Jaeil the Insane  

Wanted to help confirm that he is easily soloable now days. Might as well bring a tank merc or a healer merc just for the help.

Just confirming that Jaeil has moved. I found him in the elemental tower as well. In and around almost to the basement.

Ok, strap in, this is a long one:

I'm a 65 enchanter with my AA's set up for deep penetration missions into places like The Hole. I solo all the way from the Paineel zone in all the way to 12 on EQ Atlas's map (well over half way to Jaeil). I'm sure a well-equiped ranger can make the trek with an enchanter but make sure you have lots of gate potions.

For the record, I have my AA's in Eldrich Rune (maxed), Channeling Focus (maxed), Enhanced Forgetfulness 2, and I have items which give me an extra 4% channeling. When I make this run, I have 280 Int, 280 Cha, but I also have 280 dex via Nights Dark Terror which is permanent because of Permanent Illusion AA skill. The mobs don't produce knockback when they hit so the strategy is don't let them interrupt you. Apart from self-buffs the only buffs I have are Virtue and Blessing of Reverence.

From the Paineel zone, invis up and hug the left hand wall all the way to the first pool shown on the EQ Atlas map just to the right of the letter 'E'. After this, it gets a little dicey. The section after the hallway is patrolled by Constructs which see through all invis and are highly magic resistant but are highly suseptable to mem blur. The tactic is to run just past a Construct, let it aggro, mem blur it, and then clear aggro before it comes to. Presto, you've gotten past a Construct. It takes practice to get it right, but once you have the knack, it becomes second nature very quickly. Make sure you've got this down before you go all the way in because you'll be doing a lot of it.

From the pool described above, you will have one Construct patrolling the hall before the mushroom-shaped room. Aggro/mem blur past him and hug the left hand wall of the mushroom shaped room. If you do that, there is a single Construct between you and the passageway on the far side. Aggro/mem blur past him and get to the passageway on the far side. IVU and blow past the undead sentry, down the ramp all the way to a small courtyard. Nothing will aggro on you at the bottom of the ramp so med up.

From here, you will need to go under the archway directly in front of you flanked by two undead, topped by a gargoyle who sees through all invis--but there's a trick: The gargoyle won't aggro on a level 65 even if you are directly under him. IVU past the two sentries, under the gargoyle, and take a sharp right hand turn once you're past the archway. There is a construct that patrols this courtyard. Aggro/mem blur him, clear aggro and then IVU again. Run for the archway indicated on the EQ Atlas map which is directly between F and G.

From here, the path to Jaeil, and what I've actually done part ways. I suspect that you can do something like what I've described all the way to Jaeil but I've never had reason to do so.

No one told me how to do this, I figured it out by trial and error, which is a round about way of saying that the zone is extremely forgiving. If something goes terribly wrong (and it will), don't hesitate to gate out. The mobs have little knockback so chances are you will have no trouble getting off the spell. If you get two Constructs on you, use Blanket of Forgetfullness (no kidding, it actually works on these guys). If you're still having troubles, be patient, keep trying, learn from your mistakes. All you have to do is succeed once.

Edited, Thu Jul 22 20:32:29 2004