how i feel about this....grrrrrrrrrr....
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DEAD
# May 19 2005 at 10:50 AM Rating: Decent
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Umm.. I cant see any reason to growl about it Gambit, except maybe jealosy perhaps.

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???
# Mar 26 2003 at 5:01 PM Rating: Decent
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I was just wondering what is the closest anyone has come to killing the Sleeper?
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RE: ???
# Apr 07 2003 at 8:03 AM Rating: Decent
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The sleeper had been killed before

#GambitTheGreatt, Posted: Jun 27 2003 at 1:48 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) no, you are wrong, the sleeper has never been killed before, never even been almost killed, i believe the closest he has ever come to dying is something like 98% health, then he killed entire zone w/ his zone death attack thing, oh ya, and the sleeper has been nerfed because he is impossible
RE: ???
# Dec 17 2006 at 12:58 PM Rating: Decent
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no, you are wrong, because you are retarded and he has been killed.
go die.
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RE: ???
# Feb 17 2007 at 7:15 AM Rating: Decent
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TheNetMage wrote:
no, you are wrong, because you are retarded and he has been killed.
go die.
peace.




That person you replied to made that comment in June of 2003, The Sleeper was first killed in November of 2003. Do the math and you will realize who the real retard is.

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Re: My Rant is a retard
# Jul 22 2002 at 5:16 PM Rating: Decent
Two words for you big guy Howling Orb.

Oh ya and now that shaman have weapons better then one ratio with all the banes and magic damages you have nothing to complain about. Maybe if you weren't lvl 54 you'd realize that the classes do even out again eventually, you just have to take the time to level to 60 instead of waisting your time in crappy dungeons getting half good loots.

Just my two cents:)
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RE: Re: My Rant is a retard
# Aug 21 2002 at 7:36 AM Rating: Decent
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Ok, Ill give ya the Howling Orb--still crappy that any classes level 60 spell is on a weapon, but in that case it's more than welcome--how many enchanters have died due to Tashicide? And your two cents dont mean squat when you dont have the balls the post your level or what server you are on. I suppose you solo Sleeper's Tomb and Temple of Ssheraza and never step foot in "crappy" dungeons like the planes or any dungeon that doesnt require 30+ level 60 people to even have a shot at seeing the boss mob. Yeah there may be one or 2 weapons that are shaman usuable that have damage>delay when adding bane damage ( Sunbeam Staff ), but what 55+ shaman cares? Solo, were going to use epic/JBB/spells to take down a mob and in a group were not meleeing. Dont even friggin talk about class balance either. Melees get their disciplines just for being that level---go to the Bazaar on your server and price Bane of Nife, Pox of Bertoxxulous, Malo, Avatar, and Torpor--if you can get the last 3 for less than 150k then consider yourself lucky--all 5 of these spells are rare as hell ( not even mentioning the Luclin spells ) and a 60 shaman without them isnt much better than a 55 shaman. There isnt a single level 60 player out there who wasnt level 55 at some point who didnt spend atleast some time in "crappy dungeons getting half good loots" either.

Methinks your argument is the one thats retarded.

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RE: Re: My Rant is a retard
# Oct 08 2002 at 2:56 PM Rating: Good
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Look at it this way. Avatar has a relatively short duration and buffing all your melee at a 40 person raid would take most/all your mana. Avatar also increases your DPS by like 20%, thus allowing you to kill things with less people, faster. In the end it does benefit you since it is only with guild help things get done in the high end, and shamans have way too many things to worry about then trying to Avatar a couple of people. In time you will wish that melees could buff themselves:)
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My Rant
# Jul 11 2002 at 12:38 AM Rating: Decent
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I like this game alot, and while I will never see this zone as 99% of other players wont either , this is my rant
Avatar as a proc: I think its total BS to put a level 60 spell as a proc on a weapon. I wouldnt care if Primal weapons were artifacts and there was only one per server, but some servers have many of these weapons. Lets see how much bitching would take place if a shaman usuable weapon procced Dictate or Sunfire ( whatever the wizard disintegration spell is ). Shaman are worthless on a raid that has people with Primals, as mages can Mala, enchanters can slow within 5% of us ( if the mob can even be slowed ) and druids can group regen. No need to buff someone when they are already at 255 or close to it in every melee stat. Now that there is feral avatar, maybe regular avatar should be move down a level or 2 ( and WTF is up with giving us essentially 3 identical spells in one level??). Or maybe give us a level 60 pet instead of another avatar. Wouldnt suprise me with Verants logic if we get a 4th version of Avatar with Plane of Power expansion. To my knowledge no other class has one of their level 60 spells as an effect on any item and probably few spells level 50+ are effects on items. I know this post wont change squat but I had to say it.
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RE: My Rant
# Oct 29 2005 at 7:44 AM Rating: Decent
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Quote: ( and WTF is up with giving us essentially 3 identical spells in one level??).
For those with every expansion available you get all spells. For those with only some expansions, this allows them to stay semi on par with their spells.
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Key
# Jul 02 2002 at 11:21 AM Rating: Decent
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I was also wondering if anyone had a thread on the key to sleepers tomb. Thanks

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Key to Zone?
# Nov 14 2001 at 7:54 PM Rating: Decent
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Hello All I am having trouble finding the Key to this zone. I have found the entrance but it says I dont have the key. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Azzraiel
# Jul 31 2001 at 4:36 AM Rating: Default
what is FoH I would like to check out the site can someone post it for me please
Website
# Jul 31 2001 at 8:26 AM Rating: Good
http://www.noows.com/ is the Fires of Heavens website.
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A map anywhere? IS here a map?
# Jul 23 2001 at 12:27 PM Rating: Default
Can anyone tell me anything about the layout of this zone and/or give me the adress for a map? I haven't been able to find anything on the actual layout, and I REALLY want to find a map!
RE: A map anywhere? IS here a map?
# Nov 12 2001 at 9:54 AM Rating: Default
Go to www.planeteverquest.com then go to maps, scroll down on the dungeons thing to sleepers tomb.
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# May 19 2001 at 3:08 PM Rating: Decent
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E-Marr rules.. go Magister!
Tomb Cleared - almost
# Mar 05 2001 at 4:17 PM Rating: Decent
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FoH has cleared this zone - all but the sleeper herself.

They have a lot of pictures of drops on their page, so check it out

The weapons that drop there are called Primal Velious Weapons, and proc a level 60 shaman buff called Avatar that gives 100 str, 100 dex, 100 agi, and 100 atk. The stats are great too (33,35 on the lance)
Kerafyrm isn't meant to be killed...
# Apr 19 2001 at 8:26 AM Rating: Default
He's an unkillable mob that's supposed to do some sort of scripted act. It was broken when they woke him. It could be fixed now, but the Warders were buffed and haven't been cleared since then.
RE: Kerafyrm isn't meant to be killed...
# Jul 31 2001 at 8:29 AM Rating: Good
Tonight makes history because the sleeper has been awoken and is rampaging all through Velious.

http://www.drow.org/news.shtml
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RE: Tomb Cleared - almost
# Mar 08 2001 at 7:00 PM Rating: Default
14 FoH members woke the sleeper, they paid with their lives, they got a white message saying that the world itself was in danger. After the sleeper death touched the 14 fohs he proceeded to kill every single mob in the zone.

His health after killing 50 god mobs ? 99%

I guess that sums it up, dont wake the sleeper and youll have a great time in st.
RE: Tomb Cleared - almost
# Feb 04 2002 at 11:10 AM Rating: Decent
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"His health after killing 50 god mobs ? 99%"

Name those 50 :p. Hell, just name 25.

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Tomb entered
# Jan 24 2001 at 9:45 AM Rating: Default
Sleeper's Tomb was entered on EMarr recently- has anyone on any other server gotten any drops yet?

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