Dreadspire Keep  

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Edited, Oct 2nd 2010 9:51am by stdamm33

THEY SUMMON, KILL CHANTER PET (EVEN WITH TIER 2 MERC) AND CANT BE CHARMED

I havent been to to this zone yet,...

Where would be a good place in this zone for a Mage to Solo at and do you have any tips and suggestions on how to get there?

Your Help Would Be Very Much Appreciated, I'm getting pretty tired of Valdeholm being in the high lvl 70's and looking for someplace new.

Thank You.

I would like to go into a little more detail than the previous posters, for those like myself who have had trouble with them.

OVERVIEW - The Hive consists mainly of three parts. The cave connected to Stoneroot can be called the Obelisk room, there are two tall towers (obelisks) and a wide open space where Drachnids roam freely. The underground contains several chambers and connecting tunnels, it can be reached primarily through the basement of the West Obelisk, though the East Obelisk also enters it trough the Reanimation Chamber. The exits go to the two southeast hives, one tunnel coming from the mine and the other from what I think is called the Queen's Chamber, but dont quote me on that. The third area are the Hives and with them the Living Bridge, which are both described below. There are some other landmarks that are useful in navigatiion, below I describe them before I get into how to get to Dreadpire.

The East Obelisk - The first tower you come to when entering The Hive via the spiral and bridges in Stoneroot Falls. Its location is roughly -380, 567. Its southwest of the zone-in and the road to its entrance is lit by torches.

The West Obelisk - Directly west of the east obelisk is another just like it. It hs no particular features except that there is no road leading to it with torches, and it is very close to the Northwest corner of the cave wall. Loc -425, 1251.

Mines - Once you reach the second chamber (Queen's Chamber possibly? Its the next one past the Warrens) you will have two paths, the right (south) path leads to this chamber. I have not explored it and it is unimportant to the path, even though you can technically reach one of the hives through it.

Warren of the Conscripts - This is the first chamber you reach, underground, hen travelling toward Dreadspire without levitation. It is northwest of the West Obelisk.

Reanimation Chamber - Between the two towers, underground, reachable via the basement in either tower is this chamber, which I have not explored.

The Living Bridge - A two to three layer bridge connecting the four hive chambers. You will use it to reach DSK.

The Hives - There are four of these, chances are if you have a map, they are red circles in a rough line from southeast to northwest. You are eventually looking for the top floor of the northwest-most hive.

LEVITATION DIRECTIONS - Climb the EAST OBELISK, its sloped, go to the northeast corner of the platform, then look north.You will see the cave wall. Turn east slightly until you see where the cave wall angles to the north and passes out of sight. Angle up so you maintain your height, then run toward the wall. Once you reach it, hug it on your left. If you follow that wall around you will find the living bridge, which you can set down on just north of the southernmost hive. Skip to Lving Bridge directions belove for the rest of the route.

NON-LEVITATION DIRECTIONS - Follow the left wall to avoid mobs an enter the WEST OBELISK. Watching out for see invis mobs, take the stairs down into the basement. Go through the Warrens, then a twisting cave to another chamber, take the northern exit from that chamber, the one that does not lead to the mines, and make your way through the hive you will enter onto the living bridge.

LIVING BRIDGE DIRECTIONS - Once on the living bridge, you will simply make your way northwest to the last hive, the most northern and western of the four. Watch out for see invis mobs. Enter that hive and go up to the top level, there you will see a round wooden door. Click on it to enter Dreadspire Keep. Loc is +300, +1100, +456.



Edited, Mar 25th 2009 8:37am by Traevanon

Edited, Mar 25th 2009 10:39am by Traevanon

First, a word of warning. There's about 4 to 6 undead in the first juncture up from the zone in from The Hive. They summon as well. I mistook them for piles of bones that I saw just outside.

So most of the mobs con indifferent to me. I went up to the first building. There are mobs behind the door that were KS to me. We fought the first two with no problem. The room below full of vampires and such resulted in a nasty pull. Unfortunately this was an indoor zone, so that took harmony off the table which meant we were pretty much blocked. The mobs all saw through invisibility and my harmony wouldn't work.

Came across the bat quest, and maybe that's something worth doing. But just wondering if there are some decent camp spots further in. Or do most people just start killing the mobs by the zone in and such.

Zoth please provide a link. I can find nothing on this and confirm both augs being 70 for Vald and 75 for DSK. It does not make sense for the motd/alla's and the aug levels to be wrong btw.

Shard of True Power
Magic, Lore, No Trade, Augmentation
Class: ALL
Race: ALL
Ear Head Face Neck Shoulders Arms Back Wrists Hands Fingers Chest Legs Feet Waist
Size: TINY
Req Level: 75
AC: 10
HP: 80
Mana: 80
End: 80

This Augmentation fits in slot types: 7 (General: Group), 8 (General: Raid)

Item information:

You must use the solvent Class XV Augmentation Distiller to remove this augment safely.

It is located NW of Throatripper. It also is close to shore and blends into the rock.

Are there any type 12 raid augments for lower level toons? Or even some for 70+ toons that aren't as difficult as the "Last Blood" augs? Thanks in advance for your response.

is DsK demi plane of blood?

The doorman was rather neat also.