Fell Foliage (Group)  

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Level:95
Maximum Level:125
Monster Mission:No
Repeatable:Yes
Can Be Shrouded?:No
Quest Type:Expedition
Quest Goal:
  • Advancement
  • Experience
  • Loot
  • Money
Time Limit:06:00:00
Success Lockout Timer: 06:00:00
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Era:Ring of Scale
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Group Size:Group
Min. # of Players:1
Max. # of Players:6
Appropriate Classes:
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Entered: Thu Nov 2 00:33:14 2017
Modified: Tue Dec 5 05:21:04 2023
Pre Requisite Quests: Testing the Waters, For My Information and What Makes a Scorpiki?.

This is a shared task.

Seek out Hortulanus Cryolex in The Overthere in the outpost at /loc +1686, +2028, +2.

You say, 'Hail, Hortulanus Cryolex'

Hortulanus Cryolex says, 'There are many hidden treasures over here in the Overthere,' smiling seductively. She picks up a [plant], and it sways side to side, the plant's green maw snapping at the air.

You say, 'Is that plant one of your treasures?'

Hortulanus Cryolex says, 'Flora is often overlooked, yet it's amazing and often misunderstood! Plants take in sustenance from the sun and the soil and produce unusual [wonders]. I've had the luxury of studying many wondrous plants myself.'

You say, 'Tell me more of these wonders you speak of.'

Hortulanus Cryolex says, 'One subject in particular has been giving me trouble; I've given it sunshine and dirt, but it's given me nothing but heartache and hurt. I believe the plant has great promise, if only I can get it to grow! Now the previous iteration was no only promising but exceedingly dangerous,' She glances about furtively, lowering her voice. 'The [guards] have forbidden further experimentation near the outpost!'

You say, 'You need to void the guards?'

Hortulanus Cryolex says, 'Yes. My tenure will be, uh, revoked if there are any more mishaps here.... Y-You have no idea how much energy I've put into the succulent!' she blurts out. 'You know, they have a latent capacity to [grow] quite explosively.

You say, 'Could I help you grow this succulent?'

Hortulanus Cryolex nods, stroking her chin. 'Yes. I can tell that you're both able and eager to help. We will plant my latest experiment. If the seed takes, it will grow quickly and could be dangerous. You will want to bring reinforcements in case things go badly. Let me know when you're ready to go into the [field].'

You say, 'I'm ready to go into the field.'

Hortulanus Cryolex says, 'Good! I like your enthusiasm. One last question. Can you gather a [large] force or will we only need supplies for a [smaller] group?

You say, 'smaller'

Hortulanus Cryolex says, 'Just let me know when you're [ready].'

You say, 'ready'

The task locks here.

You have entered The Overthere.




Task Window Says: It is clear that Hortulanus's experiment will not go well. Your job is to make sure the horrible mess does not get too far out of control.

You say, 'Hail, Hortulanus Cryolex'

Hortulanus Cryolex says, 'Take this [scion] and quickly find a suitable place to plant it: to the south-east, away from here. If it takes, it will be very dangerous. Or do you wish to [leave]?'

You say, 'Give me the scion'

Hortulanus gives you a clicky (Quivering Scion) that you use to plant.

Once you use the clicky you will see this green text on the screen.

The plant begins expanding in short, jerky movements.

A tiny scream can be heard underfoot as the succulent takes to the fertile soil. It begins growing rapidly.

Rustling and snapping is heard as the unfolding of the succulent's growing flesh becomes audible.

  • 1. Defeat Catiikii!. 0/1 The Overthere

    Kill a monstrous succulent. He cons blue to 110.

    Once you kill a monstrous succulent. Catiikii and a burgeoning succulent spawn in the same place as the monstrous succulent.

    Adds will spawn once you attack Catiikii. If more than 4 adds are up at a time, Catiikii becomes invulnerable. Catiikii will continue to spawn the burgeoning succulents are certain intervals until it is dead.

    Be aware that Catiikii has Shield of Needles buff on it which procs Agonizing Needles if you melee it (Single Target, Unresistable: Decrease HP when cast by 5000, Lifetap from Weapon Damage, Decrease Double Attack by 50%, Decrease Accuracy by 100%).

    Kill them.

    Once Catiikii is dead you'll see the following emote.

    You've put an end to Cryolex's failed experiment.

  • 2. Open the chest. 0/1 The Overthere



    Reward(s):
    212 platinum 5 gold
    You gain experience!
    125 Bathezid Trade Gems
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    Loot from Cactiikii
    # Jul 16 2022 at 2:15 AM Rating: Good
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    Killed and received:

    Piece of a Medallion - Right shard of the Medallion of the Flamescale Legion - https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=132125
    Scale Touched Bracer Facet: https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=129000





    Edited, Jul 16th 2022 3:21am by uerik
    Cactiikii in 106 seconds
    # May 21 2021 at 10:01 PM Rating: Good
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    115 Monk ToV/CoV raid geared, 115 Pal ToV raid geared, max rogue merc, and healer merc.

    Catiikii has 38.2 million hp. Pal tanked main mob and agro'd adds as they spawned. 3 adds were up when boss fell.

    Monk full burned, rogue merc on burn. No issues on hp lock, Catiikii dropped in 106 seconds.
    Any Add Counts for him going Invulnerable
    # May 15 2021 at 7:57 AM Rating: Good
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    I went in with my 5 mains and 1 alt, so that I can get the alt the achievement.

    However, I had all my folks setup to burn the boss, which they were doing a decent job up. However, we had Him + the initial add, + 2 Adds that came in from the side (2 dogs) and one pop add. He went invulnerable.. I didn't think that if something walked by it would count but in fact it does.

    So make sure to clear around a bit before you drop the item to summon the plant. Was a really bummed too bleh..



    Edited, May 15th 2021 9:01am by michaeleq
    Any Add Counts for him going Invulnerable
    # May 15 2021 at 8:49 AM Rating: Good
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    michaeleq wrote:
    I went in with my 5 mains and 1 alt, so that I can get the alt the achievement.

    However, I had all my folks setup to burn the boss, which they were doing a decent job up. However, we had Him + the initial add, + 2 Adds that came in from the side (2 dogs) and one pop add. He went invulnerable.. I didn't think that if something walked by it would count but in fact it does.

    So make sure to clear around a bit before you drop the item to summon the plant. Was a really bummed too bleh..



    Edited, May 15th 2021 9:01am by michaeleq


    Something is wrong with this one. I was fighting him, he was down to 9% and we had only one add and it was almost dead, and he went invuln.. made no sense at all, this was about 50 seconds into the fight, so not even a minute /shrug.. time to try again I guess..

    Maybe it was dying too fast I don't know.

    Edited, May 15th 2021 9:50am by michaeleq
    Task locks immediately
    # Feb 21 2021 at 2:11 AM Rating: Good
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    The task locks as soon as you get it, not after you tell "ready" to the npc.
    So that means you cannot add other people to this task.
    Task locks immediately
    # Feb 27 2021 at 11:43 AM Rating: Excellent
    SooronexVZ wrote:
    The task locks as soon as you get it, not after you tell "ready" to the npc.
    So that means you cannot add other people to this task.


    Which keyword actually gets the quest? It seems we didn't get the text where it shows the quest was added.
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    Adds
    # Feb 28 2019 at 5:43 PM Rating: Good
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    "Once you kill the burgeoning succulent, adds will spawn. If more than 4 adds are up at a time, Catiikii becomes invulnerable. Catiikii will continue to spawn the burgeoning succulents are certain intervals until it is dead. "

    The "once you kill" part is wrong in this, as you attack Catiikii adds just spawn. He does become invulnerable as they add up.
    Adds
    # Mar 03 2019 at 1:30 PM Rating: Excellent
    aeryna wrote:
    "Once you kill the burgeoning succulent, adds will spawn. If more than 4 adds are up at a time, Catiikii becomes invulnerable. Catiikii will continue to spawn the burgeoning succulents are certain intervals until it is dead. "

    The "once you kill" part is wrong in this, as you attack Catiikii adds just spawn. He does become invulnerable as they add up.


    Ok so adds don't spawn anymore when you kill a burgeoning succulent?
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    Adds
    # Jun 23 2019 at 8:43 PM Rating: Good
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    No the add just keep spawning regardless of whether you kill the original add or not.
    As of Feb 2019
    # Feb 08 2019 at 4:09 PM Rating: Decent
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    Catiikii! went invulnerable after the second add spawned. Considering the hp's it has and needles with their life-tap, it will be a long fight.

    Catiikii! was spawning adds every 30s which seemed awfully quick. If you cannot dispatch the add in under 15s, then you will never get Catiikii! down because the time to switch targets for everyone and concentrate the group dps will add roughly 5s which means, you will only get to enjoy damaging Catiikii! for 10s. In that 10s, you best be on max burn. Catiikii! also spawned some light blue adds, i guess they are in there to help with catching up on the dps if you trail? Not sure, just a guess.

    Now, if you don't have a wizard to burn him down, then chances are good that you will fail. If you have TBL aa and gear, then your group composition was never considered when this mission was created which means this encounter should be trivial for you, that is unless your whole group is melee, then in that case, please do share how this event fared for you.

    Good Luck!

    Easier mission with New Expansion Gear
    # Feb 04 2019 at 1:53 AM Rating: Decent
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    Six months ago, we failed at this mission. Today, we with a variety of T1 through T3 TBL Group gear, we burned Catiikii down in 85 seconds doing just under 95 million hit points. Most of the rewards are dated; we were hoping for the augment. Cleric, Warrior, SK, Zerker, Bard, and Mage. Never went invulnerable.
    Impossible
    # Jul 21 2018 at 3:34 AM Rating: Decent
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    War, Clr, Wiz, Mage, Enc, Wiz. War full RoS Raid geared. others mix grp and raid. Not enough DPS to handle all the adds. Plus the charms. Can't even burn boss before adds overwhelm us... This is supposed to be for Grp content?! Ridiculous expansion where grp currency can only be obtained from impossible missions to grp geared players.
    Impossible
    # Jul 21 2018 at 7:15 AM Rating: Good
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    On the DB Forums there is a well-ordered discussion of the event. It is not easy. Seems there is some strategy involved, but as I recall, most emphasis is on optimized dps.
    Fell Foliage
    # Jun 23 2018 at 6:05 PM Rating: Decent
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    Whats up with this. In the June 20th update its says.The Atrocious Succulent will no longer spawn burgeoning succulents.
    Just tried this AGIN and they still spawn..
    Any Clues?
    # May 08 2018 at 6:46 PM Rating: Decent
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    We just got here on our group progression. We are getting wiped here too, MNK, ROG, CLR, SHD, ENC, MAG all with Scale Touched and 20k+ AAs. Any clues from the experts?
    Any Clues?
    # Sep 08 2018 at 10:28 AM Rating: Good
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    Finally completed this. Added a MAG and WIZ and the SHD got almost fully outfitted in Scaled. Burned Cactiikii down before adds overwhelmed us.
    not sure what to do
    # Feb 14 2018 at 2:17 PM Rating: Decent
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    pally cleric druid zerker mage wizard was not enough dps to kill adds. Healing was not the issue. Very unhappy about the nerf. boss locks with adds up.
    Can plant cati in city walls to eliminate killing trash and worry about getting punted into mobs . Any clue on what to do with this mission please let me know. 0-12 with diff group types.
    not sure what to do
    # Feb 14 2018 at 2:39 PM Rating: Excellent
    Azwooper wrote:
    pally cleric druid zerker mage wizard was not enough dps to kill adds. Healing was not the issue. Very unhappy about the nerf. boss locks with adds up.
    Can plant cati in city walls to eliminate killing trash and worry about getting punted into mobs . Any clue on what to do with this mission please let me know. 0-12 with diff group types.


    This is in the test patch today, which will be patched on the live servers on the 21st.

    Quote:
    - Fell Foliage (mission) - removed the mechanic where Caktiikii teleports people into the ravine. Slowed the spawn rate of the adds and increased the number required for the boss to lock his HP by one.
    - Fell Foliage (Mission) - reduced the number of the same cactus adds needed to create the atrocious cactus from 5 to 3. Also fixed a bug that caused one too many to be needed to spawn the atrocious cactus.


    Maybe this will help your group into completing that mission.

    Edited, Feb 14th 2018 2:39pm by Gidono
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    not sure what to do
    # Feb 20 2018 at 7:28 AM Rating: Decent
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    So I'm on test and only been back in game for 2 weeks but running full conflagrant and level 110 on all chars about 20k aa on average.

    The group is sk, necro, shaman, mage, bard with a merc. Frankly this mission is still unplayable for me I can only get the mob to 30% before I wipe regularly. I've finished every progresion in existence prior to this mission. I think this might be the first i don't finish, therei s no flexibility to get through with more healing or better tanking, or apply skill. It's simply a DPS check and a very high one because it's the first in any expansion I don't even come close to meeting.

    Anyway I hope they tune this - there has a literally never been a group mission or named that I have not been able to kill until now. Even the ones people complained about previously. I've always been done progresion in no time but this is a whole other animal.
    melee players?
    # Jan 15 2018 at 12:55 PM Rating: Good
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    The only thing that will not work with melee (from my experience) is a mage pet tanking. Because the mage pet is always at max melee range, the named will kill the melee, then turn back to the mage pet.
    melee players?
    # Dec 28 2017 at 11:42 AM Rating: Decent
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    As a zerker, how do I get involved in this? Can I just throw axes at him, or do I need to do nothing and just "be there" to get credit for it?
    melee players?
    # Jan 15 2018 at 12:51 PM Rating: Good
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    Melee is fine with a competent healer. I've healed it on my cleric, and had shamans and a druid main heal this with various melee classes attacking.
    caster only?
    # Dec 20 2017 at 10:26 PM Rating: Decent
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    So if you got a group full of melee its pretty much impossible?
    Adding info as i learn it. He hit my 106 SK for 36888 and spawns unmezzable adds who also have shield of needles buff so can't melee any of them. If too many adds are out he becomes invulnerable. Couldn't tell if the adds were time or % based.

    Edited, Dec 21st 2017 12:37am by Ryastin
    caster only?
    # Dec 26 2017 at 3:22 PM Rating: Excellent
    Ryastin wrote:
    So if you got a group full of melee its pretty much impossible?
    Adding info as i learn it. He hit my 106 SK for 36888 and spawns unmezzable adds who also have shield of needles buff so can't melee any of them. If too many adds are out he becomes invulnerable. Couldn't tell if the adds were time or % based.

    Edited, Dec 21st 2017 12:37am by Ryastin


    Did all of the adds have this buff and were unmezzable?
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    Buuffs on Catiikii
    # Dec 17 2017 at 10:08 AM Rating: Decent
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    When you take the task, it lock it => Your shared task is now locked. You may no longer add or remove players.

    DO NOT melee this mob !

    He got buff on him, Shield of Needles who trigger (if you melee him) => Agonizing Needles
    Decrease HP when cast by 5000
    Lifetap from Weapon Damage
    Decrease Double Attack by 50%
    Decrease Accuracy by 100%

    Edited, Dec 17th 2017 5:08pm by korika

    Edited, Dec 17th 2017 5:38pm by korika
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    Buuffs on Catiikii
    # Dec 19 2017 at 3:53 PM Rating: Excellent
    korika wrote:
    When you take the task, it lock it => Your shared task is now locked. You may no longer add or remove players.

    DO NOT melee this mob !

    He got buff on him, Shield of Needles who trigger (if you melee him) => Agonizing Needles
    Decrease HP when cast by 5000
    Lifetap from Weapon Damage
    Decrease Double Attack by 50%
    Decrease Accuracy by 100%

    Edited, Dec 17th 2017 5:08pm by korika

    Edited, Dec 17th 2017 5:38pm by korika


    Thanks, added. What was the reward for finishing the mission?
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    Header mispelled
    # Dec 14 2017 at 5:15 PM Rating: Good
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    It's ""FELL FOLIAGE"" in game...
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