Kerafyrm's Lair (Sleeper's Tomb)

Quick Facts

Type:
Indoor

Expansion:
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 contain Kerafyrm.

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 conflict 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, he perished in a great battle with the iksars and now rests in his spirit form in Dragon Necropolis. Due to his passing, he needed to enlist the aid of Norrathian adventurers to further his cause.

In due time, Kerafyrm was indeed awakened from his tomb, and went through the icy wastes, and into Skyshrine. (Quite a lot of time passed before he resurfaced in Crystallos.)

With the warders no more and Kerafyrm free, this historic tomb is now home to a group of ancient dragons: Zeixshi`Kar, Vyskudra, Tjudawos, and Kildrukaun.


Level 55 is required to enter the zone.
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Entering Sleeper's TombMaster of the Guard and MinionsThe LibraryDragon StatueGigantic HallUpon Jumping into the WellDrakeen HallFurious PhantasmThe Final ArbiterPatrolling the Ancients' GroundsTjudawos, one of the Four AncientsKerafym's Former Resting Place
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Respawn time?
# Jul 15 2003 at 11:20 PM Rating: Decent
Guild is just getting in to ST now and I was wondering if anyone knew what the respawn time on the named mobs is. We were able to take out Master of the Guard and The Progenitor with 14 people, so we would like to plan some raids around when they are back up.

Thanks.
RE: Respawn time?
# Aug 03 2003 at 3:39 PM Rating: Decent
7 days on respawns for the Ancients. rest I dont know
Unknown Drop
# Jul 10 2003 at 3:32 PM Rating: Decent
Stinted velium drapes drop here and i cannot find what they are for, does anyone have any idea what they are for plz
Curious,
# Jul 01 2003 at 2:48 PM Rating: Good
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So judging by the facts that Venril Sathir being the least populated server and that new server Stromm just opening up for players who wanted a fresh start with non tweaks, the great Kerafyrm would still be on these servers?
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Question
# Jun 20 2003 at 10:28 AM Rating: Decent
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I was just wondering, since the revamp of Sleeper's Tomb, if the Ancient Prismatic stuff still drops? Let's assume that the Sleeper has been awakened.
RE: Question
# Jul 11 2003 at 8:19 PM Rating: Default
Ancient Prismatic didn't start dropping until the Sleeper was awakened. Primal dropped before the Sleeper was awakened.
Just a Question
# Jun 13 2003 at 8:28 PM Rating: Decent
Hello i have 2 questions does anyone kno if the sleeper is still asleep on The Seventh Hammer server and where can i find EQ lore on the net. thanks
RE: Just a Question
# Jun 17 2003 at 5:22 AM Rating: Default
Sleeper has ben awakened on 7th hammer by guild "The Dark Exile"




http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=399023 MWAHAHHAHAHHAHA
RE: Just a Question
# Nov 15 2003 at 11:51 PM Rating: Default
Raxxus you suck that is my profile on my magelo account go make your own

http://www.magelo.com/eq_view_profile.html?num=770563

YOU STOLE MY PROFILE MAKE YOUR OWN

your sayin your a god and to look at it, its a fake warrior (the reason i named it fake warrior) and the only reason i made it was to make a max hp check with the highest hp gear in game

To prove it is mine i am renaming it raxxus sucksmyballs

Edited, Sun Nov 16 00:01:44 2003
Sleepers on Xev
# Jun 11 2003 at 12:18 AM Rating: Decent
Yes, kerafyrm was woke on sat. Hawkestone woke him. As for the good or bad of it? Those new quests and loot tables look pretty good to me. Harmonium and Alter Vita never left sleeper up with the intention of, "hey we are so nice and are gonna let him stay up for all of xev to enjoy." They left him up to farm for alts and newer members. Other guilds didn't wake him up for the same reasons, farming. Someone told me that they had wanted to do a serverwide event to wake him? Apparently xev's sleeper was up 3 yrs, that's a longtime for no one to show initiative or have come forth to even suggest it till after he was dead. Why didn't they? Probably because they were too busy raiding, farming or xping. Apparently, Hawkestone got ST capable and then made a choice to wake him. Old loot vs new loot tables? From what I'm told, the upper tier guilds don't care sleeper is gone. Even other server's have told you that sleeper's is not the end game anymore and there are alternatives to ST loot. gnome mask = dorf mask. Primal = prismatic. Monk shroud is gone. The resist stone is only 10% less on the resists 25 vs 35 or something like that. SoD = Corded Hilt Driver from xana, who spawns every 3 hrs vs warder spawn time and the difficulty is obviously easier for a ST capable guild to take down the PoI dragon.

Edited, Wed Jun 11 01:19:07 2003
RE: Sleepers on Xev
# Jun 14 2003 at 6:34 PM Rating: Decent
People can dual wield, SoD and the weapon from Xana is Lore, Monk shrouds are still used by monks in EP guilds, the dumbass caster trinkets are useless, and can be replaced in ssra/vt. Waking the sleeper was a very very stupid thing to do.
Awake on Xev
# Jun 07 2003 at 7:49 PM Rating: Good
The Sleeper has been awakened on the Xev server by Hawkestone. It appears that the long standing pact on Xev not to kill the 4th warder is no longer valid. Of course Hawkestone was not involved in that agreement and is likely just doing it for recognition. Well they are getting TONS of it on the server boards and in game atm.
xev
# Jun 07 2003 at 5:38 PM Rating: Default
on xev
#REDACTED, Posted: Jun 07 2003 at 5:37 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) From what I undderstand the Sleeper was woken today
/shrug
# May 03 2003 at 4:53 AM Rating: Default
Its kinda funny to watch everyone fight and bickr over their versions of EQ Loire. There are a few things that still remained unclear and they certainly will remain as so. 1. Nobody knows anything about a recurring sleeper encounter (except that there isnt one) and 2. Its been 3 years since any word activity from the zone!. (if im not mistaken). I have been to ST we cleared it. Killed all Ancients and didnt see anything else left to slaughter. Maybe EQ will be incomplete without a Legend to be passed around about an "Unkillable almighty Dragon". For all we know Sleeper himself could be waiting in the Plane of Time. Maybe that Rathe Encounter is Broken for a reason...? Who knows. Think Sony dosent know Rathe Is the last Piece needed for about 12 guilds to enter the Plane of Time?... **** ya they know and could have easily fixed it by now. But I think one of 2 things happened.


1. Sony Never expected guilds to progress through PoP so fast.


2. The Plane of Time simply isnt Ready...? Could the zone be possibly incomplete? or can their possibly be a reason the needed encounters to accsess it are suposably (unwinnable)



? /shrug




MAYBE SONY IS TRYING TO TRASH THE ALMIGHTY DRAGON THEORY ALL TOGETHER. Its Very easy to write the story as you go and maybe Sony is doing exactly that. Sleeper was a dead end alley and could have possibly been abandoned altogether to prevent Loire contridiction ...

Edited, Sat May 3 05:49:18 2003
RE: /shrug
# May 08 2003 at 2:52 PM Rating: Default
Afterlife is now in Plane of Time...they took down the Rathe Council.

*edit*

We shall soon find out what happens next.

Edited, Thu May 8 15:45:49 2003
WTF are you
# May 02 2003 at 10:25 PM Rating: Default
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WTF are you talking about man? The sleeper is not removed from the game. Follow the story line, the are not removing the one dragon child between the 2 clans. And if they did it will only be a short while because they are tweaking him. Most likely to make him killable. Its just like the Plane of Time, no one has been on it and no one will be. Why? Because its unfinished. And when it is the doors will be opened to any that has enough cahones to get whats needed to flag for there. There is not one patch that says the sleepers been removed. Dont believe me? Send an email to the design team and ask.
#REDACTED, Posted: Apr 27 2003 at 5:33 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) http://www.cannotlinkto/page.php?x=869348
#REDACTED, Posted: Apr 16 2003 at 10:32 AM, Rating: Unrated, (Expand Post) Bertoxx sleeper is down and here is the link
#REDACTED, Posted: Apr 15 2003 at 11:26 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Personaly, i think that sleeper should be put back in the game in some form, i mean 3+ years is long enough to have this dragon (term used loosely) be hidden and un killable. :)
#REDACTED, Posted: Apr 02 2003 at 11:21 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Umm, one question. Does anyone know any caster drops that come off of any of these guys? I mean jesus, they redid the whole zone and didn't put in Flowing Thought items? I seriously doubt they could be such morons... Wait, nm...
RE: What the hell?
# Apr 03 2003 at 12:25 PM Rating: Default
yes there is a FT priest shield, but thats about it for the FT line, now, if you wanna do the quest for the caster necklace with right click FT2 and 2hp regen and 1hp rune, then go ahead, but it doesnt stack with your epic rune. i personally love it. just because they redid the zone doesnt mean they are just gonna load it up with FT gear, there is alot of great gear that drops here, good for advancing into the high end game. what gear i have is

Sharpened Dragon Scale ( Range, 5ac, 5 to all stats, 5 to all saves, 35hp/mana, effect of truesight (UI+See invis))

Fedora Secundae ( Face, 10ac, 10 to Sta Cha Int, 8 sv Fire Cold Magic, 40hp/mana, ID3)

Tenuous Dragonscale Slippers ( Feet, 15ac, 6 to Str Sta Cha Wis, 9 to Int, 5 to all saves, 50hp/mana)

and of course the Ancient Prismatic Brawl Stick for when i get melee happy =P

Edited, Thu Apr 3 12:24:47 2003
AEs and Ancients
# Mar 09 2003 at 12:32 PM Rating: Decent
Ok, I didn't see any information regarding the Ancients or their difficulty. So, here's a little of what I know:

One of the Ancients (for the life of me, I couldn't tell you which) procs a 1000 damage and 40% (don't quote me on the percent) slow as it's only AE. It is a timed AE, I'm thinking every 12 seconds? Not quite sure, but you have enough time to get your melee out there and then hide behind a wall. The rest of the Ancients' AEs are negligible.

They always drop some type of Ancient Prismatic Weapons. They were relatively easy with a raid of 30, level 60-65. Except for the 1000dmg and slow AE Ancient, which took quite awhile to kill, as the melees had to hide.

I hope this information helps.
RE: AEs and Ancients
# Mar 10 2003 at 12:28 PM Rating: Decent
hehe its much slower if all your tanks get hit by the slow aoe also ;) just have a pally use their crusaders touch to cure the slow, i think that works but not completly sure.

on the ancients, two of the AoE's can be resisted, the other two *im pretty sure, Snare and Slow* cant be resisted.

Edited, Mon Mar 10 12:24:23 2003
Ancient Drops
# Mar 05 2003 at 11:44 AM Rating: Decent
Every ancient will at least drop one prismatic item, but usually two, i know, i have the 2hb brawlstick now cause no melee wanted it since they already had 4 prismatic each, and btw, its a nice weapon ;) anywho, they also drop around 2-4 other pieces of armor loot, then usually 1-3 SS quest pieces (Monk/Bst){Earring i think}, Int Caster{Neck}, Priest{Neck}, and Tank{Earring},(Ranger/Rogue){Earring}), might be missing one so dont flame :). just finished the scale quest, go hail the crusaders in SS to get quest, this one you turn into the Purple dragon, must have max ALLY CoV faction to get final item, GM told our ranger that after quest mob ate items and GM gave him the earring to him. its a decient item, i think i have it listed on my magelo site, allakhazam doesnt have it yet. i cant remember all the stats, but its like 15ac, 10str 10 sta 12int, 75hp 75mana, 5sv all, and the effect on it is a 12 sec cast time 2hp/mana regen and a 1hp rune (buff will go away if your hit). due to the rune effect, this buff will not stack with wizard epic buff, nor chanter runes, not sure about necro's though. being a mage, it was perfect for me. hope this helps any.

Edited, Wed Mar 5 17:03:40 2003
this is funny
# Mar 01 2003 at 12:08 PM Rating: Default
Sleeper can be killed BUT VI doesnt want him to be killed due to the fact that once Sleeper is killed the game "ENDS" which it wont really end but that the tale of Everquest is over and the Great Kerafyrm is dead there is nothing left to kill..seeing how Sleeper is to be the Hardest dragon of them all to take down
Kildrukaun the Ancient
# Feb 15 2003 at 8:34 PM Rating: Decent
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[Sat Feb 15 17:01:48 2003] Sharumakshorrak tells the guild, 'Fascia Secundae, Ancient Prismatic Staff, Clandestine Veil of M`Rata, Ancient Prismatic Claymore, Primal Black Dragon Claw X 2'
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Zeixshi-Kar the Ancient
# Feb 15 2003 at 8:31 PM Rating: Decent
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We slew Zeixshi-Kar the Ancient. It dropped:
'Fascia Secundae, Eye of Zeixshi-Kar, Dowel of the Secundarum, Fedora Secundae, Ancient Prismatic Brawl Stick, Ancient Prismatic Axe, Ethereal Silver Dragon Essence, Ethereal Silver Dragon Heart'
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#REDACTED, Posted: Feb 15 2003 at 12:43 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) A long time ago on Sol Ro server e had a big 200 people raid force i was only lvl 52 back then he popped started shouting crap we had him cornered then for sum unknown reason You are in a grip of agony Kerafyrm hits u for 32,000 dmg returning to homepoint lodiang plz wait
Facts from the EQAtlas
# Jan 26 2003 at 11:16 PM Rating: Excellent
Ok, just to get something straight, i have NOT been to ST, yes, I am currently lvl 46, but I have a good knowledge of lore and I don't want any l337ists to flame me because I never woke the sleeper or some crazy crap. Thank you

EQAtlas pg. 421, Sleeper's Tomb, Background 4th paragraph on the page:

It was here that lived four of the most powerful dragons of the primal elements - fire, water, earth, and air. In an act of great sacrifice, they dwelled here for decades, channeling their very essence into magical weaves and locksthat bound the mighty Kerafyrm in his enchanted slumber. However, the blades of the second generation - those beings of and origin other than Veeshan's great claw - have destroyed the sacred guardians and unleashed the dreaded sleeper.

Ok, at this point, I am thinking the revamp of Sleeper's Tomb (which would mean that he's sleeping still, in his "tomb") made him awake on all servers and turned it into Kerafyrm's Lair (which would mean he is awake in his "lair", same place, but with a new inhabitant).

Next paragraph:

Kerafyrm awaits and replenishes his power in an unknown location. However, it was not only Kerafyrm's that awoke, but also his disciples; all arisen throughthe arrogant actions of the would-be second-generation heroes. Truly alarming, four dragons of great power, loyal to Kerafyrm since the first crack appeared in their eggs, have been re-awakened. Meanwhile, the Ancients that ousted Kerafyrm's wards, build an army of dark purpose that is fulfilled with the return of Kerafyrm himself.

These 2 paragraphs lead me to believe that the Warders no longer spawn, but are instead replaced with the 4 Ancients.

Just one thing, I'm not sure if this actually happened on all servers with the revamp awhile ago, or if the warders can still be killed on few servers. If you read all this, thank you, I am sure it is all fact, cept for what I have just stated possibly incorrect.
RE: Facts from the EQAtlas
# Feb 03 2003 at 10:59 PM Rating: Decent
Yeah, there is still Warders on some servers, Xev is one still with Warders.
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